hitherward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hitherward
before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward
Example Sentences
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Now of all the paths that have led hitherward, none has greater significance in American history than that known as the Underground Railroad.
From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Frank H. Severance
Lieutenant Junkins, of Jackson's Staff, losing his way, Sergeant Day and an Indiana Corporal beckoned to him to come hitherward.
From The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I by Theodore Wilder
Ye are most strong, ye Sons of the icy North, of the far East,—far marching from your rugged Eastern Wildernesses, hitherward from the gray Dawn of Time!
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle
If you venture hitherward, With a tender veil to cheat Glances over-daring, guard Well your Andalusian feet!
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee
Around that sun fiery comets whirl, planets revolve, and meteors flash, just as they do hitherward.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph
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