There was a large beech-tree overshadowing the place, and the small, sharp, triangular beech-nuts lay scattered thickly on the ground. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
I would say: I saw there a country which has no overshadowing Mother Church, and yet the people survive. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.