wide-extending

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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 Surtees, Robert Smith

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 Chamberlain, Alexander F.

Then it brought him out into the open country, and now Lilar, from the east, flung, over the wide-extending spikes of grain, the splendor of a high golden ball to meet him.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich

The greater portion of the mountainsides are covered, from the water’s edge upwards to the elevation of 1500 feet, by one wide-extending forest of evergreen beeches.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles