Mont Cervin
Americannoun
noun
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Then come the repellent crags of Mont Cervin; the ideal of moral savagery, of wild untameable ferocity, mingling involuntarily with our contemplation of the gloomy pile.
From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir
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)
In this state of mind I remained until the 18th of August, a day devoted to the examination of the Furgge Glacier, which lies at the base of the Mont Cervin.
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
It frequently does not envelop the summit, and rarely extends down to the Glacier du Lion, and to the Glacier du Mont Cervin below.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
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