The young lady's book : a manual of elegant recreations, arts, sciences, and accomplishments / edited by distinguished professors.

Date:
[1859?]
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Credit: The young lady's book : a manual of elegant recreations, arts, sciences, and accomplishments / edited by distinguished professors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    they embellish the lofty domes and high places which are the pride of our country, and passively contribute to its defence. They adorn our parlours and our persons—some of them are almost indispensable even to the cottager’s wife, while others sit enthroned on the brows of royal beauty, exceeding all beneath ‘ the Lady I,una and her sdvery train’ in brilliancy, and equalling the chaplet with which Flora would bedeck herself, in richness and variety of hue; and although they possess not the fragrance of the rose-bud, nor the graceful form of the lily, their durability exalts them to a higher value than that of the most lovely flower that basks in the noontide ray, or blooms in the shade. The snowdrop melts away almost as soon as the white mantle that covers its birth- plaee the violet dehghts our eye in the morning, and is withered by sunset—the queen of flowers endures but for a brief period and there are few of her subjects hardy enough to bear the scorch- ing glance of a summer sun, and the chill breath of winter. But a diamond endures for ages, and is brilliant and beautiful at all LTerathms11 of IT™*' ^ ruby and emerald outlive a thousand geneiations of loses or evergreens, and gold is the main-spring of human energy and social life.” pr n2 PeneloneMaiWhT Surprise<? ,at the u™sual enthusiasm of I enelope. ^ \\ ithout, however, waiting to make any remark upon PenSnnS1’n rPPet,lc,al stf].e of speaking, she placed her hand upon Penelopes bracelet and begged to interrupt her oration in favour ot WnS'LTS ”,leral'S-tb.e kt,?r dead, but flowers °live! earth, and rear themTnto blauty and^rfeS ^ delights acco^atioDs’cwmected^hh’fl^ers Z .tabT*Th°f “*■* -yWyXi^ifen SS