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Facing the street were three big windows, and I could see the trees and housetops across the way. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Towering above the housetops and the trees of the town was the church tower. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Edna sat at the window, which looked out over the housetops and across the river. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
Above the black line of housetops the sky was warm crimson. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
The only other building that rose above the housetops to compete with the church tower was the yellow top of the schoolhouse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their boards barely a hand’s breadth above the housetops, the patterns of shingles passed underneath hypnotically. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Soldiers go house to house in a war zone, searching for clues to the whereabouts of a top al Qaeda operative known as the Butcher, while Chris perches on a housetop looking for suspicious actors. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z
Behind her, the townsfolk tussle and bicker; one man shares a bone with a dog; housetops collapse into the street. The Intoxicating History of Gin 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z
Joe Baker and his organization, SaveTheStorks.com, are shouting their stories from the housetops. Abortion hurts men too 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z
Is this why Jimmy Stewart died for our sins up on the housetop with the reindeer long ago? How dare you take the ‘Christ’ out of Starbucks! 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z
On that sepulchral night, the worst evils that he had dreaded, and against which he had doubtless warned him on that housetop, had come to pass. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
Not a tree, not a housetop, breaks the wide monotony. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z
Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light, and that which ye have spoken in the ear, in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z
Live on the housetop, not down in the cell; Open air Christians live nobly and well. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z
I became accustomed to this drone above the housetops, and since my return to America I have often wondered why in the land where the aeroplane first flew, so little public interest was manifested. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
The feast is over; Samuel and Saul return to the city, and there, on the housetop, they commune together. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
The chief goes out, stands on the housetop, and calls to all the yapaitu in the rocks, in the water, in Olelpanti, in the trees, in bathing springs, to come. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
Truth is no longer to be concealed in cloisters and smothered in theological seminaries, but it is to be proclaimed from housetops and in language understood in every-day life. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z
So I went up among the housetops till at length I reached an open space bounded by a rampart whence one looked down upon the town. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z
Upon de housetop an’ can’t come down, Do Lord remember me. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z
In the early morning, about daybreak, they had their conversation on the housetop, and thereafter Samuel sent Saul away, convoying him part of the road. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
In a moment another whistling may be heard as the spirit touches the housetop and goes in. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the housetop. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z
On a level space below are orange trees, growing freely among the housetops; and over all tower the vast mountains, cramping the space on every hand. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z
"And proclaim from the housetop," the Vicomte retorted with contempt, "that I have something to hide?" The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
What the conversation on the housetop was, we are not told; but we have no difficulty in conjecturing. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z
Damhauja carried off three great baskets of meat, then went out on the housetop and called all his sons. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
The people in the houses might of course be expected to take part against the military, and give them a warm reception from the housetops with a galling fire of bricks and coping-stones. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
Wesley and Whitfield said: This frightful truth ought to be proclaimed from the housetop of every opportunity, from the highway of every occasion. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z
I commune with the unobstructed sky and have an immense bird's-eye view of housetops and streets. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
But in that case it was only noted by cynical contemporaries, in this it was proclaimed on the housetops. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z
When all in the house had eaten, old Wakara went out on the housetop and shouted,— “My sons, I call you all to come in for a short while.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
I hear the wind with merry noise Around the housetops sweep, And dream it is the shepherd boys— They're driving home their sheep. The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 2011-12-28T03:00:37.303Z
That which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.... Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z
But Fr�d�rique had been deeply wounded by Saint-Bergame's remark; indeed, by what right did the fellow presume to proclaim that from the housetops? Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z
“But,” he added, “though I did not find the streets paved with gold, I found the genuine ore on a housetop, or near it, in a girl called Sarah.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z
She sat on the housetop, and the house stretched out westward, stretched more quickly than any one could run, and carried her after Tsanunewa. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
These are not the bells which now reverberate among the housetops on the steep banks of the Wear, they having been cast by Thomas Bartlett during the summer of 1631. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z
I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z
But the chilly light was growing a blue gloom above the massed housetops when the two ladies found themselves at Claire's door. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
He turned himself round and round in the sunshine, fluffed out his grey feathers proudly, and sat down on the housetop again. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z
She went to the housetop and cried, “I wish this house to stretch out after that boy and catch him.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z
We look down on roof gardens, into patios, along the white, narrow calles, into the plazas, and across the housetops to the fertile land beyond the Roman walls. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z
Only, let me tell you, I'm so glad to be able to help the poor fellow out of my unexpected earnings, that I'd like to be shouting it from the housetops all the time! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z
She is an earlier Dorigen as she watches for the beloved who does not come, wasting many an evening at the window gazing over the fields, or climbing to the housetop to look. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
Not until after he had broken his fast with the alabarch and his daughter and returned again to the housetop did he see any other of the magistrate's guests. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
The first shot sends a screaming firework over a housetop and into the trees. This Land: Terre Haute Battles Crow Problem -This Land 2011-10-26T17:57:32Z
Paine had proclaimed from the housetops what, as Dr. Watson confessed, scholars were whispering in the ear. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z
So well preserved were the vats of his tannery that one would hardly have been surprised to find the distinguished guest of Simon walking on the housetop in the twilight. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z
And he saw a town of infinite size girt about with walls, over which he could see housetops, trees, and towers. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z
All these things she heard with the sympathetic interest which had won him to her from the talk in the dawn on the housetop in Alexandria. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
Shorty sprang to the window and levelled an old opera-glass at the summit of an odd white tower that loomed, dim and ghost-like, through the mist above the housetops quarter of a mile away. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z
The scene which takes its place is almost bewildering with its network of factories, lake and river craft and housetops. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z
In fair weather the image would be seen above the housetop. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z
Women called from the flat housetops; doors were opened and naked, dark-skinned children dragged in from the pavement. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z
The Jewish housetops toward the east made an angular sea, broken by parapets and summer-houses in relief against the red sky, and the pavements in gloom. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
Its unwonted stir attracted the attention of Thais and Artemisia, on the housetop, where they had gone as usual to take the air after midday. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
For our prayers for the kingdom are not uttered on the housetops; and the kingdom itself cometh not with observation. In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen 2011-09-23T02:00:24.177Z
He stretched and insulated a long iron wire in the open air on the housetop and, as a storm drew near, hung on it a dissected frog. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z
Then, raising her head, with a smile, she looked up at the bare trees and the sombre sky over the housetops. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z
At that moment, a little figure, on the brink of the housetop, was projected against the glowing sky. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
From the housetops fluttered countless scarfs of yellow, blue, and red. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
La Voisin accused them of having assaulted one of her clients, Mme. de Montespan, a fact true enough, but useless to proclaim from the housetops. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z
Here and there in the eastern sky tiny points trembled elusively, and a molten crescent followed him along the housetops, its pale disk growing each instant brighter. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z
The Christian mysteries are spoken on the housetop, nor does the word imply anything as to the comprehensibility of the doctrines or facts which are so called. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z
Flags were flying from the windows and the housetops, and the birds in the cages and the birds in the trees sang until they got so hoarse that they couldn’t sing any more. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z
The pitiless squadrons hunted the defenders from lane and housetop, cutting them to pieces. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
During that time all the streets and housetops were strewn with fragrant flowers, the columns were intertwined with garlands gay and festoons of wreaths hung across the market-place from one statue to the other. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
A touch of yellow sunlight was just gilding the housetops on the left, and the street stretched gray and solitary northward. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z
"I thought Sachsen was above it, but 'Rumor sits on the housetop,' as Virgil says...." The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z
When the siege came, they should not turn back from the field into the city, nor escape from the housetop by the inner staircase. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z
Thin curls of smoke mounted here and there above the housetops, straight up toward the limitless turquoise vault of the sky. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
Miss Patty, however, did not make public her decision, but Mrs. Ladue knew what it was just as well as if she had shouted it from the housetop. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z
The driver turned into Fifty-seventh Street, and the sun jumped above the housetops. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z
There was another church, far off across the housetops, seen only from an attic window, whose bells in contrast were of a pleasant jangle. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z
Now," he said, "there is nothing for it but to get out on the roof, and crawl along the housetops till we can find a place to get down. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z
You may see the sparrow carry away with him caterpillars for his young upon the housetop hard by; later on, it is true, he will revel on the ripe grains. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z
A housetop, a dooryard, or even the spacious floor of an old-fashioned barn, as the case may be, offers just as good a chance for practice as a lake or river. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z
The Duke's contribution was the verse "Let him that is on the housetop not come down," the sermon being against "chignons," and the actual text the last half of the verse—"Top-knot come down"! A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z
I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.” Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z
I’m a carpenter, and I have to climb a good deal about housetops in my trade, and nobody says it’s foolish then.” Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z
Wimpole Street is here again described, with morning breaking over the housetops: “I see Betwixt the black fronts long-withdrawn A light blue lane of early dawn.” A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z
The peasants' little children, however, listened happily to the birds' joyous twitter from the housetop, and took great delight in seeing the fine prints of the sparrow's tiny feet in the smooth snow roundabout. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z
A neighbour's dog prowling along the terrace on the housetops spied out the slippers, and, darting at them, carried off one of them. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z
With a frightened chirp the sparrow shot up through the torn paper and winged his flight over the housetop. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z
"Nowadays, it's the thing to make such announcements through a megaphone from the housetops." The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z
Already crowds began to gather on the housetops and the water-front. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z
Banners were flying from housetops and windows, flowers were wreathed about poles and arches, and green branches decorated every gateway and door. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z
They tore off shutters and lashed the housetops with the poor trees! Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z
On many a housetop you may see the macaroni spread out to dry, and in many a street you may watch through the windows the tortoiseshell manufacturers at work.  Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z
But nobody has any business to go shouting all over the housetops exactly where it is. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
Patter, patter, let it pour, Patter, patter, let it roar; O'er the housetop let it gush, Down the hillside let it rush. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z
And when the wind swooped over the lift And made the whole heaven frown, It seemed a grip was laid on the walls To tug the housetop down. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z
From ten o'clock in the morning every advantageous spot, all the belfries and housetops from which the suburbs, and particularly the road from Aschaffenburg could be seen, were crowded with curious spectators. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z
Sometimes the rooms had fireplaces, although these were generally in the plazas or on the housetops. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z
Then he shivered and gazed up at the crowded housetops and dazzling sky, and by a grim effort held himself stiffly erect. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z
You might as well shout from the housetops, chief. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z
The last of these Cristovals had erected the present mansion—a splendid, rambling dwelling built around an open court where a fountain splashed and tall palms shot their swaying crowns far above the housetop. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z
Not, perhaps, proclaimed from the housetops as a handsomely paying vocation; but one which may be cultivated into almost anything having to do with inveigling publishers into writing cheques. Making Your Camera Pay 2011-03-31T02:00:21.163Z
To warn off the unwelcome intruder, broken pots, painted with black and white dots, are set up on housetops. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z
During the night they saw, from the housetops, the gleam of burning barriers. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z
The housetops of his search should be half India; he would follow Kings and ministers, as in the old days he had followed vakils and lawyers' touts across Lahore city for Mahbub Ali's sake. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z
Is it slow to be dangling from a housetop with a frayed rope slipping through your hands and seventy feet of empty space below you? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z
Tiger.Pot of oil.Leather.Dog barking on a housetop.Bundle of sticks.Buttermilk.Empty vessel.A quarrel.Man with dishevelled hair.Oilman.Leper.Mendicant. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
From the very housetop I'll shout the story of our life. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z
Certain things cannot be shouted out from the housetops. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z
They could, from behind barricades, and from housetops and chamber windows, soon so thin out his ranks, that resistance would be hopeless. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z
Every secret sin committed against it cries out from the housetops. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z
There was no one in sight; but I supposed that the bandit was still upon the housetop—crouching below the level of the parapet. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z
They are open proclamations from the housetops of society that the South is radically wrong, that no racial distinctions are valid in social life, that only personal qualities are to be regarded. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z
Now you are trying to spoil my first real romance by wanting me to get up and proclaim it on the housetops. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z
When rumors came of Indians on the warpath the children took turns on the housetop as lookout for the dread savages. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z
He smoked on, pipe clamped between his teeth, striding the length of the housetop. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z
The distant prospect of that Warwickshire city is beautified by the three famous spires that proudly thrust their red sandstone peaks high above the huddled housetops. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z
She had always thought that what happened in the secret chambers would never be known on the housetops. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z
The result of all the silly, stupid things that I know you want to denounce from the housetop. Capricious Caroline
If beings in heaven are gratified by our offering the Śráddha here, Then why not give the food down below to those who are standing on the housetop? The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy
Some had purchased seats upon the housetops, and were already crawling to their stations from parapet and garret window. In Jail with Charles Dickens
The hillside became a perfect storm of fezzes; the tide of spectators rose till its waves touched the housetops. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise
He disappeared into the canyon whose walls were towering apartments 44and whose end was marked by a row of soft arcs across which, snow falling from housetops, sparkled in the night like diamonds beyond price. Whispering Wires
As for the Liberals and Socialists, they filled the air with bitter laughter, and declared from the housetops that the stupid party had at last been overwhelmed by its own 138 stupidity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
"One is not in the habit of publishing one's position from the housetops," replied Ricordo. The Man Who Rose Again
“A garret and a Marshalsea garret without compromise was Little Dorrit’s room,” but “the housetops and the distant country hills were discernible over the walls in the clear morning.” In Jail with Charles Dickens
With a gasp she watched it until it rose above the housetops and disappeared far away in the depths of the blue sky. Two Prisoners
Here and there, on some flat housetop, an old woman stood and span; or busied herself about her grandchildren, whom their mother had left to help her husband. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales
Just as the town was reached it began to rise in its flight, and Beatrice realized that it was her last chance, for it would soon be lost over the housetops. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins
Then—one day when the marriage was close at hand, when flags hung from the housetops and garlands across the streets, there was a stir in the house of the cobbler. Love's Usuries
How he would descend on the other side; whether he could alight on a housetop, steal down a staircase, let himself out at a door, and get lost in the crowd? In Jail with Charles Dickens
Her thoughts followed the lost bird—away over the housetops into the country, into the past, into the illimitable heavens. Two Prisoners
I no more meant to enter the stables than to jump off the housetop, but it was necessary that I should start for them and make the start from the left wing of the house. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
I feel like a bird flying from the housetop, out into the wide world. On the Heights A Novel
What had been whispered about the abolitionists in secret was now proclaimed from the housetops. From Bull Run to Appomattox
It was exactly the case of a man who might walk over the edge of a housetop through absent-mindedness. Careers of Danger and Daring
No puppy came, however, and she had to give it up and content herself with looking out for the puppy on the white gallery under the elm beyond the housetops. Two Prisoners
Drifting over the sea of housetops, up from the steep-walled streets. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole
The whole population, with the Navajo allies, were under arms, on the housetops and the commanding cliffs. The Spanish Pioneers
Handkerchiefs were waved in salutation to them from windows and housetops, and cheering followed them as they went. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
I questioned, recalling the sensations of many people in looking down even from a housetop. Careers of Danger and Daring
When Beechnut came down from the housetop, Rodolphus told him he had come to get a rabbit, and at the same time held out the quarter of a dollar to view. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.
"And again, how with the short gun I slew a pigeon on a housetop and tore the head from its body?" Where the Pavement Ends
Pizarro waved his scarf to Candia; and the ridiculous little cannon on the housetop boomed across the square. The Spanish Pioneers
The whole fire from housetops and windows was directed at them; but fast as they fell, others took their places, and the roll of the artillery never slackened nor ceased for an instant. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
And then for the first time I let my eyes turn into the depths, and caught a glimpse of men on housetops watching me. Careers of Danger and Daring
I will proclaim it on the housetops, as Mr Lambent very properly observed last Sunday in his sermon. The New Mistress A Tale
No sound but the panting unsatiated breath that heaves under the huge pall the livid moon has spread above the housetops. A Pushcart at the Curb
The latter was still a prisoner; and when the Spaniards brought him out upon the housetop to speak to his people in their behalf, the infuriated multitude of Indians pelted him to death with stones. The Spanish Pioneers
Shouts and cries poured from the housetops and parapets. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
And off over red housetops was the river, and the great towers of New York spread with silver plumes by the steam jets. Careers of Danger and Daring
And they arose early: and it came to pass about the dawning of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, "Up, that I may send thee away." The Bible Story
And, when he hesitated, "I'm not going to shout it from the housetops, boss." The Ambassador
People don't usually get out on the housetops and proclaim the things they think of doing. Helen Grant's Schooldays
But our men suffered most from those of the enemy's troops who pelted them with stones and lances from the housetops. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
We were on a level with the roadway of the bridge, and far below us spread the housetops of Brooklyn. Careers of Danger and Daring
All the population now made for the walls; every spot from which the view towards Ronco could be obtained was speedily crowded, every window filled, and all the housetops crammed. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune
The blurring memories had lost their distortions a week later, as he sat before a broad window in his room and looked out over the housetops of Vienna. Brood of the Dark Moon
Men bet on their favorites with as much fervor as an ardent proselyte of Mohammed utters praises to his Maker from the housetop at sunrise. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls.
This is the rarest and costliest of all orchids—of all flowers that blow, indeed, and all green things, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop upon the housetop. The Woodlands Orchids
He thus proclaims from the housetops his gospel of the new education. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906
"The honorable member would denude us of every rag of the principles which we have proclaimed from the housetops." The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906
It was as thy servant said: some suspected him of favouring the sahibs, and the housetop was no longer a safe place for the missy sahib. Barclay of the Guides
As her eye caught the gleam of gabled housetops through the trees Nancy suddenly pictured how, at that very moment, every home in Freedom was echoing with the story of the party. Happy House
She could scarce restrain herself from proclaiming her wrongs upon the housetops, but—she paused and looked thoughtfully at Val. Leonore Stubbs
On the contrary, she was thrilling to the core with a mad joy that she wanted to shout from the housetops. The Song of the Wolf
I was surprised to see that the entire Boulevard was lined with troops, behind which thousands of people were closely wedged, all the windows, and even the housetops, being filled with spectators. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I
But Owen was now in his element; no tom-cat in Tarifa was more familiar with housetops and balconies at the witching hour than he, and he stepped gaily on. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1
Nancy guessed that the cluster of housetops she glimpsed ahead, almost hidden by the great elms and maples, was Freedom. Happy House
Why does a swallow build on a housetop and a lark in a meadow? Leonore Stubbs
From the waterside just at dusk, catching a dim outline of the varying housetops is to glimpse some old castle of feudal times. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations
The flames leaped from housetop to housetop, as if some unseen hand was aiding in the terrible work of devastation. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles
Opening his window, he saw three devils dancing merrily on the housetops. The Silent Barrier
See, there is the blue sky beyond the housetops! Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier
She could see the Devil, she said, on the housetop looking at her. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718
The bright red dot that, from the railed housetop, you might have seen on the far edge of Turkey Creek battle-ground, was a watch-fire beside the blackberry patch we know of. John March, Southerner
As the light streamed up toward heaven, shouts of joy and triumph burst forth from the countless multitudes who covered the hills, the terraces of the temples, and the housetops.... The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West
That which was then done in secret was now about to be shrieked aloud from the housetops. The Silent Barrier
Clear smoke still flows over the housetops, softening their outlines, and turning them into a forest of frosted trees. Old and New London Volume I
Their purpose is not more startling than is the defiance with which they have hurled it from the housetops. The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6
When the bill passed, Gentlemen, you remember how Mr. Webster rejoiced:— "Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer," was his public outcry on the housetop! The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence
The Negro Academy should stand and proclaim this over the housetops, crying with Garrison: I will not equivocate, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard. The Conservation of Races The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 2
Then I turned my face toward the reddening east, against which the shabby housetops and the chimneys and the distant spires and smokestacks stretched out in a broken, black sky-line. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself
One of the most characteristic features of the Anatolian landscape are the storks, which come in flocks of thousands from their winter quarters in Egypt and build summer nests, unmolested, on the village housetops. Across Asia on a Bicycle
All the people of the town crowded the wharves or filled the windows and the housetops overlooking the bay. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools
In many parts of the island, especially in the smaller towns, the whole population enjoys itself at night on the housetops. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities...
You've shouted from the housetops that you had the goods on me. Seven Keys to Baldpate
Impetuous of pulse it beats Within my blood and bears me hence; Above the housetops and the streets I hear its happy eloquence. Weeds by the Wall Verses
Fully 3000 people lined the streets and housetops to witness the race to which we had been challenged by four Dungan horsemen, riding below on the encircling roadway. Across Asia on a Bicycle
On both sides, it bordered, without parapet or rail, on the incline of slates; and, northward above all, commanded an extensive view of housetops, and, rising through the smoke, the distant spires of churches. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25)
Bueno, the Empire would go forth and smite them, and the pious townspeople climbed to the housetops to see it done. The Missourian
“You’re a prize bunch of prospectors,” he announced as from the housetops. Wunpost
She sat with her head resting upon her elbow, gazing steadily up at the little white clouds which floated over the housetops. Berenice
He has to do the tapping and keep up an industrious bustle on the housetop during the absence of the slaters. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25)
If that labor-world believes what is everywhere cried on the housetops about the crooked exploiting devices of these monopolies, why should not its interest and its fidelity fall off? The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship
Dumfounded officers had gotten to housetops, and were using their glasses. The Missourian
Truth is a thing to be shouted from the housetops, not to be whispered over rose-water after dinner when the ladies are gone away. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures
Scream from the housetops or you stand no chance. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
A man fell from a housetop in the city of Aberdeen, and was brought into hospital with broken bones. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25)
Off to the east a French machine was slowly mounting above the housetops to give battle. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone
Everywhere, on the curbs, in windows, on housetops, there were people. The Missourian
Tell the herald to call it from the housetops. The Flute of the Gods
Nobody could see us; I climbed up the chimney and, appearing on the housetop, cried, "In the rain-trough!" Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales
Meantime the great ship was drifting perilously near the housetops, and the uniformed officers in the cars began making signals to the soldiers below. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons
Now we are being told from the housetops and from the streets and through all the channels of the physical senses to look within. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex
She ran from one window to another to gaze rapturously out over the neighboring housetops. Highacres
“You will have a splendid chance to see the battle from the housetop,” he said to Captain Brandon. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
Panic hovered over the housetops, always ready to descend. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
It is this that has cost him so dear with the critics, and the superior people, 'empty wearisome cuckoos, and doleful monotonous owls, innumerable jays also and twittering sparrows of the housetops.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series
A faint band of reddish light still loitered above the horizon where the sun had sunk behind the housetops. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
A thaw the day before had made the girls very anxious, but now a sparkling crust covered the snow and the early sun struck coldly across the housetops. Highacres
From the housetop, Berinthia saw boats from the vessels in the harbor, gathering at Long Wharf. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
"A painter has been revealed to us," said one, "but he is a man who runs along the housetops." Six Centuries of Painting
The Brahmans mass on the housetops and stone the soldiers. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India
Her back was turned contemptuously toward the sea and the clenched fist she raised was menacing some one way off on shore there, where the Miguelete raised its sturdy mass above the housetops of Valencia. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
The airplane, that only a second before had flown alone, now was towing a glider—a glider that had arisen, as if by magic, from the housetops! The Floating Island of Madness
“Shall we go up on the housetop and see the sun set?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
Cossacks and soldiers also patrolled the thoroughfares, while squads of police were on the housetops, covering the street corners with machine guns. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources
Her designs could be shouted on the housetops. The Prisoner
The irregular line of housetops was just beginning to stand out against an ashen background of sky brightening with the first glow of morning. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
The natives fought like tigers from doors, windows, and housetops. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots
The people on the housetops needed no telescopes to see what was going on across the stream. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
The housetops, the windows, the fort were all crowded with people, but all as still as death. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
At four o'clock one of us is obliged to be, like Sister Anne, on the housetop; and if company approaches, she must descend and speed to the plumber's for sixpenny worth extra of cream. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland
To-day chemistry shows us how events done in darkness shall be revealed in light, and the deeds of the closet be proclaimed from the housetop. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character
You look down the river to the city, and behold the housetops, the windows, the levee, crowded with men, women, and children. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field
They upon the housetops could see the British officers flourishing their swords, gesticulating, and even striking the disheartened soldiers, compelling them to stand once more in the ranks. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
But no bravos sprang at them from ambush, no arrows flew from housetops. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel
All the housetops were glittering with the sun as they passed the ranks of the Municipal cavalry. The Dark Star
Consequently things which are spoken of only under the breath in Japan are shouted from the housetops in China. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference
What Huxley had begun to proclaim from the housetop, Darwin was meditating in secret; and much more. Life of Charles Darwin
Captain Brandon, looking from his housetop down upon the guns almost beneath him, saw a gunner ramming an inflammable shell into the cannon. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
Well, he would not cry it aloud on the housetops!... Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas
By that time the Germans had got into the town and were firing at the H�tel de Ville from the housetops. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force
In profile work or bas-relief they get on very well, where there is no perspective required, but in grouping they pile houses on the sea and mountains on the housetops. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months
Jesus gives commandment to preach upon the housetop what ye hear in the ear. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity
“May we presume to trespass upon your hospitality, Captain Brandon,” asked Mr. Newville, “and, if you have room, see this approaching contest from your housetop?” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance
The East River was fairly blocked with craft of every description bearing legions of delighted spectators, and the streets and housetops were packed with people. Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883
"If I were chairman of that committee I'd put the ticket in the field and go to the polls if the devils were around it as thick as shingles upon a housetop." Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre.
I looked from my desk out of the window, over the housetops up into the sunshine, and I too was grave. The Master Mummer
Your own reckless bravery, however, would quail a little, I fancy, at the idea of having your most intimate feelings called out from the housetops and discussed in the streets. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange
Criminals are given haloes and proclaimed from the housetops. Fantômas
Continuing, Mr. Speck related how a number of folks from Woodvale had all come down upon their housetops. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
A few moments later they had crossed the river and were skimming over the housetops, looking for an anchorage. Doctor Jones' Picnic
I was standing over by the window, looking out across a wilderness of housetops. The Master Mummer
The full moon rising above the housetops suddenly floods the quiet lane. The Wagnerian Romances
If you are of opinion, sir, that that was an act of complicity on my part, I will not only not deny it, I will proclaim it from the housetops! Fantômas
Escaped with my life on housetop; am all right. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
The squares, streets, and housetops of Detroit were black with people. Doctor Jones' Picnic
As they seated themselves, one of the stray bullets that were singing above the housetops dislodged a tile, and the pieces of red clay fell clattering into the court-yard. The White Mice
The sky spreads out its poor array Of tattered flags, Saffron and rose Over the weary huddle of housetops Smoking their evening pipes in silence. Japanese Prints
This charge breaks down because a letter is produced from the other clergyman who did actually accompany Smith over housetops and down through trap-doors—into his own house! G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study
People were floating about on housetops and in wagons, and hundreds were clinging to tree-trunks, logs and furniture of every imaginable description. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
On the streets, public squares, housetops, decks of all ships upon the river, were crowds on crowds of people; people anywhere, everywhere; far as the eye could reach was one vast, countless host. Doctor Jones' Picnic
Swallows are not very common; they do not nestle on the housetops, but on walls at some distance from towns. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests
They hobbled and hopped over the ground, jumped into the air, sprang from housetop to housetop, made sudden appearances from holes in the ground and vanished through solid walls. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
Tell the Prime Minister," he said, "that I will speak from a pedestal if I can, but if not, from a housetop. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
"I am resolved to enter Worms," he said, "although as many devils should set at me as there are tiles on the housetops." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Everybody rushed for the housetops to look to the southward, over the low land through which the Mississippi winds. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2
There is cheerful courage for you—more particularly in the case of a man who proclaims from the housetop that there is no limit to the villainy of his adversaries. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
With mingled curiosity and pleasure Anna then carried up what Joab had brought to the housetop, on which the Hebrew ladies were then sitting, for the sake of the cooling breeze of even. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History
Lancelot’s voice had this rare quality, that when he whispered every syllable was as clear as if he were crying from the housetops. Marjorie
At last the rain had ceased, and now above the housetops across the way, through a broken patch of cloud, a star appeared with a promise of a fair tomorrow. Chimney-Pot Papers
A cry of grief, of fear, of rage, goes up from the housetops. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2
“None more so, though like yourself I feel the best work is done silently and unobtrusively, and I prefer not to be exploited from the housetops.” Eve to the Rescue
Over the centre of these there is another story, set upon the housetop like a tower; and all Italy, except its sea, is melted down into the glowing landscape it commands. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
He who chanced to be upon the housetop must not go down into his house, even to save his most valued treasures. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
The gray light of dawn was already beginning to streak the horizon and to illumine the faint outlines of the housetops when Janina awoke from her torpor and gazed about the room. The Comedienne
The street and surrounding housetops were crowded with a hostile people, all armed. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2
The sunlight had caught the gilt ball on the flagstaff of the Alta California building, and the sky that had been misty was now broad blue above the gray housetops. The Other Side of the Door
"I respect your caution; a day will come when your name will be shouted from the housetops." The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys
All their efforts failed; Luther, still unshaken, declared, “Even should there be as many devils in Worms as tiles on the housetops, still I would enter it.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
The open windows round the square were full of faces, the balconies were crowded, and some of the townspeople were perched on the housetops. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War
Sunrise melting into sunset without a noon—a long morning twilight, a low, slant sun, shining on the housetops for an hour or so, and the evening twilight at three in the afternoon. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland
Once it was so crowded in the court that some men, who were bringing a friend to Jesus who was helpless with palsy, took him up by the outside stairs to the housetop. Child's Story of the Bible
Standing on the housetop in the evening, a wild crowd could be seen flitting before bonfires, or ranging the streets, and shouting in the ecstasy of an excitement which none could control. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
No matter how good a patriot one may be, it’s not necessary to proclaim it from the housetops.” The Tiger Hunter
The streets were thronged—the windows crowded—the housetops heaped—with glaring mute spectators. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2
Taking courage to themselves from the courage of their apostle, these, his disciples, were beginning to shout from the housetops what once they had only dared whisper beneath the eaves. The Thunders of Silence
It is a strange scene that bursts upon the vision of the balloon-passenger as he rises above the housetops and trees. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science
I said immediately to X.: 'If you wish to win to your cause an apostle, who will proclaim your principles to the world from the housetop, tell me what I am now thinking of.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2
Stretching out for miles were housetops swarming with crowds, gazing appalled at the spectacle in which the fate of every man, woman and child of them was vitally involved. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
Its meaning is surely frank enough without shouting it from the housetops. The Root of Evil
Does an Englishman exist who is not well acquainted with the vivacious bird which makes itself at home in his garden or on his housetop in England? Birds of the Indian Hills
See how the man on the housetop swings his hat in the air, and the people applaud. The Royal Picture Alphabet
There was a fine bright moon mounting above the housetops of the water-front when we slid away from our jetty berth. The U-boat hunters
He gazed over the housetops in the direction of the grove where the paper lanterns had hung, but all was dark and rain was fast falling. Old Ebenezer
It is the pulpit of the reformer and the housetop of the fanatic, this soap-box. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
Only a woman knows how to put into a home that indefinable something whose virtue has made the poet say, "The housetop rejoices and is glad." The Simple Life
"As if I'd publish it on the housetops!" she cried in infinite disdain. Miss Pat at School
I hear the wind with merry noise— Around the housetops sweep, And dream it is the shepherd boys, They're driving home their sheep. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children
It is a proverb that things done in secret soon or late are published from the housetops. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon
The streets were anxious and all gayety showed effort, while many lowering faces peeped at the procession from windows and housetops. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
A wonderful good fellowship existed between husband and wife; but they very rarely talked of anything which could not have been discussed, figuratively, on the housetops. Adam Johnstone's Son
But she marvelled that there was no sight or sound of people; no carters or travellers going to or coming from the city, and no smoke rose above the housetops. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
And Solomon envies him and cries out: "It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house." The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony
The achievements of the Department of Justice cannot be proclaimed from the housetops. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon
"If he thinks I'm going to shriek an answer to the housetops, he's mistaken." Glory of Youth
I dare cry the history of two or three on the housetops.' Despair's Last Journey
"We will have better times yet," she promised as she rose to glance at the clock in the tower across the housetops. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
We will publish upon the housetops the hopes and the prayers and the wills of the people. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak
Alas, he has a poet's soul, and strives toward the infinite and the eternal; and soon feels that all this is but mounting to the housetop to reach the stars! The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
Now he had merely given notice as plainly as though he had shouted from the housetops that Fairfield was under observation. The Grell Mystery
Years passed, and the courtyard echoed with the shouts of the merry child, whose bare feet pattered all day about the sunny square, scaring the gray doves up to the housetop. Children of the Old Testament
She rose and stood looking out of the window at the blue expanse above the housetops, with part of the smile still lingering on her pink lips. Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
Then let the conventions feel the housetops looking down on them when they meet. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak
It showed him little, merely a long strip of blue sky above housetops. The Long Roll
Every housetop is spangled with the bright element; soft flakes are coquetting in the atmosphere, and a pure mantle has been spread on all sides, that fairly invites one to disport upon its gleaming surface. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
And what was most unusual for a city house, the room possessed windows on three sides—two overlooking the street and one giving a view over the housetops on either side. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
The eastern sky, over the London housetops, had a wonderful tragic crimson. Embarrassments
At daylight the next morning the housetops were thronged with anxious watchers; but as the sun came gloriously out of the sea, it shone upon deserted fields; not a tent was to be seen. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9
He has bought Liberty Bonds more liberally than some who proclaim their patriotism from the housetops. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
The silence of former days has given place to shouting from the housetops. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
War is too serious a business to warrant the proclamation of prospective naval and military operations from the housetops. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918
This was apparent in the vast numbers and in the unbridled enthusiasm of our best citizens gathered upon the housetops and at the street-corners along the line of the circus procession. Second Book of Tales
The view over the housetops from the little window was absolutely magnificent, including as it did domes, minarets, mosques, palm-trees, shipping, and sea! The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
Just as they were passing under the fort gate, a large mass of snow became detached from a housetop and fell heavily at their feet, passing within an inch of Hamilton’s nose. The Young Fur Traders
Not a few had been obliged to betake themselves to the housetops until help came. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood
There is something highly absurd in the exposition of such toys to the outrages of winter on a housetop. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)
Some sat upon their housetops, with their eyes fixed upon the Temple, until they sank back dead. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
Just then, with a parting wistful look into the bare attic room, the sun-ray slipped away, lingered for a moment about the coping outside, and fled over the housetops. Children of the Tenements
The houses are built adjoining one another, so that men can walk all over the city on the housetops. Modern Persia
On the left was the town, the bright tin steeples and housetops of which, crowning the summit of Cape Diamond, glittered in the rays of the glorious luminary. Peter the Whaler
The night was dark and frosty, with a wind out of the northwest that moaned among the housetops, but Prescott, with a beautiful woman by his side, was warm and cozy in the phaeton. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond
It would not have been out of keeping if a walled city with housetops should be hidden behind the clumps of sage-brush farther on. A Voice in the Wilderness
In the hour of my triumph they all crowded round me; now I am a pelican on the housetop, and no one cares if I am dead or alive. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story
There is not even standing room for all, and hundreds or thousands of people are gathered at windows or on housetops near by. Modern Persia
As we passed through the streets of the city, heading for the open country beyond, we were cheered continually by the people who thronged the streets and crowded upon the housetops to watch us pass. The Girl in the Golden Atom
Even a child would know how to hate the flag that we were forced, on pain of severe penalties, to hoist above our housetops, in celebration of the advent of one of our oppressors. The Promised Land
"It is only the crows on the housetops," said his wife. Favorite Fairy Tales
I told her that I loved you, just as at that moment I might have shouted it from the housetop. The Romance of an Old Fool
Falling by the wayside at a late hour, or tumbling from a housetop as he was journeying homeward, he would die from cold or from the shock. Modern Persia
We seemed to be sailin' along on a level now, about housetop high, and so far as I could see we was as steady as if we'd been on a front veranda. Torchy, Private Sec.
