overshade
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The Night doth never overshade this Land, for the light of a Pure and Serene Sky keeps it constantly bright.
From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by MacCarthy, Denis Florence
Suckers should not be allowed to overshade the graft, though it is best not to remove them until danger of disturbing the graft is past.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
A superiority naturally seems to overshade us, and presents a disagreeable comparison.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David
We left the bright green fields that belt around Manor Hamilton and the grand trees that overshade the same green fields, and drove up among the hills, in a contrary direction from Glenade.
From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon
And Echo was mute to his leisurely tread,— "How tranquil is nature reposing," he said; He onward advances, where boughs overshade, "How lonely," quoth he—and his footsteps he stayed!
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
After dinner Philina sat down among the long, overshaded grass, and commanded both her friends to fetch her flowers in great quantities.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
From thence is a canal to a royal garden, at the distance of a coss, with a paved road forty feet broad, overshaded by trees on both sides.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
Farther down we came to two copious springs, most picturesquely situated among the rocks, being overshaded by large wild fig-trees, a great number of which grow in other parts of this district.
From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis
At a small distance from our habitation was a seat overshaded by a hedge of hawthorn and honeysuckle.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
It is a mountain quite overshaded by a dark wood of fir-trees.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
The overshading foliage of other things will do them no harm, as it will be only for a season.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
Their degradation made him ready to endure all things if only he could pierce the black cloud overshading them.
From A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 by Stryker, Elisabeth G.
O auspicious King, that Queen Zubaydah entered the garden one day and, coming to the swimming- bath, gazed upon its goodliness; and the sheen of the water and the overshading of the trees pleased her.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
With his commanding figure, hollow voice, his thick and powdered hair, his long, bushy eyebrows overshading a deep-set and dim eye, he seemed a living, speaking century.
From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Lamartine, Alphonse de
Injury from crowding and overshading may be prevented, or at least lessened, by pasturing the nurse crop with sheep for a time, at an early stage in its growth.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
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