coxcomb quotes

I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.

-John Ruskin
  OnWhistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold. Fors Clavigera (published1871^84), letter no.79,18 Jun.

Sure a more consummate coxcomb never saw the sun! How amazingly full of himself! Whatever he speaks, he pronounces as an oracle.

-John Wesley
  Of Rousseau. Journal entry, 3 Feb.