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Definition of Overstrode
1. overstride [v] - See also: overstride
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstrode
Literary usage of Overstrode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"... great seven-league-boot thoughts wherewith the genius of the Emperor invisibly
overstrode the world ; and I believe that any one of these thoughts would ..."
2. Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1898)
"... sitting in idleness on a cliff of Rhodes, eyed the sun as he swang his golden
censer athwart the heavens, or his image as it overstrode the sea? ..."
3. Biographical and Critical Studies by James Thomson (1896)
"... their swiftness in the instance of Napoleon : "The great seven-league boot
thoughts wherewith the genius of the Emperor invisibly overstrode the world; ..."
4. Classical (imaginary) Conversations: Greek, Roman, Modern by Walter Savage Landor, Graeme Mercer Adam (1901)
"... sitting in idleness on a cliff of Rhodes, eyed the sun as he swung his golden
censer athwart the heavens, or his image as it overstrode the sea ? ..."
5. The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1876)
"... or his image as it overstrode the sea.* I have it before me; and though it
seems falling on me, I can smile at it; just as I did from my little ..."
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