Red-hill

"Robert Roberts, go up to the holly tree that leans over the road on the Red-hill, and dig below it, and you shall be rewarded."

Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories P. H. [Editor] Emerson

There, before the end of the day, had Oliver learned that his morning signal had been seen from the large boat; and that the reason why the large boat had rowed away was, not only that it was full, but that the waters were now too shallow about the Red-hill for any but small craft.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

If he went to the Red-hill for a flag, the boat might be gone away before his return.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

He whistled to his dog, which scampered down-stairs to him from the top of the house; put dog, puss, and boiler into the clothes 'basket, and pulled himself over with them to the Red-hill, taking care to carry the tinder-box with him.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

He observed that they must get round the house, if possible, and into the stream which ran through the garden, so as to land Roger on the Red-hill.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

Red-hill, though it is everything to us, is but a speck compared with the grounds that have stood above water since the waters began to sink.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

They pulled in for the shore of the Red-hill, and laid Roger on the slimy bank: -- for they saw no occasion to carry one so heavy and so sulky up to the nice bed of grass which was spread at the top of the red precipice that the waters had cut Oliver knew that there was a knife in

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

It seemed to him that Roger intended to live by himself on the Red-hill; and to this none of the party had any objection.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

One part of the Red-hill was very steep, and the ground soft.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839

Mildred's eye, however, as if a clear path had been cut through these mists, from the Red-hill to the moon on the horizon, and as if this path had been strewed with quivering moonbeams.

The Settlers at Home Harriet Martineau 1839