overproud

• “Inger drove on, feeling all set up and pleased with herself, and, coming into the village, she may have been a tripe overproud in her bearing.”

  The Growth of the Soil

• “One lady commenced to praise his works for God's cause: 'Tongue! tongue! lady,' he broke in; 'flesh of itself is overproud, and needs no means to esteem itself.”

  John Knox

• “At the prison door, while fetters were being fastened on his legs he smilingly said, "I fear me I shall be overproud of my boots.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

• “We are proud, sometimes overproud, of the natural resources of our country; sometimes perhaps we over-estimate the great resources of this Province and of the Western Provinces.”

  The Peopling of Ontario

• “Set them up! not to be overproud of a Douglas in their house, and a beauty like Jeanie.”

  Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago

• “Altogether I am not overproud of my soldiering performances; still, as I did no worse than Frederick the Great of”

  The Purple Land

• “Perhaps they were overproud and reserved, for they held themselves aloof from those about them.”

  L'Assommoir

• “And if he was a bit overproud -- it was only because those about him were overproud and foolish.”

  The Bell-Ringer of Angel's

• “Hardly had a century and a half elapsed before the sturdy colonists, who did not claim freedom but determined to keep it, formally revolted and fought their way to absolute independence -- not, by the by, a feat whereof to be overproud when a whole country rose unanimously against a handful of troops.”

  Arabian nights. English

• “But won't you walk in, sir, and perhaps you will condescend to sit down in our room, it is the only place that has a fire in it; and my wife will be overproud to set her eyes on you again.”

  Zoe: The History of Two Lives

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