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ARBERRY. Berberis Vulgaris. Class 6, 

 HEXANDRIA. Order : MONOGYNIA. The 

 common barberry is abundant in many parts 

 of the United States. Its close branches 

 and thorns render it peculiarly fit for hedges, i 

 and its brilliant red berries are very orna- 

 mental to the fields which it encircles. 

 These berries, worn in the hair, have been mistaken for coral 

 ornaments. Preserved in sugar, they form a cheap bat much 

 valued dainty among the farmers of New England. The fruit 

 of the barberry is so very acid that birds will seldom eat them. 

 The tree is armed with thorns, and the flowers are so irritable, 

 that at the slightest touch all the stamina close around the pistil. 

 Thus this tree bears all the characteristics of persons whose tem- 

 per is sharp and irritable. 



SHARPNESS. SOURNESS OF TEMPER. 



Happiness courts thee in her best array; 

 But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench, 

 Thou pout'st upon tky fortune and thy love: 

 Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



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He reads much; 



He is a great observer, and he looks , 



Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays, 

 As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: 

 Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort, 

 As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit 

 That could be moved to smile at any thing. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



She is peevish, sullen, fro ward, 

 Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; 

 Neither regarding that she is rny child, 

 Nor fearing me as if I were her father. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



