"Overpraise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hetty—I think Hetty has the most force of character. Now, really," continued Fanny, rising from her low chair, where her chosen friends were surrounding her, "I can say nothing more about them until they come. You can't expect me, any of you, to overpraise my own relations, and, ...
— Betty Vivian - A Story of Haddo Court School • L. T. Meade
... well, young sir," Fitz-Osberne, one of the duke's most trusted councillors said to him. "The duke is not given to overpraise, and assuredly no one of your age has ever won such commendation from his lips. After making so fair a commencement, it will be your own fault indeed if you do not make a great name for yourself in the ...
— Wulf the Saxon - A Story of the Norman Conquest • G. A. Henty |
