overboldness

Example Sentences

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J. Coming now to the point of my story, I have to relate how his overboldness was proved by his death.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George

But is there any potion which might serve as a test of overboldness and excessive and indiscreet boasting?

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

Did you know with what joy I turned my back on the Court of Pesaro—" "Aye," he broke in mockingly, "when Giovanni Sforza threatened to have you hanged for the overboldness of your tongue.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael

The fair girl knitted her brows in a frown at his overboldness.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Either from overboldness in the metaphors, or from some unaptness in the material of them, I have to confess that my mind rather rebels against these stretches of poetical prerogative.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman