athwart
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When lo! it seemed to pale and wane, And through the sky go down; Athwart the flood I leaped amain, And clutched a Turkish Crown.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
Athwart those peals of thunder, those flashes of lightning, I see a martial virgin.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
The parting sun now pour'd the ruddy blaze, And twinkling Vesper shot his silv'ry rays Athwart the gloom, and clos'd the glorious day, When, low in dust, the strength of Afric lay.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
This man addressed us in the following stanza: What folk are ye who ride the sea-king's steed, Mounting the lofty billows, and proceed Athwart the tossing main?
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
Athwart the flames they pass in triumph, his brother and he, each safe beneath his filial burden.
From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by Rodwell, G. F.
Vocabulary lists containing athwart
Much Ado About Nothing
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"The Pit and the Pendulum," Vocabulary from the short story
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The Wind in the Willows
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