To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
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Overwise
Synonyms for "overwise" (14 found)
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“Perkins? Bless you, Perkins wouldn’t go a-nigh the place. No!” observed the young man, with considerable feeling; “he ain’t overwise, ain’t Perkins, but he ain’t such a fool as that.”
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