12 Metaphors for emblems

Such were the three words which burned in blood-red letters of fire above the guillotine, and their mocking emblem was the glittering axe, that flashed down, to sever from their bodies the heads of the aristocrats whom, in spite of the new religion represented in those three words, they would not recognize as brethren and equals, or admit to the freedom of life and of opinion.

This emblem was also the accompaniment of Assyrian royalty.

Expressing this spirit of active co-operation is the college motto, "Lighted to lighten"; the emblem in the shield is a tiny lamp such as may burn in the poorest homes in India.

The bonnet rouge begins likewise to be effaced from flags at the doors; and, as though this emblem of liberty were a very bad neighbour to property, its relegation seems to encourage the re-appearance of silver forks and spoons, which are gradually drawn forth from their hiding-places, and resume their stations at table.

A typical example of such a god will suffice, namely Thoth, whose original emblem was the dog-headed ape.

The emblem of Practical Philanthropy is the Samaritan stooping over the wounded Jew.

His emblem is the human-headed winged lion seen at the entrance of royal palaces.

It is no unmeaning phrase, but an utterance of ardent desire to be absorbed into that Brahma whose emblem is the sacred flower.

The emblem of the sun was fire, and hence fire was deified, especially among the Hindus, under the name of Agni,the Latin ignis.

The emblem of hope should be the plow; not the plow of the Great Seal, but a plow buried to the top of the mold-board in the soil, with the black furrow-slice falling away from itand for heaven's sake, let it fall to the right, as it does where they do real farming, and not to the left as most artists depict it!

The emblem of American pride and power is the eagle, and on her banner she has mingled stars with its stripes.

Frances Quarles's Divine Emblems long remained a favorite book with religious readers both in old and New England.

12 Metaphors for  emblems