overforward

Example Sentences

• "And tho' a Man may have been often mis-us'd upon this account, there are still some People so modest, and will esteem so well of a kind Offer, that 'twill be frequently a Man's Duty to run the Hazard of his Service being slighted, rather than not profer his Assistance to a poor honest Man, that has not the Face to ask it: And to be overforward to do good is so great a Rarity, it ought never to be difcourag'd."
• "And, in like manner, I have never yielded to those who set themselves up rashly to sit in judgment, as for the most part overforward to determine the nature. of the malady while ignorant of its root."
• "He is an effective debater in Conference deliberations , when he chooses to take a part, which, however, he is not overforward to do."
• "Thou art discreet, and not given to impudence, and if thou should'st this time be overforward, I will not chide thee."
• "The anxious “overforward girl” adopted a boldness that might repel future mates and, if she crossed that hurdle, "leave a residue of female dominance" likely to prevent a successful marriage."
• "Nay, till my second Thoughts check'd the overforward Impetuosity of my first, I was about to add, Since God resents an infinite satisfaction in the Accomplishment of his own Will, your Making over your whole Will to God, will impart to you that Felicity, proportioned to the degree of the Resignment."