Called up at daybreak each morning, he would take his way through deep lanes overarched with oaks to "fields remote from home" to redistribute his dead birds, then to fetch the cows, and here we have an example of his close naturalist-like observation in his account of the leading cow, the one who coming and going on all occasions is allowed precedence, who maintains her station, "won by many a broil," with just pride.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
His eyes were large and lustrous, overarched by a forehead that denoted the possession of intellect.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
Such an early spring had not been known for years; and by the 19th of April fruit trees were in bloom, winter grain was up, and the stately elms that fringed the river and overarched the village streets were budding fast.
"Spinning-Wheel Stories"
Louisa May Alcott