Canace
Americannoun
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They were the sons of Iphimedia, some say, others, of Canace.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
But let it comfort thee to know, young woman, that no such odious passion shall trouble thee as erstwhile was the scourge of Myrrha, Semiramis, Byblis, Canace, and Cleopatra.
From La Fiammetta by Boccaccio, Giovanni
The same may be said of the species of Canace, of which two forms are found in America, C. canadensis, the spruce-partridge, and C. franklini, and also of the Siberian C. falcipennis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Ther was a king which Eolus Was hote, and it befell him thus, That he tuo children hadde faire, The Sone cleped was Machaire, The dowhter ek Canace hihte.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
Like Chaucer's Canace, of sleep "She was full mesurable, as women be."
From Brother Copas by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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