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- proper noun A female
given name .
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In an uncharacteristically poetic moment they called her Lilias, a name taken from one of the portraits of long-dead Brandons that hung at the Hall.
Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997
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In an uncharacteristically poetic moment they called her Lilias, a name taken from one of the portraits of long-dead Brandons that hung at the Hall.
Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997
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"Lilias," said her aunt, drawing her towards her, and kissing her fondly, "you have been my own brave, patient lassie to-day.
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What Lilias retained throughout life however was the artist soul which connected her deeply to the earth and people of her adopted land.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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Her published books like Between the Desert and the Sea and her private journals are filled with poetic thoughts and analogies, punctuated by charming watercolors, through which Lilias records the spiritual messages she absorbed from almost everything she saw.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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What Lilias retained throughout life however was the artist soul which connected her deeply to the earth and people of her adopted land.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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Her published books like Between the Desert and the Sea and her private journals are filled with poetic thoughts and analogies, punctuated by charming watercolors, through which Lilias records the spiritual messages she absorbed from almost everything she saw.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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What Lilias retained throughout life however was the artist soul which connected her deeply to the earth and people of her adopted land.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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Lilias Trotter was told by John Ruskin, the preeminent Victorian trend-setter and art critic, that if she trained with him she could be the premier artist of her day.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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Lilias frequently went north to Europe in broken health, but always returned to her beloved Algeria where she had a long, productive life.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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