wide-extending
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Approach thou now the lap of Earth, thy mother, The wide-extending Earth, the ever-kindly; A maiden soft as wool to him who comes with gifts, She shall protect thee from destruction's bosom.
From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain
Yet again they sought a butcher, Sought again to find a slaughterer, On the ocean's shining surface, On the wide-extending billows.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
This is, however, only one of a series of lakes which the doctor discovered in the wide-extending province of Londa.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
So thought Mr. Watchorn, as he turned his feverish face up to the bright, blue sky, imbibing the fine fresh air of the wide-extending downs, instead of the stale tobacco smoke of the fetid beer-shop.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
The wide-extending marshes and pools are frequented by pelicans, herons, and wild geese, ducks, and flamingoes; while other birds—chiefly belonging to the Falconidae, Ardeidae, Strigidae, and Psittacidae—are numerous.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
