hitherward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hitherward
before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward
Example Sentences
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A printing house was begun at Cambridge by one Stephen Daye, at the charge of Mr. Glover, who died on sea hitherward.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
She cannot, if she would, check the tide which bears them hitherward; no defences are possible, on our vast extent of shore, that can preclude their ingress.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
We three, when we had heard of the approach Of the rich caravan, mounted our steeds, And galloped hitherward.
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Beloved also is that bird, only not as a bird which flies away but rather as a bird which flies hitherward.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Hæmon, whom Antigone, Robbing herself of life in burying, Against Creon's law, Polynices, Robs of a loved bride—pale, imploring, Waiting her passage, Forth from the palace hitherward comes.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
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