Lexicographical Neighbors of Overshades
Literary usage of Overshades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and by George William Johnson (1829)
"... means of a spreading Vine which climbs to the top and entirely overshades it.
Ia this place a fountain also rises and instantly disappears ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"... rises with a gentle swell to an eminence .surmounted by a conspicuous tuft of
ash trees which overshades the ruined church and desolate graveyard of ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"All your lives long, you have nor heard nor seen Fairer than she, whose hah" in
sombre braids With beauty overshades Her brow broad and serene. ..."
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