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immortality. The infant, enjoying the delights of 

 the celestial breast, drew the milk faster than he 

 could swallow, some drops of which therefore fell 

 to the earth, from which this flower immediately 

 sprang up ; and from this fable it was called Rosa 

 Junonio, Juno's Rose. 



Alciat tells us, in his celebrated and elegant em 

 blems, that celestial Beauty is represented sur- 

 rounded by a glory, half of the head hidden in the 

 clouds, and holding a Lily in one hand, and a com- 

 pass and a ball in the other. The same author 

 says, that Beauty is represented with a garland of 

 Lilies and Violets. 



As all nations agree in making the Lily the sym- 

 bol -of purity and modesty, it is the fit attribute of 

 beauty ; and perhaps no inhabitants of the earth 

 blend it so happily with the Rose as the fair 

 daughters of Britain. In the Hebrew language, 

 the name Susannah signifies a Lily. 



St. Dominic is always represented as holding a 

 Lily, but we do not think that the establishing of 

 the Inquisition in Languedoc justifies the painter 

 in placing so fair an emblem in the hand of one 

 ^vho made converts by the aid of fire and sword, 

 ■which is so directly in opposition to the mild pre- 

 cepts of Him on whose authority our blessed re- 

 ligion is founded. 



We make these remarks, and notice the super- 



