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10766Would you acquire the greatest peace-- The sweetest joy-- this world can give?
13571Her brow was fair,the author?
13571Mooney''s Goose?
13571Speak the tongue that Shakspeare spoke,author of?
13571---- Did Elizabeth visit Bacon at Twickersham?
13571---- Was Quaries pensioned?
13571---- when does Easter end?
13571---- whence comes"Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest?"
13571----( H.) on when does Easter end?
13571Boy or Girl?
13571Bunyan, Did he know Hobbes?
13571Carpets, when introduced?
13571Quarles, was he pensioned?
13571Rocque, Jean, query, Who was he?
13571S.(R.J.) on when does East end?
13571Volusemus, or Wilson?
13536---- who was Lord Karinthon?
13536----( query) did he write the New Star of the North?
13536----, was he Sir G. Jackson?
13536----, why did he quit Manchester?
13536American aborigines, why called Indians?
13536Black broth, Lacedaemonian, was it coffee?
13536Constitution Hill, why so called?
13536Coxcombs vanquish Berkeley, author of?
13536Darnley( Henry Lord), where was he born?
13536Ed., what are deepenings?
13536Father, when did clergymen cease to be so called?
13536Jackson( Sir George), was he not"Junius"?
13536Mayors, what is their correct prefix?
13536{ 501} E.F. why are gloves not worn before royalty?
13544Dr. What should the Pater noster, and the holy candell do therto?
13544Is there any doubt on this point?
13544Is this information to be depended on or not?
13544May not the name of the sauce take its origin from the use of it in preparing the turtle for the table?
13544My Query is,"Is it likely he could have obtained it from Junius, if he was neither Junius himself nor a party concerned?"
13544Query?
13544The Query is, to whom was it addressed?
13544What are Depinges?
13544What is known of the work, which is really Columna''s?
13544When the great mortar was set up in St. James''s Park, some one asked"Why the carriage was ornamented with dog''s heads?"
11577; Clarence[?]
11577Also, where is the correspondent bust of James I., formerly at Whitehall, of which there is an engraving by N. Smith?
11577Are they original?
11577Does any one know the precise whereabouts of such a phrase in the Ancient Service books?
11577Duke of York,"& c. This description raises one''s curiosity greatly, and query, has this tapestry been elsewhere described?
11577Has any reader a_ Note_ whereby to tell who are the present representatives of Greenes of"Green''s Norton?"
11577If not, will you, or one of your readers, give the interpretation to CLERICUS?
11577Is this probable?
11577When a Petition ends with"Your Petitioner shall ever pray,& c."what form of words does the"& c."represent?
11577Who was Mr. Matheman?
11577and what has now become of his acquisition?
11577or who was"Richard Greene, Apothecary,"who was living 1770, and bore the arms of that family?
11577which formerly adorned the Painted Chamber in the ancient Palace of Westminster?
13684(_ qy._ Charles Edward Horn?
13684).--Is not this word simply a corruption of_ Hockey_?
1368485.?]
13684Can any of your readers refer me to a copy of this book in a public library, or in private hands?
13684Fudit Josias Ibach Stada Bramensis;"and is Mr. Hewitt, in his recent_ Memoir of Tobias Rustat_, correct in calling him"Stada, an_ Italian_ artist?"
13684How, or what, is the best way of driving the foul air out of those chambers which are aloof from the central shaft?
13684If so, where can more be found respecting him?
13684M._"Who was Temple Stanyan?
13684T.J.[ Footnote 4: Has"ARCHILAEUS"looked for these verses into the_ Rhodologia_ of Rosenbergius?
13684That of_ Leer_ possibly_ lieren_, amittere, privari?
13684The root of_ Leder_ is possibly_ hlid- an_, to cover HIDE?
13684There is a portrait of Dogget the celebrated comedian( said to be the only one extant, but query if it is not Penkethman?
13684[ Footnote 3: Is not the derivation of"feast"and"fast"originally the same?
13684_ Worm of Lambton._--Is there any published notice of the"Knight and Serpent"tradition regarding this family and parish?
13684_ Zenobia a Jewess?_( No.
13684in July 1612?
135501. regards, I presume,_ Henno Comediola Rustico Ludicra, nunc iterum publicata_; Magdeburg, 1614, 8vo.?
13550Is there nobody there who could inform us at what time the London coach started a century ago?
13550My question is, whether such a production is in existence?
13550Or, 2ndly, of a little work of early date callled_ Henno Rusticus_?
13550Or, 3dly, of another, called_ Of the Sige( Signe) of the End_?
13550Query.--Which of the two is the more probable version?
13550Should we not read"Borde- hill?"
13550Sir,--Can you or any of your correspondents tell me of one or two of the best works on the"Genealogy of European Sovereigns?"
13550Where did Walpole find this anecdote?
13550Who first used the phrase--"_When bad men conspire, good men must combine_"?
13550Who was the person thus alluded to?
13550Will some of your antiquarian correspondents throw some light on the obscurity?
11636*_ Passage from an Old Play._ Can any of your many readers oblige me by informing me where the following very striking passage can be found?
11636Can any one your readers inform me what became of this collection, which, by Sir Roger''s statement, was finished and completely ready for the press?
11636Can you tell me any thing of a family named"_ Giles_,"whose crest was a horse''s head?
11636Could this have originated the expression"Flemish account?"
11636Did it appear anywhere else and in any other shape?
11636From what author,"chapter and verse,"comes the motto of the University of Cambridge, HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SAGRA?
11636If William de Bolton was an ecclesiastic, as I suppose, how is it that his wife is openly mentioned?
11636Is not"_ Stäts_-Kutsche,"in the same communication, a misprint?
11636Is there an authentic bust of Sir Walter Raleigh in existence?
11636May not a 1 have"dropped"before the 6, so that the true lection will be,"dass wir auf dem ganzen Wege kaum 16 Stunden gefahren sind"?
11636Or were gloves proscribed as the remembrances of the gauntlet cast down as a challenge?
11636The preparation of such catalogues is a work of expense and labour, but must be well repaid(?)
11636This time corresponds with the time of return, on which he set out in the evening( at 8?)
11636Who was"Honnore Pell, 1684"?
11636Will_ MUSARUM STUDIOSUS_ enable us to communicate with him directly?
11636_ Don Quixote._ Sir,--Have the following contradictions in Cervantes''account of Sancho''s ass"Dapple"ever been noticed or accounted for?
11636and if so, where is it to be found?
12505***** IS THE DOMBEC THE DOMESDAY OF ALFRED?
125052. Who were Urbanus Regius and Walter Lynne?
125052nd, Are any of your correspondents aware of the existence of a perfect copy of the work?
12505364 Is the Dombec the Domesday of Alfred?
12505Can any of your readers explain what place is meant by"Scala Coeli?"
12505Does any one know the origin of this singular custom?
12505Is this a known custom?
12505Is this notion prevalent in other parts of the country, as a piece of"Folk- Lore?"
12505Is this volume well known?
12505My queries are, 1st, Who bought Mr. Heber''s fragment, and where is it now to be found?
12505What is its origin?
12505Would it not be worth while to give a_ facsimile_ of the"Tabel for all manere of merchauntes,"in the"Notes and Queries"?
13713It is, in fact,''das Neue''in the genitive case;and"Mr. H."proceeds to mention the German phrase,"Was giebt''s Neues?"
13713( why was he knighted?)
13713Can any thing be more dogmatic than his assertions?
13713Can he have been born in 1510, as the first one says"obiit_ immaturâ_ morte?"
13713Does the practice exist elsewhere?
13713Had the bearing of coat armour, or a connection with knighthood, any thing to do with the matter?
13713How are these two epitaphs, with their differing dates, to be reconciled?
13713How far was it the voice of God?"
13713M. Stokes of 1531 wrote this distich on him:--''Os, oculi, mentum, dens, guttur, lingua, palatum Sunt tibi; sed nasus, Trimbale, dic ubi sit?''
13713Ought not the words to be printed"and all- to brake his scull,"where"all- to"="altogether"?
13713Query, did not salt acquire this high character, and its use in all sacrifices, from its powers of resisting corruption?
13713The islet was probably that of_ La Cruz_; but what were the birds?
13713Was he not living there shortly before his death?
13713What relation was Lewis Smith to the Smiths Lord Carrington?
13713Why, too, omit that characteristic feature of the street, the rows of_ sedan chairs_ with which it was formerly lined?
13713_ Fifth Son._--What is the superstition relating to a fifth son?
13713and did not his funeral at Westminster Abbey proceed from Mr. Moore''s?
13713and what was the indigenous name which is represented by_ Solticarios_?
13713as giving the exact sense of our"What is the news?"
13713is not the genitive, but the nominative neuter, so that the phrase is to be literally translated"What is there new?"
11651But what was the peculiar virtue attributed to such coins?
11651Can Portum Pusillum be Littleport, in the same country?
11651Can any of your correspondents enlighten me on the point, and give me references in proof?
11651Do the stanzas"on the Queen''s Return"and the lines on the Death of Sir B. Grenvill exist in any of the various collections of State Poems?
11651Does"mare"stand for"stagnum,""palus,""mariscus,"or our English"mere?"
11651Has your correspondent any authority for his reading?
11651Hence arises my first question-- if Cartwright were not the author of this poem, who was?
11651Query, what was this competition, and were any of the other versions published?
11651Query, when and where originally published?
11651Query, when and where originally published?
11651Sir,--Can you, or any of your readers, give me any information relating to Caraccioli''s_ Life of Lord Clive_?
11651Was the whole poem"On the Queen''s Return"foisted in, or only the two stanzas above quoted, which were excluded when the book was called in?
11651What is the earliest known instance of the use of a beaver hat in England?
11651Would any of your readers favour me with the meaning of the word Trabeatio?
1563832.,"[ Greek: oude ho hyios],""Neither the Son?"
15638And can any light be thrown upon the authorship of the_ History of the Sevarambians_ from any English source?
15638And who was the writer?
15638Can any of your correspondents refer me to an older copy, or do they know of the existence of one which belongs to a later period?
15638Can this duty have come to be popularly attributed as part of the royal style and title?"
15638From what author is this inscription taken?
15638In Southey''s_ Common- place Book_, 3d series, I found the following in p. 712.:--"Of the wretched poem_ Colin and Lucy_( Tickel?)
15638J.C."_ Talk not of Love._"--Do any of your musical correspondents know the author of the following song, and whether it has ever appeared in print?
15638Query, Are the persons here represented the barons and officers of the Exchequer?
15638Query, Is Vairasse''s residence in England mentioned by any English writer?
15638Query, was he then in England?
15638Was Hewson, the Parliamentarian colonel, a cobbler?
15638What is the etymology of_ grasson_, a word used in some north- country manors for a fine paid on alienation of copyhold lands?
15638Will any of your correspondents oblige me by supplying either a reference for this statement, or a disproof of it-- or both?
15638_ Chapel, Printing- office._--Is there any other authority than Creery''s_ Press_ for the statement that printing- offices are called chapels?
15638_ The Butcher Duke._--Can any of your readers furnish me with the rest of a Scotch song of which I have heard these two couplets?
15638_ Was Quarles pensioned?_( Vol.
15638and, more especially, who are the persons who exclaim"Oy de brie,""Soit oughte,"and"Chalange"?
15638asks, in what rebellion was the banner carried with the motto"God speed the plough?"
15638i., p. 382, whether"Gray''s celebrated Latin Ode is actually to be found entered at the Grande Chartreuse?"
15638published as a fragment of Elizabeth''s age, the reviewer says,''Is this the language of Q. Elizabeth''s time, or something better?
11929Credimus? 11929 ):--A Benefice quha wald give sic a Beist, But gif it were to jingle_ Judas bells_?
119295., Dampet says:--"Why, thou rogue of universality, do I not know thee?
11929Ast illam potuitne Puer donare sagittis?
11929Can any of your correspondents produce the authority for this anecdote?
11929Can any of your numerous readers be good enough to mention the title of the novel alluded to, which has escaped my memory?
11929Does your correspondent suppose that Northmouth was among the fens?
11929In_ what_ rebellion was such a banner carried?
11929Is there any English translation of Ælian''s_ Various History_, or of the work ascribed to the same author on the_ Peculiarities of Animals_?
11929Now, the first of these assumptions I answer, by asking,"Does it follow?"
11929Query--_Who_ is the_ poet?_ II.
11929T.J._ Dog Latin._--Permit me also to ask, what is the origin of the expression"Dog Latin"?
11929Was it one of consanguinity, or merely one of feudal dependence?
11929Where is it deposited?
11929Who would not gladly recover this"old rhyme?"
11929_ A"Gib"Cat._--What is the etymology of the term"Gibbe,"as applied to the male cat?
11929_ Lear._"When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools,--This a good block?"
11929asks,"What is the earliest known instance of the use of a_ beaver hat_ in England?"
11929formerly in the possession of the above- named Thomas Astle, formerly Keeper of the Tower Records?
13513: What is the earliest known instance of the card in question being so designated?
13513But,_ query_, was the"Pegg"of the_ Diary_, Peg Hughes?
13513Can any of your correspondents tell me who she was?
13513Can you inform me whether that gentleman published any work or made an avowed communication of any of his researches?
13513Did Madoc, son of Owen Gwynedd, prince of Wales, discover America?
13513If any notice of the tune is to be met with earlier than 1695, when it was printed by H. Playford in his_ Dancing Master_?
13513Mr. Editor,--Legour asks, why the people in Suffolk call a lady- bird"Bishop Barnaby?"
13513The invention of the Pointed Arch can not, surely, be attributed to the_ Goths_; whence then the origin and the_ meaning_ of the term_ Gothic_?
13513What are the modern names of"Watewich,""Portum Pusillum,""Mare de Saham,""Perpessa,"and"Northmuth?"
13513What is the etymon of"Cowley"( Temple Cowley and Church Cowley)?
13513Where any notice of that Roger is to be found?
13513Who can so far confide in his memory as to append his name to a list of authorities without seeming to prove his own superficiality?
13513Who undertakes extensive research except for an especial purpose?
13513Your well- wisher, L.***** THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND-- WHY IS THE NINE OF DIAMONDS SO CALLED?
13513_ Query._--Does the phrase"to eat humble pie,"used to signify a forced humiliation, owe its origin to the"umble pye"specified above?
13513and connected with Bury?
13513and what became of it at the sale of his books?
13513had a son, Charles Fitz- Charles, created Earl of Plymouth, 29th July, 1675, died 1680?
13513or is it only one of the imaginary editions which give bibliographers so much trouble?"
13513papers, been ever verified?
11265( Ling?
11265--And why do the people in Suffolk call a ladybird"Bishop Barnaby?"
11265Can I learn through your columns whether the work is any where accessible in London?
11265Can any of your readers oblige me by informing me who was their author?
11265Does a copy exist in MS., or in print, of the sermon which Archbishop Tennison preached at the funeral of Nell Gwynne?
11265Is there any contemporary copy of the celebrated letter said to have been written by Anne Pembroke, Dorset and Montgomery, to Sir Joseph Williamson?
11265Penes Henrici Muchet; Liber de vita Sanctæ Mariæ Magdalenæ et remediarum(?)
11265Penes Ricardi de Queye; Omeliæ Gregorii(?)
11265Query, the origin of the word"Grog?"
11265Satyricon_, such as Callion, Pereas, Fibullius,& c., are real characters or not?
11265Secondly,"Had they ever appeared in any shape before they were inserted in the copy of Cibber''s_ Apology_ now before me, in 1740, 4to?"
11265Sir,--The following is an extract from a Catalogue of Books for sale, issued by Mr. Asher, of Berlin, in 1844:--"Bodenham?
11265Then come to my pack, While I cry"What d''ye lack, What d''ye buy?
11265What is the origin of the name TOWER ROYAL, as applied to a London locality, and when did our kings( if they ever inhabited it) cease to inhabit it?
11265What pleasure is there in a kiss, To him that doubts the heart''s not his?
11265When was CONSTITUTION HILL first so called, and why?
11265Would you be willing to receive"Queries"respecting_ references_?
11265p.877.?
117071539?
117071613"?
117072.?
1170730, and that which bears the date,"Copenhagen, Grundtvig, 1840, 8vo"?
11707Can any light be thrown on the doubts respecting the era of the author of this lay?
11707Can any of your readers inform me what is meant by"the blood of the_ Phuôn_?"
11707Can your readers give an explanation of the term"pallace?"
11707Has Mr. B. Ker''s work ever been reviewed?
11707May it not be an allusion to a ballad or song on_ Domingo_, one of King Henry the Eighth''s jesters?"
11707Park was not acquainted with any particulars of this_ Domingo Lomelyn_, for he says, in a note,"Query, jester to the king?"
11707Query, is_ this_ the origin of the phrase?
11707Query, was this the same as the Duke of York''s Bagnio?
11707The whole work will well repay a perusal, and what is there of Defoe''s writing which will not?
11707To the question,"Hwilce fixas gefehst thu?"
11707Yours truly,?
11707may be able to give_ his_, for deriving it from"_ Forest Customs_?"
11707sprout, rod?"
13463Cease, Hippocrites, to trouble heaven How can ye think to be forgiven The dismall deed you''ve done? 13463 ''But how am I to know the house?'' 13463 ''Have some breakfast with me?'' 13463 ''How d''ye do?'' 13463 --Will any of your readers help to interpret the following expression in a mediæval author:--( Ut vulgò loquitur) modum promissionis ostendit?"
13463Can any of your correspondents decide?
13463Can any of your readers inform me who St. Uncumber was?
13463Has this work since appeared?
13463He says:--"Who could, twenty years agone, say the Lord''s Prayer in English?...
13463I have reason to think that_ modum promissionis_ means"a provisional arrangement:"but by whom, and in what common parlance, was this expression used?
13463In what part of his works are these words to be found?
13463Is anything known about it, or its authenticity?
13463Is it related to"gnake?"
13463Is there in the British Museum or elsewhere a list of incumbents of church livings in Kent( with name and birthplace) from 1600 to 1660?
13463May_ Cornubioe_ be by error for_ Cordubioe_?
13463Query, Might not Mr. Bohn with advantage include this work in his_ Standard Library_?
13463The great question is, Where was this great city?
13463Then seeing the count, who had so lately been finding fault{ 276} with his son''s name, he roared out,--''Dog, are you here?''
13463Will any of your correspondents inform me if this reference is correct, and if the list can be examined?
13463_ Doggrel._--Has the word any connexion with_ sdrucciolo_?
13463and, are the_ Julin_ of Adam and the_ Veneta_ of Helmold identical?
13463or would point out the sources from which such information can be obtained?
13411But supposing this to be so, it would in no way affect the only question which is material, Who was Caxton''s patron?
13411By so much the lesse doo I beleeue them; doo not you know that euerie yeare_ such newes are_ spreade abroade?
13411Can any explanation be given of_ alarum_, supposing it to be the original word?
13411Can it be ascertained whether the French took_ alarme_ from our_ alarm_, or we_ alarm_ from them?
13411How far back can the word_ alarum_ be traced in our language, and how far back_ alarm_?
13411Is it a word imitative of sound?
13411Is_ anything_ known of this_ Nothing_?
13411Nothing that I know; can you tell whether the post be come?
13411Or, as our ancestors had_ newelté_ and_ neweltés_, can it have been a contraction of the latter?
13411The question next arises, Does he not mean_ no system_, when he says_ system_?
13411Thorpe, 1616?
13411What doo they say abroade?
13411Where is"sage Homer''s rule"to be found?
13411Why, when he is only Chancellor of Great Britain, should he take the oath of Chancellor of Great Britain_ and Ireland_?
13411_ Mediæval Nomenclature._--In what work is to be obtained the best information explanatory of the nomenclature of the useful arts in mediæval times?
13411and what was the result of that trial-- death or pardon?
13411have ye ony newes?''
13411what_ newes_ have you, Master Tiberio?
11653By hook or by crook?
11653Are Sjöborg''s works known to any of your readers?
11653By what logic do we call one hundred and_ twelve_ pounds merely a hundred weight?
11653Can any of your readers give me information as to the correctness of this statement?
11653Can any of your readers inform me if D''Israeli acted upon this resolve, and, if so, where the results of labours are to be found?
11653I should be very glad to have some distinct information on the above subject, especially in explanation of any repositories of human bones in England?
11653In what language does he suppose the characters to be?
11653Is the recently published BUSCAPIÉ the work of Cervantes?
11653My own impression is that it will prove an ingenious( perhaps innocent?)
11653Of course this date is a mistake, but query what is the real date?
11653Qu.?
11653What are they intended to represent or to emblemise?
11653What is the origin of the word_ muffin?_ It is not in_ Johnson''s Dictionary._ Perhaps this sort of tea- cake was not known in his day.
11653Will not ringing a peal, then, mean a succession of sweet sounds caused by the ringing of bells in certain keys?
11653_ Fall of Rain in England._--Can you give me any information respecting the fall of rain in England?
11653_ Was not Sir George Jackson"Junius?
11653p.38., will you impress upon your correspondents the necessity of exact references?
13521And whence arises this"earnest co- operation?"
13521Are any aware that this survey, which would be valuable now, still exists?
13521Can any of the correspondents of your valuable paper inform me of the origin and prevalence of this saying?
13521Can any of your readers favour me with a clue to the_ Modest Discourse_?
13521Can any of your readers give a clue to its recovery?
13521Can any of your readers say whether this amulet is still in possession of the President of the French Republic?
13521Can any of your readers supply me with a reference to any detailed plan, from Sir John, for the general improvement of the metropolis?
13521Is any thing known of such a privilege being claimed or exercised by the men of Scarborough?
13521Is the former portion to be understood"[ Greek: A. O. Zoae agion Christos]"?
13521It is not, therefore, probable, that we should read"a several hand?"
13521What does the inscription mean?
13521What evidence is there of this edition of 1536, beyond the statement in Ames?
13521What has become of the copy of the edition of 1540, formerly belonging to Herbert?
13521What is the import of the latter?
13521When there is a choice of nouns to make intelligible sense, how can that one be understood which is not expressed?
13521Why should it not have arisen from the insect''s garb?
13521Would it not be worth while that some inquiry should be made about the fate of this picture?
13521_ Greek Verse._--Can any of your readers inform me who is the author of the line--"[ Greek: Pollai men thnaetois glottai, mia d''athanatoisi]?"
13521_ To Fettle._--What is the derivation of the verb"to fettle?"
13521and if not, why not?
13521and, 3. Who are the persons who_ peruse_ and revise the latter edition?
13521inquires what modern author suggests the probability of coffee being the black broth of the Lacedæmonians?
13521inquires what was the ultimate fate of the"tall Maypole"which"once o''erlooked the Strand"?
13729Le malheur de ta fille au tombeau descendue, Par un commun trépas, Est- ce quelque dédale, où ta raison perdue Ne se retrouve pas? 13729 Allow me to add a Query: Who are the persons now privileged to wear these collars? 13729 And, indeed, what kind of hounds were they, that thus formed a part of the City establishment? 13729 And-- when did he live? 13729 Can any of your correspondents supply me with any instance in whichplaster"or"plaister"is spelt"paster"by any old English writer?
13729Can any of your readers inform me where the original is to be found, and also the origin of the word"Maggot"as applied to a tune?
13729Can any of your readers tell me whether anything is known of this book?
13729How many of noble_ Chaucer''s_ readers never so much as suspect this his short essay of knowledge, transcending the common Rode?
13729I should like to add two Queries:--Who was the Chevallier de Cailly( or d''Aceilly), the author of the French epigram mentioned by Mr. Singer?
13729Is the doggerel poem in the_ State Poems_ Marvel''s?
13729Is there any other authority for Queen Catharine''s fondness for dancing than the following lines of the poem?
13729Is there any specific account of the"tonne in Cornhyll"existing?
13729Modest._?
13729Mr. SIMPSON''s second question is,"In what book was it first printed?"
13729Of course"Houndsditch"is here meant; but for what purpose were the hounds kept?
13729R.J._ Mildew in Books._--Can you, or any of your readers, suggest a preventive for mildew in books?
13729Were they bloodhounds for tracking criminals, or hounds kept for the special behoof and pleasure of the"Lord Mair, Aldermen, and Comen Coûsel?"
13729When did it become so?
13729Wilts., was buried, and whether there is any monument of him existing in any church?
13729_ Curfew._--In what towns or villages in England is the old custom of ringing the curfew still retained?
13729and are these words to be found in Watson''s_ Quodlibets_?
13729and under what circumstances, and at what dates, was such privilege reduced to its present limitation?
13729scire vellem Si Papatus mutat pellem?"
16409Friend Ass,said the Fox, as he met him one day,"What can people mean?--Do you know what they say?"
16409What are_ depenings_?
16409; does that signature allude to any matter in particular?
16409Also: What is the origin of the Friday Streets so common in most villages in this neighbourhood?
16409Are they common in other counties besides Suffolk?
16409Can any of your readers tell me whether this is in any way a general superstition amongst the lower orders, or is it confined to the West of England?
16409Can any satisfactory information be furnished which will explain the custom here alluded to?
16409Can it mean a fee paid on_ loosing_ the vessel in order to leave the port?
16409Do these instances imply that a definite boundary, a modern German style, is indefensible?
16409Dr. Wolfe?
16409For what purpose were they anciently used?
16409If your correspondent has nothing to urge in favour of this conjecture, why disinter it?
16409Is, then, the law governing small and large surface different?
16409May I, under these circumstances, crave a short note in your next Number, correcting the oversight, so that my Porker may be set on his legs again?
16409My query is,''Is it likely he would have obtained it from Junius, if he were neither Junius himself nor a party concerned?''"
16409Of another song, equally popular, less pathetic, but of more spirit- stirring character, can any one supply the remainder?
16409Or, is such a picture as the Van Eyh in the National Gallery a vindication of the practice in small works?
16409What can be the meaning of this, obtain_ from Junius_ a letter which Junius had sent to Woodfall?
16409When was it written?--upon what occasion?--who are meant by the Bear and the Louse?
16409Why are they called Guildhalls?
16409_ Rococo._--Would any correspondent of"NOTES AND QUERIES"give the history of this word, or indicate where it is to be found?
16409_ Use of Coffins._--How long has it been the custom to inter the dead in coffins?
16409_ Vox Populi_--_Monody on Sir John Moore._--Can any reader give me the origin of the saying"_ Vox Populi, Vox Dei_?"
16409at p. 243?
16409from which the_ Complutensian Polyglot_ was compiled?"
16409has inquired, What is known of Columna''s book, entitled_ Mare Historiarum_?
16409muttered Jack, quite appall''d by the word,"What can I have done that''s so very absurd?"
16409or only indefensible in miniature?
16409or, if the history is not known, state when, and by whom, it appears to have been_ first_ used?
13426Blush not, fayre nimphe, tho( nee?) 13426 But where is the music on yonder green hill, oh; And where are the dancers, the dancers in yellow, All in yellow, all in yellow?
13426Just when I lay down, I called to the waterman,''It blows hard, waterman,''said I;''can you swim?'' 13426 When she speaks, is it not an_ alarum_ to love?"
13426''Ay, so it does,''says I;''where are we?''
13426''L-- d, Sir,''say''s he,''how can you sleep?
13426''Nor ca n''t your man swim neither?''
13426''Well, well,''says I,''come, have a good heart; where are we now?''
134261.?
13426An?_ an interrogation used when the speaker does not understand a question put to him.
13426Are these verses from some old poet, or are they composed as well as written by the royal tyrant?
13426Has the expression, or the thought, been traced to any writer previous to Bacon?
13426I started up again, but still spoke cheerfully;''What''s the matter now?''
13426Nor does the latter occur in a perfect collection of the knights made by King James I., by J.P.( Query John Philipot?
13426What was the origin of the custom?
13426Why should not later practice and discoveries be published in a cheaper_ supplement_, to preserve the value of the original work?
13426Will any of your correspondents give me the details of such process, with their opinions as to the practicability of the scheme?
13426Will any of your readers kindly inform me whether his life has{ 218} ever been published, or where I can meet with the best account of him?
13426Yes, we are tempted to spurn the question, When and where was smoking introduced?
13426_ Anan?
13426as being equal to When and where was_ man_ introduced?
13426what, did you ship a sea?''
13822).--Has the word"Gourders"any connection with_ Gourtes_, a stream, or pool?
13822414 QUERIES:-- When were Umbrellas introduced into England?
13822And I would beg to suggest to such of your readers as may in the course of their travels visit this monastery, that books( need I say_ proper_ ones?)
13822Are they tea- cakes?
13822Can any of your readers refer me to where I can find any further account or elucidation of this affair?
13822Can none of your genealogical readers clear up this point?
13822Germ._) HENNES_ Seven Champions of Christendom._--Who was the author of_ The Seven Champions of Christendom_?
13822How ancient that denomination was?
13822Longi longorum longissime, Longe, virorum, Dic mihi, te quæso, num_ Breve_ quicquid habes?
13822May I ask Mr. Singer whether either of these writers mentions the_ Solitaire_ as inhabiting Bourbon?
13822May I be allowed to hazard a suggestion as to the origin of_ peny_, its synonym?
13822To this I give another query,--What is the national motto of England?
13822WHEN WERE UMBRELLAS INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND?
13822What was the allay that gave silver that denomination?
13822What, too, are the"_ stillyard buns_"of Cotgrave?
13822Whence that denomination came?
13822Will any of your readers kindly tell me whether the view is correct?
13822_ Emblem and National Motto of Ireland._--How long has the_ harp_ been the emblem, and_ Erin- go- bragh_ the national motto of Ireland?
13822_ Geotere_ is the A.-S. word for"melter;"but may not the term be applied to the pourer out of anything?
13822_ Latin Distich and Translation._--Who were the authors of the following Latin Distich, and its English translation?
13822_ Pope Felix._--Who is"Pope Felix,"mentioned in Ælfric''s_ Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory_?
13822in p. 382. of your 24th Number,"Whether Gray''s celebrated Latin Ode is actually to be found entered at the Grande Chartreuse?"
13822or N._"--Of what words are"M. or N."the initials?
13822{ 415} Query, what is the date of the first introduction of the_ umbrella_ into England?
134804. Who was the_ lady_ the Prior wished to seduce to the Roman party?
13480: did the digamma get to Crediton by way of Cricklade?
13480Adamson_, the author?
13480Are the particular drugs employed by Leicester''s Italian physician"in removing obstacles"now known and in operation?
13480Can any of your readers throw any light on the much disputed tenure_ per baroniam_?
13480I wish to put the Query: Is this abominable massacre in cold blood mentioned by any of our historians?
13480Is the Parisian house accredited by Engelman; or has the former served the latter as the London house has Served both?
13480Is there any other account of the controversy?
13480May I trust to his kindness to explain its purport?
13480Morley are still in existence, either in MS. or in print?
13480Or can any of them mention instances of the monuments of esquires having similar coronets?
13480Query.--Can any of your readers give an accurate description of this coronet?
13480The name is met with in the legends of St. Thomas can it be found elsewhere?
13480What is a_ baker''s dozen_, and why so called?
13480What was a dozen of bread in 1553?
13480What was its essential character, what its incidents, and in what way did it differ from the ordinary tenure_ in capite_?
13480Whether Cosin wrote any letter to the Prior_ later_ than that of July 25?
13480Whether there be any fuller or more authentic account of the controversy than that in these MS. preserved by the care of Dr. Smith?
13480Would it not be desirable that every such alteration should forthwith be communicate to your paper?
13480_ What is the correct Prefix of Mayors?_( Vol.
13480and who was the"giddy son?"
13480ii., p. 214., allow me to ask in what edition of Perrault''s_ Fairy Tales_ the misprint of_ verre_ from_ vair_ first occurs?
13480on which Warburton notes--"_ Arthur Moore, Esq._"Who was_ Arthur Moore, Esq._?
13480what is the date of their first publication, as well as that of the translation under the title of_ Mother Goose''s Tales_?
13480whether Perrault was the originator of_ Cinderella_, or from what source he drew the tale?
20368I can not eat stones and turfs: say, what will he_ clem_ me and my followers?
20368( Castlereagh?)
20368):"Tun''_ trium literarum_ homo Me vituperas?
203682. v. 83.:"Nemo repente_ venit_ turpissimus?"
20368Can J. L. trace the Scotch term as far back as that?
20368Can anybody furnish me with the place and date of his birth?
20368D. G._ The Reformer''s Elm._--What was the origin of the name of"The Reformer''s Elm?"
20368Has this manuscript ever been printed?
20368May not the Yankee term have been made independently of the British one?
20368Mediæval Collection of the British Museum?
20368Was there ever a regular fraternity of philosophers bearing this appellation; or was it given merely as a title to all students in alchemy?
20368What{ 621} is the meaning of this last word, and to whom does it refer?
20368When inquiring the whereabouts of an individual, Devonians ask one another,"Where is he_ to_?"
20368Where and what was it?
20368Where is this story to be found, and is the fact related physically possible?
20368Why should Aufidius speak thus of a brother who is not mentioned anywhere else in the play or in Plutarch?
20368_ Boom._--Is there an English verb active_ to boom_, and what is the precise meaning of it?
20368_ Garrick''s Funeral Epigram._--Who is the author of these verses?
20368_ How to take Paint off old Oak._--Can any of your correspondents inform me of some way to take paint off old oak?
20368_ Junius''s Letters to Wilkes._--Where are the original letters addressed by Junius to Mr. Wilkes?
20368de la Milice Franc._, and what the origin of the name?
20368what shall be thy amends For thy neglect of truth_ in beauty dyed_?"
12589''s time?
12589Are Tables, giving the value of money at various periods in our history, to be found in any readily accessible source?
12589By whom was the plan introduced into England?
12589Can any of your correspondents inform me whether this right was exercised till the loss of that town, and, if so, who were the members?
12589Can gratitude out- pant the silent breath, Or a friend''s sorrow pierce the glooms of death?
12589Can this instrument have been a kind of Orrery?
12589Does passion still the formless mind controul?
12589Has any reader of the"NOTES AND QUERIES"met with Mynyddyslwyn in any document bearing an earlier date?
12589Has it been recorded of any people in Europe, Asia, or Africa, that they were addicted to the practice of scalping?
12589Has pride a portion in the parted soul?
12589I should be much obliged by being informed when Easter ends?
12589Is any account of their erection to be found in any_ Blue Book_ of the period?
12589One Query which I would ask is, Was this execution at Winchester, in 1783( or thereabouts), the last instance in England?
12589Perhaps a magic lantern?
12589Was this done by parallel parabolical mirrors?
12589Where may I turn for the above, more particularly for an account of the lady who had lost her hair and her nails?
12589Wherefore was this mode of disposing of the dead bodies called"an ass''s sepulture?"
12589Who was this great nobleman, and where may I find the fullest particulars of the whole transaction?
12589_ Guineas_.--What is the earliest instance of the use of the word_ guinea_ as a name for a coin?
12589_ Members for Durham_.--What was the reason that neither the county nor the city of Durham returned members to parliament previous to 1673- 4?
12589also, what was the comparative value of money at the same date?
12589and another is, Are you aware of any other instance in the latter part of the last century?
12589asks,"Is not the derivation of''feast''and''fast''originally the same?
12589i. p. 147.?
12589that which is appointed connected with''fas,''and that from''fari?''"
11652A SUBSCRIBERasks,"if William de Bolton was an ecclesiastic, how is it that his wife is openly mentioned?"
11652And who can marvel that this should be so?
11652But which take with me could I take but one?
11652Can any of your correspondents favour me with the precise words of the original record, or explain the meaning of the term used?
11652Can any of your reader explain what the_ sangred_ is?
11652Can any of your readers furnish me with information regarding him?
11652Can any of your readers inform me the_ exact date_ of the first publication of Barrington''s Letter in the newspaper?
11652Can any of your readers inform me whether the following, which I quote from memory, is correct?
11652Can your Dorsetshire correspondents inform me whether these letters exist?
11652Has the circumstance ever been explained?
11652Has their presence ever been noticed or accounted for?
11652If so, where?
11652Is there any other authority for this usage?
11652The question, therefore is narrowed to this point:--what is the significance of"la Real, Reole, or Riole?"
11652What reference in ancient documents can be pointed out for the meaning or antiquity of the usage?
11652What reference to, or connexion with,_ mushrooms_ has the word?--and why_ Catsup_, with the inference that it is synonymous with_ Catchup_?
11652When our first parent was made of mud, can we be surprised that a bird should be born of a tree?"
11652Will Mr. Francis, or any of your contributors, inform me where I can find the original statement?
11652[ Was there no such person as Love, and does the writer mean merely to pun upon the word?
11652_ Birthplace of Coverdale._ Can you inform me of the birthplace of Miles Coverdale?
11652_ Henry Lord Darnley._ Can any of your readers inform me where the celebrated Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was born?
11652as originally a letter z?
11652were deposited in some of our public libraries?
15216Is the_ Great Seal_ alive, or only stuffed?]
15216).--Why does your correspondent MANLEIUS think this form of expression"putting the cart before the horse?"
152161618?
15216A draper, quoth Freeman, what draper-- of woollin or linnen?
15216And is the following a correct list of English Cardinals since Wolsey, who died in 1530?
15216And where now is the crucifix and chain?
15216Are the circumstances attending this discovery well known?
15216Can any of your correspondents inform me where the papal decision on this point is to be found?
15216Do the words_ modde_,_ moddeken,_ quoted by Skinner, exist?
15216Has not Thomas Hearne left us something about this institution?
15216Is anything known on the subject?
15216My copy had successively belonged to Garrick, Fillingham, and Heber; the latter of whom has written in it,"Who has ever seen another copy?"
15216Ostentat_ muros_, jactat sublimia_ tecta_ De_ fundamento_ quis metus esse potest?
15216Query, Is the medal referred to by Voltaire known to exist?
15216ROGERS RUDING?
15216Were not the cross- legged effigies, formerly considered to be those of Crusaders, so arranged with an idea of the mysterious virtue of the position?
15216What is the history of the publication?
15216_ Byron''s Birthplace._--Can any of your correspondents give any information relative to the house in which Lord Byron was born?
15216_ Irish Brigade._--Where can I find any account of the institution and history of the Irish brigade, a part of the army of France under the Bourbons?
15216_ Thomas Regiolapidensis._--Where can I find any information as to the saint who figures in the following curious story?
15216and if so, is the substitution of the unmetrical and prosaic word_ copias_ due to the author of the medal, or to Voltaire himself?
15216and, if so, are they Dutch or Flemish?
2262412mo.?
2262428.:--"Qua ratione inquis?
22624Can any of your readers inform me who were the authors?
22624Father in Christ, John B----[ Blackburne?
22624How comes it that the editions since 1740 have been so castrated?
22624If not, to what cause is the difficulty-- if such difficulty really exists-- attributable?
22624If the"cancel- slip"be an"elegant"variation, may not the original stanza be regarded as more vigorous?
22624In what composition of Burke''s is it to be found?
22624Is it the contracted_ feminine form_ of Hasdru_bal_?
22624Mr. Collier, in his recent edition of Shakspeare, after stating Johnson''s and Farmer''s suggestions, says,"where is the difficulty?
22624Now I wish to ask whether any person has ever seen the same effect produced in this country by similar means?
22624Query, Where did he officiate?
22624Upton derived his livery collar of the King of Scotland de gormettis fremalibus equorum?"
22624Was it ever translated into English?
22624When we speak of a_ captious_ person, do we mean one_ capable of taking or receiving_?
22624Who was he?
22624Will some kind friend oblige me with further information of this case, or tell me where I may obtain it?
22624_ Licensing of Books._--Can any of your readers inform me what was the law in 1665 relative to the licensing of books?
22624_ Osnaburg Bishopric._--Can any of your correspondents inform me who succeeded the late Duke of York as Bishop of Osnaburg?
22624also when it was introduced( or revived), and when modified?
22624and whether there were any ecclesiastical duties attached to it?
22624how the Duke of York attained it?
22624or whether the appointment was a lay one?
22624the letters of two words are so transposed that''Vrbe germanie''is turned into''Vrbanie germe?''"
22624what say you?
22624will Phillis then consume her youth as an ankresse, Scorning daintie Venus?
22624{ 359} Does it depend upon the nature of the wood used, the condition of the atmosphere, or the dexterity of the operator?
23212Is, is there nothing cann withstand The hand Of Time: but that it must Be shaken into dust? 23212 Thus yf weake builded man cann saye, A day He lives,''tis all, for why?
23212[ 7] Is this therefore the article that Hamlet proposed to_ drink_ UP with his crocodile? 23212 Can any contributor to theNOTES AND QUERIES"suggest what authority his lordship has for his statement?
23212Can any of your readers inform me from what place the Lord of Relton derived his name?
23212Can you inform me whom she married?
23212He says:"In Thomas''s_ Italian Dictionary_, 1562, we have''ASSENZIO,_ Eysell_''[4]; and Florio renders that word[ ASSENZIO, not_ Eysell_?]
23212His companion then awoke him, remarking how soundly he had been sleeping, and asked what had he been dreaming of?
23212Is it a classical allusion, as in the preceding stanza, or has it some reference to any botanical fact?
23212Is it considered that they may assign to persons not relations?
23212Is there any family of the name of Relton now existing in the neighbourhood of Langholme, or in Cumberland or Westmoreland?
23212Is this the case in all districts of Wales where the custom of bidding prevails?
23212Now what is the amount and value of MR. SINGER''S proposition?
23212Now, I ask, wherefore has the poet dwelt with such minuteness upon this forced and improbable incident?
23212Of whom is this a portrait?
23212There is a nursery song beginning--"Harry Parry, when will you marry?
23212What was his proper name, and who is the present representative of the family?
23212When before did English antiquaries see four plates of costume, some of them coloured, sold for one shilling?
23212Wherein, I ask, substantially consists the difference?
23212_ Trinitäll Hall''s Exequies._ Now, to what does Hall refer in the third stanza, in his mention of the almond- tree?
23212_ Was Hugh Peters ever on the Stage?_( Vol.
23212refer when, in speaking of the Scriptures, he says--"They are not unriddleable riddles, and tiring- irons never to be untied"?
22126They may be fables,said she;"but is this a fable?"
22126And how came the Irish title of Baron Welles into the family of Knox?
22126And in what book was it first printed?
22126Can you give any authentic information as to the origin of this name?
22126How comes this adjective to be applied to marriages in which the wife does not take her husband''s rank?
22126I regret I can not yet answer his precise questions, when Lord Goring the son was married, and when and where he died?
22126If"derry down,"which has been said to be druidical, were judged of by the last song it went with, how old would be the Druids?
22126Is it certain that this was not the old Earl of Norwich himself?
22126Is there any truth in the report that it was an Earl Stair?
22126Might not the madcap adventure of Prince Charles with Buckingham into Spain, to_ woo the Infanta_, be its real origin?
22126P. S. W. E._ French Verses._--Will one of your readers kindly inform me from what French poet the two following stanzas are taken?
22126Terry heigho,& c.''What shall we have for the wedding supper?''
22126There is a long inscription in verse, and another in prose: query, who was the author of the verses, and what is the date of the engraving?
22126What authority is there for this story?
22126Where now is the original?
22126Where will this judgment or any account of the dispute be found?
22126Who was this Lady Slingsby?
22126_ Execution of Charles I._--Is the name of the executioner known who beheaded King Charles I.?
22126_ Fig- Sunday._--One of my Sunday- school boys, in reply to my question"What particular name was there for the Sunday before Easter?"
22126and xlvi.,"Of Building"and"Of Gardens"?
22126i. KANT''S SAEMMTLICHE WERKE, edition of Schuberand Rosenkrantz( von Leipsic), Part XI.--Query, Has this eleventh part been published?
22126or the origin of the name"Adur,"a small river running into the sea at Shoreham?
22126received seisin of possessions in Ireland, and a mediety of the Seneschalship of the Forest of Essex in her right?
23235_--What is the origin and meaning of the phrase,Hauling one over the coals;"and where does it first appear?
23235_--Who was the author of_ Jerningham_ and_ Doveton_, two admirable works of fiction published some twelve or fifteen years ago? 23235 ).--Where may be found a list ofthe quaint and uncouth titles of the old Presbyterians?"
23235***** WHO FIRST THOUGHT OF TABLE- TURNING?
23235Am I right in considering the above- mentioned book as rare?
23235And when did he drown him?
23235And who drowned him?
23235But how can he be said to be punished alive when the punishment comes after his death?
23235Can any of your readers tell me what it is, or who wrote it?
23235Can any of your readers tell me whether it signifies a real country, or is a mere fiction?
23235Can your correspondent refer to any account of the origin of the consecration or blessing of the sword, cap, or keys?
23235Could such men have_ ever_ been willingly_ backward_?
23235E. H._ Are White Cats deaf?_( Vol.
23235H. T. Ellacombe and R. W. Elliot 130 Who first thought of Table- turning?
23235Has any one suggested--"Most busy, least when I do"?
23235Is it essential that it should be all of violet- coloured glass, ground at one side, as that would add a good deal to the expense?
23235See''st thou not that my son,_ ev''ry word I have spoken hath sneez''d at_?
23235W. W., alluding to such a custom at Marshfield, Massachusets, asks"if this custom ever did, or does now exist in the mother country?"
23235What are the circumstances alluded to?
23235What is its derivation?
23235What was the glove an emblem of?
23235Whether any of the manufactories have ceased; and, if so, at what period?
23235Whether any particular manufactories were confined to the making of any particular sort or quality of articles; and, if so, what were they?
23235Whether there was more than one manufactory at Delft; and, if so, what were their marks, and what was the meaning of them?
23235Whether there were manufactories at other towns besides Delft?
23235Whether they had any distinctive marks; and, if so, what were they?
23235Why has the form_ pue_ been lately so much adopted?
23235_ History of York._--Who is the author of a_ History of York_, in 2 vols., published at that city in 1788 by T. Wilson and R. Spence, High Ousegate?
23235_ Norman of Winster._--Can any of your correspondents afford information bearing on the family of Norman of Winster, county of Derby?
23235_ Pues or Pews._--Which is the_ correct_ way of spelling this word?
23235or will white glass, with thin blue gauze curtains or blinds, answer?
23235vii., p. 617.?
15996), is taken( in some parts almost verbally) from Erasmus''dialogue,_ Diversoria_?
15996), of the Jews desiring to buy the Library of_ Oxford_?]
15996).--In reply to G.E.N., I would ask, is Mr. Hewitt correct in calling him Stada, an Italian artist?
15996--May not the meaning be a collar in the form of a serpent?
15996But granting that it were so, what then?
15996Can any of your readers give a more satisfactory explanation of this local term?
15996Can any of your readers inform me as to the name of the designer, and where, if at all, in England, a copy of this plan may be obtained?
15996Can it be in any way analogous to the custom of hoisting broom at the mast- head of a vessel which is to be disposed of?
15996Can_ Iklynton_ again be the place where such an ornament was made?
15996Did the following advice of Latimer, in a sermon before King Edward, in 1549, take any effect?
15996Have we not in English many similar adjective substantives?
15996I will therefore only reply to his question,"_ Have_ I wholly mistaken the whole_ affair_?"
15996If so, what is the history of the invention, and what other works were printed in it?
15996In the event of the map above referred to not being accessible, can I obtain a copy of this latter plan by itself, and how?
15996Is it from wood?