There shall be a pretty flag flying from every housetop to-day, because it is the Czar's birthday, and we must celebrate. The Promised Land
So he followed his master to the housetop; and there, even as he had supposed, he found the holy man.  The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes
After two nights of horror, during which hundreds clung to housetops calling for help until their voices gave way, while dozens perched in the branches of trees, many were still beyond the reach of rescuers. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado
The words rang, to Flora's ears, as if they had been shouted from the housetops. The Coast of Chance
Before they turned from the housetop, Mary picked a blossom from the branch on the arbor roof. The Coming of the King
Once more, and at greater peril than ever, Jack went on the housetop to reconnoitre. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
"But all Genoa is on the housetops about it." Dross
Yes, you!—as if you had called it from the housetops. Orrain A Romance
Black housetops marched against the bay, and between them, light by light, her eyes followed the street-lamps down to the shore. The Coast of Chance
Yonder housetops are black with men, eager-eyed, and the streets are swarmed with early risers running hither and thither like ants much stirred up. The Coming of the King
When the eventful morning came, Friday August 4th, 1807, the wharves, piers, housetops, and every available elevation was crowded with spectators. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
A river steamer, moving cautiously in the dawning light, cast its booming note over the housetops towards us. Dross
Why must we go to the housetop and shout our woes to the universe? Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
She was ready to believe he had flown over the housetops. The Coast of Chance
"Hath Mary carried the last of her boughs to the housetop?" she questioned, glancing into the court. The Coming of the King
It would have been the height of folly to make any such announcement from the housetops. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure
The secret of the Cave of Gold must not be proclaimed from the housetops! The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49
We are learning to be amateurs and although our names shall never be shouted from the housetops, we shall be almost as content. Journeys to Bagdad
Straight in front of him, looking over the housetops, he could see the gleam of water. Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske
The words floated gently out on the air from the housetop. The Coming of the King
So up to the housetop the reindeer they flew, With a sleigh full of toys, and Saint Nicholas, too. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays
At two o'clock an officer, who had remained on watch on the housetop, hurried down with news that the enemy had suddenly turned to the left. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War
Even the housetops are filled with spectators, and the sidewalks are “jammed.” Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
Yet such is the strength of its rays that the snow melts on the housetop exposed to its glare, while in the shade the temperature is 40° to 50° below freezing point. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers
"Once I sat with him upon the housetop," she said. The Coming of the King
What would be shouted from the housetops as a penitentiary offense in the president of the bank would be condoned as a mere error in judgment on the part of a hired bookkeeper. Branded
The rose of Jericho grows in the sandy deserts of Arabia and on the Syrian housetops. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
From their summits the soldiers could shoot down upon the housetops, from which they had been hitherto so annoyed. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico
I swear I saw a horse and man surmount a housetop in the village and then leap down upon the other side. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
This had been loudly and confidently proclaimed from the housetops of science; and now—strange reversal—those same leaders tell them that their preachments were of a faith without foundation. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique
The mutisárrif, together with officials and notables, accompanied us, while men, women and children, crowding the housetops and filling the streets, awaited our arrival. God Passes By
Even the snow on the surrounding housetops looked gray and dirty in the smoky haze. Cicely and Other Stories
Beard would have been shouting his guilt from the housetops. The Substitute Prisoner
The sheep was tethered half-way up the steps which led on to the housetop. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
For, suddenly released, it fluttered out of the man's hands and, circling high above Mrs. Simpson's head, flew to join the other birds cooing on the housetop! Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
They must get what the dear Public most likes to hear, if they have to scale a man's housetop, and come down his chimney. The Last Harvest
Then, from housetop and loophole, and from the walls on either side, a concentrated fire of musketry was poured upon them, while twelve guns, four on each barricade, swept them with grape. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
For generations after the destruction of Port Royal, it was affirmed that the spires and housetops of the sunken city could be discerned on a clear day through the waters of the harbor. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
Are you glad we have come with a flitter and twitter   Once more on the housetop to meet, to meet, to meet? Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead
What was not proclaimed from the street corners and shouted from the housetops, the newspapers printed in double leads. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
I should like to sleep on the housetop, as they do in summer; with only the stars over me. Daisy in the Field
The chimes, ever and anon ringing out from the huge Belfry, which rises high above the housetops to the west, alone break the silence. Bruges and West Flanders
But the mere mention of Anne's name would be the signal for a cry from the housetops, and all the world would hear. From the Housetops
And for an hour after they roosted on the housetop and trees, and laughed like human beings. The Ontario Readers Third Book
Their sweet notes rang clear and soft and musical over the dim housetops just as they had sung to the sleeping world through years of joyous peace. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
Oh, papa," I exclaimed, "look at the housetops! Daisy in the Field
The exact date of the dance is determined by the Snake Priest, and announced from the housetops nine days before it takes place. I Married a Ranger
I do not publish these things upon the housetops," said Max, "but in the secrecy of your chamber and in strict confidence I tell you that they are true. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
"That which is spoken in the closets, shall be shouted from the housetops." Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
Davis now called the man whom McClellan had defeated to the supreme command against McClellan at the head of his grand army in sight of the housetops of Richmond. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
"It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
I watched with fascinated eyes the antics of round, brown babies playing on the three-story housetops. I Married a Ranger
From the housetops the brown rock-chat begins to pour forth his exceedingly sweet lay. A Bird Calendar for Northern India
"It is ignominious, certainly; one does not wish to blazon it from the housetops; still, doubtless like your crochet work, it is good discipline." The Good Comrade
And when he was borne to his last resting place through the streets of the city, the sidewalks, the windows and the housetops were a throbbing mass of weeping women and men. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
In those first days of my banishment from you I kept from crying my agony from the housetops by whispering it to him. Told in a French Garden August, 1914
On one housetop an aged Hopi was weaving a woolen dress for his wife. I Married a Ranger
They pressed on, the fire sparkling on their accoutrements, and on the housetops cowering Jews broke into tremblings at a wild hope that here was salvation. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories
She would go to the housetop at least once every six months, and there, with a band of pious deluded geese dressed in white flowing robes, would inspect the firmament for favourable signs. Visionaries
"Naturally, all this is not being shouted from the housetops," Tipton continued. Murder in the Gunroom
For why do they hide, why do they keep under the Gospel which Christ would have preached aloud from the housetop The Apology of the Church of England
