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Seven Isles

American  

noun

  1. a city in SE Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence, near its mouth.


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Of course, these seas are almost uniformly serene, and the Seven Isles is a particularly calm and cloudless spot as a rule. 

From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

Mr. Conrad, as we see in Freya of the Seven Isles and elsewhere, is not blind to the commonness of tragic ruin—tragic ruin against which no high-heartedness seems to avail.

From Old and New Masters by Robert Lynd

Next day we came to seven high round islands, which we named the Seven Isles, which stretch 3 or 4 leagues out to sea, and are 40 leagues from the southern shore of the gulf.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

He had bought, or else leased, part of a small island from the Sultan of a little group called the Seven Isles, not far north from Banka. 

From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

The two men, so differently haunted by Freya of the Seven Isles, were not equally matched.

From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

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