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He had been able to see over it, only by standing back upon the sloping acclivity of the counterscarp.

From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid

The steep cliff on the right was also scaled, several rifle sub-divisions of the 49th climbed the acclivity up to La Cluse, and the Colberg Grenadiers advanced to the foot of Fort Neuv.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth

In the rear was a narrow pass, with a steep acclivity on either side.

From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe

It is pleasantly situated on the summit and slopes of an acclivity rising from the river, and has handsome squares, terraces, and streets.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Houses of the poorer sort straggle up its eastern acclivity, while the south and west faces remain as formed by nature, abrupt and precipitous.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

Their homes are in the villages scattered round the edge of the great plain; not much elevated, as the paese in Corsica, but standing on gentle acclivities.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Thomas Forester

When its divine radiance shines upon me, through the glory of your beautiful eyes, I am led up the steep acclivities of the mountain of wisdom by a new pathway.

From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Milan C. Edson

She led the way by zigzag hill roads where they caught stinging blows from back-lashing branches and up steep, slippery acclivities.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

The sandstone predominates in some parts of the range, forming small cliffs, underneath which there are steep acclivities of sand.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin

One core-like ridge runs along the summit, branching off into numberless steep valleys and acclivities, down to the water's edge.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise