10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKSURENESS»
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cocksureness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cocksureness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Making the Most of Ourselves: Talks for Young People : ...
XIII COCKSURENESS COCKSURENESS is a disagreeable way of being
overcertain that you are right and the other man wrong. It is to be avoided, since it
is offensive to others and it may lead you into the awkward position of being
proved ...
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Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science
I know the Hampdens and Parallaxes, against whom I have had to maintain the
cocksureness of certain scientific theories which are not mine, think me "cocksure
" to a degree. But I doubt if even a Saturday Reviewer, in one of his most ...
chap - tipo, individuo dogmatic - dogmatico, inflexible bitterly - amargamente
Levantine - persona del este del Mediterraneo cocksureness - seguridad
excesiva acrimonious - agrias fat - grasa bulged out - sobresalia to fetch - ir por ill
paid ...
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An Onlookers̓ Note-book
In this great department of human life, even if in no other, I wisli for an increase of
that Cocksureness which Mr. Gladstone seemed to deprecate. I plead for clear
judgment and resolute action in the sphere of moral conduct. II Manners, Ancient
...
George William Erskine Russell, 1902
1t is his cocksureness, — a characteristic almost irresistibly developed by his •
daily occupation. Now, while class-room work tends to encourage cocksureness
even in the genuine teacher, properly equipped for his duties, the effect of ...
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Revolutionaries of the Cosmos: The Astro-physicists
SURENESS OR COCKSURENESS? 221 During 1924 he visited Canada for a
meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Toronto and
he took the opportunity to visit the US West Coast observatories. Another story of
...
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The Adventures of a Ship's Doctor
Even the cocksureness of age is not characteristic of him." "That same senile
cocksureness is an odd thing," said the Doctor. " It is exactly similar to the
cocksureness of youth ; it means the obstinacy of inelasticity opposed to the
obstinacy of ...
So rank did cocksureness grow, and so completely did it overspread the land,
that in the next generation Matthew Arnold, with the general agreement of the
intelligent, was to pronounce the English just the smuggest and most self-
satisfied ...
James Insley Osborne, 1920
During his life, said Mr. Taft, the artist suffered from a lack of the abruptness and
cocksureness so much in evidence in this city. The President's address follows: “\'
Ve are here to do honor to the memory of an American leader in one of the great
...
Donn Barber, Harold Van Buren Magonigle, 1910
By Theodore Bonnet THE most characteristic note in the mental attitude of this
day in this country is cocksureness. In a period of discontent marked by many
nervous disorders and a militant zeal for reform this cocksureness is lamentable.
Theodore F. Bonnet, Edward Francis O'Day, 1915
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCKSURENESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cocksureness is used in the context of the following news items.
The Ideal is not Superior to Life
The bluster, the cocksureness was gone, and there was anxious inquiry, consideration and self-exposure. 'Why is there contradiction in our life ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Book review 347: The Jews in the Time of Jesus
Jeremias did not know Hebrew, so his cocksureness was ridiculous (but, in my experience, 100 proof Christian); but it was worse even than that ... «Maui News, Jun 15»
Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic a Viable Transfer Target for Arsenal?
There is the trademark cocksureness and a mischievous grin that we'd come to know and love over the next decade-and-a-half, but that only ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
Fox's Coverage of US Women's World Cup Win Was Solid, Patriotic …
... Wynalda provides the same oversimplified take on the game as Lalas, but does it with an undeserved cocksureness that makes you want to ... «Awful Announcing, Jun 15»
This Minute: Love is a battlefield for British charmer Kit Harington
The kind of cocksureness that 19-year-olds have felt so alien to me. The director (James Kent) had to keep reminding me to be more ... «Boston Herald, Jun 15»
Paris Saved by a Bullitt
... intimate confidants, demonstrate conclusively that the characteristics that grated most on his critics—his cavalier cocksureness, his ambition, ... «Foreign Affairs, Jun 15»
Psychedelic and ambitious, At.Long.Last.A$AP is a step up for A$AP …
A hint of Yamborghini's curation acuity has a place here amid the cocksureness. While a lot of attention has been focused on Joe Fox's rise ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, May 15»
Clayton tries to keep Middlesbrough grounded
Enthusiasm around Rockliffe Park was a welcoming mood, of course, but it was met with a degree of cocksureness and Boro went on to lose ... «Hartlepool Mail, May 15»
Why Does the Left Get to Decide What Provokes and Offends?
Anyway, I'm glad you called out there, John, and I hope I passed your test from your perch of superiority and cocksureness. Try again any time. «RushLimbaugh.com, May 15»
Sarfaraz Khan: A 17-year-old stuns the world's best bowlers
But the second ball was where Sarfaraz showed that he might be 17 but he is a product of the Bombay school of cocksureness. Watson ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