15996Is not Mr. Hickson aware that_ la noise_ is a French noun- singular signifying a contention or dispute?
15996Is this practice prevalent in England?
15996M._ Men but Children of a larger growth_.--Can you give one the author of the following line?
15996May I ask who, and whether the contemplated edition includes prose and poetry?
15996May it not have had some reference to the support of the royal stud?
15996Query-- Who was the said John Dutton, and why was such a boon conferred on his heirs for ever?
15996Were they not originally used for the purpose of preserving the cassock from being soiled by the beard?
15996Whence this difference of phrase?
15996Why not as well as"goods, the shallows, blacks, for mourning, greens?"
15996Will any of your correspondents inform me whether this scarlet serge waistcoat was commonly worn by the clergy in those times, namely, in 1671?
15996[ 3] Do any of your readers know any instances of the_ English_ using this gender of the sun?
15996_ Bands_.--What is the origin of the clerical and academical custom of wearing_ bands_?
15996_ Gaol Chaplains_.--When were they first appointed?
15996and that the same word exists in the Latin_ nisus_, a struggle?
15996inquires who was Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation during its session in 1717- 18?
13362--What divine of the seventeenth century adopted these words as his motto?
13362But why so?
13362Can any of your numerous correspondents inform me if this"antient MS."is still in existence, and in whose possession?
13362Can you or any of your contributors give me any further information about this inscription?
13362Did not the chapel continue a chapel until the Reformation, if not later?
13362Erica crescenta, Erica paperina, E. purpurea, E. flammea, and at what season they come into blossom in England?
13362Et Sanctus Ambrosius, Sanctus Augustinus, et alii omnes zelossimi doctores non sciebant ipsi bene tot, sicut iste Ribaldi?
13362Has this inscription ever been explained, and how?
13362If specimens are not procurable without much expense and trouble, can you supply me with the name of a work in which these plants are figured?
13362In order to ascertain the origin of this term these Queries may be proposed:--Is it peculiar to printers and to this country?
13362Is it Butler, Swift, or who, that says,"A Chrysostom to smoothe his band in"?
13362Is it the badge of a chaplain only?
13362Is there any print or view in existence of the"Nunnery,"at Little Gidding?
13362L._ Martinet._--Will the following passage throw any light on the origin of the word_ Martinet_?
13362Magister noster Lupolde, creditis, quod Deus curat multum de iste Græco?
13362May I request a space in your periodical for the following Queries, drawn from Dr. Stukeley''s_ Stonehenge and Abury_, p. 31.?
13362Or is it used also in other trades and on the Continent?
13362Perhaps some of your more learned contributors will obligingly help me to the true import of these words?
13362Should he not rather have given a_ British_ origin to the name of our Christian holy day?
13362Southey acknowledges that the"heathenism which the{ 116} Saxons introduced, bears no[ very little?]
13362Speaking of leviathan, he asks,"Canst thou with_ fiz- gigs_ pierce him to the quick?"
13362Was this sermon ever published?
13362What is its origin and meaning?
13362What is the meaning of Lenton''s title,"the Queen''s Majesties Poet"?
13362What is the precise meaning of the word_ Somagia_?
13362Whence did Risdon derive his copy of King Athelstane''s form of donation?
13362Who amongst the clergy are_ entitled_ to wear a scarf?
13362_ Charade_.--Can any one tell who is the author of the following charade?
13362and secondly, who was the author of the_ Life_ from which the above passage is quoted?
13362or what circumstances justify its being worn?
12342);"Hamlet,"1602,"Measure for Measure,"1603;"Troilus and Cressida,"1603- 1607(?
12342);"Richard II.,"1594;"King John,"1595;"Merchant of Venice,"1596; 1 and 2"Henry IV.,"1597- 1598;"Henry V.,"1599;"Taming of the Shrew,"1597(?
12342; is the hero of the Cornish ballad,"And shall Trelawney die?"
12342Black?"
12342CLIFFORD, JOHN, D.D., Baptist minister in London, author of"Is Life Worth Living?"
12342COLLINS, MORTIMER, a versatile genius, born at Plymouth; wrote poems, novels, and essays; was the author of"Who was the Heir?"
12342EST- IL- POSSIBLE?
12342How?
12342In such a case the challenge of Goethe is_ apropos_,"What have I to do with names when it is a work of the spirit I am considering?"
12342Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet?"
12342MANNA, the food with which the Israelites were miraculously fed in the wilderness, a term which means"What is this?"
12342Saved or Lost?
12342Sure enough, I am; and lately was not; but Whence?
12342Whereto?"
12342got for answer the counter- challenge"Who made you king?"
16404( Would our fair Belgravians of 1850 condescend to dance with their kitchen- maids?)
16404), I would throw out a suggestion to all your readers for notices of similar emblematic playing cards: whether such were ever used for playing with?
16404***** DID BUNYAN KNOW HOBBES?
16404And when did the latest instance occur?
16404But I would ask when was the time when Bunyan"was nearly persuaded to be of Hobbes''opinion?"
16404Can angels be thy oracle, Who art-- who art Thyself alone?
16404Can any of your readers give an explanation of the inscription?
16404Can any of your readers give an explanation of this?
16404Can any of your readers give me a clue to the derivation of this word?
16404Does T. mean to call Lord Bacon''s English text a_ version_ of his Latin, by anticipation of eighteen years?
16404Else, why did HERMES learn the Dutch language?
16404Good reader, do you wish for better criticism?
16404Has the colour an Egyptian origin, or whence is it?
16404I ask your subscribers if the following verses are_ weak_, and if they would not have done honour to the English Vondel?
16404If he would have any meat?
16404Is this opinion as to the birth of swans common?
16404Query, What were the words of this rhyme?
16404Query, was this punishment peculiar to cooks guilty of poisoning?
16404Then she asked him several questions; viz., if he was cold or hungry?
16404Unde derivatur"cauking?"
16404Were they intimate?
16404Where he came from, and where he was going?
16404Who knows Thee-- Thee the All- unknown?
16404Worthy author of this_ Verse Book for Children_, do you wish for higher praise?
16404[_ Music._]"I pray you, madam, why say you so?"
16404[_ The Musician answers._]"I pray you, good sir, why say you so?"
16404_ Baron Münchausen._--Who was the author of this renowned hero''s adventures?
16404_ Inscription on an Alms- dish._--In Bardsea Church, Island of Furness, is an alms- dish(?)
16404and where?
16404the great Hobbes,''said I,''are you come hither?
16404what period so introduced?
11575_--When was the word_ Cannibal_ first used in English books?--To what language does it belong?--and what is its exact meaning? 11575 --What is the etymology of_ Daysman_, which, in the Book of Job, and in some of our provincial dialects, means a mediator or arbitrator? 11575 --and how came he to spare the helmet, jupon, gauntlets, shield, and_ scabbard_? 11575 Are any anecdotes or circumstances recorded, respecting the worship of this saint in later times, than I have referred to? 11575 But why do not the present inhabitants avail themselves of the same means to health? 11575 Can any of your correspondents inform me when this most interesting relic disappeared? 11575 Did that unscrupulous Protector(?) 11575 Have any of your readers at any time seen and made a_ note_ of such a register? 11575 I beg leave, therefore, to_ query_, Whether the inscription is not intended for a Regulus of Britain of that name? 11575 If the former, where can one find any authentic account of him? 11575 In whose reign were they first created? 11575 Is it that they are idle, or are they too broken spirited and poverty- stricken to unite in any public work? 11575 Is the book scarce?--or is it not esteemed? 11575 Monasteriorum._--Can any of your correspondents give me a reference to the original MS. of_ Boston de Bury de Bibliothecis Monasteriorum_? 11575 Or has the climate changed? 11575 P._ Cazena on the Inquisition_.--Can any one tell me what is the public opinion of Cazena''s work on the Inquisition? 11575 P._ The Origin of the word Snob._--Can any of your valuable correspondents give me the origin or derivation of the word Snob? 11575 To what, then, can this great difference be ascribed? 11575 W._ Duncan Campbell._--Was the Duncan Campbell, of whom memoirs were written by Defoe, a real or an imaginary person? 11575 Were these the two cardinals who fancied themselves injured? 11575 What are the chief historical grounds that endeared his memory to the Church or the people? 11575 When, and under what peculiar circumstances, was it first introduced into our language? 11575 _ May- Day_.--To what old custom does the following passage allude? 11575 and by whom were they appointed? 11575 take away thePavoise"at the same time, or order his Ironsides to"remove that bauble?"
11575{ 183} What is the historic probability that the stone coffin, discovered in 1822, contained the remains of this remarkable man?
15640).--Your correspondent K. asks what other instances there are of_ Wat_ as the name of a_ hare_?
15640Can any of your readers state how this story originated, or whether it really has any foundation in fact?
15640Can any parallel passages be adduced?
15640Can you say where the best pedigree of the early kings of Sweden is to be found?
15640I should like to know who and what is this"Spanish friar?"
15640In_ Waverley_, when the hero for the first time meets the Baron Bradwardine, he is accosted by the latter thus:--"And so ye have mounted the cockade?
15640Is it possible that this may be an early and neglected sonnet of Milton?
15640Is not this word closely connected with the_ Eber_ of the German Jägers?
15640May not the word umbrella have been applied to various sorts of_ impluvia_?
15640Or can any of your learned readers say how, where, and when_ bacon_ has signified"dried wood?"
15640Query: Who was the author of the above?
15640Thus, upon the entrance of the Mutes,--"_ Fame._ What are this pair?
15640WHAT OUGHT LANDLORDS AND FARMERS TO DO?
15640What_ dictionary_ defines"aver"( French) as denoting the_ annual_ stock or produce of a farm?
15640Where does this verse occur?
15640Where may be found any account of his connection with the Cherokees; also any thing of his death or descendants?
15640Which of these authorities are we to believe?
15640Who was the author?
15640Will any one kindly refer me to this passage?
15640Will your correspondent refer us to the book?
15640_ Booty''s Case._--Where can an authentic report be found of"Booty''s case,"and before what judge was it tried?
15640_ Darby and Joan._--Can any of your readers refer me to a copy of the ballad of Darby and Joan?
15640_ Did Elizabeth visit Bacon at Twickenham Park?_( Vol.
15640_ Eyes._ The ragged rascals?
15640_ Meaning of Venwell or Venville._--Will you allow me to make the following Query as to the custom of"Ven_well_"or"Ven_ville_"?
15640_ Sir Thomas Bullen''s Drinking Horn._--Does any one know whether the drinking horn which belonged to Sir Thomas Bullen still exists?
15640and was he the_ first_ cousin to Robertson the historian?
15640and yet, could Milton have seriously perpetrated the pun in the second line?
15640explain his allusion to the Abbot''s House at Buckden?"
15640has he not"a local habitation and a name?"
15640has referred me?
15640of the two unpublished volumes are preserved, and where they are to be found?
13427What art thou, that keepst me out from the house I_ owe_?
13427What, are we the dregs of the earth not to hear the Scriptures in our own tongue?
13427_--What is the correct name of the character&?"
13427''s reign, and of its being stoutly opposed by John of Gaunt?
13427), oblige me by a"Note"of the story as it is told by Adam of Bremen, whose work I am not within reach of?
134271740, instead of 1688- 1698?
134272., we read:"Senseless bauble, Art thou a_ feodary_ for this act, and lookst So virgin- like without?"
134279., anno 1553, intituled,"An Act for the Restitution in Blood of the Heirs of Sir Miles Partrige, Knight"?
13427ARUN also chooses to say that the only question which is material, is, Who was Caxton''s patron?
13427And is there any continuation of his work up to{ 230} the present day?
13427And the third, the answer to which depends on the preceding, is, Who was the abbot who gave him admission?
13427Did the claim_ originate_ with Pope Innocent?
13427Does it originate in some ghastly legend?
13427G.[ Will our correspondent accept the following as a satisfactory reply?]
13427Has the Roman Catholic Church ever published a translation of the Scriptures, or any part of them, into the vernacular_ Irish_?
13427Have their missionaries in_ China_ ever translated anything beyond the Epistles and Gospels of the Missal?
13427I am very desirous to be informed in what_ French_ author I can find any account of John Jokyn( Joachim?
13427Is any such in existence?
13427Is not existence to her a kind of doom?
13427Is not this a sufficient explanation of the term morganatic being applied to marriages where the parties are of unequal rank?
13427Or, is there any Roman Catholic translation into any of the vernacular languages of_ India_?
13427Query, Did it not take the name of_ King''s_ Square from the architect?
13427Query, In what sort of coin?
13427S.S._ Gospel of Distaffs._--Can any reader say where a copy of the_ Gospel of Distaffs_ may be accessible?
13427Should we say Lord Plunket had read these passages, and is thereby convicted of eloquent plagiary?
13427Speaking of a passage cited by Joannes Andreæ, in his gloss on the preface to the Clementines, he asks,"who is the Anglicus Poeta?"
13427The question now remains, Are the Roman Pontiffs and their Church answerable for the toleration of such language?
13427The second question is, When did Caxton first set up his press in this place?
13427There was a shriek-- a sob-- a cry: and where was Alice of the Lea?
13427Were the debates on the acts of parliament recorded in those days, and if so, how can they be seen?
13427What is that word?
13427Wherefore is she thus a dark, sad exile from the blessed light of day?
13427_ Morganatic Marriages.--Morganatique._--What is the derivation of this word, and what its_ actual signification_?
13427_ Richardson Family._--Can of your correspondents inform me who"Mr. John Richardson, of the Market Place, Leeds,"was?
13427_ Whetstone of Reproof._--Can any of your readers inform me who was the author of the book with the following title?
13427and"what is the name of his poem,"in which it is said to the pope,"Nec Deus es nec homo, quasi neuter es inter utrumque?"
13427and, if not, how is its disappearance to be accounted for?
15197_ Mal._ My masters, are you mad? 15197 ).--Is notFinkle"very probably derived from_ Finc_, a finch, in the A.-S.?
15197*****_ Poor Robin''s Almanack_.--Who was the author or originator of_ Poor Robin''s Almanack_?
15197*****_ The Camp in Bulstrode Park_.--Is there any published account of this camp having been opened?
15197A.C.*****_ Hobit_, a measure of corn in Wales; what is the derivation?
15197Are any particulars known of its successive editors?
15197But could Parr mean to rank Shrewsbury School among the"private schools?"
15197But, Query, is not the second syllable rather_ Gill_, akin to the numerous tribe of"gills"or"ghylls,"in the North Countrie?
15197Can any one inform me whence this prejudice arose?
15197Crossed slabs with Runes have been found at Hartlepool, Durham; have the inscriptions been read?
15197Do you make an alehouse of my lady''s house, that you squeak out your cozier''s catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice?
15197Had David a better right to the title than the great poet?
15197Has this inquiry been extended to British Runes, and might it not throw much light upon many monuments of dates prior to the Conquest?
15197Have you no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night?
15197He failed, it seems-- but why?
15197How is the metal of which my specimen is composed to be accounted for?
15197In what year did it cease to be published?
15197Is any authentic writing or signature of_ Christopher Marlow_ known to exist?
15197Is not this a vestige of the German"Dog- fiend?"
15197Is there no respect of place, person, nor time, in you?
15197M. May I add, also, another Query?
15197The query is-- have I"mistaken the whole affair"?
15197Therefore, I shall with the more ease join in opinion with those who would have it named_ Dodonesse_, which signifieth[ in what language?]
15197What is meant by_ Knight of the Burnt Island_?
15197What says Mr. James Boswell on that point?
15197Will any correspondent favour me with specific references to the numbers or months in which they were published?
15197Would"JARLZBERG"kindly favour me with a reference to his interesting anecdote of the lion''s whelps?
15197asserts the_ Malone had never seen_ the introductory fragment; and asks, who_ forged_ it?
15197holiday or festival?
15197inquires who was"Pope Felix,"whom Ælfric called the"fifth father"of S. Gregory the Great?
15197of St. John''s College, Oxford?"
15197or what are you?
15639Do any in your parish practise physic chyrurgery, or_ undertake the office of a midwife without license_?
15639), the same beverage as"lamb''s- wool?"
15639).--Might it not have happened that swords went out of fashion after the middle of the last century, and were revived towards its close?
156391689 How many pages of_ Testimonia_ are there at the end of the Preface?
15639And where now is Prior''s original MS.?
15639And why have the seraphim no bodily representation?
15639Can any of your correspondents furnish me with the correct title, and state whether it is still preserved in this national library?
15639Can any of your correspondents tell me who this person was?
15639Can any of your readers furnish any additional information on this curious point?
15639Can any of your readers tell me whether there be not an older Welsh word for_ water_?
15639Has any one of these three copies a separate leaf, entitled_ Ad Bibliopegos?_ If so, which of them?
15639Has any one of these three copies a separate leaf, entitled_ Ad Bibliopegos?_ If so, which of them?
15639Has it ever been printed, and who is the author?
15639Has the copy with the date 1679_ Testimonia_ at the end?
15639Have these treatises since been printed?
15639Have they a separate title and a separate sheet of_ errata?_ Is there a duplicate copy of this separate title at the end of the Preface?
15639Have they a separate title and a separate sheet of_ errata?_ Is there a duplicate copy of this separate title at the end of the Preface?
15639If so, how many pages do they consist of?
15639Is not this a good instance of the true difference of meaning in these two words, which are now loosely used as if strictly synonymous?
15639Is not_ cader_ akin to[ Greek: kathedra], and_ glas_ to[ Greek: glaukos]?
15639Is there any authentic record elsewhere published?
15639Query, By whom was it made?
15639Sheldrake( who was he?)
15639The information I request is the date of the work, for I can find none; and whether any_ first part_ of it is known in England, and where?
15639This winde was love, which Princes state To Pages turn, but who can hate Where equall fortune love procures, Or equall love success assures?
15639What may that be that mov''d this woe?
15639What sodaine change hath dark''t of late The glory of the Arcadian state?
15639What, in fact, is the supposed distinction between them?
15639Whose want afflicts Arcadia so?
15639Why should"long Meg"be more fabulous than"long Jone?"
15639_ Cherubim and Seraphim._--Why are the cherubim represented as a human head, with the wings of a bird?
15639_ Lynch Law._--What is the origin of this American phrase?
15639_ Sword of William the Conqueror._--Can any one inform me where is the sword of William the Conqueror?
15639and 1 Edward VI.?
261211507?
26121Also, whether the habit of smoking( opium or tobacco), now universal_ over the East_, dates there from before the discovery of America?
26121And if not, from what period?
26121But are they therefore"without meaning?"
26121But query whether this is the fact?
26121Can any of your correspondents kindly inform me, who are the lineal representatives of Cosin''s pious executor?
26121Can any of your readers inform me where the fullest account may be found of the state of preaching in England prior to the Reformation?
26121Do his Latin works exist either in print or in manuscript?
26121Do not these qualities help to give them meaning, as well as to preserve them through their long and varied existence?
26121Does any_ Manuscript_ of the"Dialogo de las Lenguas"exist in this country, in any public or private library?
26121Is it a"hypocrite?"
26121Is it known what has become of them?
26121Is such a MS. known to exist in any of our libraries?
26121Is_ sock_ only a corruption of_ suck_, indicating a lollipop origin?
26121It is not now in that library-- is it in any other?
26121May I take this opportunity of asking if anything is known of its history?
26121May not these be the letters described by E. S. T. as L. C.?
26121Out of what verbal raw material are these words manufactured?
26121Query, What is a"hodipeke?"
26121R. J. S._ When does Easter end?_( Vol.
26121What are the principal as well as the latest_ English_ translations?
26121What can typify"laziness"more emphatically than a dog that"lays him[self] down to bark?"
26121What is the meaning of the word_ Pallet_?
26121_ Tobacco in the East._--Can any of your readers inform me whether tobacco is indigenous to any part of Asia?
26121and should not"Phæbus,"in the fourth verse, be"Phoebus?"
26121for asserting that"_ trianon_ is a word meaning a_ pavilion_?"
26121i., p. 441.?
26121or what is its real etymological root?
23282A toothed sleck stone,I take to mean a"jagged whetstone,"very unfit for its purpose; but what is the force of the term"as bullish?"
23282).--In answer to PURSUIVANT''S Query, How were the families of Morse and Ireton connected?
23282).--In reference to the Query, Why is St. Thomas frequently mentioned in connexion with onions?
232821717, occur the following lines:( Query, whether original, or, if not, from whence quoted?)
23282Can any identity be established?
23282Can any of your correspondents give me information in what work I can find a tolerably full account of this"betraying of Chepstow Castle?"
23282Can any of your correspondents throw further light on the matter, or tell us if the custom extended to other counties?
23282Can it be shown that Dorset- men are given to aspirating their words?
23282Could not_ E. N. W._ exhibit it at the Society of Antiquaries?
23282How is this?
23282I therefore venture to ask once again, Where are the Wilkes MSS.?
23282If such was the lady''s meaning, what is her historical accuracy?
23282Is anything known of this medal, or are any other specimens of it extant?
23282Is the Beast from the Sea the Papacy?
23282Is the word"Prol"Saxon or British, and what is its probable etymology?
23282J. C. makes a tremendous leap in chronology when he asks"Was it not either Julius I. or II.?"
23282May Lord Effingham have changed his religion between the Armada and his mission to Spain?
23282Query, on whom?
23282The legend is"Faites- vous cela pour m''affronter?"
23282The sport was carried on by means of dogs which hunted down the poor birds, and the sticks of the human( or_ in_human?)
23282Was it in the"Lands of Vision,"and with"the damsel and the dulcimer,"that the transcendental philosopher beheld it?
23282Where can it be found?
23282Where now are the original Junius Letters, and where the other MSS.?
23282Where was"Cuicfal in Flandriam,"from whence the voyage was made to Prol?
23282Who was St. Vitus, and how did he give his name to the play of the features which is called his dance?
23282Will some one of your correspondents inform me what amount of property really constitutes an Esquire?
23282Your correspondent suggests"arista;"can he support this historically?
23282_ Matter- of- fact Epitaph._--May I venture to ask a place for the following very matter- of- fact epitaph in the English cemetery at Leghorn?
23282_ Pursuits of Literature._--How came the author of the_ Pursuits of Literature_ to be known?
23282_ to his initials?
23282and also of what place in the county was this Morgan, Sheriff of Monmouth?
23282and can they be consulted?
23282i., p. 4.,& c.).--May not these be possibly only Spenser''s"rings of rushes,"mentioned by him among other fragile ornaments for the head and neck?
23282it appears that Jane, only child of Richard Lloyd( of Norfolk?
21503And side by side the moon, he cried''How do, fair cousin moon? 21503 Clarum et venerabile nomen Gentibus, et multum nostræ quod proderat urbi?"
21503Good folks, can you believe your eyes? 21503 Say, didst thou think within this sculptured stone Thy faithful partner should immortal be?
21503).--Have we not a relic of this word in the vulgar_ leary_, used of a_ tough_ customer, one not easily taken in?
215039).--Should not the end of Easter be considered its octave-- Low Sunday?
21503And is not the common belief as to Becket''s parish correct?
21503Can any of your readers inform me of the author''s name; or is there any one who has seen the book, or can tell where a copy may be found?
21503Can any of your readers inform me where that church is in the south of France; and when such prayers and masses were first said?
21503Can any of your readers tell me where this invaluable MS.( if existing) may be found?
21503First, as to Gray and Dodsley:--Is the epithet_ droning_, or_ drony_, in the first edition of the_ Elegy_?
21503Is it to be taken that the publication of this chap- book edition is merely a proof of the extreme popularity of Dryden''s half of the poem?
21503Is the French translation of the latter work considered a good one?
21503Is the Welsh word applied to both equivocally as distinct{ 468} objects?
21503Is there an English translation of Apuleius''_ Golden Ass_?
21503Is there any evidence, not contemporary, which shows the contrary?
21503Peter Hall''s collections in manuscript?
21503Query, Who was the enlightened individual who produced the_ two_ copies?
21503Was it the usual custom for women sentenced to whipping to be consigned to the tender mercies of one of their own sex?
21503Was there not then an ancient church so called, until the demolitions of Protector Somerset in that quarter?
21503What has become of the MS.?
21503Which is the best and most complete English translation of Erasmus''_ Colloquies_?
21503\]_ Twickenham-- Did Elizabeth visit Bacon there?_( Vol.
21503_ Titus Oates._--Can any of your correspondents refer me to an_ autograph_ of Titus Oates?
21503_"Clarum et venerabile nomen._"--Can any of your correspondents inform me in what author the following lines are to be found?
21503of Randle Holme, of Chester, 1670, which afterwards were penes Dr. Latham, are still accessible?"
21503or is the vow to be considered revocable?
13540):--"_ Burnet''s Own Times._--Did you ever read that garrulous, pleasant history?
135406.:"The common people swarm like summer flies, And whither fly the gnats, but to the sun?
13540And who shines now, but Henry''s enemies?"
13540Breton''s Fantastiques_ contain?
13540But who, besides these, is interested in maintaining the precedence of Marlowe?
13540Can any information be given as to the assumed or real author of these works?
13540Can any of your readers state where a copy of this production may be found?
13540Can any one tell whether this was done merely to afford a gangway for want of room outside?
13540Can anything be done to check this ill- fated word in its career?
13540Can even the Muses of burlesque and slang furnish such an instance?
13540Does any reader of the"NOTES AND QUERIES"know of_ any other author_ who says that he_ has seen_ such an exhibition?
13540Does this throw any light on the popular negro song--"Out o''de way, old Dan Tucker,"& c.?
13540Had I the opportunity, I might ask Mr. Dyce"which style?"
13540Have critics or ethnographers commented on this passage, which, to say the least, is remarkable?
13540How did JANUS DOUSA learn that her maiden name was Schweickhardt?
13540Is there a monument or inscription to his memory in any church in or near Carmarthen?
13540May I ask, further, whether any particulars are known of this contemporary and admirer of Chaucer?
13540Or can Ringelbergius''s assertion be confirmed from any source?
13540Query, By what Socinian writer are these two hexameter verses used?
13540This is literally all; and, I ask, can any"conclusion"be much more inconclusive?
13540To the special inquiry of JANUS DOUSA I can say nothing, but I would fain ask who was Katherine Wilhelmina Schweickhardt?
13540Was Mrs. Bilderdijk his daughter?
13540Was this copied into the_ Literary Gazette_?
13540What is the meaning of this term?
13540Where can a perfect copy be found?
13540Where can access to this work be obtained?
13540Where may I find this tradition?
13540Where was he buried?
13540_ Cheshire Cat._--Will some of your correspondents explain the origin of the phrase,"grinning like a Cheshire cat?"
13540and, if not, what must we look to for a successor?
13540intends us to infer), or simply for"small, petty, of little size or value"?
13540or where meet with any information on the subject?
13540{ 377} The point is this, Is it_ inflected_, or, does it employ_ affixes_, or is it absolutely without inflections and affixes?
13540{ 378} What does Pope''s epithet"low"mean?
22639).--Why is Lord Crewe always called so, and not Bishop of Durham, considering his spiritual precedency?
22639***** Whereshall we go this morning?
2263961. of the_ Spectator_, as"The Witches''Prayer,"which falls into verse either way, only that it reads"cursing"one way, and"blessing"the other?
22639Anthony Horneck._--Do any of the letters of the once celebrated Dr. Anthony Horneck exist in any library, public or private?
22639Are we not apt to underrate the number of Romanised Celts remaining in England after the Saxon Conquest?
22639At what parts of the service were these psalms and hymns directed to be introduced?
22639By what authority was it sanctioned?
22639Can any of your readers inform me_ when_ the elder Tradescant came over to England, and when he was appointed royal gardener?
22639D. C._ Shaking Hands._--What is the origin of the custom of_ shaking hands_ in token of friendship?
22639Does he mean to infer that it did not in reality equally belong to Shakspeare''s age?
22639Have these collections been carefully examined, and their contents made use of in any topographical publication?
22639I. H. T._ Meaning of Waste Book._--Can you or any of your readers inform me the origin of the term used in book- keeping, viz.,_"Waste"book_?
22639If so, how has its place been supplied heretofore in our diplomatic correspondence?
22639In a burlesque some years ago, I recollect a passage was brought to a climax with the very words,"Wilt eat a crocodile?"
22639May I hazard a few conjectures?
22639Or is the epigram only a creation of the pleasing author''s fertile imagination?
22639The books were sold by auction; but what has become of the manuscripts?
22639The question is: Does the meaning MR. SINGER attaches to this word require in the passage cited the expression of quantity to make it definite?
22639Was it not in the reign of Elizabeth?
22639Was not Lord Bristol( who was an Earl) always called Bishop of Derry?
22639Was this custom contemplated by the compilers of the Book of Common Prayer?
22639When and how did the custom of singing metrical psalms and hymns in churches originate?
22639Whether_ any_ portrait of Thomas Earl of Ormonde has been published?
22639Why should sixes and sevens be more congruous with disorder than"twos and threes?"
22639_ A Cracow Pike._--Can any of your readers tell me what_ a Cracow pike_ is?
22639_ George Steevens._--Can any of your readers inform me whether a memoir of George Steevens, the Shakspearian commentator, ever was published?
22639_ How many_ engraved portraits of Thomas, the famous Lord Ossory, have been issued?
22639_ How many_ engraved portraits of the first and second Dukes of Ormonde, respectively, have appeared?
22639_ Lincoln Missal._--Is a manuscript of the missal, according to the use of the church of Lincoln, known to exist?
22639_ Newburgh Hamilton_.--Can any of your readers inform me who Newburgh Hamilton was?
22639and whence comes the saying?
22639and, if so, where may it be seen?
22639or that I was ignorant of its earlier prevalence?
12018Are not these words identical with_ aver, averium_, in the sense of cattle, tame beasts?
12018But how is the-_amitas_ to be explained?
12018But query?
12018Dodd, in his_ Church history_,--when will the new edition begin to move again?
12018Does it not rather originate in the_ Latin_?
12018Has the Durham Cathedral Library, in particular, a copy?
12018How did they come by these arms?
12018How much is it reasonable to suppose that a publisher may have given for the copyright?
12018In fact, where is any effectual intelligence of the fugitive to be found?
12018Is anything known concerning them?
12018Is it now extant, and where?
12018Is there any contemporary notice extant in print or in MS. which confirms this statement?
12018Is there any example earlier than the time of Henry III.?
12018Is there any other printed copy of the Saxon_ Orosius_ than Barrington''s?
12018Is this the fact?
12018Now, the questions which I want to have solved are these:--Was the book ever extant in MS. Or print?
12018PINGRE''S ACCOUNT OF HIS VOYAGE TO RODRIGUEZ, published(?)
12018This exotic bird doth equal a swan in bigness,"& c.& c. Now I wish to ask, where did this family of_ Dronte_ reside?
12018What did Christabel see in her, at times, so unutterably horrible?
12018What did Coleridge mean to represent or imply in his tale of_ Christabel_?
12018What is its size, date, and extent?
12018What is meant by"the ladye strange"making Christabel_ carry_ her over the sill of the portal?
12018Where did the compiler of the article pick up this statement?
12018Who has seen a copy?
12018Who or what was Geraldine?
12018_ Query I._--Is there any historical record of the first discovery of Mauritius and Bourbon by the Portuguese?
12018_ Query VII_--What is the derivation or meaning of the words_ Dodaers_ and_ Dronte_, as applied to the Dodo?
12018_ Query VI_.--Is there in existence any figure, published or unpublished, of the Dodo- like bird which once inhabited the Isle of Bourbon?
12018and are any members of the family now living?
12018and if so, what is the title of his work?
12018or how far may it have gone towards the payment of a bookseller''s bill?
12018right in supposing the prefix"De"to be_ French_?
11958Seest thou these_ lids_ that now unfold in vain?
11958), the house of God?
11958).--Are not_ Baxter_ and_ Tupster_ the feminines of_ Baker_ and_ Tapper_?--and may not_ Shipster_ signify a_ female ship- owner_?
11958***** WHAT IS A CHAPEL?
11958***** WHO TRANSLATED THE"TURKISH SPY?"
11958A.G._ Memoirs of an American Lady_.--Are the_ Memoirs of an American Lady_ out of print?
11958Addita cur nuper pedibus talaria?
11958Amat._ l. 475, 476.:--"Quid magis est saxo durum?
11958An quia nil referunt ingrati, atque arcula inanis Est Charitum?
11958Are the following extracts from the register above referred to of sufficient interest to merit your acceptance?
11958At what period of ecclesiastical history was the{ 334} word Chapel first introduced?
11958Cur nudæ?
11958I know that it is commonly attributed to Demosthenes?
11958If this direction be neglected, could not the party next benefited sue for it on that ground, and with success?
11958Implicitis ulnis cur vertitur altera?
11958Is Chapel a_ legal_ description of the houses of religious meeting, which are used by those who dissent from the Church of England?
11958Is it known who really translated that clever work,_ Letters writ by a Turkish Spy_?
11958Is it not invariably the purpose of a Chapel to supply the absence or incommodiousness of the parish church?
11958Was not Stephens subsequently Vicar of St. Andrew''s, Plymouth?
11958Was there a Herald painter of the time named Ambrose Moore?
11958What is the most approved derivation of the word Chapel?--_Capella_, from the goat- skin covering of what was at first a movable tabernacle?
11958_ Gourders of Rain._--Will any of your correspondents be kind enough to suggest the etymology of the word"gourders"(= torrents)?
11958_ Paying through the Nose_.--Can any one tell me the origin of the phrase,"Paying though the nose,"expressing a dear bargain?
11958_ Smelling of the Lamp._--Can you or one of your learned correspondents, tell me the origin or first user of the literary"smelling of the lamp?"
11958_ capa_, a cape worn by_ capellanus_, the chaplain?
11958_ capsa_, a chest for sacred relics?
11958and for line 533, Seest thou this lid that now unfolds in vain?
11958and was it taken from the name of the animal, or did it give the name to it?]
11958or what other and better etymon?
11958quid mollius unda?
11958what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, of omnipotence, Is promis''d to the studious artizan?"
11958what is the use of the royal license for the change of a surname?
11958{ 336}_ John Bull_.--Might I beg to ask, through your columns, the origin of the name"_ John Bull_,"as applied to Englishmen?
13393_ Rykelot_, a magpie?
13393),"Why are gloves not worn before royalty?"
13393***** AN OLD GUY?
13393121.)?
133931647_?
133936d., Contains, Who wrote Shakspeare''s Henry VIII.?
13393And Gascoigne, when Henry refers to the incident in these words:"How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me?
13393But where did JARLTZBERG learn that it was"executed during her captivity before she ascended the throne?"
13393Can any of your correspondents furnish me with information as to the origin and antiquity of this family of Comber?
13393Can any of your readers inform me whether he published the information he may have obtained from those documents; and, if so, where it may be found?
13393Can any of your readers tell me who is the author of the above verse?
13393Can you or any of your numerous readers inform me in whose possession the volume is_ now_?
13393Had he any daughter Ilda?
13393Have, however, any of your readers met this title, or any allusion to it, in any writer previously to 1605?
13393Is this the same as Ben"Jonson?"
13393J.B._ Hornbooks._--Can either of your numerous intelligent readers give me an account of the hornbooks from which our ancestors learned their letters?
13393May this be wash''d in Lethe, and forgotten?"
13393Or was there some other Ben"Johnson,"a poet of that period?
13393Query, if now in payment?_ ANNUAL gifts of Lady Coventry for putting out two poor children born in this parish.
13393To what does this allude?
13393Was this easy?
13393What family had King Harold II.?
13393What is the name of his poem?
13393Whether there be any historical authority for Waltheof being sent as envoy to William?
13393Who is the Anglicus Poeta?
13393_ Haberdasher-- Martinet._--Can any of your correspondents suggest an etymology for the word_ haberdasher_?
13393_ The Sicilian Vespers._--In what English work can a full and correct narrative of this event be found?
13393and E._ Was Quarles pensioned?_( Vol.
13393and if so, how comes it the"h"has been dropped from his name?
13393and, if so, is there any record or mention of her husband''s name?
13393and, if so, on what mission?
26897).--"_ Fro Venus_ VALANUS_ might this palais see._"( or) volant?
26897And yet the Prince took the saying from the mouth of Madame Pompadour; and she took it-- from whom?
26897But are these stories to be believed?
26897But how is the latter to be read?
26897But the question is, whether there has since been any meaning in other like celestial illuminations?
26897Can any of your learned correspondents furnish materials illustrative of this figurative relation between the serpent and the elements?
26897Can any of your readers give me any information respecting these officials?
26897Cur me spectas fronte tristi?
26897Does any one of the Tyneside readers of the"NOTES AND QUERIES"personally recollect the actual existence of such a memorial?
26897Had he any descendants?
26897How was Bryan related to Sir Thomas?
26897I shall conclude by another Query: What is the Greek word transformed by Asiatic scribes into_ Karábádén_?
26897In what classical author is it to be found?
26897Is it known to any collector of tracts relating to the Battle of Edgehill?
26897Is the_ real name_ of the author of the entertaining work disclosed in any subsequent publication, or is it generally known?
26897Or how far back can it be traced?
26897Peter?"
26897The fair held on old St. Andrew''s Day is always called in Kimbolton and the neighbourhood"Tandrew"fair, so why not"Tanthony"for"Saint Anthony?"
26897Were they persons of any standing in the Society?
26897Where is an account of this race to be found?
26897Who was the"worthy divine,"the writer?
26897_ Sathaniel._--Can any of your correspondents inform me in what book, play, poem, or novel, a character named Sathaniel appears?
26897_ Trisection of the Circle._--Has the problem of the trisection of the angle been solved?
26897and, if they are, where is the line of credibility to be drawn?
26897in error when he says the original travels of the Baron were written to ridicule Bruce?
26897or, if not, is there any reward for its solution; and what steps should be taken to obtain it?
26897quo venisti?
26897vil._, should become naturalised among the peasantry, as is the case with the word Venville?
26899Go to Bathis common enough; but why should either of these places be singled out?
26899_--What is the meaning of the wordeign"in Presteign, also the name of a street and a brook?
26899?_--Sir Harris Nicolas, in his_ Chronology of History_( 2nd edition, p.
26899Can any of your numerous contributors give me information as to the name and achievements of the Crusader?
26899Can any of your readers give me the titles of the editions in Spanish, or any language, of this interesting little book?
26899Can any of{ 350} your correspondents offer any confirmation of this?
26899Can you inform me how this captain was thus related to George II.?
26899Has any other commentator besides Pricæus alluded to the passage in Demosthenes?
26899Has the authorship of the original ever been hinted at?
26899Is Howel''s little translation scarce?
26899Is it connected with the Anglo- Saxon_ thegen_ or_ theign?_ H. C. K. Hereford.
26899To what other ark, then, could he have been alluding, if not to the_ horary_ diurnal ark?
26899What is the derivation of it?
26899What is the earliest edition of the Prayer Book in which the Form for the Healing appears?
26899Why is it so designated?
26899_ Aristotle and Pythagoras._--What reason( if any) is there for supposing that Aristotle derived his philosophy from Pythagoras himself?
26899_ Experto crede Roberto._--What is the origin of this saying?
15354_ By the bye,& c._--What is the etymology of the phrases"by the bye,""by and by,"and such like?
15354Above all, is it authentic?
15354Again:"This is a hard sermon:''Who is able to abide it?''
15354Are these the author''s faults, or are they merely editorial embellishments?
15354Brewer''s work appeared?
15354But whence has it arisen?
15354By the Romans; by the Visigoths; or by the Franks themselves?
15354By what people were camels first brought into Gaul?
15354Can any information, throwing light upon this subject, be given?
15354Can any of your correspondents throw any light on the matter?
15354Can any of your readers communicate any particulars of his history?
15354Can this coat be assigned?
15354I should be glad to know if this saying is to be met with elsewhere, and what gave rise to it?
15354If not, is it known when, and by{ 425} whom, and under what circumstances it was written?
15354In what year was the improved woodcut of the_ Prelum Ascensianum_ used for the first time?
15354Is it in the sense of_ post_ or_ secundum_?
15354Is there a heart that ca n''t affection feel For lands so rich as once to boast a Steele?
15354The late Mr. Octavius Gilchrist considered that"Rowlands was an ecclesiastic[?]
15354Was it not first published without notice that any other person was concerned in it but Dryden?
15354What is the meaning of"W.C. or twice five hundred"?
15354What is the meaning of[ Greek: ek] in the above line?
15354Where can any account of the translation of the Canons of 1604 into English be found?
15354Where is the original, or supposed original, to be seen?
15354Who was the author of_ Peniteas cito_?
15354Will you allow another suggestion?
15354_ Brandon the Juggler._--Where is any information to be obtained of Brandon the Juggler, who lived in the reign of King Henry VIII.?
15354_ Hard by._--Is not_ hard by_ a corruption of the German_ hierbei_?
15354asks whether Lord Deputy Wandesford( not Wanderforde)"ever took up this title, and what became of it afterwards?"
15354of Randle Holme, of Chester, 1670, which afterwards were penes Dr. Latham, are still accessible?
15354{ 424}_ To save One''s Bacon._--Can you or any of your correspondents inform me of the origin of the common saying,"He''s just saved his bacon?"
13361), will you allow me to inquire whether there is any evidence that its members deserved Fuller''s severe condemnation?
13361--What is the derivation of the word"yote"or"yeot,"a term used in Glocestershire and Somersetshire, for"leading in"iron work to stone?
1336110.?
133613., in the Septuagint?
13361A.M._ Jewish Music_.--What was the precise character of the_ Jewish music_, both before and after David?
13361And what variety of musical instruments had the Jews?
13361Can any learned clerk inform me where a copy of such Homilies can be seen?
13361Can any of your correspondents inform me of the origin of this?
13361Can any person inform me who now possesses the said pedigree, or is there a copy of it which may be consulted?
13361Can the noble editor of Pepys''_ Diary_, or any of your readers, inform me who and what was this Mr. James Carkasse?
13361Have we not seen participial adjectives made from nouns?
13361If the Pythian priestess was really a ventriloquist, to what extent was she conscious of the deception she practised?
13361Is it not odd that Reiff should have made no remark on the utter want of connection between the"honor manifestus,"and the"ludibria"of Olaus?
13361Is there a bath there?
13361Is there a copy of the Statutes of these colleges in the British Museum, or in any other public library?
13361Is there any list extant of persons who were honoured with that badge?
13361Is_ Berwick_ right?
13361It is used with us to mean intelligence and the phrases,"Is there any thing new?"
13361It runs thus:--"-- Quo flectis inertem Rex periture, fugam?
13361Monmouth and Albermarle); but who was the_ third_, and where can a_ detailed account_ of the transaction be found?
13361Query, where may the accounts of the respective baronies of the bishoprics be found?
13361That the context of the passage in which it occurs is as follows:--"-- Quo tendis inertem Rex periture, fugam?
13361Was the Witch of Endor a ventriloquist?
13361What are the present incomes of New College, and St Mary''s, Winchester?
13361What says Shakspeare?
13361What was his cause of anger?
13361What were the circumstances of the rise of William of Wykeham, respecting which Lowth is so very scanty and unsatisfactory?
13361_ Lammas Day_.--Why was the 1st of August called"Lammas Day?"
13361_ Lux Fiat_.--Who was the first Christian or Jewish writer by whom_ lux fiat_ was referred to the creation of the_ angels_?
13361_ Passage in Lucan_.--What parallel passages are there to that of_ Lucan_:--"Communis mundo superest rogus, ossibus astra Misturus?"
13361_ Rainbow_.--By what heathen poet is the_ rainbow_ spoken of as"risus plorantis Olympi?"
13361_ Richard Baxter''s Descendants_.--Can any of your correspondents inform me of the whereabouts of the descendants of the celebrated Richard Baxter?
13361_ Ventriloquism_.--What evidence is there, that_ ventriloquism_ was made use of in the ancient oracles?
13361_ William of Wykeham_.--Is there any better Life of William of Wykeham than the very insufficient one of Bishop Lowth?
13361an example of the exercise of this art?
13361and"Is there any news?"
13361collar?
13361or on the[ Greek: kata to legomenon] of the author that he was illustrating?
13361young ladies, you are in the sulks, eh?
13406_ Deale_,if an interjection(?
13406''s question,"Who are the persons now privileged to wear these collars?"
13406''s question,''Is there any list of persons who were honoured with that badge,( viz., the Collar of SS.?
13406( it is not, I believe, marked on the Ordnance Survey;) and would it be possible to traverse it at the present time?
13406), who asks,"Where can I procure a_ translation_ of Robert de Bury''s_ Philobiblon_?"
13406196 QUERIES:-- Who wrote Shakspeare''s Henry VIII.?
1340641., favour us with the means of addressing a letter to him?_***** TESTIMONIAL TO DR.
13406Agnes?)
13406But is it necessary that_ delighted_ should have the same signification in all the three passages?
13406But when we are told that a writer flourished about the year 1328( such limitation of florescence is not uncommon), what is then meant?
13406Can any of your readers give me particulars about this John Maire?
13406Can any of_ your_ readers supply this deficiency?
13406Can any one of your readers go farther back?
13406I had no sooner read the title of an essay in the current number of the_ Gentleman''s Magazine_,"Who wrote Shakspeare''s Henry VIII.?"
13406II., that it may then have been styled"Pons fractus?"
13406If none, what ought to be?)
13406Is any definite notion attached to this word?
13406Is it not probable that these were written at different periods?
13406Is the route of the old pilgrims''road laid down upon any early maps?
13406Is there extant any list of their writings as presented to parliament in 1575, and has their confession been published, and when?
13406Is this answer complete and correct?
13406It may be asked, if Baker was burned, how came he to have a tomb with gloves, helmet,& c., suspended over it in Cranbrook Church?
13406One more, not for the wretched play upon words, but because it may make a new Query,--What does it all mean?
13406Query, Is this custom practised elsewhere; and what is the meaning and origin of the use of the bay?
13406Query, What is the origin of this practice?
13406The hero is attired in the costume of the latter part of the seventeenth century(?
13406WHO WROTE SHAKSPEARE''S HENRY VIII.?
13406We read in our public papers of the Pope''s Bull and the Pope''s Brief; pray, Gentlemen, what is the difference between them?
13406What are we to understand he did in or about 1328?
13406What is the technical name for this mode of publication?
13406Why does the Oxford edition of 1598 call itself"editio_ secundo_?"
13406Will some of your readers direct me where further information can be had of him, and his ultimate destination?
13406_ Logic._--What is the earliest printed book on logic?
13406inquires whether anything is known of the_ authorship_ of the_ Querela Cantabrigiensis_?
13406of 1500 so far differ from that of 1473 as to entitle it to be considered a different work, had the second MS. passed through Holcot''s hands?
13406the passage--{ 196}"What are you,"( a philosopher was once asked),"in consequence of your admiration of these abstruse speculations?"
12198''s prescription; or is it the grain of Attic salt or wit for which allowance has to be made in every well- told story?
12198), and shown to be identical with one in_ Doctor Faustus_?
12198), regarding"gourders of raine?"
12198--Can any of your readers inform me of the name of the author of_ Literary Leisure_, published by Miller, Old Bond Street, 1802, in 2 volumes?
12198Are any of these still preserved in the library of that college?
12198Can a person, having dark eyes and hair, but with a clear white skin, be said to be fair?
12198Can any one inform me as to the fact, or refer me to any ornithological work in which I can find it?
