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... Root of hemlock digged in the dark " was an ingredient in the witches ' cauldron in Macbeth : - Third Witch . Root of hemlock digg'd i ' the dark ; Liver of blaspheming Jew ; Gall of goat and slips of yew , Sliver'd in the moon's ...
... Root of hemlock digged in the dark " was an ingredient in the witches ' cauldron in Macbeth : - Third Witch . Root of hemlock digg'd i ' the dark ; Liver of blaspheming Jew ; Gall of goat and slips of yew , Sliver'd in the moon's ...
Page 181
... root upon . " 2 Possibly the " insane root " mentioned by Banquo was hemlock : - " Were such things here as we do speak about ? Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner ? " 3 Mandrake from earliest times has ...
... root upon . " 2 Possibly the " insane root " mentioned by Banquo was hemlock : - " Were such things here as we do speak about ? Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner ? " 3 Mandrake from earliest times has ...
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... root of which " digg'd i ' the dark " 1 was an ingredient in the witches ' cauldron in Macbeth ; mandrake 2 and ferns , the seed whereof was reputed to make the users invisible . To which fern Shakespeare refers is uncertain probably ...
... root of which " digg'd i ' the dark " 1 was an ingredient in the witches ' cauldron in Macbeth ; mandrake 2 and ferns , the seed whereof was reputed to make the users invisible . To which fern Shakespeare refers is uncertain probably ...
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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