A deeper shade of hauteur overspread hisfeatures, but he said not a word, and Elizabeth, though blaming herselffor her own weakness, could not go on.
Good Heaven! Brighton, and a wholecampful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset already by one poorregiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton!""Now I have got some news for you," said Lydia, as they sat down attable.
Their eyesinstantly met, and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepestblush.
(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) They entered the woods, and bidding adieu to the river for a while,ascended some of the higher grounds; when, in spots where the opening ofthe trees gave the eye power to wander, were many charming views of thevalley, the opposite hills, with the long range of woods overspreadingmany, and occasionally part of the stream.
In no countenance was attentivecuriosity so strongly marked as in Miss Bingley's, in spite of thesmiles which overspread her face whenever she spoke to one of itsobjects; for jealousy had not yet made her desperate, and her attentionsto Mr. Darcy were by no means over.
The moon, as Wardle had foretold, wasrapidly on the wane; large tiers of dark, heavy clouds, which had beengradually overspreading the sky for some time past, now formed one blackmass overhead; and large drops of rain which pattered every now and thenagainst the windows of the chaise, seemed to warn the travellers ofthe rapid approach of a stormy night.
The ivy and the moss crept inthick clusters over the old trees, and the soft green turf overspreadthe ground like a silken mat.