"March on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... nor more lively prospects; hills so raised here and there over the valleys; the river winding into divers branches; the plains adjoining without bush or stubble, all fair green grass; the ground of hard sand, easy to march on, either for horse or foot; the deer crossing in every path; the birds towards the evening singing on every tree with a thousand several tunes; cranes and herons of white, crimson, and carnation, perching in the river's side; the air fresh with ...
— The Discovery of Guiana • Sir Walter Raleigh
... Rhodesia as soon as he had carried his point. But he would have to give some reasonable ground to the Matabele for his first advice; and it seems a reasonable ground to say, 'Don't leave Salisbury in your rear, so as to put yourselves between two fires. Capture the outpost first; that down, march on ...
— Hilda Wade - A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose • Grant Allen
... make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march^; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point. ascertain one's direction &c n.; s'orienter [Fr.], see which way the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line. Adj. directed &c v.. directed towards; pointing towards &c v.; bound for; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... characters had been hanging about the store, and Hay suspected they were watching his movements, with the intention of getting word to their comrades in crime the moment he started, and it was almost as much to steal a march on them, as to oblige Nanette, he so willingly left before it was light. The Rawlins road followed the Platte Valley all the way to Brenner's, and, once there, he would feel safe, whereas the Rock Creek trail wound through gulch, ravine and forest most of the distance, affording many a chance ...
— A Daughter of the Sioux - A Tale of the Indian frontier • Charles King
... Indians eight weary days of marching to reach the lower end of the cataract, where once again the Parana was navigable. On their arrival they hoped to find provisions and more boats; but none were there, their own stores were almost done, and the people too exhausted to march on. Fever broke out, and many of them died; and others, lost in the forests, without a guide, wandered about till death released them from their march. A weaker man than Padre Montoya might have despaired ...
— A Vanished Arcadia, • R. B. Cunninghame Graham
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