La Pérouse
Americannoun
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Bah! ask the sorcerer," returned La Pérouse, still laughing; "he will promise you twenty years' more life.
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
Before La Pérouse reduced Churchill it was regarded as a second Gibraltar.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
In 1789 Bligh sighted the Banks Islands, and in 1793 d’Entrecastaux, sent by Louis XVI. to the rescue of La Pérouse, saw the islands of Santa Cruz.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
The Flat Island, which, for the reason above mentioned, occupies a much larger space on our map than on that of La Pérouse, is entirely overgrown with wood, and has a very pleasant appearance.
From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Kotzebue, Otto von
La Pérouse, La Pérouse, if you could hear me, I would cry to you.
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
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