Mont Cervin
Americannoun
noun
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Others, such as Mont Cervin, are more difficult of access; but we perceived the summit of Mont Cervin twelve hundred feet below us!
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules
I can remember well the advice that was given to me on the top of the Südlenzspitz to practise further on a few less formidable mountains before attacking the fascinating Mont Cervin itself.
From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas
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
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
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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