Citations:emblem


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition, for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me.
 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand; and, in singular contradiction of that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers.