With shining mien and naming sword earthward St. Michael came. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales] Reference
The stem sway'd earthward with its blossom, broken. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841] Reference
Turns earthward, and the gifts her white arms bring. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom, Truth and Beauty] Reference
Whence all these things fall earthward with the dust. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891] Reference
The spirits of Prudence fell earthward with a clatter!. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference
Suffered them to see him: but he sank then to earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
As the starbeams come earthward, and smile on the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Hands clutched at his body, trying to pull him earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Spurs] Reference
In a jiffy the Wondership's earthward plunge was checked. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
Train's weight sends him plunging earthward ( "AAAiieee!"). From Wordnik.com. [Book review: 'Bridget's Beret' by Tom Lichtenheld; 'Shark vs. Train' by Chris Brown] Reference
That hung like a radiant planet caught in its earthward fall. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans"] Reference
The illusion was that of plunging earthward at breakneck speed. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
The sky, a vivid, cloudless blue, paled as it dipped earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
They saw the man bend earthward beneath the weight of the trunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of the Wind] Reference
In another moment a score of willing hands were tugging it earthward. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air] Reference
The lightning grew worse and occasionally balls of flame shot earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
The pigeon plummeted earthward, hitting the ground with a distinct splat. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
One of her training too -- suspended in mid air -- not an earthward glance. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
I looked up at the sombre roof, dropping a little way earthward from the sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
When the sky here is not travelling earthward in rain, earth is mounting skyward in dust. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference
And the great cares crush us earthward till there is scarcely a sweet word left in our lips or. From Wordnik.com. [The Threshold Grace] Reference
From horizon to horizon the sky was one cloudless span of blue that paled as it dipped earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
They were being drawn earthward, and all the pilot could do only delayed the inevitable crack-up. From Wordnik.com. [Voodoo Planet] Reference
Tau raised his hands slowly once again, holding them away from his body, palms pointing earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Voodoo Planet] Reference
From 24 feet aloft, my T-shirt quickly fluttered earthward accompanied by a few choice invectives. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
The flyers knew that when that happened, the pilot with no options was toast and headed earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Ad: McCain "Out Of Ideas, Out Of Touch, And Running Out Of Time"] Reference
A stately calla, that reared one marble cup from its gracious cool leaves, was bending earthward with. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
The Psalmist was not looking heavenward, but earthward, when this plea for wings broke from his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Threshold Grace] Reference
"We're over the United States now," said Mr. Whitford, after a glance earthward through the binoculars. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
The black cloud would float earthward, and Heno would stop and have a word with the mother and the boy. From Wordnik.com. [Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children] Reference
And I have only one suggestion to make; that is, that we start earthward at once and try the experiment. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Something moved down on the river bank and in that same instant the box hurtled earthward as might a spear. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
He felt proud of himself now, and said, "Tail up, tail up!" repeatedly, as he felt the plane drop earthward. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
He looked back in time to see the huge stone turn part way round on the chute and rush, end first, earthward. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
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