When Dubufe’s celebrated paintings of Adam and Eve were on exhibition, Mr. M‘Nab was taken to see them, and was asked for his opinion. ‘ I think no great thing of the painter,’ said the great gardiner. ‘ Why Eve’s temptin’ Adam wi’ a pippin of a variety that wasna known until about twenty years ago!’
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 127, 9 May 1884, Page 2
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54Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 127, 9 May 1884, Page 2
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