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Cælia : or, the perjur'd lover choose

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[UK] Johnson Caelia III i: This is our College, Madam; and these are the students: or rather, Madam, this is a Nunnery, and I am Lady Abbess.
at abbess, n.
[UK] Johnson Caelia III i: This is our College, Madam; and these are the students: or rather, Madam, this is a Nunnery, and I am Lady Abbess .
at nunnery, n.
[UK] Johnson Caelia IV i: [I] have had several Gentlemen Iodge in my house, only for the Reputation of being thought Sportsmen – they were on the hunt after Widows.
at sportsman, n.
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