12198Dost thou hear, tailor?
12198I am anxious to know who the said Colonel was, his birth,& c.?
12198I have often heard the charm: it commences,"Peter sat upon a stone; Jesus said,''What aileth thee, Peter?''"
12198If further evidence were requisite, old Elyot might be cited, who renders both_ sarcinatrix_ and_ sutatis_(?
12198If the latter, in what author?
12198Is any copy of it to be had or seen?
12198Is it in Seneca?
12198Is the work noticed in the_ Monthly Review_, about that time?
12198Is this, or any like expression, to be found in Homer?
12198Query of"barren,"in the sense of fruitless or useless?
12198Query?
12198The first question I put to myself was, Had Shakspeare himself any concern in the older play?
12198The motto in the title- page is--"Saiva res est: philosophatur quoque jam; Quod erat ei nomen?
12198Thou hast fac''d many_ things_?
12198Well, Sir?
12198What is the Greek Book, and who is the king of Greece alluded to?
12198What is the derivation of_ cum grano salis_ as a hint of caution?
12198What was his relationship to R. Snow, mentioned above?
12198What was this?
12198Why"brown,"rather than blue or yellow?
12198_ Cold_?
12198_ Selden''s Titles of Honour_.--Does any gentleman possess a MS. Index to Selden''s_ Titles of Honour_?
12198acquainted with the_ History of Castle Acre Priory_, published some years ago?
12198and whether_ The Bristol Riots, their Causes, Progress, and Consequences, by a Citizen_, is generally received as an accurate account?
12198asks our Bristol readers what compilation may be relied on as an accurate description of the Bristol riots of 1831?
12198or can any one, who has seen it, inform me what is the style and character of it?
12198or, in modern phase,_ raw_,_ neat_, or_ genuine_?
22127_ Psyllus._ No, verily; why, what''s a_ quip_? 22127 ( G.):--_ Manes._ Didst thou not find I did_ quip_ thee?
22127Are there any instances of sepulchral monuments, between the above dates, now existing in churchyards?
22127Can any kind correspondent inform me where in Gloucestershire it is situated?
22127Can any of your readers inform me whether Bishop Neile''s episcopal register for Lincoln is in existence, or whether any transcript of it is known?
22127Can any of your readers, therefore, oblige me with some information upon these points?
22127Can you, Sir, or any of your intelligent correspondents, oblige me by saying who introduced the kilt into Scotland and when?
22127He asks,"Has there been a live hippopotamus in Europe since the reign of Commodus?"
22127Is it not, indeed, stated in one of your former numbers, that this very inscription was to be read 1408, and not 1048?
22127Is there any ground for believing that our churchyards were ever thus consecrated on the south side of the church to the exclusion of the north?
22127Is there any recent edition with notes?
22127Query, Were our ancestors justified in boasting that they were"free- born"Englishmen as long as one of these taxes existed?
22127Query, What has become of the other five"famous statues in brass?"
22127Was the former brother of Francis?
22127What authority is there for such an assertion, and do any examples of such structures remain?
22127What became of Bishop Jewell''s library?
22127What evidence is there that this business was transacted in the churchyard, in the porch, or in any particular part of the edifice?
22127What is its history?
22127What is the exact meaning of the word"yard?"
22127When did churchyards cease to be places of sanctuary?
22127Where were the alms bestowed, if not here?
22127Why is he called"Gandavensis,"or"De Gandavo,"seeing that he is said to have been born in London?
22127Will S. W. S., or any one who takes interest in Ulrich, tell me where it is?
22127_ Anthony Warton._--Who was Anthony Warton, minister of the word at Breamore, in Hampshire, and author of_ Refinement of Zion_, London, 1657?
22127_ Griffith of Penrhyn._--Can any of your correspondents refer me to a good pedigree of GRIFFITH OF PENRHYN AND CARNARVON?
22127_ How often has it been reprinted?_ What other English translations have been made, and what are the latest?
22127_ How often has it been reprinted?_ What other English translations have been made, and what are the latest?
22127_ Maps of London._--I should be grateful to any of your correspondents who could inform me whether there are any maps of London before that of Aggas?
22127_ The Mariner''s Compass._--What is the origin of the_ fleur- de- lis_ with which the northern radius of the compass- card is always ornamented?
22127and was not"God''s acre"applied to Christian cemeteries before sepulture was admitted in churches or churchyards?
22127and where they are to be found?
22127or if any evidence, confirmatory of Le Neve''s statement of the fact and date of the consecration of the chapel of Hatfield, is known to exist?
22127what they are?
26753What judgment would_ stoop_ from this to this?
26753).--Mention is made of_ Censura Euphormionis_ and other tracts, called forth by Barclay''s works: where can some account of these be found?
26753): will any of your readers inform me where this MS. is preserved, and whether I can have access to it?
26753Can any of your correspondents inform me where such an account is to be met with, as I have forgotten the name of the book in which I have seen it?
26753Can any of your readers inform me who is the author, whether it has ever appeared in print, or give me any other information respecting it?
26753Can any reader enlighten MUHAMMED?
26753D. S. asks,"What were these privileges, and whence was the term Campvere derived?"
26753Did any one else ever hear of this tradition?
26753Is it so?
26753Likewise, of what faculty was Samuel Kettilby, D.D., Professor; and when did he die?
26753May I inquire if any new light has been thrown upon this disputed song since the publication of Mr. Collier''s_ Lyric Poems_ in 1844?
26753T. F._ Whence the Word"Cossack?
26753These reasons embolden me to ask if it be worth preserving in"N.& Q,"and who was the author?
26753Was he a grandson of John Boyle of Hereford, eldest brother of Roger, father of Richard, first Earl of Cork?
26753Was he the Robert Johnson who entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1671, as a Fellow Commoner at the age of fourteen?
26753Was he the then Vice- Chancellor?
26753What is to_ wound the loud winds_ but to_ wound the air that sings with piercing_?
26753What is_ still- closing_ but_ still- piecing_, the silent reunion after severance?
26753Where can any references to his real or supposed history be found, and what are the legends of which he is the hero?
26753Who was the purchaser of this precious MS.?
26753Who was"W. D."?
26753Why is the first of the adjectives agreeing with_ les sentimens_ in the wrong gender?
26753_ Curiosities of Railway Literature._--Has"Bradshaw"had any reviewers?
26753_ Life._--Is it not the general feeling that man, in advancing years, would not like to begin his life again?
26753and, if so, by what name is the property now known?
26753inform me where I can procure the_ several_ fine copies of verses, or where they are to be seen, and any other particulars relating to Jacob Bobart?
26753noticed a similar illusion, and can they explain it?
26753vi., p. 495.?
26753wishes to instal illegally in the Provostship of King''s, as he attempted to impose a President on Magdalen, Oxon?
20408).--Was S. S. S.''s farmer a native of an eastern county?
20408324.; said to be_ privately printed_?
20408And yet was no one, or both, of the following passages floating in his brain when his pen traced the line?
20408Are DR. DIAMOND''S_ Notes_ published yet?
20408Can any of your readers throw any light on this passage in Dr. Johnson''s_ Life of Sir John Denham_?
20408Can any one tell me what these"minute appearances"are?
20408Could we not co- operate in finding the earliest known mention of words, and thus perhaps trace the occasion and manner of their introduction?
20408Could_ this_, at least, not be done without much objection?
20408I attribute the fading to the hyposulphate not being got rid of; and the question is, Can the picture he restored?
20408I can not but observe that the doubt expressed in the Diary of Moore-- whether Shakspeare''s monument is"at Leamington or Stratford(?)"
20408If so, was there any official inquiry-- any"crowner''s quest?"
20408Is any pedigree extant of either of these families, and what arms did they bear?
20408Is anything known of the latter, or of his writings?
20408Is the hypothesis of poison coeval with the date of Marvell''s demise?
20408Is there any evidence to connect him with this hall, as the place of his residence?
20408Might I ask if any of your correspondents find an earlier use of the word; and can it be gifted with a probable paternity?
20408Might not a person have been suborned to represent the fictitious Robert Drury, to the benefit of the coffee- house keeper as well as the publisher?
20408P.S.--Query, from whom did the present possessor obtain it?
20408Query, what is the authority for this heraldic distinction, said to have been assumed by Charlemagne?
20408_ Bankruptcy Records._--Where can I search for evidence of a bankruptcy, probably about 1654?
20408_ Ennui._--What is our nearest approach to a correct rendering of this expression?
20408_ M._ For a hawk, a horse, or a husband?
20408_ Nuns of the Hotel Dieu._--What is the religions habit of the nuns at the hospital of the Hotel Dieu in Paris at the present day?
20408_ Symbol of Globe and Cross._--Can any one oblige me with an explanation of the mysterious symbols on a seal not older than the last century?
20408line 140.,& c. Where can I find a description of this flower, and what is its scientific name?
20408point out any simple test by which unscientific parties desirous of practising photography may be enabled to judge of the goodness of a lens?
20408v., p. 346., as to a list of these officers, and any account of their origin and history?
22625[ Greek: oude ho huios?]
22625A piece of the true cross was enclosed in it"?
22625Are we a branch of the Blowers( as you appear to think we must be), that useful family of alarmists, whose services in early times were so necessary?
22625Can any of your correspondents throw any light upon this subject?
22625Can any of your readers point out its locality at the present time?
22625Dunelm_ is curious; but is there any contemporary authority for the Black Rood having been taken with King David at the battle of Durham?
22625E. L. N._ Inscribed Alms- dish._--There is an alms- dish(?)
22625Has that work ever been printed?
22625Has this letter been printed, and where?
22625I am desirous of ascertaining in whose possession these volumes are?
22625In what contemporary work is this recorded?
22625Instead of this famous cross being destined by St. Margaret for Dunfermline, was it not transmitted by her as an heir- loom to her sons?
22625Is any copy existing which has the original passage?
22625Is not Fordun_ quoting_ from Turgot and Aelred( whom he names Baldredus) when he speaks of"illa sancta crux_ quam nigram_ vocant?"
22625Is there any existing periodical suitable for the purpose?
22625My Grandfather had been ill for a great while after a Fall, by w^{ch} his Breast was so bruised that in time it came to an Imposthumation(?)
22625Or can any of your readers, by any other means, strengthen the probability, or prove the truth, of my conjecture?
22625P. S. Can MR. DOUSA fix a positive date to my undated_ History of Dr. John Faustus_?
22625Phoebus liked Daphne; Jupiter Io; and why not I then Fawnia?''
22625Query, Did Anna Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII., ever spell her name so?
22625Query, origin of that appellation, so used?
22625Query: Have B and F been at all used convertibly?
22625Rosalind asks Orlando,"I pray you what is it_ a clock?_"to which he replies,"You should ask me what time_ o''day_; there''s no clock in the forest."
22625What has become of the painting?
22625Will he kindly set the example?_ T. F. R.(_ Oriel_).
22625Will he send his address to Mr. Bell?_ U. U. C._"A Roland for an Oliver"is explained in our Second Volume, p._ 132.
22625Will one of your readers be good enough to enlighten me?
22625[ Fear God( and?)
22625_ Blunder_.--What is the origin of this word?
22625_ Did St. Paul''s Clock strike Thirteen?_( Vol.
22625_ Drachmarus._--Can any of your readers kindly inform me, under what name"Drachmarus,"one of the Schoolmen, is commonly known?
22625_ What are the coins?
22625and is it not, therefore, absurd to speak of such a cross being taken at the battle of Durham, or to identify it with the Black Rood of Scotland?
22625or are we the descendants of the Flanders"Boleyns,"Anglicanized"Bloyen?"
22625or are we to debate which of the interpretations would be the lesser anachronism?
23225).--Do I understand your correspondent to ask whether mistletoe is found now except on oaks?
23225179.)?
23225A rack of what?
23225Also the dates of her birth and death, and the name of her husband, and of any children?
23225And where is the word to be found explained?
23225Can any of your correspondents inform me who John Quebecca was, and where the epitaph may be found?
23225Can any of your readers inform me the name of this daughter, and of her mother?
23225Could not a Society be formed for the purpose, so that mutual correspondence might take place?
23225Did it take its rise from Cowper''s fable,_ the Love of the World reproved_, in which it is shown how"Mahometans eat up the hog?"
23225Has our correspondent consulted Mr. Akerman''s_ Numismatic Manual?
23225Have we not in all this a remnant of"Psyche?"
23225I.: Holofernes says,"What is the figure?"
23225Is it Roman or Spanish?
23225Is it ever found now on other trees?
23225Is not the superstition analogous to that noticed by MR. WAY?
23225Is there any foundation for this supposition?
23225May I ask if the name of"Chorus"was thus indiscriminately applied at the time when the poem was composed?
23225Pray, who_ was_ the chaplain?
23225Query the_ size of that_?
23225S. M._ Meaning of Gig- Hill._--Can any of your readers favour me with an explanation of the following matter in local topography?
23225Warren, in a note of his letter on"The Queen or the Pope?"
23225What is it that shall"leave not a rack behind?"
23225What is the meaning of this inscription?
23225_ Going the Whole Hog._--What is the origin of the expression"going the whole hog?"
23225_ Odour from the Rainbow._--What English poet is it that embodies the idea contained in the following passage of Bacon''s_ Sylva_?
23225asks"What are''slums?''
23225for Lynn Regis, denominated_ Little Holland_, which he increased by reclaiming large portions in the Dutch manner from the Wash?
23225{ 223} Are there any instances to be met with where the place of punishment by the stocks or pillory in olden times, was known by that name?
13638Has_ Cosmopoli_ been ever appropriated to any known locality?
13638( quere, where is it now?
13638***** WHAT IS THE MEANING OF"LÆRIG?"
136381415)?
13638229, wherein it is ascribed to Antonio Tebaldeo--"_ De Cupidine._ Cur natum cædit Venus?
13638Arcum Nunc quis habet?
13638At the same time I venture, with much diffidence, to offer a reply to your question which occur in that work at p. 663.:--"Was heisst_ lærig_?"
13638Can Mr. Tyler have confounded it with Drayton''s_ Poem_ on the same subject?
13638Can any of your readers furnish a further account of this lady?
13638Can any of your readers inform me whether there is such a book?
13638Dyce made use of the MS. notes, and the Latin Epitaph on Sir Roger Manwood, by Marlow, contained in this copy?
13638Has any recent evidence been discovered as to the authorship of_ The Complaynt of Scotland_?
13638Have the researches since that time in the Record Offices supplied this hiatus; and if so, in which department of it are these documents to be found?
13638I should feel much obliged if( when you can find space) you would kindly put the query to your correspondents--"What has become of this Form?"
13638Is Sir David Lindsay, or Wedderburn, the author of this very interesting work?
13638Is it not a relic of Norman rule, from the French_ journée_, signifying a day- man?
13638Is there any authority for Breton''s knighthood?
13638Is this bit of weather- wisdom current in other parts of the kingdom?
13638May not the English term_ Jack_, if not directly borrowed from the Scottish_ Jock_, have been formed_ through_ the primary_ Jock_--John-- Jock-- Jack?
13638Query, is Breton its author?
13638Qui factum?
13638The Carthaginians most probably received the custom from their ancestors the Phoenicians, but where did the Americans get it?
13638Was Corinna in mistake put for_ Colonna_?
13638Was he married, and did he leave a daughter?
13638Was this_ old Lanam_, the same person as Robert Laneham, who wrote"a Narrative of Queen Elizabeth''s Visit to Kenilworth Castle in 1575"?
13638What is the earliest printed copy of the beautiful old song"My Mind to me a Kingdom is?"
13638Who was Will Bagnall?
13638Who was the wife of Patrick Ruthven, youngest son of William, first Earl of Gowrie, and where was he married?
13638_ Lollius._--Who was the Lollius spoken of by Chaucer in the following passages?
13638_ Trophee._--Who or what was"Trophee?"
13389A grisly idol hewn in stone? 13389 But", he added, musing,"what is Dryden''s?
13389Is it a fiend that to a stake Of fire his desperate self is tethering? 13389 Is it a party in a parlour?
13389''Is this the same ax; are you sure?''
13389''Where is the instrument that did it?''
13389( G.):--"Saw you not a lady come this way on a sable horse_ studded with stars_ of white?"
13389An alarm is originally the signal to arm: Query, Is it not formed from the cry_ à l''arme_, which in modern times is_ aux armes_?
13389Are there any proofs of its growing wild in America?
13389But the"narghile,"the"kaleoon,"the"hookah,"the"hubble- bubble,"whence came they?
13389Can any of your readers say into what collection it passed?
13389Can any of your readers suggest an explanation?
13389Did the Jesuits publish a work containing such statements?
13389Does not the variation"cobbler''s dog"tend to prove the alliterative principle for which I had been contending?
13389Does not this very notice imply something unusual?
13389Dost thou miss a lamb to- night?"
13389Dr. Cleland shows the three last to be falsehoods(?).
13389He adds:--"Hath some churle done thee a spight?
13389I have his Russian, Dutch, and Spanish_ Anthologies_:_ Did he ever publish any others_?
13389I heard him say,''Sirrah, wert thou not afraid?''
13389If so, where can the account be found?
13389In the Tartar( Calmuc and Bashkir?)
13389Is Peter of himself afraid?
13389Is it a coffin-- or a shroud?
13389Is it a gallows these pourtrayed?
13389Is it an abbreviation of"Dieu le sait?"
13389Is tobacco the word in the original?
13389It does not throw light on the question of why Dr. Dee left Manchester College?
13389Now does the following MS. bear relation to that described as recopied by Servetus, from which Arnoullet printed?
13389Now what is"proof,"--a substantive or adjective?
13389Or a gay ring of shining fairies, Such as pursue their brisk vagaries In sylvan bower or haunted hall?
13389Or imp from witch''s lap let fall?
13389Quanto præstantius esset Numen aquæ, viridi si margine clauderet undas Herba, nec ingenuum violarent marmora tophum?"
13389The Yakuti( and Tungusi?)
13389The ghost- like image of a cloud?
13389This Dr. Cleland proves to be a lie(?).
13389Who taught them the presentation of the pipe to guests, a form so strictly observed by the Red Men of America,& c.?
13389Who wrote Shakspeare''s Henry VIII.?
13389[ Footnote 2: There is no positive notice of its introduction into Turkey, Persia, or Russia?]
13389_ Rykelot_.--A magpie?
13389_ Translation of the Philobiblon_.--Where can I procure a translation of Robert de Bury''s_ Philobiblon_?
13389and might not this have been a deserted plantation?
13389or are we to accept them as their opinions only on the authority of so bitter an opponent as Watson?
13389or is it the first rough sketch?
13389{ 154}_ Achilles and the Tortoise_.--Where is the paradox of"Achilles and the Tortoise"to be found?
21445_--Can you tell me where the scene of this play, a tragedy by Mary Leapor, is laid, and the names of the_ dramatis personæ_? 21445 Are there any genealogical records of them? 21445 At what place, and by what bishop, was he ordained, in 1661? 21445 By what authority have they been put forth? 21445 By whom, when, for whom, were they first made? 21445 Can any of your readers refer to any other_ trading_ vessel so old as this? 21445 Can any one throw any light on this? 21445 Can this letter be found in the State- Paper Office, or elsewhere? 21445 Can you explain the cause of this? 21445 Cromwell was executed July 1540; but do his arms appear in the 1540 impressions? 21445 Did M. Kreienberg die in this country, or can anything be ascertained of him or his wife? 21445 Do botanists know or conjecture anything about this tree? 21445 Does any copy still exist of one( which I have seen somewhere alluded to) published before Dean Durel''s editions? 21445 Does the name exist in any other place, as applied to a piece of land situated as the above- described piece? 21445 Have any of the sermons been published? 21445 How could death prey upon the king''s outward parts without visiting them? 21445 In the year 1667, certaine shepheards ask''d my councel whether they might venture their sheep any more in the Low- fields? 21445 Is anything known of this play and its authorship? 21445 Is there any information to be found collected by any writer on this subject? 21445 Is there any mention of him in the books of the East India Company? 21445 Is there any record of three brothers, Robert, Oliver, and Francis Shearman, coming to England in the army of William the Conqueror? 21445 Next follows DR. RIMBAULT, whom I understand to differ from me also, and who says( but where is the authority for the statement?) 21445 Query, At what time, and with whom did this very common and most unmeaning term in English correspondence have its origin? 21445 Query, Is there any and what authority for the statement? 21445 Was Robert Shearman, warden of the hospital of St. Cross in Winchester, of that family? 21445 Was Roger Shearman, who signed the Declaration{ 382} of American Independence, a member of same? 21445 Was he the Ken mentioned in Roger North''s_ Lives of the Norths_, as one of the court- rakes? 21445 Was he the author? 21445 What are their arms? 21445 What is the difference? 21445 What is the meaning or derivation of the term? 21445 What is the origin of the name? 21445 When did he die, and where was he buried? 21445 Where can anything be learned of him? 21445 Where was the Market House situate? 21445 Wood, under date of July 21, 1671? 21445 _ Edmund Burke._--Can any of your correspondents tell me when and where he was married? 21445 _ Jul._ Why not on Proteus as_ on_ all the rest? 21445 _ Plan of London._--Is there any good plan of London, showing its present extent? 21445 _ Shearman Family._--Is there a family named_ Shearman_ or_ Sherman_ in Yorkshire, or in the city of York? 21445 _ Version of a Proverb._--What, and where to be found, is the true version ofQui facit per alium, facit per se?"
21445and, if so, what was the result as to the assertions there made?
21445give any information as to Ellis Walker, who made a_ Poetical Paraphrase of the Enchiridion of Epictetus_?
21445identify this"collection,"or furnish any particulars of Midgley not recorded by Brook, Calamy, or Hunter?
21445or was it_ The Northern Lass_, by Richard Brome, first published in 1632?
21445to draw MR. COLLIER''S attention to some passages in which the old corrector appears to me to have corrupted, rather than improved, the text?
15824_ Thou_ advise a retreat, Michel?
15824''Why should I be in uniform?''
15824And why not?
15824Bonaparte, turning quickly to him, said:''How is this?
15824But what is an"attenuated"virus?
15824Could the spectroscope be used in determining also the character of the materials in those orbs that we see shining in the depths of space?
15824How could such an amazing historical result come into the world?
15824How many cannon?
15824How shall we name the asteroids?
15824How then could the injured sufferers escape?
15824How then shall man overcome the darkness?
15824Is it in reality any more wonderful to use the electrical wave in the transmission of intelligible symbols than to use a wave of light?
15824Of what kind are the fixed stars?
15824Of what kind are the nebulæ?
15824Of what kind of matter are the comets?
15824One of the passengers said:"What place is this?"
15824Or hear''st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
15824Or of Eternal coëternal beam, May I express thee unblamed?
15824That they will come no one will question; but where is the daring prophet who will hazard a guess as to what they will be?
15824The story goes that Hancock, recognizing his prisoner, said,"How are you, Stuart?"
15824Those shapeless eyes which the bark of trees delineates on the trunks were gazing-- at what?
15824To what purpose?
15824Was it not time, men were asking, that the forces that were on the side of godliness united in opposition to evil?
15824Was it still following the strategy of Gustavus Adolphus?
15824Was it still following the tactics of Frederick II.?
15824Was it, however, needful to provide for such extreme eventualities?
15824Were not these phenomena sufficient to suggest that sound might be written in intelligible characters?
15824What are meteoric displays but the residue of the primordial showers by which the world was formed?
15824What could be the cause of this seeming disregard of mathematical laws?
15824What kind of lantern shall he carry as he gropes?
15824What then_ is_ the cathode ray?
15824What was it?
15824What, therefore, should be the fame of him who finds a new world in the depths of space?
15824Who knows but some of these schools may become nurseries for Christians?"
15824Why should Germany be an Empire and France a Republic?
15824Why should it have been so easy and apparently natural for the old races to invent a visible form of speech- writing rather than an audible form?
15824Why should it not be employed in consumption?
15824Why should sight- writing have been invented thousands of years ago, and sound- writing postponed until the present day?
15824Why should the ancients have fallen back on the eye rather than the ear as the sense to be instructed?
22369''s Mag._ for April, 1850, p. 359.?
22369* They are quoted by Nicolas in the Scope and Grosvenor Rolls?
22369A. S.( Bridgewater)._ Will our Correspondent repeat his Query respecting_ Loselerius Vilerius_?
22369Also, at what period did the custom arise of using as Christian names words which are properly surnames?
22369At what College of what University did Dr. Samuel Pratt, Dean of Rochester, receive his education, and by whom was he ordained?
22369But what cause is there why a noble man should eyther despise the people?
22369Can any of your correspondents throw a light upon this_ Wednesday''s_ Club, in Friday Street?
22369Can any particulars be given of the abbess, monastery, and town mentioned?
22369Can you say where it first made its appearance?
22369Can you tell me anything about this old gentleman?
22369Could the prayer referred to be transferred to"N.& Q.;"or where is the said Irish Prayer- Book to be found?
22369Does MR. COLLIER''S"New Text,"or any other old copy, prove this?
22369Has this K anything to do with Köster?
22369Henry Bright, prebend of Worcester Cathedral, and instructor of Samuel Butler, author of_ Hudibras_?
22369How is this signature accounted for?
22369I conclude Lucas is the surname, and Whittonus indicates his locality; if so, what place?
22369If light can thus deceive-- wherefore not life?"
22369Is any other specimen of movable_ metal_ types known of so early a date?
22369Mr. Wright''s Glossary refers to these last two instances as follows:"_ More_( A.-S.) 330, 331., the main or larger part, body(?)"
22369Nor how yll gard[=e] of c[=o]tinuance, feare is?
22369Or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect, stood reveal''d, That to such countless orbs thou mad''st us blind?
22369Query, What family or families bore three battle- axes?
22369Query: Can November 7, N. S., be the correct date?
22369Was it a real club or fictitious?
22369Was the library ever transferred to Fonthill or to Bath, or does it still remain at Lausanne?
22369What Irish Common Prayer- Book is here meant?
22369What became of the records of the Language?
22369What is the meaning of_ blow- shoppe_?
22369What vestiges of this catastrophe are now perceptible?
22369What was a_ tyncen_?
22369What?
22369Whom did he marry, and what family had he?
22369Why do we then shun death with anxious strife?
22369_ Christian Names._--Can any of your correspondents inform me when it became a common practice to have more than one Christian name?
22369_ Order of St. John of Jerusalem._--1. Who were the members of the British Language of St. John of Jerusalem, when Elizabeth took away their property?
22369_ Townley MSS._--I request to know, where are the Townley MSS.?
22369furnish me with materials or references from which I may gather information of these families of West and Millbourne?
22369in discovering the name of a reverend person whose portrait I have recently met with in my parish?
22369know they not, no tiranny maye bee trusty?
22369of_ waselen_( A.-S.) to become dirty, dirty oneself?"
22369often referred to in the_ History of the House of Yvery_ as then penes the Earl of Egmont; and also a folio of Pedigrees by Camden Russet?
22369or hate them?
22369or wrong them?
22369to call this inscription"sotadic?"
22369without being called to account?
13712And deem''st thou me unknown too? 13712 Well,"said I, laughing,"but you surely do n''t think there are any now?"
13712Why, Nanny,said I,"you surely do n''t believe in witches now- a- days?"
13712''Do n''t you, indeed?''
13712''s reign?
137123. Who is the fortunate possessor of the_ Lives and characters of the English dramatick poets_ with the marginal marks of Garrick?
13712Are there any accounts of these expeditions?
13712Can any of your readers give me information about this?
13712Can any of your readers inform me whether this interesting work ever made its appearance?
13712Can any of your readers say whether Dr. Percy had a copy of the sheets, and whether he had prefixed thereto any life of the Earl of Surrey?
13712Can any of your readers supply the name of the"young lady"who translated the story of Phoebus and Daphne?
13712Did the following critical remarks on Shakspere, by Edward Phillips, appear_ verbatim_ in the_ Thesaurus_ of J. Buchlerus, 1669?
13712Do any ledgers or other account- books, of ancient dates, exist in the archives of the City Companies, or in the office of the City Chamberlain?
13712From the Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian?
13712Has Mr. Bolton Corney, if I may venture to name him, examined the work?
13712How and when would_ Mosco_ have become_ Mosquito_?
13712How old is it with us?
13712If the name came from the synonymous insect, would it have been given by the Spaniards or the English?
13712Is this peculiar to that county?
13712It is, in fact,"das Neue"in the genitive case; the German phrase"Was giebt''s Neues?"
13712Was Shaftesbury ever Chancellor of Cambridge?
13712Was it a Spanish elongation of the name, or an English corruption?
13712What are the contents of a work entitled,[ Old German script: Schaubune Englischer und Franßofischer Comædianten], printed before 1671?
13712What is the correct blazon of the arms of_ Godin_; with crest and motto?
13712What is the origin and derivation of the word"Trianon,"the name of the two palaces, Le Grand and Le Petit, at Versailles?
13712What is the origin and exact meaning of the phrase"Sleeveless errand"?
13712What was the bawn, which was equally indispensable to the grantee of 2000, 1500, or 1000 acres?
13712When did the abacus, or the"tabel"referred to in my former letters, cease to be used as calculating instruments?
13712When did the method of_ recording results_ in Roman numerals cease to be used in mercantile account- books?
13712When in the household- books of royalty and nobility?
13712When in the public offices of the Government?
13712Will Dr. Kennedy, or any other strict verbal critic, sanction this use of the word"mutual?"
13712_ Elizabeth and Isabel._--"A.C."inquires whether these names are not varied forms of the same name, and if so, what is the common origin of the two?
13712_ Versicle and Response._--What is the meaning of the following versicle and its response, which occur in both Morning and Evening Prayer?
13712and why was it applied to them?
13712giving the exact sense of our"What is the news?"
13712or did Sir Egerton Brydges ever print any account of Surrey amongst his numerous issues from the Lee or other presses?
13712or who was the Lord Chamberlain who at that time was Chancellor of the university?
13712{ 426} How did the word_ mosquito_ come into our language?
16193R.H.inquires, whether Antony Alsop was at Trinity College before he became a student of Christchurch?
1619314.; the whole being a remnant of the Saturnalia of the ancients?"]
1619375.?
16193= What fish do you take?"
16193By the first wave of population which broke through the passes of the Parapamisus?
16193Can any of your correspondents inform me if any of these relics are still in existence, and, if so, where?
16193Can any reader furnish the remainder, and state who is the author?
16193Can you inform me how the very common expression_ French Leave_ originated?
16193Can you tell me the meaning of this?
16193Can"D.S.,"or any of your readers, throw further light on the subject?
16193D''Almaine''s is two doors north of Sutton Street, and was built by Earl(?)
16193Elizabeth gives birth to Elspeth, Eliza( Eloisa?
16193Has it altogether the same character as the latter fruit?
16193Has this passage been satisfactorily explained since Tyrwhitt''s time?
16193How came the confusion?
16193How came the name into Scotland?
16193If there has been one, in what language, and where published?
16193If we need go so far, why not fetch our muffins from Memphis, which is_ Môph_ in Hebrew?
16193Is James derived from Giacomo?
16193Is it because the people at Tickhill are famed for misery, as the neighbouring town of Blythe seems to have been so called from its jolly citizens?
16193Is it connected with the use of the_ crimping_ irons in producing these delicacies?
16193Is it there as the emblem of fecundity, as the pomegranate of Persia and Syria?
16193Is this a general custom?--and if so, what is its origin and meaning?
16193It seems to be from Jacques, which is the French for our James?
16193Let it be remembered that the question here is not,"_ How_ dost thou take fish?"
16193MR. THORPE calls the A.-S. dialogue a_ Gloss_; is it not rather an_ interlineary version_?
16193Should not the designation of Marie F. be_ Spinster_ instead of Shipster?
16193The fisherman is asked,"Quales pisces capias?
16193Then-- was it carried into Hindostan_ viâ_ Cashmir?
16193Tilney, the builder of Wanstead House?
16193What are we to say of Jack for John?
16193What does the"fir- cone"in the Ninevite sculptures mean?
16193What was to be done?
16193When?
16193[ Footnote 3: Fleming; banishing?
16193_ Derivation(?)
16193_ Portugal_.--Can any of your geographical readers inform me if a Gazetteer of Portugal has been published within these twenty years?
16193_ Tureen_--How and whence is the term"tureen"derived?--and when was it introduced?
16193_ Vox et præterea nihil._--Whence come these oft- quoted words?
16193shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice?"
16193the salmon of the second year?
16193which had been put and_ answered before_, but"_ What_ fish dost thou take?"
22138_--On what ground is the fine base song,The Owl is abroad,"attributed to Henry Purcell?
22138?
22138And just as I was going out he called to me and asked me what I would have?
22138And,_ à propos_, why should"notaries public,"with regard to the noun and adjective, continue to place the cart before the horse?
22138Are the entire songs, of which the above lines form the commencements, known or recoverable?
22138Are these words identical, and can their connexion be traced?
22138By the way, is the provincial word"hag- gard"hay- yard?
22138Can any one give me any information upon this question?
22138Do any of your correspondents know of the existence or authorship of this little work?
22138Have Sir W. Herschel''s contributions to the_ Philosophical Transactions_ ever been published in a separate form?
22138I wish to know, can a_ Quo warranto_ issue to the said mayor for the assumption of this badge?
22138If distinct, are the words now in use in the Mediterranean ports derived from the Greek or the Arabic?
22138If so, is the music to which they were sung handed down?
22138If so, what is"orch?"
22138Is he known by any other name?
22138Is it not really the property of John Christopher Smith, the friend of Handel?
22138Is the last syllable"yard,"as in vineyard, rickyard?
22138Is there any other authority for this statement?
22138Is there any_ old_ authority for this charge against the Cardinal?
22138Is this rumour any where else alluded to?
22138Next, if the fact be known, who was the"gentleman very curious"who owned the collection?
22138Query, Has the name of"Will o''the Wisp"any connexion with the supposed habit of appearing in this form?
22138Query, Was the Strand ever known as_ Le Strand_, similarly to Adwick-_le- street_ in Yorkshire?
22138Query, is any older edition known?
22138Query,_ Of what_ is it a translation?
22138So knocking at the door, Gammer Vangs, said I, is Sir John Vangs within?
22138Then follow"Etwas newes, quelque chose de nouveau; Aliquid novi;"and"Was newes, quelles nouvelles;"or, more accurately,"Quid novi; quoi de nouveau?"
22138This is the oldest English catalogue of the kind that I happen to have met with, and my first question upon it is, is there any older?
22138What and who were the persons designated as tobacconists?
22138What authority is there for this statement respecting the swans?
22138What was the origin and significance of the usage to which allusion is here made?
22138_ Derivation of Orchard._--What is the derivation of_ orchard_?
22138_ Poor Pillgarlick._--Whence comes the expression,"Poor Pilgarlick,"and how should the words be spelt?
22138_ Vineyards._--Besides those at Bury St. Edmonds and Halfield, are there any other pieces of land bearing this name?
22138and if not, in whom does the power reside of correcting this abuse, if such it be?
22138and if so, upon what foundation?
22138and if so, when were they disused for their original purpose?
22138and if so, where they can be obtained?
22138died in Pontefract Castle, in Yorkshire, arisen?
22138of Spain?
23402Also, what Syriac Lexicon stands highest for value and accuracy?
23402As Blomefield is silent on the subject, is anything more known respecting the biography of John Seguard?
23402CONTROVERSY:-- Is Mesmerism true?
23402Can a list be obtained of the contents of the Merton manuscript?
23402Can any correspondent aid me in assigning it rightly?
23402Can any of your ingenious readers solve me this?
23402Can any of your readers elucidate this sign of the"Dog''s- head- in- the Pot?"
23402Can any of your readers inform me of the meaning of"tu autem"in the first line?
23402Can the present owner of this MS.( which is probably the same as the Langley copy) furnish a note of its contents?
23402Catalogue_ he refers to?
23402Could any of your correspondents give me information on this point?
23402Did they originally form part of the epitaph, or are they the production of another and later author?
23402E. D._ Porci solidi- pedes._--Can any of your readers inform me if any pigs with single hoofs are in existence in any county in England?
23402G. F._ Knebsend or Nebsend, co. York._--Query, whereabouts in the county of York is this place?
23402Have the Working Classes been benefited by Machinery?
23402He called him unto Him, and said, Peter why, weepest thou?
23402If so, at what period and for what time, and what is known of her personal history?
23402In what manuscript of the British Museum is the poem on Henry V. contained?
23402Is it too much to ask of your correspondent, who writes from Putney under my initials, that he will be so good as to change his signature?
23402Is it where a cross once stood, and Tye a corruption of Dei?
23402Is there any authority for this?
23402J. N. C._ Moore''s Almanack._--Can any of your correspondents inform me as to the history of_ Moore''s Almanack_?
23402Let me ask, through"NOTES AND QUERIES,"Dr. Rimbault, Mr. Chappell, or any readers, where are these verses to be found?
23402May I, therefore, add one more Query?
23402Query, Has this volume been in any other sale?
23402The R. C. Hierarchy, ought it to be interdicted?
23402Was Francis Moore a real personage, or merely a myth?
23402Was Oliver Cromwell a first- rate General, a Great Statesman, and a Sincere Man?
23402What became of the Langley MS., and where is it at present?
23402What is the date of its first appearance?
23402Who was the author?
23402_ Deal, Dover, and Harwich._--Where do the following lines come from?
23402_ Shylock._ On what_ compulsion_ must I?
23402_ Syriac Scriptures and Lexicon._--What edition of the Peschito- Syriac version of the Old and New Testaments, respectively, is considered the best?
23402_ What is a"Tye?
23402for one chief justiciary?
23402the authoress in question?).
23402their great superiority, in point of Latinity, will be perceived, and this Query forthwith arises: Who was John Seward?
13551)._--Is anything known of Thomas Volusemus( Wilson?)
13551--Why is the small rain which falls in the morning, at some seasons of the year, called"the pride of the morning?"
13551Are any of his coins known to numismatists?
13551Are monosyllables passionless?
13551Are there any earlier than the age of Alexander?
13551Can any of your correspondents give me any information on the following points connected with"the Black Rood of Scotland?"
13551Can any one furnish a solution of the two first lines?
13551Can any one possessed of the requisite information give him hope of the acceptableness of such a publication?
13551Did she get it in England or in Germany?
13551Does the Cambridge University Library contain a copy of the first edition of Daniel''s translation?
13551Has not the literary character, especially the philological attainments, of this noted malefactor been vastly over- rated?
13551His residence in the birthplace of"NOTES AND QUERIES"makes me ask, if there be still persons living, who remember him as teacher, friend, or poet?
13551If not, where did he get it?
13551If they were not the same, what was the previous history of each, and which was the cross of St. Margaret?
13551In the"Lament for Robert Neville,"called by Surtees"the very oldest rhyme of the North"we read--"Wel, qwa sal thir hornes blaw Haly rod thi day?
13551Is it his own?
13551Is it known what became of the"Holy Cross"or"Black Rood"at the dissolution of Durham Priory?
13551It ends with a poetical epistle to Lunardi by"a gentleman well known in the literary world"( query, the same who is thus cited in our day?)
13551There is no doubt that they were all manufactured between 1715 and 1740; but is there any means of arriving at a more precise date?
13551Was Milton tame?
13551Was Young dull?
13551Was the"Black Rood of Scotland"the same as the"Holy Cross of Holyrood House?"
13551What other instances are there of_ Wat_, as a name of the hare?
13551What was its size and make?
13551What was the history of this cross before it was taken into Scotland by St. Margaret, on the occasion of her marriage with Malcolm, king of Scotland?
13551What_ matter_ where, if I be still the same, And what I should be; all but less than he Whom_ thunder_ hath made_ greater_?
13551Which is the most correct edition, as to printing and orthography, of Daniel''s Irish New Testament?
13551Will not all be set right by reading,"Quin age, et incolumi,"& c.?
13551Will you allow me to add one or two remarks occasioned by MR. DE MORGAN''S strictures?
13551Will you make use of the above in any way in which you may think it of advantage to your readers?
13551_ Egyptian MSS._--What is the age of the oldest MS. found in Egypt?
13551_ Lord Kingsborough''s Antiquities of Mexico._--Has Lord Kingsborough''s splendid work on Mexican hieroglyphics ever been completed or not?
13551_ Pope and Bishop Burgess._--To what passage in Pope''s writings does the conclusion of the following extract refer?
13551_ Thomas Volusemus( or Wilson?
13551p. 215. Who was the editor, and in what does the second edition differ from the first?
13551says Mr. Gifford; and what critic will refuse to echo his exclamation?
13551who edited the works of his father- in- law, Patrick Adamson, titular Archbishop of St. Andrew''s, which were published in London A.D. 1619?
26767What do we then, but draw anew the model In fewer offices; or, at least, desist To build at all? 26767 _--Can any of your correspondents supply a correct list of the various editions of this popular work?
26767_--Would you insert these lines in your paper, the author of which I seek to know, as well as the remaining verses? 26767 ):For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
26767133.:"Hippomanes, carmenque loquar, coctumque venenum, Privignoque datum?"
267671822. WHO WAS JUNIUS?
267672ndly, If so, was it a mere custom, or was it ordered or authorised by any rubric or canon of our old English Church?
267673., is taken from the fourteenth chapter of St. Luke''s Gospel?
26767And is there any pedigree of them extant?
26767Can any of your correspondents oblige me with some information concerning him?
26767Can any of your correspondents produce another example?
26767Can any of your correspondents state how it came there?
26767Can any of your numerous readers throw any light on the subject?
26767Can you inform me where I may find a copy of this prophecy?
26767Does this idea prevail in England?
26767I am desirous of knowing if this journal is in existence, and where?
26767I have seen a similar statement elsewhere, and wish to ask, 1st, Were priests formerly buried with the ring?
26767I inquired of a cottager residing on the spot what the thing meant?
26767I would add a Query, Is this custom continued; and is it to be met with in any other place?
26767Is anything known of this work at the present day?
26767Is it long or short, admitting it to be long in the Latin tongue?
26767Is not this"a case of rare succession in the annals of the law, and not easily matched?"
26767Is there any Webb mentioned in history at the siege of Derry?
26767Is there any foundation for this statement?
26767See Nares_ in v._, who derives it from_ to hugger_, to lurk about; but query whether such a word can be shown to have existed?
26767Walker, the defender of Derry, connected with the Webbs?
26767Was it bequeathed by the bishop, or sold by his descendants?
26767Was there ever such a vault, and how came it to be destroyed or lost sight of?
26767What is to be said of the word[ Greek: Christianos]?
26767While on the subject of quantities, let me ask, where is the authority for that of the name of the queen of the Ethiopians, Candace, to be found?
26767_ Amcotts''Pedigree._--Can any of your correspondents supply me with a full pedigree of Amcotts of Astrop, co. Lincolnshire?
26767_ Colonel Hyde Seymour._--Who was"Colonel Hyde Seymour?"
26767_ Gresebrok in Yorkshire._--Can you or any of your correspondents give me any information as to what part of Yorkshire the manor of Gresebrok lies in?
26767_ Hob or nob_ is explained by him to mean"Will you have a glass of wine or not?"
26767_ Wardhouse, where was?_( Vol.
26767and if so, how, and with what family?
26767and if so, to what family of that name did he belong?
26767and where is it to be found?
26767and, should this be decided affirmatively, the farther question would arise, Which is the original?
26767or can they account, from any other cause, for Richard Harpur receiving such a distinction?
26767or may I not rather attribute it to the blunder of the sculptor?
26767{ 387} Can you refer me to some authentic proof of the fact that Napoleon was unable to spell correctly?
26896''How now?''
26896).--In solving the Query propounded by F. R. A. as to"whether Bunyan was the author of the_ Visions_?"
26896).--The Querist asks,"Has the word Mazer any signification in itself?"
26896).--Your correspondent asks, Who was Salgado?
26896Also whether it was published, and, if so, by whom?
26896And who art thou, his flight pursuing?
26896COULD SHAKESPEARE HAVE DESIGNATED CLEOPATRA"YOND RIBALD- RID NAG OF EGYPT?"
26896Can any of your correspondents supply the words of this old ballad, and state the name of the composer of the music to it?
26896Can any of your kind contributors supply a better derivation?
26896Can any of your readers give an account of St. Pancras?
26896If these do so, can I have feeling less, That am more apt to take and to express?
26896J. F. M.[ Is not"_ Verse Lyon_"Puttenham''s translation of_ Leonine Verse_?]
26896May it not have the same meaning as the lines in the"Marquis de Carabas"of Béranger:"Et tous vos tendrons, Subiront l''honneur Du droit du seigneur?"
26896NOTES:-- Page Could Shakespeare have designated Cleopatra"Yond ribald- rid Nag of Egypt?"
26896Perhaps some of your correspondents can tell us whether such separate vaults were customary?
26896Query, Who was this Anthony Bridges, and did he leave issue?
26896Query, Why?
26896R.[ Has our correspondent looked at the_ Calendar of the Anglican Church_, lately published by Parker of Oxford?
26896S. S. S._ General Pardons._--Has any example of a general pardon under the great seal been ever printed at length?
26896SHALL WE RETAIN OUR COLONIES?
26896Was this word ever introduced into English heraldry?
26896Were they brother and sister?
26896What form is that which scowls beside thee?
26896What was the"Gloucester alarm?"
26896Whether this may be any help to W. H. K., I know not, but I can not refrain from the Query-- What is the Saxon phrase alluded to?
26896_ Eno._ How appears the fight?
26896_ Eno._ What''s the passion?
26896and if so, at what time they first assumed it?
26896and where else is Verse Lyon alluded to?
26896do words wear out so fast?
26896fled from your colours?''
26896or was she ever known as Leonilla?
26896or, if so employed, whether such use may not have arisen from the ordinary erroneous orthography?
26896particularly any of those granted after the restoration of Charles II.?
26896trowbled with vapours?
26896who art thou so fast proceeding, Ne''er glancing back thine eyes of flame?
26896who art thou, so swiftly flying?
154271. Who was Pharamuse of Boulogne, father of Sybil de Tingry?
154271705?
15427And how is Waleran''s double appellation to be explained?
15427And what is the earliest instance of the title?
15427Are any of your correspondents aware of the existence of a copy, and the price at which it can be obtained?
15427Are any references to him to be found in Sir H. Nicolas''_ Battle of Azincourt_, or elsewhere?
15427Are the grounds of this strange suspicion known?
15427Buy sheepe?
15427Can any of your readers, acquainted with the Dacre and Fienes pedigrees, appropriate any of these coats?
15427Can either of your readers kindly afford the name?
15427Can this duty have come to be popularly attributed as part of the royal style and title?
15427HEBER says,"Who has seen another copy?"
15427Has it ever been printed?
15427Have there been any English translations of the Talmud, or any complete section of it?
15427I wish to know what other books she wrote, if any, and where her life may be found?
15427Is there any place in the North of France bearing that name now?
15427Is this a common beverage in the principality?
15427May I beg the favour of you to insert this among your Notes?
15427Now how are we to reconcile the two above- quoted documents?
15427Now, neighbours, said the mall, how much meale is there in my sacke now?
15427Query: Why have the men of_ Gotham_ been long famous for their extreme folly?
15427The question is, who was this"unfortunate lady?"
15427What I now wish to learn is, whether anything has since been discovered to elucidate further the pedigree of Lady Talbot?
15427What are the most esteemed Continental and Latin translations?
15427What are their proper names?
15427What other authors use the term?
15427What was the connexion{ 478} between Ingelram and Waleran?
15427What was the_ sauenap_?
15427When was this dedication added?
15427When were they first used?
15427Where is any information to be obtained of"The King''s Whisperer,[ Greek: engastrimythos], nomine Fanningus, who resided at Oxford in 1643?"
15427Where is_ Tingry_, of which place he was lord?
15427Which is the original?
15427Which was the wisest of all these three persons, judge you?"
15427Whither be yee going?
15427_ Lady Godiva._--A close- fitting dress might suggest the idea of nudity; but was not the horse borrowed from the warrior Lady of Mercia Ethelfleda?
15427_ Mock Beggar''s Hall._--What is the origin of this name as applied to some old mansions?
15427_ The Adventures of Peter Wilkins._--Is the author of this delightful work of fiction known?
15427_ The Marks_*,[ obelus],[ diesis],_& c._--What is the origin of the asterisk, obelus,& c., used for references to notes?
15427_ Torn by Horses._--What is the last instance in the history of France of a culprit being torn by horses?
15427are?
15427inquires"by what Socinian writer"are these two hexameter verses used?
15427said the other, and which way wilt thou bring them home?
20364_--Who can explain the following, and point out its source? 20364 ).--Who was the author of this adage? 20364 ***** UNPUBLISHED EPIGRAM BY SIR W. SCOTT(?). 20364 3., the next beautiful passage:_ Post._ Still going?
20364A fly on the chariot pole cried out,''What blue- bottle alive Did ever with such fury drive?''
20364And if not, what is the origin of the modern term"Hobble de Hoy"as a designation for a stripling?
20364Are there no true- hearted Scotchmen left, who will redeem it from such desecration?
20364As the author professes the poem to be"in the ancient English style,"are these words veritable ancient English?
20364B. H. C._ Illuminations._--When were illuminations in cities first introduced?
20364Can the"Jack and Gill"of our nursery tales be traced to an earlier date than Tusser''s time?
20364Da paucis singulorum Sacramentorum signa et invisibilem gratiam?"
20364How many,& c."Quot sunt Ecclesiæ Catholicæ Sacramenta?
20364I fear his memory deceived him, or why should a man of his sound learning afterwards incline to vail bonnet to the dogmatist Warburton?
20364If so, when did the custom commence, and where may instances be seen either on monuments or in illustrated works?
20364If wrong, on what principle?
20364Is anything more known of them, and their respective authors?
20364Is it known whether there ever existed a personage so named, either as a legend or a myth?
20364Is it, heraldically speaking, wrong to inscribe the motto upon a circle( not a garter) or ribbon round the shield?
20364Is there any allusion to them in classic authors?
20364May I therefore ask B. H. C. to be so good as to point out the particular"Old version of the Psalms"from which he has derived his quotation?
20364Possesses he real property?''
20364Says t''other, perch''d upon the wheel,''Did ever any mortal fly Raise such a cloud of dust as I?''"
20364Septem sunt in universum,"& c."Quis instituit Baptismum?
20364The old expression of''What is he worth?''
20364What are the benefits,& c."Jam recense paucis quinam fructus dignam Eucharistæ sumptionem sequantur?
20364What is required,& c."Quonam pacto dignè sumitur Eucharistia?
20364What is the inward,& c."Quid efficit seu prodest Baptismus?
20364What meanest thou,& c."Ecquur hæc ipsa-- et dicantur et sint Sacramenta?
20364Whence?
20364Whence?
20364Who was the author of the maxim?
20364Why then are infants,& c."Sed quomodo infantes possunt credere, ut qui nondum usum habeant rationis?
20364Why was the Sacrament,& c."Quur vero sacram Eucharistiam Christus instituit?
20364William Beloe, whether among his manuscripts there had been found any"Treatise on Emblems,"or any notices which had a bearing on the subject?
20364_ Heraldic Queries._--Will some correspondent versed in heraldry answer me the following questions?
20364_ Newx,& c._--Can any of your readers give me the_ unde derivatur_ of the word_ newx_, or_ noux_, or_ knoux_?
20364and where is it to be found?
20364and whether the author is known?
20364in those days meant,''Has he land?
20364of a_ Discourse of Forest Trees_, by John Evelyn?
20364which is its correct form?
26770Jurat? 26770 ( J. M.), whether Quarles was pensioned? 26770 * a.? 26770 ---- did St. Paul''s clock strike thirteen? 26770 ---- of Trummons, who was he? 26770 ---- onJurat?
26770---- on"Jurat?
26770---- was Hugh Peters on the stage?
26770----"Harry Parry, when will you marry?"
26770----, did she visit Bacon at Twickenham?
26770----, whether the queen can make a gentleman?
26770Abeiles, what?
26770Baldrocks, wooden, what?
26770Bridges, Anthony, who was he?
26770Carmichael( Lady Alice), what became of her?
26770Chadwick( Sir Andrew), was he knighted by Queen Anne?
26770Champak, what is it?
26770Charles II., was he ever in Wales?
26770Chloe, who was Chloe?
26770Cross, engraved portrait by, on whom?
26770Cuicfal in Flandria, where?
26770Flecamore( Christopher), who was he?
26770Gentleman, can the queen make one?
26770Gloucester alarm, what?
26770Hibbald( St.), who was he?
26770Howard( Lord), was he a Papist?
26770Jesuits, History of, the author?
26770Joseph of Exeter, where is the MS. of his De Bello Antiocheno?
26770Longueville MSS., where are they?
26770Marsham( Sir John), was he knight or baronet?
26770Mayor of London, is he a privy councillor?
26770Northege family, where located?
26770Paul''s( St.), did its clock ever strike thirteen?
26770Pelaga, arches of, where?
26770Portus Canum, where?
26770Prol in Anglia, where?
26770Quarles, was he pensioned?
26770Rifles, the best, English or American?
26770Sallustius, was he a lecturer?
26770Sanctorum Septem Dormientium Historia, its author?
26770Sathaniel, when noticed?
26770Scoute- Generall, its author?
26770Serius, where situated?
26770Sittings or statutes, what?
26770Stanedge Pole, where?
26770Stick supplanting stop, how came it?
26770Swift( Dean), was Stella his sister?
26770Thanksgiving- book, what?
26770Topical memory, where treated of?
26770Tye, what is it?
26770Wallace( William), where did he reside?
21220_--Can you refer me to any grammar, or other work, containing a clear and definite rule for the distinctive use of these auxiliaries? 21220 Allow me to ask, by- the- bye, if the place, as spelt in your paper, should not be Langharne, or more correctly still, Llangharne? 21220 And does any modern family of the name of Fleming, or Le Fleming, claim descent from the above? 21220 Are Shannon and Ponsonby and Lanesborough still stout against Augmentation? 21220 Can any of your correspondents throw any light on this? 21220 Cur natum cædit Venus? 21220 Dominic._--Was St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican order, a descendant of the noble family of the Guzmans? 21220 From what sources in the French or Italian isThe House of Fame"taken?
21220Had Sir Martin Lister any issue by her?
21220He has mislaid or lost his bow:-- And who retains the missing toy?
21220Heard you the_ men_ from merry_ England_ sing?
21220How like a top they spin, and twirl, and turn?
21220How so?
21220If Conway and he will take such usage, the Court will certainly let them keep their places; for where can it find better tools?
21220Is there none of our existing societies within whose scope such an undertaking would fall, or might not different societies unite for the purpose?
21220Laing asks in a note:"Is the touching for the King''s Evil... connected with this royal saint''s healing by the touch?"
21220No date, circa annum 1770?
21220Now I am addressing you, may I offer one or two hints which may be of service to beginners?
21220Now, can you afford room for the means by which this may be remedied; as my wish to substitute glass for gutta percha remains?
21220Saw you their jolly dance, their lusty spring?
21220Tusco Flavia nata solo: Qui factum?
21220Unde derivantur_ Gaffer_ and_ Gammer_?
21220Was Shakspeare an Irishman?
21220What was this table?
21220Where is it to be found sculptured or figured?
21220Wherefore does Venus beat her boy?
21220Who did Sir Josias Bodley marry; where did he live after his employment in Ireland ceased, and where did he die?
21220Who is the author S. N., and what other particulars are known respecting it?
21220_ Annuellarius._--Can any of your numerous readers inform me what the meaning of the word_ annuellarius_ is?
21220_ Beads._--When was the use of beads, for the purpose of counting prayers, first introduced into Europe?
21220_ Derby Municipal Seal._--What is the origin and meaning of the"buck in the park,"on the seal now in use at the Town Hall, Derby?
21220_ List of Bishops of Norwich._--Where can I find a list of the bishops of Norwich, with their coats of arms, from an early date?
21220_ Sir John Fleming._--What was the coat of arms borne by Sir John Fleming, or Le Fleming, of St. George''s Castle, co. Glamorgan, A.D. 1100?
21220and if such caustic condition exists, does it not cause a deposition of oxide of silver together with the iodide, thereby embrowning the paper?
21220and which of the older dramatists have enrolled this character among their_ dramatis personæ_?
21220and, if so, can their descendants be traced?
21220arcum perdidit, arcum Nunc quis habet?
21220or must the friends to the measure form a plan that they like themselves?
21220vi., p. 58., 1st col., 16th line?
13747Quid tibi vis aliud dicam? 13747 What is it, Mary?"
13747''s connection with the buccaneers, or that may support Bryan Edwards''s favourable opinion of the Jamaica buccaneers and of Sir Henry Morgan?
13747).--How could"SELEUCUS""conclude"that Goldsmith''s"Poor Beau Tibbs and Kitty his Wife,"should have had"a_ silver_ tureen"of expensive construction?
13747).--If this were a sauce or condiment, may not the colour have been produced by the juice of the Boletus, much used in Greece to the present day?
13747).--May not"Watewich"be Waterbeach?
13747And now, to ask a question in turn, what is meant by"auctorite_ del Dibil_?"
13747And the Lord said unto him,''Peter, why weepest thou?''
13747Any bibliographical works which contain hints for guidance in this matter?
13747Any correspondents who can advise generally on the whole matter?
13747Are there any catalogues of These s?
13747But, Query, is there any thing extensive of which the accuracy can be depended upon?
13747Can any of your readers state where a copy or copies of the following may be found?
13747Can any of your readers supply the etymology, or state whether it is so called in any other part of England?
13747Can any of your readers supply the remainder, or refer me to any work where they may be found?
13747Can any of your readers tell me who Sir William Beeston was, and what or where his journal is?
13747Do these papers still exist in the possession of{ 401} the Hastings family, and is there any chance of a further publication?
13747Do you think that the Churchwardens''entries in Fuller can refer to a similar custom?
13747Does the office still exist?
13747Had they a salary, or was the office an honorary appointment?
13747Has it been engraved?
13747Has"H. EDWARDS"seen the_ History of St. Cross Hospital_, by Mr. Moody, published within the last six months?
13747I shall add another Query:--Are they paper or parchment?
13747I wish to know if Dr. Hancock, who also edited the volume, is still alive?
13747Is this portrait a genuine one?
13747Is this story confirmed by any contemporary writer?
13747Is this the same person with Thomas Dekker the dramatist?
13747M._ Apocrypha._--What editions of the Bible_ containing the Apocrypha_ are now on sale at the ordinary way?
13747May not these figures be the private mark of the artist?
13747Now, I would ask, what are the usual signs of the authorship?
13747Of this, Beloe( the only authority within my reach) says, that only one copy is known to exist; can his statement be correct?
13747Philatus( what objection is there to Latinising, in the usual way, the Greek termination os?)
13747Since such was the injunction of Luther, how does it happen that this verse appears in the later editions of his Testament?
13747Spence says:--"Does it not sound mean to talk of lopping a man?
13747They used to meet periodically, was it for the transaction of business?
13747What book is this?
13747What is the rank of a prebendary of a cathedral or other church, whether as a layman or a clerk in orders?
13747What was the nature of their duties?
13747Where is the best account of prebends to be found?
13747Who is F.H.?
13747Why was this change made?"
13747Would a vicar, being a prebendary, take precedence as such of a rector not being one?
13747Would he kindly settle the question by stating whether the passages quoted by Weldon are to be found among them?]
13747_ Deputy- Lieutenants of the Tower of London._--By whom were these officers appointed?
13747_ Prebendaries._--When were prebendaries first appointed, and what the nature of their duties generally?
13747and, if so, would let this querist have access to the other papers of Locke''s which he speaks of in the preface?
13747if I suggest that it may mean-- Ægyptiaco bis, Italico semper invicto?
13747if so, what business?
13747of lopping away all his posterity?
13747of the Complutensian Polyglot were at Alcala in 1821, when were they removed to Madrid, and in what library at Madrid are they now?
13747or of trimming him with brazen sheers?
13747published in London in 1821?
13747there enumerated; and if so, why did Jebb suppress it in his edition of the_ Opus Majus_?
20369_--Did Addison, Steele, or Swift write theChoice of Hercules"in the_ Tatler_?
20369_--Where can I find the_ whole_ of the ballad beginning--To the Lords of Convention''twas Claverh''se that spoke;"and also the name of the author?
20369).--May I ask whether there is any precedent( I think there can be no excuse) for calling Shakspeare''s plays"our national Bible"?
20369And what springtide and confluence of that nation have housed and familied themselves among us, these four years of the king''s reign?
20369At what period and by whom was that part of North America called Canada?
20369Can these have turned merchants, or induced others to follow them?
20369Did Ben Jonson?
20369Did De Wilde ever distinguish himself?"
20369Did Luther write drinking- songs?
20369Does not H. C. K.''s professional experience enable him to give a more certain opinion of ordinary men''s feelings than is expressed in"I fear not?"
20369H.E.P.?"
20369Has a similar transaction come before the notice of your correspondents?
20369Head; and when died those of them who are no longer among us?
20369If so, where are they to be met with?
20369Let me conclude with this worthy man''s daughter of alliance:''Que t''ensemble donc lecteur?''
20369Life''s career so void of pain, As to wish its fitful fever New begun again?"
20369Surely in the"inscription on a seal( 1420), in which the Earl of Suffolk is styled''Domin_e_[?]
20369The little river St. Charles, which flows into the St. Lawrence on the northern side of the promontory, is called in the Indian language( Algonquin?)
20369Treasons_, Preface, p. 28., 1681?
20369V. M._ Table- moving._--Was not Bacon acquainted with this phenomenon?
20369Was Dr. Hawkesworth, or, if not, who was, the author of"Religion the Foundation of Content,"an allegory in the_ Adventurer_?
20369Was this ever published?
20369What are the known war- shouts of other European or Eastern nations, ancient or modern?
20369What others?
20369What wouldst thou do, if thou couldst see the jester himself?
20369Who was Peter Francius?
20369Who was this Richard Candishe?
20369Who wrote"Journal of a poor Vicar,""Story of Catherine of Russia,""Volney Becker,"and the"Soldier''s Wife,"in Chamber''s_ Miscellany_?
20369Who, or how many, of the old English dramatists introduced Irishmen into their_ dramatis personæ_?
20369Will Sir A. Alison, or any of his Oxford friends, be good enough to point out the author, and indicate where such a passage is really to be found?
20369Wilt thou change fathers?
20369Would a petition be rendered informal by any addition which would make it more comprehensible?
20369_ Cel._ Thou hast not, cousin: Pr''ythee be cheerful: know''st thou not, the duke Hath banish''d me, his daughter?
20369_ Cel.__ No hath not?_ Rosalind lacks, then, the love Which teacheth thee that thou and I_ are_ one.
20369_ Collodion Negative._--Can you inform me how a collodion negative may be made?
20369_ Kissing Hands at Court._--When was the kissing of hands at court first observed?
20369_ Thy_ career so void of pain, As to wish''life''s fitful fever''New begun again?"
20369_ will find an answer to his Query,"Was St. Patrick ever in Ireland?"
20369and where are any notices of his works to be found?
20369contemporaneous?
20369first used by Englishmen, and what was the war- cry before its introduction?
20369inform me where General Arnold is buried?
20369oblige me with this information?
20369or what is the earliest instance of their being used to represent numerals?
20369whither wilt thou go?
20369{ 592} But what are we to say to the actual fact of the same legend being found in the valleys of Afghánistán?
20322_--Could you inquire through your columns who the author of a book entitled_ The Country Parson''s Advice to his Parishioners_ is? 20322 _--Who was the author of an admirable work entitled_ The Temple of Truth_, published in 1806 by Mawman?
20322).--In what year was this person, about whose published_ Life_ J. S. B. inquires, Mayor of Norwich?
20322).--What were these privileges, and whence was the term derived?
20322); and if they were pure fiction, is it not likely that, living in London at the time when they appeared, he would have contradicted them?
20322--an alteration certainly not at odds with the host''s ensuing question,"said I well?"
203223., the same"clever"authority changes"cride- game( cride I ame), said I well?"
20322A_ gird_, akin to, in keeping with, fitting, proper to the cardinal''s calling; an evangelical_ gird_ for an evangelical man: what more_ kindly_?
20322All who know this period of our history, know Compton and Turner; but who was Bishop St. John?
20322Are not some drawings, some statues, some coins, all monkish manuscripts, and some books,_ rarities_?
20322But Query how this bird came to be called Turkey?
20322But though spelt_ enough_, is not the word, in both places, really_ enow_?
20322Can any of your correspondents oblige me by supplying particulars of other editions of the following Mormon works?
20322Can any of your readers throw any light upon this tradition?
20322Could''st thou not find a trisyllable to express some parts of nature for a collection of which that learned and worthy physician is eminent?
20322Das Bildniss macht dich lachen: Was wurdst du thun siehst du jhn selber Possen machen?
20322Dict._, s. v.]_ Satin._--What is the origin of the word_ satin_?
20322Does this correspond with other persons''experience?
20322Has St. Patrick''s Purgatory any existence at the present time?
20322Here are you: and where are they?
20322If so, where is the original to be seen?
20322If there be, why is it not produced?
20322If to the canonical epistle, to what part?
20322In both quotations the word_ enough_ refers to_ numbers_?
20322In reply to your correspondent J., I would ask if he has any photographic apparatus?
20322Is it possible that he was thinking of St. Augustine?
20322Is not this rather too severe and sweeping a character?
20322Is this catalogue extant?
20322May I ask whether this"last conquest of Ireland"has been noticed by palæographers in other instances?
20322Query number of pages?
20322Than he that_ dies and lives_ by bloody drops?"
20322The cover of a book is there called the_ farroll_; what is the derivation of this word?
20322The date is 1545:"Now the ambassador met in a secret part with Oneel(?)
20322Was Ferdinand Mendez Pinto a real or imaginary character?
20322What knowledge, what meaning is conveyed in the word_ rarities_?
20322What was the secret object of the ambassador?
20322Where is the original of the above to be found?
20322Will J. D. S. be so good as to say where he found the"Campvere privileges"referred to?
20322_ Book of Doctrine and Covenants_: First(?)
20322_ Carrier Pigeons._--When were carrier pigeons first used in Europe?
20322_ Dimidiation._--Is the practice of_ dimidiation_ approved of by modern heralds, and are examples of it common?
20322_ Franklyn Household Book._--Can any reader inform me in whose keeping, the Household Book of Sir John Franklyn_ now_ is?
20322_ Humbug._--When was this word introduced into the English language?
20322_ James Thomson''s Will._--Did the author of the_ Seasons_ make a will?
20322_ Pilm, Farroll._--What is the derivation of_ pilm_=dust, so frequently heard in Devon, and its derivatives,_ pilmy_, dusty: it_ pilmeth_?
20322_ Turkey Cocks._--Why are Turkey cocks so called, seeing they were not imported from Turkey?
20322and is there not, in fact, a distinction between the two words?
20322asks if it"is not the general feeling, that man in advancing years would not like to begin life again?"
20322how could''st thou be so silly as not to be particular in the rarities of Sloane, as in those of the other five persons?
20322if so, the answer to his question"What extra apparatus is required to a first- rate microscope in order to obtain photographic microscopic pictures?"
20322into"curds and cream, said I well?"
15405How old are you?
15405How then do you remember the path for 100 years?
15405What wantst thou, that thou art in this sad taking? 15405 1631), after the list ofFaults escapled in print,"occur the words,"may with no less difficulty be amended_ then_ observed?"
15405Beaton was elected to the Cardinalate in Dec. 1538; did he visit Rome after that?
15405But was Ainsworth really the earliest mathematician of his district?
15405But was Julin drowned at all?
15405By what means can intelligence be procured respecting"Doctor Ulricus,"the author of_ Fraternitas Cleri_?
15405Can any of your correspondents give an account of the subsequent career of Dr. Sermon?
15405Can any of your readers favour me with notices of such a custom prevailing?
15405Can any of your readers tell us whether the copies given to the two kings exist, and if so, who are the present possessors of them?
15405DID THE EARLY CHURCH IN IRELAND ACKNOWLEDGE THE POPE''S SUPREMACY?
15405Did Pinkerton engrave any portrait of Beaton?
15405Dr. Timothy Thruscross, Thirscross, or Thurscross?
15405Had St. Amand learnt ventriloquism during his missionary excursions?
15405He says,--"You suppose now a man''s committed to prison because he can not pay his debts?
15405In summer the place is picturesque and much sought, and then the exulting designation is"Chaggiford, and what d''ye think?"
15405Is it known whether this_ Ephemeris_ is extant?
15405Is this a cavelier''s song in ridicule of the Roundhead Colonel Hewson; and are the words to be found?
15405Is this belief local?
15405Or, was he merely the first that made any figure in print as a correspondent of the mathematical periodicals of that day?
15405Perhaps_ Alsatia Illustrata_?
15405Rose?"
15405The eighth verse of the fifty- sixth Psalm,"My flight thou numberest: put my tears in thy bottle: stand they not in thy book?"
15405This suggests a further Query: Is DR. RIMBAULT possessed of that pamphlet?
15405This suggests the Query, Has it ever yet been recovered?
15405Was the word_ then_ commonly used in the sense of_ than_; or is it a misprint?
15405Well, the man resists, and disobeys; what follows?
15405When was the term first applied to the species of blunder which goes by that name?
15405Where can information be met with as to the authorship of the_ Dialogus super Libertate Ecclesiastica_, between Hugo, Cato, and Oliver?
15405Who was the compiler or curator of the_ Viola Sanctorum_?
15405_ A King._ What made him first remove hence his residing?
15405_ Any._ What wouldst thou do if here thou mightst behold him?
15405_ Ever._ But if he come not, what become of London?
15405_ Faction._ Tell me wherein the strength of faction lies?
15405_ Hold him._ But wouldst thou save him with they best endeavour?
15405_ Irish Bull._--What is the exact definition of an Irish bull?
15405_ Lament._ What terms wouldst give to gain his company?
15405_ On Lies._ What didst though when the king left his parliament?
15405_ Siding._ Did any here deny him satisfaction?
15405and, if so, where?
15405from which the work was taken?
15405iii.?
15405of that work?
15405to give the name_ Elucidarium_ to the first part of the_ Mariale_ of Bernardinus de Bustis?
23204).--Is not D. O. M. the common abbreviation for"Deo Optimo Maximo?"
23204Can any of your correspondents inform me where I can meet with a similar notitia of the sees in the Roman Catholic Church?
23204Can any of your readers give me the true meaning?
23204Can you or any of your readers furnish me with the title of the book and publisher''s name?
23204Do we tack to the works of Pope the poems of Wycherly and Parnell?
23204Does any note exist as to_ who_ copied these leaves, or_ when_, or_ where_?
23204Does the whole consist of figures, or have some leaves an introduction, text, or corrections,& c.?
23204Does"ignore"mean to"treat as non- existent;"and are there no other words in the language which express exactly the meaning conveyed by these two?
23204II.--Does anything in this volume illustrate any of the above questions?
23204In what possible way can the circumstance of the ladies_ wearing masks_ lessen the inconsistency pointed out by Steevens?
23204Is any name of any former owner written on the book- back, title, or elsewhere; or is it known when it was purchased, or at what price?
23204Is it quite complete at the end, or is anything missing after page 224.?
23204Is it to be added to the works of Pope?
23204Is that a sufficient reason for incorporating it with his works?
23204Is the etymology of the word made up of"extra"and"ditio"put for"deditio,"a giving up or surrendering?
23204Is the following a correct definition of"extradition,"viz.,"the surrender by a state, of a political refugee, at the request of a foreign power?"
23204Is there any hope of this being soon accomplished?
23204Is there any other authority for this statement?
23204Is this account of the origin of Harlequins generally acquiesced in?
23204Is this really the truth?
23204J. C._ A Coggeshall Job._--"_Saffron Walden, God help me._"--Has the old saying of"A Coggeshall Job"occupied the attention of your readers?
23204M. R._ The Royal Arms from William the Conqueror(?)
23204Query, Who was the friar?
23204Query, as to this conjecture?
23204Rosaline has been immediately singled out by her former admirer--"Did I not dance with you in Brabant once?"
23204The idea is similar to that contained in--"Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?"
23204Was it not either Julius I. or II.?
23204Will any one kindly inform me where this question may be found fully discussed; and where mention is made of the earliest known divisions of the law?
23204Will he not unmask?_ REPLIES RECEIVED.
23204_ Cor Linguæ._--May I ask who is the author of the following epigram, quoted by Coke on the trial of Garnet?
23204_ Derivation of the Word Fib._--Can any of your readers suggest a proper derivation of this word?
23204_ English Synonymes._--What are the books of best authority for the_ synonymes_ of the English language?
23204_ Thomas May, the Author of the Supplement to Lucan._--Who was this Thomas May?
23204and in what estate?
23204and what grounds had he for his decision?
23204and where is the account of his voyage to be found?
23204come from?
23204et de quoi sert la vie?
23204or why is it deemed inapplicable to the purpose?
23204to ask, what is the solution of D. O. M.?
23204{ 167}_ Christmas Day._--Which of the popes fixed dogmatically the 25th of December as the birthday of our Saviour?
23204{ 168} Does any library- mark, auction- number, or other identifying signature occur?
42922Antipodes, what day at our?
42922Hanging, has execution by hanging been survived?
42922Lignites, what?
42922Quid levius calamo?
42922Rosehill( Lord), who was he?
42922on"What is truth?"
13558_--Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the business or calling or profession of a Shipster? 13558 _--Will you allow me to ask how persons of my name came to be called_ Polly_?
13558''s reign.--Who was he?
135581794?
13558Also, where may be found-- if such exist-- pedigrees of the same_ worthies_?
13558And how like you this shepherd''s life, Master Touchstone?
13558Are the two last lines in the_ Musarum Deliciæ_?
13558Are we to read_ parkership_ or_ pokership_?
13558Can any of your correspondents assign the_ probable_ causes which led to Dr. Dee''s resignation?
13558Can any of your correspondents kindly direct me to the intended treatise of the Archbishop of Treves?
13558Can any of your correspondents obligingly inform me to whom these not inelegant or unclassical lines are to be attributed?
13558Can any of your numerous correspondents give me a note in answer to the above queries?
13558Can your subscribers inform me who the writer was?
13558Could any of your readers tell me if both volumes are by the same author?
13558Could this have any thing to do with the proverb?
13558Has any further light been thrown on this subject?
13558If not, who was its author, and what is its literary history?
13558If_ pokership_, what is its meaning?
13558Is any thing known of Sir William Hamilton, or of the services he rendered to Queen Henrietta Maria?
13558Is it likely that the note was addressed to Michael Drayton?
13558Is"white Caredon"white cornelian?
13558Of what family was Mr. Barry, the Secretary to the Equivalent Company, who died about 1738?
13558Such_ French_ names as have_ De_ prefixed-- in fact, a_ Gazetteer_?
13558Was Alsop at Trinity College and subsequently a student of Christ Church?
13558Was this error acknowledged or corrected in any subsequent edition?
13558Was this the book- stamp of Joseph Addison?
13558Which of your readers can verify it?
13558Whilst I am writing to you, may I ask you to correct a printer''s error in my query in the same number, where"trepon"appears instead of"jupon"?
13558Who knows, therefore, whether in building the monastery alluded to by Camden, he may not have given it the name of The dwelling of the Rock?
13558Whose_ Apothegems_[ qy., those of Demosthenes?]
13558_ Cosmopoli._--Has_ Cosmopoli_ been ever appropriated to any known locality?
13558_ Jew''s- Harp._--What is the origin of the term Jew''s- Harp, applied to a well- known musical toy?
13558_ Name of Shylock._--When Mr. Knight says that_ Scialac_ was"the name of a Marionite( Maronite?)
13558_ Praise undeserved._--Does any one know where the oft- quoted line,"Praise undeserved in censure in disguise,"is to be found?
13558_ Sir G. Wyattville._--J.P. would be glad to be informed in what year Sir G. Wyattville was knighted?
13558_ Table- Book._--Can any of your readers refer me to a museum containing a specimen of an ancient_ table- book_?
13558_ Viridis Vallis._--Where was the monastery of"Viridis Vallis,"and what is its vernacular name?
13558_ saddle_?)"
13558are under consideration on folio 239., from which Mr. Rimbault quotes?
13558from which the"Complutensian Polyglot"was compiled, involving, of course, the repudiation of the common story of the rocket maker of Alcala?
13558{ 215}_ Antony Alsop._--Will any of your correspondents kindly tell me who Antony Alsop was?
23023_--What is the origin of this phrase? 23023 ).--Are two different portraits of each of these two persons to be found? 23023 --Can you inform me who is the author of_ Pætus and Arria, a Tragedy_, 8vo., 1809? 23023 --_History of Stratford- upon- Avon_, by R. B. Wheler( circa 1805? 23023 And they asked hym sayinge/ Master wh[=e] shall these thynges be? 23023 Are there any records showing that a Darell was ever in fact arraigned on a charge of murder, and the name of the judge who presided at the trial? 23023 Are these_ Sermons_ rare? 23023 As to SPERIEND''s Query, What could give rise to so absurd a story? 23023 Can any of your readers explain by whom this addition was made, and all about it? 23023 Can any of your readers inform me whether a portrait of Hobbes is now in the galleries at Florence, and, if so, by whom it was painted? 23023 Can you oblige me by stating where the above lines are to be found? 23023 Can you tell me whether this is likely to be W. Smyth, the late Professor of Modern History in that university, who died in June, 1849? 23023 Commonwealth, extant; and do any of his descendants exist? 23023 Did MR. SINGLETON never_ o''erleap_ himself, and be too late-- later than_ himself_ intended? 23023 Did a similar custom exist in the earlier ages? 23023 Did he never, in his younger days, amuse himself with a_ soprasalto_; or with what Donne calls avaulter''s sombersault?"
23023Does not this mean the privilege of using a crane to raise their goods free of dues, municipal or fiscal?
23023I was asking an old man, who had been absent from home, where he had been to?
23023If not, when was it taken down or destroyed, and by whom or by whose authority?
23023If so, must they substitute them for the arms of C., or bear them quarterly, and in which quarters?
23023Is the date known of the death of the last Darell who possessed the estate, or that of Sir John Popham''s acquisition of it?
23023Is the pyramid still remaining?
23023Is this painter the same as John Wycke, who died in 1702, but who is not, I think, known as a portrait painter?
23023M._ Shakspeare First Folio._--Is there any_ obtainable_ edition of Shakspeare which follows, or fully contains, the first folio?
23023Query, Who was the author?
23023Query,{ 220} Can the descendants of C. resume the arms of A.?
23023S. G. C._ Weather Proverbs_.--Are these proverbs worth recording?
23023Was there any relationship, and what, between this"cousin Wilson,"and the bishop''s son, Dr. Thomas Wilson?
23023What is it?
23023What is the original source of the story?
23023What may be the value of that inference will appear in the progress of this inquiry, Who was Dr. Sidney Swinney?
23023What was the_ manne_ about?
23023Whence?
23023Where may a copy of this be seen?
23023Will armorial bearings?
23023Will entail property go to a_ bastard_,_ legitimated before the Union_ under the great seal( by the law of Scotland)?
23023Will titles and dignities descend?
23023_ John Frewen_.--What is known of this divine?
23023_ The Bargain Cup._--Can the old English custom of drinking together upon the completion of a bargain, be traced back farther than the Norman era?
23023_ Unkid_.--Can any of your readers inform me as to the derivation of this word, or give any instance of its recent use?
23023and had Holdsworth any farther connexion with Hampshire than that of having been educated at Winchester School?
23023or at least what is the authority to which its circulation is mainly due?
23023p. 29.:"Have you smoakt the Tattler yet?
42793---- Marvel( Andrew), was he poisoned?
42793---- Say what is Abstract, what Concrete?
42793---- Sir Walter Scott''s?
42793---- writings, were they ever burnt?
4279320., why not read in the lessons?
4279320., why omitted?
42793Baptism: can a man baptize himself?
42793Blow- shoppes, what?
42793Cats-- are white cats deaf?
42793Curtsey, why ladies curtsey?
42793Marvell( Andrew), was he poisoned?
42793Richardson or Murphy, a portrait?
42793Smollett''s Strap, who was he?
22339Quid Romæ faciam?
22339To whom shall I this dauncing Poeme send, This suddaine, rash, halfe- capreol of my wit? 22339 Twelve dozen Martial,[2] whole and half,"says Evelyn:--were not_ whole_ Martial gloves, long?
22339Who is the sculptor, say, and whence? 22339 Why did the artist form thee so?
22339Why is a razor in thy hand? 22339 Why is thy head then bald behind?
22339Why is thy step so high and light? 22339 ), in which Gerson''s name occurs, was assuredly anterior to the small black- letter and{ 87} anonymous editions, likewise without dates? 22339 Also Adam of St. Victor''sexquisite poem"on the Cross, referred to by Mr. Trench in his_ Sacred Latin Poetry_?
22339And has an incontrovertible opinion been formed as to the paternity of this tract?
22339And, I must add, what history was attached to it when in his possession?
22339Arias Montanus did not execute until 1571?
22339But query, can any authentic instance be produced of a cross between a dog and a wolf, which has produced a prolific animal?
22339Can any one give the names of any of these travellers, and supply the blank thus left by the historian?
22339Can any one say where this stone now is?
22339Have we any evidence of the ceremony having been performed by any French monarchs?
22339In what way can we detect the propounder of the_ Notabilis expositio super canonem misse_?
22339Is there extant any collation of the various exemplars of the_ Alphabetum divini Amoris_?
22339Is there not a transpositional misprint in the colophon of the old German_ Life of S. Dorothea_, the so- called patroness of Prussia?
22339JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS PORTRAIT.--DID BUNYAN KNOW HOBBES?
22339John''s Bridge Fair._--In what county in England was St. John''s Bridge Fair held in the year 1614, and in what town in the county?
22339Ounoma dê tis?]
22339Query, What is the state of the interior_ now_, as to pews,& c.?
22339S. G._ Paternoster Tackling.--Dancing Trenchmore._--What is the origin and meaning of this term?
22339Su de, tis?
22339Taxopithen pros ti phalakra pelei?]
22339The inquiry toward which I have been travelling is this, When did Henry Stephens first make use of the open Ratdoltian letter on dotted ground?
22339The question arises, How was he misled?
22339Ti de tarsous][ Greek: Possin echeis diphueis?
22339Were hoops worn so early as the year 1651?
22339What is he By name?
22339What is_ plafery_?
22339When and where Mr. Douce obtained it?
22339Who art thou?
22339Why hast thou hair upon thy brow?
22339Why on each foot hast thou a wing?
22339[ Greek: Cheiri de dexiterêi ti phereis xuron?
22339[ Greek: Hê de komê, ti kat''opsin?
22339[ Greek: Tipte d''ep''akra bebêkas?
22339[ Greek: Tis, pothen ho plastês?
22339[ Greek: Tounech''ho technitês se dieplasen?
22339_ Lammer Beads._--Does any one know the meaning of"Lammer beads?"
22339also of the phrase"Dancing Trenchmore?"
22339of Bishop Burnet''s_ History of his own Time_, Lond., 1734?
22339will you be quiet?''
22339{ 88} Can any of your readers inform us what befel the families and descendants of William Malbanc, and Bigod de Loges?
42794), did he discover the Sandwich Islands?
42794* Browne( Francis), did he marry?
42794* Lyttelton( Thomas Lord), was he Junius?
42794* What does not fade?
42794---- Edward II., where was he killed?
42794---- Wardhouse, where was it?
42794---- was Thomas Lord Lyttelton"Junius"?
42794572. albumenised process, 549. ammonio- nitrate, is it dangerous?
42794Antipodes, what day at our Antipodes?
42794Blue( True), who was he?
42794Cash, is it an English word?
42794Cats, are white ones deaf?
42794Churches of England and Rome, which committed schism?
42794Edward II., where was he killed?
42794Junius''s Letters, was Thomas Lord Lyttelton their author?
42794Mob, is it an English word?
27004_--When was the lastTerræ filius"spoken at Oxford; and what was the origin of the name?
27004_--Who was the author of_ Elijah''s Mantle_? 27004 1822. WHO WAS JUNIUS? 27004 And are there any grounds for ascribing it to Canning? 27004 And, after mentioning others, he adds:Quid de Valerio Chimentellio, homine omni literatura perpolita, dicam?
27004Assuming this mountain to have been a volcano, are there any others in Great Britain?
27004Can any of your antiquarian contributors say why the sees of Canterbury and York bore originally the same arms?
27004Can any of your correspondents verify this anecdote, and supply a copy of the verses?
27004Can not the lens be made fast in the middle of the box, provided the frames can be adjusted for different- sized pictures?
27004Can this be proved?
27004Can you refer me to the king''s letter authorising such collections to be made?
27004Could he too soon escape this world of sin?
27004H. P._ A Scrape._--What is the origin of the expression"Getting into a scrape?"
27004Had it any relation to the struggle for precedence carried on for so many years between the two sees?
27004If I were disposed to conclude with a Query, I might ask where Q. found that_ wheale_ ever meant_ whey_?
27004If so, by whom is the ceremony performed?
27004Is this pronunciation known to prevail anywhere at the present day?
27004It is either hexameter or pentameter, according to the scansion?
27004Or could eternal life too soon begin?
27004Quid de Joanne Pricæo?
27004Then cease his death too fondly to deplore, What could the longest life have added more?"
27004Was there any family connexion?
27004Were the_ Celtic tribes_ acquainted with it_ previously_ to the arrival of the Phoenicians upon our shores?
27004Where was he secreted?
27004_ Canonisation in the Greek Church._--Does the Greek Church ever now canonise, or add the names of the saints to the Calendar?
27004_ Dictionary of English Phrases._--Is there in English any good dictionary of phrases similar to the excellent_ Frasologia Italiana_ of P. Daniele?
27004_ Is not the cracking of the albumen the result of the climate of Malta?_ F.( Manchester).
27004_ Life of Savigny._--Is there in French or English any life or memoir of Savigny?
27004_ When_ and_ by whom_ was tin first discovered in our island?
27004_ When_ did_ he_ live?
27004kindly furnish the undersigned with certain Letters, which have recently{ 294} appeared in_ The Times_, on"The Defence of Hougomont?"
27004page 290,"What were they?
27004set me right, or give me any information likely to solve the difficulty?
27004supply instances of the use of the divining- rod for finding water?
29867( D. F.) on"which are the shadows?"
29867), Shall we register our Deeds?
29867---- epigram on Burnet(?
29867---- was he cup- bearer to Charles I.?
29867---- was she dark or fair?
29867----"Which are the shadows?"
29867----"which are the shadows?"
29867Bee- park, what?
29867Berkeley( John Lord), was he bishop of Ely?
29867Bilson( Arnold), who was his wife?
29867Béocera Gent, were they Irish?
29867Cat Island, why so called?
29867Clergyman, can he marry himself?
29867Diotrophes, was he bishop of Corinth?
29867Drury( Robert), who was he?
29867Exeter controversy, what?
29867Gerrard( Sir Gilbert), when did he die?
29867Hyta, was he a Spaniard or a Moor?
29867John of Horsill, who was he?
29867John of Padua, who was he?
29867King Street theatre, where?
29867Lancaster, Duchess of, is the queen so called?
29867Luciferi, who was he?
29867Paul( St.), did he quote heathen writers?
29867Prideaux''s Doctrine of Conscience, its editor?
29867R.),"Were Heretics ever burned at Rome?"
29867Shadows, which are they?
29867Spurs, did the Orientals wear them?
29867Talbot( Peter), was he author of Blakloanæ Hæresis?
29867Theoloneum, what?
29867Walrus, is it found in the Baltic?
29867Wyned waynescott, what?
13925_ Tace is Latin for a candle._--Whence is this expression derived, and what is its meaning?
13925***** MAYORS.--WHAT IS THEIR CORRECT PREFIX?
1392532mo.?
13925:-- 1. Who was the author of the anonymous life of the second Duke of Ormonde, published in one volume octavo, some years after his attainder?
13925:--"My name is Ormond; have you not heard of me?
13925And what eminent geographer, Dutch or English, lived during such period?
13925Are any of your correspondents acquainted with another instance?
13925Can Colchester now produce any information about them?
13925Can any of your correspondents explain the meaning of"_ Trunck_ Breeches,""_ Barba Longa_,"and"_ Mercenary Preacher_?"
13925Can any of your readers assist me in deciphering my own note?
13925Can any of your readers give a reference where the account is to be met with?
13925Can any of your readers give information about this Diary?
13925Can any of your readers inform me where this letter now is?
13925Could any of your correspondents inform me where I have read it?
13925Does not this look very much like what we call"cabbaging?"
13925I should like to know whose is the intermediate translation, and also what other translations have been made of that curious work?
13925If so, what is its derivation?
13925Is anything known of this journal?
13925Is the etymological connection of the two names accidental?
13925James Graves 380 Mayors-- What is their correct Prefix?
13925The Latin translation the Cambridge gentleman might have found in Barnes; but where is the_ Greek_, so different from that of Barnes, to be found?
13925Wandrille_.--Will"GASTROS"kindly allow me to ask him a question?
13925Was the ballad, of which the above is a fragment, printed at the time; and if so, does it exist?
13925What is the origin of the expression"to give a man horns,"for grossly dishonouring him?
13925When, how, and where did this originate, and what does it signify?
13925Who is the author of this line?
13925Who was the compiler of the_ Speculum Exemplorum_, printed for the first time at Deventer, in 1481?
13925Who, then, forged_ them_?
13925Why is Moses represented in statues with horns?
13925Will any of your readers who are familiar with the district favour me with an explanation?
13925Will your correspondents complete the illustrations thus well begun?
13925Winifreda._--Can any of your readers refer me to any history or recent discoveries relative to St. Winifreda?
13925Yet how has he been treated by his biographers?
13925_ A Chip in Porridge_.--What is the origin and exact force of this phrase?
13925_ Beaver Hats._--On the subject of beaver hats, I would ask what was the price or value of a beaver hat in the time of Charles II.?
13925_ Derivation of Sterling._--What is the derivation of_ Sterling_?
13925_ Gray''s Alcaic Ode_.--Can any of your readers say whether Gray''s celebrated Latin ode is actually to be found entered at the Grande Chartreuse?
13925_ Marylebone Gardens_.--In what year did Marylebone Gardens finally close?
13925_ Portrait by Boonen._--Can any of your correspondents state the precise time when Boonen, said to be a pupil of Schalcken, flourished?
13925_ Query_ the_ authority_ for this?
13925_ Shrew_.--Is_ shrew_, as applied to the shrew- mouse, and as applied to a scolding woman, the same word?
13925_ Temple Stanyan_.--Who was Temple Stanyan, concerning whom I find in an old note- book the following quaint entry?
13925_ Why is an Earwig called a"Coach- bell?
13925a coin originally stamped with a figure of that animal?
13925and foisted_ them_--_which Malone had never seen_--into so prominent a place in the Dublin reprint of Malone''s work?
13925and how did either of them come to be called the"Golden City?"
13925hod?
13925if not, in what other book is it?
13925lind?
13925when and where was his work published?
20954( But is not this an exception?
20954).--"Why does the sun, shining, on a fire, make it dull, and often put it out?
20954).--Has no person been appointed to fill that high office since the death of the Duc de Luynes, in 1621?
20954).--Is there such a thing; meaning, I presume, of the_ human body_?
20954):"Is there such a thing as spontaneous combustion?"
20954And if so, where is the best place for finding an account of it?
20954And is it not singular that a prior of a religious and military establishment should be qualified to sit as_ locum tenens_ of a judge in a law court?
20954Are any of them engraved?
20954Are any of them known, and where are they to be seen?
20954Are there many other instances of this?
20954Can any instances be given of white cats possessing the function of hearing in anything like perfection?
20954Can any one read this confession without thinking of Tartuffe, who subjected himself to penance for killing a flea with too much anger?..."
20954Can any person state who this_ Roger Outlawe_ was?
20954Can you, or any of your correspondents, explain this curious allusion?
20954Does MR. CROSSLEY ground his claim for Johnson merely upon a fancied resemblance in_ style_?
20954Does a priest''s surplice differ from that worn by a lay vicar, or vicar choral?
20954For Henry Duke of Gloucester, see p. 16.:"What doth Kingdomes happifie But a blesst Posteritie?
20954Is it of Christian origin; or is it derived from the Jews, or from the Greeks or Romans?
20954Is it to the emblem of the House of York, or the badge of the Pretender?
20954Is not this curious warning worthy of preservation in your columns?
20954J. W. S. R._ Tombstone in Churchyard._--Does any one know of a legible inscription older than 1601?
20954May there not be some connexion with the Town Plough?
20954My query is, Does this peculiarity obtain in any other portion of Scotland?
20954No date, circa annum 1770?
20954Philemon Mr. Jacobs?
20954Query: Which reading is the correct one?
20954Should I be wrong in asking correspondents to contribute towards a list of ladies holding the above honorable post?
20954Some of your correspondents can, no doubt, inform us whether any analogous words to_ pearl_ and_ margarita_ exist in the Sanscrit?
20954The apostrophe in the beginning must be understood as addressed to an ideal conception:"''And art thou nothing?
20954To which of these opinions should the historical inquirer give his assent?"
20954Was it always so?
20954Were not_ Jack_ the Giant- killer,_ Jack_ and the Bean- stalk, and Little_ Jack_, the intimates of our earliest days?
20954Were they mere portraits, or full- length?
20954What is the origin of Plough Monday?
20954What other sanction than custom is there for the use of bands?
20954Where can a copy of it be seen?
20954Where is there the slightest_ proof_ that Johnson wrote one line of it?
20954Who were the other two?
20954[?]
20954_ Amusive._--Is this word peculiar to Thomson, or is it made use of by other poets?
20954_ Do the Sun''s Rays put out the Fire?_( Vol.
20954_ How can we forward a letter to this Correspondent?_ M. C._ The answer to Mr. Canning''s famous riddle is"Cares-- Caress.
20954_ Lying by the Walls._--What is the origin of the phrase"Lying by the walls,"an euphemism for_ dead_?
20954_ Ring, the Marriage._--When and how did the use of the ring, in the marriage ceremony, originate?
20954assign the family names to these arms?
20954favour me with a decision or authority on the following point?
20954that the mysterious secret of the_ Masque de fer_ has ever been satisfactorily explained?"
29318* a?
29318And who embodied the somewhat contradictory maxim,--"Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas?"
29318But who was the father of Malachi Blake himself?
29318Can any of your readers explain this?
29318Can any of your readers help me to the origin of the modern term_ sewell_?
29318Can any of your readers throw light on this matter?
29318Could any of your correspondents throw light on this question, or tell whether Lambert left any posterity?
29318Do any of Milton''s biographers mention his connexion with this club?
29318Do they occur any where in any author?
29318Does the form of prayer compiled by Juxon, Sanderson, and Hammond exist?
29318G. E. F._ Will this correspondent oblige us with another copy of his Query respecting the Knapp Family?
29318He was probably a son or grandson of one of the admiral''s brothers-- but of which?
29318In reply to your correspondent NEMO''S Query, whether any such personage as Pope Joan ever held the keys of St. Peter, and wore the tiara?
29318Is it Cicero who says,"Malo cum Platone errare, quam cum aliis rectè sentire?"
29318J. N. C._ Sponge._--When was the sponge of commerce first known in England?
29318May we not therefore likewise seek in the same language an interpretation of this( at least as far as I know) hitherto unexplained term?
29318Query, What is the meaning of_ crambo_ here, and is it to be met with elsewhere with a similar meaning?
29318Query, Who first designated the"Task"thus?
29318What is implied in submitting to Rome?
29318What is it that presses hardest upon the Church of England?
29318Whence did Shakspeare quote the line?
29318Where does it first occur?
29318Will he oblige us with copies of them?_ E. H. Y.
29318_ Colfabias._--Can any of your learned correspondents furnish the origin and meaning of this word?
29318_ John Holywood the Mathematician._--Is the birthplace of this distinguished scholar known?
29318_ Meaning of Mosaic._--What is the exact meaning and derivation of the word Mosaic as a term in art?
29318_ Will our correspondent say where we may address a communication to him?_ VOLS.
29318and if so, at what period, and for what time, and what is known of her personal history?
15232Est- ce que, brûlant nuit et jour, Je remplis ce lieu de fumée, Et que le feu de mon amour En a fait une cheminée?
15232Though they will not for a better Change a syllable or letter, Must the_ Printer''s_ spots and stains Still obscure THE POET''S Strains? 15232 ), that signatures were first introduced, anno 1476, by Zarotus, the printer, at Milan? 15232 ),a pair of_ twises_,"out of which he drew a little penknife?
15232And then comes the climax--"eat a crocodile?"
15232And why are these Questions invariably said to be 230 in number, when there are 275 chapters in the book?
15232But may not both be combined?
15232But, indeed, does not MR. COLLIER virtually admit that the text is inexplicable in his very attempt to explain it?
15232Can any of your readers inform me whether Elizabeth had any issue by her second husband, Lord Yester Snawdoune?
15232Can any of your readers produce another instance?
15232Can authority for this be cited from the ancient Arabic writers?
15232Can it be identified, or its etymology pointed out?
15232Can you tell me by what name they called them?
15232Does any other contemporary writer mention this circumstance?
15232Does the above variation occur in any or many other copies of the edition of 1600?
15232Has not_ the pause_ in Ferdinand''s labour been hitherto too much overlooked?
15232I will conclude with asking, Is there any evidence to confirm the tradition of the Benedictines?
15232If the second edition came out in 1748, what was the date of the first edition?
15232If, then, the Collar of Esses was first given by this mighty duke, what would be_ his_ meaning in the device?
15232In answer to the question,"How d''ye do?"
15232In what place and year was_ Wilhelmi Summa Viciorum_ first printed?
15232Is it not those delicious thoughts, most busy in the_ pauses_ of labour, making those pauses still more refreshing and renovating?
15232Is it not unquestionable that Heroldt''s_ Promptuarium Exemplorum_ was published at least as early as his_ Sermones_?
15232Is that the true date, or do editions vary?
15232Is there any foundation for this report; and what is the real story?
15232Is there still a law against the use of bells as a summons to divine services except in churches?
15232May not this be the meaning of the name_ Long Friday_, which was almost invariably used by our Saxon forefathers for what we now call Good Friday?
15232Query, Is such a practice common?
15232Surely, The Great Friday, the Friday on which the great work of our redemption was completed, makes better sense?
15232That it was published previously to the famous Mentz Bible of this date is altogether impossible; and was the figure 6 a misprint for 8?
15232The idea of the passage appears to be that each of the acts should go beyond the last preceding in extravagance:--"Woo''t weep?
15232The principal difficulty appears to consist in the prefix"Cold;"for why, it may be asked, should a bleak and"cold"situation be selected as a"harbour"?
15232The reading is--"O superbe quid superbis?
15232Tolerably well,"How isto?"
15232Was Panormitan''s_ Lectura super primo Decretalium_ indubitably issued at Venice, prior to the 1st of April, 1473?
15232Was not a_ loin_ of pork part of_ James_ the First''s proposed banquet for the devil?
15232Was the old baronial name of Peche, Pecche, of Norman origin as in the Battle Roll?
15232Was this_ then_ a new word coined by him, and has it been used by any other writer?
15232What is it that has induced him to_ forget_ his task?
15232What is the use of the conjunction"but"if not to connect the excuse for the act of forgetting with the act itself?
15232When and where was the_ Liber de Laudibus gloriosissime Dei genitricis Marie semper Virginis_, by Albertus Magnus, first printed?
15232Whence?
15232Where was what is probably a copy of the second edition of the_ Catena Aurea_ of Aquinas printed?
15232Which reading is followed in the second old edition?
15232Woo''t drink up eisell?"
15232Woo''t fast?
15232Woo''t fight?
15232Woo''t tear thyself?
15232[ when will editors learn to specify the editions which they use?]
15232and if so, does it contain in the colophon these lines by Zovenzonius, which I transcribe from a noble copy bearing this date?
15232iv., the epithet applied to flight was_ drony_, and not_ droning_?
15232or is there any published register of the assizes of that time?
15232or should we attempt to subvert it into 9?
15232there be letters thereon: unto what purport?"
15232tract,_ Oracio querulosa contra Inuasores Sacerdotum?_ According to the Crevenna_ Catalogue_( i.
15232volume of 179 pages of Latin and English poems, commencing with"Shunamitis Poema Stephani Duck Latine redditum?"
27010When we survey yon circling orbs on high, Say, do they only grace the spangled sky? 27010 Why do you say that?"
27010Why, sir,she asked,"what am I to say?"
27010),"Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor?"
27010).--Does not this phrase mean simply interference, either for good or evil?
27010).--May not the word_ pagoda_ be a corruption of the Sanscrit word"Bhagovata,"sacred?
27010).--Will you allow me one word on these two cases?
270102., which Mr. Trench has adopted, the sanction of any version but that of Luther?
27010Again, does any record exist of the latter event in any book of early registers belonging to the above church?
27010Are any particulars known respecting him, and where shall I find the best account of the ancient court jesters?
27010Can a_ stick_ be considered a_ spoke_ before it is put into its place, in the nave of the wheel at least?
27010Can any of your readers confirm or refute this statement?
27010Can these colonists and aborigines be traced to any of the nations of the lost tribes?
27010Can you help me to remember where it is?
27010Can you spell_ that_ with four letters?
27010Could any of your correspondents translate this enigmatical line?
27010Have they no influence, no function given To execute the awful will of Heaven?
27010Is any other known?
27010Is it his?
27010Is it mentioned in Corry''s_ Lancashire_?
27010Is it not more natural to suppose it to be the same word which the French have made_ fourreau_, a cover or sheath?
27010Is there any monumental inscription in English, earlier than the above curious one, known to any of your correspondents?
27010Is there no sympathy pervading all Between the planets and this earthly ball?
27010Is this an unquestioned fact?
27010May I venture to suggest a pun on the preterite of the verb_ to speak_?
27010No link extended through the vast profound, Combining all above, below, around?"
27010No tactile intercourse from pole to pole, Between the ambient and the human soul?
27010Perhaps he means to ask why a French word should be used?
27010Query, Was Sir Joshua by mistake_ baptized Joseph_?
27010What is his reason for applying it to Cambridge alone?
27010Who was Alphonso?
27010William Rondall, Vicar of Blackhampton, Devonshire( 1548), who translated into English a portion of the writings of the learned Erasmus?
27010_ Dictionary of Zingari._--Can you direct me to a glossary or dictionary of this language?
27010_ Regium Donum._--What is the origin and history of the"Regium Donum?"
27010_ Warville._--There being no_ w_ in the French language, whence did Brissot de Warville derive the latter word of his name?
27010_ Who was the Author of"Jerningham"and"Doveton?
27010_"When we survey,"& c._--Where are the following lines to be found?
27010and if so, has anything like a satisfactory explanation of it been offered?
27010give me a few examples to strengthen my supposition?
27010or was the mistake made after baptism, in_ registering the name_?
27010or were there two Herfasts?
27010with the authority_ in extenso_ for the offering of this coronet?
28476).--Is not this what we term a garden engine?
28476610.?
28476And if so, what is its history?
28476Are there not numerous instances elsewhere in which this example might be copied with propriety?
28476Can any of your correspondents throw a light upon the subject?
28476Dr. Harwood of Lichfield, author of a History of that city, and other works, died?
28476From all this, is it too much to conclude that_ ea- land_ is the same as_ eye- land_?
28476Has it ever been engraved?
28476Have any of your correspondents met with it?
28476How can the expressions I have Italicised be reconciled with the creation of the Archiepiscopal See of Westminster?
28476In what publication can the description of this fête, or fair, be found?
28476Is anything farther to be met with on this curious subject?
28476Is not the bell- tower at Hackney detached from the church?
28476Is this piece one of rarity and value?
28476Its origin is involved in obscurity: but may it not be a corruption of the Latin_ ambages_, or the singular ablative_ ambage_?
28476May I ask if he is aware of the three very fine large paintings in the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol?
28476May I ask the value of the following?
28476May I inquire at what time, and under what circumstances, blue was substituted for the old favourite green?
28476May not Bale( or_ Baal_, according to Pits) be suspected to have been the composer of the Bonnerian Preface?
28476Query: Can it be from the Latin_ pluma_?
28476The first settlers of Marshfield having been Englishmen, may I ask if this custom ever did, or does now, exist in the mother country?
28476What is the origin of the word?
28476What more natural term, then, to apply to a spot of land standing alone in the midst of an expanse of water than an_ eye_ of land?
28476What was the nature of it?
28476Where is this portrait?
28476Who first thought of table- turning?
28476With these examples, and many more like them, before us, why should we ignore an_ eye_ of land as unlikely to be the original of our word_ island_?
28476_ Lord Byron._--What relation to the poet was the Lord Byron mentioned in the_ Apology for the Life of George Ann Bellamy_?
28476_ Scotch Newspapers,& c._--What are the earliest publications of Scotland giving an account of the current events of that kingdom?
28476and whence has it suddenly risen to celebrity?
28476point out examples of such misapplication?
8603But on what precise spot did it take place?
8603Can any of your readers inform me where these"NOTES"of this"celebrated speech"are to be found?
8603I wish to be informed to what"foolish rhime,"which had been printed in Oxford and London, it applies?
8603Is any thing known of a little work of early date, called_ Henno rusticus_?
8603Or of another, called_ Of the sige( signe?)
8603That, to be sure, is his business; but the question for the public is,_ Would_ it be done at all?
8603There is some trouble in it, to be sure; but in what good thing is there not?
8603We were going to say( but it might sound vainglorious), where do things read so well as in notes?
8603Why is this?
8603of the end_?
8603why seek to hid thyself?"
27011Quid facies, facies Veneris si veneris ante? 27011 _--In what author may this passage be found?
27011_--Will any of your correspondents inform me who is the author of_ Lettres Juives_? 27011 15., warrant it? 27011 1845.--Can any of your readers tell me where I can get any? 27011 By whom appointed? 27011 Can any of your correspondents give any account of it? 27011 Can any of your readers acquainted with Indian literature translate it? 27011 Can this be made out satisfactorily? 27011 Could any reader inform me on what day this review took place? 27011 Has this curious illustration of ancient domestic manners ever been published? 27011 Have they been examined at Doctors''Commons? 27011 I quote from hisChildhood,"one of his earliest productions by the way-- but what production of his was not early?
27011In endeavouring to supplant idolatry in the Roman empire, were the Apostles and first preachers of Christianity merely"fighting their own shadow?"
27011In regard to MR. BOASE''S first inquiry,"Who was Charles Chadwick, Esq.?"
27011Is it_ lyke_ or_ litch_?
27011Is not this a superb jumble?
27011Is there any official record in reference to this compensation?
27011May not the following be the true solution of the question?
27011N. R._ City Bellmen._--When were city bellmen first established?
27011Now is it meant_ ten drops_, or_ ten minims_?
27011Now why should_ beginning one''s birthday at noon_ appear so absurd to Varro?
27011Pray by whom was it painted, and where can find any notices respecting it?
27011Quid enim?
27011The Church-- What is it?
27011They called out,''Count Grammont, have you forgot nothing at London?''
27011Upon what authority does this document rest?
27011What and how were they paid?
27011What have been their employment and duties down to the present day?
27011What then?
27011What were their duties?
27011Where can I find any account or detail of it?
27011Why had they not consulted the living Church of Hindooism, and shown it a little sympathy and respect with a view to getting enlightened?
27011_ Emblems._--Can any of your readers inform me what are the emblematic meanings of the different precious stones, or of any of them?
27011and who is M. Lamartinière?
27011noctis fuerit natus, nonne pariter dies ejus natalis videri debebit, et partim Calendarum, et partim ejus dici qui sequetur?"
27011or in what work I shall find them described?
27011{ 540} What is known of his general history; and is any member of his family now living?
27011{ 546} How then has H. N. explained the doctrine which they are to refute-- the meaning of the"cross and basilica"in India?
20407Cum non sis qui fueris,& c. Whence?
20407It hath been well said,''That it is impossible,''& c. By whom and where?
20407It hath been well said,''That the arch flatterer,''& c. By whom, and where?
20407Again, in p. 10.:"Wherefore_ this_ ghastly looking?"
20407Are there now, or have there been at any former period, any forms of judicial oath in use among Christians, other than the forms above mentioned?
20407At what period was the latter form adopted by the Continental Christians, in lieu of the more solemn oath on the Gospels?
20407By whom?
20407By whom?
20407Can any of your correspondents give the derivation of_ jockey_?
20407Can any of your correspondents inform me if such was the case, and where?
20407Did the practice of swearing on the Gospels prevail in England before the Reformation?
20407How were they taken before then?
20407How, I would ask, can the phrase--"And sorrow wag,"be a misprint for"call sorrow joy?"
20407If not, at what period was it introduced?
20407If so, what meaning can be attached to the line--"And salt too little which may season give?"
20407If that is not a metaphor from the kitchen, I know not what could be?
20407If, then, we are to have a mere fanciful emendation, why not"bid sorrow wag?"
20407In Halliwell''s_ Dictionary_,"hoisting the glove"is said to be practised at Lammas Fair, in Devonshire: but why?
20407Is anything known of this mere at the present day, and is there any remnant of this old superstition?
20407Is there any doubt that this is the same person; and if not, is there any account of when and on what terms he returned to England?
20407Is there not reason to believe that many of them are of great antiquity?
20407Now, this man was doubtless an honour to the"silent(?)
20407Now, why"this lame and impotent conclusion?"
20407Perhaps this is also the meaning in--"Shall, Antipholus, Even in the spring of love thy_ love- springs_ rot?"
20407The longer catechism of that church, in answer to the question,"What force has the sign of the cross, used on this and other occasions?"
20407The moral of this is common enough, but is the fable found elsewhere in a similar_ form_?
20407Was the practice of raising the hand in use in Scotland before the Reformation?
20407Were any churches in_ Westminster_, as distinguished from_ London_, destroyed in the Great Fire?
20407What can be a more common expression than the"roof of the mouth?"
20407What form of judicial oath was first sanctioned by the professors of Christianity as a body?
20407What has become of the original picture?
20407What is it?
20407What is the book here meant, and by whom was it written?
20407What jockey is not?
20407What?
20407When did the change of pronunciation take place?
20407Whence?
20407Where recorded?
20407Where recorded?
20407Where?
20407Where?
20407Where?
20407Whilst upon this subject, let me ask whether there is any list of editions of the Bible that can be looked upon as in any way complete?
20407Who was he?
20407Who will venture to say, that the substitution of"_ thus ghastly_ looking"is not decidedly a change for the worse?
20407Why may not historical documents have something of the same sort?
20407Will some of your correspondents kindly supply the hiatus above referred to?
20407_ Enough._--Was this word always pronounced as at present,_ enuf_?
20407_ Nursery Rhymes._--Can you or any of your correspondents tell me where I shall find an account of the origin of our common nursery rhymes?
20407_ Photographic Tent._--Can any of your readers inform me how, or where, to procure an_ effective tent_ for photographic operations out of doors?
20407_ Q._ At what place were you first overtaken?
20407_ The Vinegar Plant._--Is it indigenous or imported?
20407e._ nothing but nonsense,"sheer buffoonery,""sheer malice,"& c. Why should Sly talk of being in debt for_ Warwickshire_ ale at Wincot?
20407fifty- six?
20407from Sir Richard Harley, 28 Edward I.: whose armorial bearings, according to one annalist, is mentioned as_ Or, bend cotized sable_?
20407inform me whether these pictures( if more than one) are still in existence: if so, where they are, and whether they are to be seen?
20407or, this ghastly appearance?
20409Did not one of the Fathers, in great indignation, call poesy_ vinum dæmonum_?
20409What are''Aristotle''s checks?''
20409* And what farther is to be learned of Mr. Papin, a Socinian, who jointed the Church of Rome about that period?
20409+ Who was Chief Justice in 1697?
2040912mo.?
20409And shall we now be less wise than our fathers?
20409And, if so, why the difference?
20409Are they or the cardinal right, supposing him to be correctly reported?
20409At what distance is the object presumed to be?
20409By her general air, or her face?
20409By whom were these very clever and amusing letters written?
20409Can any of your readers explain the matter?
20409Can any one inform me as to the year of his death, and whether he left a son?
20409Can any one of your correspondents enlighten me as to the meaning of the word_ folowed_?
20409Did Sir Walter confound the two bishops, or did he add the circumstance for the amusement of Hugh Littlejohn?
20409Have more modern observers verified this curious fact?
20409How came the Caithness people to speak such good Saxon?
20409How is it that in our present calendar St. Alban''s day is not June 22, but June 17?
20409I shall now be thankful to be told something about the said Dufflæus,--who and what he was,--when and where he lived?
20409I would likewise be glad to know the origin of the name; and, if it be a corruption of Beauvoir, at what time, and for what reason, was it changed?
20409Is it an expression derived from the Puritans?
20409Is it not a case of mesmerism?
20409Is this a superstition that can be traced in other countries than Germany?
20409Is this right?
20409J. K._ Lepel''s Regiment._--Can your correspondent MR. ARTHUR HAMILTON inform me what is the regiment known in 1707 as_ Lepel''s Regiment_?
20409May I ask any of your contributors whether this MS. has ever been printed?
20409May I ask him, and I have reason for so doing, on what authority he gives 1664 as the year of the birth of Antonius Stradivarius, in his last edition?
20409On his back?
20409On his head?
20409Or, if I may put it into a doggerel rhyme:"About a donkeys taste why need we fret us?
20409Query, If it is not in Aristotle, where is it to be found?
20409Query, Who is the Father alluded to?
20409Side by side with Cowper''s passionate address to his mother''s picture, how does it look?
20409The allusion is to a couplet of Solon:"[ Greek: ex anemôn de thalassa tarassetai?
20409The name of the_ Venerable_ Archdeacon who perpetrated this robbery?
20409The precept adverted to is the verse of Epicharmus:"[ Greek: naphe kai memnas''apistein?
20409Was he a member of the House of Commons, as the author of the Letter intimates that he himself was?
20409Was it Chief Justice Treby?
20409Was this the formula usually adopted on such occasions?
20409Wer will mich wieder plagen?
20409What authority is there for the latter story?
20409What does it mean, and whence is it derived?
20409What was the date of the sale?
20409What were the rights and duties of these latter?
20409When was the living the latter enjoyed"untouched and even unquestioned by another bishop?"
20409Where is the following poem to be met with?
20409Whether there are any legal means for recovering the missing works?
20409Who is the preacher here referred to?
20409Why must he say it_ three_ times?
20409Will you explain the comparison implied in the words"as Homer''s Iliad in a nut?"
20409_ Canker or Brier Rose._--Can any of your correspondents tell me why the brier or dog- rose was anciently called the_ canker_?
20409_ Monogram of Parker Society._--What is the meaning of the monogram adopted by the Parker Society on all their publications?
20409_ Passage in the First Part of Faust._--"_ Faust._ Es Klopft?
20409_ Photography applied to Catalogues of Books._--May not photography be usefully applied to the making of catalogues of large libraries?
20409_ Stereoscopic Queries._--Can any of your readers inform me what are the proper angles under which stereoscopic pictures should be taken?
20409_ The Five Alls._--Can any of your readers give me an interpretation of a sign on an inn in Oxford, which bears this inscription?
20409and, if so, where?
20409whether or not it does exist?
28405( of Navarre) to the crown of France?
28405).--Is the following what SEMI- TONE wants?
284051554(?)."
284051702?)
28405And what explanation can be offered of the account?
28405Are any of these now in existence?
28405But, as we must find some fault, where is the Index?
28405Can any of your Devonian readers give additional particulars of his office or his duties?
28405Can any of your learned correspondents state the result of the_ fracas_ between Mr. Browne and Sir J. Wallace?
28405Can you give me the name of this drama( if it has any), and names of the_ dramatis personæ_?
28405From what quarter is either of these more likely to be obtained than from"N.& Q.?"
28405H. W. D._ Page._--What is the derivation of this word?
28405Has this been traditional, or whence is Kilburne''s authority?
28405I have to inquire, are these pictures left here to the knowledge of your readers?
28405I proceed to the second extract.--Who wrote the_ Prologue to Julius Cæsar_?
28405Is it not admitted on all hands to be"an heritage of the Lord?"
28405Is it remarkable for rarity or merit?
28405Is this_ Broad Almanack_ the original of the present_ Stationers''Almanack_?
28405It is more than problematical whether the eminent translator, Mendelsohn, was influenced by{ 108} Luther''s_ error_(?
28405Nicholas Cole Abbey._--There is a church in the city of London called St. Nicholas Cole Abbey: what is the origin of the name or derivation?
28405To what master- hand are we to ascribe this twofold specimen of psychologic portraiture?
28405To whom do you attribute the gift of children?
28405Was this description of fish peculiar to the Yare?
28405Was this in Darien?
28405What are our ordinary histories of the Reformation from Burnet to Cobbett but so many caricatures?
28405When was this_ Broad Almanack_ first issued?
28405When were sheet almanacks, printed on one side of a sheet, first published?
28405Why not adopt and abide by the simplicity of the calotype process as given in a late Number?
28405_ If so_ with nitrate of potash, how?
28405_ Origin of the Word Etiquette._--What is the original meaning of the word_ etiquette_?
28405and how did it acquire that secondary meaning which it bears in English?
28405and is there any record of its having been esteemed a delicacy in Elizabeth''s reign?
28405did he, in short, find buyers as well as admirers?
28405or in what way was he related to his predecessor?
28405or, if not, did he return to Venice with those( no doubt) vividly pictured recollections of our localities under his arm?
27005Two lines I met in Athalie; how else than according to the''Cobbler there was,''& c., can they be repeated? 27005 ).--Are not your correspondents on the wrong scent as regards the birthplace of Sir John Vanbrugh? 27005 ):_ Ant._ Eros, thou yet behold''st me?
270051822. WHO WAS JUNIUS?
270056. Who Sir Anthony Ashby was?
27005A. H._ Vellum Cleaning._--Are there not preparations in use for cleaning the backs of old vellum- bound books without destroying the polish?
27005And what other national churches have priests placed in a corresponding position?
27005By the same Author, WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
27005Can you, or any of your readers, inform me where this pamphlet is to be met with?
27005Could you ascertain for me whether my grandfather left any family, and if any member is still alive?
27005Gascoigne''s tomb?
27005Had Bagford or Wanley the chief direction?
27005Hamlet points to a changing Cumulus cloud, when he says to Polonius,"Do you see that cloud, that almost in shape like a camel?"
27005How made, or where procurable?
27005Is there any similar instance on record of a woman being a parish clerk?
27005Is there on record the return made to this order; and where may it be consulted?
27005Is this the case at present and if so, what is the direction of the clerk of the Company?
27005J. F. M._ Dionysia in Boeotia._--Can any of your readers refer me to a passage in any ancient author in which this supposed town is mentioned?
27005Query if it is not a copy of the very rare engraving by Loggan and Burghers?
27005Surely, it can not be seriously asserted that the former will produce_ two_ vanishing points, and the latter only one?
27005That it has its imperfections, we do not deny-- and what agency is{ 334} without them?
27005The reason or account to be given of the place assigned to our admirals in the Act of Precedence?
27005They said,''What harm will this little quantity do?''
27005Urban Vigors of Taunton?
27005Was the saint deemed unworthy of the place which had been allotted to him?
27005What can Nimrod tell us touching this proverbialised animal?
27005Whether any foreigners are to be found in our list of English admirals?
27005Whether any of the considerable families of our nobility or gentry have been raised by the sea?
27005Who does not remember the{ 338} passages in_ Romeo and Juliet_?
27005Y. S. M._ Early English MSS._--What is the earliest document, of any historical import to this country, now existing in MS.?
27005Y. S. M._ Stipendiary Curates._--What is the earliest mention of stipendiary curates in our ecclesiastical establishment?
27005[ Is the name Lovell, or Loisell?
27005_ Balderdash._--What is the meaning and the etymology of"balderdash?"
27005_ Ham._ Or like a whale?
27005_ Huggins and Muggins._--Can any of your readers assign the origin of this jocular appellation?
27005_ Lovell, Sculptor._--What is known of this artist?
27005_ Our Lady of Rounceval._--Can you or any of your correspondents furnish me with particulars of our Lady of Rounceval?
27005and from what date they have been so used?
27005give any information about it?
27005inform me why the flowers of the orange blossom are so universally used in the dress of a bride?
27005p. 627.?
29664_ Begging the Question._--Will any correspondent explain this phrase, and give its origin?
29664).--In reply to the Query of MR. SANSOM,"Whether Osborn de Crespon, the brother of the Duchess of Normandy, had a brother of the same name?"
29664).--The inquiry suggested in the first of the above references,"Whence, or when, originated the application of Abigail, as applied to a lady''s maid?"
296642.,"He giveth His beloved sleep?"
29664Again, MR. CROOKES considers the free iodine to be the cause of the colouring of the collodion; will he then kindly explain its_ modus operandi_?
29664Are there none such in the British Museum, or in the State Paper Offices?
29664But is not sleep a gain?
29664But would England herself have abolished slavery had it not been for the impulse given to free principles by the American revolution?
29664Can we forget the[ Greek: hupnou dôron] of Homer?
29664Can you or any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word_ silo_?
29664Could not some of your antiquarian correspondents in the west, MR. BOASE of Penzance for example, furnish such a list?
29664Did this Francis Browne ever marry?
29664Does the library still exist?
29664G. H. R.***** WHAT DAY IS IT AT OUR ANTIPODES?
29664Howard?
29664Is the H a mistake for K, which would give a well- known Irish name?
29664Is this an error of the author, or of translator?
29664Joshua Brooks, who was for many years chaplain of the Collegiate Church, Manchester, and who died in 1821?
29664Might it not be added to those already given for the other festivals of the Church,& c.?
29664Moses Margoliouth,& c. 648 What Day is it at our Antipodes?
29664Peter Allan was born at Selkirk(?)
29664Quid est igitur_ Eva_ nisi_ heu ha_?
29664Stylo ferreo, et plumbi laminâ, vel_ celte_ sculpantur in silice?]
29664[ 1] or are they right, and was St. Stephen''s martyrdom in those times commemorated on a different day from what it now is?
29664_ Advent Hymn._--Why is this hymn not included amongst those at the end of the Book of Common Prayer?
29664_ Goldsmith''s"Haunch of Venison._"--What is the name in this poem beginning with H, which Goldsmith makes to rhyme with"beef?"
29664_ Milton''s Correspondence._--Has any English translation of Milton''s_ Latin familiar Correspondence_ been published; and if so, when and by whom?
29664_ When_, therefore, did such granaries exist in Spain,_ in what part_ of the country, and_ under what circumstances_?
29664and if so, whom, and when, and where?
29664and is there a printed catalogue of it?
29664author of_ The Choice Spirits Museum_, 1765;_ Coley_=Colman, says Horace Walpole;_ H-- rth_=Hogarth?
29664give the origin of the word?
29664have many additions been made to it up to the present time?
29664tell me where such a passage occurs?
20410If no love is, O God, what feele I so? 20410 That upon the king( Query which?)
20410Who could disbelieve it now?
20410_--Where may be found some account of the author, object,& c. of this facetious production? 20410 Also, what are_ coronation flowers_, and_ sops in wine_? 20410 And do not these words, in the plural number, signify''Take ye, eat ye;''and not''Take thou, eat thou,''as you would suppose?
20410And farther, if it be not too hopeless an inquiry to make, who his existing representatives( if any) may be?
20410And if love is, what thing and which is he?
20410Be not these the words of Christ,''Accipite, manducate?''
20410Can any of your Cambrian readers inform me the origin of this anniversary?
20410Can any of your readers confirm the above, and add any similar"weather rules?"
20410Can any one explain an allusion contained in these three lines of the epistle?
20410Can any one inform me when this learned justice lived; or rather, for it concerns me more, when he died?
20410From whence is it derived, and when was it first used in English to mean a boat- race?
20410How cometh it to pass that ye will not now do so?"
20410I shall be glad to have some further account of such William Williams, or references to where to find such?
20410I should be very glad indeed to know whether these Sermons have appeared in print; and if so, when and where published?
20410If it has, is there any engraving of the picture extant or on sale?
20410If love be good, from whence cometh my wo?"
20410If not now, was it more customary in mediæval times, and when did it cease?
20410If so, where, and to whom?
20410In_ Measure for Measure_:"_ Duke._ Who call''d here of late?
20410Is it needful to state, that the original editions have, as they ought to have, a note of interrogation at"Baker?"
20410Is there no monumental memorial of this Treasurer Ken, or his family, in any of the London churches?
20410Is this passage the origin of the above ca nt phrases?
20410On what authority( for none is cited) does this statement rest?
20410Other side of what?
20410Por?"
20410Query, How many have been discovered since the great historian''s day?
20410Then_ Martin_ said:"Dost thou not know one Master Chamberlain?
20410Was either of those sons named Richard; and was any of them, and which, married?
20410Was there a coin- collector of that name living about 1740?
20410Was this the way a fool was supposed to show that his head was turned?
20410What are_ coket_ and_ cler- mantyn_?
20410What can be said more plainly?"
20410What may this be?
20410What was the origin of this custom?
20410Whence is it derived?
20410Where''s he that made it?
20410Why what is that then, that is in question between my lord and you?"
20410Will you permit me to make a few observations in reply to the Queries of MR. H. H. BREEN on this subject?
20410Y. S. M. asks"Who was Lord Cliff?"
20410Your correspondent asks"what form of Judicial oath was first sanctioned by Christians as a body?"
20410_ Christopherson._ Good lord,_ no doth_?
20410_ Cosins.__ No will_ you?
20410_ Fort.__ No does?_""Old Fortunatus,"_ Old English Plays_, vol.
20410_ Hubert.__ No had_( my Lord), why, did you not provoke me?"
20410_ London.__ No will?_ Why, take away the first syllable, and it soundeth Arius."
20410_ Lord Keeper.__ No did?_ Yes, and on the first question ye began willingly.
20410_ No do ye?_ quod I."
20410_ Philpot.__ No did_, master doctor?
20410_ Regatta._--What is the etymology of the word_ regatta_?
20410and can"L. Newton"be a mistake for Long Sutton, in Hants?
20410but"yea can?"
20410inform me the meaning of this?
20410or may it be Long Newton, in the hundred of Malmesbury?
20410p. 140., by Dilke: who alters"No does?"
20410verify the_ last portion_ of Pennant''s statement?
27007Does he love, and yet forsake me, To admire a nymph more fair? 27007 My Essay on Roads, quoth MacAdam, lies there, The result of a life''s lucubration; But does not the title page look rather bare?
27007When Adam delved, and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?
27007_--To whom does this saying ing originally belong? 27007 _--Upon what occasion, and by what authority was the motto"Semper eadem"used as the royal motto in the reign of Elizabeth?
27007_--What is the etymology of our noun and verb_ coin_ and_ to coin_? 27007 ).--Were there two editions of the_ Vulgar Errors_ published in the same year, 1646? 27007 : but how is it the learned Vicar of Southwick printed only_ nine_ copies? 27007 Can any of your correspondents inform me of the meaning of this motto, and the language in which it is expressed; and also what the crest is? 27007 Can any of your ecclesiological correspondents furnish me with the date of the earliest known example? 27007 Can any of your readers give me any other instances of children being called_ imps_? 27007 Can any of your readers give me assistance in finding these_ Memorials_, or this letter to Archbishop Parker, or a copy of it? 27007 Can any of your readers inform CAUCASUS of the reason of this difference, and of the authority for it, and which is the correct mode? 27007 Can it arise from any vague reminiscence of the practical rule of the Church of England on the subject, which has been so long ignored? 27007 Could any of your correspondents favour us with the time- bill of that coach, detailing the length of the several stages, and the time of performance? 27007 Did Caspar paint more than one portrait of Hobbes? 27007 Has this command been regularly fulfilled on the creation of each K. C. B.? 27007 How is this? 27007 Is it not an electrical phenomenon? 27007 Is there any authority for the statement? 27007 Is there any obituary or biographical notice of him in existence? 27007 Mr. Buckle''s photographs all contain_ clouds_? 27007 Query, Is this the origin of our own doxologies? 27007 Shall I never see him more? 27007 Was he thinking of the sacred_ Nine_?] 27007 What is the inference as to the age of this relic from the mark referred to? 27007 When was this word first imported, and by whom? 27007 Whence comes it originally? 27007 Where can I find such particulars? 27007 Whether any cotemporary, or other writer besides the Icelandic historian, has recorded this eclipse? 27007 Witness ye groves and falls of water, Echos repeat the vows he swore: Can he forget me? 27007 _ Clouds in Photographs._--I wish one of your photographic correspondents would inform me, how_ clouds_ can be put into photographs taken on paper? 27007 _ Conger- eel_ is entirely used by shore- folk)? 27007 _ Danish and Swedish Ballads._--What are the best and most recent collections of ancient Danish and Swedish ballad poetry? 27007 _ Epigram on MacAdam._--Who was the author of the following epigram? 27007 _Now the fierce bear,"& c._--Can any of your readers inform me who is the author of the following lines?
27007and also tell me wherefore the name was given them?
27007and how long it continued in use?
27007and is the artist who painted such known?
27007and that the name has been given from the circumstance of one end of a crow- bar being curved for the purpose of making it more efficient as lever?
27007say if anything is known about the latter, who is represented as being baptized by the Evangelist?
27007will he neglect me?
27007word_ cro_, a curve?
23027What form is that, that scowls beside thee? 23027 ).--Why may not the word have the same meaning as it has now? 23027 ):Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are Gods?"
230271546?
23027?
23027? G.
23027A Query of some interest still remains-- In what author do we first find the compound word?
23027A. R._ Sonnet( query by Milton?
23027By what mysterious species of arithmetic can it be demonstrated that"nearly_ seventy_ years"elapsed between 1498 and 1557?
23027Can any characteristic anecdote be related of him, suitable for giving_ point_ to a sketch of his life for foreign readers?
23027Can any of your correspondents inform me if such was the fact, and from what source they derive their information?
23027Can any of your readers give me an instance from any one of our standard classical authors of a verb active"to decease"?
23027Can any of your readers give me further particulars of Mr. Standfast, or tell me where to find them?
23027Can any of your readers inform me who now possesses this medal, and where it is to be found?
23027Can any of your readers refer me to any book where such a fact is mentioned?
23027Can any of your readers( among whom I trust there are many retired West India planters) give the etymology of this word?
23027Can you or any of your correspondents inform me who is the author of them?
23027Can you, or any of your kind correspondents, favour me with an account of it?
23027Did not Theodorus Lector, early in the sixth century, reduce into a harmony the compositions of Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret?
23027Does any one now feel inclined to vindicate for Inchofer, Scioppius, Bariac, or Contarini, the authorship of the_ Monarchia Solipsorum_?
23027Had Humphrey Mosley any presentiment of the deathless fame of Milton?
23027Has any later edition appeared?
23027Has he remained incognito?
23027Has not Cotelier furnished us with an"_ Epitome_,"compiled by Metaphrastes from Clementine counterfeits, concerning the life of S. Peter?
23027Have we here no specimens of abbreviation; no allusion in the prologue to"omissis quæ videbantur superflua?"
23027How many sacks hast thou stole?"
23027I lately heard it applied, in conversation, to the Jesuits, but I think it is of some antiquity:--"Jurat?
23027If this be so, how comes it to pass that not only the general histories are silent as to the event, but that even the newspapers omit it?
23027In what year was the work first published?
23027Is it an offshoot from the Reformation?
23027Is it certain that Joshua''s words are absolutely at variance and irreconcileable with the present state of astronomical knowledge?
23027Is it not true that extracted portions of these Constitutions are found in some old MS. collections of Canons?
23027Is not Mr. Cureton undoubtedly in error with respect to the year 1495?
23027Is there any instance of a recess of this kind on the south side, and an Easter sepulchre on the north, in the same church?
23027May we not class this story of her majesty''s{ 152} predilection for the hundred merry tales among the"black relations of the Jesuits?"
23027My Query is, Can any of your correspondents inform me where this collection can be met with?
23027My Query is, What were they afraid of?
23027Taylor, of Norwich, writes to Southey, asking,--"Can you tell me who wrote the_ History of the Sevarambians_?
23027This, I think, satisfactorily answers the original question,"Whence comes the expression?"
23027To commence with the West,--is not Mr. Cureton acquainted with the manner in which Rufinus dealt with the_ History_ of Eusebius?
23027W. Adams._--When did Mr. Adams, the accomplished author of the_ Sacred Allegories_, die?
23027When and by whom were they compiled?
23027Whence and when did the aversion to, and contempt for, a pun arise?
23027Why should they not have been intended for the holy sepulchre at Easter?
23027Will any of your contributors be so obliging as to inform me where the form of prayer spoken of as_ customary_ is to be found?
23027_ Abbot Eustacius and Angodus de Lindsei._--Can any of your learned readers inform me in what reign an Abbot_ Eustacius_ flourished?
23027_ Meaning of Cefn._--What is the meaning of the Welsh word"Cefn"used as prefix?
23027_ Withers''Devil at Sarum_.--Where is Withers''_ Devil at Sarum_, mentioned in Hudibras, to be met with?
23027_"Jurat?
23027and where can we meet with any account of them?
23027crede minus: non jurat?
23027crede minus:"Epigram._--Can any of your learned readers inform me by whom the following epigram was written?
23027credere noli: Jurat, non jurat?
23027ii., p. 439., recalled to my recollection a"Note"made several years back; but the"Query"was, where to find that Note?
23027of rouge or some such paint for the face,& c.,_ the mark left by the pressure of two fingers of a small hand was distinctly visible_(?)."
23027what authority do they possess?
23027who art thou so fast proceeding, Ne''er glancing back thine eyes of flame?
27003What needeth this, when he hath got the worst of the cause, to defend himself like a_ pinece with a stink_? 27003 _--What is the meaning of the phrase,"I put a spoke in his wheel?"
270031822. WHO WAS JUNIUS?
27003Accept or reject this doggerel translation:"Is it hurrah?
27003Also, the date of erection of the church?
27003And where may any pedigree of the Osborne family,_ previous to Edward_, be seen?
27003And why?
27003But was Yarmouth ever called_ nova Gernemutha_?
27003Can any correspondent tell me when and why this was placed in the church; and also the inscriptions which appear thereon?
27003Can any more satisfactory locality be assigned it?
27003Can any of your correspondents explain the origin of this superstition, or favour me with any farther notices respecting it?
27003Can any of your correspondents refer me to the circumstance in question?
27003Can any of your readers furnish an explanation?
27003Can any of your readers inform me at what place in Yorkshire her father resided, and where the marriage with Mallet in 1742 took place?
27003Can any of your readers state where it is to be found?
27003Can any of your readers suggest any other or closer analogy between the name and device?
27003Can it have reference to the staple?
27003Can you, or any of your subscribers, inform me whereabouts in the town it is situated?
27003Do the figures merely determine the size of the picture to be taken?
27003Does not this almost come up to Lord Castlereagh''s famous metaphor?
27003Have any similar excavations been found in England?
27003How is one to be guided in their use and application to practice?
27003I would ask, if"gob,"used also in Devonshire for the stone of any fruit which contains a kernel, is not a cognate word?
27003Is it hurrah?
27003Is the song of"The Ivy Green"in_ Pickwick_ sufficient to justify this appellation?
27003Is this the_ customary_ and proper mode of using the phrase; and, if so, how can putting a spoke to a wheel impede its motion?
27003Is this way of dividing the arms a blunder of the painter''s, or can any of your readers point out a similar instance?
27003Is''t hoera?
27003Let us take, for example, what may be considered in its way as one of the most incomprehensible lines in Shakspeare--"Will you go,_ An- heires_?"
27003May I take leave to ask, are the above- mentioned books in existence, and where are they to be found?
27003Running down with the vowels from_ a_, we get at once an apparently plausible suggestion,"Will you go_ on here_?"
27003Scott?
27003The Dutch seem to have adopted it from the Russians,_ poeta invito_, as we see in the following verses of Staring van den Willenborg:"Is''t hoera?
27003The following is singular:"Quid est veritas?
27003To what passage in Virgil does Johnson here refer, and what is the point intended to be conveyed?
27003Was Sir Philip connected at all with Dr. Smith, or was he descended from Arthur Warwick, author of_ Spare Minutes_?
27003Was he of a Scotch family, and are any of his descendants now living?
27003Wat drommel kan''t u schelen?
27003What does that concern you, pray?
27003What reference have these nicely graduated points to the distance of an object from the instrument?
27003Where did she die, and what family did Mallet leave by his two wives?
27003Which is correct; and what is the authority?
27003Will C. endeavour to explain it in any other way?
27003Would rare Ben have uttered such a wish ignorantly and without cause?
27003_ Derivation of Celt._--What is the proper derivation of the word_ celt_, as applied to certain weapons of antiquity?
27003_ Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle._--What were the family arms of Dr. John Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle, who died October 29, 1734?
27003_"Solamen miseris,"& c._--Please to state in what author is the following line?
27003or what was the office alluded to?
28311Hath God himself any where declared this to be only an explication of the first commandment? 28311 How could I be mistaken?
28311A. D._ Court Dress_--When was the present court dress first established as the recognised costume for state ceremonials?
28311And whether, wherever it is, it is open to inspection?
28311But the emphatic question which common sense will ask is this: Why should Junius go to Mr. Cox''s printing- office to correct his proofs?
28311But what authority has ÆGROTUS for asserting that Junius corrected proofs at all?
28311But''Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?''
28311Can any of your numerous readers inform me in whose possession the above now is?
28311Can any of your readers explain_ why_ such a_ coruscation of joy_ upon a wedding day should forebode evil?
28311Can you enlighten me on the subject?
28311Dost thou think, Claudio, If I would yield him my virginity, Thou might''st be freed?"
28311E. S. T. T._ Redwing''s Nest_.--I trust you will excuse my asking, if any of your correspondents have found the nest of the redwing?
28311Has the egg of the redwing been ever seen in this situation before?
28311Have the prophets or Christ and His apostles ever done it?
28311How is this to be accounted for, if true?
28311How then can any man''s conscience be safe in this matter?
28311In his judgment he says,--"... Then what ground is there for saying that the_ status_ of slavery is now recognised by the law of England?...
28311Is the conjecture right?
28311M.''?
28311May I ask where the authority for this statement is to be found?
28311Oldmixon, in his_ British Empire in America_, mentions a Sir John Marsham of Barbados; was he a knight or baronet, and when did he die?
28311Query, Whether pen_s_ive was ever written or printed pen_z_ive in Shakspeare''s time?
28311Question,''Does the villein pass to the grantee as a villein in gross, or as a villein appendant to that acre?''
28311T."_ If this fair flower_,"& c.--Would you kindly find a place for the lines which follow?
28311The question is, what was the word actually written, or intended, by Shakspeare?
28311What I want to know is, of whom is this story told?
28311What was the name, and whose daughter was the lady to whom William Penn( the son of William Penn and Miss Springett) was married?
28311Where, I might ask, is the authority for{ 412} this story?
28311Who is responsible for it?
28311_ A Note on Dress._--Dress is mutable, who denies it?
28311_ Dieu et mon Droit._--When was this first adopted as the motto of our sovereigns?
28311_ Earth thrown upon the Coffin_.--Is there anything known respecting the origin of the ceremony of throwing earth upon the coffin at funerals?
28311_ William Penn_.--Will MR. HEPWORTH DIXON, or some of your correspondents, be so good as to send a reply to this Query?
28311and if there are extant any orders of the Earl Marshal upon the subject, where are they printed?
28311gentleman''s pen dipped in gold when he wrote this puff direct?]
28311or whether any other instances are on record of its so doing?
30133Quare homines sternutant? 30133 This that followeth they call the''White Pater- noster:''"White Pater- noster, Saint Peter''s brother, What hast i''th''t''one hand?
30133And also, when was this first allowed?
30133And has it ever been printed?
30133And where are they, the victims?
30133But first and chief-- and as such claims inspire-- Our Patron Brothers, who doth not admire?
30133Can any of your readers, whose Greek is less faded than mine, refer me to the epigram?
30133Can you inform me if it is authentic?
30133Did they derive this notion, as they did their tin, from Celtic Britain?
30133Does this list exist in any of our record offices?
30133E. A. G._ History of the Nonjurors._--What are the best authorities for the history of the Nonjurors and their sufferings?
30133G. S. S._ Martyn the Regicide._--Was Martyn the regicide married or not?
30133George Sewell, Rector of Byfleet, Surrey, Was he a brother of Lieut.-Col. Sewell of the Surrey Light Dragoons?
30133Give him a drink-- for why?
30133I conclude with a Query, Does_ Wurm_ in modern German ever mean a serpent?
30133I support my dissent, however, by the following lines from Shakspeare:"Who''scapes the lurking serpent''s mortal sting?
30133If married, is it known whether he had children?
30133Is this the first notice of a German tree in England?
30133MR. INGLEBY quotes Boole''s_ Mathematical(?)
30133Query whether from some such idea of the beneficial effect of sneezing, arose the practice of calling for the divine blessing on the sneezer?
30133Sir John Mason, second husband to Lady Mason, died in 1566. Who then was"this honour,"her third?
30133Sir Thomas Sewell marry a second wife?
30133The giant amazed, asked, could that child eat such hard bread?
30133What better trade can be?
30133What hast i''th''t''other hand?
30133Whence came their adopted motto:"Cætera quis nescit?"
