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ally grown in England as a curiosity, but seldom comes to any 
perfection out-of-doors, as it requires a mixture of moisture and 
heat that we cannot easily give it. There are said to be species 
in the North of China growing in dry places, which would 
perhaps be hardy in England and easier of cultivation, but I 
am not aware that they have ever been introduced. 
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Some to kill cankers in the Musk-rose buds. 
Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 3, 3. 
And stick Musk-Roses in thy sleek, smooth head. 
Ibid., iv. I, 3. 
The air hath starved the Roses in her cheeks. 
Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 4, 159. 
There will we make our beds of Roses, 
And a thousand fragrant posies. 
Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 1, 19. 
Gloves as sweet as Damask Roses.— Winter's Tale, iv. 3, 222. 
Cmsario, by the Roses of the spring, 
By maidhood, honour, truth, and everything, 
I love thee so.— Twelfth Night , iii. 1, 161. 
When you have our Roses, 
You barely leave us thorns to prick ourselves 
And mock us with our bareness. 
All's Well that Ends Well, iv. 2, 18. 
Let one attend him with a silver basin 
Full of Rose-water and bestrew’d with flowers. 
Taming of the Shrew, Induction, 1, 55. 
I’ll say she looks as clear 
As morning Roses newly wash’d with dew.— Ibid., ii. 1, 173. 
Their lips were four red Roses on a stalk, 
Which in their summer beauty kiss’d each other. 
Richard III, iv. 3, 12. 
The Roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade 
To paly ashes.— Romeo and Juliet, iv. 1, 99. 
