Shakespeare's Wild Flowers: Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore |
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... lady - smocks ( Cardamine pratensis ) as " silver - white " for , strictly speaking , the flowers are a pale lavender , but to those of us who are country folk Shakespeare's phrase rings true . For when their dainty flowers grow in ...
... lady - smocks ( Cardamine pratensis ) as " silver - white " for , strictly speaking , the flowers are a pale lavender , but to those of us who are country folk Shakespeare's phrase rings true . For when their dainty flowers grow in ...
Page 81
... ladies in waiting suggests a game of bowls to distract the Queen from her anxiety : - Queen . " What sport shall we ... Lady . " Madam , we'll play at bowls 81 Gardens , Orchards , and Vineyards.
... ladies in waiting suggests a game of bowls to distract the Queen from her anxiety : - Queen . " What sport shall we ... Lady . " Madam , we'll play at bowls 81 Gardens , Orchards , and Vineyards.
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... ladies of the household . Gervase Markham in his Way to get wealth ( 1613 ) gives full directions for the making of such a lawn- " the sporting green plot for ladies and gentlewomen to recreate their spirits in , or a place whereinto ...
... ladies of the household . Gervase Markham in his Way to get wealth ( 1613 ) gives full directions for the making of such a lawn- " the sporting green plot for ladies and gentlewomen to recreate their spirits in , or a place whereinto ...
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ยน A Midsummer amongst Antony and Cleopatra beauty canker colour commonly Coriolanus cowslips crown Cymbeline doth Duke Earl Elizabethan elves fairies Falstaff favourite figures flowers fruit Gerard green grow grown Hamlet hath hemlock Henry the Eighth Henry the Fourth Henry the Sixth herbs hive honey Ibid King Henry King Lear King Richard knot garden ladies lily Love's Labour's Lost Lucrece Macbeth marigolds Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream orchard Othello oxlips pale Paradisus Parkinson passage Perdita plant primrose Queen red rose Richard Plantagenet Richard the Second Richard the Third Romeo and Juliet rosemary rush says Scene scent Shakespeare mentions Shakespeare refers Shakespeare's day Shrew simile Sonnet Spenser strawberries sweet Tempest thee thorns thou thyme Timon of Athens Titania Titus Andronicus tree Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Venus and Adonis vine violets weeds white rose wild Winter's Tale Wives of Windsor