| 单词 | flat-topped |
| 例句 | But the white men sitting up on the stage were all dressed alike, in white uniforms with belts, swords, shoulder fringe, and white flat-topped military hats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Below us, Wazir Akbar Khan’s white- walled, flat-topped houses gleamed in the sunshine, the laundry hanging on clotheslines in their yards stirred by the breeze to dance like butterflies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The soft, maroon, flat-topped headgear of my grandparents’ former tormentors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z According to the original D&D module, the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors was hidden near “a low, flat-topped hill, about two hundred yards wide and three hundred yards long.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her flickering light fell on a flat-topped tomb that rose a few feet from the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The toad had hopped up on one of the thick, flat-topped rocks we had set in the garden. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z News spread quickly that the Sixers were encamped around a small flat-topped hill at the center of a remote forest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It showed a wide shot of the flat-topped hill and the clearing around it, looking down from a spot in one of the trees high above. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z You watch all that noise and business, then look past them to the rolling green hills in the distance, with antelopes grazing under flat-topped trees, and it doesn’t fit together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cumberland Plateau is a wild and mountainous region of flat-topped ridges, mountain walls five hundred to a thousand feet high, and narrow valleys, some wide enough only for a one-lane road and a creek. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z His black hair was cut in a flat-topped wedge like Frank’s. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was high and flat-topped, and the stone door was still upon its hinges, standing half open. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He decided to return to Huamuxtitlan, the dusty village beneath a flat-topped mountain where he was born. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z To my other side stood rows of snow-burdened cypress trees peppered among flat-topped clay houses—no more than mud shacks in most cases—separated by narrow alleys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Watching the soles of their sneakers running away, I push my hands into my pockets, touching my pencil, the business card, and the flat-topped buttons of Jason’s mother’s cell phone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The hat itself was one of those flat-topped pork-pie jobs with a jay's feather stuck in the hat-band and Mr Wormwood was very proud of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I feel my eyes getting rounder and rounder, the pupils enlarging like an owl’s: for an hour I’ve been looking at slides, yellowy, sometimes unfocused slides of white marble women with flat-topped heads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It happened on the flat-topped mountain a day south of here, and the girl lived in the ruined village across the stream.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Reinvigorating an Artist’s Fantasy A Victorian minaret with a white crescent finial looms over flat-topped brick town houses on a sleepy side street in the Kensington district of London. Antiques: Leighton House Museum Reopens in London With New D?cor 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z Most asters are for September and October, but the flat-topped white aster, which grows to about two feet, is a summer bloomer. The sudden heat and humidity of summer has gardeners dancing a seasonal salsa 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Gold Butte is a large, flat-topped hill, and the only settlement here went by the same name. In Gold Butte in Nevada, Ancient Rock Art and Rugged Beauty 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s a wild and largely unsettled landscape of flat-topped mountains, dense evergreen forests, lakes and inlets that is, quite literally, on the rise. Sweden’s High Coast: an uplifting experience 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z A length of baby-blue industrial tubing turns a flat-topped cocoon into a miniature version of the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing. Judith Scott’s Enigmatic Sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But I'm twisted enough to suspect that if there's a cancer hospital, there must be a flat-topped bauxite mountain somewhere. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part One 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z Construction of the vast, flat-topped cone would have required hundreds of workers and taken an age, but the people who built it left no records as to why. David Attenborough's big dig 2010-10-25T21:01:00Z A mystic, flat-topped mountain on the Venezuela-Brazil border that perplexed 19th-century explorers and inspired "The Lost World" novel is attracting ever more modern-day adventurers. Adventurers flock to Venezuela's 'Lost World' mountain 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The first section is the steep-sided, 30-metre flat-topped Inner Head, the south shore of which is flat and grassy and ideal for wild camping. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Masada is a flat-topped mountain where King Herod the Great built a fortress completed in 31 BC. Israel breaks ground with opera on Dead Sea shores 2010-06-07T13:48:00Z From this hill stems the Camino de los Colorados, a gravel path along two miles of geologic wonders: red flat-topped mountains, green conical mountains, uneven purple ridges. Next Stop: Jujuy Region of Argentina Maintains Its Mystical Allure 2010-08-07T04:45:00Z Another, a mastaba, or flat-topped pyramid, made of more than 300,000 oil drums, was to be built in Abu Dhabi as Christo’s only permanent large-scale work. Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Its dark, flat-topped silhouette against the sky recalls her signature brimmed hat. A pilgrimage to the stark desert landscape that inspired painter Georgia O’Keeffe 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z That landscape, in Eastern Free State and KwaZulu-Natal, with its mesas, striking flat-topped mountains, was the starting point for Kallos. First-time director brings 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z A five-minute walk away from Kenmare’s Main Square, a somber mound features a large Bronze Age stone circle: 15 huge, standing stones surround a flat-topped boulder dolmen, marking an ancient seat of Celtic power. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In fact, next to David Duchovny’s performance as an old-school, flat-topped police detective, it may be the best thing about the show. Charles Manson, the counterculture and the rise of the Sunbelt political right: What “Aquarius” nails about California in the ’60s 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z At 35 I discovered the Nars Multiple in a rosy brown, a chubby flat-topped obelisk, a combination product that was hands down the best lipstick and the best blush for me. The Mirror: Older Women Are the New Faces of Beauty 2012-03-01T19:31:17Z One shows the dark, elaborately framed window of an adobe house next to one of his “Variant” paintings, this one from 1955, whose composition evokes a flat-topped adobe structure with two doors. Art Review | Josef Albers and Ken Price: Josef Albers and Ken Price: Bauhaus Meets Venice Beach 2010-03-18T22:29:00Z The requirement, which essentially guaranteed a bland skyline packed with flat-topped towers, was finally scrapped; just before the official change the Wilshire Grand was granted a variance allowing its sloping crown. Ride the US Bank Tower's glass Skyslide with 70 floors of nothingness below you 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Where two lines intersect near the base, the Bedouins tell us, there is certain to be water and a stand of flat-topped acacia trees. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Helpful rangers at the front desk answer questions and give talks, and there’s a fantastic view of the flat-topped mountain right at the entrance. Take the family for a summer adventure to Mount St. Helens 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z With the new technology, chapstick-sized sensors embedded in pavement dictate movement of flat-topped vehicles that collect containers from ships and software guides cranes that stack containers. Jobs at stake as California port terminal upgrades to green technology 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "I feel alive. I feel free," said an excited Bian, dapper in tinted sunglasses, flat-topped navy blue hat and a wraparound tunic cinched at the waist, his hair hanging loosely to his shoulders. Chinese scour Thailand for homes, looking to offset risks after pandemic 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Each flat-topped compartment contains a midge larva that began as an egg that the adult female inserted into the leaf. Those weird marks on your leaves? Here’s how to decipher them 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z A flat-topped mountain devoid of granite marks the top of a long-dead volcano, one of nine that testify to the heat still trapped beneath the ground in this region. In Utah, researchers are trying to unlock Earth’s heat and make geothermal energy a reality 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Reefs live and grow along the upper edge of these flat-topped seamounts. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mississippian people, as archaeologists call them, built large towns with central plazas and tall, flat-topped earthen pyramids, especially on the rich floodplains adjoining the Mississippi and other midwestern and southern rivers. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The heart of the community was a 100-foot-high, flat-topped earthen pyramid, which was crowned by a wooden temple. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Only men are permitted to visit; they must climb a rope up a 15-meter cliff to reach the top of the flat-topped mountain it is built upon. Factbox: Ethiopia's war also takes toll on its cultural heritage 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z On a recent day at work, Tuberville spotted Tester – the flat-topped Montana senator who’d called him and his cohort enablers in Trump’s bid to destroy the country – and asked for his autograph. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has no regrets after objecting to Biden’s win on Jan. 6. Is he allowed to just move on? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z I’m not sure I’m a fan of the smooth, flat-topped joysticks, though. Valve Steam Deck hands-on: the Nintendo Switch of PC gaming 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z What’s left in its wake are three towering phosphogypsum “stacks” — flat-topped hills of radioactive industrial waste with wastewater ponds at the center. The wastewater disaster in Florida is a symptom of how we grow our food 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z These large houses were built on top of mesas—flat-topped hills—or in shallow caves in the sheer walls of deep canyons. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The desert of southeastern Utah is a wilderness of flat-topped mesas, jutting buttes and plunging canyons. A New Theory About the Monolith: We’re the Aliens 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The tour on the distinctive flat-topped Table Mountain, in Glacier, combines breathtaking scenery with excellent, moderate skiing. It’s the Winter of Backcountry. Here’s How to Start Safely. 