wide-extending
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The vast territory south of the Brazils is watered by a wide-extending branch-work of mighty streams, having as their main trunk the Rio de la Plata at their southern end.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
Manna asked hesitatingly, why the Priest had not taken upon himself the wide-extending benevolent work, which the Professorin was now commissioned by her father to carry on.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
I followed him up the rigging, and saw in the far west a wide-extending dark blue line moving quickly on towards us.
From Peter Biddulph The Story of an Australian Settler by William Henry Giles Kingston
From this height could be obtained a magnificent view of the Bay of Yedo, the leafy plains surrounding, and the wide-extending ocean.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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
