| 单词 | overweening |
| 例句 | The arrogance of that overweening little jerk is simply overwhelming. palate/palette/pallet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So overweening, now they have killed my peaceful kine, my joy at morning when I climbed the sky of stars, and evening, when I bore westward from heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Like his father, a high cleric, 8-Deer was trained for the priesthood, but political events and his own overweening ambition stopped him from following that path. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Consider her appearance as an overweening mother-in-law in the recent HBO series “White Lotus.” Molly Shannon’s Memoir Is Filled With Mischief and Pathos 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z But at this juncture such faults seem preferable to overweening, overproduced machismo. Art Review: 2012 Whitney Biennial 2012-03-01T23:59:52Z “They say hard places breed hard men,” Theon says, with a boy’s overweening pride, to a ship-girl just before he screws her. “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z And just as overweening state power is not liberal, nor is ceding everything to the market. The deep roots of modern resentment 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet as Sleigh makes clear, he’s also uncomfortable with what might be called “the poetry of witness” or with any overweening formulation of “speaking for the voiceless.” A Traveler to Troubled Lands, Called to Bear Witness 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z So the 2020 oil war with Russia, in which Riyadh flooded the market to try to force Moscow to agree to collective production limits, gets reduced to a byproduct of M.B.S.’s overweening pride. The Mysteries of the American-Saudi Alliance 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z All they have is controversy — their expense, their inevitably “troubled” production, the overweening egos and willingness of their makers to be despised — that sells them by daring the audience to watch them and be offended. Perspective | In praise of the messy, misunderstood masterpiece (and in search of the next one) 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z “His overweening arrogance was breathtaking at times. All his staff were treated like servants and everybody treated him like a prince. If he said it was raining outside, it was definitely raining.” Inside Dau, the 'Stalinist Truman Show': 'I had absolute freedom – until the KGB grabbed me' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z But it was Wallace who once bemoaned that the overweening purpose of his writing students’ work was to demonstrate how “clever” they were. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, leaders of the Brexit campaign seem to want Britain to remain part of a common market, if not part of an overweening political bureaucracy. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z We are sentimental, status-driven, beset by the overweening desires of small humans and – let's not forget – lazy. Less is more: the age of minimalism 2011-02-11T07:59:01Z What kind of overweening ambition does this reflect? Review: Mariinsky Ballet in ‘Raymonda,’ Searching About for a Perfect Suitor 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z But Ms. Cohn stops well short of overweening sentiment. Review: In ‘The Girl in the Book,’ a Young Editor Is Unsettled by Her Past With a Novelist 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Its most compelling character, however, is the family's overweening patriarch, Christopher. Nina Raine: a great ear for anger 2010-10-11T21:00:00Z Yet in order to become a high-income country, it needs innovation and efficiency, which are inconsistent with an overweening government. Neither a bull nor a bear be 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The answer touches on deep questions about the difference between an overweening state and an overseeing community. In Defense of the Super Bowl 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Novels are, or should be, written in defiance of the now, in an imaginative sedition against an overweening present. Review | ‘Exit West,’ by Mohsin Hamid, is a tale of love in the time of migration 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z I can never tell,” Doreen says innocently, and Ms. Thomas perfectly captures the obliviousness that is a byproduct of overweening ego. | 'Relatively Speaking': ?Relatively Speaking? at Brooks Atkinson Theater ? Review 2011-10-21T02:01:14Z What was that about casting off the yolk of overweening government? A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He had overweening ambitions even then, along with a highly developed sense of his own importance. Books of The Times: Alan Brinkley Tells Henry Luce?s Story in ?The Publisher? 2010-04-19T21:35:00Z Klein was a complicated creature, given to hyperbole, adept at self-mythology, guided by an overweening narcissism and full of contradictions. Art Review: ?Yves Klein,? Retrospective at Hirschorn Museum 2010-06-03T21:58:00Z His new one, “Bewilderment,” is so meek, saccharine and overweening in its piety about nature that even a teaspoon of it numbs the mind. In ‘Bewilderment,’ Richard Powers Smothers Nature With Piety 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z With our knowledge of Burns’s quick slide into obscurity, it is hard to be anything other than baffled and irritated at his overweening egoism. Books of The Times: David Margolick’s ‘Dreadful’ Explores a Gay Novelist’s Anguish 2013-07-31T21:30:19Z With his orange skin tone, animal-pelt hairdo and overweening ego, Trump may be the greatest gift to comedians since the invention of the mother-in-law joke. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Ross is alert to the ways in which Huston’s overweening efforts at an artistic greatness got in the way of the movie’s even being merely good, while also positioning it far outside the commercial mainstream. Lillian Ross’s Brilliant Chronicle of the Power Struggle Behind a John Huston Film 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In contrast to Tyndale, James did not believe in the monarchy as an alternative source of power to an overweening church; his slogan was "No bishops, no king". The King James Bible reconsidered 2011-02-19T00:06:00Z What might seem like overweening ambition is actually a patriotic chore. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z And then, with overweening disdain: "British art in the 20th century has massively suffered from its inability not to be good." LS Lowry: the people's artist comes in from the cold 2013-06-08T23:05:10Z Mr. Sun’s “Mythological Time” is a surreal, at times overweening animation set in his northern hometown, Fuxin, which was once home to the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia. Chinese Artists Redraw Boundaries in ‘Tales of Our Time’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Former president Donald Trump, she says, “has this bullying, macho, overweening personality, and he wants to dominate everybody in his path at all times.” Perspective | We took Bill and Hillary Clinton’s MasterClasses. Guess who seemed more prepared. 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Yet to a scrappy island nation that was spoiling to stick it to the overweening Spanish Empire, a dose of “yah-boo-sucks” went a long way. How Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth I Made England a Global Power 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z But there’s no real idea of the character beyond an overweening shamelessness. On TV, the Truth Hurts 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The older two, in their 40s, understand the limitations of his overweening narcissism but can’t quite break free and succeed on their own terms. ‘& Sons’: Family matters on Manhattan’s Upper East Side 2013-07-31T20:39:15Z Her attitude to such men is complex – is their authority truly supernatural or is it merely derived from their overweening personalities? Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: a passage to India 2013-04-05T12:56:01Z Mr. Heginbotham, with his gentle, elfin appeal, doesn’t really have the kind of overweening stage presence needed for this sort of piece. Dance Review: John Heginbotham?s ?One-Man Show? at Joe?s Pub 2010-06-07T22:26:00Z In his overweening interest in secrets and tall tales, in his relish for how stories are told, he’s taken the Salman Rushdie exit off the Paul Auster turnpike. A Mother Keeps Wartime Secrets in Michael Ondaatje’s New Novel 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z However, readers who pick up Nineteen Eighty-Four because of the current worries over the Prism programme would be wrong just to see it as a novel about the dangers of overweening technology. George Orwell back in fashion as Prism stokes paranoia about Big Brother 2013-06-11T17:08:01Z Though its overweening title might suggest otherwise, “A Brief History of Women” is neither feminist nor misogynist in its viewpoint. Review: ‘A Brief History of Women,’ an Alan Ayckbourn Comedy of Tragedies 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z So in this case, being less overweeningly precious about films that are likely to be impenetrable to even the most well-informed audiences would seem an idea. The view: Is it OK to be a film philistine? 2010-05-21T12:48:00Z It can be defensive, but it can also be a profound point of connection, connectedness, even of sorrow and regret, and certainly of self-deprecation in an art world often accused of overweening narcissism. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z O’Toole dissects a number of myths peddled over the years by Britain’s most extreme Euroskeptics, including the specter of an overweening continent determined to outlaw prawn cocktail-flavored potato chips. Fear and Fumbling: Brexit, Trump and the Nationalist Surge 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Real cities, she argued, develop an organic complexity and diversity over time, no thanks to overweening planners. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z “I see them on the plane. The cinematographer–all the attention to detail, all the overweening thought that goes into each shot–and it looks like this!” Off-Key, but on Point 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z After all, there was a moment there when I was willing to let Mr. Important and his overweening confidence bowl over my more shaky certainty. The problem with “mansplaining” 2012-08-20T16:38:00Z He hurled Atlas's dreadful "I bear the unbearable" at the audience in tones of accusatory fury, beneath which we sensed the overweening pride that caused Atlas's downfall in the first place. Christopher Maltman/Graham Johnson 2010-04-22T20:50:00Z For all his overweening ambition, Hawley isn’t the type of artist to frustrate expectations for sport. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 9: ‘You Think the World Is Something’ 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z For the first time, she displays real assertiveness, if not overweening ambition. Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode four 2011-02-12T22:10:00Z In Mr. Atkins’s hands Mr. Kelly is a bit of a sap, done in by the overweening ambitions of his wife. Newly Released - Novels by Drew Perry, Anne Lamott, Ace Atkins and Others 2010-04-14T22:48:00Z The older two, in their 40s, understand the limitations of his overweening narcissism but can't quite break free and succeed on their own terms. A novel about fathers & sons struggling to connect 2013-07-22T13:32:44Z Guy Lodge in Variety called it “a overweening, maddening but not inconsiderable directorial debut”, but the film won two awards in the Orizzonti section, the Lion of the Future and the Special Orizzonti prize. Venice film festival Golden Lion 2015: 'An evening of big surprises' 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The sculptor will resort to any stratagem to achieve his ends, although the conception of this character, with his overweening egoism masking uncertainty about his own future fame, edges into cliché. Review: Doug Wright’s ‘Posterity,’ a Portrait of Ibsen 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z They are there to sell newspapers, and he did that very well indeed, mostly by giving people an insight into the life of a rich and famous man with an overweening ego. Michael Winner: a unique restaurant critic 2013-01-21T16:19:59Z It’s as if their mother’s overweening nature couldn’t be defeated; it could only be eclipsed. Review: The gripping 'Four Daughters' spotlights a shattered Tunisian Arab family 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Still, the overweening arrogance in the face of all these blunders is baffling. The gang that couldn't shoot straight: Will the GOP's baffling "ignarrogance" be its undoing? 