How To Use Corsica In A Sentence
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The interior of Corsica is high and untamed.
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the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica
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He comes to a house in the wilds of Corsica; he is choke-full of Parisian gossip, he has a lot to say of course, but he never gets
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891
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But renewed tension in Corsica over recent weeks has again brought demands for an amnesty to the forefront.
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When the Scots diarist James Boswell travelled to Corsica in 1765, he was warned he would be killed instantly if he so much as attempted ‘to debauch any of their women’.
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The nuraghi of Sardinia are very similar in form and date to the torri of Corsica and the talayots of the Balearic Islands.
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Our tour of Corsica ends at Bastia, which has several shipwrecks and a number of aircraft wrecks.
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Corsica is said to be famous for its orchids, verbenas, and cotyledinous and caryophyllaceous plants; but I only speak of what I saw, and these were out of season.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
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I also scarfed a plate of charcuterie which featured decent chorizo, a peppered salami and some sort of good cured pork loin which reminded me of Corsican lonzo, but could have been from anywhere, I'm no expert.
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It boasts medieval pink buildings that perch miraculously atop towering white limestone cliffs at Corsica's most southern tip.
The Sun
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Deledda thought that the best Christmas gift she ever got was a moufflon, the shorthaired grayish-brown or russet wild sheep native to Sardinia and Corsica.
Grazia Deledda: Voice of Sardinia
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Corsican was designated as a patois, a provincial dialect.
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The exclusion of the Corsicans in the high administration, the legal inequalities and the economic situation started a succession of jacqueries.
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What distinguishes the Corsican clementine from other varieties of clementines?
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Continuing our route we crossed some park-like glades, with scattered forest trees, and fringed by the graceful shrubbery, the _macchia_, common to both the islands of Corsica and Sardinia.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
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_Campi_ — will be fitly combined with a general sketch of the geological formations of the island; as we are now approaching the same standing point, the central districts, from which we took occasion to review the orology of Corsica.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
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He loves Corsica which is a long block of mountains from one end of the island to the other and where the air is perfumed with the scent of pines and wild cyclamen.
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Two rare and endemic herbivore subspecies, mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) and Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus), persist on islands.
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests
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On the way home between Sardinia and Corsica the boat is becalmed and Newman writes a poem.
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Two rare and endemic herbivores, mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) and Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus), still persist in the Sardinian forests.
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests
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There is an air of chic relaxation in the classic linen, crisp poplin and delicate voiles shot against the rocks and pinewoods of Corsica.
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Ai R going to Corsica in Joon, furr a 3-week mewsik kamp.
I dont getz it - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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It's warm to hot in the south and Corsica, but the mistral can blow fiercely in summer making Mediterranean seas too rough for diving.
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The only sound is the thwack of a Corsican mountain breeze.
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The English diarist James Boswell wrote in 1769, only a year after the Genoese ceded the island to France, of the excellence and diversity of Corsican wines.
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In Corsica it's difficult to decide whether it's the coastline or the interior which casts the strongest spell.
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Corsica has developed its economy around the tourist industry.
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It boasts medieval pink buildings that perch miraculously atop towering white limestone cliffs at Corsica's most southern tip.
The Sun
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But if you like rustic villages and unspoilt beaches, Corsica's a real find.
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Yet Sir, I would not have you to conceive, that wee do eyther rob or steale, or use any other unlawfull courses: onely we travayle to Corsica, from whence we bring (without the least prejudice to anie other) all things we stand in need of, or whatsoever wee can desire.
The Decameron
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It appeared that while his comrades had been attending on Giuseppe, the third Corsican (whom they called Ste, or Stephanu) had filled up his time by rifling our camp; and of all our possessions he had chosen to select our half-dozen spare muskets and a burst coffer, from which he now extracted and (for his comrade's admiration) held aloft our chiefest treasure -- the Iron Crown of Corsica.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
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Then relax in the delightful town of Calvi on Corsica.
Times, Sunday Times
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Don't you remember," said the patron, "I told you that among the crew there were two Corsican brigands?
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The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Corsican steadied herself with her broom, bent down and picked up a jujube.
French Word-A-Day:
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We made plans for the Riffian to present himself to a Corsican garageman named Serrutti, in Taza, but he never came.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs
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The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous.
Times, Sunday Times
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The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous.
Times, Sunday Times
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The mountainous region around the small Corsican town of Bastilyica breeds a hardy, proud people.
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When the mistral blew in winter, the view past Cannes revealed the peaks of Corsica; the coal stove in the kitchen yielded little hot water or heat.
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Roasted garlic with sheep's milk cheese is the quintessential Corsican meal.
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Roasted garlic with sheep's milk cheese is the quintessential Corsican meal.
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There is an air of chic relaxation in the classic linen, crisp poplin and delicate voiles shot against the rocks and pinewoods of Corsica.
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Condemn the squash and repression of French government on the justicial actions of Corsica people.
