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"I suppose you would quite as lief be called Parthenia?"
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Probably in the same year was issued "Parthenia", a collection of virginal music, in which Byrd collaborated with J. Bull and Orlando Gibbons.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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L. [Footnote 1: one] [Footnote 2: This letter is by Miss Shepheard, the 'Parthenia' of No. 140.] [Footnote 3: that] [Footnote 4: that] ****
The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695
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Yea, and two other sons of Poseidon came; one Erginus, who left the citadel of glorious Miletus, the other proud Ancaeus, who left Parthenia, the seat of Imbrasion Hera; both boasted their skill in sea-craft and in war.
The Argonautica 2008
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Not so much for my prowess in war did Jason take me with him in quest of the fleece, far from Parthenia, as for my knowledge of ships.
The Argonautica 2008
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He'd felt the same when he declined to follow Duke Edward of Arlington after Parthenia Province declared for Geoffrey and against Avram: that even though he'd been a liege lord himself, over a small fief in Parthenia.
Advance and Retreat Turtledove, Harry 2002
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Geoffrey had promptly confiscated his estates in Parthenia.
Advance and Retreat Turtledove, Harry 2002
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Duke Edward, though, had counted Parthenia above the kingdom as a whole.
Advance and Retreat Turtledove, Harry 2002
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I was thinking of my old home on Parthenia, where we used to live before we settled on Epsilon Delta 4
Trek to Madworld Goldin, Stephen 1978
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I've only lived at the colony about two years, and sometimes I catch myself still thinking that Parthenia is home.
Trek to Madworld Goldin, Stephen 1978
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