Floral EmblemsSaunders and Otley, 1825 - 352 páginas |
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... flower to fit every cap , none are personally intended , but the whole are offered for the selection of the wearer , and should weeds be discovered where flowers are expected , he flatters himself they will be few , and that those few ...
... flower to fit every cap , none are personally intended , but the whole are offered for the selection of the wearer , and should weeds be discovered where flowers are expected , he flatters himself they will be few , and that those few ...
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... flower , no fruit , herb , nor feather , that has not a verse belonging to it . When a Turkish lady sends a congratula- tory message , or a ceremonious invitation , it is generally accompanied with some emble- matical flowers carefully ...
... flower , no fruit , herb , nor feather , that has not a verse belonging to it . When a Turkish lady sends a congratula- tory message , or a ceremonious invitation , it is generally accompanied with some emble- matical flowers carefully ...
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... flower , without the assistance of draw- ing something similar . When the camellia japonica was first brought to flower in this country , we felt it impossible to give a just idea of the flower without drawing a picture in language , by ...
... flower , without the assistance of draw- ing something similar . When the camellia japonica was first brought to flower in this country , we felt it impossible to give a just idea of the flower without drawing a picture in language , by ...
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... flower , Iris all hues , roses and jessamine , Rear'd high their flourished heads between , and wrought Mosaick ... flowers lends its aid to gratitude , friendship , filial love , and maternal fondness . Even affliction may be soothed by ...
... flower , Iris all hues , roses and jessamine , Rear'd high their flourished heads between , and wrought Mosaick ... flowers lends its aid to gratitude , friendship , filial love , and maternal fondness . Even affliction may be soothed by ...
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... flowers , and the bashful swains of our rural scenes still frequently explain their first passion by the assistance ... flower proves it , and a smile rewards them . Cottage friendship is frequently commenced through the aid of flowers ...
... flowers , and the bashful swains of our rural scenes still frequently explain their first passion by the assistance ... flower proves it , and a smile rewards them . Cottage friendship is frequently commenced through the aid of flowers ...
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50 Conduit agreeable allusion Amaranth ancients Arachne bear beauty bell berries blem bloom blossoms bower branch bright Buxus called Catullus caused cedar celebrated Charlotte Smith charms cheers colour Columella corymb Cowper crown dedicated to St delight Dryden Egyptians emblematical escutcheon fair fleurs Floral Emblems floral language foliage folly fragrant frequently fruit garden garland grace green hand Harpocrates head heart hence the emblem herb hieroglyphics hope humble innocent J'ai jour juice L'immortelle language of flowers leaf leaves lovers Milton modest month myrtle nature Numa Pompilius o'er Odin odour officinalis Otley Otley 50 Ovid painted parterre passion Peacham pensive petals plant pleasure poets Pope present pride Published by Saunders purple represented rich rose Saunders & Otley says Shakspeare shrub signifies soul succory sweet symbolical thee things Thompson thorns thou tree violets Virgil virtue weeds whilst wreath yellow youth
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Página 176 - The eternal regions : lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom...
Página 269 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 230 - tis he ; why he was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea : singing aloud ; Crown'd with rank fumiter, and furrow weeds, With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.
Página 9 - All things to man's delightful use. The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf ; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses and jessamine, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem...
Página 34 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Página 199 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 300 - Could crystallize this sacred treasure ! Long should it glitter near my heart, A secret source of pensive pleasure. The little brilliant, ere it fell, Its lustre caught from Chloe's eye ; Then, trembling, left its coral cell — The spring of sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light ! In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine.
Página 38 - Wisely regardful of the' embroiling sky, In joyless fields, and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Página 255 - Observe the rising lily's snowy grace, Observe the various vegetable race ; They neither toil, nor spin, but careless grow ; Yet see how warm they blush, how bright they glow. What regal vestments can with them compare, What king so shining, or what queen so fair...
Página 36 - Hail, Sabbath ! thee I hail, the poor man's day : The pale mechanic now has leave to breathe The morning air pure from the city's smoke...