Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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The mallow ( Malva sylvestris ) is mentioned only once and ranked by Sebastian amongst nettles and docks . Fumitory is mentioned twice , but to which species Shakespeare refers it is impossible to say . “ Rank fumiter " amongst the ...
The mallow ( Malva sylvestris ) is mentioned only once and ranked by Sebastian amongst nettles and docks . Fumitory is mentioned twice , but to which species Shakespeare refers it is impossible to say . “ Rank fumiter " amongst the ...
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Amongst the pupils in the eleventh century was Edith , daughter of Earl Godwin , and subsequently wife of Edward the Confessor . She subsequently rebuilt the abbey and retired there after the death of the Confessor .
Amongst the pupils in the eleventh century was Edith , daughter of Earl Godwin , and subsequently wife of Edward the Confessor . She subsequently rebuilt the abbey and retired there after the death of the Confessor .
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Gerard also extols it as a valuable herb to strew amongst clothes . Shakespeare uses wormwood ” in the Biblical fashion as a simile of something intensely bitter . Hamlet , watching the players and knowing what the effect of the Player ...
Gerard also extols it as a valuable herb to strew amongst clothes . Shakespeare uses wormwood ” in the Biblical fashion as a simile of something intensely bitter . Hamlet , watching the players and knowing what the effect of the Player ...
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| Title | Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
| Author | Eleanour Sinclair Rohde |
| Publisher | Medici society, Limited, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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