If he could have known that he was an orphan, left to the tender mercies of church-wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
I broke a fellow in, once, said St. Clare, that all the overseers and masters had tried their hands on in vain. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Overseers of Snaily parish against Crawley, Bart. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The magistrates, and overseers, and churchwardens, are always wanting his opinion. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
I don't keep none o' yer cussed overseers; I does my own overseeing; and I tell you things _is_ seen to. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
He'll muster some of those old overseers on the other plantations, and have a great hunt; and they'll go over every inch of ground in that swamp. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.