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Via mis-education, advertising and public relations, multinational Circes magically metamorphosize
The Pearl 2006
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The fascinations of the Circes of the High Street, and the potations of strength with which they had been drenched over night, had probably detained these heroes within the walls of Edinburgh somewhat later than was consistent with their morning duty.
Waverley 2004
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Simile et in Italia Marsorum gentis durat, quos à Circes filio ortos seruant, et ideo inesse ijs vim naturalem eam.
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Simile et in Italia Marsorum gentis durat, quos � Circes filio ortos seruant, et ideo inesse ijs vim naturalem eam.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In 1782, Abigail had written him that he had been absent “near half the term of years” that Ulysses “was encountering Neptune, Calipso, the Circes and Syrens.”
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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Penelope, for my dear Ulysses has already been a wanderer from me near half the term of years that, that Hero was encountering Neptune, Calipso, the Circes and
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Medeas, Circes, Venuses, Auroras, and I know not what other fountains of restoring youth.
In Praise of Folly c. 1466-1536 1958
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Madame de Pompadour had reigned paramount for a longer period than any of those Medeas or Circes.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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Circes of society should carry all before them, and enchant every husband, brother, and lover, the staid and lawful Penelopes leave the hearth and home to follow in their triumphal march and imitate their arts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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And by this meanes I stood wauering and out of measure amazed, and as one which had droonke an amorous potion, calling into remembrance the ointments of the mischeeuous _Circes_, the forcible hearbs of _Medea_, the hurtfull songs of _Byrrena_, and the deadly verses of _Pamphile_, I stood doubtfull that my eies had seene somthing more than humane, and that a base, dishonorable, and frail bodie should not be where immortall creatures did abide.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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