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  • The nook to which I refer is Lorette, in Lower or French Canada, where it is commonly called _Jeune Lorette_, to distinguish it from _Ancienne

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

  • Being deserted by the gentlemen of the party, my fair young companion and I found our way to Lorette, which is a large village built by government for the Indians; but by intermarrying with the

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • He established his famous Christian settlement, known as Lorette, which after shifting several times was located finally on the river St. Charles where it still exists, though it is called "Jeune Lorette" in contradistinction to the "Ancienne Lorette" established by Chaumonot, who died before the last migration.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • The congregation that assembles at the Lorette is a curious and a mixed one.

    The Master-Christian Marie Corelli 1889

  • I found our way to Lorette, which is a large village built by government for the Indians; but by intermarrying with the French they have lost nearly all their distinctive characteristics, and the next generation will not even speak the Indian language.

    The Englishwoman in America 1867

  • My copy of “Belleville Secret” is on its way, thanks to amazon. fr, and I have located a guidebook about the 9th at the same time (I wonder how much Rue des Martyrs, near Notre-Dame de Lorette, has changed since 1972).

    wireless 2008

  • When invited to a holiday party in the Southern California home of Jake and Lorette, a perfectly appropriate gift would be a case of K-Y jelly.

    'Wife': Cherry Red is back, with its naked ambition intact Peter Marks 2010

  • I might have seen Trenton Falls, Gennessee Falls, the Falls of Montmorenci and Lorette; but I had seen nothing if I had not seen the Falls

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • Indian summer — Lorette — The old people — Beauties of

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • We neared the blue hills, and put up our horses in the Indian village of Lorette.

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

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