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Corsaro and his confreres dress in the habit of Orthodox churchmen, including flowing black robes and the traditional flat-topped round hat. In ancient Italian monastery, monks defend a dying tradition 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z It includes clips of Ben Bulben, Sligo’s flat-topped rock formation, Trinity’s front square, chaste encounters between the two main characters, and commentary. Fifty Shades of Sligo: Normal People poses a challenge for Irish tourism 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Hidden beneath the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea near southwestern Italy lies a newfound volcanic mosaic dotted with geothermal chimneys and flat-topped seamounts. Hidden world of undersea volcanoes and lava flows discovered off Italian coast 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z DNA testing revealed the flat-topped skull hailed from somewhere in the Middle East, northern Africa or southeastern Europe. Deformed Skulls Mark a Historic Migration Into Europe 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The region, northwest of the much-visited Four Corners, includes a stunning variety of topography — flat-topped mesas and expansive valleys, sloping igneous mountains and towering sandstone cliffs. What remains of Bears Ears He built guest houses that now rent out to visitors from around the world, who enjoy sweeping views of flat-topped mesas and desert shrubs. Lost lands? The American wilderness at risk in the Trump era 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z By the time he was 18, the blond, blue-eyed, flat-topped dude could turn a steady, vaulting painted line into a razor-sharp, whiplash interlace that would briskly animate the deadened surface of an otherwise soulless machine. Critic's Notebook: Why is the Petersen Museum ignoring Von Dutch’s racist past? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z These volcanic seamounts are now plateaus because they protruded from the ocean when the sea level was lower, and they eroded into their present, flat-topped shape, Pepe said. Hidden world of undersea volcanoes and lava flows discovered off Italian coast 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z El Capitan, a flat-topped cliff that looms more than 3,000 feet above the Yosemite Valley, is a favorite of rock climbers. Two Elite Climbers Fall to Their Deaths Scaling El Capitan in Yosemite 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z As I sit alone on the flat-topped temple, Rafael’s story about the slaves really hits me. A reporter feels the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.’s promised land on a Mexican mountaintop 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Mullin, the flat-topped Golden State Warriors great, kept his share of fans even as the Red Storm continue to slog through another depressing season. Georgetown’s Ewing tops St. John’s Mullin 1 more time at MSG 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z In a promotional animation released by the firm, a giant, flat-topped iceberg is towed into the Persian Gulf bearing penguins and polar bears, which double as a tourist attraction. Could towing icebergs to hot places solve the world’s water shortages? 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z There's growing evidence that a landmark flat-topped hill in Dumfriesshire was the site of the first major battle of the Roman invasion of Scotland. Burnswark's bloody Roman history becomes clearer - BBC News 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The flat-topped structure would stand about 30 feet high, placing it nearly 50 feet above sea level. Is your child safe? Washington does little to protect older schools from earthquake danger 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Related: Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art review – a story of artist superheroes Somewhere in the deserts of New Mexico, a nail is embedded into a type of flat-topped mountain known as a mesa. Deserts and dynamite: my journey to the cosmic heart of land art 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Get a Lay of the Land // Set 1,086 meters above sea, the famed flat-topped Table Mountain is the perfect spot for taking in a panoramic view of the city and coast. The Best Travel Is Sometimes a Return Trip 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Sundowners in a ravine, with Kenya’s sacred, flat-topped Mt. Five O'Clock Somewhere: On The Heights And Plains At Saruni Samburu, Kenya 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z A mortar fell only 100 meters from their post a few hours earlier, the soldiers said, peering through binoculars at a flat-topped Yemeni mountain, dim in the ghostly afternoon haze. Crunch time coming for Saudi campaign as options narrow in Yemen 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Last year, Los Angeles nixed a decades-old requirement that tall buildings include an emergency helicopter landing pad on their roofs, a rule responsible for the city's flat-topped skyline. Transformation in store for L.A.'s historic core 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z As envisioned, the park, to be known as Pier 55, would replace Pier 54, a narrow, crumbling, flat-topped structure within Hudson River Park that juts 875 feet into the river. With Bold Park Plan, Mogul Hopes to Leave Mark on New York’s West Side 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z From a distance of about 10 miles, the slide looked like a funnel, running from a ridgeline at or next to the flat-topped Grand Mesa and narrowing into a culvert below. Crews search for 3 people in Colorado mudslide 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Available geological data isn’t good enough to settle the debate, but it also suggests that Vesuvius was probably more a flat-topped, quite unimpressive, mountain at the time of the 79 AD eruption. Pompeii a Geological Movie-Review : Introducing the Main Character 2014-02-23T14:06:15Z We were greeted by Deputy Tom Hughes, a quick-witted, flat-topped military vet who supervises recruitment and background checks for the posse program. Sheriff Joe’s posse invades Guadalupe 2013-02-17T12:00:00Z The rooftops of those cities were largely flat-topped and only interrupted occasionally by iconic landmarks. Assassin's Creed III – preview 2012-09-24T16:06:00Z And he mixed exotic species, like flat-topped cedars of Lebanon with stony-bark ginkgoes, both of which grow in Central Park today. A Lab, a Home, a Memory 2012-08-04T15:47:06Z In most cases, the updrafts stop at a boundary layer between the lower atmosphere and the stratosphere called the tropopause, often producing flat-topped clouds that resemble anvils. Strong Storms Threaten Ozone Layer Over U.S., Study Says 2012-07-26T18:55:00Z When they were kids, Donny and his brother climbed up and carved their names on the flat-topped butte next to others going back to 1880. In North Dakota, the gritty side of an oil boom 2012-07-19T00:19:10Z Sitting on a large, flat-topped rock, I savor my surroundings. City Room: Spring Time: Birdsong Beneath a Canopy of Green 2012-05-03T17:00:02Z Heads small, sessile in flat-topped corymbs; leaves linear 41, 42 Heads all more or less pedicelled. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z “All Malta,” writes Tallack,84 “seems to be light yellow—light yellow rocks, light yellow fortifications, light yellow stone walls, light yellow flat-topped houses, light yellow palaces, light yellow roads and streets.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The boy wormed himself forward, until he had gained the furthermost edge of the rock, which was flat-topped, like a table. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z At the top they found themselves upon a hillock--one of those bare, flat-topped eminences which are scattered throughout the whole continent of Africa. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Making a little hole in the ice, he wedged into it a short, flat-topped peg, and packed a handful of snow about its base. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Elevated, flat-topped piles of stones were usually built at one end of the temple for the chief idols and the sacrifices placed before them. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z Novikoff was at his large, flat-topped desk, studiously absorbed in some papers. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Pointing to a flat-topped hill many miles away, he cried that it was there the Arab safari was attacked, and near by the ivory was hidden. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Unlike the high craggy volcanic islands, these are lower and flat-topped. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z Although sadly reduced in size by the action of the grinding pack and by the ploughing icebergs, the flat-topped floe-berg was still enormous. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z It was a very hot evening when he sat in the patio of a little flat-topped house which bore a legend outside announcing that it was a caffee. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Approaching a flat-topped bluff, covered with grass, I saw a large guanaco, and just afterwards a whole herd feeding, for which he seemed to be doing the duty of a sentinel. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Corymb, a flat-topped inflorescence flowering from the margin inward. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z By the windows in the back there was a large flat-topped table and ten easy chairs in which the Advisory Council were comfortably installed. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Many rocky islets were dotted here and there--volcanic, peaked, flat-topped--each with its long reflection, fringed with feathery foliage, hanging apparently to nothing--around, a flight of boats, like sea-birds floating. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Many photographed the portable heating units scattered about the village: skinny, flat-topped metal pyramids with flames coursing through an interior tube. The Fifth Down: Everything Indy: A Human Hamster Wheel and a 'Walking Taco' 2012-01-31T16:00:20Z On the 8th, a very fine day with but little wind, we were off the flat-topped hill, called the Table of Orozco; and, from the mast-head, I had an extensive view of the adjacent country. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Flowers.—Golden yellow; in densely crowded flat-topped clusters. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Close to the point, a flat-topped object lay mouldering in the sun, half out of water, on the shoals by the bank. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Finally, Warriner asked me to sit down in the fixed revolving chair that stood before the great, flat-topped library desk. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z For the entire distance, until it spreads into a fan-shaped delta and filters into the Mediterranean, the stream is walled in by flat-topped hills of barren aspect. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z It extends five or six miles, with a gradual ascent, to the base of a range of flat-topped land, whose summit is about fifteen hundred feet above the level of the sea. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Having reached the top there was nothing to be seen but repeated lines of naked, flat-topped hills. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z They are mostly flat-topped, and their average height is about 3500 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z "She was found dead, sitting in the library at the big, flat-topped desk," and Doctor Marcy shot me a sharp glance from the remote corner of his eye. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z There were silver ships, golden ships, black ships, round ships, transparent ships, cigar-shaped ships, flat-topped ships. The Lonely Ones 2011-12-16T03:00:11.443Z There were no trees; the land seemed to be one long extent of undulating plain, beyond which were high, flat-topped hills of a rocky, precipitous character. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z We seemed to be quite close to Baghdad; gilded domes and minarets stood up on the sky-line above confused masses of flat-topped houses and groups of palm-trees. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The great pile of logs on top of the flat-topped rock above the whirlpool had fascinated me from the first. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The couches and big, comfortable reading chairs were upholstered in dark green leather, very handsome and substantial, while directly under the dome stood a massive, flat-topped library desk made of teakwood. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The moonbeams danced on the placid waters of an inland sea, while from farther still, beyond a lofty, flat-topped hill, came the sound of the swell of the English Channel roaring on the sandy shore. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z These gravels often lie In flat-topped terraces which may be traced for great distances along the coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z His manners were excellent; sufficiently robust to accord with his grey frieze coat and flat-topped felt hat, and with just the extra touch of deference that expressed his respect for my high qualities and position. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z It is high and flat-topped, situated near the middle of the lake, and on it are five hundred houses. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Down stage to the left is a flat-topped desk, littered with papers and letters. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z The flowers are rather small, arranged in flat-topped clusters, white in color, with about a dozen pink stamens. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The escaped prisoner, now that his path seemed clear, prepared to make his journey towards the trees once more, and obviously fearing no danger, he scrambled over a flat-topped boulder. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z After a while the advance split up into two streams of hurrying men, and, going with one body, Cliffe saw the flat-topped houses near ahead. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z It is flat-topped, with short rotten cliffs on the north and west sides. Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland 2011-09-23T02:00:23.653Z A large flat-topped trunk served as table for the little girls and their dollies. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The bark is dark gray, divided into irregular, flat-topped thick ridges, and is generally firm, though on old trees it tends to come off in flakes. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z The promoter rose slowly out of his chair and stood leaning heavily with his fat hands, palms downward, on the flat-topped desk. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z The flat-topped, white houses surrounding the plaza reflected a dazzling glare, and the heat shimmered mercilessly upon the rough paving-stones. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Edward Anderson Turner retreated to a flat-topped stone wall bordering a well-shaded lawn and seated himself with a sigh of relief. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Parsons watched the three men climb the big slope that led to the great house on the flat-topped hill. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z The Hercules’ club, Aralia spinosa L., grows to tree size in southern Illinois, with a spiny stem 25 to 30 feet tall and a flat-topped head. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Joyce’s Country, farther north, is an elevated tract, with flat-topped hills 1300 to 2000 ft. high, and deep narrow valleys lying between them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z He wore a flat-topped slouch hat resting on his ears, and a red silk handkerchief tied in a sporting knot around his neck. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z We had outspanned in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high and shady flat-topped thorn trees. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The main object of their attack, they decided, should be on the western side of the perimeter, where a crescent-shaped, flat-topped eminence divided them from the town. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Seating herself before a flat-topped oak desk, she opened an upper drawer and took from it a fat, black, cloth-covered book. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z Beyond this, in turn, flat-topped hills dimmed by a yellow heat haze cut the horizon. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Large flat-topped desk with a double row of drawers stands at front, half way between center and right wall. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z There, on a flat-topped terrace-like spur where the last outspan was, we took breath, halved our loads, double-spanned, and pulled ourselves together for the last big climb. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The broad, flat-topped desk in one corner boasted an elaborate display of ornate desk hardware. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z But at last the flat-topped hill was opened up on the horizon, Tom estimating that the return journey had taken more than twice as long as the outward trip in the morning. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z We retraced our steps for a short distance, and then, turning to the right, walked along a deserted street of white, flat-topped, sepulchre-like houses. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z These were often several miles apart and in the spaces between, narrow sand-dunes, flat-topped and steep, extended indefinitely, east and west. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Whenever a flat-topped thorn, a quaint ant-heap, a patch of tambookie grass, or a forked marula came in sight, I would turn off to see if they were the same we had passed coming out. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Andy squeezed under a bulge of muslin and wood and reached what looked like a low, flat-topped stool. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z And the setting of this drama 138 was a dingy, dirty Turkish town, with mud-coloured, flat-topped houses, and narrow, wretched streets. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z On that side of Freshley Manor the wide lawn sloped down to a belt of water meadows, and beyond the meadows there rose steeply a high, flat-topped ridge. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z This subdivision of the plateau region by stream channels leaving flat-topped areas between them makes one instructive geographical process prominent—that is, the great table-land has been dissected. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z As a springing rod flings a fish the koodoo flung Jock over its head and on to a low flat-topped thorn-tree behind. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Then by other paths we returned to the village, and mounted to the flat-topped grassy mound, which Professor Phillips says, is an ancient gravel heap deposited by the action of water. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z The troop swung down the road toward the village at a sharp trot, and presently Stewart could distinguish their queer, flat-topped helmets, reminding him of the mortar-board of his university days. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z It is a country of desert, of flat-topped mesas, of sharp-pinnacled crests, of broad valleys, and deep and narrow cañons. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The uplift, if uneroded, would rise from the surrounding plain as a flat-topped dome about 6,600 feet high, as is suggested by the highest dotted line in the following diagram. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z By degrees the dust grew thicker and the little flat-topped houses more plentiful, while here and there white haciendas grew into shape among the trees. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Behind a huge, flat-topped desk sat a fat young man dressed in immaculate white linens. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Pape, looking back, could see through the tree tips a mountainous range of turreted peaks and flat-topped buttes, terminating on the north in a massive green copper dome. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z It is characterized by rich, well-watered valleys, verdant plains and flat-topped hills with steep sides, running in ranges or isolated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The whitish yellow limestone forms low, flat-topped hills, now isolated from each other by natural denudation, which has removed the intervening rock. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z Harper sniffed hungrily—for the pungent odors of the dark green oil and garlic hung about the flat-topped houses—and finally halted before an archway leading into a shadowy patio. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The flat-topped pines grow to the very verge of the sand-hills. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z Tugging at the strings of the poke bonnet, she stepped toward the cover of a nearby black haw whose flat-topped, branch-end clusters of bloom gleamed like phosphorus over a dark sea. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z After a while our battalion was sent out to clear and occupy a large, flat-topped kopje, which rose straight out of an extensive valley. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z Unpainted shelves of pine above a battered, flat-topped desk were filled with books, and the round table in the middle of the room was littered with newspapers, magazines, tobacco pouches, and pipes. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z They ran down the reverse slope of the flat-topped hill, cut across the creek and approached the horses tied behind the windfall. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z He glanced half expectantly at the big, leather-cushioned revolving chair behind the broad, flat-topped desk on which the morning’s mail lay neatly stacked. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Then, after the growth of the leading shoot has become feeble, the upper branches continue to lengthen, and so bring about that flat-topped condition. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z These three companies were lying under the scanty shelter of a few rocks at the edge of the flat-topped hill facing the main Boer position, at a distance of about 900 yards. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z There is also an Arthur’s Round Table in Denbighshire, a flat-topped hill thus called, and in Anglesea another, near the village of Llanfihangel. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Five minutes later from the edge of a flat-topped hill, they were looking down upon a scene that has had many counterparts in the history of the West. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z It's formed by walls at least 50 yards high that look like flat-topped hills, tapering from roughly 65 yards at their base to 45 yards at their tops, which are covered in vegetation and trees. Hungary Sludge Reservoir at Risk of Collapse 2010-10-09T14:09:00Z Whilst the tree is growing up—which is, roughly speaking, during its first two hundred years—the crown forms a slender bush; but its vertical growth completed, the crown grows laterally, and becomes flat-topped. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z The shield becomes flat-topped the better to receive armorial charges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" For he said it was like having a holiday and looking at somebody else work, especially when the bees were busy in the glass bells turned over the flat-topped hives. The Parson O' Dumford Below the flat-topped hill a wide stretch of rolling ground reached away to a semi-circle of low hills. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z We had better have it upon that flat-topped stone.” Real Gold A Story of Adventure Large numbers of these small flowers are gathered into flat-topped cymes, five or six inches in diameter. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z Then one day he had sold out and brought them all to this flat-topped mud village in the Syrian sand. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Many of these beds occur at a high level; and, as they usually cap flat-topped hills, they are known as Plateau Gravels. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight Striving to reach that flat-topped hill, My steeds, worn out, relaxed their strain; My driver also sank oppressed:— I'll never see my lord again! The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches From there he worked his way up to its flat-topped surface by clinging to crevices and projecting pieces of granite. Hawk Eye This is commonly a flat-topped or convex flower-cluster, like a corymb, only the blossoms are from terminal buds. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools What was going on inside those curious flat-topped houses and those towers? The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise If one compared it with the room in the same building where young Morgan Wallifarro worked at a flat-topped mahogany table, one found the difference between Spartan simplicity and sybarite elegance. The Tempering Occasionally flat-topped boxes, they were most frequently either vase-shaped, or tall and narrow with a sloping lid necessitated by a series of raised stages for exhibiting the handles of knives and the bowls of spoons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The interior of the island is formed of dark volcanic rock and red clay, descending in low hills from a flat-topped centre, called the Crown of Mangaia. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Some of the upraised islands, such as Elizabeth and Queen Charlotte, in the Pacific, although placed in regions of atolls, are described by Captain Beechey and others as flat-topped, and exhibiting no traces of lagoons. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Everywhere were the one-story, flat-topped architecture and the olive-trees of the Holy Land pictures; everywhere stony fields and myriads of stone walls. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise But now he led her to the big chair, and guided her as she seated herself; then he lounged on the flat-topped desk in front of and close to her and bending over her. The Blind Man's Eyes Rising from the plains are chains of isolated flat-topped hills such as the Karree Bergen, the Asbestos mountains and Kuruman hills, comparatively unimportant ranges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" East of the valley, and about 1½ miles north of the cemetery, is a broad, flat-topped ridge of till with rock exposed at the ends, forming a barrier which doubtless existed in preglacial time. Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 Such floating icebergs are commonly flat-topped, but their lower portions are liable to melt in latitudes where the ocean at a moderate depth is usually warmer than the surface water and the air. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Neither makes a good flat-topped hedge of the ordinary kind, as the growth is distinctly pyramidal, and unless kept to a point is apt to get injured by snow. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Beyond, in the clear atmosphere, seeming about twenty miles distant, though fully fifty, rose mountain piles, flat-topped, in massive walls, or breaking off into turreted cones. Harley Greenoak's Charge They form the kopjes, or characteristic flat-topped hills of the Great Karroo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Along the northeastern border of the swamp is a flat-topped terrace of till, perhaps a lateral moraine, through which a small stream heading to the north has cut a V-shaped ravine. Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 Here, in a dim room identifiable as a library, a tall man stood beside a flat-topped desk. Mask of Death The varieties like pyracanthifolia, with narrow leaves and flat-topped habit, are the best in this respect; they retain the fruits well into the winter, and are not eaten by birds so freely as many are. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens Behind this town rose a great hill, steep-sided, flat-topped, and belted by lines of cliffs. The White Shield They are often found on the flat-topped hills which dot the Karroo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" A strange mirage, watery, crystallised, hangs over the brown expanse of veldt, going off into limpid blue on the far horizon, where the distant flat-topped hills seem to be suspended in mid-air. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion In the library, Keane stood with beating heart over two stark, still bodies that lay on the thick carpet near a flat-topped desk. Mask of Death It is a small flat-topped tree of medium height, the leaves somewhat like those of the Hawthorn in shape, and covered with a thick grey tomentum; the fruits are small, black, and shining. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens At least that was what it seemed at first–a single, flat-topped mass of stone, ten or twelve feet through and about as high. Under Boy Scout Colors Pappus of hairs; heads in flat-topped clusters or slender spikes — 80. 80a. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State But for the flat-topped dwellings, the domes and minarets, of the town that stands in the alluvial valley, Suda Bay is not unlike a Highland loch in its loneliness and rugged grandeur. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Opposite the mission, at the edge of the curving beach, a large, flat-topped rock lies at the side of the way, called the Blarney Stone. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast It is a small flat-topped tree, and has large clusters of flowers, the oval fruits being yellowish red. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The flat-topped “tussocks” of hair on many caterpillars look like conspicuous fleshy projections of the body, and they are held prominently when the larva is attacked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Flowers in racemes, panicles, flat-topped clusters, or merely 1 or 2 — 45. 43a. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State His great rosewood flat-topped desk, covered with a thick, plate glass through which the polished wood shone brightly, was decorated with flowers. The "Genius" Why, over there, well beyond that series of flat-topped prairie swells, is a red handkerchief waving lazily in the air. Bring Me His Ears He sits at a flat-topped desk in a soft-carpeted room, working quietly, methodically. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police This time, as they emerged, Rick pointed to a flat-topped mountain directly ahead. The Scarlet Lake Mystery Heads in small or large flat-topped clusters, flowering in summer or autumn; principal leaves on the stem — 88. 81a. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State An old, flat-topped desk sat near the front window, a swivel chair before it. The Coming of the Law The central plateau is a plain whose surface presents “rounded, flat-topped hills and low ridges and reefs of limestone,” with narrow intervening valleys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The young man flung himself into a chair behind an immense flat-topped desk and waved his hand to Evan with an air that seemed to say: "Now tell me the worst!" The Deaves Affair His hair was grizzled where it could be seen under an ancient and disreputable flat-topped, broad-brimmed hat. The Scarlet Lake Mystery Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, entire; heads never in a large flat-topped cluster — 95. 94b. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State Baum improved the delay by throwing up a redoubt of logs and earth on a rather high, flat-topped hill, rising behind the little Walloomsac River. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. The only fortification I could find on that side of the bay is the so-called "western battery," a recently constructed earthwork situated on the crest of the long, flat-topped hill which forms the outer coast-line. Campaigning in Cuba She wore a black cotton dress and a gingham apron and on her head was a quaint, flat-topped cap made from a folded newspaper. The Deaves Affair That long, flat-topped box on the side car serves several purposes. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Heads crowded at or near the ends of the branches at about the same distance from the base of the panicle, forming a rounded or flat-topped inflorescence — 140. 133c. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State Some of them seemed to consist of horizontal sedimentary schist; they were flat-topped, with precipitous sides. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The entrance to the Bay of Santiago appears, from a distance of three or four miles, to be a narrow cleft or notch in the high, flat-topped rampart which forms the coast-line. Campaigning in Cuba The Jarmuthian capital was predominantly amber-yellow instead of white in color; its towers were flat-topped, angular, hideous structures that compared not at all favorably with the graceful Grecian architecture of Atlantean public buildings. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 When Kathryn entered the Workshop she found Helen on the couch instead of at the flat-topped desk. At the Crossroads Heads more or less uniformly distributed along the length of the branches, forming a cylindrical or pyramidal inflorescence, never flat-topped — 146. The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State They stand on Thunder Bay, a deep-water sack thrusting out from Lake Superior under the slopes of flat-topped Thunder Cape. Westward with the Prince of Wales Everywhere were mail planes, express and passenger ships taking off for the transcontinental day run, and private planes scattering to the smaller landing areas among the flashing lights of the flat-topped business blocks. Two Thousand Miles Below A flat-topped desk, rows of files, a bookcase filled with books bearing formidable titles, and three straight-backed chairs against the wall gave an impression of severity. Highacres He sat at a large, flat-topped desk, his profile toward the door, examining with great care a mass of papers which lay on the desk before him. The Ivory Snuff Box Reverently he caressed with his hands the spot where she had so often sat on a gray old bowlder, flat-topped. The Plunderer A pyramidal rock rises on one hand, a range of serpentine cliffs on the other, and a flat-topped island in front. