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Definition of Eleanor Gwynne
1. Noun. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
Generic synonyms: Comedienne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eleanor Gwynne
Literary usage of Eleanor Gwynne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a Faithful and Interesting Delineation of by G. H. Wilson (1807)
"Eleanor Gwynne. • - - t THIS celebrated female, better known by the familiar
appellation of Nell, was of the lowest extraction, and at her 6rst setting out ..."
2. Sir Christopher Wren by Lena Milman (1908)
"... had in it so little of romance that a legend attributing the first idea of
its foundation to the King's mistress, Eleanor Gwynne, found such popular ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"... may believe a passage in Pepys) from her earliest years in the most' ELEANOR
GWYNNE, From the painting by Sir Peter T-ely. frequently visiting Chelsea, ..."
4. A Monograph on Privately Illustrated Books: A Plea for Bibliomania by Daniel M. Tredwell (1892)
"Another copy of " Memoirs of the Life of Eleanor Gwynne," London, 1752, fifty
portraits inserted. In looking over these immense folios, we feel transported ..."
5. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"Nell Gwynne, the orange girl, carrying her basket to the playhouse, saw and pitied
them, and in grander days Mrs. Eleanor Gwynne did not forget them. ..."
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