Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is a name shared by many hills, suburbs, villages and other places around the world. Many are so called because they were historically the site of a warning beacon. Others are named after other places of the same name.

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Famous quotes containing the words beacon and/or hill:

    “I am cozily ensconced in the balcony of my face
    Looking out over the whole darn countryside, a beacon of satisfaction
    I am. I’ll not trade places with a king. Here I am then, continuing but ever beginning
    My perennial voyage....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “This sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-
    breaker, this huge hill of flesh.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)