clough

Example Sentences

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"You measure from the clough, I presume, sir?" remarked Potts to Nowell.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Passing along the upper end of the clough we looked straight down its one shingly street to the sea washing among rocks.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

A considerable circuit had to be made before the bottom of the clough could be reached, and then the whole tragedy was revealed.

From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir

And at nightfall, when the driven Bolts of heaven Smite the rock and break the bluff, Thither troop the elves whose home is Where the foam is, And the echo and the clough.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

"To be sure," replied the magistrate; "but how is this?—This stone seems to me much nearer the clough than it used to be."

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison