o'erstepping

Updated: May 29, 2025

There are fixed, cold as in life, the immovable features of Moody, who, afraid of o'erstepping nature, sometimes stopped short of her and the restless fidgetiness of Lewis, who, with no such fears, not seldom leaped o' the other side.

Charles Lamb - The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 : Elia and The Last Essays of Elia