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The over-boldness of this great captain was our undoing; he did not stop to consider that his army, weakened by numerous losses, contained in its ranks many foreigners who were waiting only for a favourable opportunity to betray him, and that it was liable to be overwhelmed by superior forces in the great open plains of Leipzig.
Over-boldness of expression on the part of advanced sections only increased the timidity and irresolution of action complained of in the administration.
Pardon me," he said, turning to Siegbert, "if it seems to you that I, being still young, speak with over-boldness, but I am telling you what King Alfred says, and all men recognize his wisdom and goodness." "I know not of your religion myself," Siegbert replied, "but I will own willingly that though its teachings may be peaceful, it makes not cowards of those who believe in it.
For a mile Carolyn June and Skinny rode without speaking. He felt already a reaction from his over-boldness of a while ago and silently swore at himself for his rashness. She was not eager to resume a conversation that had threatened a painfully emotional turn.
And so Joshua was not well looked on by the clergyman, who was his enemy, as one may say, ever after. "Mother," said Joshua, "I mean, when I grow up, to live as our Lord and Saviour lived when He was on the earth." "He is our example, lad," said his mother. "But I doubt lest you fall by over-boldness." II. Faith That Moveth Mountains Joshua did not leave home early.
But, to say sooth, this is no over-boldness in her, endowed as she was with all the power of her beauty, that she should strive to shine more excellently than all the other stars, or even yet more proudly with Phoebus himself, asking of him his very chariot, that she, rather, may rule our day.
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