Thiers sait tout, tranche tout, parle de tout," and this omniscience and "cocksureness" (to use the word of a prime minister of England contemporary with this prime minister of France) are perhaps the chief pervading features both of the statesman and the man of letters.   anvd [Please select]

And when they talked on military affairs, as Letchford and others did sometimes, it was difficult to keep from sending them all to the devil, for their amateur cocksureness would have riled Job.   anvd [Please select]

He played, indeed, with the cocksureness and individuality one might have expected; and Honora, forgetting at moments the disturbing elements by which she was surrounded, followed him with fascination.   anvd [Please select]

I demanded, with the cocksureness of youth.   anvd [Please select]

Perhaps there had been a shade too much cocksureness in the hakim's voice, but he acted faultlessly when he answered.   anvd [Please select]

Imagine the cocksureness and insolence we'd have suffered from two New York policemen, had we found them in our homes.   anvd [Please select]