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  • I was wonderfully affected with this pathetic complaint, which seemed so well calculated for my own disappointment in love, that I could not help attaching the idea of Narcissa to the name of

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • I could not help attaching the idea of Narcissa to the name of

    The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746

  • West Indian heiress in a small way, we know very little -- the habit of identifying her with the "Narcissa" of _Roderick Random_ is natural, inconclusive, but not ridiculous.

    The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

  • (Pope's "Narcissa") had created a _furore_ by her assumption of Lady

    Fielding Austin Dobson 1880

  • "Poor 'Narcissa' after death (says Walpole) was attired in a Holland nightdress, with tucker and double ruffles of Brunswick lace, of which latter material she also wore a headdress, and a pair of new kid gloves.

    Essays from 'The Guardian' Walter Pater 1866

  • As they packed their last things into their car, I ran to the blueberry bushes (Lucius & Narcissa, Legacy blueberries) to get the ripe handful they offered.

    2009 August « Bodhicitta 2009

  • As they packed their last things into their car, I ran to the blueberry bushes (Lucius & Narcissa, Legacy blueberries) to get the ripe handful they offered.

    Why you can trust my blueberries. « Bodhicitta 2009

  • I imagined these were flowers Narcissa Whitman planted on her way west.

    Jill Robinson: I've Got a Bus. Ready to Roll? Jill Robinson 2011

  • I found the image somewhere, and it made me think of Narcissa Snow as a child, and of Mother Hydra.

    "I pledge to you all that you wish, the moon and the stars." greygirlbeast 2010

  • The 43-year-old actress, whose past roles have included the character Narcissa Malfoy in several Harry Potter movies, also recently got a call from director Sam Mendes asking her to take part in "Skyfall," the next James Bond film.

    It's All About Family Ties for Helen McCrory Javier Espinoza 2011

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