At Genoa, more than anywhere else in Italy except Milan, you are aware of the North-its strenuousness, its enterprise, its restless outstretching for worlds beyond itself.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
A great sea of faces that no man ever yet has numbered, with answering eyes and outstretching hands.
"Quiet Talks on Service"
S. D. Gordon
And now farewell: Girt with enormous night I am borne away, outstretching toward thee, thine, alas!
"The Georgics"
Virgil