 | John Potter - 1728 - 518 síður
...we are informed by Pliny (f). I fhall add nothing farther upon this Head, only that the Rofe being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates the God of Silence, to engage him to conceal the lewd Aftions of Venus, was an Emblem of Silence ; whence to prefent, or hold it up to any Perfon in... | |
 | John Potter - 1751 - 514 síður
...we are inform'd by Pliny (c). I ihall add nothing farther upon this Head, only that the Rofe being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates the God of Silence, to engage him to conceal the lewd Aclions of Venus, was an Emblem of Silence ; whence to prefent or hold it up to any Perfon in... | |
 | John Potter - 1751 - 518 síður
...we are inform'd by Pliny (c}. I (hall add nothing farther upon this Head, only that the Rofe being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates the God of Silence, to engage him to conceal the lewd Adlions of Venm, was an Emblem of Silence ; whence to prefent or hold it up to any Perfon in Difcourfe,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 458 síður
...ancient custom, observed at Grecian festivals. The learned Potter thus describes it: " The rose, being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to engage him to conceal the lewd actions of Venus, was an emblem of "Hence ¡ whence to present, or hold it up to any person in... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 síður
...an inquiry --H Miteellany. did this proverb arise : 'Under the rose be it spoken ?" "The rose being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates, the god of Silence, to engage him to conceal the amours of Venus, was an emblem of silence ; whence, to present it or bold it up to any person in discourse,... | |
 | John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 618 síður
...as we are informed by Pliny *. I shall add nothing farther upon this head, only that the rose being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to engage him to conceal the lewd actions of Venus, was an emblem of silence ; whence, to presentit or hold it up to any person... | |
 | 1816 - 598 síður
...ulonthly Magazine: " Whence did this proverb arise : ' Under the rose be it spoken ?' " " The rose being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates, the God of Silence, to engage him to conceal the amours of Venus, was an emblem of silence; whence, to present it or hold it up to any person in discourse,... | |
 | 1829 - 488 síður
...a man of no ordinary prowess in bacchanalian contest " Under the Rote be it ipoken." The rose being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates, the god of Silence, to engage him to conceal the amours of Venus, was an emblem of Silence ; whence to present it or hold it up to any person in discourse,... | |
 | 1830 - 428 síður
...of a good practical moral. Masques, vol. 0, p. 85. " Under the Rose be it spoken."— The rose being dedicated by "Cupid to Harpocrates," the god of Silence, to engage him to conceal the amours of Venus, was an emblem of Silence; whence to present it or hold it up to any person in discourse,... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835 - 518 síður
...word mum, or silence. The rose was considered by the ancients as an emblem of silence, from its being dedicated by Cupid to Harpocrates the god of silence, to engage him to conceal the actions of his mother Venus. Whence, in rooms designed for convivial meetings, it was Thus far the... | |
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... of an admonition, that it was time for him to hold his peace ; and in entertaining rooms it was customary to place a rose above the table, to signify that what was there spoken... 