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Valleys of almost Alpine verdure are succeeded by tracts of chestnut wood and scattered pines, or deep and flowery brushwood -- the 'maquis' of Corsica, which yields shelter to its traditional outlaws and bandits.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
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Donovan wanted him to parachute onto the island with surrender letters from Eisenhower and the new Badoglio government and convince the commander of the 270,000 Italian soldiers there, many perhaps still loyal to Mussolini, to surrender and begin attacking the nineteen thousand Germans in Sardinia as they evacuated north into Corsica.
Wild Bill Donovan
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She was sailing for her own pleasure off Corsica when the accident occurred.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ahead of us the greys, cool greens and off whites of the Corsican mountains spread out toward the horizon.
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Vendettas and clan warfare are part of the culture in Corsica, where political and criminal violence often interact.
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Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.
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The Corsican Vendetta has been taken as the basis of more than one romantic story, but, handled by M. M.rimée, it has acquired new and fascinating interest; and he has enriched his little romance with a profusion of those small traits and artistical touches which exhibit the character and peculiarities of a people better than folios of dry description.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
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I am well aware that there is a Sicilian _in fabula_ who is not "mafioso"; that the crude banditism which sits in every Corsican's bones has raised him to the elysium of martyrs and heroes and not, where he ought to have gone, to the gallows; that the Maltese are not merely cantankerous and bigoted (Catholic) Arabs, but also sober, industrious, and economical.
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
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He also stated that the Corsican economy could develop harmoniously around the tourism industry.
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This medallion was part of a hoard found in an ancient shipwreck outside the coast of Corsica early in the 1970s.
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Roasted garlic with sheep's milk cheese is the quintessential Corsican meal.
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Is Corsica ready to seize the chance of lasting peace?
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In Spain we know _montebaxos_, or coppice shrubs (as you might call them), and we know _tomillares_, or undergrowth; but in Corsica nature heaps these together with both hands, and the Corsican, in despair of separating them, calls them all _macchia_.
Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales
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Asked to name the first package holiday destination in a pub quiz, few contestants would answer Corsica.
Times, Sunday Times
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Da Tè à Mè" is a collaboration involving three different artists: Sardinian trumpet player Paolo Fresu, Italian bandoneonist Daniele Di Bonaventura and Corsican all-male choral group A Filetta, who joined forces for the upcoming album
NPR Topics: News
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The vendetta was the chief law of Corsican society up to comparatively recent times; and its effects are still visible in the life of the stern islanders.
The Life of Napoleon I 01
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She was sailing for her own pleasure off Corsica when the accident occurred.
Times, Sunday Times
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They also enjoyed the scimitar-horned oryx, axis deer, fallow deer, sika deer, blackbuck antelope, eland, Corsican rams and their various cousins, aoudad, impala, bison and many more species calling the Rio Bonito home.
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The substance which I obtained from the hands of the Indians, belongs to the saussurite, * to the real jade, which resembles compact feldspar, and which forms one of the constituent parts of the verde de Corsica, or gabbro.
Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
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At first sight, Corsica presents the aspect of a chaos of mountains piled one on another, with their escarped sides rising from the sea to great elevations; but on a closer examination, and with the assistance of an accurate map, it is soon perceived that these mountains, apparently heaped up in wild confusion, are distinctly arranged in three principal directions, — from north-east to south-west, from north-west to south-east, and from north to south.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
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In his own case, the correctness of his first impressions -- what he himself called laughingly his _ "coup d'oeil" _ -- is in a measure proved by a note-book, now lying before the writers, in which he recorded his views of Bastia and the Corsicans after a very brief acquaintance -- that view requiring scarcely any modification when first impressions had been exchanged for real knowledge and experience.
The Slave of the Lamp
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Roasted garlic with sheep's milk cheese is the quintessential Corsican meal.
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Corsica rises like a mountain from the sea, creating a coast of steep cliffs and countless creeks, interspersed with tiny deserted beaches, and washed by crystal-clear water.
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The mountainous region around the small Corsican town of Bastilyica breeds a hardy, proud people.
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'' 'Ligurian'''-more exactly' 'Romance Ligurian''-is a dialect of the [[Northern Italian language]] which is mainly spoken in [[Liguria]] (Italy), in several nearby zones and in the enclaves of [[Monaco]], [[Bonifacio]] (Corsica), [[Carloforte]] and [[Calasetta]] (Sardinia).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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The dramatic colours, earthy abundance and fruitful generosity accentuate the passionate spirit that is essentially Corsican.
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All those people who are going to venture out into the beaches in France, into Spain, in the Balearics, in Italy, in the islands here, Sardinia and Corsica looking fine, all the way into the Balkan Peninsula.
CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2009
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His composure and distribution are complemented by the Corsican, a natural left-footed player.
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What's changed in our business?" asks second-generation pecan merchant and sheller George Martin, president of Navarro Pecan Co. in Corsicana, Texas.
Shell Shock: Chinese Demand Reshapes U.S. Pecan Business
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A doctor from the Institute for Animal Health said: ‘This year the bluetongue virus reached Sardinia, Sicily, Corsica and mainland Italy for the first time.’
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Then relax in the delightful town of Calvi on Corsica.
Times, Sunday Times
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Triumphant in roman toga or plain and corporal-like in long coat and bicorne hat, there are statues of the great Corsican everywhere, streets and squares named after him, prints and portraits of him in every bar and café.
