But I now clearly perceive two wellnigh fatal oversights which I then committed.
"Thoughts on Religion"
George John Romanes
But you see, at a glance, why you have failed to see it, as we always do with our little oversights, when humbly pointed out to us.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore
The imperfection of the Poll Bill, which must be mended before they rise, there being several horrible oversights to the prejudice of the King, is a certain sign of the care anybody hath of the King's business.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke