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I don't ever want to become so swelled-headed that I forget that everyone else out there is someone with their own value completely independent of their level of fame or lack thereof.
September 19th, 2004 drtesko 2004
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Filippe the negro -- who was the best-natured of the lot -- had become quite swelled-headed with the big salary he received.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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A swelled-headed nigger, with a bee in his bonnet, is one of the worst difficulties in the world to deal with.
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A swelled-headed nigger, with a bee in his bonnet, is one of the worst difficulties in the world to deal with.
Lair of the White Worm Bram Stoker 1879
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