You know they love you even when they say little about it; you do not expect them to climb to the housetop and declare their affection. Religious Education in the Family
And yet the water was so clear that she felt she could touch the housetops. Maida's Little Shop
Then a faint silvery mist appears above the housetops, and at last in the midst of this there comes a brilliantly shining line—the upper edge of the rising moon. Certain Personal Matters
I have viewed her housetops from every crowning eminence, her acres of unmatched grain, her Arcadian pastures and browsing herds, her sun-kissed hills and silvery, serpentine streams. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia
They were soon re-enforced, and rallied and reopened fire not only from their lines but from the housetops and walls. General Scott
They hastened up the narrow street, now crowded with soldiers, prisoners, camels, and horses; and, escaping the missiles thrown by infuriated Moslem women from the housetops, soon overtook Amzi and Asru. The Days of Mohammed
The snow on the housetops across the way sparkled in the early moonshine. Arms and the Woman
The finest trees in Hyde Park towered darkly in front of me, and above them was spread the star-strewn sky, with a gibbous moon just showing over the housetops to the left. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy
Douglas walked away to the window and gazed with misty eyes over a wilderness of housetops. The Survivor
So they proceeded in silence, till a sudden turn of the road brought them to the spire and housetops of the little agricultural town of Barleyboll. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
As it wound its way down the narrow valley, the women of Mecca stood upon the housetops, listening to the trampling, and beseeching their household gods to bless the enterprise. The Days of Mohammed
Naturally he cried this revelation, too, from the housetops, and thus won the admiration of the journalists who had been making rubble-heaps all their lives without knowing it. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2
Suddenly I realized that my eyes were wide open and that I was staring at the moon over the housetops. Jacqueline of Golden River
"I can see the people on the sidewalks and crowding the windows and the housetops," said another. Fifth Avenue
From my station here on the housetop my gaze wanders out over acres of roofs—the leaded coverings of hotels, apartment-houses, and office buildings. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2
I have just talked with Yusuf, and with Amzi, who, poor fat man! is trying to get a little sleep in the fresh air of the housetop. The Days of Mohammed
One noon Rachel, resting on the housetop with her hostess, saw him leisurely returning, by starts of interest and recollection. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
"What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops." The Life of Jesus
The world shall know it if I have to utter it from the housetops. The Voice of the People
To be sanguine here on my housetop is to be natural and in harmony with my surroundings. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2
"Mr. Smith," said the captain, speaking scarcely above a whisper, but his voice sounded as if he were shouting from the housetops, "you told me you were not a married man." Tales from Many Sources Vol. V
Each household sought the breezes on the balconies that galleried the inner walls of the courts, or upon the pillared and canopied housetops. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
It once might have been, once only:     We lodged in a street together, You, a sparrow on the housetop lonely,     I, a lone she-bird of his feather. Browning's Shorter Poems
At length a negro servant, who had been on the lookout from the housetop, entered the room, made a significant sign to his mistress, and at once withdrew. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
Let him sit with me here any night on my housetop and he will see the sad effects of sectarian reform and newspaper hysteria. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2
How much more the little old ladies did not know themselves, and no one else shall know, till that which was done in secret is proclaimed from the housetops. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V
Across the housetops, the far-off sickle of the Nile curved into a crevice between the hills and disappeared. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
One night as the Cogia was lying in his bed he perceived a thief moving upon the housetop The Turkish Jester or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi
I fancied that I was chased along a housetop, and fell from the gutter. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
Sitting here on the housetop, one wonders if those residential skyscrapers are indeed rooted in the foul pit of Acheron. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2
Carl thought of the fine sights his father was missing, especially when they came to the city, where the flags were flying from every steeple and housetop and window. Mother Stories
On a housetop in Memphis, a gentlewoman, in a single gauze slip and many jewels, lounged on a rug and gazed at nothing across the city. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
As of old, the orb in its decline followed them, seemingly rolling along the distant housetops, and assuming a crescent shape, as it appeared from behind the dome of the Institute. His Masterpiece
As for the writer, she sat on a neighboring housetop, well out of the way of rattlers, red racers, rabbit snakes, and even the harmless but fearsome-looking bull snake from 3 to 5 feet long. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
This class of boys, living in a small village, had had no experience with any kind of housetop except that formed of a sharply sloping roof. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods
What can you have to say to me that you could not shout from the housetop? Ishmael Or, In the Depths
This was the Egyptian's first day on the housetop, and she was not happy. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
One set of people in this world, always from the beginning, trying to climb up on the housetops to tell news, and another set of people hurrying up always and saying, "Hush, Hush!" Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy
Beyond the window lay a bird's-eye view of New York housetops, the white man's permanent tepee. 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
Cleomenes had been again upon the housetop to watch the progress of the fire. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
See the pretty snowflakes Falling from the sky; On the wall and housetops Soft and thick they lie. The Beacon Second Reader
The sun was still high over the distant housetops and the light turned the brick pavement to a rich red and shot the clouds of gray dust with silver. One Man in His Time
It is expected that the crack of a rifle from a tree or a housetop will fell the tall Lincoln from Illinois, as he faces the crowd to take the oath of office. Children of the Market Place
Alone upon the housetops to the North I turn and watch the lightning in the sky— The glamour of thy footsteps in the North. Songs from Books
"Better," sang Yoshida Shoin, the dying martyr for his principles, "to be a crystal and to be broken, than to be a tile upon the housetop and remain." The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
Douglas could approve the platform unqualifiedly, for it was a virtual indorsement of the principle which he had proclaimed from the housetops for the greater part of two years. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
This is Wagner's summary of the significance of Beethoven's work, and he proclaimed it continually, from the housetops. Beethoven
Sometimes, too, a man may be seen standing on a housetop at night waving a lantern and chanting in dismal tones an invitation to some wandering spirit to return to its abode. The Awakening of China
After prinking and overlooking, and congratulating himself thus, for a few minutes, he would stroll off, over the housetops, for another stick. A Wanderer in Holland
Then, over several housetops might be seen the flying figure of Sir Francis Varney, pursued by different men at a pace almost equal to his own. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood
The main entrance to the home is on the housetop. Life in a Thousand Worlds
He is never content with just quiet thinking and study; he is all in a flame, and must cry aloud from the housetops, if it were not that he is restrained by others. For the Faith
They ceased speaking after Mantel had uttered those solemn words, and looked out over the housetops to the water of the great river. The Redemption of David Corson
