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Dismasting our ship, we thrust her into a tiny bay o'erhung by giant trees, and neither from river nor bank could a glimpse of her be obtained.
Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan
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With woods o'erhung, and shagg'd with mossy rocks,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 Various
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The day had died regretfully upon a couch o'erhung with gorgeous canopies, and the ensanguined bier still seemed to tremble with his last sigh.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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With woods o'erhung, and shagg'd with mossy rocks,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 Various
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A horrid distrust of her rose within him: he began to realize in what plight he stood, what terrors o'erhung.
The Flirt 1912
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A horrid distrust of her rose within him: he began to realize in what plight he stood, what terrors o'erhung.
The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907
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He never allowed the subject to be ignored -- never lost an opportunity of referring to the doom that o'erhung the vessel.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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By the skirts of gray forest o'erhung with wild vine;
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878
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Through banks o'erhung with rocks and sweet with flowers;
Letters to Dead Authors Andrew Lang 1878
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And its high-built guarded gateways, and its towers o'erhung and tall;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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