"Climb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "They climb like corals, grave on grave, But pave a path that's sunward, They're beaten back in many a fray, Yet newer strength they borrow; And where the vanguard rests to-day, ...
— The American Missionary - Volume 42, No. 3, March 1888 • Various
... on their return,' continued Beltran, 'reported that they had followed the river till they came to a large mountain of perpendicular rocks, which it was impossible to climb, and over these rocks fell the water. And it seemed to them that on the top of this mountain were many trees; and they saw strange wild beasts, such as lions, elephants, and other sorts, which came to gaze at them. And, not daring to advance further, they ...
— The Boy Crusaders - A Story of the Days of Louis IX. • John G. Edgar
... them nasty spikes on that there wall? Climb it, and you shall find a little yard; An unlatched casement leads you to a hall, Thence to the crib where, odorous with nard, Slumbers the petted plaything; 'twere not hard Out of his cushioned ease (and gorged belike With sweetmeats) to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 • Various
... like to see it," he answered simply. He would like to take her there, to climb, with her hand in his, the well-known paths in the darkness, to reach the summit in the rosy-fingered dawn: to see her stand on the granite at his side in the full glory of the red light, and to show her a world which she was henceforth to share ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... He let her climb up and wriggle and finally settle herself as it seemed good to her, but he did not speak; and so they sat in the firelight together, Molly's hand lovingly stroking his black velvet coat. But her talents lay in conversation, not in silence, ...
— The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers • Mary Cholmondeley
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