"Onwards" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... From then onwards that timid lad, disheartened by his misfortunes, had regained courage and hope, and had boldly plunged into the ...
— A Nest of Spies • Pierre Souvestre
... taking a partner, she stumped round and round, circling upon the pavement, till giddiness came upon her and she had to fall back and lean against the wall, laughing aloud at her weakness. Gilbert stepped up to her, and put a penny into her hand; then, before she had recovered from her surprise, passed onwards.'—(p. 111.) ...
— The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories • George Gissing
... are concerned. And this is a position which seems to be involved in the mere fact of age and death frankly seen from the naturalistic point of view; and so it has always been felt and expressed from the time of the Greeks onwards, and not least effectively, perhaps, by Browning in his 'Cleon'—you ...
— The Meaning of Good--A Dialogue • G. Lowes Dickinson
... very near Hartwell," said Sir Philip, at length; "but it is somewhat difficult to find from this road, and being but little out of my way, I will accompany you thither, and follow the high road onwards." ...
— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 • Various
... nothing was moving onwards in men's minds to do the act of courtesy to me, so justly my due, on the Saturday before Michaelmas I invited Mr Mucklewheel, the hosier, (who had the year before been chosen into the council, in the place of old Mr Peevie, who had a paralytic, and never in consequence ...
— The Provost • John Galt
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