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So I took advantage of all that, resulting in being able to publish Lea Sihol's "Emblemata" in Interfictions and Lionel Davoust's "L'Ile Close" in Interfictions 2.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak on Interfictions 2 2010
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There is no mystery about why the French have nicknamed Corsica "L'Ile de Beaute."
Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010
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"She is a pocket Venus," the old lady would say; and so I find myself calling L'Ile
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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Seventeen days ago we scraped over the bar at the mouth of D'Urban harbor, spread our sails, and fled away before a fair wind toward the north end of Madagascar, meaning to leave it on the starboard bow and so fetch "L'Ile Maurice, ancienne Ile de France," as it is still fondly styled.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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Colonel Picard informed me that he did not intend to print the remainder, thinking that the ground was sufficiently covered by Professor Henri Prentout's admirable book L'Ile de France sous Decaen.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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PRENTOUT, HENRI, L'Ile de France sous Decaen, 1803 to 1810.
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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The return made for this courtesy was that upon the Terre Napoleon maps the name Flinders gave was ignored, and "L'Ile Decres" was scored upon it, this being done while the true discoverer was pent up in French custody in an island of the Indian Ocean.
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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Prentout's admirable book L'Ile de France sous Decaen.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903
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Forfait suggested the project of establishing at Madagascar a penal colony such as the British had at Port Jackson; * (* Prentout, L'Ile de France sous Decaen, 302.) but subsequent events did not favour French colonial expansion, and nothing was done.
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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Government, in 1803, that Flinders had traced the coast from the Leeuwin to Encounter Bay, and had discovered a large and beautiful island which he had named "L'Ile des Kangaroux."
Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia Ernest Scott 1903
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