He was very communicative of his modes of cultivation and management, but chiefly prided himself on his success in improving the size of his cattle.
Finding that our landlord prided himself on his interior management, as well as on that without doors, we expressed a wish to see some of his household improvements.
Though her age verged on sixty she preserved the energy of her thirties, and prided herself upon her physical fitness.
She prided herself greatly on the fact that she had been born in the house where her father, grandfather and great-grandfather had also come into the world and spent their lives.
She prided herself on her candor and lack of "humbug.
Of him who prided himself on his honor I should expect that one day, in the long run it might be, he would do some vile thing.
Some at Corinth prided themselves in their gifts and despised others --perhaps men's moral state was estimated by them.
They were guided, too, by a shrewd old chief named Nookamis, who had grown gray in traffic with New England skippers, and prided himself upon his acuteness.
He prided himself on his distaste for ugly surroundings.
He, who had so pridedhimself on his clean name and unblemished record, had fallen low indeed.
Young Mr. Wombold, Graham gleaned, was an hereditary large land-owner in the vicinity of Wickenberg who prided himself on not yielding to the trend of the times by becoming an absentee landlord.
And she so prided herself on never being careless with guns.
He prided himself upon the quickness of his perception.
The lieutenant, although he pridedhimself upon his impartial and disinterested study of human nature, was the kindliest of men.
Among his shells was one upon which he peculiarly prided himself, and which he showed me as an unique.
He prided himself upon knowing and being known to every body, that is, any body, in London; he had an inexhaustible fund of town and court anecdote.
If there was one thing more than another upon which Martha Foote prided herself it was the Senate Hotel bed coverings.
If Hahn & Lohman prided themselves on one thing more than on another, it was the lavish generosity with which they invested a play, from costumes to carpets.
In a moment Lady Campion was greeting her, exerting the charm of manner on which she not unjustly prided herself, to make the girl feel at her ease.
If there was one thing Lady Campion prided herself on, it was that her "habitues" formed a very uncommon herd indeed.
He had something in mind: if there was anything on which he prided himself, it was his practical bent.
I prided myself on being fairly up to date in regard to the plans of those who interested the public; and the public at that time was vastly interested in Dr.
Mr. Brown was a man who prided himself on lavish and rather coarse hospitality.
Arctic scenery was Mr. Bruder's forte, on which he speciallyprided himself.
With the insight on which he prided himself, he fancied that he could look through Phoebe, and all around her, and could read her off like a page of a child's story-book.
It was a modern parallel to the case of Ixion embracing a cloud, and was so much the more ridiculous as the Judge prided himself on eschewing all airy matter, and never mistaking a shadow for a substance.
Arch knew how to manage La Porte, who was vain, and prided himself upon being a 'masher.
In the morning the Colonel looked out, and though he pridedhimself on knowing all his men the sentry's face was unfamiliar.
Polydore was a vain, superficial writer, who prided himself in leading the way on more topics than the present.
Mademoiselle, who prided herself on possessing "un esprit positif," and on entertaining a decided preference for dry studies, kept her young cousin to the same as closely as she could.
For Cassius, although he indulged them, they killed because of the very matters on which he prided himself: and it is manifest that he perished through envy and not as a result of some injustice committed.
And worse than all, my best pair of pantaloons, and the pair I most pridedmyself upon, was a very conspicuous and remarkable looking pair.
Having a singularly retentive memory, she prided herself upon collating contradictory statements made by irresponsible writers.
Scott explicitly prided himself on two of his prophecies: that Washington Irving would make a name for himself, and that Sir Arthur Wellesley would become known as an extraordinary man.
Though Scott prided himself somewhat on his descriptive powers he realized that he could not do his best work on minute canvases.
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