<48.2> It would be difficult to point out a writer so unpardonably slovenly in his style or phraseology as Lovelace. By "Presumptuous it lik't him," we must of course understand "Presumptuous that he liked it himself," or presumptuously self-satisfied.英文原著 · 《Lucasta》
"If love creates love, as some say it does," thought he, "Amelie de Repentigny cannot be indifferent to a passion which governs every impulse of my being! But is there any especial merit in loving her whom all the world cannot help admiring equally with myself? I am presumptuous to think so!--and more presumptuous still to expect, after so many years of separation and forgetfulness, that her heart, so loving and so sympathetic, has not already bestowed its affection upon some one more fortunate than me."英文原著 · 《The Golden Dog》
Your presumptuous action . I must, I must forgive you for it, because I permitted it. Answer, speak, I want to hear your voice!" . There was such womanly impatience in her last words that, involuntarily, I smiled; happily it was beginning to grow dusk. I made no answer. "You are silent!" she continued; "you wish, perhaps, that I should be the first to tell you that I love you." . I remained silent. "Is that what you wish?" she continued, turning rapidly towards me.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
The latter gave her a queer look, and Backhouse, who lost nothing, saw the concealed barbarian in the complacent gleam of his eye. She refused the refreshment that was offered her, and Faull proposed that, as everyone had now arrived, they should adjourn to the lounge hall. Trent held up a slender palm. "Did you, or did you not, give me carte blanche, Montague?"
"Of course I did," said Faull, laughing. "But what's the matter?"
"Perhaps I have been rather presumptuous. I don't know. I have invited a couple of friends to join us. No, no one knows them..英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
"It does seem presumptuous. But, at least, I could do you a little good if you could be got to try my humble prescription."英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
The person by whom: his age, condition, state, enlightenment. Its manner, motive, time, and place. The folly of it, the ingratitude of it, the hardness of it, the presumptuousness of it. By heart, by mouth, by deed. Against God, my neighbours, my own body. By knowledge, by ignorance. Willingly and unwillingly. Of old and of late.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-2》
I nearly wrote to tell you, but I thought it might be presumptuous.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》