But he had no arms at all, and, seeing this, the Scarecrow did not fear that so helpless a creature could prevent them from climbing the
hill. So he said, "I'm sorry not to do as you wish, but we must pass over your
hill whether you like it or not," and he walked boldly forward.
The
hill was dangerous, we knew, And knew that we must take it; The law was strong,--that too we knew Yet dared to break it.
MISS EYNSFORD
HILL [who considers Higgins quite eligible matrimonially] I sympathize.
Lucie opened the door: and what do you think there was inside the
hill?--a nice clean kitchen with a flagged floor and wooden beams--just like any other farm kitchen.
It is just possible that this
hill is Mount Ararat, and that Noah's Ark rested here, and he ate oysters and threw the shells overboard.
Towards nightfall we reached a level amphitheatre, surrounded by a great rampart of
hills, which shut out the sunshine long before it left the external world.
I'm only just come down into the Vale, by Blowing Stone
Hill; and if I once begin about the Vale, what's to stop me?
"Well, look at those
hills which surround the main one where the site for the Castle was wisely chosen--on the highest ground.
A moderate incline runs towards the foot of Maybury
Hill, and down this we clattered.
Then the people ran as only
Hill folk can run, for they knew that in a landslip you must climb for the highest ground across the valley.
Two other passengers, besides the one, were plodding up the
hill by the side of the mail.
What was she thinking of as she wound up the
hill? Perhaps she had found complete repose without him, and had ceased to feel any need of his love.