Free Online Color Picker Harmony Tool! http://1828.mshaffer.com
Tuesday - February 9, 2010

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.. .No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
- Preface

1828 Noah Webster Dictionary
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
In celebration of Noah Webster's Birthday (October 16, 2009), we have prepared an updated website.
Please update your bookmarks: http://www.1828-dictionary.com/d/word/vanity

vanity

VAN'ITY, n. [L. vanitas, from vanus, vain.]

1. Emptiness; want of substance to satisfy desire; uncertainty; inanity.

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity. Eccles. 1.

2. Fruitless desire or endeavor.

Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come.

3. Trifling labor that produces no good.

4. Emptiness; untruth

Here I may well show the vanity of what is reported in the story of Walsingham.

5. Empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Sin with vanity had fill'd the works of men.

Think not when woman's transient breath is fled, that all her vanities at once are dead; succeeding vanities she still regards.

6. Ostentation; arrogance.

7. Inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride, inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations. Fops cannot be cured of their vanity.

Vanity is the food of fools.

No man sympathizes with the sorrows of vanity.












1828 Noah Webster Dictionary

Feedback is Welcome!
Google
 
Web 1828.mshaffer.com

Why Donate?

Here are a number of reasons:

  • To indicate your approval.
  • To express your appreciation.
  • To help pay for website expenses and keep this website online.

Donate Using PayPal

If you have a major credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express) or a PayPal account, donating is easy. Just click the dollar amount below to donate:

Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!
$ 5 $ 10 $ 20 $ 50 $ 100 $ Other $
 

Donations from Outside of the United States

We welcome donations from anywhere in the world and in any currency. PayPal accepts a number of international currencies.

Donations by Other Methods

If you wish to donate via direct bank deposit or mail a cheque or money order, please email me .



Please support this FREE service, by making a donation today!

Firefox Plugin
I | S 1828 Webster's 1828 Webster's


Add Search
To Your Site		 [ + ]

News: will

February 09, 2010
[12:02:58 AM] (PDT)


 



0.022464990615845|February 9, 2010 => 1:10 pm