"Overbear" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... blusterers in conversation, that with a loud laugh, unnatural mirth, and a torrent of noise, domineer in public assemblies; overbear men of sense; stun their companions; and fill the place they are in with a rattling sound, that hath seldom any wit, humour, or good breeding in it. I need not observe that the emptiness of the Drum very much contributes ...
— The Violin - Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators • George Hart |
