Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcastings
Literary usage of Overcastings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1845)
"... showing, that as the Brightest Day has its overcastings, so the best men in
this life have their Imperfections ; and worldly mists oftentimes interpose ..."
2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Agesby Percy Society by Percy Society (1846)
"... showing, that as the brightest day has its overcastings, so the best men in
this life have their imperfections; and worldly mists oftentimes• interpose ..."
3. The Civic Garland: A Collection of Songs from London Pageantsby Frederick William Fairholt by Frederick William Fairholt (1846)
"... when they fall or close into the full round of a globe again, showing, that
as the brightest day has its overcastings, so the best men in this life ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... as the sun's brightness doth by reflexion upon the stars : they had their
vicissitude of day and night, daily eclipses, overcastings many ; their chief ..."
5. The Shakespeare Society Papers by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"... showing, that as the Brightest Day has its overcastings, so the best men in
this life have their Imperfections ; and worldly mists oftentimes interpose ..."
6. Transactions of the Gynaecological Society of Boston by Gynaecological Society of Boston (1889)
"When the silk is removed, the overcastings of gut will easily rub off. For uniting
a skin wound, the catgut as a continuous suture is evidently not the most ..."
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