Both Uses of
conceit
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament: They are but beggars that can count their worth; But my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.†
Scene 2.6 *
- Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of the place,— As in a vault, an ancient receptacle, Where, for this many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack'd; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort;— Alack, alack, is it not like that I, So early waking,—what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes…†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
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(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) feelings of excessive pride