FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
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us to present them as emblematical of embar¬ 
rassment. 
Love is a puzzle which embarrasses all who 
fall into it, yet Anacreon says, 
“ Nay, should they take his chains away, 
The little captive still would stay.” 
ENVY. 
Common Bramble. — Rubusfruticosus. 
“ The bush my bed, the bramble was my bow r. 
Spencer. 
This rough and prickly trailing plant is 
made the emblem of this unhappy disposition, 
because it carries thorns in its bosom. Pope 
says 
“ Envy, to which til’ ignoble mind’s a slave. 
Is emulation in the learn’d or brave.” 