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel A little beyond, in the midst of the green, stood a tiny flat-topped knoll on which he knew was a pool that supplied the crude system. Two Thousand Miles Below Each initial "s" is of the long form; each "w" has a side loop; the "g's" are flat-topped; and the "h's" come below the line, etc. The Identification of the Writer of the Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle in 1605 The most important characteristic of the openings in Greek buildings is that they were flat-topped,—covered by a lintel of stone or marble,—and never arched. Architecture Classic and Early Christian A white-headed, scowling man, clean shaven, and with close-shut, thin, hard lips, looked up over a pile of letters and accounts laid before him on a cheap, flat-topped desk. The Plunderer Here, however, appears a second and parallel range of hills, distant about four miles, the long and generally flat-topped ridge culminating in the commanding summit of Leith Hill. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel It is said to be a broad, flat-topped tree, spreading its top over other trees. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Mr. Stapleton received her almost at once, in his simply yet richly furnished private office, and rising from his huge flat-topped rosewood desk, welcomed her warmly, and asked what he could do for her. The Film of Fear Instead they climbed a flat-topped block of stone about ten feet high. The Martian Cabal She resumed her soft leather-covered chair, and he took the swivel chair at his great flat-topped library desk. Counsel for the Defense Chatsworth is a brownish-yellow building, square and flat-topped, with a modern and more ornamental wing. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Corymb, like a raceme except that the lower flowers have longer stems, making the cluster somewhat flat-topped; the outer flowers bloom first. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The pope, threatened by political violence in Rome, had moved his residence to Orvieto, a strongly walled town built on a huge flat-topped rock. The Saracen: The Holy War I saw a young woman seated at a flat-topped desk, with a gold-banded fountain-pen in her fingers, checking over a column of figures. The Prairie Child Pursuing our route, the country assumed a peculiar aspect from the number of the flat-topped hills, swelling in green slopes out of the plains which spread before us in long sweeps. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. A high-collared man with eyeglasses and an ingratiating smile arose from behind a flat-topped desk facing the door and rubbed his hands as he addressed the two girls. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air A flat-topped tree, 20 to 40 ft. high, cultivated in hundreds of named varieties; from Europe. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination Her flowers she liked to see in shining glass bowls; her flat-topped desk was severely bare. The Beloved Woman The tents, pitched in the background, were of the same low, flat-topped, coarse camel's hair construction as these desert tribes have used for thousands of years. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months At midnight Yule gave instructions for a move at 3 a.m. to the spot he had selected, a flat-topped foothill of Indumeni, on its northern side, and some two miles south of the bivouac. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government It was of enormous size, too—nearly as big as a hovel, square-sided and apparently flat-topped. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Flowers light-colored, small but in large, conspicuous, flat-topped clusters at the ends of the branches; blooming in early summer. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination It occupied a shield-shaped plateau among low, flat-topped hills. The Dop Doctor The two girls watched the other members of the group, scramble up the steep ledge to the flat-topped hill. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure The northern portion of this western range is a steep-sided, flat-topped hill, called "Table Mountain" in the orders for the battle; it lies about a mile due west of the central portion of Mont Blanc. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The tents pitched in the background are of the same low, flat-topped, camel's-hair construction as have been used by these desert tribes for many thousands of years. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands He occupied an easy chair, heels upon a low, flat-topped writing desk, newspaper in hand, reading an account of the failure of Dr. Nansen to reach the North Pole. Doctor Jones' Picnic There are flat-topped mountains and cone-shaped kopjes, reddish, or pale pink, or mauve-coloured, as they are nearer or farther away. The Dop Doctor Tommy had his heart set on reaching Sombrero Butte, a high and inaccessible peak shaped like a huge cowboy hat, that rose above a flat-topped mountain. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure The top of the Koodoesberg, a long, flat-topped kopje, about 1,200 yards from the river, was seized. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Only a flat-topped post remained of the gate, and a boy of twelve, with a face like Religion's, was perched on it. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Those enormous, flat-topped heads held ready to present their steely surfaces as shields! The Raid on the Termites The flat-topped bills were draped and folded in the opal haze of distance; the sky was perfect turquoise; the rounded kopjes shone like pink topaz, unclothed as yet with the young pale green bush. The Dop Doctor The horses stepped gingerly over the slippery rocks of the creek bed as the girls chatted and laughed on their way to Table Mountain, a great flat-topped summit in the high hills. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure The occurrence of a cylindrical flat-topped helm in monumental p. 248sculpture is, of itself, sufficiently rare to merit a notice. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Corrigan sat on the edge of a flat-topped desk watching him with an ugly, appraising, speculative grin. 'Firebrand' Trevison Just inside the entrance gates a big, flat-topped tent was pitched, which bore over the low door a signboard on which was painted, Triage No. 1. The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse An easy prey had the little town upon the flat-topped hill, set in the middle of a basin, proved to the Boer General and his commandos but for one thing. The Dop Doctor He cast a longing look over the flat-topped summit. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Towards the southern border of the district, the limestone strata overlapping the granite assume a remarkable development, exhibiting a series of flat-topped hills bounded by perpendicular cliffs some six or eight hundred feet high. The Huguenots in France Beside the man, on the flat-topped division of the seat, a pistol lay; but the fingers of the small white hand which held it were nerveless. A Sheaf of Corn On one side was a large stone fireplace; in a corner stood a grand piano; the center was dominated by a simple, flat-topped desk, across which much of the traffic of the American theater passed. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man He tottered, and at times the tavern and the veld, and the waggons on it, and the flat-topped distant mountains that merged in the horizon, swung round him in a wild, mad dance. The Dop Doctor They wore high flat-topped fur caps, a dress something like a long loose blouse, and trousers of fine leather tucked into boots that came up to the knee. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia He was a handsome, powerful man, of about forty, with a fine black beard, dressed in a flowing gown, and covered by a flat-topped black cap. The Bertrams Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vicinity. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The flat-topped houses rose in tiers up a gentle slope, interspersed with feathery tufts of green and draped here and there with masses of creepers. Brandon of the Engineers Capetown nestles at the foot of a vast flat-topped mass of granite unique among the natural elevations of the world. An African Adventure They sat, in silk shirts and new ties, at shiny, flat-topped desks in rows; they answered the telephone with an air; they talked about tennis and business conditions, and were never, never bored. The Job An American Novel The bamboos thinned behind them, and before them were scattered woods, heavy, flat-topped thorn trees, junipers, and others the boys did not know, while the country was well broken up by little rises. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series They found a fine, big, flat-topped pumpkin, and placed it for a table at the foot of the Owl’s tree. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk While I was watching the pine-tree household, the other nest, in the top of a low, flat-topped cedar, perhaps twenty-five feet high, and profusely fringed with Spanish moss, became of even more interest. In Nesting Time Across the broad, flat-topped desk of his office in that marble palace in the Rue Royale the tides of Belgian finance ebb and flow. An African Adventure She herself was to have a big flat-topped desk in the same room with Mr. Sidney. The Job An American Novel I saw the big plain and the flat-topped banded hills that had sunk into their minds. A Tramp's Notebook Over there was his long flat-topped desk with the opened ledger upon it. Stubble Below, about the usual water-line, it was seamed and fissured, but its summit rose up in a narrow, flat-topped peak. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Mighty few person were ever admitted to this inner sanctuary where Bradish sat facing his employer across the flat-topped desk. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Every quarter of a mile or so they came upon the former campsites of the castaway, each marked by a flat-topped cairn of small stones three or four feet in height. The Marooner Then his toes caught the edge of the flat-topped hummock. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. A broad, flat-topped desk stood in the centre of the room. Waring's Peril They live in flat-topped square villages, are fond of ornaments, impulsive by nature, and avaricious. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure It is a flat-topped mountain fronting on the bay on which Cape Town stands. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Rolls of tracing-paper and blueprints lay on the flat-topped tables, reminding one of the office of an architect or civil engineer. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic At the first flat-topped desk in one corner of the room sat a small, fair woman with a sweet, sunshiny face that quite won Marjorie to her. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman On the other flat-topped boulder stood the government goat. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story A year or so ago I witnessed a Sokol display on that flat-topped height called Letna; it is, as it were, an eastward prolongation of the Castle Hill. From a Terrace in Prague Fastigiate: flat-topped and of equal height: also applied to elytra that extend a little beyond the abdomen. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology He still walked back and forth, and, as he spoke of drawing the line, he drew an imaginary one with his fingers on the green baize of the flat-topped desk. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Now Camoys' tethered horse, rearing with nervousness, tumbled his master's flat-topped helmet into the road. Chivalry A remarkable feature of most of these hills, as of many all over the plateau, is that they are flat-topped, and have often steep, even craggy escarpments. Impressions of South Africa He went to the battered, flat-topped dresser a few feet from the bed and pulled open a drawer. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles The president was seated at a flat-topped mahogany desk. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore He sat down on the flat-topped desk, and I saw the beaded pallor of a fixed and digested anxiety on his brow. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic The day before, the Texan had climbed the natural rock steps that led upward and westward toward the terrible mesa itself, each flat-topped table bringing him nearer the Staked Plains. Kid Wolf of Texas Amidst the grey and green of the olive and acacia foliage there will arise the low pale roofs and flat-topped towers of innumerable villages. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida About noon of the same day the missionary halted his horse on the edge of a great flat-topped mesa and looked away to the clear blue mountains in the distance. The Man of the Desert The very ring of the lines brings mail-shirt and flat-topped helmet before us. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Occasionally there rises up above the plain a flat-topped mound or ridge, some 80 feet high, the last remnant of a higher level which is now disappearing. Southern Arabia The town of Santa Fe—long rows of flat-topped adobes nestling under the mountain—was at that day under Spanish rule. Kid Wolf of Texas At length a high, flat-topped range of hills appeared on our left hand—the spurs, I believe, of the mountains of Guiana. On the Banks of the Amazon There, sight it upon the line below that flat-topped hill in the distance.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Later on in the morning we saw other herds, but invariably at long range, sometimes teetering along the sky line or appearing and disappearing behind the flat-topped umbrella acacias. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Play 'King of the Castle' on a flat-topped rock for hours together. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries And when in time my flat-topped pot-hat and tan boots were produced, there was general rejoicing. Tom, Dick and Harry When Matthews looked at those arches by sunlight, and at the queer old flat-topped yellow town visible through them, he regretted that he had made up his mind to continue his journey so soon. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Before them rose an immense, flat-topped cone of metal, upon the top of which was situated the power plant. Spacehounds of IPC The thin, gray-haired man who was stooping over the flat-topped desk, looking at a card file, glanced up at her and smiled. Rosemary Before they left the hut they had taken off their own great coats, the bearskin shako of the grenadier, and the high, flat-topped, bell-crowned cap of the line regiment of the officer. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo Loose sugar-loaf excrescences which stud the sea of prairie with a thousand flat-topped islets, and weave the monotony of landscape peculiar to this great continent. On the Heels of De Wet Lastly, looking farther back into our mouths, we see behind our canines a long row of broad, flat-topped, square-looking teeth, which fill up the largest part of our jaws. A Handbook of Health It is useless to lift a Lincoln and Bennett from a little flat-topped head, cut, as they say, to the rat and fringed all over with black, upright hair. Dross She reached the river which was spating from the recent rains, but great flat-topped rocks made it always possible to cross; she crossed it. The Beach of Dreams In the distance is the flat-topped hill or mesa on which the rectangular ruin previously described is located. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 Patrol on left front reports large force of Boers, estimated 500 strong, to be behind the rise three miles to the right of the solitary flat-topped kopje on our left front. On the Heels of De Wet The shop was perched at the edge of a flat-topped "dump", commanding the rocky slopes to the roadway on one side, the hill on the other. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Peeping out from amongst the trees were the flat-topped roofs of the village, at the entrance to which in the most commanding position stood the ruins of an old castle. With Our Army in Palestine A mound of rocks, stark and almost shapeless in the gloom, guided him like a fingerboard; or a flat-topped hill, or a peculiar-shaped valley between two uplifts, set him on the right track. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor Three chairs, kitchen pattern, stood against the pine partition that shut off the sight, but by no means the hearing, of the three clerks scratching at their flat-topped desks in the adjoining den. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier The rostrum Jack used for his lectures was low, flat-topped and semicircular, with a high raised desk in the middle. Foe-Farrell Westward, where desert merges into sky, are high tablelands, and flat-topped mountains with carved sides, desert architecture, such as might have suggested Egyptian temples and colossal sphinxes. The Golden Silence Here they suffered very heavy casualties, for machine-guns in numbers were on the flat-topped roofs and the bullets swept the narrow streets like hail, killing friend and foe indiscriminately. With Our Army in Palestine Roughly, then, its basic outline was that of an irregular parallelogram, while its profile was that of a flat-topped cone. The Border Boys Across the Frontier The upper drawer of a big, flat-topped desk stood wide open, and pretty Mrs. Blake opened her eyes and mouth in emulation as she briefly exclaimed— "It's gone!" A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Fronting Drennen, at his flat-topped desk, sat old Marshall Sothern, the muscles of his face tense, his eyes grim with the purpose in them. Wolf Breed He looked off to the left to Barlow's three peaks; the sun was gilding the top of the tallest and it was unquestionable that it was flat-topped. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Their dwellings are of stone and mud, often of two floors, flat-topped, with rugged, projecting eaves, the roofs being made of poles covered with the same material as the walls, stamped and smoothed. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond The stranger put on his flat-topped red cap and touched the visor smartly with his right hand, in a military manner. The Tale of Major Monkey A hot flat stone can also be used for baking biscuits, and a large flat-topped rock makes a substitute for table and bread-board combined. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls He laid these out on a flat-topped stone by the stream, seating himself cross-legged beside it. Star Born He was dressed, as always, in flat-topped hat, trousers, and elastic-sided boots; and he swung his legs mechanically against Ichabod's hardened sides. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs The solitary flat-topped wart which occurs on the face of old people may, if irritated, become the seat of epithelioma. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. So he passed down into the valley, crossed the river to the new village built on a small flat-topped hill, and found the chief's mother sitting before his hut. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa The President of the Santa Fé, leaning over a flat-topped table, wrote leisurely. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories It consists of two mounds, 302 each four or five times the size of the Casa Grande ruin, resting on a flat-topped pedestal or terrace about 5 feet above the general level. Casa Grande Ruin Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 289-318 Warden was standing beside a flat-topped desk at one of his office windows. The Trail Horde The Egyptians knew at least the worth of the obelisk: but the Greeks and Romans hardly knew even that: their buildings are flat-topped. Health and Education Arthur led the way to the flat-topped desk in the middle of the room. The Runaway Skyscraper Both vicar and curate wore moustachios, and the flat-topped red fez, which distinguishes their profession. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Here and there, grey, cleft, cone-shaped rocks and blunt-cornered stone boulders or blocks and flat-topped stones not unlike a table rose out of the sand-ocean. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross As she stepped on the flat-topped roof and the sweet clear air filled her lungs she felt as if reborn. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The free use of a flat-topped a, along with the general appearance of the script, reminds me of the style in vogue at Fleury and its environs about the middle of the ninth century. A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York The flat-topped hills stand round it reflecting the heat, and in the middle we are now all frying together, with sand for seasoning. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Most of the day we travelled through a rougher country, and saw many buttes--steep-sided, flat-topped mounds; and in the neighborhood of Bordeaux the road wound among scattering pine-trees. The Voyage of the Rattletrap In the center of the room was a stone sarcophagus of the early, broad, flat-topped pattern. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Black against the sky, the moon crowning its top with a frost-like radiance, was a huge flat-topped building. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The vice-president took one of the long black cigars from the open box on the flat-topped desk, and passed the box to his two lieutenants. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush The enemy's reply was an enormous puff of smoke from a flat-topped hill straight in front of me. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege His first act upon landing was to seat himself upon a flat-topped boulder and dab tenderly at his smarting face while his men hauled up the canoe. Burned Bridges But our view is narrowed by hills, and we can only see shells bursting on the crests of Grobelaar's Kloof and about flat-topped Table Hill. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Near by on a big flat-topped stone were set forth two earthen bowls, with a brown water-jar in the center. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert Dawn lighted the flat-topped kopjes that lay in a huge semicircle in the distance, and men clambered up the sides of the spruit to ascertain the camp of the enemy. With the Boer Forces The rough country with its rocky flat-topped lines of hill is just suited for their method of warfare—to lie behind stones andPg 23 take careful shots at any one in range. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege On this same 7th a brother Long Tom, by the name of Fiddling Jimmy, opened on the Manchesters and Cæsar's Camp from a flat-topped kopje three or four miles south of them. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Bulwaan stands across the opening afar off like a huge, bevelled, flat-topped bar placed, as it might be, for a horse-shoe magnet to attract it. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Pantepec is a large town, situated near the edge of the great mountain mass, and looking across a valley, which is backed by what appears to be a flat-topped, straight-edged, table mountain. In Indian Mexico (1908) West, north-west, and north, stretches the long Antilibanus range, bare, gray, and flat-topped, except where about midway in its course, the rounded summit of Jebel Tiniyen breaks the uniformity of the line. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Low, flat-topped hills surround it, bare and rocky. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege They lay about one mile apart, and were of the form shown in Illustration 2, which will give a good idea of the flat-topped hills hereabouts. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 It was a huge, flat-topped kopje where I located myself. