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  • My mother wanted her called Oenone, so, to settle the matter, they agreed upon Corin and Corinna, much to my youthful discomfiture.

    Here Lies Gloria Mundy Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1982

  • Zeus used an eagle to carry Aegina off to the island, originally called Oenone, where she bore him Aeacus.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Carillonneur 2009

  • All can recognize to-day how unfair this was to the merits of a volume which contained the 'Lotos-Eaters', 'Oenone', and the 'Lady of Shalott'; but the effect of the harsh verdict on the poet, always sensitive about the reception of his work, was unfortunate to a degree.

    Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

  • When he was young, and when "Oenone" was first published, he almost boasted of putting a particular kind of grasshopper into Troas, which, as he told us in a note, was probably not to be found there.

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

  • Its author began by presenting, and for many years continued to present, personal as well as natural pictures of individual attitude or movement; and, as in "Oenone" and "Godiva," he carried them to a very high pitch of perfection.

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

  • Another way in which they affect him is where, without direct imitation, they colour passages and poems as in 'Oenone', 'The Lotos Eaters',

    The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850

  • Homeric period) has, perhaps, never been grasped with greater force and justice than in "Oenone," nor exhibited in a form of more consummate polish.

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

  • Syrinx is an Edenist voidhawk captain, bonded to Oenone.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Syrinx is an Edenist voidhawk captain, bonded to Oenone.

    Wertzone Classics: The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Stanley Townsend's Theseus is a disappointingly gruff bear with a sore head; but Margaret Tyzack triumphs terrifically as Oenone, a snake of an old woman whose venomous lies unleash nemesis and tragedy.

    Helen Mirren Breathes Passion 2009

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