The Scarecrow arrived with a coil of clothes-lines and ropes which he had taken from the courtyard, and in his trip up the stairs he had become so entangled in the loose ends of the ropes that both he and his burden tumbled in a heap upon the
roof and might have rolled off if Tip had not rescued him.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
"There is usually but one man on duty there at night upon the
roof."
Princess of Mars
The
roof beside them had a great hole smashed through it, and pieces of glass were lying scattered in every direction.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
No sooner had the man touched the
roof than the ape-man was upon his chest, one brawny hand sought and found the sword wrist and the other the throat of the yellow-tunicked guardsman.
Tarzan the Untamed
Turning towards the prow, one had before one an innumerable flock of ancient
roofs, over which arched broadly the lead-covered apse of the Sainte-Chapelle, like an elephant's haunches loaded with its tower.
Notre Dame de Paris
The tin
roof under her feet crackled with little resounding snaps that Pollyanna rather liked.
Pollyanna
Now they were rough and threatening, as with wings half spread they hovered about him in menacing attitudes, barring his way to the ladder leading to the
roof from whence he had descended; but the Englishman was not one to brook interference for long.
Out of Times Abyss
If Anne had tumbled off the
roof on the side up which she had ascended Diana would probably have fallen heir to the pearl bead ring then and there.
Anne Of Green Gables
It is a strange conjunction this of
roofs and mastheads, of walls and yard-arms.
Mirror of the Sea
He tried to reach across the distance between the
roof and the palisade, and in the attempt lost his balance and nearly precipitated himself to the ground below.
The Monster Men
"This is a trap-door which leads out on to the
roof. I can press it back, and here is the
roof itself, sloping at a gentle angle.
Sign of the Four
The hut's walls rose without difficulty, and everything went smoothly until the problem of the
roof confronted me.
The Sea Wolf
Caswall moved to the door leading to the turret stair by which the
roof was reached, and spoke in a peremptory way, whose tone alone made her feel defiant.
Lair of the White Worm
Under the pitch of the
roof ran a ceiling cloth, which looked just as nice as a whitewashed ceiling.
From Mine Own People
ABOVE the
roof of the palace that housed the Jed of Gathol and his entourage, the cruiser Vanator tore at her stout moorings.
The Chessmen of Mars