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  • Such was my intention, but I have sadly overstaid the month; so I, like yourself, have become a delinquent; and we have nothing to do but to forgive one another.

    New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn 2007

  • They had already overstaid the time at first arranged, and Lady Augustus, when she hinted that another week at Marygold, — “just till this painful affair was finally settled,” — would be beneficial to her, was informed that the Connop Greens themselves were about to leave home.

    The American Senator 2004

  • They left twenty or twenty-five of these calling cards, but two of the batteries of anti-aircraft guns handled by the Warwicks greeted them so warmly that they quickly decided they had overstaid their welcome and made a hurried departure.

    S.O.S. Stand to! Reginald Grant

  • A little overstaid and over dignified, inclined to be pompous and didactic, he is kind-hearted and loyal, and successful in a small business.

    The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914

  • We overstaid our time, and were obliged to hurry from the jail.

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself 1860

  • We overstaid our time, and were obliged to hurry from the jail.

    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Harriet Ann Jacobs 1855

  • They had already overstaid the time at first arranged, and Lady Augustus, when she hinted that another week at Marygold, -- "just till this painful affair was finally settled," -- would be beneficial to her, was informed that the Connop Greens themselves were about to leave home.

    The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Van der Does had already much overstaid his appointed time, bound to the spot, as it were, by the golden chain thrown around him by the excellent friar, and he now, in violation of orders, wrote to the Hague for leave to comply with this request.

    PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Van der Does had already much overstaid his appointed time, bound to the spot, as it were, by the golden chain thrown around him by the excellent friar, and he now, in violation of orders, wrote to the Hague for leave to comply with this request.

    History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1605-07 John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Van der Does had already much overstaid his appointed time, bound to the spot, as it were, by the golden chain thrown around him by the excellent friar, and he now, in violation of orders, wrote to the Hague for leave to comply with this request.

    History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

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