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front The bold, round, flat-topped height of Musbury Tor stood gloomily proud, on the opposite side, girdled off from the rest of the hills by a green vale. Th' Barrel Organ The square, flat-topped houses of eastern lands have their approximate counterpart in occasional buildings to be found in almost any modern community. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods At the foot of the flat-topped Middle Hill on the south-west, the Boers have placed two more guns to trouble the Manchesters further. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege In that quarry, or, rather, in the rank grass bordering it, grow thousands of Solidago rigida, the big, flat-topped goldenrod. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers He helped her upon a high, flat-topped boulder that overlooked the balsam thicket and manzanita slope, and together they faced the debauchery of the flames. The Lookout Man The flat-topped hills have been carved out of the basaltic surface by the agencies which wore away the massive sheet of lava. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The gloomy corridor in the big Baltimore hospital was still and deserted save for a nurse who sat at a flat-topped desk under a green lamp mechanically transferring figures from one chart to another. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories She beheld a clearing—an avenue, that ran like a broad ribbon to the summit of a flat-topped rise. Lady Good-for-Nothing A flat-topped desk stood in the middle of the room—a relic of the lamented Jackson Owen; in one corner was an old-fashioned iron safe in which she kept her account books. A Hoosier Chronicle Then there is the truncated or flat-topped pyramid, used for making ranges; and finally the hollow-sided one, a very pretty and graceful variety, with curving sides drooping to the plain. With Rimington The Ambassador was standing by a large, flat-topped desk in the centre of the room, his back was to the light, which was generously given in all its effulgence to his visitors. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Relaxed and thoughtful, he would lean back in the deep Morris chair between the flat-topped desk and the fireplace, and smoke leisurely. Kit of Greenacre Farm Near the door there had been an old, flat-topped, hair-covered trunk . . . yes, here it was, just as it had been. The Brimming Cup Toward noon they saw a flat-topped hill, with a stony surface, a little stream running down its side, and Henry uttered a cheerful shout. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky All of a sudden you come to a crowd of low bungalow-like roofs under the shadow of some flat-topped kopjes and realise the presence in this void of the Free State capital. With Rimington At the angle of two thoroughfares, a stretch of ground has been brushed together for a park or promenade, and this, sprinkled with low, flat-topped trees and a band-stand, naturally attracts us first. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees At the corner of the street by a livery-stable a little boy in a flat-topped leather cap was calling incessantly for some unseen dog, whistling and slapping his knees. Vandover and the Brute To the left was a flat-topped mesa eroded to fantastic mockery of some bastioned fort. Mavericks A high, flat-topped hill to the north-west promised a wide field of vision and a nearer listening point for the Ladysmith cannonade, which still throbbed and thudded dully. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria From a square and flat-topped kopje just north of the town we had the whole scene of the withdrawal down the opposite slopes before our eyes. With Rimington "Come on, Joe; let's have a little talk about this business," the Cross-Triangle man said in a matter-of-fact tone, as he seated himself on a large, flat-topped stone near the little fire. When A Man's A Man Obediently, Bob and Frank filed into the room and sat down in deep leather armchairs, while Mr. Temple sat back in a swinging chair by his broad, flat-topped desk. The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border Soon he was above timber-line and out upon a flat-topped mountain range, where in both directions the land rolled and dipped, free of tree or shrub, colorful with grass and flowers. The Mysterious Rider Moreover, behind the first row of positions, which practically runs along the edge of an unbroken line of steep flat-topped hills, there is a second row standing back from the edge at no great distance. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria The undulating ridge of the Sabine mountains stood softly denned against the horizon, and here and there a great, flat-topped stone pine was seen looming up along the edges of the landscape. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Not far from this cliff is a flat-topped mountain remarkable for several crevices on its northern side, from which currents of cold air steadily issue. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life As we came out of a deep, broad ravine that had caused us much delay and difficulty, we caught sight of an attractive town situated on a steep, flat-topped hill. War in the Garden of Eden Wade soon crossed the flat-topped pass over the range and faced a descent, rocky and bare at first, but yielding gradually to the encroachment of green. The Mysterious Rider A white napkin was spread daintily upon a flat-topped rock, and on this were set a large pink and white cake and a box of fondants. The Rocks of Valpre Fruit flat-topped, 2 in. long, red; pulp reddish; seeds black. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation In front are two remarkable kopjes, squat, steep, and flat-topped. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Hidden in the trees we came to the buildings—three or four flat-topped adobe houses. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico He led the way past some log cabins, and sheds with dirt roofs, and low, flat-topped barns, out across another brook where willow-trees were turning yellow. The Mysterious Rider Following Alexis and his sisters into the ex-Emperor's study I laid down the earrings upon the flat-topped desk and apologized for my apparent act of cowardice and cruelty…. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated Beyond Cape Patton the coast took a more northern direction to a point with a flat-topped hill upon it, and further than this it was not visible. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Country very hilly; steep, squat, flat-topped kopjes and several bad drifts. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. A large, flat-topped, adobe building, apparently deserted, stood off at one side of the stream. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico The most conspicuous feature in that landscape was a lofty flat-topped hill in the middle distance, being somewhat isolated, and on the western border of a plain which extended from our position to its base. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 He had flopped his stiff, flat-topped felt hat on the oak chest, and was taking off his overcoat. The Price of Love It is the northernmost part seen by him on this side of Van Diemen's Land, as Mount Heemskerk was on the west coast: the flat-topped mountain is that which colonel Paterson afterwards named Benlomen. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The flat-topped kopje is now the regular feature. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. His low, flat-topped hat was faintly green, as though a delicate fungoid growth were just budding on its black. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) It was flat-topped, with a few trees on the summit. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 At seven the next morning they found themselves under the steep cliffs of the flat-topped peak. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 Early on the 27th, we reached the foot of the nearest Glass House, a flat-topped peak, one mile and a half north of the stony mount. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 In the far south was the line of forest, and to the eastward a flat-topped mountain, called by the Crees Waskahékum Kahassástakee— "The House Butte." Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Table Mountain, a flat-topped eminence in the SW. of Cape Colony, rising to a height of 3600 ft. behind Cape Town and overlooking it, often surmounted by a drapery of mist. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge At the end of this case was a carpeted space, railed in and furnished with a great flat-topped desk. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator From the tops of high points I could see black foothills, round, cone-shaped, flat-topped, all leading the gaze toward the great yellow and red wall of the mesa, with its fringed borderline, wild and beckoning. Tales of lonely trails To the northward no hill was visible, and to the westward but one small elevation of flat-topped land; all else in those directions was mangroves and salt swamps, and they seemed to be very extensive. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The North-West extremity of the singular flat-topped hill being 1 minute 05 seconds North, and 45 seconds East of this spot. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. The next morning at daylight the land was out of sight but at five o'clock was distinguished, forming a range of flat-topped land, probably about one thousand feet high. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 The man's singular eyes scanned the floor, the walls, the flat-topped desk. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator Now Camoys’ tethered horse, rearing with nervousness, tumbled his master’s flat-topped helmet into the road. Chivalry The land then abreast rose in ranges of irregular, well-wooded hills; and behind them were two peaks and a flat-topped piece of land, seemingly not many leagues from the shore. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 When abreast of x, we saw from deck the curious flat-topped hill on the largest York island, Mount Adolphus, and when over the centre of reef z, it bore North 23 1/2 degrees West. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. In the interior a rocky, flat-topped hill was seen; it is probably the Mount Naturaliste of the French. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 So, when he had persuaded them to throw down their swords, he put off his flat-topped helmet and seated himself with the Grangioia men. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Set on a hill were many low, square, flat-topped houses, brown in colour against the gray ground about them. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West The sole remarkable object inland, was the flat-topped peak, which had very much the appearance of an extinguished volcano. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Under charge of a guard, they were marched rapidly up the street to where a few larger flat-topped houses stood on slightly higher ground. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles A flat-topped hill near the shore of Scott's Strait is a remarkable object, and may be seen six or seven leagues off. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 But the loss of 18 yards or so does not seem to have altered the glorious view from the flat-topped Down or to have made its air less sparkling. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter At the bottom of this inlet was some higher land than usual, and among it two flat-topped hills were very conspicuous. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Mr. Brown found the stone of this ridge of craggy mountains to be argillaceous, similar to that of the flat-topped land where I had taken bearings on the west side of the inlet. