over-proud

And often, when lusty manhood stung me into feeling over-proud and lusty, I consulted the spearhead remnant of Keola, one-time swift runner, and mighty wrestler and lover, and thief of the wife of a king.

SHIN-BONES 2010

John was over-proud to have it in his power to say that such a famous man had ever dwelt in any clothes of his; and afterwards he made show of them.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

“By the soul of Saint Edward,” he said, “I will rescue her from yonder over-proud knight, and he shall die by my hand!”

Ivanhoe 2004

Very well, then; Peter would take those who had been rejected by the Pope in disdain for their lowly status, and they, not the over-proud knights, would be God's Army, the true instrument of freedom for the Holy Land.

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

Very well, then; Peter would take those who had been rejected by the Pope in disdain for their lowly status, and they, not the over-proud knights, would be God's Army, the true instrument of freedom for the Holy Land.

The Otherworld Lackey, Mercedes 1992

And of all the things to be over-proud of-this endless debate over frothy nothings, like the question of what a "soul" truly consisted of, made her weary to the bone.

The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

[754] The reference is no doubt to a pretentious construction that had been built for the rich and over-proud Timotheus, the son of Conon.

The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes

"She's getting a big lassie, and she's over-proud of her appearance,"

Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various

"And I can't say feel over-proud of the acquaintance," said the

The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX James De Mille

Know, O Queen, that it was Siegfried who, all unseen, performed the mighty feats that gained a bride for Gunther, and that it was no other than the same great knight who later brought into subjection the over-proud Queen Brunhild.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester