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CamillaIn Roman mythology, a legendary warrior maiden and favourite of Diana. According to Virgil, her father dedicated her to Diana and trained her as a hunter and warrior, and she led a band of warriors that included women. She fought against Aeneas and was killed as she chased a retreating soldier. Camilla [kə′mil·ə] (astronomy) An asteroid with a diameter of about 220 kilometers, mean distance from the sun of 3.49 astronomical units, and C-type surface composition. Camilla falls to temptations of husband’s friend. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote] See : Faithlessness Camilla maiden-warrior who battles Aeneas’ forces. [Rom. Lit.: Vergil Aeneid] See : Female Power Camilla Volscian queen; could run over cornfield without bending blades. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid] See : Swiftness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Miss Pocket laughed, and Camilla laughed and said (checking a yawn), "The idea "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. And her pleasure was to ride the young colts, and to scour the plains like Camilla. |
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