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 Celadon.Celestial City (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Celadine,
 
a shepherdess in love with Marina. Finding his suit too easily granted, he waxed cold, and discarded the “matchless beauty.” (W. Browne: Britannia’s Pastorals; 1613.)   1
 


 Celadon.Celestial City (The). 

 
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