10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERWEENING»
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overweening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
overweening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, ...
The Cyclops. coming there, built a wall, overweening men, for the glorious city.
most lovely, where the godlike heroes, most famous, dwelt, having left famed
horse-feeding Argos. Mother city and colony get their due of glory (KAEIVG'.
KAvTo'v.
2
Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris is Wrecking Companies and ...
Overweening pride, the expressway to hubris, arises when our sense of pride is
driven by potential outcomes, including how we want others to perceive us, and
is supported by self-serving data about our performance. Hitler, Mussolini ...
3
The Oracles in the New Testament
And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the (2) waves of the sea
(so overweening was he ' beyond the condition of man) and weigh (3) the heights
of the mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground (5) and carried in a ...
4
Fellowship in Paradise Lost: Vergil, Milton, Wordsworth
overestimating ("overweening") the devil; only when reading on does one realize
that Adam thinks she was overestimating herself in thinking she could "over-
reach" the deviL14 Of course, she was underestimating the devil, and Milton
seems ...
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Id. Take heed of overweening, and compare Thy peacock's feet with thy gay
peacock's train ; Study the best and highest things that arc. Cut of thyself an
humble thought retain. Davies. They that overivcen, And at thy growing virtues
fret their ...
6
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
They tiiai overween. And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. No anger find in
thee. Milton. Satan mit?ht have learnt Left overweening, (ince he fail'd in Job-
Milton. —No man is so bold, ralli, and overweening of his own works, as an ill ...
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
Satan might have learnt Less overweening, since he fail'd in Job. Milton. □No
man it so bold, nidi, and overweening of his in workt, as an ill painter and a bad
poet. Drjd. •Enthusiasm, though founded neither on reason ir revelation, but
rising ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis,
1807
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
They that overween. And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen* No anger find in
thqe. Milton. Satan might have learnt Less overweening, since he fail'd in Job.
Vilton. —No man is so bold, rash, and overweening ot his own works, as an ill ...
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Love and Death in Lawrence and Foucault
[T]he overweening power of his body was too much for her. She relaxed . . . , and
lay loose and soft, panting in a little delirium. And to him, she was so sweet, she
was such bliss of release, that he would have suffered a whole eternity of torture
...
Barry Jeffrey Scherr,
2008
10
A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition
(1) Headlong, headstrong, not to be restrained or turned aside 2 262 : o 212—(2)
Overweening, arrogant, wanton: fifipw a. 368= 6 321, 1r 410. — In neut. i'm'
épfiiov as adv., in overweening wise, wantonly, recklessly : 6017s ,ueu é'm'ewav
...
Richard John Cunliffe,
2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERWEENING»
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overweening is used in the context of the following news items.
Kejriwal: Yeh Dil Maange More!
Call it political naivete or overweening ambition, Kejriwal runs the risk of losing out on the perception index if he keeps up his tirade against Jung or by extension ... «Tehelka, Jul 15»
Obama's negotiators should can public theatrics and forge a fair TPP …
Their public berating of Canada's position does no credit to their negotiating skills and simply masks an overweening desire to close a deal, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
The 400 Hottest New Yorkers?of 1892
He had already published a memoir, Society As I Have Found It, in which he comes across as an overweening blowhard. The press he had so ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Gormley: Whatever happened to people minding their own business?
Overweening city councils have been all too happy to ban perfume inside buildings, talking too loud, swearing, buying junk food, bullying, ... «Regina Leader-Post, Jul 15»
Power without responsibility
It may be tempting to argue that since economic growth is the overweening objective of any government, it is only proper that it has control over ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
The Guardian view on US-Cuba relations: still a long way to go
That overweening American sense of entitlement led to the Spanish-American war and to repeated US interventions in Cuba's affairs over ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
India and the IS
... presence of a fundamentalist streak among certain pockets, Islam in India has generally been spared from the overweening influence of West ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
Genius at Play: Pedro Martinez and Billy Martin
... by Steinbrenner's interference, a toxic relationship with Reggie Jackson and his overweening ego, and Martin's own barroom brawling. In fact ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
Notes on a common malady
... of it, for without a measure of understanding, much less forgiveness, we'll all wind up wallowing in our own overweening self-righteousness. «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
An atonement gone too far?
... of our independent judiciary today — unpardonable delays and overweening judges taking on the mantle of national government by proxy. «The Hindu, Jul 15»