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Vertue alfo names an emblematic print which he calls Theophila, or Love-facrificc,
A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England; 1782
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Theophila religiosue is raised on leaves of F. religiosa and F. benghalensis, while in the northwest Himalayas, Ocinara signifera is grown on leaves of F. tsjuleka.
Chapter 6 1994
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His wife appeared in the doorway, with Harry, Dicky, and Theophila clinging to her skirts, fresh from their ride, and boisterous.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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_ -- The preface to that very singular poem, _Theophila:
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His son and heir, who married a Coke, had one daughter, Theophila, married to William Leman
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Nelson, (Lady Theophila) married to Mr. Nelson, lxxxvi. seduced to popery, ibid. the supposed author of a Discourse concerning a Judge of
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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But I did make them friends by my buffoonery, and bringing up a way of spelling their names, and making Theophila spell Lamton, which The. would have to be the name of Mr. Eden's mistress, and mighty merry we were till late, and then I by coach home, and so to bed, my wife being ill of those, but well enough pleased with my being with them.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668 Pepys, Samuel 1669
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But I did make them friends by my buffoonery, and bringing up a way of spelling their names, and making Theophila spell Lamton, which The. would have to be the name of Mr. Eden's mistress, and mighty merry we were till late, and then
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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But I did make them friends by my buffoonery, and bringing up a way of spelling their names, and making Theophila spell Lamton, which The. would have to be the name of Mr. Eden's mistress, and mighty merry we were till late, and then
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1669 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Theophila spell Lamton, which The. would have to be the name of Mr. Eden's mistress, and mighty merry we were till late, and then I by coach home, and so to bed, my wife being ill of those, but well enough pleased with my being with them.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669 Samuel Pepys 1668
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