Your brother overestimated his strength, he should not have attempted that journey to Savannah; it was too soon, for his wound had not healed, and the fatigue brought on a dangerous relapse, from which he could not rally.
It seems that he had overestimated his strength--so natural in a young man!
Columbus believed the world to be a sphere; he underestimated its size; he overestimated the size of the Asiatic continent.
He believed the world to be a sphere," says Helps; "he underestimated its size; he overestimated the size of the Asiatic continent.
Surely the cause of being undervalued at one time lies in being overestimated at another, and vice versa.
We have been thus overestimated and at the same time begun to be somewhat disliked by those short-sighted observers in foreign countries after our successful war with Russia.
Either she is a wonderful actress or else we have overestimated her vocation; she seems absolutely contented.
Analyses of trapping data indicate that the density of each species probably is overestimated by calculations of density based on home range data.
It was found that when calculated by the exclusive boundary-strip method, the circular home range was overestimated by 2.
The oblong home range was overestimated by only 1.
I think that both you and Lady Florence overestimated the danger of people being offended at being mentioned in Sir Willoughby's Recollections.
I congratulate you on the successful accomplishment of a work that cannot be overestimated by appreciative students of American History.
It is possible that Strong overestimated his contribution to the work.
It is the writer’s opinion, however, that the amount of money spent by the Central Pacific in the purchase of legislative or other votes has probably been overestimated in the public mind.
The German staff was warranted by the defeat at Lublin in thinking that they might have overestimated the Austrian army and underestimated the Russian.
Time enough has elapsed to enable us to consider the work of Warner apart from the charm of his personal presence, and it is seen now that his generation overestimated his work.
Her heart was in the eighteenth century rather than in what she has called "this overestimated century of progress.
He felt that the direction of the drama in the modern period had been largely determined by the influence of successful novels; and he probably overestimated the effect of the "romances of Calprenède and Scudéri" on heroic tragedy.
On the whole, Scott's opinions about his own work fitted well with his general literary principles, except that his modesty inclined him to discount his own performance while he overestimated that of others.
But I overestimated your danger and undervalued Freyer.
But if you have deceived yourself, if you should ever perceive that you have overestimated me--ah, it would be far better for me to be lying down below amid the flames than to experience that.
It is just possible, however, that Christopher overestimated his own powers in this latter respect, or still more probable that he had a decidedly faulty conception of our young friend's muscular development, as may hereafter be shown.
Naturally the Americans greatlyoverestimated the numbers of the guerillas they were fighting.
Shields naturally overestimated the numbers opposed to him.
Of course I may be mistaken, but either I overestimated her devotion before they were married, or she cares less for him now.
She felt that she had been rash in coming to the studio, and had overestimated her own strength.
The Outsiders, or Kor or whatever it is, had overestimated us.
All right, what's their reaction going to be when they realize that the Outsiders, their god, overestimated us?
It must be true that he had overestimated Margaret, but he would speak to his wife, and see if her woman's tact could not devise some way to save the girl from the evil that threatened her.
Perhaps he had overestimated the girl; some way she had not seemed so bright and winsome that day as he had believed her to be.
Before the battle, each general overestimated the strength of the other and underestimated his own.
Poor Stella was more than content, but she overestimated her strength.
Perhaps that class of men--whether pure at heart or not--have always overestimated decency of exterior.
But the words died away on her lips; she had overestimated her strength; she could not sing it.
Hartwell smiled, and said very quietly: "Has it ever occurred to you that you might have overestimated Eugene's abilities?
