The Church is not often denounced from the housetop, but it is certainly denounced under the roof.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
I should be proud to proclaim it on the housetop."
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Outside the rain beats against the windowpanes, autumn blasts are soughing around the housetop, and every gust of wind, every drop of rain, seems to proclaim: "He will come back!
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann