“ A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man. ”
Charles Dickens, Hard Times (1854). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | Hard Times |
| Topic | self-knowledge |
| Date | 1854 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/786/786-h/786-h.htm |
Context
“A man with a great puffed head and forehead, swelled veins in his temples, and such a strained skin to his face that it seemed to hold his eyes open, and lift his eyebrows up. A man with a pervading appearance on him of being inflated like a balloon, and ready to start. A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man. A man who was always proclaiming, through that brassy speaking-trumpet of a voice of his, his old ignorance and his old poverty. A man who was the Bully of humility.
A year or two younger than his eminently practical friend, Mr.”
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