"Overfond" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I"—"and I"—came the answers, in such numbers that Napoleon saw that his little stock would soon be exhausted; and, indeed, he was not overfond of ...
— The Boy Life of Napoleon - Afterwards Emperor Of The French • Eugenie Foa
... corrupt, and the more dangerous because its vices are of a sweet and alluring nature. One could wish he had written with his own genius and another's judgment. For if he had rejected some things, if he had less studiously affected some engaging beauties, if he had not been overfond of all his productions, if he had not weakened the importance of his matter by frivolous thoughts, he would have been honored by the approbation of the learned rather than by ...
— The Training of a Public Speaker • Grenville Kleiser |
