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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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He as good as asked me whether I wouldn’t undertake to hint to Jasper that he was not wanted at the Seven Isles group. 

From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

But there was nobody suitable within the Seven Isles group, as far as I knew. 

From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad

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

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

And the same may be said of the Freya of the Seven Isles.

From Notes on My Books by Joseph Conrad

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