Mont
[mɑnt]
Definition
(n.) Mountain.
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Examples
- From the side where I now stood Montanvert was exactly opposite, at the distance of a league; and above it rose Mont Bl?nc, in awful majesty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Beaumanoir turned to Mont-Fitchet with a grim smile. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not that I was so far gone in love as my readers may imagine; but I had suffered from wounded pride, and, in fact, I was very much _tête monté_. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I discovered more distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Bl?nc; I wept like a child: Dear mountains! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Between nine and ten tons of paper are thus wetted daily; and the sheets of the _Times_ printed during a year, if spread out and piled one upon another, would form a column as high as Mont Blanc. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It were deep pity, said Conrade Mont-Fitchet, to lose to the Order one of its best lances, when the Holy Community most requires the aid of its sons. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Accept a ribbon red, I beg, For Madam Purrer's tail, And ice cream made by lovely Peg, A Mont Blanc in a pail. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Archer remembered Dallas's wrath at being asked to contemplate Mont Blanc instead of Rheims and Chartres. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mont Bl?nc, the supreme and magnificent Mont Bl?nc, raised itself from the surrounding _aiguilles_, and its tremendous _dome_ overlooked the valley. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- During this short voyage I saw the lightnings playing on the summit of Mont Bl?nc in the most beautiful figures. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There is yet spirit in him, said Malvoisin apart to Mont-Fitchet, were it well directed--but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No, Mont-Fitchet, answered the stern old man--it must be sharp and sudden--the Order is on the crisis of its fate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Away, then, said Mont-Fitchet; at noon the affair will proceed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They must be strengthened, Albert, replied Mont-Fitchet, they must be strengthened. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I remember all three paying me a visit together, and inviting me to visit them in the Rue Mont Blanc. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Hoosac and Mont Cenis tunnels greatly stimulated invention in this field, and among the notable drills of this class may be named the Burleigh, Ingersoll, and Sergeant. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mont-Fitchet took the letter from his Superior, and was about to peruse it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One of the most famous glaciers of the Alps is the Mer de Glace, belonging to Mont Blanc, in the valley of Chamouni, about fifty-seven hundred feet above the level of the sea. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On either side rode Conrade of Mont-Fitchet, and Albert de Malvoisin, who acted as godfathers to the champion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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