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Pears Shakespeare mentions but four times , yet Gerard states that to recount the varieties were " to number those things that are without number ” . Shakespeare mentions specifically the Wardon pear and the Poperinge .
Pears Shakespeare mentions but four times , yet Gerard states that to recount the varieties were " to number those things that are without number ” . Shakespeare mentions specifically the Wardon pear and the Poperinge .
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Three Wardons Pears figured as the arms of the house . Parkinson in his Paradisus says— “ The Warden or Lukewards Pear are of two sorts , both white and red , both great and small . The Spanish Warden is greater than either of both the ...
Three Wardons Pears figured as the arms of the house . Parkinson in his Paradisus says— “ The Warden or Lukewards Pear are of two sorts , both white and red , both great and small . The Spanish Warden is greater than either of both the ...
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“ Your viginity , your old viginity is like one of our French withered pears ; it looks ill , it eats drily ; marry , ' tis a withered pear , it was formerly better ; marry yet ' tis a withered pear . ” All's Well that Ends Well .
“ Your viginity , your old viginity is like one of our French withered pears ; it looks ill , it eats drily ; marry , ' tis a withered pear , it was formerly better ; marry yet ' tis a withered pear . ” All's Well that Ends Well .
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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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