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"Hummock" Quotes from Famous Books

... first," proposed Jack, "and you see if you can come up to me." He poised himself on a little hummock of rock, balanced himself for a moment, and then hurled ...

— Lost on the Moon - or In Quest Of The Field of Diamonds • Roy Rockwood

... The stony walls of the knoll, curving inward and sheltering a thick growth of ferns and scrubby vegetation, closed in the bridal chamber. Creepers festooned the rocky ledges and crevices. Here and there, a young sapling slanted forward to greet the morning sun when it should rise behind the hummock. ...

— Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land • Rosa Praed

... it." Ray suggested. "We can get up on that hummock, against it. You know, this place must ...

— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various

... which he held. With a grunt and a shrug of his shoulders he stirred up the dogs with a crack of his whip and struck out at their head due west. During the next half hour Philip's eyes and ears were ceaselessly on the alert. He traveled close to Blake, with the big Colt in his hand, watching every hummock and bit of cover as they came to it. He also watched Blake and in the end was convinced that in the back of the outlaw's head was a sinister scheme in which he had the utmost confidence in spite of his threats and the fact that they had successfully got around Upi's camp. ...

— The Golden Snare • James Oliver Curwood

... Boswell understood this reproach he jumped a fence and smelt every stump or tuft of grass, every bush and hummock, until the carriage dwindled in the distance. Then he made the dust smoke under his feet as a sudden June shower will do for a few seconds, and usually overtook the carriage with all of his tongue unfurled and his ...

— Old Caravan Days • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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