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Very often this took the form of hubris, overweening pride and lack of self-control, which the Greeks believed was offensive to the gods and could bring about divine retribution. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the hubris of headstrong shipbuilders who insisted that the Titanic was unsinkable led to an unparalleled maritime disaster, so Cameron’s overweening pride has come unnecessarily close to capsizing this project. How to watch every best picture winner from 1990 through 1999 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The narrative originally appeared to be about overweening parents who would do anything to make sure their children got into prestigious schools. Rick Singer, Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z A “chocolate soldier” was a strutting man with an overweening belief in his own fabulous importance. 'Votes for women!' — 110 years ago marked the first time in California 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The court’s decision striking down New York’s restrictions on concealed-carry licenses could allay conservative concerns about overweening local officials. Opinion | Why the gun deal won’t trigger a conservative revolt 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z I felt like I trusted that more than I trusted a novel that tried to throw its arms around the whole city and make some overweening statement about it. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Either way, and considering the clear fact that he lacks any conviction beyond his overweening desire to be in the speaker’s office, Republicans should be leery of allowing him there as anything but a visitor. Opinion | A Speaker Kevin McCarthy would mean only more debacles like this one 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Barr's overweening egotism, so flamboyantly displayed in his new book and accompanying promotional appearances, is second only to Donald Trump himself. Bill Barr's pride gets in the way: Trump's top lackey just blew up his own redemption tour 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Manchester City still relishes beating its old foe, its overweening neighbor, of course. In Derby Without Drama, City Wins a Laugher 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z But will his overweening ego produce a military conflict neither side wants? Xi Jinping thinks the West is done 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Instead, screenwriter Zach Baylin takes a more oblique approach, focusing on the man whose determination, ambition and sometimes overweening ego helped make his children champions. Review | Will Smith delivers a ferocious, all-consuming star turn in ‘King Richard’ 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The election cratering showed that such overweening efforts are putting off many voters who are still struggling just to get by, as they move beyond the degradation wrought by Trump and Covid. Opinion | Wokeness Derails the Democrats 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z In this case, the overarching message would not be overweening ambition, but rather a focus on tangible things such as roads, bridges and children. Opinion | The Democrats’ agenda is right. But the strategy’s all wrong. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Most Americans instinctively worry about coercion by government and the dangers of an overweening state. Opinion | Labor Day is a celebration of solidarity — and freedom 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z But it fizzes with an almost aggressive opticality, revving into life a picture that might otherwise wilt in the tropical heat of its own overweening exquisiteness. An Indian miniature that sparks maximum pleasure Perhaps you recall a particularly overweening teacher, older sibling or coercive boss. Perspective | What does dominance mean to your dog? 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Racial bias and the overweening influence of money were cited by the pro-democracy think tank as part of the reason for the decline. Column: Tyranny of the minority, or how Trump and other sore losers are making our nasty politics worse 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z His overweening confidence—and his stubbornness—cost him respect from many of his colleagues, especially late in his career. The Myth of Stephen Hawking 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z And yes, there is a cow in “First Cow,” a gorgeous, brown-eyed creature imported to the settlement by the overweening Chief Factor, played by Toby Jones with just the right mix of imperiousness and insecurity. Review | ‘First Cow’ is a transcendent and subtly consciousness-altering frontier parable 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The US is, after all, the crucible of capitalism with a long tradition of individualism and suspicion of overweening government. Buzz of expectation as Bernie Sanders looks to blow away rivals on Super Tuesday 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z The US’s founders were profoundly suspicious of overweening government, from which they suffered under British colonialism. Trump's 'America first' policy offers Beijing and Brussels a chance to lead | Barry Eichengreen 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Do they reason that American politics has reached a nadir of such fundamental hypocrisy and overweening partisanship that no one regards that pledge as anything but window dressing? Opinion | Senate Republicans Are Bathed in Shame 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Recent Iraqi street protests against Iran’s overweening influence may now be eclipsed by a bigger struggle against the US and its much-resented importunities. ‘After Suleimani, Iran will hit back hard – possibly on multiple fronts’ 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The far right will always marshal imaginary enemies – whether they be communism, immigration or an overweening EU – to consolidate power and dismantle the pillars of democracy. Brazil has become a cautionary tale for the world's democracies | Petra Costa 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Barr is described as supremely confident in his beliefs, which is to say that his overweening arrogance is not an act put on someone who is overcompensating to hide insecurity. Bill Barr's alternate universe "investigation" has a goal: Right-wing authoritarian rule 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Humanity’s overweening confidence in its own intelligence also gets a skewering. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: 40 years of parody and predictions 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z But he climbed Britain’s political ladder as a leading enemy of overweening political correctness, with his air of disheveled charm and posh obliviousness helping him skate past serious accusations of racism and sexism. Women in Parliament Call Out Boris Johnson for His Incendiary Language on Brexit 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z This is partly thanks to the overweening power of Rupert Murdoch, and the image management that developed in response. Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The next article might encompass Trump’s overweening use of executive power. Opinion | We knew who Trump was but elected him anyway. We can’t impeach him for that. 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z This finding is not about the potential “back doors,” nor about China’s overweening party-state, but is just as worrisome. Opinion | Huawei wants the government’s trust. A new report advises caution. 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z But even if, as many experts suspect, implementing Brexit proves harmful, many proponents of Leave had legitimate complaints about the E.U., which they believed to be a sclerotic and overweening supranational body. The Chaotic Triumph of Arron Banks, the “Bad Boy of Brexit” 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z That last lie is only a half lie to the extent that, even when I am checking myself for overweening parental pride, it is hard for me to judge my children’s output realistically. My kids are genuises. Honestly. Who do I pay the bribe to? | Emma Brockes 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z She let nothing interfere with her overweening sense of self-worth, referring to her set of people as “we aristocrats.” Katherine MacGregor, the scheming Mrs. Oleson of ‘Little House,’ dies at 93 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Judges may acknowledge complexity and even uncertainty when deliberating in the privacy of chambers, but they almost invariably strike a pose of overweening certitude in their official actions. Review | How judges weigh shades of gray to make tough legal decisions 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z New to government, buoyed by sycophantic supporters and his own overweening ego, Trump made mistake after mistake: He turned little problems into big ones; he thought he could misstate, manipulate and escape detection. Opinion | Trump sees enemies everywhere. He should look in the mirror. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z They like corruption to be exposed, overweening power to be challenged, and serious scandals to be unearthed. Alan Rusbridger: who broke the news? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z I think one of them brought breath mints as a prop, but by that point, my brain was erroring out from the overweening exhibition of pale male flesh and over-serious manliness. The Logan Paul vs. KSI fight exposed an ugliness that’s older than YouTube 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The Sydney Morning Herald described his political career in 2016 as being “pockmarked with overweening ambition, the use of others as steppingstones, and some glaring lapses of judgment.” Scott Morrison vows stability as Australia ousts yet another prime minister 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Voters supposedly want to return to a sense of nationhood as against the overweening EU in Brussels. Finding the Right Right for Europe 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z But despite overweening Democratic optimism, whichever one of them wins the Republican nomination is nearly certain to be elected in the fall. Blue wave or flameout: How will Tuesday’s packed primaries shape the crucial 2018 midterms? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z That does not just mean the overweening clout of the tech titan or the oil baron. Don’t shrink the role of markets—expand it 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The Leveson inquiry could have drawn all its conclusions about the overweening power of the press from the treatment of this one man. The red tops' obsession with Meghan Markle’s father is a warning of the abuse to come | Zoe Williams 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Kampala shows why African cities struggle to raise revenues, squeezed as they are between poor citizens and overweening central governments. How African cities can pay for their own upkeep 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z His claims about the growing power of unelected institutions are telling with regard to Europe, especially given the sometimes overweening role of the European Union. Review | How inequality, immigration and modern media are undermining democracy 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z For others, it is freedom from an overweening government. It's been a generation since Congress passed a gun control law. Will young protesters change that? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “The Emerald City Curtain is more about attitude than geography, fueled by affluence and an overweening sense of enlightenment.” Republicans’ yellow brick road always leads back to bashing Seattle 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Vietnam is hard-wired to resist and resent the notion that it is in any way a vassal of the overweening empire to its north. The Communist Parties of China and Vietnam do not get on 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Moore is all there in Trump: the pomposity and overweening egotism, the predatory behavior that causes women to line up to tell their stories about sexual misconduct and abuse. Opinion | Roy Moore is still in the White House 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Conservative areas are not allowed by the overweening federal government to honour their own values. Are rightwing pundits right that America is on the brink of a civil war? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Yes, of course there’s a gulf — but to be on the losing side of a gulf is not proof of error or overweening arrogance. Opinion | Trump will never be presidential — and the GOP knows it 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “This is not a Republican-Democrat issue. It is an issue about overweening executive branch power,” said Lee Tien, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. FISA Section 702 reauthorization uncertain without more information, privacy protections 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z They warn that Trump’s overweening confidence in his own persuasive powers is simply delusional and will not help resolve intractable global conflicts and the often contradictory aims of his own foreign policy objectives. On first foreign trip, Trump relying on charisma to bridge old divides 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z And if so, it may not be worth arguing about which one to favor: on the one side an overweening machismo, and on the other a diminutive, co-opted femininity. Opinion | ‘Fearless Girl’ and ‘Charging Bull’ are more alike than you’d think 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Do you wish the “Property Brothers” used words like “overweening”? The best home design show in the world — no, really — is finally available on Netflix 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z In a 2005 article in the conservative National Review magazine, Gorsuch criticized American liberals' "overweening addiction to the courtroom" to implement a social agenda "on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide." Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch seen in the mold of Scalia 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “This overweening addiction to the courtroom as the place to debate social policy is bad for the country and bad for the judiciary.” In Judge Neil Gorsuch, an Echo of Scalia in Philosophy and Style 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Its judgment refers to 17th- and 18th-century precedents, when Parliament defended citizens’ rights against an overweening king. Brexit will require the consent of Parliament—but not of the devolved assemblies 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z To critics and biographers, his outsize claims of being “huge,” as he said repeatedly in 2015, were evidence of an overweening ego that constantly needed to be fed and shown deference. The Numbers Game of Donald Trump 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Then overturn his more elaborate legislative adventures into overweening liberalism, starting, of course, with Obamacare. How the new Republican majority can succeed 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But in part it is a reaction to the way we Americans conduct our election campaigns – the oceans of money, the media’s overweening role and the tested and proved tactics of “going negative”. This victory need not trouble Nato – Trump will find he needs friends in Europe | Robert Hunter 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z If Mrs. Clinton wins tonight, Republican state attorneys general “may prove the most effective check on both an overweening federal government and growing abuses by liberal prosecutors,” writes our columnist Kimberley Strassel. The ‘Despotic Regime’ of Political Correctness 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Under a Hillary Clinton presidency in particular, Republican AGs may prove the most effective check on both an overweening federal government and growing abuses by liberal prosecutors. Conservatism’s Last Line of Defense 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He made the case for Trumpism beyond Trump, journalism without malevolence and Silicon Valley shorn of overweening hubris. Tech Mogul Backing Trump Has Sharp Words for Media and Silicon Valley 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet the T-Mobile case proved to be one of overweening ambition and an inability to read the political terrain. For AT&T Chief, Time Warner Deal Is the Peak of an Ambitious Climb 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z A bid for Twitter — a consumer-oriented company with significant challenges — represented to many investors an act of overweening ambition. Salesforce Rules Out a Bid for Twitter 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z As The Matrix’s Agent Smith put it to an overweening police lieutenant, "your men are already dead." The iPhone's new chip should worry Intel 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z In fact, it’s hard to imagine that most Americans had ever heard of Le Pavillon or its overweening proprietor, even during his reign of terror among the city’s moneyed classes. Dining Down Memory Lane 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z India’s overweening bureaucracy is another drag on growth. Two stumbles forward, one back 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “We don’t allow the FBI overweening power in detaining or keeping open investigations on people,’’ he said. FBI comes under scrutiny again after dropping investigation of Orlando shooter 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z He left much unsaid about the overweening socialist system, the ubiquitous secret police and the regime that still dominates so much of Cuban life. The real test of Obama’s thaw with Cuba 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But if he could replace the arrogance and overweening ambition with hard legislative work on issues he cares about he could become a much better legislator and future candidate. Marco Rubio Suspends His Presidential Campaign 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Lawmakers apparently are worried more about overweening government regulation than they are about potential danger to life and property. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z It was a contentious process involving two ballots, but the result was clear and represented a significant break from the past, when governors had overweening influence on the selection of the legislative leadership. Louisiana editorial roundup 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Cruz is viewed by many Republicans in Washington as stubborn and overweening. Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Republicans Argue Over Who Is Greater Threat 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The Center for Individual Rights became one of the earliest public interest groups to grow out of this reassessment, focusing initially on defending academic free speech amid what it considered to be overweening political correctness. Supreme Court Case on Public Sector Union Fees Rouses Political Suspicions 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Analysts interpreted that as a desire to show autonomy from a neighbour often perceived as meddling and overweening. El Chapo extradition sought by US after Mexicans recapture drug lord 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The symptoms he exhibits are multiple, and florid: The overweening sense of entitlement. Donald Trump is the affluenza candidate 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z An advocate of community politics and mutual self-reliance rather than an overweening state, he coined the term "Blue Labour". 2015 political review: Labour divisions follow election defeat - BBC News 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z “The culture of overweening politeness in American philanthropy is leading to our ruin,” Albert Ruesga, the president of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, recently fumed to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The Ford Foundation’s Quest to Fix the World 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Rubio, who has entered six elections and never lost, is alert to the appearance of overweening ambition. Marco Rubio’s Political Dexterity 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He didn’t want an overweening government creating costly programs and interfering in people’s lives. Can the G.O.P. Deal with Inequality? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Obviously, it’s a good thing that there be some pushback against an overweening American ascendancy. “Putin is the only major leader to utter a few simple truths about the role of the United States in the world today” 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z And there remains France's reputation as a high-tax country with an overweening state sector. France bids to reverse tech brain drain - BBC News 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z PowerPoint maestros may bridle at the prospect of losing control to an overweening algorithm, but that’s fine with the Sway team. Microsoft's New App Is PowerPoint for People Who Hate PowerPoint 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Zhang, 43, is a representative of a younger generation of priests seeking to walk a middle path between their loyalty to the Vatican and the party's overweening desire to control all social and religious institutions. China ordains 1st Catholic bishop since 2012 in potential sign of improving ties with Vatican 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z That overweening American sense of entitlement led to the Spanish-American war and to repeated US interventions in Cuba’s affairs over many decades. The Guardian view on US-Cuba relations: still a long way to go | Editorial 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He served up the sort of blunt talk that his supporters praise along with lines that critics cite when they label him an overweening narcissist. Donald Trump's immigration stance divides, inflames and inspires 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The county and the town were named for a Colonel Mason Maycomb, a man whose misplaced self-confidence and overweening willfulness brought confusion and confoundment to all who rode with him in the Creek Indian Wars. Harper Lee’s new novel: read the first chapter 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Many are weary of overweening religious edicts, economic mismanagement and isolation brought by a decade of international sanctions. Iran’s Legions of Weary Young People Push Against the Old Ways 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z With his sharp wit, Mr Demirtas managed to appeal both to Kurds and to Turks worried by Mr Erdogan’s overweening ambitions. The voters’ signal to Erdogan 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In this particular case, the depth of this teeming assemblage may better be expressed in obvious flaws than in overweening talent. The 2016 Republican Presidential Field Is Crowded, Not Deep 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z From “The Cocoanuts” to “Wall Street,” “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “American Beauty” and “Duplex,” brokers are portrayed as an unsavory lot, a blend of underhanded and overweening, guided more by self-interest than by their clients’ needs. Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman’s Real Estate Adventure 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, despite Mr Sirisena’s promise to weaken the institution, the presidency remains overweening, and there is no sign of a promised freedom-of-information bill. Restoring balance 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The Founding Fathers did worry about overweening presidents trampling the constitution. Impeachment lite 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Ford lacks the smug solipsism of Updike, the crushing sexual neuroses of Roth, the overweening machismo of the other male writers bloodied by Wallace’s strafing. Richard Ford: Heart of the Country The protests here are the latest aimed at a widening number of projects that the demonstrators criticize as monuments to the overweening ambitions of local politicians and their business connections. In France, Dam Is the Catalyst for a Flood of Young People’s Anger 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Carson rose to right-wing stardom after his 2013 address before the National Prayer Breakfast, when, with President Obama sitting just a few feet away, he slammed Obamacare as overweening government run amok. “Nasty, petty and ill-informed”: Tea Party hero Ben Carson’s looniest beliefs 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z There is, too, the so-called mask model of narcissism, with overweening self-regard in fact a masquerade to conceal its exact opposite—a deep well of self-loathing or at least low self-esteem. Ray Rice and The Epidemic of Narcissism in Sports 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Father James is a modest, deeply humane man of the cloth: gruff, taciturn, utterly innocent of the cruelty, corruption and overweening pietism for which the Catholic church has been criticized in recent years. ‘Calvary’ movie review: Finding fear and loathing in the flock The overweening self-confidence of some Silicon Valley billionaires is not always grounded in