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Above his head is the inscription "Cupido," which the excavators have interpreted as his name.
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Street, bought two new hats, had her hand read by a palmist who called himself "Cupido," looked in at a ladies 'club and then went to Mrs. Wolfstein, with whom she was engaged to lunch.
The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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Only the swan is lacking ... unless you want to call Cupido a swan .... "
The Torrent Entre Naranjos Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897
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Michael Hann Cravo & Canela Estúpido Cupido A glorious, slinky reworking of Neil Sedaka's Stupid Cupid, recorded in Salvador, Brazil, in the late 1970s by a band whose identities are largely unknown; the vocals are by two ladies known simply as Fabiola and Vera.
F&M Playlist 2011
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Suurbraak resident Daniël Cupido said he and a group of friends were relaxing next to the river last weekend when, at about 11. 30pm, he heard something which sounded like someone 'bashing on a wall'.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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In the first half of the eighteenth century it appears only deserters who were involved in the murder or death of a nondeserter were broken; for example ARA: VOC 10925, OBP, 14, the case against Cupido van Bengal and others, 18 Dec. 1727.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Wells, "Eva's Men;" V.C. Malherbe, "The Life and Times of Cupido Kakkerlak," JAH 20: 3 (1979), 365 – 78. back
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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While it would be counterintuitive (and counterfactual) to locate colonial settlement near the Olifants outside of the global and globalizing processes of modern imperialism, individuals such as Barend Lubbe, Maria Vosloo, Engela Koopman, and Cupido van Bengal certainly did not see themselves as players in a historical metanarrative.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Capilli retia Cupidinis, sylva caedua, in qua nidificat Cupido, sub cujus umbra amores mille modis se exercent.
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With effort Eagan came up with a pair of Cupido Churchills that gratified him as much as they did Tony Simeon.
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