l'appelloit

Updated: July 8, 2026

"Vous etes Ecossois?" said a French nobleman to me; 'Oui, Monsieur. "Oh, que cela est drole." 'Et comment, Monsieur? "C'est le pays de Napoleon. C'est un isle n'est ce pas?" 'Oh que non, Monsieur. "Ma foi, je croyois qu'on l'appelloit l'isle de Corse."

Sir Archibald Alison - Travels in France during the years 1814-15 : Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.