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of her charms more sure. Castellan, speaking of a 
Greek princess whom he painted, describes her thus : 
“ Her black eyes, well shaped, and on a level with her 
head, had the brilliancy of diamonds, but her stained eye¬ 
lids spoiled their expression. Her eyebrows, joined by 
a pencilled line, gave a kind of hardness to her look. 
Her mouth, very small and highly colored, might have 
been embellished by a smile, but I never had the happi¬ 
ness of seeing one. Her cheeks were covered with a 
very deep red, and crescent-shaped patches disfigured 
her face.” 
Bugloss has been made the emblem of falsehood, be¬ 
cause its root is used in the composition of several kinds 
of paints. That of which it is the basis is perhaps the 
oldest and least dangerous of all. But nothing can im¬ 
itate the natural blush of modesty, and art destroys it 
irreparably. If we wish to please long, if we wish to 
please always, let us discard falsehood from our hearts, 
our lips, and our faces, repeating with the poet, — 
“ JEtien n’est beau que le vrai, le vrai seul est aimable.” 
REST-HARROW (Ononis spinosa). Obstacles. 
This plant sometimes stops the labors of the husband¬ 
man by its tough network of roots. TV ith its pretty 
papilionaceous pink flowers, its long thorns, and deeply- 
struck roots, it is the siren of the fields, and the emblem 
of the obstacles which vice opposes to virtue. 
