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Spccularia speculum. Natural Order: Camjmnulcicecc — Bell-wort Family. 
►BOOKING-GLASSES and beauty have always been consid¬ 
ered to have a special affinity for each other; hence this 
plant, the flowers of which have been likened to a “concave 
mirror,” has been dedicated to the goddess of beauty, and 
family of the Campanulas, all of which are attractive, 
and some very beautiful. It is a small plant about six inches high, 
and is a native of Southern Europe. The stem branches freely, and 
it is a pretty little thing for the borders of beds and walks. The 
flowers are blue, closing at night and opening in the morning. There 
is an annual variety, with white blossoms, that blooms in August. 
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TO flattery my boy! an honest man can’t live by’t: 
^ x It is a little sneaking art, which knaves 
Use to cajole and soften fools withal. —Otway. 
/W TIIOU world, great nurse of flattery, [words, 
Why dost thou tip men’s tongues with golden 
And poise their deeds with weight of heavy lead, 
That fair performance cannot follow promise? 
O that man might hold the heart’s close book, 
And choke the lavish tongue when it doth utter 
The breath of falsehood, not character’d there. 
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F all wild beasts, preserve me from the tyrant; 
And of all tame — a flatterer. —Jonson. 
T WOULD give worlds, could I believe 
1 One-half that is professed me; 
Affection !„ could I think it thee, 
When flattery has caressed me? —Miss London. 
Tj)RAISE too dearly lov’d, or warmly sought, 
1 Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; 
And the Aveak soul within itself unblest 
Leans for all pleasure on another’s breast. 
— Goldsmith. 
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"pERNICIOLhS flatt’ry! thy malignant seeds, 
In an ill hour and by a fatal hand 
Sadly diffused o’er virtue’s gleby land, 
With rising pride amidst the corn appear, 
And choke the hopes and harvest of the year. 
— Prior. 
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