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THE LANGUAGE AND 
supposed to have first made known this 
Eastern custom to Europeans. When re¬ 
siding at Pera she sent a Turkish love- 
letter to a friend in England, from which 
we extract the botanical emblems. 
Clove** • * ..You are as slender as tliis clove ! 
You are an unblown rose ! 
1 have long loved you, and you have not 
known it. 
Jonquil•• ..Have pity on my passion ! 
Pear .Give me some hope! 
A Rose .* ..May you be pleased, and your sorrows 
mine ! 
A St raw**. Suffer me to be your slave ! 
Cinnamon. But my fortune is yours ! 
Pepper *• Send me an answer ! 
Her ladyship states, that there is no 
flower without a verse belonging to it ; 
and that it is possible to quarrel, re¬ 
proach, or send letters of passion, friend¬ 
ship, or civility, or even of news without 
ever inking the fingers. 
The sentiments which in our little 
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