glen

• At the very head of the glen was a natural barrier of rock, with a few steep steps leading on to a kind of plateau at the top. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
• The glen was the property of Buller's Creek; the farther side of the ridge belonged to the Hudson range and the plateau was neutral ground Something, I don't know what, impelled me, as I stood there, to give the long-drawn, peculiar whistle with which we always called Darkie. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
• We followed into the sheltered glen, and, dismounting from our ponies, found a nook under a projecting piece of rock There were some tree-stumps about, and Lenox set to work to chop them with his axe, and soon made a roaring fire. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
• It was more of an autumnal love than of old; and if the departing summer had flung new hues over the forest and the glen, they were the duller hues that recalled to mind the greater glory of the past. —  Julian Home
• The only other way to reach the glen was by a circuitous route which led to the entrance of the narrow gorge, along the sides of which it was possible to make way with difficulty down the bank of the river to the place where it met the sea. —  Eric, or Little by Little

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