Mont Cervin
Americannoun
noun
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The 18th of August I spent upon the Furgge glacier at the base of Mont Cervin, and what it taught me shall be stated in another place.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
Behind us Mont Cervin gathered the clouds more thickly round him, until finally his grand obelisk was totally hidden.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
This spur is one of the few points from which the mass of the Mont Cervin is in anywise approachable.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John
No antecedent reason can be shown why the Mont Cervin or Finsteraarhorn should not have risen sharp out of the plains of Lombardy, instead of out of glaciers.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
It was chiefly on the heights above Sibaud, the slopes of the Vandalin, La Vachera, and Mont Cervin, that they carried on their predatory and guerrilla warfare.
From The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys by Worsfold, J. N. (John Napper)
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