Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Boast

(The). The vainglory, the ostentation, that which a person boasts of, or is proud of.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
Awaits [sic] alike the inevitable hour.

Gray: The Elegy, stanza 9.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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