reality” "The plan's most dramatic implications would be for wealth distribution and inequality," writes Andrew Prokop for Vox. A man with a plan for six Californias 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The relationship between the museum and Manifesta has been difficult, not least because of its overweening internal bureaucracy. The art world takes on Russia's regressive LGBT laws at Manifesta 10 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Cantor’s political shape-shifting and overweening ambition earned him few friends in either party. Ruth Marcus: Cantor’s defeat is a loss for GOP and Democrats alike Recently this has meant local-content requirements, subsidised fuel and electricity, and overweening regulation. The 50-year snooze 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z It was precisely this sort of isolation from the ideas and experiences of other cultures — self-imposed by our own overweening ignorance — that Fulbright feared. International disaster in the making: Inside Obama’s under-the-radar plan to eviscerate the Fulbright program 2014-05-11T16:00:00Z The most dangerous threat to liberty was not now coming from the states, but from an overweening federal government. James Madison’s 6 Rules for Success 2014-05-06T04:01:47Z Chinese must recognize the “long-term, complicated and acute” nature of the struggle against “splittism in Xinjiang,” with terrorists’ “overweening manner” needing to be opposed every second with firm measures, Mr. Xi said in the report. Sinosphere Blog: Online, a Censored Reaction to Urumqi Bombing 2014-05-01T10:05:51Z Cantor’s political shape-shifting and overweening ambition earned him few friends in either party. Ruth Marcus: Cantor’s defeat is a loss for GOP and Democrats alike A series of strategic errors cost the party momentum, and its national campaign was diminished by recklessness, an absence of clear strategy and overweening ambition. India Ink: How the Aam Aadmi Party Lost Its Way 2014-04-10T14:20:40Z Economists say much of China's overcapacity is not a product of market failure but rather of the overweening ambitions of local Chinese politicians. UPDATE 1-China's Suntech bailout shows no appetite for creative destruction 2013-10-31T09:23:26Z In his diary, Hart wrote that Haig was "a man of supreme egoism and utter lack of scruple - who, to his overweening ambition, sacrificed hundreds of thousands of men". Blackadder and history 2013-06-15T03:52:03Z It was not Xi Jinping at the podium today on the defensive against allegations of an overweening state infringing the civil liberties of its citizens – it was Obama. Obama faces hypocrisy charges at China summit after data mining revelations 2013-06-07T20:04:31Z Who can seriously doubt that politicians were encouraged to champion light touch regulation before the crash by the lure and lobbying of the banks, as well as by an overweening ideology? Corporate power has turned Britain into a corrupt state 2013-06-04T21:20:01Z But I worry about the emergence of an overweening boosterism that forgets what happened two decades ago—when belief in another Mexican miracle led to one of the worst financial disasters in the country’s history. Mexico's Boom: Why the World Should Tone Down the Hype 2013-03-08T12:05:23Z Pawlenty have painted it as a kind of cowardice, a refusal to acknowledge the dangers of “radical Islamic terrorism” and an overweening concern about being politically correct. The Long War over 'The War on Terror' 2013-02-15T19:20:25Z For the Conservatives, it was and remains a divisive issue between a broadly pro-European mainstream and right wingers who rail at loss of sovereignty and an overweening Brussels bureaucracy. IHT Rendezvous: Britons Promised Vote on Europe, Again 2013-01-23T14:57:21Z But Dotcom is courting Swartz’s supporters, recasting his legal troubles as a battle between an overweening American government and a radical defender of free speech. You’re No Aaron Swartz! 2013-01-23T09:45:00Z They have ridden the aura of their Nehru/Gandhi heritage, not forgetting the overweening sycophancy it generates in their Congress party, to lives of power and privilege. How Gandhi Blew the Rape Crisis 2013-01-19T05:00:00Z And I base that contention on the overweening clericalism that plagues so much of the Catholic priesthood — and which is, at least in part, a consequence of the required celibacy and exclusion of women. Why Jesus’ Wife Matters a Lot — and Not At All 2012-09-25T11:43:47Z “There was an overweening concern about inflation compared to unemployment,” Professor Blinder, who left the board in 1996 and returned to work as an economist at Princeton University, said in a recent interview. News Analysis: In Tradeoff With Inflation, Fed Chooses Jobs 2012-09-15T01:09:51Z Diplomacy and the use of force must be subtle, most often multilateral and attentive to the facts of a rapidly changing world rather than to some overweening ideology. Is Romney a Realist or an Idealist? 2012-08-24T11:17:42Z Catholics are just as prone to turn that overweening sense of orthodoxy on each other. Don’t Let Paul Ryan Become a Religious Lightning Rod 2012-08-17T12:00:56Z Meddling for morality FOR a party that likes to preach about the evils of an overweening federal government and the virtues of deferring authority to states, localities and individuals, it was a peculiar stance. Lexington: Meddling for morality 2012-08-02T15:10:03Z Repair the Treasury's coffers, the coalition's argument goes, and you win back the confidence of financial markets – and, along the way, tame the overweening state and create room for businesses to flourish. George Osborne staked his reputation on deficit control yet problems spiral 2012-06-26T13:10:45Z The America that made his career possible is under threat, he argues, thanks to an overweening government that is suffocating entrepreneurship and weighing its citizens down with debt. Lexington: Examining Marco Rubio 2012-06-21T15:00:14Z The plan to find alternatives to an overweening state in the provision of public services made sense only if profitmaking firms were fully part of the mix. The Cameron government: Crisis? What crisis? 2012-05-10T15:06:15Z That is an overweening ambition, but not an irrational one given its astonishing success thus far. Mark Zuckerberg, Social Revolutionary 2012-05-16T16:57:06Z To sum up: the Arabs' leaning towards ostentation, their aristocratic prejudice and overweening pride, caused them to rebel against all discipline or authority. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z He himself was wounded in the limbs by a poisoned arrow, and his sword-arm being disabled he could no longer defend himself, and so fell a martyr to overweening ambition and greed. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z To an overweening interest in anatomy he added a somewhat weird fancy, so that his conceptions sometimes remind one of Blake. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z It is, in a word, all overweening purpose. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z His broadside was not against making money but, rather, what he described as an all-encompassing climate of overweening greed. City Room: Standing By the Bankers, Right or Wrong 2012-03-19T13:18:12Z We find the same aberrations that obtain in society; similar errors, similar passions, similar miserable self-tormenting chimeras, empty pride, worthless vanity, and overweening ambition. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He, in truth, was able to contemplate the Lieutenant's fate without too much vexation, or any overweening temptation to abandon the Countess. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z She shall be, say, a vulgar woman with an overweening pride in her jewels, and, of course, without the money to replace them if they are lost. How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z Angelique seemed a nice girl enough; but the baroness was overwise in her own conceit; and the baron ridiculously puffed with the overweening vanity of class. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Unless an overweening opinion of myself may have made me blind, I have praised folly not altogether foolishly. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z "I know--I know," she purred, with kittenish gestures of overweening joy. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Seldom stirring abroad, the Vicomte had, in spite of all his talk about Coutras, an overweening sense of his own importance, and he was about to break out in fury when Bonne at length entered. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z It was a mercy, certainly, that you detained me here, or else----' 'You would have fallen a sacrifice to overweening prudence! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Ride with the two brothers, whose overweening and importunate affection she had so recently repulsed! The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He had no cause for this overweening modesty. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z Nor is it unjust to infer that the sense of opposition provoked some of the Cynics to an overweening display of superiority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z And Amraphel, moved as he was by the two great forces of hate and overweening ambition, worked early and late to increase his majority. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z In the particular business in which I was engaged such overweening prudence would be like to nullify my purpose, and further, destroy both Jack and myself. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z They stood in a huddle by the woodpile, holding down and admonishing a very mild-looking collie, which they evidently imagined was filled with an overweening desire instantly to devour us. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z Whether from ‘engine trouble’ or causes even more obscure, he was forced to alight in the country of the Garamantes, the king of which had been struck blind as a punishment for his overweening pride. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Had but my brother Hagan his weapons in his hand, And I with mine were by him, proud Brunhild's chivalry, For all their overweening, would hold their heads less high. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z But in her heart—ah, who would have believed it!—was rising a great, overweening joy. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The whole mood of the music was triumph, overweening boastfulness, and irresistible arrogance. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z The confidence of the enemy was overweening, ridiculous, pathetic; partisans of the Britannia were said to be backing their favorites for unheard-of sums. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Their irrational arrogance and aggressiveness is only exceeded by their psychological ignorance of Islamic spirit and morality, added to an overweening egotism, blind bigotry and narrow sectarian prejudices. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z His pride, it is said, was so overweening that he would suffer no boon-companions except two stars called al-Farqadán, and when he drank wine he used to pour out a cup for each of them. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z This is all overweening vanity, and a desire "to set themselves up above the rest of the world." The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Scarcely had this overweening thought been born in her mind before she was filled with fear, and felt such shame that she would gladly have had the earth open and swallow her up. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The irresponsible power of her office of regent filled her with overweening ambition. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The smack and the singing protested against all overweening despotism, all that was rude, rough, and coarse--a free swaying protest, proudly delighting in their colours. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z It is a not uncommon fact that individuals usually the reverse of self-asserting exhibit, on occasions, an overweening self-consciousness, which is all the more pointed and aggressive because of their secret and habitual self-distrust. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Though jealousy of man is the animating passion of the lower devils and the excuse of the protagonist himself, yet we feel that he uses this merely as a stalking horse for his overweening ambition. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z But the young man's confidence in himself was neither blind nor overweening, and in his heart he was under no illusion as to his own motives. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z These overweening opinions of their own greatness; this exaggerated idea of their immunity, causes hatred in the hearts of the most submissive men, and drives the most patient to excesses. