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Meanings of lofty summits in English

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Usage of lofty summits in English
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In the morning I spotted this island's lofty summits a few miles to leeward.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
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On either side arose the lofty summits of the Cordilleras, covered with the ice of centuries.
Manco, the Peruvian Chief / Or, An Englishman's Adventures in th...
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Still I am free to confess the uplift of these high-sweeping Sierras, upon whose lofty summits
The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
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The savage rocks raised their lofty summits
Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
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The lofty summits of these mountains separate the valley of the Niger from the basin of Lake Tchad.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
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The lofty summits of acquired knowledge tower in your country with an altitude we have not reached yet.
He Knew He Was Right
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On January 28 the two lofty summits, Mount Erebus and Mount Terror, were sighted for the first time.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
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Surely on the other side of those lofty summits one might look down on the long-sought Western Sea.
Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
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After this we had a quick run, and once more the lofty summits of the Cordilleras greeted our eyes.
On the Banks of the Amazon
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All about it ran a rim of lofty summits, purple in shadow, garnet and gold and green in the sun.
The Tyranny of the Dark
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Two lofty summits, black with precipices of rock, form the gates through which the river issues into the open country.
Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
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His eyes remained fixed on those lofty summits, watching the smoke and debris belch skyward from beyond the jagged horizon.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
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With this Iris went her way, fleet as the wind, from the heights of Ida to the lofty summits of Olympus.
The Iliad
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The wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and the valleys lay covered with everlasting snow.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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Wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and even the valleys were covered with everlasting snow.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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Never evaporating into mist, never stagnating into mire, their limpid and broad morality runs parallel with the lofty summits of their genius.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection
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