Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 276
s a favourite. The phcenix,also, borrowed from ancient Egypt, but nowadaysgenerally associated with life insurance. Fortune, 254 Till: svMnoLic inpluicnck with tlu! sail of a sliip standini^ on <i <^lobe, andsometimes a wheel, floating in a tempestuous sea,to express her fickleness and… … AMBITION. (From Alciatis Emblems, 1522.) by bhndfold Love, also figures ; the ass loadedwith dainties and rich food, but stooping to eatthe thistle by the wayside, appears as a symbol ofAvarice, ^sops fables were utilized, and classicalmythology, in fact all was fish to the moral net otthe emblem…
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