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You are overstepping the bounds of your priestly office, sir.

GUY FAWKESWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

Excuse me, Phil, but I think you are overstepping the bounds of both courtesy and friendship in asking me such questions.

But she strongly vindicated them from practising unlawful arts, or overstepping the boundaries of natural science.

The idea of what overstepping the bounds meant, was impressed upon him with full force.

ONE OF LIFE'S SLAVESJONAS LAURITZ IDEMIL LIE

He produces equally well the more powerful gradations without overstepping the boundary of noble and expressive singing.

Yet the princess looked vaguely troubled, too, at the thought that Giovanni was perhaps overstepping his privilege.

The last three are subject to wide fluctuation, frequently overstepping all barriers of race and contrasted civilizations.

For the first time she was overstepping the bounds laid down by that harshest of tyrants, the Mrs. Grundy of the working class.

THE GAMEJACK LONDON

Whenever the plague showed signs of overstepping these limits, strenuous efforts were made to keep it in check.

Justine had paid, yes—paid to the utmost limit of whatever debt toward society she had contracted by overstepping its laws.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985