She was more than patient with me, though my spiritual conceit must have given her many a pang.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
Scanlan tried to smile at the rhapsodical conceit, but for some private reason of his own he did not relish nor enjoy it.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
And the old lawyer laughed heartily at his own conceit.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever