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Then he shook the bridle, shouted loudly and guided Pegasus, not aslantwise as before, but straight at the monster's hideous front.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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It had, indeed, a very cheery aspect, the walls being overspread with a kind of stucco, in which fragments of broken glass were plentifully intermixed; so that, when the sunshine fell aslantwise over the front of the edifice, it glittered and sparkled as if diamonds had been flung against it by the double handful.
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Dashing aslantwise, as before, the winged horse made another arrow-flight toward the Chimæra, and Bellerophon aimed another downright stroke at one of the two remaining heads, as he shot by.
Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Various 1880
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Then he shook the bridle, shouted loudly, and guided Pegasus, not aslantwise as before, but straight at the monster's hideous front.
Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Various 1880
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In its pristine state it consisted of a double row of three great open arches, with the wind blowing through them, and the sunshine falling aslantwise into them, while the bustle of the market, the sale of fish, flesh, or fruit went on within, or brimmed over into the streets that enclosed them on every side.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Where the sun falls aslantwise under the arch a sentinel, with musket and bayonet, paces to and fro in the entrance, and other soldiers lounge close by.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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When we entered the church, the long, dusty sunbeams were falling aslantwise through the dome and through the chancel behind it ... ..
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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When we entered the church, the long, dusty sunbeams were falling aslantwise through the dome and through the chancel behind it ....
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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In its pristine state it consisted of a double row of three great open arches, with the wind blowing through them, and the sunshine falling aslantwise into them, while the bustle of the market, the sale of fish, flesh, or fruit went on within, or brimmed over into the streets that enclosed them on every side.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Where the sun falls aslantwise under the arch a sentinel, with musket and bayonet, paces to and fro in the entrance, and other soldiers lounge close by.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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