10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERWEENINGNESS»
Discover the use of
overweeningness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
overweeningness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
To surguedrie in passions] i. e. to insolence in passions : properly “ surquedry” (
an unusual word in prose, but often used in verse, especially by Spenser) means
overweeningness, from sur and cuider, Fr., to think; so that it etymologically ...
2
The London Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
... whenever these may be deemed instructive and useful. the same time that he
is aware of the overweeningness so apt to beset alccturer in favour of his own
particular views, Dr. W. will strive to uard against this weakness; and by impartial
y ...
3
A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ...
It is bad enough to be forced to interpret wisdom of any kind ; but to talk after such
transparent lessons as those, is overweeningness horrible. The little boys will
find nothing of the sort to frighten them in this book ; and they need not look at the
...
Heat is no where commendable, but in Government dangerous ; so emulation &
too much positiveness, or an overweeningness in opinion, next to Religious duty,
Selfe denial in the Administration of a Government is both requisite & Laudable.
5
Chambers concise dictionary
2 said of pride: inflated and excessive. [14c: from Anglo- Saxon wenan to WEEN]
□ overweeningly adv. >overweeningness n overweight >adj above the desired,
required or usual weight. > n 1 extra weight; weight beyond what is required or ...
... my fellow-subject'', he expressed just the sort of worry which had been so
prominent in the ''Tracts'': ''unless'', he said, ''it be that I will, out of pride or
overweeningness of my own opinion and a secret conceit of my own infallibility,...
force and ...
7
NPNF1-13. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on Galatians, ...
fountain, whence these and all other evils spring, that is, overweeningness. He
that is seized with this passion is careless even of his own interests. For when a
man overlooks the concerns of his neighbor, and is careless of them, how should
...
8
Homilies on 2nd Timothy
... from the events that happen in them, caused by men. Immediately he sets
down the root and fountain, whence these and all other evils spring, that is,
overweeningness. He that is seized with this passion is careless even of his own
interests.
9
After-Dinner Conversation: The Diary of a Decadent
Silva uses the image as one of sacrilege, overweeningness, and ill omen. 56.
The term is French; in Spanish, arrastrar cueros (lit. “hauling hides,” a reference
to novices in the leather trade). Orjuela (José Asunción Silva: Obra Completa, ...
José Asunción Silva, 2010
10
The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860
Through close examination of one of Russwurm's last editorials in Freedom' s
Journal, there is also a hint of overweeningness — an unmistakable arrogance in
his writing and an obvious disappointment in the lack of progress of his brethren
...