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The Egyptians knew at least the worth of the obelisk; but the Greeks and Romans hardly knew even that: their buildings are flat-topped. Literary and General Lectures and Essays The hills called Moresby's flat-topped Range, of which Mount Fairfax, latitude 28 degrees 45 minutes, is the highest point, occupy a space of more than fifty miles from north to south. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Over the horizon of trees, the volcano of Corcovado, and the great flat-topped one to the north, stood out in proud pre-eminence: scarcely another peak in the long range showed its snowy summit. The Voyage of the Beagle The two flat-topped hills, seen from Port Essington, were also observed over the bottom of the bay, and being conspicuous objects, were named Mounts Bedwell and Roe, after the two midshipmen who accompanied me. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Men are fastening on their flat-topped hats and feeling themselves in their stirrups. Hunting Sketches In the center of this natural amphitheater, was a little flat-topped mound of hard earth. Return of Tarzan The mark for the deepest part is when the western summit of some flat-topped land, at the back of Oyster Harbour, is a little open of the rocks off the east side of the entrance. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 It is, in short, a huge, high tableland rising up in the centre of the dark continent, much as in southern Africa flat-topped mountains rise from the level of the surrounding veldt. Allan Quatermain At the bottom of the opening was a remarkable flat-topped hill under which the waters of the inlet appeared to flow in a south-east direction. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 On the opposite side, that flat-topped wall of rock towers up shoreless into the sky, seven hundred feet perpendicular; the deepest water of all we know is at its very foot. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore And thus they came to the flat-topped mountain and the barrier cliffs. Return of Tarzan The best anchorage here is under the flat-topped hill, at a third of a mile from the shore, in ten fathoms, muddy bottom. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 By-and-by when I ventured to raise my head above a flat-topped stone I saw that he was undisturbed. Prester John As we were passing a lofty, flat-topped hill through a park-like wood a perfect network of fiber ropes fell suddenly about our guard, enmeshing them. Pellucidar There was a courtyard abutting on the road, and a flat-topped house with a big hole in its side. Greenmantle They had come to a very steep hillside, up which the half-obliterated trail zigzagged toward the crest of a flat-topped hill. The Mad King "There's a fine landing place right there where we came over," he insisted, and it was an excellent one—a wide, flat-topped rock, overlooking the lake, and quite out of sight from the interior. Herland When they reached the low garden wall, they stood a moment looking off at the great flat-topped pine clusters of the Villa Borghese; then Giovanelli seated himself, familiarly, upon the broad ledge of the wall. Daisy Miller Evidently it was a flat-topped butte similar to that on which dwelt the tribe of Gr-gr-gr. Pellucidar Rounded hills, level meads and persistent flat-topped ridges, composed of rocks of varying structure, rise to about the same level and give the impression that they are the remnants of a former continuous surface. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Across the room, between two windows, stood a flat-topped desk. The Lost Continent A range and flat-topped hill were seen about fifteen miles to the east of their farthest point, but they were unable to reach it. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, A dark tinted scrub of flat-topped trees enveloped its base, on the outside of which the light and graceful Acacia pendula also grew on the grassy plain. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Why, the stars were just above our heads, were not much higher than the flat-topped hills that barred the horizons. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West One result of the action of the water has been the formation of numerous isolated flat-topped hills or small plateaus, known as ambas, with nearly perpendicular sides. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Between the snow-white cutter and the flat-topped, honey-coloured rocks on the beach the green water was troubled with shrimp-pink prisoners-of-war bathing. Traffics and Discoveries Steered South-South-East for four miles, then South-East generally, towards the flat-topped hills seen yesterday, and which bore 144 degrees East magnetic from Spinifex Hill. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, I found a low flat-topped range, extending nearly W. N. W., and consisting of black ferruginous sandstone. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Beside a little tumbling stream and beneath a thicket of holly, lay a flat-topped rock commanding all the spectacle of flood and fell. The Case of Richard Meynell There was a flat-topped desk in the centre, a telephone on the desk; and at the rear of the room a connecting door, leading presumably to the bedroom, was open. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale The vast shallow cup to the horizon became a plain sparsely grown with flat-topped thorn trees. The Leopard Woman Two remarkable flat-topped hills bore South-East, which I named Mount Bartle and Mount Russell, after the distinguished President and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, More to the right, or eastward, the horizon presented flat-topped ranges; increasing in elevation as they receded from that side of the country whence we had come. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia When the wires were all placed and the ditch was finished, it was covered up so that it made a broad flat-topped wall, encircling the field. The Second Deluge There was a flat-topped desk here, a swivel chair, an armchair, a rather good drawing or two on the walls, and a soft yielding carpet underfoot. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale A gorgeous, red- flowering vine had smothered one of the flat-topped thorn trees in its luxuriance. The Leopard Woman At about twenty-two miles reached the flat-topped hills, and camped, finding some water in a clay-pan. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, A very remarkable flat-topped hill appeared on our right, resembling a wart, on one of these ridges; to the northward it was precipitous, and seemed to consist of a very red rock. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia We started to-day on a bearing of 270 degrees for eight miles to a low flat-topped hill, when we changed to 220 degrees for five miles to a gum creek with rain water. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart It was early, and old Frank, just established at his big, flat-topped desk, was surprised when his prospective assistant and pupil walked in. The Magnificent Ambersons Sometimes these latter joined across wide intervals, creating an illusion of natural bridges or lofty flat-topped cliffs with holes clear through them to the open sky beyond. The Leopard Woman Boneset; Common Thorough wort; Agueweed; Indian Sage Eupatorium perfoliatum Flower-heads—Composite, the numerous, small, dull, white heads of tubular florets only, crowded in a scaly involucre and borne in spreading, flat-topped terminal cymes. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing I crossed it, and hastened to some rising ground, whence I perceived a flat-topped cliffy range extending from S. W. to the N. of west. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia The country is more open: in looking at it from one of the rises it has the appearance of an immense plain, studded with isolated flat-topped hills. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart He has summoned up these flat-topped houses, these precipitous walls beneath which winds the darkened causeway. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Reaching the fringe of flat-topped trees they sprang into the low branches, heedless of the long thorns, and scrambled aloft until at least partially concealed. The Leopard Woman Yarrow; Milfoil; Old Man's Pepper; Nosebleed Achillea Millefolium Flower-heads—Grayish-white, rarely pinkish, in a hard, close, flat-topped, compound cluster. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing As she brought up against the flat-topped desk, catching its edge and saving herself a fall, the burglar caught up the telephone. The Brass Bowl This hill, which I have named Mount Polly, for distinction, is the easternmost of the flat-topped hills on the north side of the lake, and is a spur from the Stuart range. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart "That's Frémont's Buttes," the Indian said presently, pointing to a flat-topped hill that towered above the others ahead. In the Heart of the Rockies She had laid her eggs right in the middle of a flat-topped mound. Tales of Two Countries Tansy; Bitter-buttons Tanacetum vulgare Flower-heads—Small, round, of tubular florets only, packed within a depressed involucre, and borne in flat-topped corymbs. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing It was a flat-topped desk, of mahogany, with two pedestals of drawers, all locked. The Brass Bowl The view is interrupted by a flat-topped range. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Writhing and groaning I slipped out of my quilt, cloak and tunic, and, groaning, I crawled to the flat-topped stone. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Bond ran his eye down his slim legs with fatuous complacency and fingered the fur fringe of his doublet and pushed his steep flat-topped cap over to a different angle. Under the Skylights The hill was flat-topped; there were still signs of the ramparts, but it was not on these she gazed. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Sam rose, and leaning over the flat-topped desk, took her hand, wondering what had brought her there. Windy McPherson's Son To the north the broken ranges continue, and in the distance there is a long flat-topped range, broken in some places. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Similar windows open up the walls above the flat-topped wings. The Jewel City We closed that up and put the administration into the charge of one man and gave him half of the flat-topped desk out in the freight office. My Life and Work Nine immense structures, each with a great dome and a tower or two—steeples are unknown in Mexico—stand out against the bare, brown, flat-topped range beyond that barely rises above the highest tower. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond The huts are built of mud; most of them are flat-topped, but some are thatched with rushes. In Times of Peril At two miles and a half changed to 332 degrees to a distant hill, apparently a range of flat-topped hills. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart Three or four steps, so light that they seemed to be irresistibly winning permission from her, and he had sat down on another flat-topped rock close by. Over the Pass A row of flat-topped stones ran across, but there were gaps where the current foamed over some that were lower than the rest. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Change his costume a bit, and substitute a slouch hat for his flat-topped lancer's cap, and he might have cantered bodily out of one of Remington's canvases. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Yet behind the flat-topped dome we could just make out a northerly peak. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru To the east another flat-topped range; country between also scrubby; apparently open. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart |
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