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Definition of La Tour
1. Noun. French painter of religious works (1593-1652).
Lexicographical Neighbors of La Tour
Literary usage of La Tour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"D'Aulnay- La Tour and D'Aulnay were commissioned as lieutenants to the Chevalier
... La Tour was to administer the country east of the St. Croix, ..."
2. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century by Herbert Levi Osgood (1904)
"the two had developed into an open conflict and La Tour had been once captured
and imprisoned, he came to Boston and appealed for help, June, 1643. ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"La Tour, knowing him to be in want, interested Mme. de Pompadour in his behalf
... 's portrait by La Tour was painted in his prime, and shows a dashingly ..."
4. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"This friendly intercourse resulted in the dispatch of a pinnace by certain Boston
merchants to trade with De la Tour. On their return they met ..."
5. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"At another time, Madame de la Tour was left in charge of the fort at the ...
La Tour had not yet returned, and again his brave wife assumed the command. ..."
6. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1849)
"The affairs of La Tour had at length reached a crisis. Early in the spring he had
... The courage and energy of Madame La Tour repulsed an attack which ..."
7. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1895)
"Mr. FREDERICK L. GAY presented to the Society the original commission, on parchment,
from Louis XIII. of France to Charles de la Tour as Lieutenant-General ..."
8. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1860)
"D'Aulnay, in a letter to Winthrop, de- 1642. nounced La Tour as a rebel, and
threatened to Nov«mber- break up the trade, and to make prize of any ..."
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