. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Emblem of the Rose in English History 319 The English, who wanted leaders, had been muchaccustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin andMorca, Earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared forhim; and even Stigand found it advisable — This regard of English history is common tomost of us, but there is a long page of English. Gold of Ophir Roses. history which is neither dry nor tedious, but isglowing with the richest color of romance ; it mightbe summarized as the Rose
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Emblem of the Rose in English History 319 The English, who wanted leaders, had been muchaccustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin andMorca, Earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared forhim; and even Stigand found it advisable — This regard of English history is common tomost of us, but there is a long page of English. Gold of Ophir Roses. history which is neither dry nor tedious, but isglowing with the richest color of romance ; it mightbe summarized as the Rose in English can but refer to it in a brief regard of the Roseas an Emblem. The painfull searcher after factsin regal heraldry finds an indelible record of theRose in the many badges and devices, especially 320 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday those of the royal family, which bear a figure of aRose. A badge or cognizance was a figure chosen byits owner either as openly significant of some exploitof honor or note of^ some member of his family ;or as alluding to his name or estate or office orcalling. A badge was not bound by heralds rulesthough it often became an heraldic bearing ; it mighthave been given as a token of the favor of a leaderor sovereign, and it was worn openly as a token ofallegiance. Each noblemans badge was prominentin his dress, on sleeve or breast; and it glittered onhis standards, his warlike trappings. Though bo
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