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PLANT-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE 
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(1) Her [Queen Mab’s] chariot is an empty Hazel-nut 
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, 
Time out o’ mind the fairies’ coachmakers. 
Romeo and Juliet, i. 4, 67. 
(2) Kate like the Hazel twig 
Is straight and slender and as brown in hue 
As Hazel-nuts and sweeter than the kernels. 
Taming of the Shrew, ii. 1, 255. 
(3) I’ll bring thee to clustering Filberts. — Tempest, ii. 2, 174. 
(4) Sweetest Nut hath sourest rind, 
Such a Nut is Rosalind.— As Yon Like It, iii. 2, 115. 
(5) For his verity in love I do think him as concave as a covered goblet 
or a worm-eaten Nut.— Ibid., iii. 4, 25. 
(6) Believe this of me, there can be no kernel in this light Nut. 
Alt’s Well that Ends Well, ii. 5, 46. 
(7) Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking Nuts, having no other 
reason but because thou hast Hazel eyes. 
Romeo and Juliet, iii. 1, 20. 
(8) Hector shall have a great catch, if he knock out either of your brains; 
a’ were as good crack a fusty Nut with no kernel. 
Troilus and Cressida, ii. 1, 109. 
(9) I’ll warrant him for drowning ; though the ship were no stronger than 
a Nut-shell. — Tempest, i. 1, 49. 
(10) I have a venturesome fairy that shall seek 
The squirrel’s hoard, and fetch thee new Nuts. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, iv. 1, 40. 
(11) O God, I could be bounded in a Nut-shell and count myself a king 
of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. 
Hamlet, ii. 2, 260. 
Some devils ask but the parings of one’s nail, 
A Rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, 
A Nut, a Cherry-stone. — Comedy of Errors, iv. 3, 72. 
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