I hastened to repair my negligence, and wrote her a most penitent letter half in earnest, half in jest, accusing, myself of the darkest crimes towards my faithful little sister, protesting that she was a thousand times too kind to me a petrified egotist whose very heart had been turned to stone, among skeletons and anatomical preparations.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
Rody, it will be seen, was a thorough egotist.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
On the way home the other egotist waylaid him, with his opinion of old Busby's hallucination and general sanity since the saddler could remember him.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung