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Definition of Overgoing
1. overgo [v] - See also: overgo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overgoing
Literary usage of Overgoing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1898)
"... and neither light Of overgoing suns nor breath of wind Refreshes them, but
gulfs of Tartarus <»*, Surround them, — shouldst thou even thither ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... running thus away, the Sergeant-Major finding one of their horses ready saddled
and bridled, took the same to follow the chase; and so overgoing all his ..."
3. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"As early as 1580 we find from Gabriel Harvey's correspondence with him that he
cherished the ambition of " overgoing Ariosto." * He doubtless hoped to ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Since, 10 years before, Spenser had boasted of "overgoing" Ariosto, he had grown
in knowledge and experience: ..."
5. The Italian Renaissance in England: Studies by Lewis Einstein (1902)
"In a letter to Harvey, he wrote that he looked forward to "overgoing Ariosto."
jTo Spenser, however, the aims of the Italian poets seemed lofty and moral. ..."
6. The Italian Renaissance in England: Studies by Lewis Einstein (1902)
"In a letter to Harvey, he wrote that he looked forward to " overgoing Ariosto."
To Spenser, however, the aims of the Italian poets seemed lofty ..."
7. The Italian Renaissance in England: Studies by Lewis Einstein (1902)
"In a letter to Harvey, he wrote that he looked forward to " overgoing Ariosto."
To Spenser, however, the aims of the Italian poets seemed lofty and moral. ..."
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