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Beacon Hill   /bˈikən hɪl/   Listen
Beacon Hill

noun
1.
A fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building.





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"Beacon Hill" Quotes from Famous Books



... went again to Bullion's office. It was still closed. Determined at all hazards to see the man for whom he had risked so much, he went to his house on Beacon Hill. The servant said Mr. Bullion was not at home. Fletcher did not believe it, but the door was closed in his face before he could send a more urgent message, and with a sinking heart he retraced his ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 19, May, 1859 • Various
... once to view the landscape o'er and not merely the perspective of hedge in front of him. The remote little village of Up-Ottery is away to the left on the infant stream surrounded by the southern bastions of the Blackdowns. Here is the fine modern seat of Viscount Sidmouth. Beacon Hill (843 feet), to the north of the village, commands a celebrated view, as wide as ...
— Wanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter • Edric Holmes
... Beacon Hill to blow over!" said Snac, in answer. "I've no more expectations as the one 'll blow over than th' other. He'll do what he says he'll do. That's the pattern he's made in. I've got no more hopes of turnin' the governor than I should have if I was to go and tell a hox to be a donkey. ...
— Aunt Rachel • David Christie Murray


Words linked to "Beacon Hill" :   Bean Town, city district, Beantown, Hub of the Universe, capital of Massachusetts, Boston


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