THE ORIENTAL LANGUAGE, AND 
freshness of these flowers show 
the speed of the messenger, whilst 
the selection speaks, in silent lan¬ 
guage, the sentiments of the party 
from whom they are sent, and 
whose rank is also distinguished 
by the costliness or beauty of the 
embroidered envelope. 
“ These are merely the remains 
of the ancient customs of the east¬ 
ern nations, where all was symbol, 
emblem, and allegory; and it must 
not he supposed that emblems were 
invented for the purposes of in¬ 
trigue, since we find the Scriptures 
full of the most beautiful parables, 
moral symbols, instructive allego- 
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