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Out of the corners of his eyes Steve saw consternation o'erspread Fat
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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What though sometimes his trumpet sounds tremendous and frowns o'erspread his face!
The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams
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Ascending, while the north wind sleeps, o'erspread
The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
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But soon the heav'ns with shadows were o'erspread;
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The stuffing leaves, with hides of bears o'erspread.
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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But soon dark glooms the feeble smiles o'erspread;
Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson
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Though, with bare stones o'erspread, the pastures all
The Bucolics and Eclogues 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Then, when their harmonies fell low and died in plaintive echoes, Saronia looked upwards through the open roof towards the circle of azure sky, until a calm, a radiant calm, o'erspread her face, making her seem like a visitant from the heavens ....
Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short
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Cold sweat, in clammy drops, his limbs o'erspread.
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Occasional vivid flashes of lightning o'erspread the sky, followed by rumbling peals of thunder.
Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force Ernest [Illustrator] Prater 1917
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