far-extending

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In this gigantic mirror one sees reflected the wondrous image of the far-extending city, and the repercussion of the sunbeams therefrom fills the remotest corners of the city with a dazzling refulgence.

From Tales From J?kai by J?kai, M?r

The close observer who comes up the Niagara River will see just after he leaves the wharf of Niagara-on-the-Lake the far-extending green bastions of Fort George.

From Brock Centenary 1812-1912 by Various

The separation for which the ewes wailed and their little ones wept, seemed a cruelty; that far-extending lamentation of the flocks was part of some universal coronach for things eternally doomed.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

Monday, July 25th.—In the afternoon drove to 'One-tree Hill,' a richly-wooded height, commanding a splendid view of Brisbane, and of the far-extending range of mountains running parallel with the coast.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

What remained of fragments scattered, Chips of wood, and broken splinters, On the bright expanse of ocean, On the far-extending billows,200 In the breeze were gently rocking, On the waves were lightly drifted.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)