Jungfrau or the Weisshorn might go out on a journey. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
To some, no doubt, the smooth, youthful contours of an active volcano seem more beautiful than the rugged grandeur of the Weisshorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
At 8 a.m. on Weisshorn Avenue, a vehicle was repossessed. From Wordnik.com. [Sierra Sun - Top Stories] Reference
This year I have seen the Weisshorn thus dissolved in opalescent air. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
Weisshorn; the towering Mischabelhörner flanked by the Allaleinhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2] Reference
Hotel Weisshorn takes you high above the crowds and back to Victorian. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Mandarin Oriental to open a new luxury resort and residences in Abu Dhabi] Reference
The stone avalanches of the Matterhorn and Weisshorn are illustrations in point. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
One of Tyndall's feats in the Alps was to make the first recorded ascent of the Weisshorn. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2] Reference
Weisshorn, or the Pic du Midi of the Pyrenees, of which you have seen sketches and photographs. From Wordnik.com. [Madam How and Lady Why] Reference
The gondolas of the Weisshornbahn take visitors in two stages to the summit of the mighty Weisshorn. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
The Bishorn (4,153 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, just north of the Weisshorn. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Financial News] Reference
In this it gives an impression like that of the Weisshorn seen from Randa, but gains by its isolation. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Astronomer] Reference
A.M. all three mountains, the Dom, the Matterhorn, and the Weisshorn, were powerfully affected by the Nicol. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
Looking at the Weisshorn through the Nicol, the glow of its protuberance was strong or weak according to the position of the prism. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
The lightning still glimmered behind the Matterhorn and the Weisshorn, and the sound of the tumbling cataracts was ominously distinct. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Forces] Reference
The side of the Weisshorn seen from the Bel Alp, being turned from the sun, was tinted mauve; but I wished to observe one of the rose-coloured buttresses of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
I descended the valley, diverging from the path at Randa to mount the slopes of the Dom (the highest of the Mischabelhörner), in order to see the Weisshorn face to face. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2] Reference
Research on the Swiss peak Weisshorn reveals that telltale tremors in a glacier, called icequakes, can alert scientists to an impending avalanche as much as two weeks before an event. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
The residence at 104 Royal Tiger sits up on a private lot in the Weisshorn, just a few blocks from Breckenridge's downtown core, enjoying everything that this lovely neighborhood has to offer. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Tyndall climbed to the summit of the Matterhorn, ascended the so-called inaccessible peak of the Weisshorn, scaled Mont Blanc three times, and once was caught in an avalanche, riding toward death at the rate of a mile a minute. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists] Reference
Dent Blanche, the Weisshorn, with many other mountains of the Valais and Oberland form a complete circle of snow peaks, may establish the geography of the place but it does not convey any but the faintest picture of the sublime grandeur of the scene. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2] Reference
I myself became more and more like a human being, and when we got to the Rothe Boden, from which in daylight there is a wonderful view of the Alps from the Lyskamm to the Weisshorn, I was quite alive and equal to most things, even to cutting a joke without bitterness. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Notebook] Reference
In the distance, there was a group of white, unequal, flat or pointed mountain summits, which glistened in the sun; the Mischabel with its twin peaks, the huge group of the Weisshorn, the heavy Brunegghorn, the lofty and formidable pyramid of Mont Cervin, slayer of men, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant] Reference
In the distance, there was a group of white, unequal flat or pointed mountain summits, which glistened in the sun; the Mischabel with its two peaks, the huge group of the Weisshorn, the heavy Brunegghorn, the lofty and formidable pyramid of Mont Cervin, that slayer of men, and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories] Reference
It ran along the ravine through which we toiled; dipped down to touch the topmost pines above our heads; rested in golden calm upon the Schiahorn at our back; capriciously played here and there across the Weisshorn on our left, and made the precipices of the Schwartzhorn glitter on our right. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series] Reference
Next comes an object, scarcely less grand, conveying, it may be, even a deeper impression of majesty and might than the Matterhorn itself -- the Weisshorn, perhaps the most splendid object in the Alps. But beauty is associated with its force, and we think of it, not as cruel, but as grand and strong. From Wordnik.com. [The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In] Reference
Mr. Girdlestone had had his usual summer holiday in the Alps, and had spent it in his usual way, hunting for unique chances to break his neck; his vacation was over, and his luggage packed for England, but all of a sudden a hunger had come upon him to climb the tremendous Weisshorn once more, for he had heard of a new and utterly impossible route up it. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06] Reference
A line of white that the sunset soon would turn to pink and gold, stretched the whole range of Alps, from Mont Blanc to where the Eiger and the Weisshorn signalled in the east. From Wordnik.com. [A Prisoner in Fairyland] Reference
"I looked over this wondrous scene toward Mont Blanc, the Grand Combin, the Dent Blanche, the Weisshorn, the Dom, and the thousand lesser peaks which seem to join in the celebration of the risen day. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasures of Life] Reference
Weisshorn, the, i. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III] Reference
Weisshorn Sub, Lot 16, Blk 2, Kevin T. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
In the distance, there was a group of white, unequal, flat or pointed mountain summits, which glistened in the sun; the Mischabel with its twin peaks, the huge group of the Weisshorn, the heavy Brunegghorn, the lofty and formidable pyramid of Mont Cervin, slayer of men, and the Dent Blanche, that terrible coquette. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life] Reference
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