117 Metaphors for hill

Hill 70 was the last high ground held by the Germans in the region of the Artois, and its fall menaced their whole line south to Queant and north to La Bassee.

From this point we cannot tell whether the wooded hills before us are islands or promontories.

He believed Hill to be a cunning scoundrel who had overreached the police for some purpose of his own by accusing Birchill, and who, to make his story more probable, had even implicated himself in the supposed burglary as a terrorised accomplice.

John Carter was a prominent man and the secretary of the colony; Elizabeth Hill was a beauty and the heiress of Shirley.

Until the night of the convoy-sortie, however, the enemy had not had the ordinary common sense to grasp the fact that the hill was the key of the situation and to seize it.

I admit that Hill is a tainted witness, but they'll find it pretty hard to break down his story.

"Hill," was the reply.

Dracontius, pointing to the place where they were standing, said, "This hill is an excellent place for running, in whatever direction the men may wish.

[Illustration] THE BALLAD OF McCARTY'S TROMBONE Sure, Felix McCarty he lived all alone On the top av a hill be the town av Athione,

I dunno why the Sam Hill he's cuttin' it.

Flag Hill is a rock formed of sand and comminuted shells; while the flat which stretches to the south-west from its foot is of limestone formation.

Rock Hill was a citysmall cityreal close to Ebenezer.

A powerful athlete of over six feet, Major Hill was an ideal sportsman in appearance, and he was noted for the long distances he would travel on foot with his hounds.

Mrs. Hill, who acts as my housekeeper, is a cousin, who made a poor marriage, and was left penniless.

But now the Lord's ain trumpet touts, Till a' the hills are rairin, And echoes back return the shouts; Black Russell is na spairin: His piercin words, like Highlan' swords, Divide the joints an' marrow; His talk o' hell, whare devils dwell, Our verra 'sauls does harrow' Wi' fright that day!

As Marye's Hill is the natural position for the left of an army posted to defend Fredericksburg, the crest above Hamilton's Crossing is the natural position for the right of such a line, care being taken to cover the extreme right with artillery, to obstruct the passage of the ground between the crest and the Massaponnax.

The center of the island was covered with mangrove-bushes; the hills were cones, but had no craters on them.

, 5 Bringing the fields benediction And the hills quiet and greyness, Are my long thoughts of thee.

ECLIPSE HILL, being higher than the land near it, and conspicuous from its flat tabular shape, is a good mark for the port; it is in latitude 13 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds and longitude 126 degrees 18 minutes 40 seconds.

Telegraph Hill is 394 feet high, Clay Street Hill 376 feet, and Russian Hill 360 feet.

" Grave, taciturn, watchful, secret and suave, with an appearance of tight-lipped reticence about him which a perpetual faint questioning look in his eyes denied, Hill looked an ideal man servant, who knew his station in life, and was able to uphold it with meek dignity.

San Juan Hill is a geographical, racial, and sociological fact, and will remain so until the day when safety razors become a universal institution.

Behind them, tier above tier, were the houses of the town; and crowning the hill was the academy, with its great dome gleaming on its top like a silver cap upon a mountain of snow.

We first came to a hill on the confines between the east and the south; and while we were ascending it, he shewed me a great extent of country: we saw at a distance an eminence like a mountain, between which and the hill on which we stood was a valley, and behind the valley a plain, and from the plain a rising ground of easy ascent.

That Olympic Hill was his "highest heaven;" himself "Jove in his chair."

117 Metaphors for  hill