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z She felt as she did in the beginning of their married life, when he had always expected her to join in all his overweening wishes and desires. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z We have such an overweening sense of the value of doing, that we lose sight of the place which worship occupies in the thoughts of God. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z There was once a particularly well-to-do and overweeningly ambitious owl, who lived in an old castle, not far from the lovely village of Fern Dene. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The Christians were again becoming overweening on the northern marches, and the Chamberlain Mus-hafy, being no soldier, did not know how to cope with their aggressions. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z There is the inability to lose face, a need to be the biggest fish in the pond, a difficulty in appreciating alternative opinions, a debilitating self obsession and an overweening sense of entitlement. Will Newcastle's volatile Joey Barton see the light at Sunderland? 2011-08-19T15:06:23Z The centralization of power, resulting from the ascendency of the southern populations, soon gave Paris an overweening preponderance, and finally made it, what it now is, the sovereign of the state. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z His mother, Lucia, had exhibited a vanity so overweening, and a temper so intense, that at times it resembled lunacy. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But see what this overweening opinion of security ended in: the man of the second-sight was not to be so easily baffled. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z William Longchamp was a man of low birth, lame and insignificant in person, haughty in manner, of overweening ambition, and careless of the rights of others, active, able, and faithful to his master. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z A large regulatory apparatus was developed to protect human subjects from the ambitions of overweening academic researchers. Op-Ed Contributor: Useless Studies, Real Harm 2011-07-29T04:18:02Z If Evelyn had one overweening failing more than another, it was inordinate curiosity. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Nay, he had not half so much of that quality as had the son of the Mestizza, whose overweening pride won for him the name of "Little Prince." The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Oh, overweening pride of Margaret Hayley, that once had been her most marked characteristic, now cast away like a thing to be loathed and reprobated! The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z They lacked neither leisure, nor opportunity, nor competent knowledge; but they were full of dislike for Spain and its religion, of overweening conceit, and of implicit trust in Griesbach and his recensions. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z But now that the state has imposed its overweening presence into everyone's private affairs, the citizens of California will supposedly flee to more welcoming climes. Why do liberals hate freedom so much? 2011-06-15T12:30:00Z The overweening struggle to oppress you only shows the world that so much of endeavour cannot be directed to nothing. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Possessed of an overweening vanity, Mignon smilingly accepted her election to the post of treasurer as a distinct compliment to herself. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z “Why is it that you young ladies have developed an overweening interest in Terwilliger?” asked Mr. Van Silver. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z A class of agents are now at work whose cognition may some day turn the laugh upon overweeningly wise laughers at Cotton Mather. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z I've got a pet scheme, a great ambition that is overweening, overwhelming. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z The University has at length, after eighteen years of self-denial, been drawn by what I might call the overweening exercise of power into the vortex of mere party politics. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Nowhere is there a more overweening local pride. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z I do not profess any overweening admiration for those qualities of character which induce the exultant publication of such personal items; but I do say that men have no right to complain. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The decrepit hero of the overweening hallucination had hobbled into the witness-box meanwhile. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Professors of religion also are but too guilty of this same fault, being filled with an overweening conceit of their own excellencies, and a contemptuous disregard of their less spiritual neighbours. Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century 2011-05-17T02:00:19.317Z They were overweeningly met by some incapable upstarts of yesterday, whose devotion was not to outlast the 20th May. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z On the other hand, his overweening self-esteem led him to think that what he knew comprised what was chiefly, if not solely, worth knowing, and his avarice occasionally overrode his native talent for business. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z This reliance and overweening trust in numbers is to some extent generational, said Howard Gardner, a professor of cognition and education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Shortcuts: In a Data-Heavy Society, Being Defined by the Numbers 2011-04-22T18:13:01Z At Tea Party meetings across the country, states' rights is a rebel yell among many who see today's government as overweening and rapacious. Painful history 2011-04-12T01:52:49Z If I am overweening, you will I know be indulgent. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z The husband's affection must never be merged in an overweening conceit of his authority. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z In the marriage of Jupiter and Thetis, Shelley seems to portray the overweening arrogance through which a political tyranny invests itself with the pomp of a false glory and which always precedes its downfall. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Notwithstanding her peculiarities and her overweening self-conceit, she was a thoroughly good creature, and devoted heart and soul to the Leskjewitsch family. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z "Smoke and mirrors will not protect media plurality in the UK from the overweening influence of News Corporation," he said. Opponents of News Corp takeover of BSkyB consider judicial review 2011-03-03T11:05:33Z But we all know him, and are aware also, at any rate by report, of his overweening vanity, and the manner in which he intrudes his conception of “Hamlet” or “Richelieu” on a longsuffering public. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z He was disappointed, jealous, offended; he had an overweening opinion of the nobility of his family and not a very modest one as to his own deserts. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z You were pleased to express a wish for my opinion of your work, which so flattered me that nothing less would serve my overweening fancy than a formal criticism on the book. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z In all my life I never met such inordinate vanity and such overweening pretension. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Seeing the barons quarrelling among themselves, and Montfort accused of ambition and overweening masterfulness by many of his colleagues, the king took heart. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The nurses, forgetting the trouble her querulousness and her overweening dietary scruples had cost them, hung over the bed on which the shrivelled entity lay. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Of course I knew there was something mysterious about her overweening interest in ‘Princess Lalla,’ but this thick old bean of mine wasn’t functioning very well in those days. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The assessor's contrition, however, was neither of great depth nor of long duration; his overweening self-conceit enabled him to bound back to his former position, like a steel spring when the pressure is removed. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z You might think me overweening because I make so much of myself. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z They vow to singe the whiskers of the overweening Don. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z We safeguarded ourselves against the possibility of a central power of overweening strength. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z She seemed very easy about our provision for the future, and I, alternating between an overweening confidence and an irrepressible anxiety, awaited the promised disclosures of Mr. Forrester, which were to end our suspense. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z For what was this monstrous right that Derwent Rose claimed, to put all the rest of us into the shadow of his own overweening and presumptuous glory? The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It may also bring the overweening prestige of Chilean industrialists like Bohn down a healthy notch. The Rescued Miners: Winning Respect for Chile's Working Class 2010-10-14T22:40:00Z "Any night you like I should dearly love to do some despite towards those overweening knaves." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Today he got down to the matter at hand: defense against overweening government. Does the Appleseed Project Teach Marksmanship or Something More? 2010-07-29T22:08:00Z To take just two examples: Lehman Brothers managed to carve out a horrible reputation for crude, overweening self-satisfaction as it headed towards collapse, while Toyota made its safety problems far worse by its initial reaction. Tony Hayward's arrogance of success 2010-06-21T11:30:00Z What we see, almost from the beginning of Steinbrenner’s tenure, is a man of overweening self-importance and callousness, with a breathtaking absence of empathy. Book Review - Steinbrenner - By Bill Madden 2010-05-21T16:25:00Z The banks' inability to run their own affairs and the subsequent public bailout is well-documented, as is bankers overweening sense of entitlement. Letters: Tax cut will save jobs ? by cutting jobs 2010-04-06T23:05:00Z Ah, ah, methinks I see those overweening Dons grilling in their treasure ship at this moment. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Mr. Smith, they note, warned of the “overweening conceit” of human beings, while Mr. Keynes wrote of the influence of “animal spirits” on the economy. Off the Shelf: ?The Road From Ruin?: How to Avoid Another Crisis 2010-03-20T22:20:00Z His detractors argue that his ambitiousness is unusually stark and overweening, even by politicians' standards. The real reasons for Charlie Crist's collapse 2010-03-02T11:59:00Z The existence of an overweening state machine that meddles in everything can tempt leaders to use it against their political foes. 2010-01-14T10:45:00Z They still retained their imposing appearance and precision of movement, and overweening self-confidence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" More especially was this the case in districts where before the war the overweening arrogance and cruelty of the French occupier had been most heavily felt. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Tom felt himself rather a desirable person suddenly; by no means negligible at any rate; pleased and satisfied with himself, if not yet overweeningly so. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath Absurd as he was in dress, ridiculous in his overweening pretension, not one ventured on the open sneer at what each in his secret heart despised for its vulgar insolence. Tony Butler "You talk to me as though my crying sin were an overweening vanity," said the youth, half angrily. The Fortunes Of Glencore Austin says that he truckled to the sinister interests and mischievous prejudices of power, and that he flattered the overweening conceit of the English in their own institutions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" "All that remains of their ancient glory is an overweening pride, which I mean to humble." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. This overweening confidence sometimes brings us defeats that we might have avoided, and again it brings us victories that we might not have won otherwise. The Guns of Europe Men otherwise of very good sense have been drawn into this practice through an overweening desire of sudden wealth, and an easy credulity of what they so earnestly wished might be true. