Tops

Examples

• Beg your pardon, sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Sam threw the painted tops into a corner, and led the way through a dark passage, and up a wide staircase. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They rise in flocks of three hundred and flash along above the tops of the waves a distance of two or three hundred feet, then fall and disappear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Morning was breaking over the cheerful house-tops of Chancery Lane as the rattling cab woke up the echoes there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• At seventy five I expect to wear loud waistcoats with fancy buttons; also gaiter tops; at eighty I expect to learn how to play bridge whist and talk foolishly to the ladies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hence the cold air on the tops of mountains, and snow on some of them all the year, even in the torrid zone. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He sat on the ground by the gypsy and the afternoon sunlight came down through the tree tops and was warm on his outstretched legs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Thus the water from an ordinary main may be given such an increased pressure that a jet from a hydrant may be carried to the tops of high houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So he came down reluctantly, snow-burned, snow-estranged, to the house in the hollow, between the knuckles of the mountain tops. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To give additional protection sand bags, bullet-proof, were placed along the tops of the parapets far enough apart to make loop-holes for musketry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The forests were felled, and the tree-tops removed and made into charcoal for use in the glass works of Bohemia. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cables pass over the tops of lofty stone towers arising from these cliffs, and each cable consists of no less than 4,000 distinct wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And being nailed to the tops of fence posts to be pushed over backwards for the others. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• On the return the airship met with strong downward currents of air that bore it groundward until it was hidden by the tops of trees. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In addition to this work the construction of tops, curtains and radiators is carried on, and a large space is used for the storage of equipment and parts, such as lamps, horns, tires, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Possibly to roam the house-tops again and return by the chimney. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As has been stated before, the country is very much broken and the roads generally confined to the tops of the hills. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It is the granite formation, which lies deepest, and rises out, even to the tops of the highest mountains. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It was a fine frosty afternoon; the winter sun, already setting, gleamed pale on the tops of the garden-shrubs in the allée défendue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was a light wind blowing among the mountain tops, keen as a rapier where it touched, carrying with it a fine dust of snow-powder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After looking for some time at this beautiful valley, the clouds were seen to gather on the mountain tops, and a storm impended. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• There's that dressing-case cost me two hundred--that is, I owe two for it; and the gold tops and bottles must be worth thirty or forty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The wind was still blowing outside up the lake and we could see the tops of the white-caps going away from us and up the lake. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It had been long his ambition to stand in a bar of his own, in a green coat, knee-cords, and tops. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Upon the purple tree-tops far away, and on the green height near at hand up which the shades were slowly creeping, there was an equal hush. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Night time is the best and offers the only slender chance we have, for then men sleep, and only a dozing watch nods in the tops of the battleships. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Noting, I gif you my honour, boate some cabage and some myrtle, and great mosh tornep tops, and soam leettil pot of de sweet pea. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Gold tops and bottles, indeed! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• DRAWING THE BLANKS INTO THE PERFECTLY SHAPED TOPS] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• What new witchcraft has Tops been brewing? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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