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FLORAL EMBLEMS. 
possession of. Lucot says, it represents an 
obstinate person, who persists in his own 
opinion, and prefers being torn in a thou¬ 
sand pieces, sooner than to yield benevolently 
to what is required of him. 
“ The man resolv’d, and steady to his trust. 
Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, 
Can the rude rabble’s influence despise.” 
Addison. 
OLD AGE. 
Tree of Life.— Arbor-vita, Thuja. 
“ The Thuja from China’s fruitful lands.” 
The name of Arbor-vitae justifies this em¬ 
blem. Young observes, 
** ’Tis greatly wise to know, before we’re told, 
The melancholy news that we grow old.” 