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day "The enemy of presumption and anything that looks like an overweening confidence in one's own worth or capabilities," remarked a third. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life He could not do justice to himself, without appearance of overweening pride. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 I was filled with overweening self-confidence, and fired with ambition. Fragments of an Autobiography There was little of that overweening self-esteem which in our time stifles many a good story, for fear of the racy ridicule that is sure to follow it. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He had now an opposite task to perform, to guard against an overweening confidence inspired by the recent triumph. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I had heard much of the overweening vanity and conceit of the Legitimatists, but the reality far exceeded all my notions of them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 To her thinking, there was nothing of vanity,—no overweening conceit in all these foreshadowings of future fame; nay, if anything, he understated the claims he would establish upon the world's gratitude. One Of Them His tone throughout the book is one of overweening self-confidence. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. And I must say that my dear father, with all his noble generosity and overweening affection, sometimes appeared to me as my jailer. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Washington had already been disgusted by the overweening presumption of Conway, and was surprised to hear that his application was likely to be successful. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Possibly they infused into her mind some suspicions of the subordinate part she was made to play, through the overweening ambition of the cardinal. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 But Smith, on account of the king's overweening and preposterous jealousy of the royal prerogative, felt constrained to decline the appellation of "father," for she was "a king's daughter." History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The overweening selfishness of the tender passion conciliates no sympathy; very fortunately, it is quite indifferent to it. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Prussia talked of reviving the holy alliance in defence of the law of nations against the overweening ambition of Piedmont. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) His overweening ambition to mount the throne overcame every noble sentiment, and he plotted to assassinate the emperor and to usurp supreme power. Women of Early Christianity I had heard much of the overweening vanity and conceit of the Legitimists, but the reality far exceeded all my notions of them. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The president's overweening jealousy would allow no military exercise or fortification, save the boughs of trees thrown together in a semicircle by the energy of Captain Kendall. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Exaggerated ideas of their own importance, an overweening sense of their value to the Fatherland, there are in abundance, as well as a mass of crude, unsettled notions about liberty and the regeneration of Germany. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands One rueful rascal with no civic conscience, and an overweening appreciation of his sex, gives it as his opinion that this is an ill-reasoned theory. Seeds of Pine Men select their walk in life either from the consciousness of certain qualities likely to obtain success, or by some overweening admiration of those already eminent in it. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Others may fall around us like leaves, or be mowed down like flowers by the scythe of Time: these are but tropes and figures to the unreflecting ears and overweening presumption of youth. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Dr. Lee charged Franklin with vanity, inflated by French flattery, with overweening and dictatorial arrogance, with connivance at fraud and corruption, and with being under French influence. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia However, the chips showed no overweening desire to ignite, despite Mac's most tender efforts. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making Might it not breed that overweening pride of power which goes before destruction? The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Are these the signs of that overweening lust of territory with which England dares to reproach us? Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I We are the richer for his rather overweening experiment; we are not to ignore its conditions, nor its partial failure, but we have to thank him none the less. Life of John Keats In these several respects his overweening pride was a source of strength. Studies in Contemporary Biography All right then, Antonio," continued Salvator, his eyes sparkling with delight "Very well then, you may rely upon it, I will overwhelm your envious overweening persecutors, and get you the honour you deserve. Weird Tales. Vol. I Sometimes we take that way in order to get a rest from your overweening raptures over the absent girl. Threads of Grey and Gold The latter feeling proceeded from a blind and overweening confidence, and those who entertained it were not the less intensely patriotic and devoted to the cause. History of Morgan's Cavalry The gods befooled him “to the top of his bent;” his overweening vanity failing to show the poor creature that he was exciting ridicule instead of applause. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. The overweening old man found himself comfortably off somehow; and it is good that he did. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Oh, this world: this cheating and screening Of cheats! this conscience for candle-wicks, Not beacon-fires! this overweening Of underhand diplomatical tricks, Dared for the country while scorned for the counter! The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV He had no dare-devil instincts, and not an overweening love of adventure. The Come Back There is nothing more foolish and more wicked than despair; overweening confidence is not more foolish than despair; both are the favourite weapons of the enemy of souls.” Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest I thought how sharp must be her mortification, that she, the student, the recluse, Felipe’s saintly monitress, should have thus confessed an overweening weakness for a man with whom she had never exchanged a word. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Even the late learned Dr. Owen Pugh has, in his Dictionary, by arbitrarily selecting certain syllables as the roots of all Cumrian words, done much to foster this overweening conceit. Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The Chronicle speaks of the overweening ambition of Lady Macbeth. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study He had served in Reform and Conservative governments, but without incurring the reproach of overweening love of office. George Brown There came, amongst other evils, materialism and covetousness and irreligion; overweening arrogance, an impatient contempt for the rights of the weak, a mania for world dominion, and a veritable lunacy of power worship. Right Above Race She became to him, as he had become to her, the image of broken faith, capricious feeling, and overweening worldly ambition. A Manifest Destiny Within an hour staid old Simití lay in the grip of martial law, with its once overweening Alcalde, now a meek and frightened prisoner, arraigned before Captain Morales, holding court in the shabby town hall. Carmen Ariza The scruples that trouble my conscience now, therefore, have not their source in pride, in an overweening self-confidence, in a desire for worldly fame, or in a too great love of knowledge. Pepita Ximenez Sydney's great and overweening fault was that form of "moral stupidity" which we term selfishness. Name and Fame A Novel Wild Bill’s force would have carried him through, or even Sandy Joyce’s overweening confidence would have kept his head above water. The Twins of Suffering Creek Bewail thy bane, deluded France, Vain-glory, overweening pride, And harrying earth with eagle glance, Ambition, frantic homicide! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The wind that fluttered the sparse forelock on his overweening forehead hummed in his ears. In a Little Town I please myself in thinking that the conditions I possess for it are real and efficacious; though I call humility to my aid, at times, to save me from an overweening self-confidence. Pepita Ximenez And it was his attitude that roused Tresler; the words were the words of an overweening bully, and might have been laughed at, but the attitude said more, and no man likes to be browbeaten. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The arrogance imputed to Michael Angelo seems rather to have arisen from a contempt for others than from any overweening opinion of himself. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History His triumphant, flaming, overweening heart of the intrinsic male would never beat again. The Rainbow Some of them struck me as sincere though limited, and others as the victims of an overweening vanity. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Vanity is an overweening admiration of self, craving equal admiration from others; self-consciousness is commonly painful to its possessor, vanity always a source of satisfaction, except as it fails to receive its supposed due. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions No mother showing off a precocious brat to her gossips could have displayed more overweening pride. The Belovéd Vagabond He was a handsome dark-eyed boy, with no special individuality, except an overweening sense of fun. Not Like Other Girls He would be subject now, reciprocal, never the indomitable thing with a core of overweening, unabateable fire. The Rainbow Why refuse to look their own effeminacy in the face,—their own gaudy and overweening encouragement of what they dare not contemplate in its results? Captain Sword and Captain Pen A Poem The disproportionate magnitude of the same interval was explained by Kant as due to the overweening size of Jupiter. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Mrs. Marsh, despite an inaccurate acquaintance with and an overweening curiosity regarding the doings of fashionable people, was a model of executive ability. A Romantic Young Lady Presumptuous ignorance, and overweening conceit, have, in her case, completely nullified, nay worse, have converted into a curse, in some respects, what was intended every way for a blessing. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 But the pride of our ancestor was overweening. Jewish Literature and Other Essays "Your overweening conceit would be laughable if it were not so irritating," Myra retorted curtly. Bandit Love There is an overweening vanity about that man which is quite upsetting. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm They are the result of overweening vanity on the part of the City Council and have nothing to do with the storekeepers. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies There was nothing left, therefore, but to grant the latter a recall which, smarting with a humiliation so unforeseen to his overweening arrogance, he demanded in accents of rage and despair. Political Women, Vol. 2 With an overweening confidence arising from past successes, he believed that matters would adjust themselves as they always had. 'Me--Smith' "I am afraid the result would be a shock to your overweening vanity, Don Carlos," responded Myra coldly, still avoiding his eyes. Bandit Love Hearing, in answer to his inquiry, that the monster has a heart and that it is in the usual place: "I will drive Nothung into the overweening brute's heart!" he determines lightly. The Wagnerian Romances But a season of travel in India, entered upon with the desire to dispassionately study the Hindu religion in the land of its overweening strength, produces only bewilderment and mental nausea. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan I judge no man any more for displaying an overweening vanity, rather do I envy him this representative mark of his humanity. The Wonder Lysander accompanied him as one of the generals, but gave so great offense by his overweening arrogance, that he was sent to command at the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires James had outraged the moral sense of the community; his name could not be mentioned without indignation; everything he did was wrong, even his very real modesty was explained as overweening conceit. The Hero To dominate 563 had been the keynote of her father’s character; his death had been a fitting symbol of his overweening desire to pursue that phantom. The Wind Before the Dawn His overweening conduct gradually made his position at Berlin untenable. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) In his heart he began to doubt the wisdom of marrying on six hundred dollars, an unexplored heirloom in Judson Centre, and an overweening desire to write books. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Even in the overweening cause of egoism he had never shown so much character in his life. Stingaree In reality, it is frightful pride and overweening arrogance to think that we shall live for ever—become like God. The Sand-Hills of Jutland In overweening confidence in his own success, he dismissed his mercenary troops, and sent messengers to Babylon, to Egypt, and to Sparta, calling on them to come with troops to his assistance within five months. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It may suit the overweening pride which defies both the past and the present to say with Bonaparte, that history is only a fable that men have agreed to believe. Miracles and Supernatural Religion "You are talking overweeningly," cried Antonio in wrath; "or rather you are utterly ignorant of what you are saying, and I deserve not this language from you." The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck After the two overweening spirits had been rebuked, matters in the shack went quietly for a while. The Huntress It’s a mystery to me why, with your overweening admiration for the other sex, you haven’t married, Miss Leigh. How to Cook Husbands We easily trace in Gay's career the unsatisfied overweening poetic soul, like a Charybdis, insatiable of adulation. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) My overweening airs as a boy have not been forgotten, and I have always been looked on as an interloper. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster His leadership in this fight was ascribed to his overweening ambition to reach the presidency. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage There was in truth much short-sighted cunning in his ways, which came of his overweening vanity. Bardell v. Pickwick Other peoples had to submit to the compulsion exerted by her overweening superiority. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Your name alone descends by birth, Your fame is consequent on worth; Nor deem a coronet can hide Folly or overweening pride: Learning, by toil and study won, Was ne'er entailed from sire to son. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) The great grew greater, the poor poorer, and the old simplicity and frugality of Rome were replaced by overweening luxury and greed of wealth. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It must be a compelling reason, rather than the overweening excuse that it is more convenient to keep him where he is. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 You must understand likewise they sprang from a certain pride and overweening conceit that goes along with love and makes it very exacting. The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country Actuated by overweening curiosity, or else by a thirst for blood, the big cat returned again and again to the edge of the hole. Hidden Gold My humble suit is still denied By Ocean's overweening pride. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse His overweening personal ambitions had been shipwrecked on the rock of ridicule, for as he made his inglorious exit he shouted at the world that he was "still alive and inexorable." The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 At this I guessed, and was right in my guesswork, that she meant Messer Griffo, of whom, it seems, that she had suddenly become overweeningly fond, as indeed he of her. The God of Love His extempore expressions suggested an overweening view of his own position. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement His preaching, for the most part, I considered commonplace; his manner, eccentric; his pretensions to revelations, authority, and prophetic indications, overweening. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Those who entertain this notion, hold, I think, an overweening opinion of their own importance in the system of nature. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Palmerston displayed the same overweening confidence, and the same desire to conceal whatever militated against his opinion. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) All Kenrick’s faults and errors had had their root in an overweening pride, a pride which grew fast upon him, and the intensity of which increased in proportion as it grew less and less justifiable. St. Winifred's, or The World of School There were crack riders and ropers, who, just because they felt such overweening pride in their own prowess, were not really very valuable men. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands A few centuries ago, and in all ancient times, such an incident would have been accepted as the obvious chastisement of the superior powers on the overweening pride of men. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals When all was said and done, she was a woman, and I could afford a chivalrous gesture even in the face of her overweening arrogance. Greener Than You Think Is it not from an overweening conceit of our own wisdom, that we are so swift to speak, and so slow to hear, and that we would teach others and yet be taught of none? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Their hearts were full of hope and the overweening vanity and self-confidence of their years. Under the Rebel's Reign And so, because of her isolate self-sufficiency in the fray, her wild, overweening backbone, they were ready to attend on her and serve her. The Lost Girl In his overweening rage and vanity he fairly crouched before the throne, eying them all like a cat. Under the Rose Now there’s none of that overweening ambition about me. About Peggy Saville Addictedness to our own apprehension, and too much self overweening and self pleasing is the grand enemy of that place to which we are called into one body. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Others there are who have such overweening confidence in their own smartness that their lives are nothing but a series of losses. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi He had not been that way since the day of his examination—the finest day of his life—the day of his overweening pride. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Besides—such was his overweening pride—to hear a woman confess she cared for another dampened his own ardor, instead of stimulating it. Under the Rose Her overweening confidence now was such that she was persuaded that she could shape events and mould the lives of others and her own as she willed. The Lady Doc In connection with baseball, he had always entertained an overweening ambition to become a pitcher, although little qualified for such a position, either by temperament or acquired skill. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale The first was the natural reaction from the overweening reverence anciently felt for the sacerdotal order: when the sacerdos was found to be but a presbyter, his charm was gone. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada It was commonly said, by his enemies and by his alarmed friends, that vanity and a restless overweening desire for notoriety was the inspiring motive of Helvétius. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. It was the cold, impassive, scrutinising face of an aged dame of such overweening pride and keenness that he seemed to feel himself pierced through by her gaze. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette Yet another innocent man was to die as victim of Rasputin's overweening vanity and evil influence in every quarter. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia One of the main causes of Henry III.'s unpopularity was the overweening influence of his foreign favourites. The Reign of Mary Tudor I thought it was pretty good, and that, with his overweening ego, it would surely do the trick. Sense from Thought Divide It is astonishing how constantly fond overweening prejudice deceives itself. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 Germany absorbed Alsace-Lorraine, Schleswig, and now Belgium, by virtue of nationalism, of an overweening belief in the perfection of its national self. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 In every measure to increase the income of the crown he was hampered by the overweening power of the Cabinet, who were reluctant to give up a jot or tittle of their ill-acquired wealth. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Their successes filled the Matabili with an overweening confidence in their power. Impressions of South Africa My overweening conceit made me stick to my guns and argue the point with him at length. My Reminiscences Every fresh instance of submission naturally swelled the overweening insolence of the Deys. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Treitschke and Nietzsche were simply affected in their writings by this universal poison of overweening vanity. Face to Face with Kaiserism “Of course you are,” said Victor, with the overweening assurance of youth. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The student’s attention is called to the culmination of Saxon England, and the overweening power and disintegrating tendencies of the great earldoms just before the Norman conquest, as marking the turning-point of English History. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 The misfortune which has happened to this young woman is not always a proof of a bad heart, but of strong attachment, and the overweening confidence of simplicity.” Mr. Midshipman Easy From overweening confidence the fickle savages had passed to the other extreme. French Pathfinders in North America If the German merchants wanted this war in order to gain a German monopoly of the world's trade, then they are rightly suffering from the results of overweening covetousness. Face to Face with Kaiserism Mary's overweening admiration for the Princess carried her to the point of feeling that everybody ought to be miserable when she was unhappy. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor Making light of it or of our enemies may inspire a moment's overweening confidence, but would ensure ultimate defeat. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry This overweening confidence of youth—he was asking himself earnestly—was it altogether a misfortune, or but raw material out of which great things were to be made in the future? Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story You by your overweening pride and folly have doomed our beloved planet—the most perfect planet in the Galaxy in its grateful warmth and wonderful dampness and fogginess—and our entire race to certain destruction. Skylark Three There must be an overweening confidence in the safety of burlesque to make such an experiment possible. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Alas! beyond a doubt, good-bye was good-bye, and for all her extraordinary kindness, she was offended by my overweening presumption, and sent me away, and will not send for me again. The Substance of a Dream It may have been Milburgh's overweening faith in his own genius. The Daffodil Mystery An overweening sense of his own importance was the only trait of his character which lay upon the surface; and this, his master-failing, was revealed by every look and gesture. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I Sir Wycherly's principal weakness was an overweening and an ignorant admiration of his own country, and all it contained. The Two Admirals Another lesson we may learn from the fate of ancient states: it is to beware of presumptuous pride and overweening conceit: these are the result of inconsiderate ignorance. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 She felt how naughty she was, but her overweening vanity quite stifled her conscience. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 My knees did quake, and the veriest poltroon might have well been ashamed of the overweening fear which possessed me. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV He said that it tamed his overweening pride to find that there was artistic ability employing itself with literature which was so unlike literary ability. The Story of a Play A Novel "And have you, young lady, any of that overweening prejudice in favour of your own island?" The Two Admirals She had a sense of humour which kept her knowledge of her own importance from becoming overweening. Mary Gray As with all who are greedy of pleasure, the foundation of her moral being was overweening egotism. The Child of Pleasure Such books may be of value for the teacher; they may possibly be of value in disposing of curiosity that has become overweening or even morbid, but their value as preachments I much question. