aiguille
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The larger masses of the whole aiguille, and true contour of this horn, are carefully given in plate 30, Fig.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
The aiguille may generally be represented by the type a, Fig.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
On the 15th, about midday, we arrived upon the summit of the aiguille, and found that we had actually been within one hundred feet of it when we turned back upon the first attempt.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
The hollow in the heart of the aiguille is as smooth and sweeping in curve as the cavity of a vast bivalve shell.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
Their real aspect will be understood in a moment by a glance at the opposite plate, 31, which represents the central aiguille in the woodcut outline Fig.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
