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FELICITY. 
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acknowledged that Providence had not aban¬ 
doned true riches to the avarice of men; but 
that, like a tender mother, she had reserved 
to herself the care of distributing them 
every year to her children, as the reward of 
their labours. 
FASCINATION. 
CIRC.2EA, or enchanter’s nightshade. 
Thrice round the grave Circsea prints her tread, 
And chaunts the numbers which disturb the dead. 
DARWIN. 
As the name of this plant indicates, it is 
celebrated in magical incantations. Its 
flowers are rose-coloured, and veined with 
purple; and commonly grow in damp and 
shady places, where shrubs fit for the pur¬ 
pose to which this has been applied may be 
supposed to be found. It is named Circsea 
after the enchantress Circe. 
FELICITY. 
SWEET SULTAN. 
This sweet scented species of centaury 
was introduced into England in the reign of 
Charles I. It is mentioned by Parkinson, 
in 1629,— “ as a kinde of these corne- 
flowers, I must needs adjoyn another stran- 
