hierarchies
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In the same way, these young people live in the light of the history of cinema, of the great age of Hollywood and the classic European cinema that also overarches and overawes the moderns.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2014
Shall I attempt in my own words, or those of any other, to give even a feeble impression of the grandeur which overarches and surrounds us as our boat glides into the interior?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various
The sweet mother, whose love overarches the cradle with thoughts that for number are beyond the stars, need not fear to leave behind the gentle babe, for everlasting love will encircle it.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight
The same cloudless sky overarches the earth day after day, and dyes to celestial blue the same placid sea that sleeps beside its shore.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
In other words, domestic life overarches and undergirds all other life.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
