There can be no doubt, in spite of the apology for his action published by Guizot in his memoirs, that Louis Philippe made a deliberate attempt to overreach the British government; and, if the attempt issued in disaster to himself, this was due, not to the failure of his statecraft so much as to his neglect of the obvious factor of human nature.   anvd [Please select]

But then the Tempter overreached himself, for he whispered: "And the voice would be always Jane's."'   anvd [Please select]

Pole was appointed next day to the See of Canterbury; but in other respects the Court had overreached themselves by their cruelty.   anvd [Please select]

Do not overreach yourself and kill the goose that is about to lay the golden egg.   anvd [Please select]

Now, believe me, Windlehurst, he will overreach himself one of these days, and he'll come down like a stick.'   anvd [Please select]

To burn your hands, you will overreach the bounds of reason in your struggles for wealth and fame, and lose thereby.   anvd [Please select]

It was baffling work, however, for in the darkness his blows fell short or overreached.   anvd [Please select]

Richmond from being overreached, though he know very well that Mr.   anvd [Please select]

Either the eggs of the rightful owner of the nest are not hatched, or else the young are overridden and overreached by the parasite and perish prematurely.   anvd [Please select]

Figaro, the hero of the play, is the comic servant, familiar to the stage from the time of Plautus, impudent, daring, plausible; likely to be overreached, if at all, by his own unscrupulousness.   anvd [Please select]