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£r^f ^EASEL. Dipsacus. Class 4, Tbtbakdbi \. 

 • Order: Monooynia. The flowers of the 

 teasel are bristled with long sharp thorns, 

 and the whole plant has an air 01 severity ; 

 yet it is useful and beautiful. The clothiers 

 use it to raise the nap upon woollen cloths, 

 by means of the chaffs on the heads. 



MISANTHROPY. 



With purple blooms the Teasel deck'd, 

 Concentrated in an oval crown ; 

 But not like him of more renown, 

 Arm'd with the bended awns, that pull 

 Through the close web the knotted wool, 

 Raise the soft downy nap, and smooth 

 The texture with tenacious tooth. 

 Nor skilful art a tool has plann'd, 

 To match that gift of Nature's hand. 



Mant. 



Be abhorr'd 



All feasts, societies, and throngs of men ! 



His semblable, yea, himself, Timon disdains: 



Destruction fang mankind ! 



Shakspeare. 



I am Misanthropos, and hate mankind. 

 For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, 

 That I might love thee something. 



Shakspeare. 



Nothing I'll bear from thee, 



But nakedness, thou detestable town! 



Timon will to the woods; where he shall find 



The unkindest beast more kinder than mankind. 



Shakspeare. 



