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... Coriolanus . Act v , Scene 2 . In Coriolanus there are three references to the Roman custom of presenting one who had saved the life of a fellow soldier on the battle - field with a garland of oak leaves . Volumnia said of her son ...
... Coriolanus . Act v , Scene 2 . In Coriolanus there are three references to the Roman custom of presenting one who had saved the life of a fellow soldier on the battle - field with a garland of oak leaves . Volumnia said of her son ...
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... Coriolanus : - Menenius Agrippa . " Nay , sometimes Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground , I have tumbled past the throw . " 3 Doves in Shakespeare's time were kept for food more than ornament . Until the introduction of swedes and ...
... Coriolanus : - Menenius Agrippa . " Nay , sometimes Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground , I have tumbled past the throw . " 3 Doves in Shakespeare's time were kept for food more than ornament . Until the introduction of swedes and ...
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... Coriolanus refers to the well- known characteristic of the ripe fruit , i.e. that it cannot be handled for a moment without damaging it : - Volumnia . Thy stout heart Now humble as the ripest mulberry , That will not hold the handling ...
... Coriolanus refers to the well- known characteristic of the ripe fruit , i.e. that it cannot be handled for a moment without damaging it : - Volumnia . Thy stout heart Now humble as the ripest mulberry , That will not hold the handling ...
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Act iv Adonis amongst apple associated beauty centuries colour common commonly compared Coriolanus crown Cymbeline delight describes doth Duke Earl Elizabethan Ends eyes fair fairies Fifth figures flowers frequently fruit garden give green grow grown Hamlet hath Henry the Fourth Henry the Sixth herbs honey Ibid John King Henry King Richard known ladies leaves lily live look lord Love's Labour's Lost Measure mentioned Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream nature never noble noted orchard Othello pale Parkinson passage pear plant plantain play probably Queen references Romeo and Juliet root rose rosemary rush says Scene scent Second Shakespeare Shakespeare mentions smell Sonnet summer sweet Tempest thee thorns thou tree violets weeds wild Winter's Winter's Tale Wives of Windsor young