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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
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| “Now, Sire,” quod she, “for aught that may bityde, I moste haue of the peres that I see, Or I moote dye, so soore longeth me To eten of the smalle peres grene.” Chaucer—Canterbury Tales. The Merchantes Tale. L. 14,669. | 1 |
| The great white pear-tree dropped with dew from leaves And blossom, under heavens of happy blue. Jean Ingelow—Songs with Preludes. Wedlock. | 2 |
| A pear-tree planted nigh: ’Twas charg’d with fruit that made a goodly show, And hung with dangling pears was every bough. Pope—January and May. L. 602. | 3 |
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