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As if he had been journeying through a wilderness of scorching sand, all that was left of the Archangel has long since evaporated.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

One in particular, the one in which I had been journeying, was split in a manner which caused us serious uneasiness as to how long, even after being patched, it would last.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

He was often absent from us for many days, sometimes for nigh a month; and would return sunburnt and travel-stained, as though he had been journeying in Foreign Parts.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus

"I feel as if I had been journeying for days," said John, sitting down, "and had seen the sights of far-distant worlds."

From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton

His father's dominion was very many miles away; but the Prince had been journeying in this direction for quite a long time, taking things easily, and seeing everything that was to be seen.

From Ting-a-ling by Stockton, Frank Richard