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The Damask rose , which figures in Autolycus ' song :Gloves as sweet as Damask roses . ' cultivated from time immemorial in the East and traditionally introduced into these islands by the Crusaders , is still obtainable but rarely grown ...
The Damask rose , which figures in Autolycus ' song :Gloves as sweet as Damask roses . ' cultivated from time immemorial in the East and traditionally introduced into these islands by the Crusaders , is still obtainable but rarely grown ...
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scent of sweet briar , which , as in the passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream , is called eglantine . Arviragus . « With fairest flowers While summer lasts , and I live here , Fidele , I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack ...
scent of sweet briar , which , as in the passage in A Midsummer Night's Dream , is called eglantine . Arviragus . « With fairest flowers While summer lasts , and I live here , Fidele , I'll sweeten thy sad grave : thou shalt not lack ...
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Lucrece . a Amongst the passages in which honey is used as a synonym for sweet , the following may be cited :Berowne . ' White - handed mistress , one sweet word with thee . ” Princess . “ Honey and milk and sugar ; there is three .
Lucrece . a Amongst the passages in which honey is used as a synonym for sweet , the following may be cited :Berowne . ' White - handed mistress , one sweet word with thee . ” Princess . “ Honey and milk and sugar ; there is three .
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