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Rosamond

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Rosamond

Opera by Thomas Arne (libretto by Joseph Addison), produced at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, on 7 March 1733.

Opera by Clayton (libretto ditto), produced at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 4 March 1707. In the story, Queen Eleanor, wife of King Henry, discovers his mistress Rosamond and forces her to drink a bowl of poison. When Henry repents, she reveals the liquid was not lethal, and that Rosamond has become a nun.



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But Rosamond Vincy seemed to have the true melodic charm; and when a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually depend on her resolution rather than on his.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
She meant you should learn by experience, as Rosamond did in that little affair of the purple jar, you remember.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Rook--and leave people to think it's Rosamond, or Rosabelle, or something sweetly pretty of that kind.
I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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