"Knoll" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... than "Club" was sought for the venture, it was this old tree that linked up memory with itself and the house was named, not "The People's Club," as at first intended, but "Cedar Mountain House"—the word "mountain" being justified in the fact that the house was on a prairie knoll at least a ...
— The Preacher of Cedar Mountain - A Tale of the Open Country • Ernest Thompson Seton
... on board the Discovery from the relief ships, and Scott carried his researches further. If at that time he had had more coal, it is probable that this active explorer would have accomplished even greater things than he did. Wilkes's "Ringgold's Knoll" and "Eld's Peak" were wiped off the map, and nothing was seen of "Cape Hudson," though the Discovery passed well within sight ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen
... roofs that cluster* On hill and knoll in the branches green, Ye are but shadows, and not the luster, Garment, ...
— The Story of Wellesley • Florence Converse
... deceptive was the distance, yet, they were twenty miles beyond the city. At noon we knew we had made ten long miles and were completely tired out. We were on the point of taking a rest when I urged my chum to cross the next knoll, and if the city did not loom up we would halt. We did so and to our surprise and joy were right in the city of Denver, the "Mecca" of nearly all Western freighters and distributing point for the far Western territories. ...
— Dangers of the Trail in 1865 - A Narrative of Actual Events • Charles E Young
... the latter class. In a solitary spot, but attractive with its verdure and rocks, on a grassy knoll the saint is stretched out at full length, with her shoulder, her bosom, her arms, and her feet adorably bare. A blue fabric drapes the rest of her body and forms a coquettish hood for her head and neck. Her flesh has a robust elegance of line. ...
— Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Esther Singleton
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