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"And how if the Dey should expect to hear thy cries, and afterwards to see thee limp into his presence?" asked the man in a tone of indecision. "Depend on't he shall both see and hear," exclaimed Baba, with a laugh. "Thinkest thou that my head is not equal to the saving of my feet? Lay on lightly, so that there may be somewhat to show; but see thou dost not over-do it.
We should render it exactly by saying, "In these things we over-conquer," imitating the formation of similar words in our language, such as "over-master," "over-do." More forcibly we might say, "In all these things we over-overcome." Coverdale gives the sense of it well in his translation, "We conquer far."
There's great self-respect to him and you feel, under his level temper and unfailing readiness to work at anything and everything, that he's a power for good in fact a man with high principles so high as my own, if not higher." "Stop there, or you'll over-do it," said Richard. "Higher than yours his principles won't take him and I refuse to hear you say so.
I take this indeed to be a French humour, or a spice of it turned English; and, indeed, we are famous for this, that when we do mimic the French, we generally do it to our hurt, and over-do the French themselves.
I told you to sit to the left, the other day? And that is the reason that I have told you to sit to the right to-day. You over-do it. Miss Esmeralda, if I were talking for my own pleasure, I should say pretty things to you, but I am talking to teach you, and when I say 'This is wrong! This is wrong! and again 'This is wrong! I do it for you, not for myself.
"Sure to," said Beatrice. "Yes. That makes us a little thoughtful; we don't want to over-do this thing." I went on reading the instructions. "You know, it's rather odd about my hay-fever it's generally worse in town than in the country." "But then you started so late, dear. You haven't really got into the swing of it yet."
Get out in the fresh air and walk briskly and don't forget to wear a smile while you're at it. Don't over-do. Take it easy at first and build on your effort day by day. A little this morning a little more tonight. The first chance you have, when you're sure of your wind and heart, get out upon the country road, or cross-country hill and dale.
It's gasping its last gasp in company with poetry. Realism is our only wear Realism and Prose very prosy Prose. YOU are a romantic child! I can see that! but don't over-do it! And if you ever made an ideal out of your sixteenth-century man, don't make another out of the twentieth-century one! He couldn't stand it! he'd crumble at a touch!" She answered nothing, but avoided his glance.
He had long been too proud to be jealous, and was now too proud to express his jealousy, if only he could keep the expression back. But his wife would not leave the subject. "I am so thankful for this," she said, pressing the telegram between her hands. "I was so afraid he would fail!" "You over-do your anxiety on such a subject," at last he said, speaking very slowly. "What do you mean, Robert?
Sinclair began to be afraid of mischief in her house I was apprehensive that she would over-do the matter, and be out of character. I therefore winked at her. She primed; nodded, to show she took me; twanged out a high-ho through her nose, lapped one horse-lip over the other, and was silent. Here's preparation, Belford!
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