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Synonyms: acme; breast; crest; crown; elevation; height; meridian; peak; pinnacle; summit; summit meeting; superlative; tip; tiptop; top
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The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch / Lehmann, R. C., 1856-1929
the ridge on the gorse-clad summit, the summit of Winter Hill! The news went round in the camp that night ... on the gorse-clad summit, the summit of Winter Hill." Then the women talked, as the women will details...- creator(s) - Lehmann, R. C., 1856-1929
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- subject(s) - dragon; summit; dragon; summit;
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Steep Trails / Muir, John, 1838-1914
of Muir's readers. The recital of his experiences during a stormy night on the summit of Mount Shasta ... . Summer Days at Mount Shasta IV. A Perilous Night on Shasta's Summit V. Shasta Rambles and Modoc details...- creator(s) - Muir, John, 1838-1914
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- subject(s) - shasta; canyon; oregon; summit; mountains; snow; mountain; mount shasta; summit; mount shasta; mountains; oregon; canyon; mountain; shasta; snow;
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Alice Doanes Appeal / Hawthorne, Nathaniel
and the even line of its summit, resembled a green rampart along the road. It was less steep than its aspect ... in various directions; but, strange to tell, though the whole slope and summit were of a peculiarly deep details...- creator(s) - Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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- subject(s) - brome; alice; leonard; wizard; walter; hill; guilt; features; summit; multitude; beheld; american literature; hill; leonard; summit; alice; beheld; brome; multitude; walter; guilt; wizard; features; american literature;
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The Mountains of California / Muir, John, 1838-1914
, with its own climate, soil, and productions. Making your way through the mazes of the Coast Range to the summit ... . When I first enjoyed this superb view, one glowing April day, from the summit of the Pacheco Pass, the Central details...- creator(s) - Muir, John, 1838-1914
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- subject(s) - sierra; glacier; glaciers; pine; snow; canon; species; yosemite valley; lake; peaks; summit; mount shasta; groves; glaciers; canon; summit; sierra; mount shasta; peaks; yosemite valley; glacier; lake; groves; pine; species; snow;
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Vana Parva, Part 2 / Schwartau, Winn
by the reports produced by the lashing of the tail, the mountain with its summits tottering, began to crumble ... , on the summit of that mountain, with Sugriva, chief of the monkeys. Then a friendship was contracted details...- creator(s) - Schwartau, Winn
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- subject(s) - brahmana; yudhishthira; brahmanas; markandeya; bharata; rama; vaisampayana continued; markandeya continued; foremost; king; celestials; bharata race; mighty; king yudhishthira; yudhishthira answered; yaksha asked; kuru race; bharata; brahmana; king yudhishthira; yudhishthira answered; yaksha asked; mighty; rama; celestials; yudhishthira; brahmanas; markandeya; kuru race; king; vaisampayana continued; markandeya continued; bharata race; foremost;
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Wonders of Creation / Anonymous
itself to the imagination as a mountain sending forth from its summit great clouds of smoke with vast sheets of flame ... . There are sometimes formed lower down the mountain subordinate craters, smaller than that which occupies the summit details...- creator(s) - Anonymous
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- subject(s) - crater; lava; eruption; volcanic; volcano; volcanoes; etna; cone; vesuvius; eruptions; mud; vapours; mount etna; vapour; mountain; height; mud volcano; ashes; mount vesuvius; boiling; island; great eruption; volcanic origin; surface; surface; island; vapours; eruptions; mud; great eruption; volcanic origin; cone; eruption; lava; volcanic; vesuvius; crater; boiling ; mountain; mount etna; mud volcano; ashes; etna; height; volcanoes; vapour; mount vesuvius; volcano;
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Silence - A Fable / Poe, Edgar Allen
and thither with a crashing and mighty sound. And from their high summits, one by one, drop everlasting dews ... were DESOLATION. "And I looked upwards, and there stood a man upon the summit of the rock; and I hid details...- creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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- subject(s) - lilies; morass; rock; solitude; moon; heaven; river; trembled; gray; tall; silence; actions; sat; wind; fell; water; american literature; fell; river; silence; rock; lilies; solitude; moon; gray; heaven; actions; tall; trembled; wind; morass; water; american literature; sat;
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A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 /
of sandstone on the summit of the mesa, and by which it can be distinguished from a great distance. The ground ... cliff is a spring. There are two prominent knolls about 400 yards apart and the summits details...- creator(s) -
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- subject(s) - tusayan; kiva; pueblo; kivas; walpi; mashongnavi; oraibi; mesa; masonry; pueblos; village; roof; construction; ojo caliente; tusayan kivas; chimney; built; siky tki; ancient pueblos; pueblo architecture; tusayan villages; plate; stone; mesa; stone; walpi; plate; pueblo; kiva; masonry; siky tki; built; tusayan; village; chimney; pueblos; roof; ojo caliente; tusayan villages; pueblo architecture; kivas; tusayan kivas; oraibi; ancient pueblos; construction; mashongnavi;
- title - A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
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Views a-foot / Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
, and connected with the cliffs of the mainland by a narrow arch of masonry. On the summit of the cliffs ... made. Returning, we left the road at Dunluce, and took a path which led along the summit of the cliffs details...- creator(s) - Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878
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- subject(s) - foot; day; time; views; feet; bayard; taylor; city; mountain; foot; day; bayard; taylor; time; views; city; mountain; feet;
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The Border Boys Across the Frontier / Goldfrap, John Henry, 1879-1917
, from Coyote Pete's description, were numerous openings and a zig-zag pathway leading up to the very summit. It was on this summit, which according to the most accurate information obtainable had once been used ... details...- creator(s) - Goldfrap, John Henry, 1879-1917
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- subject(s) - pete; jack; coyote pete; mesa; ralph; walt; coyote; buck bradley; buck; ralph stetson; walt phelps; bob harding; haunted mesa; black ramon; professor; rejoined pete; mesa; bob harding; coyote; ralph; buck; professor; jack; walt phelps; haunted mesa; pete; rejoined pete; ralph stetson; black ramon; buck bradley; walt; coyote pete;
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