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  • And the first thing I would like to describe is that of a place called the Looe

    Hills and the Sea Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • He was a lover of his country, and for three years, while Napoleon threatened us with invasion, he had served as a second-lieutenant in that famous company, the East and West Looe Volunteer Artillery, better known as the Looe Die-hards.

    Corporal Sam and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • A long way off we could see a low island on the coast of Florida, called Looe-Key.

    Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859

  • (familiarly known as the Looe Die-hards), put his air-cushion to his lips and blew.

    Wandering Heath Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • 'Looe'; whereby being reminded of the letter, he pulled it out and read it for his visitor's amusement.

    Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Among its most popular properties are the Old Vicarage sleeps 10, £550-£650 per week in the low-shoulder seasons, a 700-year-old Grade II listed property in the quaint back streets of Looe, Crownall, less than a minute's walk to the sandy beach and harbour.

    UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

  • The 16th-century Church House in Looe, Cornwall, has been stylishly refurbished with new kitchen and woodburning stove, and is five minutes' walk from the beach.

    UK cottages: the south-west 2012

  • She had squared right away and she was running to the north, making towards Fowey perhaps, or Looe.

    Movie Night 2010

  • He held on for the land, and by about three-thirty he was dose inshore, between Fowey and Looe.

    Movie Night 2010

  • At five o'clock I altered course, and made as if to steer for Looe.

    Movie Night 2010

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