Laodice
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Like fair Laodice in form and face, The loveliest nymph of Priam’s royal race, Here in the palace at her loom she found: The golden web her own sad story crown’d.
From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
Laodice has thrown herself on the divan, with her back to the colonnade.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon
Barsine enters, her arms heaped with robes: Laodice fingers them.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Bottomley, Gordon
"Why, I–I am Laodice, daughter to Costobarus, and thy wife!" she exclaimed, while her eyes fixed upon him the full force of her astonishment.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.
When the soldier withdrew to his place, Laodice stepped forward and called to the Gischalan.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.
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