Which preposition to use with hillocks

of Occurrences 37%

Each man had a dim feeling in the back of his head that, after all, the hillock of gold was an illusion, and his own hand upon the dazzling pile would clutch the empty air.

in Occurrences 10%

As I have said, it is a low-lying field, between the mesa and the town, with no hillocks in it, but a gentle swale where the waste water of the creek goes down to certain farms, and the hackberry-trees, of which the tallest might be three times the height of a man, are the tallest things in it.

on Occurrences 10%

"At first, I saw it, far ahead, like a long hillock on the surface of the Plain.

at Occurrences 7%

THE PHEASANT-HEN More fair? CHANTECLER Assuredly,in just the measure that strength is added to the song by the knowledge of listeners, boldness to the exploit by the consciousness of lovely watching eyes[Taking his stand upon a hillock at the back, overlooking the valley.]

with Occurrences 6%

After the grass-lands came broken hillocks with little streams in the bottoms.

to Occurrences 4%

On a small hillock to the right of the village stands the fort, a square building of solid masonry, which, however, is now roofless, and has only three walls standing.

near Occurrences 3%

The country between Point Swan and Cape Leveque has a very sandy and barren aspect; the hillocks near the latter partook of its prevailing red colour. TIDE-RACES.

beyond Occurrences 2%

After lunch we tied up for a while, and I took my gun on shore to try and pick up a few of the duck that dotted the waters of the little lakes or jheels which lay flashing amid the hillocks beyond the river banks.

like Occurrences 2%

"I cannot tell; I wish I could; For the true reason no one knows: 90 But would you gladly view the spot, The spot to which she goes; The hillock like an infant's grave, The pondand Thorn, so old and grey; Pass by her door'tis seldom shut 95

by Occurrences 2%

As long as we are upon the road they cannot tell us from any other travellers.' We walked our horses along the path, therefore, with as unconcerned an air as we could assume; but a sharp exclamation made us glance suddenly round, and there was the woman standing on a hillock by the roadside and gazing down at us with a face that was rigid with suspicion.

above Occurrences 2%

We soon received orders to bear to the left and occupy a hillock above the plain.

along Occurrences 2%

The woods were sweet with spring fragrances; great thickets of dogwood trees were white with flowers; mossy hillocks along the roadside were pink with the dainty bells of the Linnaea.

within Occurrences 1%

A mile from here is a hillock within hearing of the stockade at Robertson's Ford.

amid Occurrences 1%

He took the hillock amid waving of tails and much enthusiasm, and remarked that he trusted that that vast assembly, one of the most magnificent demonstrations that even Hyde Park had ever known, would show by its orderly behaviour, that Rats knew how to conduct business.

among Occurrences 1%

The variety of costumes and colours too, Malay, Indian, Chinese, &c., and the pretty villas perched on each hillock among flowering trees, give it a festival air.

around Occurrences 1%

Our guns were not heavy enough to cope with those of the fortress, and so we passed the time shelling the redoubts thrown up on the little hillocks around the town, alternating these operations with an occasional assault of one of the nearest of them when the men got impatient for some active movement.

before Occurrences 1%

Out in the hot sun the pavement wavered and melted into hillocks before his dizzy eyes.

for Occurrences 1%

The Frenchmen whom they had captured said they could not possibly get along; but Clark led the men in person, and they waded with infinite toil for about three miles, the water often up to their chins; and they then camped on a hillock for the night.

from Occurrences 1%

Yes, he stood here on the hillock from which we can get a good view over the country, and walked to every side of the crest to find where the best view could be obtained.

into Occurrences 1%

"I can recollect one winter when a sheep, jumping from a hillock into a field, became suddenly frozen on the way, and stuck in the air like a mass of ice.

over Occurrences 1%

I have seen the same clouds, that, when I came up first, looked like a heap of little snow-hillocks over babies' graves, turn, as soon as I grew happier, to a sort of long bright row of angels.

about Occurrences 1%

Said to be very abundant on the trap rock hillocks about Little Falls, N.J., where it grows in dense tufts.

Which preposition to use with  hillocks