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Laurel, 
Laurens nobilis, Narurar Orver: Lauracee—Laurel Family. 
~° AUREL is a shrub which grows in height from four to six 
5» feet, having a liberal supply of beautiful evergreen foliage, which 
i> was much used by the ancients in decorating the brows of their 
\(scheroes. Chaplets of Laurel were given as a reward to orators, 
philosophers and poets. A®sculapius, the god of physic, 
wears a crown of laurel, because of its power in the cure 
of diseases. Daphne is said to have been changed into a laurel when 
she fled from the embrace of Apollo, whence its botanical name; and 
laureola, laurus (laurel), seem allied to the Latin /aus, praise. The 
Laurel tree is of a very hot, acrid nature. It is always flourishing, 
Je, never old, and conduces, according to the ancients, to divination and 
Z% poetic raptures. The leaves, when put under the pillow, are said to 
produce true dreams. 
Glory. 
LORIES, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright; 
But look’d too near, have neither heat or light. 
> —Webster. 
ND should the aspiring man, that makes his gain LAS for human greatness! and alas 
Of other’s hurts, not hurt himself for gain? For glory’s splendor on a mortal brow! 
Not, when he stabs another for a purse, The stateliest realms must down to ruin pass, 
Prick his own bosom for a dearer price, And mightiest monarchs to a mightier bow; 
And wound his heart to laurel-crown his head. Alas! will death ne’er spare a gallant foe? 
—Bird. —C. W. Everest. 
LORY, like time, progression does require; 
When it does cease t’ advance, it does expire. 
—Lord Orrery. 
LORY is like a circle in the water, HAT is glory? What is fame? 
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, The echo of a long-lost name; 
Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought. A breath, an idle hour’s brief talk. 
—Shakespeare, —Motherwell. 
OR this world’s glory 
Is figur’d in the moon; they both wax dull, 
And suffer their eclipses in the full. —Aveyn. i 
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