American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 291
nise^— which subject has quitea romance belonging to it. Charles Etienne La Tour, inherited from his father, vast tracts of land in Nova Scotia;but shortly after he came into his inheritance, some of his property was claimed by Daubrede Charnise, the successor of Razillai, the former Governor of… … Far from the madding crowds ignoble strife.Drawn by Sheppard. repel his enemy who was besieging his fort, Charnise, hearing that La Tour was absent,ventured an attack; but Madame La Tour defended the place so well, and the artillery wasserved with such good effect, that his frigates became…
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