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Our bulls and cows are all well; but we yet hate the man that had seen a bigger bull. Ib. p. 61. Quoted by Boswell in his Hebrides, Aug. 16, 1773. Horace, Odes, ii. 4. 'The tender glance, the red'ning cheek, O'erspread with rising blushes, A thousand various ways they speak A thousand various wishes. Hamilton's Poems, ed. 1760, p. 59. In the original, Now. Ib. p. 39.

Following one upon the other in rapid succession, the most glorious spectacles unfolded themselves and I did nothing but utter cries of rapture and fervid thanks. I saw an entrancing mountain landscape, clearly and sharply outlined, the crevices in the rocks, the rough stony ledges lit up by the sun, the mountain pastures o'erspread with golden radiance.

Wide o'er the brim with many a torrent swelled, And the mixed ruin of its banks o'erspread, At last the roused up river pours along: Resistless, roaring, dreadful, down it comes From the rude mountain and the mossy wild.

It was almost pitch-black, save for the phosphorescent-like light emanating from the falling rain. Occasional vivid flashes of lightning o'erspread the sky, followed by rumbling peals of thunder. Taking particular pains to keep his rifle dry Wilmshurst lay close until the initial downpour had passed.

No brighter skies than his, whether the sun with rays of mitigated warmth but of intenser light, sparkles o'er boundless fields of snow, or whether the moon, a faded sun, leading her festal train of stars, listens to the merry sleigh-bells and the laugh of girls and boys, ever glorified a land. What though sometimes his trumpet sounds tremendous and frowns o'erspread his face!

Fixing his gaze upon that hideous form, He seized a stone, and with prodigious force Hurling it, chanced to strike a jutting rock, Whence sparks arose, and presently a fire O'erspread the plain, in which the monster perished. Thus Húsheng found the element which shed Light through the world.

Do you understand? What work would I have to do?" Out of the corners of his eyes Steve saw consternation o'erspread Fat Joe's face. His own was only amused. "You'll have to swing an axe," he enumerated slowly, "and you'll have to lug a rod and tripod. You'll wade through bog and fight your way through underbrush. And then, for variety, swing an axe some more.

Yea, for the safflower hue, that thence o'erspread my cheeks, they seem The shirt of Joseph, steeped in blood, to make a lying show.

Then all the sports of pleasure disappear, Then Venus, then gay youth removes: No Thyrsus then which Bacchus loves; But all is clouded and o'erspread with care.

For now the gale subsides, and from each bough The roosting pheasant's short but frequent crow Invites to rest, and huddling side by side The herd in closest ambush seek to hide; Seek some warm slope with shagged moss o'erspread, Dried leaves their copious covering and their bed.