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Loathly Lady

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A lady so hideous that no one would marry her except Sir Gawʹain; and immediately after the marriage her ugliness—the effect of enchantment—disappeared, and she became a model of beauty. Love beautifies.

 

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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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Lloyd’s Rooms
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Loafers
Loathly Lady
Loaves and Fishes
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