He knew himself a villain--but he deemed The rest no better than the thing he seemed; And scorned the best as hypocrites who hid Those deeds the bolder spirit plainly did.
He knew himself detested, but he knew The hearts that loathed him, crouched and dreaded too.
This was no mock-modesty; his head was as clear as ever it was in an indifferent canvass, and he knew his rivals and their following as well as he knew himself.
Ridiculous as he knew himself about to be in his new role, he was less ridiculous than his betters.
But he knew himselfto be a handsome man, and he could not understand how he could be laid aside for so ugly a lout as this stranger from England.
He knew himself to be of a higher temperament, of a brighter genius, of greater powers.
He thought he knew himself, and that it would not be easy for a woman to get the better of him.
He knew himself hampered, if it came to a struggle.
But instinctively he knew himself in touch with a quality of love that matched his own; and the mere telling revived the marvel, the thrill of that strange and beautiful experience at Chitor.
Drunk with the wine of dreams, he knew himself to be a monarch, a monarch uncrowned and unattended, yet always with his feet upon the wide threshold of his kingdom.
He knew himself to be good-looking and not altogether a barbarian.
He knew himself to be a thing to be pointed at; yet he longed for the sound of human voices, for the touch of human hands, for the living sweetness of his child's face.
He knew himselfto be a scoundrel; he knew Madame Mayer to be a woman of very commonplace intellect; he wondered why he was not able to deceive her more effectually.
He knew himselfto be in a thoroughly false position in consequence of having yielded to Donna Tullia's half-tearful request that he would join the party.
Looking forward he saw nothing but family misery and disgrace, and he saw, also, inevitable difficulties with which he knew himself to be incapable to cope.
But yet he knew himselfto be a backward, slow, unappreciative man.
But he knew himself to be too soft-hearted for such firmness.
Praise and censure alike left him uninfluenced--although few artists can exist without a modicum of the former: he knew himself born to sway the minds of millions and was half fearful of his self-knowledge.
Mr. Prohack, not being an ordinary Englishman, knew himself beaten--for the second time that morning.
True, he knew himself to be cured, but if nature had chosen to cure him too quickly, that was not his fault.
For then the man sees himself but in his own dim mirror, whereas ere he turned to look in that, he knew himself in the absolute clarity of God's present thought out-bodying him.
When he knew himself again, he was in the street, running like the wind, he knew not whither.
He had a vague conviction that he would not be very hard to save, for he knew himself ready to do whatever was required of him.
But he knew himself,--he feared that he knew himself too well to trust himself to keep that which he had unless he altogether changed his manner of living.
He knew himself to be the last man to make a promise, and then to break it wilfully.
He knew himself to be capable of filling with credit, and with advantage to all around him, the great place which was now assigned to him, and it was impossible that he should not be exultant.
And ever, more and more, the passion of his happiness increased; he knew himself complete, fulfilled, made whole.
He drew back suddenly like a wounded animal; his face turned scarlet, as though he knew himself convicted of an hysterical outburst.
Society, as Society was described in the Sunday papers, he knew little about, and he cared less; he was not a snob, if he knew himself.
That was what he had intended to do; he knew himself not to be dishonest, although the alluring opportunity had been too much for him.
He would do good, perhaps; but perhaps also he might do harm, for he knew himselfnot to be infallible.
Fritz Nettenmair was the best-natured fellow in the world as long as heknew himself to be the sole object of the general admiration.
He was a burden to those whom he loved most; he often thought of Cologne, where he knew himself to be welcome.
He knew himself to be hated or, in his madness, believed himself to be hated.
To all this was added the fact that he knew himself to be excelled by some of his workmen, and in difficult cases was obliged to let them do as they liked.
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