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Beatrice

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beloved from girlhood by Dante, a native of Florence, was of the Portinari family. She died under twenty-four years of age (1266–1290). Beatrice married Simone deʹ Bardi, and Dante married Gemma Donati.

 

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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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Beat
Beat (To)
Beat (To)
Beat. (French, abattre, to abate.)
Beaten to a Mummy
Beaten with his own Staff
Beating about the Bush
Beating the Bounds
Beati Possidentes
Beatific Vision
Beatrice
Bean
Beau Ideal
Beau Jour beau Retour (A)
Beau Lion (Un)
Beau Monde
Beau Trap
Beauclerc [good scholar]
Beaumontague [pronounce bo-montaig]
Beautiful
Beautiful Parricide

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