Sentence examples for well of himself from inspiring English sources

Poe thought well of himself.

He thought well of himself: he went to university, he read Hegel.

(Kathleen Tynan wrote of her husband's inability to come to terms with his fetish because of his need to think well of himself).

He thought well of himself and ill of others, notably those in Philadelphia high society whose ideas — or aversion to ideas — opposed his own.

"The worst kind of president is a person who eats in fancy restaurants, smoking a fat cigar and thinking well of himself while employees work in a dirty factory with their hands dirty,"' he said.

Rationally I knew better, but something in me truly believed that this kid had killed seven students, a teacher, and a cafeteria worker at his high school, and still thought rather well of himself for pulling the atrocity off.

A great work --yes; butheot the greatest, unless he find a State suitable to him; for in a State which is suitable to him, he will have a larger growth and be the saviour of his country, as well as of himself.

He may be getting well ahead of himself, even with his promotions goosing sales, but he's certainly in a hurry to dominate the refrigerators of the country's 6,600 7-Eleven outlets and 700 Family Mart convenience stores.

What makes "China Run" work so well is that Cottrell persuades us he's never performing for the camera--that his perceptions of the country and its people, as well as of himself, evolve in the course of the run.

He's done well for himself, of course, with court-ordered fees typically exceeding $1 million per case.

'Security,' says Garmo. 'The protection and well-being of himself and his father.' Despite their fractious relationship, Taylor and his son now found a common cause.