The dusk had already settled; ahead of her the lights of the city shone blurred through the greyness, while above the housetops Auriga was driving higher in the east. The Wheel of Life
Sky there was none, nor sight of anything save when the lightning revealed the outline of the housetops. Muslin
The moon just above the housetops was sailing along a burnished track. Santa Claus's Partner
“I shall proclaim my views from the housetop,” replied the squire, angrily, as he abruptly turned away from the minister. The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion
"Hush, Jack, you needn't call it from the housetops!" The Just and the Unjust
The room had become warm, and opening the window he stood looking beyond the housetops to the stars which shone dimly over the city. The Wheel of Life
Beyond the housetops the sky was golden, and at the corner the rusty ironwork of an old balcony had turned to the colour of bronze. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage
And so he spoke the names of the delinquents from the housetop of the Journal of the Times, stamping upon their brows the scarlet letter of their crime against liberty. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
Diplomacy, instead of secret whispering, a finger to its lips, must shout from the housetops. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front
At about the time Mr. Shrimplin was attacking his Thanksgiving turkey, North, from his window, watched the leaden clouds that overhung the housetops. The Just and the Unjust
One woman, a fine, erect, biblical figure, stood silhouetted on a flat housetop and screamed steadily. African Camp Fires
The mother, seeing this, went and threw herself headlong, from the housetop, and the father followed her example. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
A strong wind came up with it over the housetops, and Victoria Street looked dreary in the faint, dusky, grey light, which grew as slowly in the cloudy sky as hope in a long-starved heart. Flames
But this, instead of sounding from every housetop, was purposely stifled at Naples, and kept a mysterious secret in Piedmont. The Liberation of Italy
The snow lay deep upon the housetops, but was rapidly dissolving into millions of water-drops, which sparkled downward through the sunshine with the noise of a summer shower beneath the eaves. Twice Told Tales
She had already sent Rosalie to bed; and now the dawn soon broke, still and grey, over the snow which whitened the housetops. A Love Episode
On almost every housetop were a couple, throwing their heads back and clattering their beaks in the odd way that gives them their onomatopoetic Arabic name of Lak-Lak. War in the Garden of Eden
The evening was calm and clear, and on the housetop, alone with Fatima, was plainly discernible Zuléikha, her veil slightly drawn aside in token of favor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876
His artistic imitations of birds and dragons float over our housetops. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
At a little distance to his left he saw above the housetops a glow of light in the air which marked the Opera-House. Clementina
The rain had ceased, but great drops fell from the housetops on to her shoulders. A Love Episode
Looking down from a housetop the red fezzes and the gay-colored abas made the crowd look like a vast field of poppies. War in the Garden of Eden
She was sitting, fully dressed, in the window, smoking a cigarette and looking out over the housetops. Youth and the Bright Medusa
In every window was a double row of women, armed; and the housetops were crowded with them. The White Morning
Nearly every roof displayed a patch of vivid scarlet, for the chilies had just been gathered, and were spread out on the housetops to dry. Korea's Fight for Freedom
Flashes sped over the housetops, while black smoke lingered in the valleys. A Love Episode
In Baghdad you lived either in the cellars or on the housetops. War in the Garden of Eden
They sit upon the housetop and among the branches of the trees, awaiting the hour when the refuse of the domestic meal is thrown into the street. In the Footprints of the Padres
The world was in the windows, on the housetops, on the pavements of the streets through which the cortège was to pass: Robinson, Beekman, Peal, and Broadway to Trinity Church. The Conqueror
The South never showed this disposition of hatred on any occasion, for in after years while marching through Pennsylvania Union flags floated unmolested from housetops, over towns, and cities. History of Kershaw's Brigade
Above the burnished gold of the housetops dark patches floated, all in the same direction and with the same gentle and silent motion. A Love Episode
But Rutton Singh, having more work to do, went down from the housetop and sought an enemy whom he had forgotten--a Patiala man of this regiment who had sided with the persecutors. A Diversity of Creatures
Citizens—non-combatants but all sympathizers—flocked in and covered the housetops and the heights in the vicinity. In the Footprints of the Padres
Before him lay a group of housetops, the dark roofs covered with a thin white coating of rime; beyond, a glimpse of a grey, cold sky. The Song of the Blood-Red Flower
Hats went into the air as we passed, handkerchiefs fluttered, flags waved in the gentle summer breeze from almost every housetop. History of Kershaw's Brigade
There's a call upon the housetop, an answer from the plain, There's a warble in the sunshine, a twitter in the rain. Voices for the Speechless
Indeed, the villagers sent them food on the housetop for those three days while they waited for the police who would not dispatch that army. A Diversity of Creatures
The Serbian fire seemed even to tell the spectators on the housetop that the Serbians had lost hope. The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation
Just appearing over the housetops, and soaring to an elevation of a thousand feet, came one of the huge hydro-aeroplanes in which Navy aviators had long been practicing for just such work as this. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz
Drums beat, men marched through the streets, banners waved and dipped, ladies from the windows and from the housetops waved handkerchiefs or flags to the enthusiastic throng moving below. History of Kershaw's Brigade
Enormous crowds gathered, not only in and around the Square itself, but in balconies and windows and on housetops. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado
He lacks the day-dreams of Stevenson and preaches from every housetop the gospel of virile, acting morality. Short-Stories
Then why give up your platform, your housetop, whence you may do so much good? Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People
They kindly permitted us to go up and view the city from the housetop. A Trip Abroad
Flags and handkerchiefs waved from the windows and housetops, and all was bustle and commotion, notwithstanding the continual booming of cannon at Sumter and on Sullivan's Island. History of Kershaw's Brigade
Across the intervening housetops the sound of the oration ceased. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado
No doubt it had come from over the housetops.... The Pretty Lady
He could shout it from the housetops if that pleased him. The Purple Heights
I'll call men by name and shout their sins from the housetops. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
Men, women, and children rush to the housetops, or crowd each other along the water front of the battery. History of Kershaw's Brigade
Very often the woman does talk and the most intimate and private facts come in a little while to be shouted from the housetops. Witness for the Defense
An affirmative answer to this question is sometimes vaguely hinted at; by Nietzsche it is proclaimed from the housetops. Recent Tendencies in Ethics
He stood before his child like one whose hypocrisy had been proclaimed from the housetop. Paul Faber, Surgeon
A line wire was strung on the poles and housetops, using the ground for the return circuit. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty
To go to his rescue was to court certain death, as the housetops to the left were lined with sharpshooters, ready to fire upon anyone showing his head above the wall. History of Kershaw's Brigade
In this desolation of nature, everything was gray, and only the housetops gleamed against the dead tones of the walls. Against the Grain
He chewed slowly, as he gazed out over the dingy housetops toward the mass of feathery clouds, which must have been floating over the rocky shoals off Nassau. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives
Men issued from the workshops with their tools for weapons, while women from the housetops urged them on. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
From the poles the wires overflowed to the housetops, increasing the difficulty of the engineers. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty
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