Northward

I Most sincerely congratulate you upon our late successes at the Northward, which is attended with the most agreable circumstances which have taken place since the commencment of the War.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 27 August 1777 1963

Up this same line went the Clans marching when they were called Northward to the host; and up this went slow, creaking wagons with the lead of the Mendips or the tin of Cornwall or the gold of Wales.

First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

However, I work'd hard, till indeed my Strength was almost exhausted, and kept my Boat as much to the Northward, that is, towards the Side of the Current which the Eddy lay on, as possibly I could; when about Noon, as the Sun pass'd the

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner 1719

Not long afterwards, there arose a contention as to the western boundary: what was meant by "Northward" in the Quebec Act?

Appeals to the Privy Council 1927

"It doesn't help Foster's board that the earnings will be weak, it's not going to help them at all," said Simon Rutherfurd , chief investment officer at Northward Capital, which manages A$2.5 billion of funds in Australian stocks.

Foster's Shuns SABMiller Paul Sonne 2011

Northward, along the leeward coast of Malaita, the Ariel worked her leisurely way, threading the colour-riotous lagoon that lay between the shore-reefs and outer-reefs, daring passages so narrow and coral-patched that Captain Winters averred each day added a thousand grey hairs to his head, and dropping anchor off every walled inlet of the outer reef and every mangrove swamp of the mainland that looked promising of cannibal life.

CHAPTER XXII 2010

Bellies filled, we continued walking Northward towards the Little Tokyo district.

Monday: Downtown Trudgery : Scrubbles.net 2009

Northward too, another darkness, and a sound of breakers loud.

The Voyage of Magellan 2010

Bellies filled, we continued walking Northward towards the Little Tokyo district.

2009 October : Scrubbles.net 2009

Suddenly, Scotland looks like a land of possibility: "Northward, look, the land is bright!"

A new sense of possibility shines on Scotland – but what will really come of it? | Ian Jack 2011