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At that present I found our compasse to be varied 11 deg. and one 4. part to the Westwards, which is one point.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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"Westwards," she answered impulsively, her voice quivering with eagerness and emotion and hope.
Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Stanley John Weyman 1891
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Europe at one and the same time wants to draw Ukraine "Westwards" in political terms, while not exacerbating the country's internal strife.
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I was living in Toronto in the 70s when lots of new construction was taking place along the rapid transit corridors, starting at Bloor and Yonge and inching its way towards North York along the Yonge line but also Westwards along the Bloor line.
“Say “no” to TransLink and Metro’s Hong Kong model for funding transit” « Stephen Rees's blog 2009
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At half past four I arrived with the ass I drove at a stream flowing to the Westwards.
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008
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VF Daily: Steve, what were the highlights of your end of the trip, which went Westwards from LA?
Modern Magellans or Mssrs. Magoo? : Julian Sancton Sancton, Julian 2008
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Above me, the many constellations passed in a strange, ‘noiseless’ circling, Westwards.
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Westwards, past the harbour, buzzards soar silently
Poetry, Prayer, and Praise Veritas 2007
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Westwards; so that I had knowledge that some Great Power afar in the Darkness of the World did sway upon it; and I had a childlike wonder that this might be, in truth, that same Power of the North, of which the books, and my Memory – Dreams did tell.
The Night Land 2007
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Westwards, down the glare, rose the broken-looking villas and the white twin towers of the church, holding up its two fingers in mockery above the scarlet flame-trees and the dark mangoes.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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