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  • Arran, but whether "Glycerium" (as Bishop Jewel calls her) had already detected in "the saucy youth" "a half crazy fool," as Mr. Froude says, or not, she firmly refused.

    John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878

  • A lascivious inamorato plots all the day long to please his mistress, acts and struts, and carries himself as if she were in presence, still dreaming of her, as Pamphilus of his Glycerium, or as some do in their morning sleep.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • In politics, till January 1561, the Lords hoped that they might induce Elizabeth (then entangled with Leicester, as Knox knew) to marry Arran, but whether “Glycerium” (as Bishop Jewel calls her) had already detected in “the saucy youth” “a half crazy fool,” as Mr. Froude says, or not, she firmly refused.

    John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905

  • "Casimir, the rich Muscovy merchant," Glycerium replied.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • Those who guarded the golden gates denied admission to all who could not conjure with the King's name, and Lycabetta was alone with her favorite women, fair, Greek-faced girls with fair, Greek names -- Glycerium, Hypsipyle,

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • "'Tis said the Lord Hildebrand is the accuser," Glycerium observed.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • Glycerium handed a great, round pearl to Lycabetta, who took it from her with indifference, weighing it lightly in the hollow of her hand.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • Lycabetta leaned forward and gave Glycerium a playful box on the ear.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • She looked at the girl Glycerium as she spoke, and Glycerium answered her.

    The Proud Prince 1898

  • Glycerium, seated by the head of the couch, was busy in adorning her mistress's black hair with flowers.

    The Proud Prince 1898

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