southwestwards

Think of the Chinese empire expanding southwestwards, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Romans, etc.

Michael Brenner: COIN Classic, New COIN, Post-Modern COIN Michael Brenner 2011

` And now, 'he was softly saying, ` I take to the road again, holding on southwestwards for many a long and dusty day; till at last I reach the little grey sea town I know so well, that clings along one steep side of the harbour.

The Wind in the Willows 1908

There I spent some comfortable days, sleeping much, having myself read to, mostly from the private letters of the Emperors, and from the Anticatones of the Divine Julius; and, from the balcony of the ante-room enjoying the splendid view southwestwards, over the Circus Maximus, the lower reaches of the Tiber and the Campagna, for my apartment was on that side of the Palace and high up.

Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Edward Lucas White 1900

'And now,' he was softly saying, 'I take to the road again, holding on southwestwards for many a long and dusty day; till at last I reach the little grey sea town I know so well, that clings along one steep side of the harbour.

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 1895

As it was, we but touched the waters of the north and south branches, and striking southwestwards availed ourselves of the American railway lines in Montana for our return.

Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses John Douglas Sutherland Campbell 1879

The farther you go southwestwards, however, the more refinement you meet with, because the climate is more temperate, and accordingly there they have cities and temples dedicated to their idols, in which they sacrifice men and afterwards eat them.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

"The latest emissions are currently drifting southwestwards from the volcano but are likely to head back towards Northern Ireland overnight and tomorrow morning."

The Times of India 2010

"The latest emissions are currently drifting southwestwards from the volcano but are likely to head back towards Northern Ireland overnight and tomorrow morning."

canada.com Top Stories 2010

"The latest emissions are currently drifting southwestwards from the volcano but are likely to head back towards Northern Ireland overnight and tomorrow morning."

The Times of India 2010

These colonization directions included: (i) southwestwards, with a relatively gradual range expansion during suitable periods in Western Europe; and (ii) northeastwards, with a more irregular expansion in Central and Eastern Europe.

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