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Tseng-tzu said, Even in his thoughts, a gentleman does not outstep his place.

The Sayings Of Confucius 551 BC-479 BC Confucius

Following in the world's track (which he was ever careful not to outstep), when the boy was dead, Walpole bore eloquent testimony to his genius.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

The laws are especially designed to give a guarantee that the consuls do not outstep the boundaries of their occupation and at the same time secure the necessary cooperation between the Foreign Administration and the Consular Services of the two Kingdoms [24: 1].

The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund

Then, there is the right of Prohibition which says to the junior magistrate or the inferior magistrate that he mustn't outstep his jurisdiction.

Is Quebec A British Province? 1934

Is it strange that, defying prejudice as I have done; I should outstep the limits of custom's prescription, and endeavour to make my desire useful by a friendship with William Godwin?

Selected English Letters Various 1913

Without becoming a liberal, and while opposing every attempt to outstep certain limits, Bismarck created and rather enjoyed an alliance with the majority formed in his favor by the national liberals and a moderate section of the conservatives.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

It is only woman who has so incredibly changed, and after staying immeasurably behind in importance and in intellectuality for countless centuries, now seeks to equal if not outstep man in all things.

Three Things Elinor Glyn 1903

In the classroom she will usually outstep him in mathematics.

The Business of Being a Woman Ida M. Tarbell 1900

The four novelists who supply the bulk of the last chapter never outstep this.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

He was a Whig who had marched with the times from Whiggery to Liberalism; who had never lagged an inch behind his party, but who did not, as a rule, outstep it.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886