The Tamils have a proverb to the effect that "The palmyra lives for a lac of years after planting, and lasts for a lac of years when felled."
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
He fell to wondering at broken intervals if she would ever reach it, to see drowsy visions of the tall form leading its band of venturers into the wilderness beyond lac a la Croix, penetrating that country which tried the hearts of men, and with the visions came a sadness.
"The Maid of the Whispering Hills"
Vingie E. Roe
They occupied a small villa on the shore of the little mirror of water called "lac d'Amour."
"The Saint"
Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer