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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 125, March 20, 1852 - A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, - Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. - -Author: Various - -Editor: George Bell - -Release Date: October 1, 2012 [EBook #40910] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES, MARCH 20, 1852 *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40910 ***</div> <h1> @@ -177,7 +132,7 @@ M<span class="smcap lowercase">ARCH</span> 20. 1852.</p> <p class="indh i5"> Cowley and his Monument, by Henry Campkin <a title="Go to page 267" href="#Page_267">267</a></p> -<p class="indh i5"> Count Königsmark and the Duchess of Somerset, +<p class="indh i5"> Count Königsmark and the Duchess of Somerset, by D. Jardine <a title="Go to page 269" href="#Page_269">269</a></p> <p class="indh i5"> Folk Lore, by C. D. Lamont <a title="Go to page 270" href="#Page_270">270</a></p> @@ -207,7 +162,7 @@ Ap Rice's Register—Prideaux's styled Reverend—Rev. Nathaniel Spinckes—Meaning of the word "Elvan"—Wiclif—Showing the White Feather—Gray and Locke—Horses and Sheep, - Remains of in Churches—Archæologia Cambrensis, + Remains of in Churches—Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol. I., Reprint—Presbyterian Oath—"A Pinch of Snuff from Dean Swift's Box"—Cromwell's Skull—Guy, Thomas, Founder of Guy's Hospital, and M.P. for @@ -254,7 +209,7 @@ A<span class="smcap lowercase">NSWERED</span>:—Prestwich's Kidder's Autobiography—Which are the Shadows?—Welsh Names "Blaen"—The Verb "to -commit"—Beócera-gent—New +commit"—Beócera-gent—New Zealand Legend—Twenty-seven Children—Reeve and Muggleton—Black Book of Paisley—Pasquinades—Elegy on @@ -325,8 +280,8 @@ Oxford deceas'd.</p> <div class="poem"> - <p>'Ut sylvæ foliis pronos mutantur in annos,</p> - <p>Prima cadunt, ita verborum vetus interit ætas,</p> + <p>'Ut sylvæ foliis pronos mutantur in annos,</p> + <p>Prima cadunt, ita verborum vetus interit ætas,</p> <p>Et juvenum ritu, florent modo nata vigentq;</p> <p>Debemur morti nos, nostraq;!'—H<span class="smcap lowercase">OR</span>.</p> @@ -537,7 +492,7 @@ content with a few pages in the <i>Selections from British Poets</i>, where indeed he is entitled to a very eminent position; whilst "dull Chaucer," as he is irreverently called, with whom the writer quietly prays that Cowley may quietly "sleep in beggar's limbo," seems to live almost -bodily amongst us; and his vivid pictures and naïve descriptions are so +bodily amongst us; and his vivid pictures and naïve descriptions are so acceptable, that it may safely be predicted that an edition of the <i>Canterbury Tales</i> will always be a more profitable venture for a publisher than a speculation in a new edition of the <i>Davideis</i>.</p> @@ -578,16 +533,16 @@ manuscript being faulty in those places.</p> <div class="stanza"> <p class="center">Anglorum Pindarus, Flaccus Maro,<br /> - deliciæ, decus, desiderium, ævi sui<br /> + deliciæ, decus, desiderium, ævi sui<br /> hic juxta situs est.</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p>Aurea dum volitant late tua scripta per orbem,</p> - <p> Et fama æternum vivis, divine Poeta,</p> + <p> Et fama æternum vivis, divine Poeta,</p> <p> Hic placida jaceas requies custodiat urnam</p> - <p>Cana fides, vigilentq; perennii lampade Musæ.</p> + <p>Cana fides, vigilentq; perennii lampade Musæ.</p> <p> Sit sacer iste locus, nec quis temerarius ausit</p> <p> Sacrilegi turbare manu venerabili bustum.</p> <p>Intacti maneant, maneant per secula dulcis</p> @@ -602,15 +557,15 @@ manuscript being faulty in those places.</p> <div class="stanza"> - <p class="center"> G<span class="smcap lowercase">EORGIUS</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">UX</span> B<span class="smcap lowercase">UCKINGHAMIÆ</span> + <p class="center"> G<span class="smcap lowercase">EORGIUS</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">UX</span> B<span class="smcap lowercase">UCKINGHAMIÆ</span> </p> </div> <div class="stanza"> - <p> Excessit e vita anno ætatis 49 magnifica pompa</p> - <p> elatus ex ædibus Buckinghamiis, viris illustribus</p> + <p> Excessit e vita anno ætatis 49 magnifica pompa</p> + <p> elatus ex ædibus Buckinghamiis, viris illustribus</p> <p> omnium ordinum; exequias celebrantibus sepultus est</p> <p class="i5">die tertio Augusti anno 1667.</p> @@ -845,25 +800,25 @@ manuscript being faulty in those places.</p> <h3> -<span>COUNT KÖNIGSMARK AND THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.</span> +<span>COUNT KÖNIGSMARK AND THE DUCHESS OF SOMERSET.</span> </h3> -<p>Several notices of Count Königsmark have lately appeared in "N. & Q.," +<p>Several notices of Count Königsmark have lately appeared in "N. & Q.," Walpole's mistake having occasioned a question by M<span class="smcap lowercase">R</span>. M<span class="smcap lowercase">ARKLAND</span> respecting his identity. There can, however, be no doubt that the person who was tried for being accessory to the assassination of Mr. Thynne in 1681-2, and whose trial is reported at length in the 9th volume of -Howell's <i>State Trials</i>, p. 1., was Charles John Count Königsmark, as +Howell's <i>State Trials</i>, p. 1., was Charles John Count Königsmark, as stated by M<span class="smcap lowercase">R</span>. B<span class="smcap lowercase">RUCE</span> in Vol. v., p. 115. of "N. & Q.," and whose biography and genealogy are more fully given by J. R. J. in p. 183. of the same volume.</p> <p>In the Note on this subject by J. R. J. it is stated that "the most -mysterious episode in the life of this Count Königsmark was brought on +mysterious episode in the life of this Count Königsmark was brought on by his sueing for England's richest and highest heiress, Elizabeth, daughter of Josceline, second Earl of Northumberland." This is perfectly true; but the personal history of this lady, her connexion with -Königsmark, her imputed privity to the murder of Mr. Thynne, and the +Königsmark, her imputed privity to the murder of Mr. Thynne, and the savage allusion to these circumstances by Swift thirty years afterwards, deserve a more particular notice.</p> @@ -879,7 +834,7 @@ great wealth, a friend of the Duke of Monmouth, and the Issachar of Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel." Sir John Reresby, in his <i>Memoirs</i>, p. 135., says "The lady, repenting of the match, fled from her husband into Holland before they were bedded." Whether this elopement had any -relation to Königsmark does not appear: but a few months afterwards, +relation to Königsmark does not appear: but a few months afterwards, namely, in February 1681-2, Mr. Thynne was assassinated in the Haymarket by foreigners, who were devoted friends of the Count, and who apparently acted under his direction, or, at all events, with his acquiescence. The @@ -1133,7 +1088,7 @@ the readers of "N. & Q.," I send a copy of it:</p> <p class="blockquot"> "The author published a new edition in his older days, with many additions, upon the whole more insufferable than this. He lived several years after the Restoration, and some friends of mine - knew him in Ireland. He seems to have been a coxcomb both ævi + knew him in Ireland. He seems to have been a coxcomb both ævi vitio et sui."</p> @@ -1244,7 +1199,7 @@ two versions, and the point will be observed to be the same in both:</p> <p class="i5">"I<span class="smcap lowercase">N</span> Z<span class="smcap lowercase">OILUM</span>.</p> - <p>"Frustra ego te laudo, frustra me, Zoile, lædas + <p>"Frustra ego te laudo, frustra me, Zoile, lædas Nemo mihi credit, Zoile nemo tibi."</p> </div> @@ -1617,7 +1572,7 @@ correspondents enlighten us on this singular case?</p> <h4> -<span><i>Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol I., Reprint.</i></span> +<span><i>Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol I., Reprint.</i></span> </h4> <p>—I have recently purchased a @@ -1630,7 +1585,7 @@ and the price is consequently 21<i>s.</i>" The "reprint" is not as well executed as the original copies, inasmuch as nearly a whole page of interesting matter is omitted, and very few of the reprinted pages correspond with the good old ones. I have been a long time looking for -the first volume of the <i>Archæologia Cambrensis</i>, the greater portion of +the first volume of the <i>Archæologia Cambrensis</i>, the greater portion of which had been so unfortunately destroyed by fire; and though I cannot consider the "reprint" quite as good as the old copies, still I was very glad to obtain it. I trouble you with this "Note," not because I am @@ -1654,7 +1609,7 @@ faults in the "reprint" which may have escaped my notice?</p> remarks, that he never remained ignorant of anything which excited his attention in the streets of Paris when any one passing by could give him the information required: so now that there is such a living -encyclopædia to consult as "N. & Q.," no knowledge should be lost for +encyclopædia to consult as "N. & Q.," no knowledge should be lost for want of inquiry. In more than one publication it has been lately asserted, that presbyterian ministers take the following oath:</p> @@ -1820,10 +1775,10 @@ his thoughts—</p> <p>"Serpit odoriferas per opes levis aura Favoni,</p> <p> Aura sub innumeris humida nata rosis,</p> - <p> <i>Talis in extremis terræ Gangetidis oris</i></p> + <p> <i>Talis in extremis terræ Gangetidis oris</i></p> <p><i>Luciferi regis fingitur esse domus</i>."</p> - <p> Eleg. III. <i>In obitum Præsulis Wintoniensis</i>, l. 47.</p> + <p> Eleg. III. <i>In obitum Præsulis Wintoniensis</i>, l. 47.</p> / </div> @@ -1924,7 +1879,7 @@ Ferne, London, 1586, it is said (p. 248.):—</p> mulcte or fine, for his offence, and so constrained to make his redemption by the building or repayring of the like things), he may not set his armes in such publique workes, as that bishop - was, which being condemned in the Præmunire, redeemed the + was, which being condemned in the Præmunire, redeemed the punishment of that offence, by the glasing of the King's College chappell windowes in Cambridge, a glasse-work of worthy admiration."</p> @@ -2153,7 +2108,7 @@ for its size and beauty, if not for its antiquity. Mr. Brayley, in his the monks of Waverley, he gives them leave to inclose their lands wherever they please, within these bounds, 'which extend,' says the record, 'from the Oak of Tilford, which is called the Kynghoc - [a quercu de Tyleford quæ vocatur Kynghoc], by the king's highway + [a quercu de Tyleford quæ vocatur Kynghoc], by the king's highway towards Farnham, &c.' ... The Tilford Oak is still standing, and is known by its ancient appellation of the King's Oak: a name which it could not have obtained unless it had been of @@ -2234,10 +2189,10 @@ says:</p> <div class="poem"> -<p class="noindent"> "<span title="[Greek: Ourano|then hê|min hy|etous]">Οὐρανό|θεν ἡ|μῖν ὑ|ετοὺς</span><br /> +<p class="noindent"> "<span title="[Greek: Ourano|then hê|min hy|etous]">Οὐρανό|θεν ἡ|μῖν ὑ|ετοὺς</span><br /> <span title="[Greek: didous kai kairous | karpophorous,]">δίδους καὶ καιροὺς | καρποφόρους,</span><br /> - <span title="[Greek: empi|plôn tro|phês kai |]">ἐμπι|πλῶν τρο|φῆς καὶ |</span><br /> - <span title="[Greek: euphrosynês | tas ka|rdias.]">εὐφροσύνης | τὰς κα|ρδίας.</span></p> + <span title="[Greek: empi|plôn tro|phês kai |]">ἐμπι|πλῶν τρο|φῆς καὶ |</span><br /> + <span title="[Greek: euphrosynês | tas ka|rdias.]">εὐφροσύνης | τὰς κα|ρδίας.</span></p> </div> <p class="blockquot"> "1. Iambic; 2. Dochmaic and Choriamb.; 3. Trochaic; 4. Choriamb. @@ -2258,7 +2213,7 @@ greater interest, which has often occurred to me, and to which I should like to call your readers' attention, "Whether St. Paul had read Plato?" I think no one who studies the 15th of the First Epistle to the Corinthians—that sublime chapter in which the Apostle sets forth the -doctrine of the Resurrection—and who is also familiar with the <i>Phædo</i>, +doctrine of the Resurrection—and who is also familiar with the <i>Phædo</i>, can fail to be struck with a remarkable similarity in one portion of the argument. I allude especially to the 36th verse of the chapter, and those immediately following, "That which thou sowest is not quickened @@ -2267,12 +2222,12 @@ based on analogy, and tends to show that, as in the vegetable world life springs from death, the seed dies, but out of it comes the perfect plant; so the dissolution of our present body is only a necessary step to the more glorified and complete development of our nature. In the -<i>Phædo</i>, sect. 16., Socrates is represented as employing the same +<i>Phædo</i>, sect. 16., Socrates is represented as employing the same argument in defence of his doctrine of the immortality of the soul. In the course of his discussion with Kebes and Simmius on this subject, a consideration of the phenomena of animal and vegetable life leads him to -assert the general conclusion, "<span title="[Greek: ek tôn tethneôtôn, ta zônta te -kai hoi zôntes gignontai]">ἐκ τῶν τεθνεώτων, τὰ ζῶντά τε καὶ οἱ +assert the general conclusion, "<span title="[Greek: ek tôn tethneôtôn, ta zônta te +kai hoi zôntes gignontai]">ἐκ τῶν τεθνεώτων, τὰ ζῶντά τε καὶ οἱ ζῶντες γίγνονται</span>," and he then proceeds to demonstrate the probability that in like manner the soul will not only survive the body, but reach a higher and purer condition after its death. Wetstein, whose @@ -2512,7 +2467,7 @@ might have affected the weather at least, when on the turn already.</p> <p>—All that was known respecting the descendants J. L. C. will find in an article relating to the family in the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries, -<i>Archæologia</i>, vol. xviii. pp. 84-104.</p> +<i>Archæologia</i>, vol. xviii. pp. 84-104.</p> <p class="right"> G.</p> @@ -2526,7 +2481,7 @@ the family in the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries, <p>—C<span class="smcap lowercase">YRUS</span> R<span class="smcap lowercase">EDDING</span> will find that the "Ritus Absolvendi jam mortuum" in the <i>modern Rituale Romanum</i> -(Mechliniæ, 1848), is performed exactly according to his description.</p> +(Mechliniæ, 1848), is performed exactly according to his description.</p> <p class="right"> G. A. T.</p> @@ -2635,12 +2590,12 @@ died in 1749 <i>s. p.</i></p> <p>—"<i>Historische Chronica.</i> Mit Merianischen Kupfern. viii. Theile. Frankf. 1630. sqq. in -4. Hæc editio propter elegantiam figurarum rara est. Bibl. Solger. ii. +4. Hæc editio propter elegantiam figurarum rara est. Bibl. Solger. ii. p. 298."—Bauer. <i>Bibl. Libror. Rariorum.</i></p> <p>"<i>Historische Chronica</i>, &c., folio. Francf. 1657.</p> -<p>"—— 3 vol. fol. Francf. 1743, 45 and 59."—<i>Bibliothecæ Regiæ +<p>"—— 3 vol. fol. Francf. 1743, 45 and 59."—<i>Bibliothecæ Regiæ Catalogus</i> (<i>in Mus. Brit.</i>) s. v. <i>Abelinus</i>.</p> <p>"Abelin John Philip, an historian, born at Strasburgh, died 1646; often @@ -2650,10 +2605,10 @@ number of plates by Merian, with letter-press descriptive of them."—<i>Watt's Bibl. Brit.</i></p> <p>The life of Merian is given by Sandrart, in his <i>Academia Artis -Pictoriæ</i>. Strutt, in his <i>Dictionary of Engravers</i>, neglects to mention -that Matthæus Merianus Basileensis was employed at Nancy, together with -Brentel, <span class="smaller">A.D</span>. 1608, in designing <i>Pompæ</i> (funebres) <i>Caroli III. -Lotharingiæ Ducis</i>. They are etched in a slight style, but with great +Pictoriæ</i>. Strutt, in his <i>Dictionary of Engravers</i>, neglects to mention +that Matthæus Merianus Basileensis was employed at Nancy, together with +Brentel, <span class="smaller">A.D</span>. 1608, in designing <i>Pompæ</i> (funebres) <i>Caroli III. +Lotharingiæ Ducis</i>. They are etched in a slight style, but with great spirit. The procession consists of a great many plates: these, bound up together with the description, make a large folio volume. I bought a copy six years ago. Can any of your readers inform me whether there is @@ -2771,9 +2726,9 @@ of <i>Italy</i> appeared, not in 1830, as your correspondent supposes, but in the language of the Cymri is very limited, I think that a knowledge of the cognate Erse or Gaelic enables me to make a shrewd guess at the meaning of the word <i>Blaen</i>, prefixed to the names of so many farms in -Wales. The Gaelic word <i>Baile</i>, pronounced <i>Ballé</i>, signifies a +Wales. The Gaelic word <i>Baile</i>, pronounced <i>Ballé</i>, signifies a town—the Scotch <i>toun</i>—or farm, and, with the preposition <i>an</i> or -<i>na</i>—Anglicè <i>of</i>—is written <i>Baile'n</i>, pronounced <i>Ballen</i>: this, I +<i>na</i>—Anglicè <i>of</i>—is written <i>Baile'n</i>, pronounced <i>Ballen</i>: this, I think, is probably the same word as <i>Blaen</i>, and means, being interpreted, "the farm of." In the examples given by your correspondent <span title="[Greek: a]">α</span>, the words affixed to <i>Blaen</i> are descriptive; many of them @@ -2821,7 +2776,7 @@ verb <i>to commit</i>.</p> <h4> -<span><i>Beócera-gent</i> </span> +<span><i>Beócera-gent</i> </span> <span>(Vol. v., p. 201.).</span> </h4> @@ -2829,10 +2784,10 @@ verb <i>to commit</i>.</p> the Irish, perhaps I may be allowed the so-called Irish mode of answering it myself.</p> -<p><i>Beócherie</i> is evidently derived from <i>Beóceraige</i>, the islet of +<p><i>Beócherie</i> is evidently derived from <i>Beóceraige</i>, the islet of bee-hives, or bee-keepers (who were regularly appointed officers in Saxon England); but as I was utterly at a loss for the word <i>gent</i>, I -requested the opinion of Dr. Lèo, from whom I have received the +requested the opinion of Dr. Lèo, from whom I have received the following satisfactory reply:—</p> <p class="blockquot">"The word <i>gent</i> seems to be the same word as our German <i>gante</i>, @@ -2845,13 +2800,13 @@ following satisfactory reply:—</p> again in the woods, when the heather blossoms; and at last, when winter approaches, in the barn. A tree forms the stand for the bee-hive, and thatch protects it from the rain. Such a tree seems - to be the <i>beócera-gent</i>.</p> + to be the <i>beócera-gent</i>.</p> <p class="blockquot"> "In an old Glossary, the old high-German word, <i>gantmari</i>, is interpreted as <i>tignarius</i> (i.e. <i>faber tignarius</i>, a carpenter). This word presupposes another word <i>gant</i>, a beam or a rafter, probably equivalent to your Ang.-Sax. <i>gent</i>; and thus - <i>beócera-gent</i> would be a beam upon which to stand bee-hives."</p> + <i>beócera-gent</i> would be a beam upon which to stand bee-hives."</p> <p>The question still remains, Why was the islet in question called Parva Hibernia?</p> @@ -2995,7 +2950,7 @@ illustrative notes, in which it is there stated—</p> wrote, had already been deposited in the Royal Library, where it is still preserved. (13. E. X.) Hearne particularly notices the inscription on this volume: 'Iste liber est Sancti Jacobi et - Sancti Mirini de Pasleto.'—<i>Præfatio ad Fordun</i>, p. lxvi."</p> + Sancti Mirini de Pasleto.'—<i>Præfatio ad Fordun</i>, p. lxvi."</p> <p class="right"> T. G. S.</p> @@ -3090,7 +3045,7 @@ foundation, and his "form of a quincunx," in which he supposed the pits to be, could have existed only in his own imagination, stimulated by the learned labours of Sir Thomas Browne. There can be no doubt now that they were dwellings of the British, similar to the pits on the coast at -Weybourne. That <i>Grime</i> was a Danish leader, "Præpositus," &c., is also +Weybourne. That <i>Grime</i> was a Danish leader, "Præpositus," &c., is also open to doubt. When so many British earthworks are designated by this name, what is more likely than that the Saxons, not knowing whose hands had erected them, superstitiously ascribed them to the <i>grim</i> spirit, @@ -3154,7 +3109,7 @@ whether or no this will answer the Query of MR. W. SPARROW SIMPSON, B.A.</p> <p>—A<span class="smcap lowercase">JAX</span> is informed that the best map of Morocco that has probably appeared is given in the volume of the -<i>Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie</i>, entitled "L'Empire de Maroc par +<i>Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie</i>, entitled "L'Empire de Maroc par Berbrugger." An excellent map of Algeria by R. H. Dufour, is published at a moderate price by Longuet, 8. Rue de la Paix, Paris. The date on my copy is 1850; it forms one of a series of maps issued by the same @@ -3164,10 +3119,10 @@ A<span class="smcap lowercase">JAX</span> in his labours. Though I have not exam it to be of some repute. The author now forms one of the mission for exploring Central Africa:</p> - <p class="blockquot"> "Barth Dr. Heinr. Wanderungen durch die Küstenländer d. - Mittelmeers, ausgeführt in den J. 1845, 1846 u. 1847. In 2 Bdn 1 - Bd A.u.d. T.: Wanderungen durch das Punische u. Kyrenäische - Küstenland od. Màg'reb, Afrik'ia u. Bark'a. Mit 1 (lith. u. + <p class="blockquot"> "Barth Dr. Heinr. Wanderungen durch die Küstenländer d. + Mittelmeers, ausgeführt in den J. 1845, 1846 u. 1847. In 2 Bdn 1 + Bd A.u.d. T.: Wanderungen durch das Punische u. Kyrenäische + Küstenland od. Mà g'reb, Afrik'ia u. Bark'a. Mit 1 (lith. u. illum.) Karte (in Imp. fol.) gr. 8. Berlin, Hertz."</p> <p>The travels of Dr. Barth had especial reference to the discovery and @@ -3214,14 +3169,14 @@ painter.</p> to the superstitious practices in question, the readers of the <i>Prose Edda</i>, many of whose traditions still survive amongst us, will remember what it is therein narrated concerning the ship Naglfar. Amongst the -terror-fraught prodigies preceding Ragnarök, or the Twilight of the +terror-fraught prodigies preceding Ragnarök, or the Twilight of the Gods, and the Conflagration of the Universe, we are informed that "on the waters floats the ship Naglfar, which is constructed of the nails of dead men. For which reason," it is said, "great care should be taken to die with pared nails; for he who dies with his nails unpared, supplies materials for the building of this vessel, which both gods and men wish may be finished as late as possible." Of this ship, the more ancient and -poetical Völn-spà also speaks in something like the following terms:—</p> +poetical Völn-spà also speaks in something like the following terms:—</p> <div class="poem"> @@ -3398,7 +3353,7 @@ Alexander the Great has been called a <i>villain</i> and a <i>robber</i>, but never a <i>knave</i> or a <i>thief</i>. By the Rule of Three, villain: robber:: knave: thief. As a truism, intended by Hamlet before the first line was spoken, it is not good enough for Hamlet's wit. But, supposing the -second line invented, <i>pro re natâ</i>, to cover the retreat of the +second line invented, <i>pro re natâ</i>, to cover the retreat of the disclosure which was advancing in the first line, it is just what might have suggested itself—for Hamlet's uncle was both villain and knave.</p> @@ -3448,7 +3403,7 @@ Michaud.</p> <p>B<span class="smcap lowercase">OOKS</span> R<span class="smcap lowercase">ECEIVED</span>.—Mr. Bohn's contributions to the cheap publications of the month are—in his <i>Scientific Library</i>, the fourth volume of -<i>Humboldt's Cosmos</i>, translated by Otté and Paul; in his <i>Standard +<i>Humboldt's Cosmos</i>, translated by Otté and Paul; in his <i>Standard Library, The Principal Works and Remains of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, with a new Memoir of his Life, by his Son the Rev. A. G. Fuller</i>, which contains his <i>Gospel its own Witness, or the Holy Nature and Divine @@ -3483,18 +3438,18 @@ WANTED TO PURCHASE.</span> <p class="indh"> E<span class="smcap lowercase">DWIN AND</span> E<span class="smcap lowercase">MMA</span>. Tayler, 1776.</p> - <p class="indh"> G<span class="smcap lowercase">EMMÆ ET</span> S<span class="smcap lowercase">CULPTURÆ</span> A<span class="smcap lowercase">NTIQUÆ</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">EPICTÆ IN</span> L<span class="smcap lowercase">ATINUM</span> V<span class="smcap lowercase">ERSÆ</span>, per Jac. + <p class="indh"> G<span class="smcap lowercase">EMMÆ ET</span> S<span class="smcap lowercase">CULPTURÆ</span> A<span class="smcap lowercase">NTIQUÆ</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">EPICTÆ IN</span> L<span class="smcap lowercase">ATINUM</span> V<span class="smcap lowercase">ERSÆ</span>, per Jac. Gronovium. Amstelodami, 1685.</p> - <p class="indh"> M<span class="smcap lowercase">ASSARII </span>A<span class="smcap lowercase">NNOTATIONES IN</span> N<span class="smcap lowercase">ONUM</span> P<span class="smcap lowercase">LINII</span> H<span class="smcap lowercase">ISTORIÆ</span> N<span class="smcap lowercase">ATURALIS</span> L<span class="smcap lowercase">IBRUM</span>. - Basileæ, 1537.</p> + <p class="indh"> M<span class="smcap lowercase">ASSARII </span>A<span class="smcap lowercase">NNOTATIONES IN</span> N<span class="smcap lowercase">ONUM</span> P<span class="smcap lowercase">LINII</span> H<span class="smcap lowercase">ISTORIÆ</span> N<span class="smcap lowercase">ATURALIS</span> L<span class="smcap lowercase">IBRUM</span>. + Basileæ, 1537.</p> - <p class="indh"> S<span class="smcap lowercase">WALBACI</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">ISSERTATIO DE</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ICONIIS</span>, &c. Spiræ, 1630.</p> + <p class="indh"> S<span class="smcap lowercase">WALBACI</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">ISSERTATIO DE</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ICONIIS</span>, &c. Spiræ, 1630.</p> <p class="indh"> S<span class="smcap lowercase">YNTAGMA</span> H<span class="smcap lowercase">ERBARUM</span> E<span class="smcap lowercase">NCOMIASTICUM</span>, A<span class="smcap lowercase">BR</span>. O<span class="smcap lowercase">RTELIO</span> I<span class="smcap lowercase">NSCRIPTUM</span>. Ex officina Plantin. 1614.</p> - <p class="indh"> T<span class="smcap lowercase">YRWHITT</span>, T<span class="smcap lowercase">HO</span>. C<span class="smcap lowercase">ONJECTURÆ IN</span> S<span class="smcap lowercase">TRABONEM</span>. London, 1783.</p> + <p class="indh"> T<span class="smcap lowercase">YRWHITT</span>, T<span class="smcap lowercase">HO</span>. C<span class="smcap lowercase">ONJECTURÆ IN</span> S<span class="smcap lowercase">TRABONEM</span>. London, 1783.</p> <p class="indh"> C<span class="smcap lowercase">RAKANTHORP'S</span> D<span class="smcap lowercase">EFENCE OF</span> J<span class="smcap lowercase">USTINIAN THE</span> E<span class="smcap lowercase">MPEROR</span> A<span class="smcap lowercase">GAINST</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ARDINAL</span> B<span class="smcap lowercase">ARONIUS</span>. London, 1616.</p> @@ -3507,8 +3462,8 @@ WANTED TO PURCHASE.</span> <p class="indh"> S<span class="smcap lowercase">OME</span> R<span class="smcap lowercase">EMARKS ON THE</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">LAIM TO THE</span> E<span class="smcap lowercase">ARLDOM OF</span> B<span class="smcap lowercase">ANBURY</span>. By the present Claimant, 1835.</p> - <p class="indh"> H<span class="smcap lowercase">ALLERI</span> (A.) E<span class="smcap lowercase">LEMENTA</span> P<span class="smcap lowercase">HYSIOLOGIÆ</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ORPORIS</span> H<span class="smcap lowercase">UMANI.</span> 8 Vols. 4to. - Lausannæ and Lugd. Batav. 1757-66. Vol. III.</p> + <p class="indh"> H<span class="smcap lowercase">ALLERI</span> (A.) E<span class="smcap lowercase">LEMENTA</span> P<span class="smcap lowercase">HYSIOLOGIÆ</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ORPORIS</span> H<span class="smcap lowercase">UMANI.</span> 8 Vols. 4to. + Lausannæ and Lugd. Batav. 1757-66. Vol. III.</p> <p class="indh"> R<span class="smcap lowercase">ACCOLTA DI</span> O<span class="smcap lowercase">PUSCULI</span> S<span class="smcap lowercase">CIENTIFICI</span>, &c., dal Padre Calogera. Venezia, 1728-57.</p> @@ -3543,7 +3498,7 @@ WANTED TO PURCHASE.</span> <p class="indh"> T<span class="smcap lowercase">HE</span> C<span class="smcap lowercase">ODE</span> M<span class="smcap lowercase">ATRIMONIAL</span>. Paris, 1770.</p> <p class="indh"> P<span class="smcap lowercase">RO</span> M<span class="smcap lowercase">ATRIMONIO</span> -P<span class="smcap lowercase">RINCIPIS CUM DEFUNCTÆ UXORIS SORORE CONTRACTO +P<span class="smcap lowercase">RINCIPIS CUM DEFUNCTÆ UXORIS SORORE CONTRACTO RESPONSUM</span> J<span class="smcap lowercase">URIS</span>, C<span class="smcap lowercase">OLLEGII</span> J<span class="smcap lowercase">URISCONSULTORUM IN</span> A<span class="smcap lowercase">CADEMIA</span> R<span class="smcap lowercase">INTELENSI</span>. Published about 1655.</p> @@ -3686,7 +3641,7 @@ Royal Engineers, with a Memoir, reprinted from "Williams's Holy City," <p class="center">Fourth Stereotype Edition, price 8<i>s.</i>; with Key, 10<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i></p> <p>GERMAN in ONE VOLUME. Containing a Grammar; Exercises; Undine, a Tale by -Fouqué, with Notes; and a Vocabulary of 4,500 Words synonymous in German +Fouqué, with Notes; and a Vocabulary of 4,500 Words synonymous in German and English.</p> </div> @@ -3718,7 +3673,7 @@ Comedy, in Three Acts, by SCHILLER. With a Vocabulary and Notes.</p> <p class="center">Price 3<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i></p> -<p>A FIRST GERMAN READING-BOOK. Containing—"Das Täubchen" (the Dove), a +<p>A FIRST GERMAN READING-BOOK. Containing—"Das Täubchen" (the Dove), a Tale for the Young, by CH. SCHMID. With an Introductory Grammar, and a Vocabulary, containing every Word occurring in the Text.</p> @@ -3756,7 +3711,7 @@ and Copious Notes.</p> <p class="center">Price 3<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i></p> -<p>UNDINE: a Tale, by FOUQUÉ. With Notes.</p> +<p>UNDINE: a Tale, by FOUQUÉ. With Notes.</p> </div> @@ -3829,7 +3784,7 @@ INSTITUTION was held on the 18th February.</p> <div class="box"> <p class="indh"> The sum assured by these, exclusive - of Annuities £274,775 0 0</p> + of Annuities £274,775 0 0</p> <p class="indh"> And the Annual Premium on New Assurances, besides a considerable @@ -3845,7 +3800,7 @@ INSTITUTION was held on the 18th February.</p> <div class="box"> <p class="indh">Covering Assurances amounting - to upwards of £2,300,000 0 0</p> + to upwards of £2,300,000 0 0</p> <p class="indh"> The Subsisting Assurances now amount to 1,866,488 0 0</p> @@ -3947,10 +3902,10 @@ with the results of the most recent investigations of the critics and antiquarians by whom they have been discussed."—<i>Dublin Review</i>, October 1, 1851.</p> -<p class="indh">I. HANDBOOKS OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY. From the German of Pütz. +<p class="indh">I. HANDBOOKS OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY. From the German of Pütz. Translated by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.</p> -<p class="i3">1. ANCIENT HISTORY, 6<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> 2. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY, 4<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> +<p class="i3">1. ANCIENT HISTORY, 6<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> 2. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY, 4<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> 3. MODERN HISTORY, 5<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>—These Works have been already translated into the Swedish and Dutch languages.</p> @@ -3966,7 +3921,7 @@ by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.—HEBREW ANTIQUITIES, by the Rev. H. BROWNE, M.A. <p class="i3"> 1. GREEK SYNONYMES, 6<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> From the French of PILLON.</p> -<p class="i3">2. LATIN SYNONYMES, 7<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> From the German of DÖDERLEIN. +<p class="i3">2. LATIN SYNONYMES, 7<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> From the German of DÖDERLEIN. Translated by the Rev. H. H. ARNOLD.</p> @@ -4050,7 +4005,7 @@ Street.</p> information afforded. Drawing of Arms, 2<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>; Painting ditto, 5<i>s.</i>; Book Plate Crest, 5<i>s.</i>; Arms, &c., from 20<i>s.</i>; Crest on Card Plate, and One Hundred Cards, 8<i>s.</i>; Queries answered for 1<i>s.</i> Saxon, -Mediæval, and Modern Style Book Plates. The best Authorities and MS. +Mediæval, and Modern Style Book Plates. The best Authorities and MS. Books of thirty-five years' practice consulted. Heraldic Stamps for Linen or Books, with reversed Cyphers and Crests. Apply, if by letter, enclosing stamps or post office order, to JAMES FRISWELL (Son-in-law to @@ -4506,388 +4461,7 @@ NORTH BRITON, and AUDITOR, Almon, 1765.</p> </div> - - - - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 125, -March 20, 1852, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES, MARCH 20, 1852 *** - -***** This file should be named 40910-h.htm or 40910-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/9/1/40910/ - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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