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  • The ignorance and the fatuous con - ceit which lay behind her grimacing mask of slang and ridicule humiliated him so deeply that he became absolutely reckless.

    The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather 1915

  • They defy all laws, civil as well as moral, and are cunning enough to keep outside of prison bars; and thus they wax rich by robbery, and thrive by de - ceit.

    Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877

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  • If both desire, in a loving and calm spirit, to enjoy your rights, I promise you, with God's help, to help you to them in a fair and sweet and easie way: — My re - ceit will not please you all.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • For they tiiat con - ceit themielves wife, are worfe to deal with than they that are fenfible of their ignorance.

    An Apology for the true Christian divinity : being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers 1789

  • In all thefe cafes, de - ceit is eafy, and there is a flrong temptation to deceive*

    Debates in Parliament 1787

  • Ruiriuddona, rith ta teora fealba no ceit - heora fealba od cathaig and fin, arus ag in fol* lugh, ruirid raite dono rith tar tri haireann tre - ora fealbha, is ruiriud 7 is follugh muna imge deithtte.

    Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus 1786

  • \ifi has ifueditated on a subject, so have others. £yen subjects, of the truth of which we are most fully persuaded, ought to be so proposed as to convince people that it is a love of truth, and not a high con - ceit of ourselves, that makes us speak, and thus we dbquld exemplify the rule laid down by an apostle,

    Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French ... Jacques Saurin , Robert Robinson , Henry Hunter, Joseph Sutcliffe 1813

  • It is not what we fancy, will ex - alt him; but what he declares conducive to iiis Praife, that he will accept for Glory: He that will not allow Men to worfliipUaci in a way they think 'mofl devout, but binds Atia to his own Rule, to exceed which, is fuperftidoivi; will Icfs venture his Glory to our igobranc Metbbds, whereby we are apt to dimioUb hk real Ckiry, when we con - ceit he is exalted.

    Gospel-truth stated and vindicated: wherein some of dr Crisp's opinions are considered 1692

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