1 People were watching for Martians here from the church towers.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVII. THE "THUNDER CHILD". 2 They glittered now, harmless tripod towers of shining metal, in the brightness of the rising sun.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON. 3 On the summit, towering up to the fading stars, was a third Martian, erect and motionless like the others.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON. 4 Far away and blue were the Surrey hills, and the towers of the Crystal Palace glittered like two silver rods.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON. 5 Then, as the Martian towered overhead scarcely a couple of hundred yards away, I flung myself forward under the surface.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON. 6 I had half a mind to break into the Natural History Museum and find my way up to the summits of the towers, in order to see across the park.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON. 7 I did not succeed in getting a glimpse of the common, for even Horsell and Chobham church towers were in the hands of the military authorities.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 8 The towers of the Oriental College and the pine trees about it had gone, and very far away, lit by a vivid red glare, the common about the sand-pits was visible.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XI. AT THE WINDOW. 9 It struck the tower of Shepperton Church, smashing it down as the impact of a battering ram might have done, swerved aside, blundered on and collapsed with tremendous force into the river out of my sight.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON. 10 Every soul aboard stood at the bulwarks or on the seats of the steamer and stared at that distant shape, higher than the trees or church towers inland, and advancing with a leisurely parody of a human stride.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVII. THE "THUNDER CHILD". 11 They were hard at work there far into the night, and the towering pillar of dense green smoke that rose therefrom could be seen from the hills about Merrow, and even, it is said, from Banstead and Epsom Downs.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE. 12 "It was not like the Heat-Ray," I said, and for a time I was inclined to think one of the great fighting-machines had stumbled against the house, as I had seen one stumble against the tower of Shepperton Church.
13 Close on the heels of that came a violent rattling crash, quite close to us, that shook the ground; and, starting out upon the lawn, I saw the tops of the trees about the Oriental College burst into smoky red flame, and the tower of the little church beside it slide down into ruin.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.