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Old Man of the Mountain

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Old Man of the Mountain, rock formation, United States

Old Man of the Mountain, N.H.: see Franconia Mountains Franconia Notch, a scenic, narrow pass (6 mi/10 km long), is west of the range. Echo and Profile lakes, and the Flume, a gorge with granite walls 70 ft (21 m) high along Mt. Liberty, are in the notch.
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Old Man of the Mountain, in Islamic history

Old Man of the Mountain, in Islamic history: see Assassin Assassin (əsăs`ĭn), European name for the member of a secret order of the Ismaili sect of Islam .
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It is not impossible that this conceit occurred to Hawthorne before he had himself seen the Old Man of the Mountain, or the Profile, in the Franconia Notch which is generally associated in the minds of readers with The Great Stone Face.
"Did you ever hear," he replied, "of the Old Man of the Mountain, who attempted to assassinate Philip Augustus?
 
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