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"Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes"
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Is thy hand set against us, O Ares, in ruin and wrath to o'erwhelm
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Is thy hand set against us, O Ares, in ruin and wrath to o'erwhelm
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And the shadows of darkness her lover o'erwhelm --
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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_ Dear _Charles, _ don't o'erwhelm a Man -- already under insupportable Affliction.
The Busie Body Susanna Centlivre
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No tempest could shake us, no wave could o'erwhelm.
Our Profession and Other Poems Jared Barhite
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Let nations grapple, let Mammon triumph, let pestilence o'erwhelm; what matter, we love, we love.
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Paraphrasing the copy-book, suppressed desires will arise, though all the world o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
All About Coffee 1909
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Though all the earth o'erwhelm them to men's eyes.
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Queen, may it be done for all thy magic, and if perchance she answereth thee, it may well be that the terror of her words shall utterly o'erwhelm us. '
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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