wide-extending

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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 Auerbach, Berthold

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 Morris, Charles

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

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles

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 Kingston, William Henry Giles