pushfulness

I have met persons of intelligence who supposed that if Dr. Johnson was not the sole author of 'the Dictionary' -- a notion which, in view of the 'pushfulness' wherewith, in recent times, Dictionaries,

The evolution of English lexicography James Augustus Henry Murray 1876

My mind ran for a time on Swindells, on the imbecile pushfulness of that extinct creature, dealing in rubbish, covering the country-side with lies in order to get — what had he sought? — a silly, ugly, great house, a temper-destroying motor-car, a number of disrespectful, abject servants; thwarted intrigues for a party-fund baronetcy as the crest of his life, perhaps.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

It was because she snubbed him on account of his pushfulness that Vandam elected to belittle her.

The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham

In most cases it is not pushfulness and lack of character that have made him what he is, but, as I have said, the suggestive power of an environment superior in numbers and influence.

The world as i see it Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1934

Since the Boer War there had been a growing tendency in the Press to under-rate all English effort and to over-praise to England's discredit the superior pushfulness of other nations.

Out To Win The Story of America in France Coningsby Dawson 1921

His pleasing manner, energy and pushfulness bespeak for him a brilliant future.

History of Louisiana Negro Baptists From 1804 to 1914 1915

Of the progressive Baptists of Louisiana none have given signs of more spirit of push and pushfulness than Bishop Roy Arthur Mayfield, who was born April 8, 1876, near Vienna, La.

History of Louisiana Negro Baptists From 1804 to 1914 1915

Brother Toney's kind disposition, energy and pushfulness have been deservedly rewarded.

History of Louisiana Negro Baptists From 1804 to 1914 1915

The Frenchman knows it all; he regrets that such creatures should be his own compatriots -- regrets, maybe, that he is not possessed of the same primordial pushfulness and insensibility; and shrugs his shoulders in civilized despair.

Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910

My mind ran for a time on Swindells, on the imbecile pushfulness of that extinct creature, dealing in rubbish, covering the country-side with lies in order to get -- what had he sought?

In the Days of the Comet 1906