Apennine mountains


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Historical Examples

A deposit of white ozokerite occurs on the top of the Apennine Mountains, in Italy, of which a specimen is here exhibited.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various

The little city of Assisi slept in quietness on the slopes of the Apennine Mountains under the dark clear sky.
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

There were the great Apennine Mountains on the side of which his city of Assisi was built.
The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

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    a hasty glance; a glimpse. an immediate estimate or judgment; understanding; insight. an outline or summary. noun an outline; summary an insight n. “quick impression, sketch, brief survey,” 1820s, from French aperçu (18c. in this sense), noun use of past participle of apercevoir “to perceive” (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *adpercipere, from Latin ad “to” (see ad-) […]

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