Port-Royal

Following a transformative mystical experience in 1654, Pascal spent much of the remainder of his life in the monasteries of Port-Royal, working out a defense of his faith.

Fideism Amesbury, Richard 2009

On the second and last day of the Paris insurrection he was riding in a special wooden coach, a kind of ambulance, to a small private hospital, in what is today the top of the Fifth Arrondissement, just off the Boulevard de Port-Royal.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

Further, given that ideas are universals, accounts like that of Port-Royal make it impossible to see how judgment can be about reality, since its ideas represent kinds of things, while those real things themselves are particular; so long as judgment is confined to ideas, there can be no unique identification of any item about which we judge.

Francis Herbert Bradley Candlish, Stewart 2009

The first night they anchored for some reason in Long Island Strait, an entry into Baie Sainte-Marie, south of Port-Royal.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

On July 27, 1606, Poutrincourt brought his fifty male colonists ashore at Port-Royal.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He ordered Pont-Gravé to run commercial operations on the fishing coast, and sent out Poutrincourt as governor of Port-Royal.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

A year later, a visitor described Port-Royal as “almost wholly surrounded by meadows.”

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Some habitants of Port-Royal were delighted to go home, but the leaders did not want to leave quickly.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain founded the Ordre de Bon Temps, a dining society, at Port-Royal.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The new site was Port-Royal, near the present town of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008