"Norman-french" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... if Jacques Cartier's pilot exclaimed in Norman-French Que bec! ("What a peak!") when he saw this cape, as some suppose. Every modern traveller uses ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine
... these men, called Buccaneers, can be traced to a few Norman-French who were driven out of St. Christophe, in 1630, by the Spaniards. This island was settled jointly, but by an accidental coincidence, by French and English, in 1625. They lived tranquilly together for five years: the hunting of Caribs, who disputed their title ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 59, September, 1862 • Various |
