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The sky grew paler horizonward, until in the east it lost itself behind a white sea of cloud deck.
The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985
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Diana clutched the rail of the crow's nest, which was pitching violently, and stared horizonward.
The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985
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Beyond stretched the gleaming blue waters, mellowing into a hundred fairy shades horizonward.
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"Watch the negro fisherman as he throws his line horizonward." so exquisitely do colors of heaven and water blend; the long line of carriages hurries cityward; lights seem to spring from the very bosom of the sea, so low and trustingly does the little islet-town lie on the Gulf's surface; the orange-trees and the fig-shrubs send forth a delicate perfume in the cool air of the twilight.
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"Watch the negro fisherman as he throws his line horizonward" ... ..
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Evening: The tide is out, and you may promenade the Gulf shore along a hard, unyielding track left by the receded water, and watch the negro fisherman as he throws his line horizonward, to see it swirl and fall in the retreating surf to come up laden with scaly treasure.
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Each in his turn those little supernaturals of our by-gone ages and aeons joined the monster procession of his predecessors and marched horizonward, disappeared, and was forgotten.
Christian Science Mark Twain 1872
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