"Overmaster" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... or two it seemed that these would overmaster the defence. Several succeeded in crossing the parapet, but they were either cut down or cast headlong into the courtyard. By this time the whole of the Saxons, save the guard in the turret by the bridge, were on the wall, and were able to form a close line along ...
— Wulf the Saxon - A Story of the Norman Conquest • G. A. Henty |
