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Aspaʹtia

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in the Maid’s Tragedy, of Beaumont and Fletcher, is noted for her deep sorrows, her great resignation, and the pathos of her speeches. Amynʹtor deserts her, women point at her with scorn, she is the jest and bye-word of every one, but she bears it all with patience.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Asir
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Aslo
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Asoka
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Aspen
Aspersions
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