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles "Well, it's a great chance," said Hilary, with the will to steer a middle course between Maxwell's modesty and Louise's overweening pride. The Story of a Play A Novel From these causes, operating jointly, resulted undue caution at the North and overweening confidence at the South. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Although the earl soon regained his liberty he could not forget his disgrace, and his overweening vanity drove him to concert measures against the government. London and the Kingdom - Volume I An overweening pride in their lawlessness did not justify or excuse it; the devils had that, in hell. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi It would not be difficult to furnish a lengthy catalogue of the blunders historical writers have perpetrated through their overweening addiction to this folly. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 That, instead of being rebellious arrogance or overweening selfishness, would simply be conforming our thoughts and plans, our desires and labors, to the Divine arrangements. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "Upon my word, sire I cannot very well tell you—some overweeningly conceited device—that is the sense of it, the words have nothing to do with the thing itself." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" The performance was round, symmetrical, and thorough—every detail being kept subordinate to intelligent general effect, and no effort being made toward overweening individual display. Shadows of the Stage He knew the ruthlessness of the man and his overweening lust of power, which had passed the bounds of ordinary ambition and had become a Napoleonic egomania. Swirling Waters You were pleased to express a wish for my opinion of the work, which so flattered me, that nothing less would serve my overweening fancy, than a formal criticism on the book. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Nor was this anticipation the mere offspring of an overweening confidence in themselves. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 Many a man will tell you that this is spoken more in overweening pride than in wise forethought if you refuse such a man as is Bolli. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic It is this overweening power that the Romans call the supervision of morals. History Of Ancient Civilization One can be surer of one's self, without either an overweening self-conceit or the assumption of brassy self-assertion. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin An overweening modesty in us seems to persuade us that it is quite impossible we should be fortunate enough to be the contemporaries of great men. Masques & Phases Overweening ambition.—Or, again, the poet may yearn to teach the wrong of overweening, vaulting ambition and he writes “Paradise Lost” and “Recessional.” The Vitalized School Savary, on his return, informed his master that the Russian prince was surrounded by a set of young coxcombs, whose every look and gesture expressed overweening confidence in themselves and contempt for their opponents. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Disorder.—This overweening authority was, moreover, very ill regulated; it resided entirely in the person of the emperor. History Of Ancient Civilization My advances were not encouraged by that overweening tenderness that indicates the possible victim of misplaced confidence. Trifles for the Christmas Holidays Such an idol of popular admiration would be sure to exhibit an overweening vanity. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag Erelong these outward trappings, these visible treasures, these earthly vanities, these arrayed armies, these adorned vestures, these proud and overweening souls, all shall pass into the confines of the grave, as though into that box. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts In the face of that vast cosmic drama unfolding itself before her senses, she sat wholly unmoved and unsympathetic, displaying the overweening arrogance of a spoiled child. Atlantis I attribute it principally to an overweening confidence in myself, and to a blind faith in others. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches It is one aim of the official courses of study, for instance, that history shall be so taught that the pupils will gain an overweening reverence for the reigning house of Hohenzollern. Craftsmanship in Teaching There is, though in a less offensive form, the same overweening presumption in a suggestion he makes, that all species of animals and plants which are useless to man should be systematically rooted out. Auguste Comte and Positivism Vanity, a love of display, an overweening desire to be admired, are great obstacles to self-possession; whereas, a well-disciplined and well-balanced character will generally lead to composure and self-command. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies What has always seemed to me the mistake about the religious life as it is lived to-day," said Boase, "is the overweening importance given to trifles. Secret Bread They were accused of terrorising dying men out of their possessions, of laxity in the confessional, of absolving their friends too easily, of overweening ambition and restless meddlesomeness. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) You speak as though there was but one will in the world, of which you were the fortunate possessor; permit me to disabuse your overweening confidence and selfishness on this point. Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival He is a fair administrator, a good debater and leader of the House, has statesmanlike ideas, and but for his overweening conceit might have risen to the rank of a statesman. Town Life in Australia His eyes never left Ta-user for long, and his every word seemed to be inspired by some overweening emotion. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Then he passed on to the luxury in which some of the prelates were living, and to their overweening influence in the Councils of State. Old St. Paul's Cathedral But the most zealous enthusiast for the holy war could hardly be deceived by the false zeal with which the Angevin cloaked his overweening ambition. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Cowardice, vanity, overweening self-consciousness, are the causes of most melancholy. Lost Leaders There are the same tactlessness, brutality, overweening ambition, and cynical indifference to the means by which those ambitions are to be attained. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. I see Cualnge's hero, With feats overweening, Not fleeing he flees us, But towards us he comes. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge The pupils, however, came just the same and gave each other instruction which was far less indulgent than the master’s, for his greatest fault was an overweening good nature. Musical Memories It was, however, almost the last exhibition of his overweening youthful egotism. The Measure of a Man Let no warrior, vain And overweening of his strength or skill, Start from his rank to dare the fight alone,355 Or fall behind it, weakening whom he leaves. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Like the sages of old, Confucius had an overweening faith in the effect of example. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 You know this to be true, for you have recognized overweening self-love in others. The Art of Public Speaking I tell you, Munro, I hate this boy—this beardless, this overweening and insolent boy. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Here it says to an overweening peerage,—"Your pride finds banks that it cannot overflow": here to a tumultuous and giddy people,—"There is a bound to the raging of the sea." The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) He enlarges or diminishes the scale, as he wishes to shew the insignificance or the grossness of our overweening self-love. Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution Those of Rubens are like his hunting scenes or his Bacchanals, expressions of his own overweening energy. Essays on Art They are found in the decline of spiritual understanding, the decay of moral standards, the growth of the vindictive and unforgiving spirit, the lapse from charity, the overweening pride of the human heart. Preaching and Paganism He was a vain man, and possessed an overweening amount of self-confidence, especially where women were concerned. In Friendship's Guise For a moment he was silent, while she sensed that overweening hate and menace which charged the air about him. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem It was a salutary lesson, tending to temper his overweening confidence and to humble his contemptuous pride. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man From nervous and unreasoning dread to overweening and extravagant confidence there was but a single bound. Macleod of Dare Or was even as noble a mind as his not proof against the overweening hubris to which a despotic genius has so often succumbed? India, Old and New He was mocked of his own overweening and proud confidence. True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings The chasm, therefore, betwixt the only daughter of the wealthy Mr. Bernard and himself, was wide—wide enough to check even an overweening confidence. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times The first time the master met Mackenzie he took a dislike to him, perceiving his overweening vanity, his habit of contradiction, and his lack of judgment. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Whether through overweening ambition on his part or not I cannot say, but Vilonel, accused of insubordination, was thenceforth given the distasteful and inglorious task of commandeering. With Steyn and De Wet She read now, in this moment of descent into misery, a dreadful blunder made by her own overweening eagerness. Nocturne "That he decided in favor of operating when some of his associates hesitated, was due rather to his large experience than to an overweening fondness for the use of the knife." Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made It was a struggle of the independent nations of Europe against the overweening ambition and aggression of one Power. The Unity of Civilization This false and demoralizing habit arises from the overweening estimate which is formed of two things, well enough in their place,—rank and wealth. Thrift He is of an overweening arrogance, but when contrition takes possession of him, he falls on his knees in front of the people of low estate, and has the tears, the humility of a saint. Là-bas In the same way the "magnificent" son is handicapped by his mother's—or his father's—overweening pride and love in exact proportion to its displayed intensity. Etiquette He spoke, as ever, with overweening confidence, but she knew that he would never win any editorship in this spirit. Queed Then a feeling of overweening pride seized upon him. Abbe Mouret's Transgression But oh, the huge, distorted, overweening conceit of the man! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891 The King, in his overweening confidence in his absolute prerogative, had, indeed, got himself into serious difficulty; for the privilege was one which it was impossible for the Commons to give up. Bacon I am not one whose lot it has been to grow old in literary retirement, devoted to classical studies with an exclusiveness which might lead to an overweening estimate of these two noble languages. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson His overweening pride, so sensitive to the suspicion of a conviction that he had been fooled, put his relations with Marta in logical review. The Last Shot There must be some reason for this assurance which at first sight looks so very overweening. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour His function was to hold the scales true between Cæsar and Pompey, to protect the Commonwealth against the overweening ambition and threatening policy of both men. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Of course they are accused by the ecclesiastics of an overweening desire to wear finery; they certainly curled their hair, and, one is sorry to read, they painted, and thereby spoiled their pretty cheeks. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 They had neither doubts nor fears nor pity, and the helmets of their faith were a screen behind which they hid their overweening egotism. Broken to the Plow His ambition and overweening self-confidence combined to make him imprudent in permitting his partisans to speak aloud of his superior qualifications as a successor to his father. Persia Revisited |
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