After this the naiad was silent. A red flush branded the boy’s face. He did not know what love was: though the blush was very becoming.
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Naiad
/ˈneɪæd/
Synonyms for "naiad" (40 found)
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9 entriesaquatic plantdivinityhydrophytehydrophytic plantjuvenile formlife stagemythological beingwater nymphwater plant
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8 entriesdamselfly nymphdragonfly nymphfountain nymphlake nymphmayfly nymphriver nymphspring nymphstonefly nymph
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6 entriesaquatic nymphdamselfly nymphdragonfly nymphfreshwater nymphriver nymphwater nymph
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He described, in the most frightful colours, the real character and person of the apparently lovely Naiad, whom he hesitated not to denounce as a limb of the kingdom of darkness.
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In memory of his Naiad, he had previously ornamented the fountain in which she appeared to reside, and secured its waters from profanation or pollution by the small vaulted building of which the fragments still remained scattered around it.
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Beautiful and pale as the fabulous Naiad in the last agony of separation from her lover, she was seated so as to rest with her back against a part of the ruined wall, while her mantle, dripping with the water which her protector had used profusely to recall her senses, clung to her slender and beautifully proportioned form.
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