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  • The Nights has been translated into every far-extending Eastern tongue, Persian, Turkish and Hindostani.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • There were a score of varieties of the larger kind of trees, whose far-extending branches embraced across the narrow but swift river.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • I vaguely remember a far-extending gigantic wall of stone that seemed to bar all further progress — a rocky precipice rising to a stupendous height, seen by moonlight, with a huge sinuous rope of white mist suspended from its summit; as if the guardian camoodi of the mountain had been a league-long spectral serpent which was now dropping its coils from the mighty stone table to frighten away the rash intruder.

    Green Mansions 2004

  • Nevertheless, it is plainly to be seen in the tail region of most fishes, and in the far-extending dorsal (back) and ventral (belly) fins of such kinds as the sole and the flounder.

    On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

  • And that monkey host armed with stones and Sala and Tala trees, looked very much like a far-extending field of corn under the morning sun.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Proclaiming his name in battle, challenging his foes accoutred in steel, and grinding or slaying the foremost warriors of hostile ranks, when a hero winneth far-extending fame in fair fight, his enemies then are pained and bow down unto him.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • For fifteen miles beyond the walls the Appian Way stretched to the beautiful blue Alban hills, through a continuous suburb of the city, adorned with all the charms of nature and art, palatial villas and pleasure-gardens, groves and vineyards, temples and far-extending aqueducts.

    Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

  • The brilliant cressets of the Place de la Concorde flamed like a constellation; and the Avenue des Champs Élysées, with its rows of lamps, and the throngs of carriages, each bearing now its lighted lantern, moving along that far-extending slope, looked like a new Milky

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various

  • It seemed as though the whole atmosphere was gradually becoming condensed, and precipitating its invisible watery vapor so as to make it visible in far-extending fog banks.

    Lost in the Fog James De Mille

  • He saw no longer the arena, the high surrounding walls, the far-extending seats with innumerable faces; he saw no more the relentless eyes of the cruel spectators, or the gigantic form of his savage enemy.

    The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome Anonymous

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