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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The minutes went on; and the evening waned, till a chill breeze, floating down from the Latian Hills, recalled Lucilla's attention to her father.
Godolphin, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The minutes went on; and the evening waned, till a chill breeze, floating down from the Latian Hills, recalled Lucilla's attention to her father.
Godolphin, Volume 3. Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Her language was fine Johnsonian English — a sort of vitalized "Lucilla," like the heroine in Miss Hannah More's "Coelebs."
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"Lucilla," he said, and his accents were not stern, though very grave and sad, "you cannot have forgotten that I have repeatedly and positively forbidden you to go wandering alone about unfrequented streets and roads, even in broad daylight; yet you attempted to do that very thing to-night in the darkness, which, of course, makes it much worse."
Elsie's Kith and Kin Martha Finley 1868
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"Lucilla," he cried, disengaging her arms from round his neck.
The Emperor — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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"Lucilla," he cried, disengaging her arms from round his neck.
The Emperor — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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"Lucilla," he cried, disengaging her arms from round his neck.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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"Lucilla," he cried, disengaging her arms from round his neck.
The Emperor — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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"Lucilla," he cried, disengaging her arms from round his neck.
The Emperor — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867
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Whenever "Lucilla" acts or speaks in these pages, with reference to her blindness, she is doing or saying what persons afflicted as she is have done or said before her.
Poor Miss Finch Wilkie Collins 1856
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