rocky height

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As the pyre was kindled, on a rocky height above it a woman appeared.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Detroit may almost rival her old grandam Quebec, who sits bristling defiance on the summit of her rocky height, in warlike and tragic experience.

From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

"There, Alboin, on the rocky height above us," said Adalgoth, "his bride and his tomb, self-chosen, have waited for him long."

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix

The barley-harvest was nodding white, 49When my children died on the rocky height, And the reapers were singing on hill and plain, When I came to my task of sorrow and pain.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

Dindigul, a town of India, Madura district, Madras, with a fort on a rocky height; manufactures cigars.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various