30133Whence did the Assyrians derive this veneration for a tree bearing acorns?
30133Will you kindly give me a list of the works where I may be likely to find an account of this original church?
30133_ Prince Memnon''s Sister._--Who was Prince Memnon''s sister, alluded to by Milton in_ Il Penseroso_?
30133_ Translations from Æschylus._--Whose translation of the tragedies of Æschylus is that which accompanies Flaxman''s compositions from the same?
30133and if any of his children settled in Ireland, and became possessed of property in that country?
30133for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne?"
30133or"How do you do?"
30133who do you think?
30133{ 620}"Where are they now who wrought this fiendish wrong?
30133{ 627} Bradford:"Who lives here?
28477_ Rock of Ages._--Who is the author of the hymn beginning"Rock of Ages?"
28477_ The full Moon brings fine Weather._--When did this saying originate, and have we any proof of its correctness?
28477_--Can you inform me where the scene of the following drama is laid, and the names of the_ dramatis personæ_? 28477 ''Do you retain Gibbon''s library?'' 28477 ).--Will your contributors J. D. S. and J. L. oblige me with references to the works in which these privileges are mentioned? 28477 1.? 28477 Ah, do you not hear A humming and purring All about and about? 28477 And will any of your readers be kind enough to give such explanation? 28477 By whom has this_ conceit_ been_ whispered thorow the world_? 28477 Can any of your legal friends tell me what this is, and where I may find it treated of? 28477 Can the distinction between these be exactly explained by any corresponding annual payments for land according to present custom? 28477 Did you ever travel alone among mountains?'' 28477 How far would it be desirable to unite for the purpose of collecting MS. fragments, and early printed leaves? 28477 Is the fact stated elsewhere? 28477 Is the gallant Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert descended from one of Sir Walter''s half- brothers? 28477 Is this work known? 28477 The What- d''ye- call- it? 28477 There is no author so universal as Shakspeare, and would that be the case if he was not thoroughly understood? 28477 Was he related to the_ Castles and Abbeys_ Nash? 28477 What I wish to know is, Whether these are exceptional cases or not? 28477 What was the nature of it? 28477 Where was Wardhouse, and what was the custom there? 28477 Where? 28477 Who is the author? 28477 _ Military Music._--Was military music ever played at night in the time of King Charles I.? 28477 and in what musty tomes is that_ tradition_ concealed, which speaks concerning it? 28477 be so good as to explain to me the reference in the second line of the verse? 28477 for a reference to the authentic history, where a corroboration of Mr. Dickens''statement is to be found? 28477 inform me what Mr. Nash this was, and what became of him? 28477 say between whom, and when, this duel took place? 28477 to be found? 27614 _--Can any of your readers explain how and when_ miser_ came to get the meaning of an avaricious hoarding man?
27614_--Is there any good evidence in support of the commonly received opinion that the words to Handel''s_ Acis and Galatea_ were written by Gay? 27614 & c.).--The lines on Woman are, I presume, an altered version of those of Barret( Mrs. Barrett Browning? 27614 ).--Does KARLEOLENSIS know whether John Waugh, son of Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle, was married, and to whom? 27614 ***** DO YOU BRUISE YOUR OATS YET? 27614 At a time when the question ofWhat is to be done with our vagrant children?"
27614Do you remember whether either of them be printed by Grafton, the King''s Printer?
27614For what services, or under what circumstances, the barony was created?
27614Have they ever been included in any collective edition of his works?
27614He is author of the distich on courtezans:''Quid facies, facies Veneris cum veneris ante?
27614If so, is he known and addressed as_ Lord_ Fairfax, or how?
27614If so, who were the_ first settlers_ in England; and also in what county are they most numerous?
27614Is any other instance known of the use of this motto?
27614Is it not probable that_ Avernus_, if not corrupted from[ Greek: aornos], is related to_ iffrin_, the Irish_ inferi_?
27614Is the present peer a citizen or subject of the United States?
27614Is there no portrait or engraving of Braddock in existence?
27614May I make a small enquiry, after the mention of so great a name as Guttenberg?
27614May this operation be performed by the glass rod, without floating at all?
27614Of course one does not attach any weight to De Foe''s saying that he knew Dr. Beaumont"personally,"but does anybody know anything of him?
27614S. E. G._ Pickard Family._--Is the_ Pickard_, or_ Picard_, family, a branch of which is located in Yorkshire, of Norman origin?
27614The question is, now, does the day on which a man attains his majority commence at six o''clock A.M., or at midnight?
27614The question still remains, when and on what occasion it was discontinued; and when the purple, and when the crimson, were introduced?
27614Were the_ Galli_, priests of Cybele, so called as being connected with fire- worship?
27614What is the derivation of this?
27614When did the family cease to possess land or other property in Scotland, if they ever held any?
27614Where are the_ éclaircissements_?
27614Where can I find any details of the remainder of his history?
27614_ Farrant''s Anthem._--From what source did Farrant take the words of his well- known anthem,"Lord, for thy tender mercies''sake?"
27614_ General Braddock._--Can any of your readers furnish me with information relative to this officer?
27614_ Motto on old Damask._--Can your correspondents furnish an explanation of the motto herewith sent?
27614_ Saltcellar._--Can any of your readers gainsay that in saltcellar the cellar is a mere corruption of_ salière_?
27614_ We have a letter for this Correspondent; where shall it be sent?_ EIRIONNACH.
27614and is the name at all connected with the Celtic_ gal_, a flame?
27614say what precise animal is meant by it, or give any derivation or reference for the term?
27614to conceal himself in the"Royal Oak,"after the battle of Worcester), and specify the exact terms of the grant?
27614to furnish information respecting grammars, classics, and other works which have been written for the various public schools?
27614{ 10} Who is its author, and in what poem does it occur?
32506''s, while at Oxford it is confined to the doctorate?
32506).--UNEDA inquires the origin of this erroneous mode of expression?
32506Does this praise of the English school of painting show a correct appreciation of its claims to distinction?
32506I understand the question to be, does any English family bear simply three fleurs- de- lys, in chief, fess- ways-- without any additional charge?
32506If not preferable in all cases, in what cases they are preferable?
32506If yes, why they are not universally adopted, and whether they are more expensive then the common sort?
32506Is it an old name, or was it first given some three or four generations back to a foundling, picked up near the town of Atherston?
32506Page Where are the Wills to be deposited?
32506Query, Was he a cadet of the ancient family of De Rous; and if so, what was his descent?
32506What I wish to ask is, Where was this half fee of S. Sanxon?
32506What is the origin of the custom?
32506What will H. C. K. say to this subject?
32506Whether it had any connexion with Sanson sur Rille?
32506Whether, in all cases, artesian wells are preferable?
32506Why should not our great London papers more frequently gratify their readers with articles from the pens of their Continental brotherhood?
32506Will this help to show its proper meaning?
32506[ Greek: Pollai men thnêtois Glôttai, mia d''Athanatoisin]*****{ 215} WHERE ARE THE WILLS TO BE DEPOSITED?
32506_ Amontillado Sherry._--What is the real meaning of this epithet?
32506_ Atherstone Family._--Can any of your readers oblige me with information concerning the Atherstone family?
32506_ Norman Towers in London._--Can you inform me it there is any other church in the city of London with a Norman tower, besides Allhallows, Mark Lane?
32506_ Papyrus._--Where, or of whom, can a specimen of Papyrus be obtained?
32506_ Pronunciation of Foreign Names._--How shall we pronounce Sinope, Citate, and many other words which are now becoming familiar to our eyes?
32506_ Utri credemus?_ S. Z.
32506and does it extend to other counties?
32506of those who have reached a very advanced age, were people of humble origin, may we not now refer to those of noble birth?
27009_--Of what date is the earliest printed copy of these Chronicles? 27009 ).--The following lines are to be seen on a tombstone in Virginia:My name, my country, what are they to thee?
270091640. Who is the author of this interesting little work?
27009; how many has Southampton?
27009And to this the great philosopher adds:"Hence the adage(?
27009But would this work advance the cause of forgery, and tend to invest it with the quality of truth?
27009Can a shore wash?
27009Can any of your readers learned in ancient lore explain the custom and the meaning of the couplet, well as its origin?
27009Did it publish any annual_ reports_, or issue any book or tract, besides an edition of the New Testament in 1815?
27009Does it now at all prevail in that county?
27009Does it, as Lieber says, originally belong to the election of bishops by the people?
27009F. M._ Ash- trees attract Lightning._--Is it true that ash- trees are more attractive to lightning than any others?
27009How far back, then, can the dictum in these very words be traced?
27009How long did it continue?
27009How long is it since the ladies of our civic dignitaries relinquished the distinction here given to one of their order?
27009Is any biographical notice extant of the"David Laurie"mentioned by Watt?
27009Is anything known of such a treatise on"circulable wealth,"& c., as that which I have named?
27009Is the tradition that a king-- supposed to be either the first or second Charles-- ever slept there true?
27009Is this edition rare?
27009LAURIE(?)
27009May I substitute for"Lepel''s"regiment,"Pepper''s"regiment?
27009Of whom does he speak?
27009Or was it of Crusade origin?
27009Perhaps I far surpassed all other men: Perhaps I fell behind them all-- what then?
27009The bishop is prescribing Expectation as a remedy for Crosses, and says,"Is it not credible what a fore- resolved mind can do-- can suffer?
27009The city of Lyons has a magnificent public library of 100,000 vols., open to all; how many has her rival Manchester?
27009Was it ever in such peril?
27009What I wish to inquire is, firstly, who was Charles Chadwick, Esq.?
27009What is this symbolical of?
27009What other, if any district in the north or south, will show like or greater longevity?
27009What was the cup- case?
27009What whether high, or low, my pedigree?
27009Where can I meet with a full description of it?
27009Where can the fullest account of it be found?
27009Where is this line to be found, as applied to the spirits of the storm?
27009While on this subject allow me to ask, Can a dolphin waft?
27009Why was it dissolved?
27009Will some of your readers give information respecting the above words in Italic?
27009Will some of your readers kindly tell me in what edition of the Prayer Book the"Prayers at the Healing"are last met with?
27009Would such a composition afford any proof of the disputed point-- the authenticity of the_ Zend_?
27009Would this be the"lady, a prudent woman,"who"had the princess Elizabeth committed to her government"( vide Fuller''s_ Worthies_, Rutlandshire)?
27009_ Burton''s Death._--Did Burton, author of_ Anatomy of Melancholy_, commit suicide?
27009_ Hampden''s Death._--Was the great patriot Hampden actually slain by the enemy on Chalgrove Field?
27009and the reason, because the surface of the ground around is drier than round other trees?
27009and, if so, was it preserved?
27009inform me if attributable to the extraordinary wetness of the season?
27009or was his death, as some have asserted,{ 496} caused by the bursting of his own pistol, owing to its having been incautiously overcharged?
38386''s illegitimate son, the Duke of Berwick?
38386A friend suggests, could the game have come from the Crusades?
38386Avec cette hypothèse, la devise signifierait:''La fortune a rendu une personne très- malheureuse?''
38386B. asks at the end of his Note,"Why a_ coruscation of joy_, upon a wedding day, should forebode evil?"
38386Can any of your antiquarian readers give me the origin of this name?
38386Can any of your correspondents direct me to it?
38386Could any of your readers, acquainted with Sir Kenelm Digby''s works, give his explanation of this stanza?
38386For how should Man think that he may not do If Nature did not fail and punish too?
38386If not, the coincidence is remarkable: has it been noticed before?
38386If there be more such books than one,_ which_ of them is the best and most accessible?
38386In what respect is the"cunning"of the"livery of hell"shown, if"the damnedst body"be not invested in"guards"of the most opposite character?
38386Is it the mark or majesty of power To make offences that it may forgive?
38386Is there any truth in the idea?
38386John Paget, of Amsterdam._--Of what family was John Paget, pastor of the Reformed English church at Amsterdam for thirty years?
38386Shall I be there by midnight?
38386Singer''s_ suggestion of accentuating the first syllable, which must then be short, and the word pronounced_ pressis_?
38386Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
38386What shall I think when cruel death appears, That may extenuate my fears?
38386_ Visiting Cards._--When did these social conveniencies first come into use?
38386and if so, can any of your correspondents give me any information as to his descent,& c.?
38386and"Whether any other instances are on record of its so doing?"
38386from Flatman?
38386where is thy sting?"
38386where is thy victory?
27008Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.--Whence?
27008Why dost thou laugh? 27008 _--Are there any historical reasons for deriving the word_ chemistry_ from_ Chemi_, the name of Egypt, as is done by Bunsen and others?
27008A. D._ Captain Jan Dimmeson._--Can any one give me some information about him?
27008And was not there a great number of people that would not swear, and suffered great persecution, as read the_ Book of Martyrs_ but to Bonner''s days?
27008Another portrait(?)
27008Are such books as Beckett, Jackson and others, to be examined?
27008Are the various readings suggested in periodicals to be given?
27008Are they all_ oaks_?
27008But how does this accord with the following place in Beaumont and Fletcher?
27008Can any one point out the source?
27008Can any positive and practical rules be furnished, likely to render such an undertaking useful and successful?
27008Can this be explained?
27008Did the father of Sir John Vanbrugh carry on that business at Chester during any period of his residence there?
27008F. M._ Greek and Roman Fortification._--Where can I obtain an account of Greek and Roman fortification?
27008Has he any historical evidence for Luther''s breaking a single image?
27008He says:"Did not the Pope, when he had got up over the churches, give forth both oath and curse, with bell,{ 472} book, and candle?
27008How is it possible to carry out his wish farther with any advantage?
27008If not, are_ any_ conjectural emendations of the last and present centuries to be given?
27008If so, then what is the state of the act or statute which bears upon that particular privilege?
27008Is there a botanical affinity between these trees?
27008Is this common?
27008L._ What Day is it at our Antipodes?_( Vol.
27008Moreover, how is the above translation reconciled with the very superlative[ Greek: oligoston]?
27008This armilla(?)
27008Was the_ tree of life_, as described in the Bible, an_ oak_?
27008What copies are to be taken for texts, and how many copies of each are to be collated?
27008What could have led your correspondent J. G. FITCH to use so peculiarly inappropriate a synonym for Martin Luther as"the great Iconoclast?"
27008What inference should be drawn from this coincidence for or against the reality of the"spiritual dictation?"
27008What is known concerning him?
27008What mare''s nest hast thou found?"
27008When did the change take place, and who thought of giving all the power to a woman?
27008When was the word_ came_ introduced into our language?
27008Where is the line to be drawn?
27008Which is the more satisfactory etymology, and upon what authority does it rest?
27008Who was Mr. Robert Denison of Nottingham, who took a very active part in politics at the commencement of the French Revolution?
27008Why?
27008_ Birthplace of King Edward V._--Can you give me any information as to the exact birthplace of this monarch?
27008_ Bishop Kennett''s MS. Diary._--Where is Bishop Kennett''s MS. Diary, from which his often- cited description of Dean Swift is taken, to be found?
27008_ Burning for Witchcraft._--When and where was the last person burned to death for witchcraft in England?
27008_ Father Matthew''s Chickens._--Can any of your correspondents explain why grouse in Scotland are sometimes called"Father Matthew''s chickens?"
27008_ Rousseau and Boileau._--Are there any full and complete English translations of Rousseau''s_ Confessions_ and Boileau''s_ Satires_?
27008_ Stereoscopic Articles._--I can not agree to my opponent''s assumed amendment(?)
27008_ The Small City Companies._--Where does the fullest information appear respecting their early condition,& c.?
27008and can it be accounted for?
27008and where is such collection at the present time to met with?
27008be seen or met with?
27008before the Lord of Oxford married her?
27008inform me how the Denisons of Denbies, near Dorking, in Surrey, and the Denisons of Ossington, in Nottinghamshire, were related?
41999''s daughter with the Count of Holland?
41999***** DO YOU BRUISE YOUR OATS YET?
4199916. reads thus:"What consent to the temple of God with_ mawmetis_?"
41999And if the former, state where the original MS. is preserved; and if_ printed_, the particulars of the edition?
41999And, if so, what were the Christian names of the children( Fleetwood)?
41999But query whether, in any instance, in a horizontal line?
41999C. H. D."_ All Holyday at Peckham._"--Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the origin of the phrase"All holyday at Peckham?
41999Can any of your correspondents trace the words in the writings of Scaliger?
41999Can any of your readers favour me by stating the nature of the above office?
41999Can any one give the origin of this term, and say when first it was introduced?
41999Existe- t- il une preuve plus forte de l''amour de l''homme pour le merveilleux, que l''accueil fait de nos jours aux tables tournantes?
41999III.?
41999If not, how can one obtain access to the questions which have been asked during the last forty or fifty years?
41999Is there authority for this statement as regards suffragan bishops?
41999May I ask if Mr. Hunt_ ever_ attempts anything practically, or is it to the_ theory of photography_ alone that he directs his attention?
41999Was he Warden of the Fleet?
41999Was he dispossessed?
41999What is this?
41999What were his connexions by birth and by marriage?
41999Would your correspondents call it the_''Ebrew_ language, because a Gael calls it, as he must do,_ Eabrach_?
41999_ General Stokes._--Can any of your readers give me any information respecting the parentage of General Stokes?
41999_ Skin- flint._--Is the word_ skin- flint_, a miserly or niggardly person, of English or foreign derivation?
41999_ Tilly, an Officer of the Courts at Westminster._--What office did one Tilly hold in one of the Courts at Westminster, circa 8 William III.?
41999and if so, why?
41999and if there be a biographical account of the author to be met with?
41999and where is the earliest instance of the term to be met with?
41999degree?
41999give a more particular account of this custom?
41999inform me if there be such a work?
41999tell me who possesses this?
26898_--Can any of your correspondents favour me with a reference to the above motto? 26898 (?) 26898 ); can any one inform me who was that lady''s father, and if there is any pedigree known of the family? 26898 ***** WHAT WAS THE COUNTRY OF THE ANGLES? 26898 ------Quid si breves fiant longi?
26898Are there any other instances in which the dog is mentioned as assisting the Bellman in his nocturnal guardianship?
26898As to the"Lincoln- heath where should''un?"
26898But still the question remains-- Has it any, and what signification?
26898Can any of your correspondents help me to it?
26898Can any of your correspondents state whether anything has been done lately with the Herculaneum MSS.?
26898Can any of your correspondents tell me where the original manuscript is to be found, and whether it was ever printed?
26898Can any of your readers explain the initials, M., C. B., and N., and give us the authors of the_ remaining_ numbers?
26898Can any of your readers inform me the meaning of"_ Christ- Crosse A_"here mentioned?
26898Can any of your readers tell me if they be so?
26898Can any, and if so what, authority be shown for this statement?
26898Can this have suggested to Lord Byron the idea of describing"Alp the renegade"as fighting with"the white arm bare,"in the_ Siege of Corinth_?
26898Can you inform me where I can find more about the Bellman, his bell and his dog; and, especially, his songs?
26898Ditto-- of"Spick and span new?"
26898Does it allude to some alphabet then in use?
26898Does not this sound as if the history has been read out to an assembly?
26898Eliz., who married a daughter of Sir William Devereux?
26898From what is the word derived?
26898I asked her what in the world she intended to do with them?
26898I have heard one solution of it, but wish to ascertain whether there is any other?
26898I shall feel obliged if any of your readers will inform me whether the late laureate was the author of them or not?
26898If not what became of the manuscript?
26898Is this usually done now?
26898Is"Bellman"a name given to dogs in modern times?
26898London, 1777?
26898Of the DATE when Schmidt published his_ Antiquitates Neomagensis_, and WHERE: also in what libraries it is to be found?
26898Query the use and nature of Baldrock?
26898Quid si carmen claudo pede?
26898Quid si graves sint acuti?
26898Quid si noctem sensi diem?
26898Quid si placidè, plenè, planè, FREGI FRONTEM PRISCIANI?
26898Quid si sedem muto sede?
26898Quid si veprem esse viam?
26898Si accentus fiant muti?
26898Si vocales sint dipthongi?
26898Was it ever published?
26898Was the dog the usual aide- de- camp of the Bellman?
26898Were hopyards often attached to monasteries?
26898What are the circumstances here alluded to?
26898What country was inhabited by the Angles before they occupied Britain?
26898What is the name derived from?
26898What is the origin of the phrase"Apple- pie order?"
26898Where can I find"The Bellman''s Songs?"
26898Which is the true reading in the following lines by Fitzpatrick on Fox?
26898Who was the first to suggest the transfusion of blood?
26898Why has this production so completely disappeared?
26898_ Mind your P''s and Q''s._--What is the origin of this phrase?
26898_ Villenage._--Can any of your readers inform me at what period villenage became extinct in this kingdom?
26898and if not, why is it omitted to be done?
26898and what book is meant by a Thanksgiving- book?
26898iii., p. 125., would ask an old inhabitant of his parish which is the_ backside_ of their church, and why it is so called?
42795_ Can MR. BEDE produce anything to match the following sample of the_ crater_, to be found in our most polished English poet? 42795 _ Pylades and Corinna._"--Can anybody tell who was the author?
42795(_ Athenæ._) Who was the Lady Baker''s first husband?
42795--Quoi?
4279523, 24.?
42795A doctor begins by inquiring,"''Is his Honor sic?
42795Are any of your readers acquainted with a similar subject?
42795Can any of your readers furnish me with the means of authenticating this supposition?
42795Can any of your readers tell me where I shall find these books?
42795Cheese is now eaten with apple puddings and pies; but is there any nook in England where they still grate it over plum pudding?
42795Could it be De Foe?
42795Have not some of them been exhibited in Pall Mall?
42795How shall the photographer decide between them?
42795Is there any tradition to this effect?
42795May I recommend to H. HENDERSON the use of gutta percha, instead of glass, for that purpose?
42795No date, circa annum 1770?
42795Que dirait de ceci notre bon La Fontaine?
42795Was Jeremy Taylor in any way connected with Lord Hatton by marriage?
42795Was she a Roman Catholic previous to her second marriage?
42795Where in Swift''s works is the"Latin- English effusion of the Dean''s"to be met with?
42795Where shall I find the particulars of this grant recorded?
42795Who is right?
42795Who was George Gifford?
42795[ 2] or is it composed for him by the writer of the article?
42795_ Answer to"What is Prudery?
42795_"Her face was like the milky way,"& c._--Where is the subjoined quotation taken from, and what is the context?
42795said Mr. Walscott,''does he carry his Irish accent into his writings, and yet think to conceal himself?''
28214What has become,Weckerlin feelingly exclaims,"of my_ Myrta_, that dear poem, composed of so many sonnets and stanzas?"
28214_ Go to Bath._--What is the origin of this saying?
28214_ Selah._--What is the meaning of the word_ Selah_, which occurs so often in the Psalms?
28214), that suggested Tony Lumpkin''s convivial ballad in praise of"The Three Jolly Pigeons?"
28214A former correspondent, J. G. F., doubted whether they were not composed by Andrew Marvell?
28214And when was this slavery abolished in England?
28214Are there any collections of similes drawn from plants and flowers?
28214But whence comes the fresh air for the occupants?
28214But would you know when this_ at length_ is to take place?
28214Can any of your readers tell me where this_ Livre des Acconts pour Chevalier Jean Francklyn en son_[ sic]_ Maison au Wilsden_ now is?
28214Can this{ 423} be satisfactorily ascertained?
28214From what shall we derive the names of Longman, Greathead, Littlejohn, and Tallboy?
28214Had it been his own composition, would he not have claimed the authorship, and incorporated the hymn amongst his sacred songs?
28214Have we any instance on record of the execution of a malefactor in front of the Royal Exchange?
28214If not, will they ever be?
28214In what edition of the_ Evidences_ does S. M. find either the chapter he speaks of, or this hymn?
28214Is the derivation of each the same, and, if it be, what is the affinity?
28214Is there any corroboration of this?
28214It is desired to know if Mary married, and if so, to whom?
28214It may have originated with some dealer in_ lignites_; but plain dealers would like to be informed what_ lignites_ are?
28214May not the derivation of the name be from_ long fallow_, of the same family as Fallows, Fellowes, Fallowfield, and Langmead, which are not uncommon?
28214P. S.--Query, What is the meaning, in the foregoing, of the expression"at the next execution- day"?
28214Quoted at the end of the Preface to Liddell and Scott''s_ Lexicon_?
28214Should it be read or not?
28214Todd''s_ Johnson_ gives authorities, but may they not be errors of the press?
28214Unde?
28214Were these ever published?
28214What are giggs and scourgesticks?
28214What are jumballs?
28214What does this mean?
28214What does this refer to?
28214Which is right, and how can we account for the contradiction?
28214Who and what was Mr. Atkynson?
28214Who and what was Sir Charles Morrison?
28214Who introduced them?
28214Who was Lord Rosehill?
28214Who were they?
28214Why should W. P. STORER suppose that the name of Longfellow originated otherwise than in the lengthy proportions of an ancestor?
28214Will the Emperor of Russia be deprived of his ill- deserved honours, or what is the course now pursued?
28214_ Armorial._--Can the younger son of a peer use the supporters to his family arms?
28214_ Cabbages._--When were cabbages first cultivated in England?
28214_ The Long Parliament._--Where is a list of it, including its various changes, to be seen?
28214_ Varnish for old Books._--Can any of your readers oblige me with a good receipt for varnishing the bindings of old books?
28214and, if not, did the hangman come from Newgate, after"doing duty"there, and burn the book at the Exchange?
42780How?
42780_--Can any of your correspondents give me any information as to the date, authorship, or value of a MS. that has lately fallen into my hands? 42780 --Crois- tu nous fléchir par tes larmes? 42780 19.? 42780 But can MR. BREEN, or any other of your correspondents, speak to this still more curious Query, whether or no she had African blood in her veins? 42780 Can any of your correspondents explain the origin and meaning of this feast? 42780 Can any of your readers inform me in whose possession this work now is? 42780 Can any one tell me what has become of these MSS., and where they are now to be found if they still exist? 42780 Can you inform me how the Scrimgeours were deprived of this honour? 42780 Evans._--Who was Dr. Evans, author of the_ Sketch of Christian Denominations_? 42780 If so, in what newspaper or periodical? 42780 James Bransby? 42780 Of whom was this said, and by whom? 42780 Query the meaning of the initials after the name? 42780 Query, What was a_ gag- tooth_? 42780 This was written A.D. 1657: what is the case referred to? 42780 Was a list of these clergymen ever published? 42780 What is May- butter, or the origin of the saying? 42780 What is the explanation of these names? 42780 What is the tradition of Seth''s Pillars? 42780 What is to be done? 42780 What kind of drink is_ whit_? 42780 What other nations besides the English have ever docked their horses''tails; and where is any account to be found of their reasons for so doing? 42780 What were the exact words of the declaration? 42780 When and how did it take place? 42780 Who shall depict the scene while these words were being uttered? 42780 Would it be found to have reference to some passage in the book referred to in the note? 42780 Would you know the reason why? 42780 and to_ us_?
42780chuckled the old Crocodile;"dost thee scent the fox?"
42780inform me whence the following verse is taken?
42780or is the tune to which it was sung known?
42780to his own death, can be obtained; also, of his ministers of state, personal attendants,& c.?
42780{ 621} Is this the work published at New York in 1840?
23205If I should swear by Jove I loved you dearly, would you believe my oath when I loved you ill? 23205 ).--Has any one of these three copies a separate leaf, entitledAd Bibliopegos?"
23205).--Is it ever found now on_ other_ trees?
23205).--May not"Rab Surdam"be the ignorant stone- cutter''s version of"resurgam?"
23205).--Will JONATHAN OLDBUCK, JUN., oblige me by describing the family coat- armour borne by the Cottons mentioned in his Note?
232051. Who was the Edmund Prideaux, his countryman, that regularly established the Post- office?
23205April, 1510?
23205Are any other examples known?
23205Are my dates correct?
23205But why are they not older?
23205But why were they called_ Cracowe_ pikes?
23205Can any of your correspondents put me in the way of procuring the good honest letter- paper which I want?
23205Can any one explain the meaning of it?
23205Can our correspondent N. D. throw any further light upon this certainly curious and interesting case?
23205Could this be the Richard alluded to?
23205G. P. P._ William Tell Legend._--Could any of your readers tell me the true origin of the William Tell apple story?
23205Had the expression in Italics been used before by any one?
23205Has any life of Edmund Prideaux as Attorney- General been published, or is any account of him to be found in any work?
23205Have later observations shown that it was Browne himself who was in error?
23205How were letters circulated before his time?
23205I wish to ascertain if this assumption be correct; and, if correct, when and how the families of Morse and Ireton became connected?
23205If so, might they not fairly be applied to for a contribution to the proposed restoration of his tomb?
23205In Simler''s Gesnerian_ Bibliotheca_ SIMON HESS( let me reiterate the question, Who was he?)
23205In the 56th Letter, addressed to the Duke of Grafton, Junius asks:"Is the union of_ Blifil_ and_ Black George_ no longer a romance?"
23205In what edition of the Salisbury Missal did the amusing errors in the"Ordo Sponsalium"first occur; and how long were they continued?
23205Is the Cross- bill considered in any country as a sacred bird?
23205Is there any document which has a stronger conjectural claim?
23205Is there any valid reason for not dating the publication of some of Gerson''s treatises at Cologne earlier than the year 1470?
23205Is this a subject from the legend of some saint, or from one of the popular romances of the middle ages?
23205J. M. Traherne?
23205Mogunt._, 1607, 4to., p. 74. b. deprived of its force and stringency?
23205Must I confess?
23205Now the connexion is certain: could one of your readers supply me with the wanting links?
23205Patriarcharum_ be found?
23205R. W. C._ Sir George Buc''s Treatise on the Stage._--What has become of this MS.?
23205Shall we view_ nick_ as allied to the E._ v._ signifying''to touch luckily''?"
23205The following version differs from that given by them:--"Nievie, nievie, nick, neck, Whilk han will thou tak?
23205The present Lord Effingham has recently declared that by blood he was( had always been?)
23205The verb_ to strain_ is susceptible of two essentially different interpretations; and the question is as to which of the two is here intended?
23205This was he who shot at a pennie on his son''s head, and made ready another arrow to have slain the Duke Remgrave(?
23205Thomas of Trunnions._--Who was this saint, and why is he frequently mentioned in connexion with onions?
23205W. H. P._ Tomb of Chaucer._--Are any of the existing English families descended from the poet Chaucer?
23205Was Edmund Prideaux the Attorney- General, the inventor of the Post- office, as he states; if not, who was?
23205What Anglo- Saxon scholar has not studied"_ Divers Ancient Monuments_,"revived in 1638?
23205What is the earliest record on evidence of the Cross- bill being known in England?
23205What is the meaning of the word"strained?"
23205What part of that story is here referred to?
23205What''s in the name, that I could choose it?
23205When was this system of misnomers introduced?
23205Wherein do the ordinary_ Hymni et Sequentiæ_ differ from those according to the use of Sarum?
23205Who was the father of the above Commodore?
23205Whose is the oldest_ Expositio_ commonly attached to both?
23205Will this do?
23205_ Auriga._--How comes the Latin word AURIGA to mean"a charioteer?"
23205_ Bert._ How have I sworn?
23205_ Did St. Paul''s Clock strike Thirteen?_( Vol.
23205and Scioppius''s parting recommendation--"Quid jam reliquum est tibi, nisi ut nomen commutes et ex Scalifero fias Furcifer?"
23205and respecting it did Badius, in 1502, accomplish much beyond a revision and an amendment of the style?
23205and was it ever so used in architectural decoration, illumination, or any other works of sacred art?
23205happen to connect Menradus Moltherus with the_ editio princeps_ of 1483?
23205what can I, the man with a_ borrowed name_ and borrowed learning, say in reply to the first Query of the busy anchorite?
31398Baptized, and so made sure To win their blest abode; What could we pray for more? 31398 _ What is Truth?_"--Bacon begins his"Essay of Truth"( which is dated 1625) with these words:"What is truth?
31398_--Is there not a literal Latin_ prose_ translation of Dante, somewhat rhythmical? 31398 ).--What is death but a sleep? 31398 And in what form, MS. or printed? 31398 And such is our seeking mostwhat, seldom or never seriously, but some question that comes cross our brain for the present, some_ quid est veritas_? 31398 And who is this bitterest enemy of the orthodox Russia? 31398 Can any of your correspondents say in what work the following analogous passage occurs, and who is the author of it? 31398 Can any of your readers give references to such passages in Monkish sermons? 31398 Ethel,after Mr. Clive''s famous mustachios made their appearance, rallied him,"and"asked him if he was( were?)
31398From whence are these lines taken?
31398Has not Stillingfleet cited it in the_ Origines_?
31398If light can thus deceive, wherefore not life?''"
31398If so, where is its_ corpus_?
31398If_ light_ can thus deceive, wherefore not_ life_?"
31398In his Journal, October 16[ 1838?
31398In reply to J. M. I beg to ask who ever before heard that consonants"cracked and cracked, and ground and exploded?"
31398Is anything known concerning it?
31398Is it not, therefore, high time for Prussia to arouse herself from her lethargy, in order to undertake the support contracted for by treaty?
31398Now my Query is, what did Dr. Johnson do, hold on or let go?
31398Or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood reveal''d, That to such endless orbs thou mad''st us blind?
31398Query, who was this Mr. White, and what work did he publish?
31398S. asks, is this eclipse mentioned by any other writer?
31398The Query is as to the prose?
31398Then the stanza runs thus:"Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee; Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, where are they?
31398Was he descended from Crewkerne of Chilhay, Dorset?
31398Was it presented by Dr. Radcliffe, or does it date its origin from the happy reign of Queen Mary?
31398Was the younger Ralph''s wife, Mary, daughter of Alveray Copley of Batley?
31398What truth is there in this story?
31398When was this custom instituted, and to what circumstance are we to attribute its origin?
31398Where and when did it appear?
31398Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun?
31398Who presented to the chapel of this College the splendid eagle, as a lectern, which forms one of its chief ornaments?
31398Why do we then shun death, with anxious strife?
31398Why to shun death this anxious strife?
31398Will the Editor of"N.& Q.,"or any of his correspondents, kindly inform me of the true circumstances from which the following legend has sprung?
31398_ Custom at University College, Oxford._--What is the origin of the following custom observed at this college?
31398_ Has not our Correspondent received a note we inclosed to him respecting_ The Circle of the Seasons?
31398_ Heralds''College._--Are the books in the Heralds''College open to the public on payment of reasonable fees?
31398and how could the writer in Chambers''s_ Repository_ possibly know that the drunken Welshman cursed and swore in_ consonants_?
31398going into the army?
31398i.?
31398supply traditional proof of clergymen appearing thus apparelled in ordinary life?
15641How canst thou be useful to the sight? 15641 ''Woo''t weep? 15641 ),--Quis prohibet Salve atque Vale brevitate parata Scribere?
15641).--May I be permitted to correct an error in a communication from one of your correspondents?
1564142 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?
15641After all, the question occurs: What has become of the bodies said to have been preserved?
15641And lastly, whether any of your correspondents have seen the thing in print before?
15641And they sayde: Is nott this Jesus the sonne of Joseph, whose father, and mother we knowe?
15641And what was the origin of its peculiar form?
15641And whether, when fairly stated, it is any thing more than the enunciation of a deep moral principle?
15641Another work which I can not refrain from noticing, called by one of the reviewers"A valuable contribution to our stock of ballad literature"?
15641Ay, exactly so; drink up what?
15641Can any of your correspondents give an account of this work?
15641Can any of your correspondents inform me of any similar instance of longevity being recorded in monkish chronicles?
15641Can any of your readers give me any information as to this lady?
15641Can any_ internal_ evidence be gathered from the writings of Henry Chettle, as to his family, origin, and birthplace?
15641Does anything of the kind still linger in the East?
15641Good reason and good skyll,_ They may garlyck pyll_, Cary sackes to the myll, Or pescoddes they may shyll, Or elles go rost a stone?"
15641He wishes to know whether there is"a right and a wrong in the matter, apart from anything which men call taste?"
15641History throws{ 52} little light upon their origin[ the ballads, I suppose?
15641How sayeth be then, I am come downe from heaue[5]?
15641How ys yt then thatt he sayeth, I came doune from heven?
15641Humble- dum,& c. I have e''ne great minde of thee, Tweedle,& c."Who shall this marriage make?
15641Humble- dum,& c. Our Lord, which is the Rat, Tweedle,& c."What shall we have to our supper?
15641If so, did she die in the lifetime of her husband?
15641If so, did she leave issue?
15641If we read"drink up wormwood,"what does it imply?
15641My Query to the above is this: Why is the church of Daresbury called the White Chapel of England, and how did the name originate?
15641On what authority is this latter statement made, and if it was traditional when Chauncy wrote, was the foundation of the tradition good?
15641Query, When did pews come into general use?
15641Query, Who was the author of them?
15641Secondly, if_ peeled_ be taken as the equivalent to_ pilled_, why is peeled garlick a more perfect type of misery than any other peeled root or fruit?
15641Secondly, is there any internal evidence of style that the ballad is by his hand?
15641Shakspeare says--"Woul''t drink up esile?
15641That being so, why are we to conclude that each feat of daring is to be a tame possibility, save only the last-- the crowning extravagance?
15641Then drink no more, then let that die That would the drunkard kill, for why Shall all things live by rule but I, Thou man of morals, tell me why?"
15641Thirdly, if_ pillage_ is an essential ingredient in the true meaning of the term"pilled garlick,"what has the stolen garlick to do with wretchedness?
15641Thirdly, is there any clue as to who the fair and cruel Lucy may have been?
15641Tweedle,& c."Then came out the dusty Mouse, Humble- dum,& c. I am Lady of this house, Tweedle,& c."Hast thou any minde of me?
15641Tweedle,& c."When he came to the merry mill pin, Humble- dum,& c. Lady Mouse, beene you within?
15641Was it ever completed: and if so, where to be procured?
15641Was it sold on the death of the Bishop of Lichfield, or bequeathed to any public institution?
15641Was the King lord of the fee?
15641Was the pheasant ever considered a_ royal_ bird?
15641Were William de Warburton and Ingelram de Monceaux relatives of the_ half_ blood of Juliana?
15641What are the earliest notices of the usage of swearing by swans and pheasants?
15641What is the taper not endued with light?"
15641Why not a feat equally of mere verbiage and rant?
15641Why not a river?
15641Why not also the one preceding?
15641Wie spricht er denn: Ich bin vom himmel gekommen?
15641Will P. have the goodness to mention the source from which he obtained his statement?
15641Will he kindly assist archæological inquirers, by informing us whereabouts it stood?
15641Will no_ astronomer_ among your readers direct his attention to this subject?
15641Will you be kind enough to allow your periodical to be the vehicle of this invitation?
15641Williams was born, became a baronet, and died?
15641Woo''t drink up eisell?''
15641Would it not be worth while to search the Heralds''Visitations for the county of Dorset, the Will- office, and the Inquisitions"post mortem?"
15641_ Andrea Ferrara._--Will any kind friend inform me where any history is to be found of"Andrea Ferrara,"the sword cutler?
15641_ Did Bunyan know Hobbes?_( Vol.
15641_ Obeism._--Can any of your readers give me some information about_ obeism_?
15641_ Probabilism._--Will any one inform me by whom the doctrine of Probabilism was first propounded as a system?
15641_ The Episcopal Mitre._--When first was the episcopal mitre used?
15641_ Was Colonel Hewson a Cobbler?_( Vol.
15641_ Why come ye not to Courte?_ 103- 109.
15641_ the Great_, an epithet which I had previously considered to be confined to Gregory I.?
15641and then comes the climax--''eat a crocodile?''
15641doost thou command me to be shut out?"
15641how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
15641i. p. 126.?
15641must I lose_ that_ too?
15641or did it find its way into the possession of the Duke of Sussex, who was curious in biblical matters, and was a correspondent of Dr. Butler?
15641woo''t fast?
15641woo''t fight?
15641woo''t tear thyself?
15641{ 55} 42 Und sprachen; Ist dieser nicht Jesus, Joseph''s sohn, dess vater und mutter wir kennen?
27605And to what work, either anonymous or otherwise, did Bona refer in his expression"Auctor Antiquitatum Liturgicarum?"
27605And why does Sir A. Alison, in the volume of his_ History_ just published, speak of the children of Catherine of Arragon?
27605Are these letters known, and have they ever been published or referred to?
27605B. borne out by any good authority, either in manuscript or print?
27605Bellamont the poet enters, and tells his servant,"Sirrah, I''ll speak with none:"on which the servant asks,"Not a player?"
27605But perhaps the custom, of which Mr. O''Keefe speaks, was common to other ancient towns?
27605DR. MANSELL recommends, as a test for the iodized paper, a_ strong_ solution of bichloride of mercury; may we ask_ how strong_?
27605Did it not take place in Lincoln''s Inn Fields?
27605Does Edelingk''s engraving state in whose possession it was then?
27605Does this picture exist?
27605Had such a notion any foundation in the law of England at any time?
27605How can Bona''s error be corrected?
27605How can this also be explained?
27605How can this be verified?
27605In which of his books does John Bale, Bishop of Ossory, speaking of the monks of Bangor, term them"Apostolicals?"
27605Is H. P. prepared with evidence to prove it?
27605Is anything known of this"privately printed"volume?
27605Is it considered by competent judges of"exceeding merit?"
27605Is there any certain way of telling the right side of Canson paper, negative and positive?
27605Is this the right or the wrong side?
27605Is_ awkward_, in this sense, the same word that treated by H. C. K.?
27605Query, Are the drawings purporting to be by Captain John Eyre, drawings of the period at which they are dated?]
27605Query, Is there historical proof of this statement of"honest Tom?"
27605Query, Was this person''s name Inman from his residence, as usual at that period?
27605Query, Which was the"Dominus"of the king''s letter?
27605The Count de Grammont said one day to the Marshal, What arms shall we use this year?"
27605Was he not expelled from the University of Oxford?
27605Where can I find any account of a painter named St. Denis?
27605Where else?
27605Where is this picture?
27605Where may I see the engraving?
27605Whether perturbations which| are not moved by outward occasions| rise of humour or not: and| how?
27605Who was Llewellyn Clifford?
27605Who was Owen Gam?
27605Will DR. MAITLAND be so good as to enlighten me on this point?
27605Will some chemical reader kindly refer me to it?
27605Would our correspondent permit us to submit his collection to the editor of Pepys, who would no doubt be gratified with a sight of it?
27605_ Elstob, Elizabeth._--Can any of your numerous correspondents state where that celebrated Saxon linguist, Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob, was buried?
27605_ Hunter of Polmood in Tweed- dale._--Where can the pedigree of the Hunters of Polmood, in Peebleshire, be seen?
27605_ Our Correspondent_ MR. C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY_ wishes to address a letter to_ A BORDERER;_ how will it reach him?_ FRANCIS BEAUFORT.
27605_ Sunday._--When and where does Sunday begin or end?
27605and especially the gloss on_ De Consecrat., Distinct._ 4. c. 4., where he says that even in his time( 1250?)
27605and likewise inform us that Locke was expelled from Cambridge?
27605and will he likewise say whether the iodizing solution which he recommends for Turner''s paper, is suitable also to Whatman''s?
27605at the sale of the Duke of Sussex''s library._ CLERICUS RUSTICUS_ asks"Whence the term''Mare''s nest,''and when first used?
27605in Quinque Libros Decretalium_) apply the term nullatenenses to titular and utopian bishops?
27605or is there extant_ in operibus Athanasii_ a letter of his to some other person, containing the expressions to which Bona refers?
27605the custom still prevailed in some places of giving the eucharist to babes?
32495Baptized, and so made sure, To win their blest abode,-- What shall we pray for more? 32495 You wormes( my rivals), whiles she was alive, How many thousands were there that did strive To have your freedome?
32495_--Can any of your readers inform me who is in possession of the papers of the late Mr. Clarkson, the historian of Richmond, in Yorkshire? 32495 A. S._ Irish Brigade._--Can any of your correspondents furnish any account of what were calledThe Capitulations of the Irish Brigades?"
32495Also, is there any history of the brigades published?
32495And when the River Spirit asks concerning the fair Margaret, who had mingled her tears with his stream:"What shall be the maiden''s fate?
32495And who was the author of these odd memoirs of the Swedish Queen?
32495Can Ireland claim this worthy?
32495Can any information be afforded on that head?
32495Can any of your correspondents inform me where these lines first appear?
32495Can any of your readers enlighten me on the subject?
32495Can any of your readers furnish a list of the different editions of_ Olaus Magnus_?
32495Can you tell me when the self- striking clock was invented, and by whom?
32495Does the expression refer to any established use of such chairs by the wearers of"red hats?"
32495Each ladye sprung from seat with speed, Vaulted each marshal from his steed;''And who art thou,''they cried,''Who hast this battle fought and won?''
32495Foucault''s pendulum experiment been as yet clearly enunciated?
32495H. C. K._ Etymology of Balsall._--Will you allow me to ask some of your readers to give me the etymology of_ Balsall_?
32495Had Chaucer attended the opening of the Exhibition as"_ Our own Reporter_,"could his description have been more exact?
32495He had two sons; what became of Thomas, the_ elder_?
32495How far does the statement in this passage involve the idea of a_ bodily_ resurrection?
32495Is there any English translation of Jornandes''_ Histoire Générale des Goths_?
32495Is there any English translation of Olaus Magnus?
32495Is there any precedent prior to the foundation of our National Debt?
32495Is there any translation of_ Norwegian_ ballads?
32495To whom should I apply on the subject?
32495Was there ever an Egilbertus, or Engilbertus, Archbishop of Treves?
32495What is the best method of reaching Iceland?
32495What should I make longer tale?
32495When was the name of_ Poet''s Corner_ first attached to the south transept of Westminster Abbey?
32495Who shall be the maiden''s mate?"
32495Who was he( if anybody), and what is his history?
32495_ Mont- de- Piété._-Can any of your readers furnish information as to the connexion between these words and the thing which they are used to denote?
32495and also who mentions their having been repeated immediately before her execution?
32495and what_ really good_ books have been published on that country within the last twenty years?
32495for theyr sakes forbeare, Unseemely holes in her soft skin to wear, But if you must( as what worme can abstaine?)
32495on what authority they are ascribed to Mary Queen of Scots?
32495or is it intended merely to convey a general idea of the sumptuousness and splendour of their style of living?
13736_--Can you inform me of the author''s name who says,--They speak the tongue that Shakspeare spoke, The faith and morals hold that Milton held,"& c.?
13736''s question--"Is there any list extant of persons who were honoured with that badge?"
13736''s question--"Who are the persons_ now_ privileged to wear these collars?"
13736''s second Query,"Is it now extant, and where?"
13736--Can any of your readers inform me where the following lines are to be found?
13736A.C."_ Welcome the coming, speed the parting Guest?_"--Whence comes the sentence--"Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest?"
13736A.C."_ Welcome the coming, speed the parting Guest?_"--Whence comes the sentence--"Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest?"
13736A.C._ Gradely._--What is the meaning, origin, and usage of this word?
13736Are the divisions into palms or digits given; and, if so, are they accurate subdivisions?
13736Are there, MR. HICKSON, no irregularities in the formation of a language?
13736Are these all he wrote?
13736Are they all singular nouns and imported from other languages?
13736But why should this day be distinguished as sacred beyond all other Sundays in the year?
13736Does MR. HICKSON really"very much doubt whether our word_ news_ contains the idea of_ new_ at all?"
13736Does he say that_ die Güter_, the German for_ goods_ or_ possessions_, is singular?
13736Does he then separate_ health_ from_ heal_ and_ hale_, because we speak of"bad health"and"ill health"?
13736Has any of your readers met with, or heard of the second short line, appendant and appurtenant to the first?
13736Has it been engraved?
13736Has_ La Chiave del Gabinetto del Signor Borri_( by Joseph Francis Borri, the Rosicrucian) ever been translated into English?
13736He inquires,"Was the book ever extant in MS. or print?
13736I make the same Query as to_ Le Compte de Gabalis_, which the Abbé de Rillan founded on Borri''s work?
13736If it be a portrait, is it a portrait of Franz von Sickingen, as Kugler supposes?
13736If it is Whit Sunday, why do we say Easter Day, and not Easter Sunday?
13736If this is the name of a sword cutler, who was he, and when and where did he live?
13736If this meets the eye of one who is acquainted with it, will he kindly direct me whither I may find notices of it and its literature?
13736In the_ Histoire de Foulques Fitz- warin_, Fouque asks"Quei fust_ la noyse_ qe fust devaunt le roi en la sale?"
13736In what book are these printed?
13736In what other works of the sixteenth, or early in the seventeenth century is this foot of palms and digits to be found, figured in length?
13736Is it scarce, or worth nothing?
13736Is she not akin to Tom Thumb, Jack the Giant- killer, Doctor Rat, and a host of others of the same type?
13736Is this really so?
13736Room- paper, when was it introduced?
13736The last editor, Croker, adds,--"Johnson''s phrase has become so proverbial, that it may seem rather late to ask what it means-- why''_ paved_?''
13736To what family do the following arms belong?
13736What are their titles?
13736What is its size, date, and extent?"
13736What is that of the motto,"Oderpi du pariver?"
13736What is the exact date of their introduction?
13736What is the meaning of this proverb?
13736What the several lengths of the foot, half foot, or palm, within the twentieth of an inch?
13736What then has it got to do with_ neues_?
13736When did they come into general use, and when were rushes,& c., last used?
13736Whether the portrait is in existence?
13736Whether there is any mention of Parsons in contemporary, or other works?
13736Why do we say Whitsun- Tide?
13736Why does MR. HICKSON compel us to treat goods as singular, and make us go back to the Gothic?
13736Why does our Prayer Book say Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun- week( just as before, Monday and Tuesday in Easter- week)?
13736Why may not goods be a plural noun formed from the adjective_ good_, exactly as the Romans formed_ bona_ and the Germans have formed_ Güter_?
13736Why may we not form a plural noun_ news_ from_ new_, to express the same idea which in Latin is expressed by_ nova_, and in French by_ les nouvelles_?
13736Why may we not have a plural noun_ riches_, as the Romans had_ divitæ_, and the Germans have_ die Reichthumer_?
13736Why too must riches be singular, and be the French word_ richesse_ imported into our language?
13736Why"_ sanatory_ laws?"
13736Will he allow nothing for the caprice of idiom?
13736Will the Editor of"NOTES AND QUERIES"now allow me to modify this suggestion?
13736_ Billingsgate._--May I again solicit a reference to any_ early_ drawing of Belins gate?
13736_ Blackguard._--When did this word Come into use, and from what?
13736_ Bonny Dundee-- Graham of Claverhouse._--Can any of your correspondents tell me the origin of the term"Bonny Dundee?"
13736_ Boozy Grass._--What is the derivation of"boozy grass,"which an outgoing tenant claims for his cattle?
13736_ Genealogical Queries._--Can any of your genealogical readers oblige me with replies to the following Queries?
13736_ Hats worn by Females._--Were not the hats worn by the_ females_, as represented on the Myddelton Brass, peculiar to Wales?
13736_ Translations._--What English translations have appeared of the famous_ Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum_?
13736_ Unicorn in the Royal Arms._--When and why was the fabulous animal called the unicorn first used as a supporter for the royal arms of England?
13736_ Which_ Sir Philip Courtenay, of Powderham, was the father of Margaret Courtenay, who, in the fifteenth century, married Sir Robert Carey, Knt.?
13736_ Who are Roland and Oliver_?
13736and was it applied to the early settlers of New England?
13736and what if_ riches_ be irregularly formed from the adjective_ rich_?
13736and who was her mother?
13736give his authority for the"report"to which he refers?
13736if so, where?
13736stars and stripes?
13736which with regard to the context can only be fairly translated by"What is going on in{ 138} the King''s hall?"
30594Why doe the rude vulgar so hastily post in a madnesse To gaze at trifles, and toyes not worthy the viewing? 30594 _ The Whole Duty of Man._"--Of what nature is the testimony that this book was written by Dorothy Coventry,"the good Lady Pakington?"
30594_--_Helter- skelter._--What can be the origin of this saying? 30594 ( commonly called Prince Charles Edward Stuart)? 30594 ).--Can this curiously sounding name be an archaic form of Mackarness, a name, I think, still borne by living persons? 30594 ).--Is this the passage referred to by Doctor Johnson? 30594 1734? 30594 And again, when one has black spots, what is the best means of lessening their intensity, if not of wholly removing them? 30594 And when Sir Charles Cotterell, the translator of_ Cassandra?_ Where were they both buried? 30594 And when Sir Charles Cotterell, the translator of_ Cassandra?_ Where were they both buried? 30594 And where can they be met with entire? 30594 Aquinas was once asked, with what compendium a man might best become learned? 30594 But what is the origin of the term_ gale_ as thus applied? 30594 Can anything be more reasonable than to suppose that the former was called_ sincerum mel_, just as we call it virgin honey? 30594 Can history in this instance be wrong? 30594 F. Hodgson, late Provost of Eton,& c., of the_ Atys_ of Catllus? 30594 H. W._ Chadderton of Nuthurst, co. Lancashire._--When did the family of Chadderton become extinct? 30594 Had Edmund Chadderton, son and heir of George Chadderton by Jane Warren of Poynton, any descendants? 30594 Has this passage ever challenged the attention of any of your numerous readers, or can the common saying fairly be referred to it? 30594 Henry IV.? 30594 Henry, Lord Stanhope, also other sons? 30594 Is the circumstance of the desecration of her tomb mentioned by any other writer? 30594 P. M._ The Mother of William the Conqueror._--Can you or any of your correspondents say which is right? 30594 Query, Did any cadet of his family accompany him to that country? 30594 So strange an idea must have had some peculiar origin.--Can you or your readers say what it is? 30594 To the army and the navy, When he conquer''d Scinde? 30594 Was William of Wykeham of the Family of Swalcliffe? 30594 Was it the Earl of Chesterfield, half- brother of Charles Henry van den Kerckhove, or Charles{ 564} Stanhope his nephew, who took the name of Wotton? 30594 Was the title borne by any one before the time of Lionel, son of Edward III.? 30594 Which Lord Stanhope died childless? 30594 Wolverhampton Collegiate Church; adjoining one of south pillars of nave( in use?) 30594 _ Arms of Geneva._--Will any of your correspondents oblige me with a technical blazon of the arms of the town of Geneva? 30594 _ But from what source did the boy obtain them?_Permit me to repeat this Query?
30594_ But from what source did the boy obtain them?_"Permit me to repeat this Query?
30594_ Clarence._--Whence the name of this dukedom?
30594_ Gentile Names of the Jews._--Are the Jews known to each other by their Gentile names of Rothschild, Montefiore, Davis,& c.?
30594_"Firm was their faith,"& c._--Who was the writer of those beautiful lines, of which the following, the only verse I remember, is a portion?
30594and if so, how did the mistake arise?
30594and if so, what were their names and the dates of their respective births, marriages, and deaths?
30594or are these only their_ nommes de guerre_, assumed and abandoned at will on change of country?
30594p._ to signify_ sine prole_?
31359Quid plumâ lævius? 31359 _ Oriel._"--I should be glad if any of your correspondents could inform me of the origin of the term_ oriel_, as applied to a window?
31359_ Peckwater._--Why is the quadrangle at Christ Church, in Oxford, called"Peckwater?"
31359_ Rutabaga._--What is the etymology of the word_ rutabaga_?
31359( having no arms of their own)_ legally_ use the arms, quarterings, crest, and motto of A., without a license from the Heralds''College?
313591640(?)
313599.:"Know ye not that{ 392} the unrighteous_ shall inherit_ the kingdom of God?"
31359Again, did he not, at his death, leave two large volumes for publication, entitled_ Recollections of my Past Life_?
31359Can any of your correspondents quote a passage or two from old English authors, wherein its obsolete sense is preserved?
31359Can any of your correspondents tell me the origin of the phrase; and whether it is in use in other localities?
31359Can any of your readers furnish me with the name and history of this French heroine?
31359Can any other instances be given?
31359Can you explain the meaning of the motto on the title- page--"[ Greek: Gnoien d'', hôs dê dêron egô polemoio pepaumai]"?
31359Could Colonel Dominick have been his relative?
31359Has there been a relationship ever proved between the founder of the Methodists and the victor of Waterloo?
31359He seems, from a footnote, to be in difficulty about the word_ cassie._ May I suggest to him that it is a corruption of"causeway?"
31359How is it made and used?
31359Is Milton''s_ History_ a work of any merit or authority?
31359Is it at this time a common name anywhere?
31359Is the word spelt according to Milton''s form by any other writers?
31359Is there any little work on book- binding?
31359J. C."_ Poeta nascitur, non fit._"--Can any of your correspondents inform me who is the author of the well- known saying--"Poeta nascitur, non fit"?
31359Or can any of your readers assist in determining the species?
31359Quid muliere?
31359Quid pulvere?
31359Quid vento?
31359Simmons._--Will you permit me to ask for a little information respecting B. Simmons?
31359To what other periodicals did he contribute?
31359Was it buried at Leicester?
31359Was it the_ Bee_?
31359What manner of man was he; young or old, married or single?
31359What work, accessible to ordinary readers, supplies the best compendium of what is known on this subject?
31359Where are these?
31359Will he serve as a key, to disclose the origin of these marvellous stories and captivating absurdities?
31359_ Richard III._--What became of the body after the battle of Bosworth Field?
31359_ Who wants a Guinea?_|Ditto|150l.
31359and how do they polish the leather afterwards?
31359say on what occasion Tooke maintained this strange doctrine, or where his Lordship obtained his information that Tooke did maintain it?
42783_ See where the startled wild fowl._--Where are the following lines to be found?
42783).--ADSUM asks:"What is the derivation of the term_-itis_, used principally in medical words, and these signifying, inflammation?"
42783).--In reply to ARAM''S Query:"Where do these lines come from?"
42783And where can the whole of the ballad be found?
42783And, if so, when was such custom disused?
42783Can any of your correspondents furnish rules for transposing these six- line staves into the five- line staves of modern notations?
42783Can gratitude outpant the silent breath, Or a friend''s sorrow pierce the glooms of death?
42783Can you, or any of your correspondents, say_ who_ this interesting_ Countess of Southampton_ was?
42783Do they refer to the rising under the Duke of Monmouth?
42783Does passion still the formless mind control?
42783First, Though the crown''s representative had no jurisdiction, had he not a right to enter, and sit on cases foreign to the borough?
42783G. B. W._ Ascension- day._--Was"Ascension- day"ever kept a close holiday the same as Good Friday and Christmas- day?
42783I wish to know if this note is worth anything, and if the statement contained in it is true?
42783If so, in what sense it can be understood?
42783In addition to these particulars, which are so nicely told that I would not venture to alter them, as Orsino asks Viola,"What was her history?"
42783Instantly the whole company gained the road beside him, and after a moment''s consultation they simultaneously cried out,"Where is my horse?
42783Is the writer known?
42783May I also take the liberty of asking how soon we may expect the appearance of SIR JAMES TENNENT''S book on the history,& c. of Ceylon?
42783Secondly, What are the earliest instances of county quarter sessions sitting in independent boroughs?
42783W. B. R. Philadelphia, U. S._ Immoral Works._--What ought to be done with works of this class?
42783What does this precisely mean; or why and when was it adopted?
42783What is the best work on English Suffragan bishops?
42783What is the rule at the Museum?
42783What, then, are we to do with it?
42783Whose coat is this?
42783Why are the_ commas_ or marks of quotation, if such they be, then inserted?
42783Will you permit me to inquire, whether this term has been applied to the prison of castles in England?
42783_ Ceylon._--I should be much obliged to SIR JAMES TENNENT, if he would kindly inform me where the best map of Ceylon is to be got?
42783_ Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Belgium_.--I want some work on this subject: can any one tell me of one?
42783_ Plum- pudding._--Can any of your readers inform me of the origin of the following custom, and whether the ceremony is still continued?
42783_ Robert Wauchope, Archbishop of Armagh, 1543._--Is there any detailed account of this prelate extant?
42783if not, whether_ teeming_ is not probably the correct word?
42783the reign of George I.?
42783{ 58} Has pride a portion in the parted soul?
28474Theosophic Letters, or Epistles of the Man from God enlightened in Grace, Jacob Behmen, of Old Seidenburgh, wherein everywhere[ are?] 28474 _ Marry come up!_"--What is the origin of this expression, found in the old novelists?
28474),"The letter was found in a copy of Junius belonging to[ Query, which_ had_ belonged to?]
284743.?
28474And also point out authorities bearing upon the customs of Celtic agricultural tenancy?
28474And this may lead to the farther Query, whether dimidiation was originally or universally resorted to in the case of coheiresses?
28474Are any of them worth translating at the present day?
28474B. R. correct in stating this parody to have been the composition of Dr. Maginn?
28474By whom and when first discovered?
28474By whom has it been seen?
28474Can any of your correspondents give some account of the nature and merits of these books?
28474Can there be question that to it Ken is indebted for some of the thoughts and expressions in two of his own hymns?
28474Can you, or any of your readers, inform me whether this is likely to be published, and when and at what price?
28474DID CAPTAIN COOK FIRST DISCOVER THE SANDWICH ISLANDS?
28474Does not Shakspeare here use_ secure_ as a verb, in the sense"to make careless?"
28474Have any of your correspondents letters of that date with a like post- mark?
28474If so, how did it gain its present form?
28474In reply to the question,"What are the_ Knockers_?"
28474Is the probability of this being the case supported by any, and what instances?
28474Is there any other instance of such restoration?
28474Is there any work on Cornish folk lore which alludes to this superstition respecting the Jews?
28474Now, was an_ Ultagh_ an Irish usurer or money- lender?
28474Now, what are the precise words of this rubric?
28474Or does the legend merely owe its existence to the circular form of the stone?
28474T. Park,& c. He had[ Query, it is presumed?]
28474That rude/ soon(?)
28474The difference is important; but where is the copy containing this letter?
28474There is a place called by this name in the vicinity of Harwich?
28474What is the origin of this peculiarity of judicial costume, what are the earliest examples of it, and what its etymology?
28474What was the peculiarity of his practice?
28474When and where first printed?
28474When shall we see this desirable lexicon?
28474Where can I find a copious and accurate account of the battle, or perhaps I should rather say skirmish, of Villers en Couché?
28474Where did Barker find the story recorded?
28474Will any antiquary versed in Celtic customs explain whether this claim of possession grew out of any Celtic usage of tenancy?
28474Will any of your correspondents oblige me with the derivation of this remarkable word?
28474Will he have the kindness to furnish a reference to the version of the story in which Sir Thomas Ailesbury is said to have married the tubwoman?
28474Will you allow me to ask if a similar expression is not used by Bishop Horsley in some one of his Charges?
28474[ Query, How then known to be cotemporary?]
28474_ Dissimulate._--Where is the earliest use of this word to be found?
28474_ Dover Court._--What is the origin of the expression of a"_ Dover Court_, where all are talkers and none are hearers?"
28474_ Porter._--In what book is the word_ porter_, meaning the malt liquor so called, first found?
28474_ Sir Heister Ryley._--Who was the author of the_ Visions of Sir Heister Ryley_, and whence did it derive its name?
28474and if there be any ready means of rendering the silver it contains again available for photographic use?
28474and, if so, can they tell us_ where_ posted?
28474in which it is to be dissolved?
28474p. 142. Who was the earl whose universality of genius is described above by this"laudator temporis acti?"
30595Hate and debate Rome through the world hath spread, Yet Roma, amor is, if backward read; Then is it strange, Rome hate should foster? 30595 _ Ancient hallowed Dee._"--What is the historical, traditional, or legendary allusion in this epithet, bestowed by Milton on the river Dee?
30595).--Could this have been Dr. William Butler, of eccentric memory, born at Ipswich about 1535, and buried in St. Mary''s Church, Cambridge, 1618?
30595223... and_ eyes of sapphire blue_?]
30595Also, if it be now much used?
30595By the common people as well as others?
30595Can any of your correspondents furnish me with a similar case?
30595Can any of your readers give me any account of this George Alsop, his preferment, if any, and the time of his death?
30595Can this be the lady buried at Wappenham?
30595Can this statement be confirmed in 1853?
30595Can your correspondents say from whence derived?
30595Does Col. Johnes notice this inaccuracy in the edition generally procurable?
30595Does not this rather favour Dr. Paley''s explanation?
30595From what source did he originally obtain the appellation"Myrtle Bee,"as applied to this bird?
30595In what volume of the_ Athenæum_ is the accusation against Paley made?
30595Is it not strange also that Mr. Oakley and his"compiler"decline giving any information respecting these books?
30595Is it such, or is it merely an act of reverence to the book?
30595Is not this sufficient?
30595Is the use of"receipt"for"recipe"to be admitted into the English language?
30595L. M._--What is the meaning of the abbreviation B. L. M. in Italian epistolary correspondence?
30595Or could the last- mentioned John Boteler, who died in 1514, have had another wife besides the three mentioned in Clutterbuck?
30595Query, When were fire- irons first used?
30595Was it generally known in the neighbourhood he mentions, and by whom was it known?
30595Were these letters ever published, under what title, and when?
30595What is the title of the Dutch work supposed to be pirated?
30595What was its size compared with the Golden- crested Wren?
30595What were the dates of his birth and death?
30595What, then, if we have hitherto mistaken the sense, and, instead of blue, should have said sea- green?
30595Whence is it taken, and who is its author?
30595Who was"True Blue?"
30595Will any of your readers inform me whence the passage is taken?
30595Yet what could have been the incidents of a life that required the fiction to be carried even to the grave?
30595_ Charge of Plagiarism against Paley._--Has any reply been made to the accusation against Paley, brought forward some years ago in_ The Athenæum_?
30595_ General Fraser._--Have there been any_ Life_ or_ Memoirs_ ever published of General Fraser, who fell in Burgoyne''s most disastrous campaign?
30595_ Gurney''s Short- hand._--Can any of your correspondents inform me if there have been any alterations in this system of short- hand since 1802?
30595_ Weber''s_"_ Cecilia._"--Can you inform me whether a work by Gottfried Weber, entitled_ Cecilia_, is to be had in English or in French?
30595_ What is the Origin of"Getting into a Scrape?
30595and how would a letter from the inquirer reach a descendant of the family, who could furnish farther information on the subject?
30595and whether the Russians should be considered idolaters or not?
30595by Glover._--Can MR. BOLTON CORNEY, or MR. R. SIMS, inform me whether the Lansdowne MS. 205. is in Glover''s handwriting?
30595contained a curious tale of a cat: will you insert as a pendent the following one of a dog?
30595did any of them leave their native country?
30595oblige P. C. S. S. by informing him where this MS. now exists, and whether the whole, or any portion of it, has been published?
30595what were the names of his parents, his brothers, and his children?
30595{ 590}_ Spurious Don Quixote._--What English and French versions are there of the spurious continuation of_ Don Quixote_ by Avellaneda?
42039And what do you both believe?
42039And what does the Church believe?
42039).--Has not J. G. misquoted?
420391.:"I have been harsh To large confessors, and have hotly ask''d them If they had mothers?
42039A. C._ Clapper Gate._--Steps, with a gate above, into Bushy Park are so called; what is the meaning?
42039A. C._ Jemmy._--When and why was sheep''s head baptized with the name"Jemmy?"
42039Also, the game of_ Cleek_; can it be a misprint of"Check?"
42039Also,_ Longtriloo_; is this an abbreviation of"Long three card loo?"
42039And what would you more?"
42039But the tree?
42039By this may we judge that_ caul_ and_ cowl_ are cognate?
42039Can any one give me the meaning of the last two lines?
42039Does it apply to the entire sheep, or to the head only?
42039Has the question of this real or pretended massacre been raised, or proved beyond doubt?
42039He says,"the demonstrative pronoun_ that_, refers to_ the commission_ which the Duke holds in his hand;"but is this the language we in England use?
42039Here is the passage:"Who might be your mother, That you insult, exult, and all at once, Over the wretched?"
42039How long, and within what limits, did this fashion flourish?
42039I would here suggest another Query: Was Sir Richard, or his son Henry, created Lord Montague?
42039Is anything known further of the above Sir Richard Poole, Knight, or of his"progeny"?
42039Is there any other notice of this female solitary?
42039Merian, or his daughter, of Frankfort?
42039Ondée(?).
42039Query, What does it all mean?
42039Rosalind in effect says,"who might your mother be that you should be so unfeeling?"
42039The entire of the conversation may be represented thus:"What do you believe?"
42039The volume is 12mo., and dedicated to William[ Laud?
42039What copies of this book are known to be extant?
42039What is the date of the MS. in question, with any further particulars of its history?
42039What is"Pope St. Hugo''s Day,"and whether it was in any way connected with the election of the boy bishop in other places as well as Eton?
42039What other examples are there of_ exterior_ stoups?
42039What particulars are known about the life, religion,& c. of the author?
42039What resemblance has this to a statement, that all bodies gravitate to the centre of the world, or, as explained by Cicero, the earth?
42039Would a translation of the whole, or selected parts, be useful at the present time, when attention is being called to the subject?
42039_ Biblical Criticism_--Christianity, Chronology of the Kings of Israel, Demoniacal Possession, Hyssop, Is Biblical Criticism unfavourable to Piety?
42039_ Royal Arms in Churches._--What is the origin of the common practice of putting up the royal arms in churches?
42039_ Twittens._--Are not the narrow passages in Brighton so called?
42039and what is the meaning?
42039asked"Is not the battle itself( of Waterloo) a myth?"
42039or information as to what other authors have treated on the subject of the Diaconate?
42818_ Dilamgabendi._--What is the precise meaning of the word_ Dilamgabendi_; is it of ancient British origin, or to what language does it belong?
42818_ To pass the pikes._--What is the origin of this phrase?
42818''What doth forbid that one may smile, And also tell the truth the while?''
428181. added, no parallel text being indicated to any of the other ten?
428181823?
42818276) Is it quite certain that"no animal can live in the alimentary canal but the parasites which belong to that part of the animal economy?"
42818Are they still in their hands, though inaccessible?
42818Can any information be obtained as to the_ when_ and the_ how_ they passed out of their possession?
42818Can any of your correspondents assist in assigning these initials and arms to their respective owners?
42818Can any of your readers refer me to a pedigree, or other particulars, of Sir Thomas Button''s family?
42818Do these belong to any Bishop of Norwich?
42818Do you think the collodion is too new, or the ether not good?
42818From whence is derived the prefix_ Cum_?
42818Fuller, in his_ Worthies_, co. Suffolk, speaking of him, says, that he,"following the counsel of the poet,''Ridentem dicere verum, Quis vetat?''
42818Has this always so stood?
42818He then asked them whether they belonged to his party, and then they asked him which was his party?
42818If not, what collodion is best suited for it?
42818Is Mr. Crooke''s process for preserving the sensitiveness of collodion applicable to all collodions?
42818Is this pamphlet still in existence?
42818It commences thus:"Whence comes the wavering light which falls On Langdale''s lonely Chapel- walls?
42818Might not catalogues of these be printed, as well as the more historically valuable and curious of the papers themselves?
42818Or, above all, can any clue be found to their subsequent history and present resting- place?
42818Query, What is known of the history and authorship of this poem?
42818Up to that date, can it be ascertained that the papers remained in the keeping of the Corporation?
42818What are the facts?
42818What, then, becomes of the expired carbon?
42818Who was Mr. Plumley, and what did he write?
42818Will you kindly permit me to renew it?
42818_ Fountains._--Will some kind reader obligingly state the names of any works that give representations or descriptions of foreign fountains?
42818_ Pope and John Dennis._--What is the authority for the universal assumption that Pope wrote_ The Narrative of Dr. Robert Norris_?
42818_ Theodore de la Guard._--I have a tract by him with the title of_ The simple Cobler of Aggawam, in America_, London, 1647. Who was he?
42818and where can I find any account of him or his work?
42818and who was the original proprietor of the seal?
27006I own I like not Johnson''s turgid style, That gives an inch th''importance of a mile,& c.& c. And"What does not fade?
27006_ Johnson''s turgid style_--"_What does not fade_?"
27006--Can any of your readers tell me where to find the following lines?
270061822. WHO WAS JUNIUS?
270066.,& c.( See_ Obadiah_ v. 3.:"Who shall bring me down to the ground?")
27006A second he took, she departed,--what then?
27006And how happens it that the Welsh and English take the book in the hand in the different manners I have described?
27006Are all the versions from one original, distributed by the wandering minstrels, and in course of time adapted to new localities and dialects?
27006Can any of your readers explain it?
27006Can any of your readers refer to the foundation for this statement?
27006Can any of your readers"locate it,"as we say in the backwoods of America?
27006Can any one inform me of his authority for this statement?
27006Can one of your contributors bring forward any authority to confirm or disprove this conjecture?
27006Did he take any degree at Cambridge, and to what college or hall did he belong?
27006Did this family( which is now supposed to be extinct) claim descent from Endymion Porter, the loyal and devoted adherent of King Charles the Martyr?
27006From whence and at what period was the shot fired?
27006G. R. M._ The Claymore._--What is the original weapon to which belongs the name of claymore(_ claidh mhor_)?
27006H._ Theobald le Botiller._--What Theobald le Botiller did Rose de Vernon marry?
27006Have these memoirs been printed?
27006Hoc quoque quis dubitet?
27006How could it then be the 29th of Sept. when the news of its defeat reached her majesty?
27006How has this singular difference arisen?
27006How then did Ben Jonson make it begin, as clearly A. E. B. shows he does, at six o''clock( meaning probably a certain sunrise)?
27006I can scarcely credit its antiquity; but what other meaning can I understand from the episode he{ 363} relates?
27006If any one calls the compositions in question"trash,"I can not better answer than in palindrome,_ Trash?
27006If these swords be exclusively Scottish, may they not be relics of the unhappy defeat at Worcester?
27006Is it known where it is now preserved?
27006Is it the two- handed sword, or the basket- hilted two- edged sword_ now_ bearing the appellation?
27006Is not the use of sel d''or subject to the objection that the pictures with which it is used are liable to fade in time?
27006Is the latter kind of sword peculiar to Scotland?
27006John Lord Scudamore, Viscount Sligo in Ireland,"in the library of P. Howard, Esq., at Corby Castle?
27006Lord Ball?
27006Must there not be some records in the University which will yield this information?
27006Now whence this curious similarity in the vernacular ideology of districts so remote?
27006Quis enim hoc negat?
27006Should the positives be printed out very strongly?
27006So Niobe boasts:"Felix sum, quis enim hoc neget?
27006The question is, did he write the passage as it stands in the first folio, which I have copied above?
27006Was your correspondent led to think so from the fact of the martyr having been originally a bishop of the Isle of Man?
27006What is considered to be the English measurement of the Roman_ juger_, and the authorities for such measurement?
27006What is the measurement of the Anglo- Saxon_ hyde_, and the authorities for such measurement?
27006When then did the practice of kissing the book originate?
27006While I am upon the matter, I would farther ask this mysterious_ Ampers and_,"who gave thee that name?"
27006Who will_ live_ hereafter, if he be a doer of_ evil_?
27006Whom should we_ repel_ sooner than the_ leper_?
27006Why does not some one write a Minstrelsy of the Midland Counties?
27006Why should_ et_ be called"_ et_ by itself?"
27006Will any herald advise me how to proceed farther in tracing it?
27006_ We have received a_ Pedigree of the Reynolds Family_ for this Correspondent; where shall it be sent_?
27006_ rude day''s_?
27006amm.,_ without the albumen_, be found to answer for ordinary positive paper( say Canson''s, Turner''s, or Whatman''s)?
27006and how long should they remain in the_ saturated_ bath of hypo.?
27006and may this also be applied with a brush?
27006and, if so, whence came the original, from England or Scotland?
27006and, in that case, may it be applied with a brush?
27006answer for paper so prepared?
27006i. p. 299., calls her Catherine; which is correct?
27006inform me whether more than two numbers of_ The Brazen Head_ were ever published?
27006inform me who he was?
27006of Sept. 10?
27538_--Would you kindly inform me where the expression is to be found:I would not do such or such a thing for a wilderness of monkeys?"
27538( By the Reverend Thomas Earle, afterwards Vicar of Malmesbury?)
27538( ¤Sar¤), a leader, commander, or prince?
27538).--Has the statement made by GULIELMUS, as to the origin of the name of Synge, ever appeared in print before?
27538248.--What name are these composite initials meant to represent?
275387.:"What think you?
27538:_"_ Victorian._ How is that young and_ green- eyed_ Gaditana That you both wot of?
27538And if Man''s be, on what authority is it probably founded?
27538And if so, where?
27538At what time was it built?
27538C. P. G._ Oasis._--Can any correspondent inform me of the correct quantity of the second syllable of this word?
27538Can any of your numerous readers furnish an account of it?
27538Can any of your readers inform me what_ Fleur des Saints_ was?
27538Can any one restore the defective parts?
27538Can you point me to any work where this hint has been carried out?
27538Does the history of the art, either among the Greeks or the Romans, furnish any well authenticated instance of this practice?
27538Has the glove been associated with this fair from its commencement?
27538I shall be glad to know who Mr. Caldecott was or is?
27538I should be glad to know her maiden name, and whether he left any surviving family?
27538If so, what were its contents?
27538If used, what was their form?
27538Is there any more to be found in favour of"_ green eyes_?"
27538Is this incident of the bullet mentioned in any of the cotemporary accounts of the battle?
27538Pray is this the_ morrow_ of St. Michael, as commonly supposed?
27538Query, Has this reading been adopted by our skilled Shakspearian critics?
27538Query, Is this the proper mode of interpretation, or is there a misprint?
27538Query, What arms did she bear?
27538Richard Synge, preacher at the Savoy in 1715?
27538Say, shall we have the_ State_ illuminated In honour of the Swede?"
27538Should we read_ Saneco_=Sarah Nelson Coleridge?
27538The modern slang,"Do you see anything_ green_ in my eye?"
27538To what saint consecrated?
27538Was he George Synge, the grandfather of George Synge, Bishop of Cloyne, born 1594?
27538Was it a book?
27538Was this_ small_ beginning the origin of our innumerable reviews?
27538Were they used in England before the Reformation?
27538What is the cause of this?"
27538What, then, is the meaning of"Hurrah,"and in whet language?
27538Which of these statements is the true one?
27538_ Ballina Castle._--Where can I see a view of Ballina Castle, in the county of Mayo?
27538_ Crosses on Stoles._--When were the three crosses now usually embroidered on priests''stoles in the Roman Catholic Church introduced?
27538_ Hotchpot._--Will you kindly tell me what is the derivation of the local term_ hotchpot_, and when it was first used?
27538_ Reynolds''Portrait of Barretti._--Can any of your correspondents inform me where the portrait of Barretti, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now is?
27538_ Splitting Paper._--Could any of your readers give the receipt for splitting paper, say a bank- note?
27538_ The Devil on Two Sticks in England._--Who is the author of a work, entitled as under?
27538_ Worm in Books._--Can you or any of your numerous correspondents suggest a remedy for the worm in old books and MSS.?
27538_ bare- skin_), or rather_ bare- fellow_?
27538_"Salus Populi,"& c._--What is the origin of the saying,"Salus populi suprema lex?"
27538and from what cause was it allowed to fall into its present ruinous and desecrated condition?
27538and if not, how far back can its use be traced?
27538and what is the best historical and descriptive account of that county, or of the town of Castlebar, or other places in the county?
27538and whether the edition appeared under the auspices of any society or sect of Christians?
27538or of any necessity having arisen for enforcing the payment of tithes or offerings by ecclesiastical censures during that period?
27538refer me to any book or record from which I can obtain this information?
27538tell from what family this Martyr sprang, and what their armorial bearings are?
27538three or four times: now, I to_ comfort_ him,"& c. Does this look as though he were in the happy state of mind your correspondents imagine?
27538{ 409}_ Marlborough at Blenheim._--Extract from a MS. sermon preached at Bitton( in Gloucestershire?)
34195If all our vessels ran''a, If none but had a crack''a; If Spanish apes eat all the grapes, How should we do for sack''a? 34195 If all the world were sand''o, Oh then what should we lack''o; If as they say there were no clay, How should we take tobacco?
34195If all things were eternall, And nothing their end bringing; If this should be, then how should we Here make an end of singing?
34195If fryers had no bald pates, Nor nuns had no dark cloysters; If all the seas were beans and pease, How should we do for oysters? 34195 If there had been no projects, Nor none that did great wrongs; If fiddlers shall turne players all, How should we doe for songs?
34195_--Can any of your readers explain the following extract from the Council of Ancyra, A.D. 314? 34195 _--Who was the author of this short poem, to be found in all the earlier collection of poetry for the use of schools?
34195''And pray, Mr. Macklin,''said Pope,''do players in general take such pains?''
341951852?
341954., in which he replies at some length, and not unamusingly, to the Query,"Why are sneezers saluted?"
34195And if it is, what is the amount of that compensation?
34195And if so, is there any representative, and where, at the present day?
34195Any particulars regarding his history?
34195But, Query, are not the_ printed_ sermons of these divines merely outlines, to be filled up by the preacher_ extempore_?
34195Can you inform me of the names of these_ first_ members of that Heraldic body?
34195Deo displiceat?
34195Did the scholars of Italy know more of what was done by Englishmen in Sicily in Brydone''s day than they do at present?
34195Did this"monstrous man"leave any descendants?
34195Do the Jews at present, in any country, practise polygamy?
34195Does any such_ wappenschau_ occur in England on such occasions now?
34195Has this view of our literature been taken, and exhibited in all its aspects, by any English writer and if so, by whom?
34195How are the dates reconciled?
34195How does this stand?
34195How many marquisses were there, and were any of them men of any note in their day and generation?
34195I would farther ask why twenty- one was the number fixed for a royal salute?
34195If not, when and why was that practice discontinued among them?
34195In whose possession are they now?
34195Is it merely nominal?
34195Is there any religious sect which forbids polygamy, besides the Christians( and the Jews, if the Jews do forbid it)?
34195Is there such an order in existence?
34195J. Cawley was a son of the regicide?
34195John Pocklington._--Can any of your correspondents oblige me with information respecting the family, or the armorial bearings of Dr. John Pocklington?
34195On what ground has polygamy become forbidden among Christians?
34195Query, What is Dorset?
34195Reprinted in 1796 and 1800?
34195Was Polygamy permitted among the early Christians?
34195What could be done with the Spanish chesnut?
34195What is meant by"vanitatem observare?"
34195When and where did he die?
34195When and why was Lochwood, the family residence, abandoned?
34195_ Carronade._--What is the derivation of the term_ carronade_, applied to pieces of ordnance shorter and thicker in the chamber than usual?
34195_ Halcyon Days._--What is the derivation of"halcyon days?"
34195_ Irish Legislation._--I have met with the following statement: is it to be received as true?
34195_ Original Words of old Scotch Airs._--Can any one tell me where the original words of many fine old Scotch airs are to be found?
34195_ Soomarokoff''s_"_ Demetrius._"--Who translated the following drama from the Russian?
34195_ Teddy the Tiler._--Who was Teddy the Tiler?
34195and is there any likelihood of the folk story being true?
42820).--A question has been asked:"Does a dignity or office, such as rector of Haccombe, exist in the Anglican Church?"
42820).--In the_ Philosophical Transactions_( 1835?)
42820126.--"If there be any well- authenticated instance of a woman having had more than twenty- five children?"
42820After what fashion would she have resisted these things thirty years ago?"
42820Are the names of that council anywhere published?
42820Are the_ Anthologia_ and the_ Florilegium_ quoted in any works previous to Forster''s time?
42820As this will doubtless be known to some of your readers, may I ask the name of the author, and the occasion of its publication?
42820B. C. asks,"Will any one say it was through ignorance{ 576} that he( Swift) did not sound the_ g_ in dressing?"
42820Before we go any farther I would ask,_ is_ Dr. Forster the author of this book?
42820Besides, what does the"S"stand for, after you get the"PAX?"
42820Brave as the officers and men may be, what success or what renown can be gained in such an unequal conflict?
42820But what can the British army do against such a host as the Russian autocrat has around him?
42820C. H._ Sacheverell''s and Charles Lamb''s Residences in the Temple._--In which house in Crown Office Row, Temple, was Charles Lamb born?
42820Can any of your correspondents furnish authority for such tradition?
42820Can any of your readers give me an account of him?
42820Can any one say whether it has anywhere been retained in our own Church?
42820Did this council continue to exist till the appointment( I think in 1670) of the Council of Trade, of which Lord Sandwich was made president?
42820Has the subject of salaries of offices( including fees) in these times ever been accurately investigated?
42820Is not Sir Adam the correct name?
42820Is there any other information extant as to the first introduction of cabbages into England?
42820May not the use of this sort of_ mantel_ have caused the part of the fireplace from which it hangs to be called the mantel- piece?
42820Must we not conclude that Bishop Hall drew his newly- coined word thence?
42820Now, two questions arise hereon: first, what has become of the original painting from which this print was taken?
42820Of what family was he?
42820The Queries I now propose are: Who was the compiler of the_ Circle of the Seasons_?
42820Was this the case with all offices?
42820What is it?
42820What were the emoluments of the lord chancellor, chancellor of the exchequer, and president of the council, in the reign of Charles?
42820When and how did the practice originate, and when and how fall into disuse?
42820Whither should fowl flock in a hard frost, but to the barn- door?
42820Why does Mr. Carruthers leave out the third?
42820Witty, I admit, but that"touch of the same"( blue_ facings_?)
42820_ Canne''s Bible._--What is the value of a good copy of Canne''s Bible, printed at Edinburgh by John Kincaid, 1756?
42820_ Sale of Offices and Salaries in the Seventeenth Century._--Has the subject of the sale of offices in former times ever been investigated?
42820_ Ætna._--To whom can the following passage refer?
42820and secondly, where is the line engraving of the picture now in the National Gallery?
42820and which were the chambers occupied by Dr. Sacheverell, also in the Temple, at the time of the riots caused by his admirers?
42788''Say what is_ Abstract_, what_ Concrete_? 42788 Pray, Sir, can you tell me whether there is any doubt of what kind of wood our Lord''s cross was made?
42788''How so?
42788).--Are not many, or most of the so- called_ eagles_ on lecterns in churches,_ pelicans_?
42788).--Is St. Ives by any possibility connected with St. Jue''s, St. Jew''s, or St. Jude''s?
42788):"Amor,_ sinistram_ ut ante,_ Dextram sternuit approbationem?_"P. J. F. GANTILLON, B.A.
42788A fairy missing another in the sack, called out( the story was told in broad Lancashire dialect)"Dick( dignified name for a fairy), where art thou?"
42788A. D. asks, in reference to a certain epitaph,"has it really a local habitation, and where?"
42788Allow me to add a Query: What ancient authors allude to this old specimen of Folk Lore?
42788And, as a further favour, finish the hexameter in this epigram?
42788Are not these rhymes older than Bentley?
42788By Beaumarchais:"Connaissez- vous rien de plus sot Que Merlin, Bazire, et Chabot?
42788Can any of your correspondents give any account of them, and where they are to be found?
42788Can any of your numerous readers inform me where this picture is placed, or say in what manner the heads are grouped?
42788Can any of your readers inform me of the date of the last instance in England, and where it is stated?
42788Can any reader supply a copy?
42788Could he inform me what has now become of that picture, and also whether it was rated among that celebrated artist''s best works or not?
42788I should be glad to know if the petitions, of which they are drafts, or rather copies, were presented, and_ when_?
42788If I am here displaying ignorance, I ask, What is the legend of St. Ives?
42788Is it authentic?
42788May I ask if he has any other documents or information which would throw light on the origin and history of the Rowley poems?
42788My Query is, Whether this is a common superstition?
42788Nam et signa ipsa, et cantabra, et vexilla castrorum, quid aliud quam inauratæ cruces sunt et ornatæ?
42788P. C. S. S. A correspondent signing himself VANDYKE asks,"Why is Sir Kenelm Digby represented, I believe always, with a sunflower by his side?"
42788Query, Can any one verify this statement?
42788Say, who can wonder?
42788Two stanzas run thus:"George B----[1] has turn''d a saint, they say: But who believes the tale?
42788Was it ever the fashion to pronounce these different terminations alike; or does any other author of repute of that date use such rhymes?
42788What authority is there for this?
42788What is known of this old oak at the present time?
42788What is the orthodox mode of conducting this kind of divination?
42788Where did Fuller read this story?
42788Which of all these derivations is correct?
42788_ Chaplain._ Quid est Charitas?
42788_ Chaplain._ Quid est Spes?
42788_ Rosa Mystica._--Where is information to be found on the subject of the_ Rosa Mystica_; and what is the date of its institution?
42788_ Segantiorum Portus._--Has there been any locality yet found for this port, mentioned by Ptolemy in his_ History of Britain_?
42788and if true, inform me of the title of this latter work; and whether it is to be found in any library in this country, and where?
42788inform me if this famous old tree is still alive?
42788inform me of the correct meaning of the word"assassin?"
42788kindly enlighten me on the subject?
42002_--Does any one know a book called_ Behemoth, an Epitome of the Civil Wars from 1640 to 1660_? 42002 _--From what author is the phrase"Deus ex machinâ"taken?
42002( 1.)?
42002( iii.)?
42002).--In answer to your correspondent MR. PEACOCK, as to whether a monument was usually erected over the burial- place of the heart,& c.?
42002***** WAS SHAKSPEARE DESCENDED FROM A LANDED PROPRIETOR?
42002A reference to any reports or papers of them would oblige D. L._ Cui Bono._--What is the true rendering of the Latin phrase_ Cui Bono_?
42002Also, whether collodion portraits come within his patent, as it was understood it could only apply to the_ paper process_?
42002Are there many copies of this edition, or may I congratulate myself upon possessing_ the_ one ordered by Junius?
42002B. would also be glad to know_ where_ Towgood of St. Neot''s_ positive_ paper can be procured, and the price?
42002Being asked''Who should be the next emperor?''
42002But can nothing be done to rescue from destruction the precious analytical treasures of Euler, now entombed in the archives of St. Petersburgh?
42002Can any of your correspondents give other early quotations from the_ De Imitatione_?
42002Can any of your correspondents refer me to a description of Alva?
42002He also inquires what is meant, in a deed of grant of the time of Queen Elizabeth, by a grant of"decimas calchanti,"& c.?
42002In what year did he die?
42002Is not this a fresh invention?
42002Is not this the action alluded to by Shakspeare and other writers, as"biting the thumb?"
42002It is to be remarked that the copy I have met with is styled_ privileged_?
42002Most text- books say it means"For what good?"
42002Oxford?
42002Perhaps the word_ subarration_ may suggest to R. C. a clue, by which he can mend his extract?
42002T. P. L._ Reverend Robert Hall._--Who was Robert Hall, a preacher of some celebrity in the time of James II.?
42002What age was he when his picture, now in Hampton Court, was painted by Gainsborough?
42002What is the origin of this erroneous mode of expression?
42002_ Lords''Descents._--Is a MS. collection of Lords''Descents, by Thomas Maisterson, Esq., made about the year 1705, now extant?
42002_ Personal Descriptions._--Is Sir Walter Scott''s description of Saladin taken from any ancient writer, or is it a fancy sketch?
42002_ Statne nominis umbra?_ An answer is not needed to this Query.
42002_ The Scotch Grievance._--Can the demand of Scotchmen, with respect to the usage of the royal arms, be justified by the laws of Heraldry?
42002_ The Stock Horn._--Can any of your readers or friends tell me where I can see a specimen of the musical instrument called the"Stock Horn?"
42002_ Wheelbarrows._--Who invented the wheelbarrow?
42002and if so, where may engravings of them be found?
42002and what was its original application?
42002inquires the origin of the sign- boards of the"Blue Bell"and the"Blue Anchor?"
42002or,"What use was it?"
42002to the English throne, on which the royal arms are found with Scotland in the first quarter and England in the second?
42002when Prince of Wales?
28475(?)
28475(?)
28475), from any other author?
28475A. C._ Snail Gardens._--What are the continental enclosures called snail gardens?
28475And are there any other letters employed as numerical than the M, D, C, L, V, and I?
28475And what are the other curious carvings?
28475Besides the editing of these MSS., who is so well qualified as Dr. Green to give us a good biography of Coleridge?
28475But, perhaps, the authenticity of the_ Poems_ may at once be boldly denied?
28475Can any of your correspondents contribute other examples?
28475Can any of your correspondents inform me why so called?
28475Can he give me any more communication concerning them?
28475Can it be that_ iris_, not the pupil, is taken to represent an apple?
28475Can the present representative of the family of Roberts give any farther information respecting Thomas Lord Lyttelton''s manuscripts?
28475Did he do so?
28475Does he think cyanide of potassium would do as well as the iodide, to redissolve the iodide of silver, iodide of potassium being at present so dear?
28475Does not this look much like the_ suppressio veri_ which follows close on the footsteps of the_ assertio falsi_?
28475For whom?
28475From what event or occasion?
28475Has any light been thrown on the Anglo- Saxon term?
28475How can it be addressed to him?_ W. W.( Malta)_ has our best thanks for his letter of the 25th of June.
28475I now ask MR. COLLIER, on what authority were these emendations adopted?
28475I would ask, therefore, Why carved?
28475In what publication or in what form did the executors of Thomas Lord Lyttelton disown the_ Letters_ and_ Poems_?
28475Is it known who was the editor of the_ Poems_ published in 1780?
28475Is the print of old Jacob Bobart, by W. Richardson,_ valuable_?
28475Is there any collection extant?
28475Is there any pedigree of the family?
28475Is there anything in this, or is it fortuitous?
28475Is this the case?
28475J. Craig._"The Query I would more particularly ask is( presuming the accuracy of the assertions), What is the prophecy so wonderfully fulfilled?
28475Lastly, Is any letter known to exist in the public journals of the years 1770, 1771, under the signature of ARUSPEX?
28475Query, How is this made out?
28475The duke, somewhat surprised, asked what that meant?
28475The important Query therefore at once arises,_ what became of these manuscripts, and were they destroyed or preserved_?
28475Theobald says,''But why_ shoes_, in the name of propriety?
28475There is a portrait of Jacob Bobart the younger in_ Oxford Almanack_ for 1719; can I procure it?
28475WAS THOMAS LORD LYTTELTON THE AUTHOR OF JUNIUS''S LETTERS?
28475Whence did Mr. Teale get these lines?
28475Where can I pick up a print of him by Loggan del., Burghers sculp.?
28475Why called"Tom Thumb''s House?"
28475Why does he prohibit_ washed_ ether?
28475_ A Scale of Vowel Sounds._--Can any correspondent tell me if such scale has anywhere been agreed on for scientific purposes?
28475_ George Wood of Chester._--Of what family was George Wood, Esq., Justice of Chester in the first year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1558?
28475explain the meaning of the following inscription?
28475or may not the word be a corruption of_ Maghrabee_, which is, I think, a foreign name given to this wandering race?
28475tell me where I can see Hupfeld,_ Von der Natur und den Arten der Sprachlaute_, which is quoted by several German authors?
31690_ The Village Lawyer._--Can you inform me who is the author of that very popular farce,_ The Village Lawyer_?
31690(?)
31690Are these names vernacular in any of the modern Indian languages?
31690Bryant says it was called by the natives_ Damasec_ and_ Damakir_, the latter meaning the city( Caer?)
31690Can any of your correspondents north of the Tweed, or elsewhere, give the correct source?
31690Can it have once been Adama, or Dama- asca?
31690Could one of your correspondents oblige me with a correct pedigree of this Mary Leigh; she is sometimes called"Mabel?"
31690Here I repeat the question, is the word vernacular, or only adopted?
31690How has Mr. Green discharged the duties of this solemn trust?
31690I have somewhere heard it said that the 28th( an English regiment) were once armed with swords, whence their name of"The Slashers?"
31690I should also like to know the origin of the custom of wearing undress_ white_ shell jackets, which are now worn by the Highlanders?
31690Is it an established fact, that the translators revised their work in 1613?
31690Is this the real origin of the name?
31690John Dixon, holding forth against this custom once, in a sermon at Kelso, says:''Sirs, do you know what hagmane signifies?
31690Kyle- aska?
31690Language, Cree?
31690Locke(?).
31690May I ask is there any list of the chaplains of King Charles I.?
31690May I forward another instance of its being in early use, although not altogether in its modern acceptation?
31690P. C. S. S. is very desirous to know where a list of these instruments can be consulted?
31690Query, Are these two vernacular?
31690Query, Tungouse- asca?
31690See Dr. Jelf''s note,_ in loc.__ Dedeful_, operative?
31690So may I say unto you[ Dr. Cole], that make so much of Gerson, Driedo, Royard, and Tapper: Have the learned men of your side none other doctors?
31690Were the American nations originally of one tongue?
31690What book that could interest more than Cranmer''s Great Bible of 1539, from whence our familiar Prayer- Book version of the Psalms is taken?
31690What connexion was there between Edmund Brown and Anthony Brown of Tolthorp?
31690What grander volume for simplicity and elegance of language, for true Anglo- Saxon idiom, than our present venerated translation?
31690What is the small quarto of 1613 I have mentioned?
31690When shall we get a good structureless paper?
31690Which is right?
31690Whom did he marry, and when?
31690Wrington to her niece Frances Watkins Samuel or John?)
31690Y. S. M._ Inn Signs._--As the subject of inns is being discussed, can any of your readers tell the origin of"The Green Man and Still?"
31690Yeoman.| daughter of(?).
31690_ Athens._--What is the origin of the term"violet- crowned city,"as applied to Athens?
31690_ Bluck_,...(?)
31690_ Enforcement_, effort?
31690_ How can we forward a letter to this Correspondent?_ ENQUIRER.
31690_ James Miller._--Who was Miller, mentioned by Warburton as a writer of farces about 1735?
31690_ Sir Hugh Myddelton._--Where was Sir Hugh Myddleton buried?
31690and has a monument been erected to his memory?
31690and if not, what is?
31690and, if so, what is their real meaning?
31690or upon what other proof or authority these graves are so assigned to the Anglo- Saxons?
31690said he;''have the women of these countries none other children?''
31690tell anything about the season?
31690| baptized August 29, 1632. Who was he?)
42821).--I can not but express my surprise at the learned(?)
42821).--INQUIRER asks"Why the freedom of Edinburgh was conferred upon him?"
42821).--Is not_ mawkin_ merely a corruption for_ mannikin_?
428211819. Who is"the poet?"
42821And if there was, what arms did they bear?
42821Can any of your correspondents explain the expression,"a worse face under a cork upon a bottle?"
42821Can any one inform me whether the air is ancient or modern?
42821Did this piece contain any account of his researches in libraries alluded to?
42821Do the words admit two meanings?
42821Do they not move, Hyperion- like, on high?
42821How are we to reconcile these statements?
42821How did the word acquire the meaning given to it in such a sentence?
42821If so, has it ever been published?
42821If then the mediæval effigies are alive, how can the costume be reconciled with their position?
42821If there was such a family, was it in any way connected with any of the early proprietors of Belvoir Castle?
42821Is anything known of a family of the name of Harryes or Harris of Orton, and what were their arms?
42821Is anything known of such a person?
42821Is this ceremony at all connected with the symbolism I have noticed?
42821On the 1st JULY will be published, WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?
42821That the pupil of Coleridge, and the author of_ Vital Dynamics_, will worthily acquit himself in this great field, who can question?
42821The SECOND will be published on the 1st of AUGUST, WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
42821The earliest extant at the present day?
42821To which of J. H. Parker''s_ Parochial Tales_ does CHEVERELLS allude?
42821Was he a naturalist too?
42821Was there ever a family of the name of De Beauveir, De Beauvoir, or Beaver, of Tarwell, in Nottinghamshire?
42821Were they not likewise sons of heaven and earth?"
42821What but pre- Angeloism?
42821What is the symbolism of this position?
42821When and where did this occur, and what was the result?
42821Where do their clothes come from?
42821Where?]
42821Why then should this poor choice be denied?
42821Why, then, should a sculptor be now"cabin''d, cribb''d, confined, bound in,"by such inflexible conditions?
42821Y. S. M._ Army Lists for Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries._--Where are they to be found?
42821_ Grammar School of St. Mary de Crypt, Gloucester._--Can you give me the name of the master of the Grammar School of St. Mary de Crypt in 1728?
42821_ Parochial Registers._--When and where were parochial registers first established?
42821_ Quakers''Calendar._--What month would the Quakers mean by"12th month,"a century and a half since?
42005Does the_ Man in the Moon_ look big, And wear a huger periwig; Show in his gait, or face, more tricks Than our own native lunatics?
42005Foot it featly here and there And let the rest the burden bear?
42005Was it a dream? 42005 _ The Lounger''s Common- place Book._"--Who was the editor of this work?
42005''Who made that wond''rous animal a Soph?''
42005''_ Captain._ What are you about, Dick?
42005( either horologists or others) say when he lived?
42005An Alumni Ædis Christi_ re- verâ_ fiant Canonici?
42005An Procuratorum pedissequi recte nominentur Bull- dogs?
42005By the way, how comes_ burden_ to be used in the sense of"chorus or refrain?"
42005Can any of your numerous readers inform me if this stone could possibly be the tombstone of Thurstan, Archbishop of York?
42005Can you say where the quotation is from?]
42005De Academicorum in Venerabili domo Convocationis sedentium podicibus igneo quodam vapore calefaciendis:''Placetne vobis Magistri?''
42005Does such an office, or rather dignity, exist in any other case in the Anglican Church?
42005H._ Edward Brerewood._--Is there any authenticated portrait extant of this learned mathematician?
42005I then said to a gunner who was alleviating a gun,''Which of those columns do you mean to make run?''
42005In Chambers''_ Scottish Songs_, Edinburgh, 1829, p. 273. is a piece beginning--"And was you e''er in Crail toun?
42005In fact, what is the origin of the numerous small freeholds into which our ancient manors are broken up?
42005Is it a genuine narrative; and if so, where can I find a key to the initials?
42005Is it the_ bourdon_, or big drone?
42005Is_ Fresick_ a contracted form of_ Freswick_?
42005Nummi ad ornandam faciem occidentalem Collegii Lincolniensis erogati unde comparati fuerint?
42005Or did the said Elizabeth marry twice?
42005Query, Can the above singular statement be verified?
42005Quæstiones duæ: An Alumni Ædis Christi_ jure_ fiant Canonici?
42005Respondetur serenissimæ Archiducissæ de Oldenburg quærenti:''What do the Fellows of All- Souls do?''
42005This passage surely does not imply that she_ died_ at Paris?
42005What is the meaning of the terms_ obs_ and_ sols_?
42005When did the practice of alienating lands by a piecemeal partition and sale commence?
42005Which is correct?
42005Would any of your correspondents kindly give me particulars of this monument, pedigree, and arms?
42005_ Captain._ Thomas, what are you doing?
42005_ Igo and ago_; And saw ye there clerk Fishington?
42005_ Lamenther._--Who was the writer of the_ Life of Lamenther, written by herself_, published by subscription in 1771?
42005_ Longfellow._--Could you inform me whether the name"Longfellow"may still be traced in any parts of England?
42005_ Puto pro Chalcanthum, Vitriol, L._"Will this tally with the circumstances of the case?
42005_ Quince._ Is all our company complete?''
42005_ The Gentleman''s Calling._--Can any one tell me who was the author of this book?
42005and did a subinfeudatory lord possess the power of alienation?
42005and if so, has it some reference to a settlement of the Frisians( anciently Fresians) on this coast?
42005and, in that case, which was the first husband?
42005fit, pessima,"in its present form?
42005is probably thinking of Burns''lines"Written in a wrapper, inclosing a letter to Captain Grose,"& c.:"Ken ye aught o''Captain Grose?
42005is"A Christmas Carol in honour of Maga, sung by the Contributors,"which begins thus--"When Kit North is dead, What will Maga do, Sir?
42005or did they hear Float from those golden cells A sound, as of some psaltery near, Or soft and silvery bells?
42005{ 180}***** DO CONJUNCTIONS JOIN PROPOSITIONS ONLY?
28194Quid levius calamo? 28194 What is lighter than a feather?
28194_--Can you inform me who were the writers in the_ Lyra Apostolica_ who assumed the letters[ alpha],[ beta],[ gamma],[ delta],[ epsilon],[ zeta]? 28194 _--Is this word, which signifies here"a scarecrow,"merely a Norfolk pronunciation of_ mocking_?
28194_--Was Sir John Bolle, of Thorpe Hall, near Louth, the hero of the_ Spanish Lady''s Love_? 28194 _--Was Weyland Wood in Norfolk the scene of the"Children in the Wood?"
28194_--What is the origin of_ goloshes_, as the name of water- proof shoes? 28194 _--Will you kindly allow me to avail myself of your columns to correct an error in my translation of"Ingulph,"in Bohn''s_ Antiquarian Library_?
28194A member of this Society having been met in mourning when one of the reigning family had died, was asked by one of the members how it so happened?
28194Also, What connexion there is between this word and the Latin for it, which is seen on the college plate, in the words"In usum Portionistarum?"
28194And can you inform me where an account of the circumstances attending this persecution( if there ever was such an one) can be found?
28194And did it not, in times gone by, possess a royal residence?
28194Are there any memoranda of Plowden''s six years''residence as Governor of New Albion( I have some of his residence in Virginia)?
28194Balls; besides Sir John Laurence, Sir Bowyer{ 302} Worstley, Barrett,& c.?
28194But has it any connexion with the tribe of North American Indians, the Goloshes?
28194Can I get more definite facts about the misconduct of Francis?
28194Can the date of the grant to Danby be ascertained?
28194Can you give me any additional facts,_ dates_ especially, of events and births, deaths,& c.?
28194Did the charter ever pass the_ Great Seal_?
28194Does any one know of a like punishment being awarded in olden times, when the tender mercies of the law were cruel and arbitrary?
28194Has it been used exclusively as a state prison?
28194He is said to have served five years in Ireland: in what capacity?
28194If so, where( in what localities), and what capacity?
28194Is not the nursery term something more than a mere coincidence?
28194Is the_ Latin_ original of the character in existence?
28194On what authority?
28194Query, Would he then be other than"Primus inter pares?"
28194Quid meretrice?
28194Quid pulvere?
28194Quid vento?
28194The Planets; Are they Inhabited Globes?
28194There is an omission in the bounds given in the paper referred to: can I get an extract from the original entry of limits?
28194Was it acted in a booth, or in a permanent theatre?
28194Was there ever a theatre on Kennington Common?
28194Were they of the same family with Sandford, Baron Mount Sandford?
28194What I should wish to know is, who was this Odevaere, and where is his description of it to be found?
28194What are( or rather_ were_, for I suppose they do not now exist) these_ privilegia_,_ immunitates_, and_ jura_?
28194What is lighter than the wind?
28194What is the evidence that he was in America from 1620 to 1630?
28194What than womankind is lighter?
28194When and where was Sir Edmund born?
28194When did he arrive to attend to his property, and when was he imprisoned in the Fleet?
28194Where did these parties"die, in America,"in 1634?
28194Who was Beauchamp Plantagenet, the author of the tract on_ New Albion_, published in 1648?
28194Who were Robert Evelin, Captain Young, and Master Miles, mentioned in that tract?
28194Will some one of your numerous correspondents give me a little account of"the bothy system?"
28194Would it be valid, if only passed under the private seal?
28194Would some of your readers who study natural history be good enough to give me another instance?
28194_ Chadderton of Nuthurst, co. Lancaster._--What crest did this family bear, and when did the family become extinct?
28194_ Flasks for Wine- bottles._--When, and under what circumstances, did the common use of flasks in this country, for holding wine, go out?
28194_ Mantelpiece: Mantelshelf: Mantelboard: Mantell and Brace._--What is the origin of this word, and whence came the thing?
28194_ Quakers executed in North America._--Were there not several Quakers hanged in North America on account of their religious opinions?
28194_ Spielberg, when built?_--When and by whom was the prison of Spielberg, in Moravia, built?
28194_ Will this Correspondent let us see the papers respecting_ John Henderson?
28194_ oblige me by lending me a copy of Sander''s_ History of Shenstone?
28194i. e. an imitation of a man-- composed of coat, hat,& c. hung upon a cross bar of wood?
28194may be able to inform me what were the arms, crest, and motto of the Cornwalls of London?
28194referred to, and by whom the collections were made?
31378_ Isle of Beauty._--Who was the author of"Isle of Beauty?"
31378_ The Shipwrecked Lovers._--Can you give me any account of the following tragedy, where the scene of it is laid,& c.?
31378), and at p. 44. that_ The Duenna_ was brought out on the 21st of November, 1755( 1775?).
313785%, 10%,& c.?
31378Alhou Rinha?
31378And farther, if not the latest, does not etiquette forbid such practice now?
31378And if so, what was the language of such proclamation?
31378Are these the only two instances of judges,_ qui olim fuere_, practising at the bar?
31378Can any of your readers inform me why the freedom of Edinburgh was conferred upon him?
31378Can any one inform me of any early printed authority for that story?
31378Did any of them leave a son called James, born about 1690 or 1700?
31378Did this ever take place at the coronation of English monarchs whose succession was not disputed?
31378Edmund Lodge, the predecessor of Dawes in the Mastership of Queen Elizabeth''s Grammar School at Newcastle- upon- Tyne?
31378HAS EXECUTION BY HANGING BEEN SURVIVED?
31378Had the_ costume_, so usual in the portraits by Vandyke, become proverbial so early as 1633, the date of Windebanke''s letter?
31378How was he related to Colonel Owen Rowe?
31378I shall be much obliged if any correspondent can find out anything farther about the said"youth in Scotland?"
31378If not, are they the latest?
31378If your readers can give no information, who can?
31378In 1846 I printed a little pamphlet with the following title:"Who was_ Jack Wilson_, the Singer of Shakspeare''s Stage?
31378In the_ Life_ by G. G. S. are two glaring slips of the pen or of the press; at p. 8. it is said that Sheridan was born in the year 1771( 1751?
31378Mr. Thoms''version of"Shakspeare''s Rime"was inserted( probably by our worthy Editor himself?)
31378My first Query is, therefore, Have any manors been created in England since the passing of that statute?
31378Not being of the totality reminiscent, may I beg for enlightenment?
31378P. C. S. S._ Hiel the Bethelite._--What is the meaning of the 34th verse of the 16th chapter of the 1st Book of Kings?
31378Query, a like instance?
31378Query, in_ what_ modern editions is this imitation found?
31378Query, is this true?
31378Query, whose?
31378The Duke replied,''Do you think I have been so long a pupil of Dr. Burnet''s without learning to be a hypocrite?''"
31378The anecdote sounds well, and I am therefore curious to know who the governors and what the provinces?
31378Then come to my pack, While I cry, What d''ye lack, What d''ye buy?
31378This custom is still kept up, and there is always hard riding to reach the stone before the sun rises on Martinmas Day?
31378V."Madam, come see what you lack?
31378Was this sister called Grace?
31378What are seamen''s tickets?
31378What is the meaning of this term, which P. C. S. S. does not find in any other writing of the period?
31378What route did he take from the first to the second- named town, and what was the object of his visit?
31378When did the phrase originate?
31378Where have I seen it printed as follows, in_ six_ lines; and whence came the other four?
31378Which of these two contradictory accounts is true?
31378Who does not know, or, knowing, does not admire, his''Valse Elegante?''
31378Why does Mr. Carruthers leave out the_ third_?
31378Why is it so designated?
31378Will some kind correspondent inform me and others interested in the subject, where the information is to be found?
31378_ Bruce, Robert._--Can you tell me the name of the author of the following little work?
31378_ Edmund Lodge._--Can you give me the date of the death of Edmund Lodge, the herald?
31378_ Proclamation for making Mustard._--Did Queen Elizabeth issue a proclamation for"the right of making mustard?"
31378_ William Warner._--Where can any account be found of Warner the poet, the author of_ Albion''s England_?
31378and to what particular use was it generally applied?
31378be the publisher of any curious old wills, which might interest the general reader?
30813:Has any bishop of the Western Church held the title of patriarch, besides the Patriarch of Venice?
30813*****_ Wafers._--When and where were wafers invented?
308137., which called forth the following remarks from Bishop Sandford?
30813According to Elphinstone, the"Caufirs of Caubul"( Siah- posh?)
30813Also, if any other plate of the Three Hats public- house, Islington, exists than that in the_ Gentleman''s Magazine_?
30813And if in the affirmative, of what strength should it be?
30813And if so, what is the origin of the custom?
30813And in what consisted this exhibition?
30813And what peculiar authority or privileges has he?"
30813Are they not two distinct persons?
30813Can any of our readers throw light upon this matter?
30813Can any of your readers and correspondents, versed in"legendary lore,"reconcile the two different tales of which"Roland the Brave"is the hero?
30813Can any of your readers give me an authority, from an old author, for the use of this or any similar verb?
30813Can any of your readers tell me who these parties were, or any particulars about them?
30813Can the passage be an interpolation of Lord Berners?
30813Can you inform me whether this be the fact?
30813Have these documents been examined?
30813If so, what are they?
30813Is not Dr. Forbes in error in ascribing the Ritter''s fate to Roland?
30813Is the origin of Mark, a very common Jewish name, to be sought in the Celtic_ merch_, a horse?
30813J. R. R._ Fawell Arms and Crest._--Could any correspondent tell me the_ correct_ arms and crest of Fawell?
30813May I ask whether the words[ Greek: ho ermêneutai Petros] are to be considered as the words of St. John, or of his transcribers?
30813May we not trace here both the article and the name?
30813Or is Mrs. Hemans wrong in her version of the story?
30813Or should the impressed sheet be entirely immersed in the developing fluid in place of being floated?
30813Was this Ritter Toggenburg, the hero of Schiller''s ballad, the nephew of Charlemagne, Roland, who fell at Roncesvalles?
30813What authority is there for this statement?
30813What did the busy insect seek there?
30813What is the fact?
30813What is the title of his book?
30813Who can doubt it?
30813Why so rash has she ta''en the veil In yon Nonnenwerder''s cloister pale?
30813Will any of your correspondents favour your other readers with some farther information on this subject?
30813Would a real adherent of the Papal Church again express himself in the following_ unimpassioned_ manner?
30813Would any_ real_ adherent of Rome so express himself?
30813Would immersion, instead of floating on the gallo- nitrate solution, remedy the evil?
30813Would you know how first he met her?
30813_ Aristotle._--Where does Aristotle say that a judge is a living law, as the Law itself is a dumb judge?
30813_ Celtic in Devon._--When was the Celtic language obsolete in the South Hams of Devon?
30813_ Value of Money in the Seventeenth Century._--What are the data for comparing the value of money in the seventeenth century with its present value?
30813and where may I find a copy?
30813favour me with its etymology or meaning?
30813in 1640, in 1660, in 1680, be considered equivalent to now?
30813in his possession a Linnæan medal?
30813inform me whether these customs have prevailed, or still prevail, in other counties?
30813ix., p. 310., respecting the mounting of photographs?
42003What conquests now will Britain boast, Or where display her banners? 42003 _ I could not love thee, dear, so much._"--Where are the following lines to be found?
42003* Who is able to st[=a]de before me?
42003* Who is able to stande before me?
42003* Who is able to stande before me?
42003* Who is able to stande before me?
42003* Who is hable to stand before me?
42003* Who is hable to stande before me?
42003* who is able to stande before me?
42003------"Si deus est animus nobis ut carmina dicunt, Sic tibi pricipus( bus?)
42003------"Tempora( e?)
42003A gang of robbers( the swell- mob of that day?)
42003Are these last two lines in the_ Musarum Deliciæ_?
42003Can any of your philological friends call to mind a similar version?
42003Can any of your readers give an account of this ancient order?
42003Can any of your sporting or antiquarian correspondents give me any authority for the former, and any information about the latter?
42003Can you afford me any information on these points?
42003How did this sign become so popular and which marquis was it whose popularity gained him immortality; and when lived he?
42003I meant,"Is this the first notice of a German- tree- in- England?"
42003Is it not rather the Latin form of_ Gaoithil_( pronounced_ Gael_ or_ Gaul_), the generic appellation of our Erse population?
42003Is this custom observed in other places?
42003On the title- page,"John Threlkeld''s Book:""Hujus in dominum cupius( as?)
42003Or++ who hath geu[=e] me anything afore hande, that I maye rewarde him agayne?
42003Or++ who hath geue me any thing aforehande, that I maye rewarde hym agayne?
42003Or++ who hath geuen me any thyng afore h[=a]de, y^e I maye rewarde him agayne?
42003Or++ who hath geuen me any thynge aforehande, that I maye rewarde him agayne?
42003Or++ who hath gyuen me any thyng afore hande, that I maye rewarde hym agayne?
42003Or++ who hathe gyuen me anye thynge afore hande, that I maye rewarde hym agayne?
42003Query, Does any such book exist; and if so, where?
42003Thirdly, Whether the Scotch believe that stone to have come from Ireland; and whether that belief in the owner of it being king existed in Scotland?
42003What prelate was the chaplain to the Order?
42003When I said,"Is this the first notice of a German tree in England?"
42003When was that Order created?
42003Where did he get his degree?
42003Where did he live?
42003Who was the first knight?
42003Who was the last knight?
42003Who were his chief dupes?
42003Why is it not revived again?
42003Why was it dissolved?
42003Will E. C. H. be so kind as to inform me on this point?
42003_ Hypocrisy,& c._--Can you inform me with whom originated the following saying:"Hypocrisy is the homage which vice renders to virtue"?
42003_ Vin''autem, Lector, aliquid penitius de hoc Corsilio rescire?_ adisis[_ sic_]_ P.
42003and not"Is this the first notice- in- England of a German- tree?"
42003and( if there is to be a change of position) why do the congregation_ stand_, and not_ kneel_, the usual posture of prayer in the Church of England?
42003felici multa( i?)
42003or are these four lines to be found anywhere in conjunction?
42003or whether, as the legend runs, a similar kind of stone is found in the Arabian plains?
42003what is the context?
30641[ Greek: Pistis],_ unde deriv._--Scapula and Hederic both give[ Greek: peithô] as the root; but by what process is[ Greek: pistis] so obtained?
30641''And dar''st thou, minion,''quoth the queen,''thus article to me?''
30641''So far, forsooth, as in me lay, I did,''quoth she,''withstand; But what may not so great a king by means or force command?''
306413. Who can forget the suggestion by Walter Scott, of"Drink, weary traveller, drink and_ pay_,"as a motto for the public- house at Flodden?
30641Am I right in suspecting that this is equivalent to the expression,"Tell that to the marines,"so well known in our day?
30641And also with any information concerning the births and deaths of the same?
30641Are churchwardens compelled to place them over the chancel arch, or in any part of the building over which their jurisdiction extends?
30641Are there any books published on the subject, and where are they to be had?
30641Are they Inhabited Globes?
30641Are they Inhabited Globes?
30641Are they Inhabited Globes?
30641By what chemical process may hay be converted into bread?
30641Can any of your correspondents inform me in what language it is used in the Eastern Churches?
30641Can any of your readers confirm or contradict this tradition?
30641Can any one correct the following list of editions of the_ Anatomy of Melancholy_?
30641Can anybody suggest another solution of the meaning of this expression?
30641Can it be the same as"pitië?"
30641Did she survive her husband and marry a second time; and, if so, what was his name?
30641Does such a custom exist anywhere else, and what is the origin of it?
30641G. I. S._ Fleas and Bugs._--Has the following explanation of an old saying ever been brought forward, and is it satisfactory?
30641Has it any particular name?
30641How could such an inscription have got into such a place?
30641I am farther desirous of knowing if, in pursuance of his plan, Mr. Wallace_ dramatised_ any more of the Stuarts?
30641Is the geological formation of the present block very difficult to ascertain?
30641Is there any published record of the origin and progress of the Manchester Unity?
30641Is this a fact?
30641It is admitted that the Gospel is not very explicit respecting polygamy; and why so?
30641K._ Albany Wallace._--Can any of your correspondents, familiar with the drama, tell me who this gentleman was?
30641Pourquoi cette souffrance en le lisant?
30641STYLITES says,"On what ground has polygamy become forbidden among Christians?
30641The Planets; Are they Inhabited Globes?
30641This circumstance leads us to inquire at what period, and with what English monarch, the custom of sending duplicate letters originated?
30641What gave rise to the title of Odd Fellows?
30641What objection is there to taking[ Greek: histêmi] as the root?
30641Where; when; by whom?
30641Which of these three accounts am I to believe?
30641While on this subject, may I inquire the reason why the O''Briens quarter with their own arms the bearing of three piles meeting in a point?
30641York, who lived about A.D. 1600 and 1640?
30641[ 2] Who was the father of Simon de Gaunt, Bishop of Salisbury in 1300?
30641_ Apropos_ of proverbial domestic entomology, is there more than lies on the surface in the elegant simile"As snug as a bug in a rug?"
30641_ Barristers''Gowns._--What is the meaning of the lapel, or piece which hangs from the back of the barristers''gown?
30641_ College Battel._--What is the derivation of a word peculiar to the universities,_ battels_: is it connected with_ batten?_ S. A.
30641_ De Gurney Pedigree._--Can any of your readers inform me whether the following pedigree is correct, so far as it goes?
30641_ Odd Fellows._--What is the origin of Odd Fellowship?
30641_ Precedence._--Supposing an earl''s daughter marries a commoner, do her children by him take precedence as the earl''s grandchildren?
30641_ Roman Roads in England._--Whose is the best treatise on the Roman roads in England?
30641_ Royal Arms in Churches._--When were the Royal Arms first put up in churches?
30641_ Snush._--When did this name cease to be used for_ snuff?_ I think I have met with it as late as the reign of Queen Anne.
30641_"La Rochefoucauld._"Pourquoi La Rochefoucauld m''inspire- t- il une répugnance invincible?
30641to which we have just referred?
42782''Behold the ring,''the shepherd cry''d;''Will Jenny be my charming bride?
42782''My dad and mammy''s fast asleep, My brother''s up, and with the sheep; And will you still your promise keep, Which I have heard you swear?
42782''s queen, Jane Seymour''s claim to a royal lineage?
42782).--Where are the descendants of this worthy family( Daubuz)?
42782Also, where a copy of any description can be seen of the painted window in the said church?
42782Also,_ where_ this very superior line:"Life is like a game of tables, the chances are not in our power, but the playing is?"
42782And do we not know that Magdalene College is always called_ Maudlin_, and that_ Madeleine_ is the French orthography?
42782And is it supposed that our present mode of pronouncing some words is taken from their spelling in books?
42782And will you ever constant prove?''
42782And_ where_, in Campbell, is"A world without a sun?"
42782Can any of your readers throw a further light upon this summary proceeding, as to the time, the book, or the parties?
42782Can any one give me a reference to them?
42782Can it have been done extensively in the ordinary words of the language?
42782Chapman, the translator of Homer?
42782Did he belong to the great French house of that name?
42782For instance, how was the name of Wales supposed to have been pronounced four hundred years ago, or the name Walter?
42782G. H._ La Bruyère._--What is known concerning the family of Jean de la Bruyère, author of_ Les Caractères_?
42782Has any other MS. been discovered?
42782Has it been elsewhere printed?
42782Has it been translated into English, or has any English author noticed it?
42782How comes it, then, that we write it with an_ o_ instead of an_ e_?
42782How could two such different sounds as_ U_ and_ V_ now represent, come by the old printers both to be denoted by_ V_?
42782Is there any rule known by which their pronunciation can be determined?
42782May not such"play- ers"of pilgrimages have been called, in the vernacular of the times,_ play- sters_?
42782Perhaps some of your readers may have met with the word in this sense?
42782Query, what is the allusion here?
42782The object of the present inquiry is to ascertain whether the same name, and thus spelled, is similarly applied in any families of Great Britain?
42782There is described in the_ Thomas Catalogue_, p. 22. lot 236., an unpublished(?)
42782What were his arms?
42782Who would not, thinks the gentle reader, be a Raphael, a Rubens, or a Claude, when the metamorphosis may be effected for twelve postage- stamps?
42782_ Can Bishops vacate their Sees?_( Vol.
42782_ Fleshier of Otley._--What are the arms of Fleshier of Otley, Yorkshire?
42782_ Martha Blount._--Is there any engraved portrait of this lady?
42782_ Niágara, or Niagára?_( Vol.
42782_ This_ I have seen quoted as from Jeremy Taylor, but_ where_?
42782also the way for a stranger to go about it, who wants to spend as little money and time in the matter as is possible?
42782and can any of your numerous correspondents give me reasonable hope of finding portraits of Mrs. Rackett and other connexions of Pope?
42782be good enough to inform the undersigned where he can obtain, by purchase or by loan, the perusal of any part or parts of the above- mentioned work?
42782very closely resembling our vernacular pronunciation?
42782what wilt thou be When time hath sow''d a grizzle upon thee?"
42782who are the authors of the undermentioned books, in his possession?
42782{ 41} May I ask you or some of your readers to give me an interpretation of the inscriptions?
42786_ The Percy Anecdotes._--Who were the compilers of this excellent collection, published about thirty years ago?
42786''Do n''t you remember?''
42786( sive Hippolyti?)
42786A. G. W._ Newspapers._--Which is the oldest newspaper, town or country, daily or weekly, now published?
42786Also, who the Gelkses were, and whether the family is represented now; and, if so, of what county they are?
42786And if not, can give any other explanation of the term?
42786Can any information be furnished from any custom- house in England as to the Sea Otter, Captain Niles?
42786Can any meaning be given to the word?
42786Can any of your correspondents explain this custom?
42786Does it refer to_ these two chances_?
42786From what source did Franklin derive this information?
42786G. R._ York Mint._--Can any of your correspondents inform me of the names of the officers of the local mint at York, instituted about 1696?
42786I would therefore wish to know from any of your correspondents whether this arises from taking away the size, or injuring the fibres of the paper?
42786If so, will any of your readers be kind enough to direct me to any work which contains engraved outlines of such crania?
42786In re- sizing, what is the kind of size and degree of strength generally made use of, and mode of application?
42786Is anything more known of John Searson, and of his other valuable productions, either in Ireland or America?
42786Is her existence ignored in the Hyde pedigree?
42786Is it absolutely necessary for the preservation of the picture, that the size should be wholly removed from the paper?
42786Is the full pedigree of this family anywhere to be had?
42786Is the glossy appearance, observed in finished photographs, attained solely by use of the burnisher?
42786Is this a tradition peculiar to this locality?
42786May it not, however, be just possible that Tennyson did not mean_ anything_?
42786Meanwhile, may I beg the forbearance of your more learned correspondents?
42786PHILOSOPHUMENA ORIGENIS?
42786Pray what is meant by"God''s marks?"
42786Query, Are they still in existence?
42786Query, Is it anywhere recorded that so widespread a rainfall has been previously noticed?
42786Query, What was his Christian name?
42786Query, Where is the first?
42786Shall it be forwarded, or left at our Publisher''s?_ SHAKSPEARE.
42786Should the hot iron, used for improvement of tone, be applied previous to the picture being re- sized, or as a finishing operation?
42786W. H."_ Solid Men of Boston._"--Where are the verses to be found of which the following were part?
42786What can this mean?
42786What is albumenized paper?
42786_ A nunting Table._--What is it?
42786_ Hutter''s Polyglott._--Can any one inform me whether the following work was ever completed, or give me any particulars respecting it?
42786and, if so, whether a paper prepared with starch, instead of size, would be better?
42786inform me where the ballad is to be found, or if MS., give me a copy?
42786used, I believe, by some in printing; and the mode of its preparation?
42786with information hereon?
42004).--Is the Guide to the above by J. H. Dixon published?
42004).--What is the hand projecting under chancel arch, Brighton old church?
42004***** WAS SHAKSPEARE DESCENDED FROM A LANDED PROPRIETOR?
42004A. C._ Egger Moths._--What is the derivation of the word"egger,"as applied to several species of moths?
42004According to Freund,"Cui bono fuit= Zu welchem Zwecke, or Wozu war es gut?"
42004Also, in what church, and in what year, did Lady Elizabeth Robinson, otherwise known as Betty of the Boith, serve the office of churchwarden?
42004And what is the German or the Italian expression?
42004C. Y._--Can you give me any information respecting the famous B. C. Y. row, as it was called, which occurred about fifty years ago?
42004Can any of your correspondents, familiar with Scottish typographical curiosities, tell me who was the author, or authors, of these?]
42004Can any one give some account of this curious instrument?
42004Can you tell me what it is, or where it is to be found?
42004Could this be the place of which his imagination had formed so fair a vision?
42004Is there no chance, amid all these reprints, of our seeing Heywood, Crashaw, Southwell, Habington, Daniel, or Drummond of Hawthornden?
42004Is this the book he wants?
42004Is this the case?
42004Is_ enfans perdus_ the idiomatic French equivalent, or is it only dictionary- French?
42004J. Scott 153 Blackguard 153"Wurm,"in Modern German-- Passage in Schiller''s"Wallenstein"154 Was Shakspeare descended from a Landed Proprietor?
42004Lardner''s_ Museum of_{ 163}_ Science and Art_, besides a farther portion of the inquiry,"The Planets, are they inhabited Worlds?"
42004Literally, or more freely rendered, Who will be the gainer by it?
42004May it not have been written by him?
42004That is, To what purpose?
42004The correct rendering of this phrase is undoubtedly that given by F. NEWMAN,"For the benefit of whom?"
42004The syntax of this common phrase, with the ellipses supplied, is,"Cui homini fuerit bono negotio?"
42004These lines suggest the Query, Is this term for the alphabet still in use?
42004This curious production was"Printed at Elguze?
42004Thus,_ e.g._:"The question''_ cui bono_,''to what practical end and advantage do your researches tend?
42004To what person will it be an advantage?
42004Verelst?
42004Was William of Wykeham of the Family of Swalcliffe?
42004What being is there nigh?
42004What is meant by this?
42004Who answers me?
42004_ Bon._ After so many bright exploits be forced to restitution?
42004_ Bon._ Knowest thou whether London will henceforth continue to resist?
42004_ Bon._ Restitution of what I''ve got by true heroic feats and martial address?
42004_ Bon._ What should I then be, that I think myself immortal?
42004_ Bon._ What will be the fate of so much toil and trouble?
42004_ Bon._ What will become of my people, already too unhappy?
42004_ Bon._ What?
42004_ Bon._ Whether Vienna and other Courts will oppose me always?
42004_ Foreign Universities._--Is there any history of the University of Bologna?
42004_ Not caring a Fig for anything._--What is the origin of this expression?
42004_ Where shall we address a letter to this Correspondent?_ OXFORD JEU D''ESPRIT.
42004and, if so, in what parts of the country?
42004but it is generally used in such a manner as to make it indifferent whether that, or the corrupted signification"For what good?"
42004now lie?
42004or where can be found any account of the foundation and constitution of the foreign universities in general?
42004or, For_ whose_ good?
42004should I, like a coward vile, to compound be reduced?
42004supply information respecting inn and other signs; or refer to any printed books, or accessible MSS., relating to the subject?
42004to the English throne, on which the royal arms are found, with Scotland in the first quarter, and England in the second?"
42004what must I expect after so many reverses?
42037''s death by the hand of Sir Walter Tyrrell rest?
42037(_ Burton._) Does this stone exist?
42037Are there any other well- authenticated instances of a similar usage?
42037Birth, commanding position, intellect, learning, literary genius?
42037But what has Dalrymple or Mr. Croker to say in answer to a question about Sydney''s way of life when abroad?
42037But, it will be said, whence comes the full circle?
42037Can any correspondent inform me the meaning of"Spy Wednesday,"it being a term I have never yet heard so applied?
42037Can any one inform me where I can obtain a sight of this tract?
42037Can either of your correspondents state whether Mr. Passemer''s work is known to be in existence?
42037Everywhere the male is called"Jack,"and the female"Jenny;"are these also derived from the Hindoostanee?
42037Has this derivation been suggested?
42037How has this deviation from their text crept into an edition emanating from a University press?
42037Is St. Wilfrid''s either of these?
42037Is anything known of a collection of surnames made by Mr. Cole, the antiquary, in the last century?
42037Is anything known of this affair, or is there any means of discovering the names of the colonial governors of that age?
42037Is not that a trace of the old intercourse?
42037Is there any view of it extant, and where is it to be seen?
42037Is there any work exclusively upon them?
42037May I suggest an origin for the crossed C?
42037Or can any one suggest a better?
42037Query, If ejected 1662?
42037She declared, in her last hours, that_ he was the cause of her death_?
42037The feeling which predominates in all his devotional papers, is that of gratitude; do we not find it also strikingly developed in his hymns?
42037Tickell, in his exquisite elegy, so worthy of its subject, when asking,"What new employments please the unbody''d mind?"
42037Was any religious edifice standing on this spot at that period?
42037Were not the very hymns which we are speaking of in Tickell''s mind?
42037What book gives any rational account of the origin of the Scottish clans, and their distinctive or family names?
42037What is the best compendious gazetteer or topographical dictionary of Normandy extant?
42037What is the etymology of the word_ devil_?
42037What is the real meaning of_ worth_, which forms the final syllable of so many surnames?
42037What makes a man illustrious?
42037When was the old Market Cross, at Bury St. Edmunds, taken down?
42037Which is correct of these two authorities?
42037Who are these_ two_ sons?
42037William Rufus would be one of them; but who is the other?
42037_ A Row on the River Thames._--Plusieurs bateliers de Londres qui menèrent le Roy esbatre à_ Ride- Ride_[ Redriff_ alias_ Rotherhithe?]
42037_ Market Crosses._--Have these interesting crosses occupied the attention of any one?
42037_ Owen, Bishop of St. Asaph._--To what family belonged John Owen, Bishop of St. Asaph, mentioned in Winkle''s_ Cathedrals_ with so much honour?
42037_ Romances._--Tassin, pour 1_ Romans de Renart_[ a burlesque poem, by Perrot de Saint Cloot or Saint- Cloud?]
42037_ The Surname Bywater._--Can any of your correspondents furnish me with particulars relating to the surname"_ Bywater_?"
42037_ Will our Correspondent specify the communications to which he refers?
42037and can farther information about this rock be afforded?
42037and can they also favour me with the loan of the pamphlet for a month?
42037v., p. 436., in_ All''s Well that ends Well_,_ infinite cunning_ for"insuite comming,"of the folio 1623, is to be met with?
28478Who knows but my availing myself of the means to do the prince my master a service, may come back to me in the shape of some advancement?
28478_--Is there any prospect of Mr. Adamson continuing his_ Lusitania Illustrata_? 28478 ***** WAS COOK THE DISCOVERER OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS? 28478 108 Was Cook the Discoverer of the Sandwich Islands? 28478 According to the literal meaning, it would seem that the Laird of Brodie was something less than a gentleman? 28478 Also, in what respect Limerick was formerly superior to Dublin? 28478 And how does MR. COLLIER explain this misprint? 28478 And when did he live? 28478 And when they were gone he said,What did you see me eat, Elly?"
28478And whichever it is, what is the reason for its being so?
28478Archdeacon Wrangham says:"Duncombe(?)
28478Besides, what can he mean by speaking of a sloth"the size of a large bear?"
28478But who then was the decapitated man?
28478Can any of your correspondents add to the above names, or throw a light upon their origin?
28478Can any of your correspondents favour me with a copy of it?
28478Can any of your correspondents inform me where the virtuous and patriotic William Lord Russell was buried?
28478Can any of your readers give any information about it?
28478Can any of your readers inform me who this Lady Durham was?
28478Can he speak?
28478Company''s ship"Degrave,"whose wreck upon Madagascar I take to be an undoubted fact?
28478G._ Shape of Coffins._--It would be interesting to ascertain in what localities any peculiar form of coffin is used?
28478Has any such letter been published, and, if so, what is the opinion of its genuineness?
28478If to the_ East_ it would have been more intelligible; but why to the West?
28478Is Mr. Bateman''s MS. in a hand indicating so early a date?
28478Is it a known badge of the Savoy family?
28478Is not this a mistake?
28478Is there any authentic memoir of this delightful poetess?
28478Is there any other engraved portrait of her in existence beside the one annexed to the several editions of her poems?
28478J. D._ Where is the sentence of which you ask an explanation to be found?
28478Know man from man?
28478Mr. Palmer, minister of the Temple Church, and who was afterwards Dean of Gashel; or had Sir Joshua any other nephew?
28478My object in writing the above is for the purpose of asking what publication the_ Spendthrift_ really was, and where it can be purchased or seen?
28478Now who was William Billyng?
28478One of Bishop Patrick''s granddaughters, Penelope, married Edward Weston, Under- Secretary of State, of Corkenhatch( Herts?).
28478Penelope Jephson was daughter of Sir Cornelius(?)
28478Query, Who was he, and are there any descendants of this marriage?
28478Then why not a good deed_ turn back_ to reward the doer?
28478What can be more natural?
28478What has become of the letter from M. de St. Mars, said to have been discovered some years ago, confirming this last hypothesis?
28478What herald can say this without bastardising the second Earl of Northumberland?
28478What is this problem?
28478What possible reason can there be for converting"force and knowledge,"in p. 506., to"sense and knowledge?"
28478What so probable as this recognition, in a small provision for a man in his old age, whose misfortunes commenced while in their service?
28478What was the name of Sir Walter''s eldest son, and whom did he marry?
28478When did her husband Mr. Tighe die?
28478Whence this line?
28478Whence?
28478Whom did Sir Walter Heveningham marry?
28478_ French Abbés._--What was the precise ecclesiastical and social_ status_ of a French Abbé before the Revolution?
28478and is there any evidence, besides what this passage may afford, in favour of Dr. Johnson''s assertion, that Newton_ set out_ as an infidel?
28478and was the statue by Flaxman?
28478as"the Mayor Bromicham?"
28478dispute his own estate?"
28478hear?
28478that it is stated"by all ancient heralds"that this lady died without issue?
42787The thynge_ yttes_(_ ytte is?_) moste bee_ yttes_ owne defense.
42787_ Mater ait natæ._--Where can the following lines, thus"Englished by Hakewill,"be found?
42787_--Can any of your contributors inform me of any bibliographical notice of Bishop Patrick''s_ Parable of a Pilgrim_? 42787 :When Good Friday falls in a Lady''s lap, To England will happen some mishap,"or to whom the prophecy( I hope a false one) may be attributed?
42787Alphonso Horne Tooke?
42787And why?
42787Are these fables wholly modern or not?
42787Boscardo James Boswell, Esq.?
42787But what is the meaning of_ libera_, in the first verse?
42787Can any of your correspondents explain them?
42787Can any of your readers kindly inform me in what the celebrity of this animal consists, that Mr. Jessie takes for granted is so well known?
42787Can no earlier authority be given for it than that of_ The World_ in 1753?
42787Did Cardinal Bentivoglio visit England in person, or how did he collect his information?
42787Does the writer of the MS. corrections occasionally give reasons in support of the changes proposed?
42787Has it ever been printed?
42787I have often heard the phrase familiarly in my youthful days; may I ask of you to inform me of its origin?
42787I think there were but one or two more: but who were they?
42787If in honour of an officer commanding the corps, was the name changed when that officer died or removed to another regiment; or what was the rule?
42787Is it derived from the Latin_ rogare_?
42787Is it nearly equivalent to_ inobservata_, and does it denote the absence of the prying curiosity of men?
42787Is it possible it may have been removed to England, and still to be found in one of the public collections?
42787Is the distinction one which obtains generally; and what is the earliest mention of curtseys in any writer on English affairs?
42787It may serve to probe the matter of_ age_ to ask, Who was"the old Spanish author"alluded to?
42787Malvolio Payne Knight or Townley?
42787May I ask likewise, if it is known who was the author of this not very refined or elegant composition?
42787Now, what is the rule for ascertaining the_ numbers_ of these, and other old regiments, in the British army at the present day?
42787Pontevallo Duke of Bridgewater?
42787Query, For fairies, read witches?)
42787Query, Was this collect to be repeated from December 25 to March 24?
42787Was it according to the length of time it had been embodied?
42787What is the explanation of this phenomenon?
42787What is the guide now, in identifying a_ named_ with a_ numbered_ regiment?
42787What was the origin of giving British regiments the_ name_ of a certain officer, instead of_ numbering_ them as at present?
42787What was the rule or principle laid down in giving any regiment a certain_ number_?
42787Who can doubt after that?
42787Will some of your bibliographical correspondents inform me if my surmise is correct?
42787_ Curtseys and Bows._--Why do ladies curtsey instead of bow?
42787_ Daughters of St. Mark._--How many were adopted as daughters of the Republic of St. Mark?
42787_ Egg- shells._"Always poke a hole through your eggshell before you throw it away."--Why?
42787_ Harvest Spider._"The_ harvest- man_ has got four things on its back,--the scythe, the rake, the sickle, and[ Query the fourth?]
42787_ How can a letter be addressed to this Correspondent?_ J. O.,_ who inquired respecting_ Johanna Southcote.
42787_ How can we forward a letter to him?_ MOUSEY.
42787_ Kentish Fire._--What is the origin of the term"Kentish fire,"signifying energetic applause?
42787_ Mediæval Parchment._--In what way did mediæval illuminators prepare their parchment?
42787_ Rosary._--What is the origin of the term_ rosary_?
42787_ When_ did the present mode of_ numbering_ regiments begin; and by whom was it introduced?
42787and if so, what has become of Hone''s MSS., and the large collection he made on the subject of parody?
42787changed into an[ Greek: epithesis cheiros]?
42787say which Campbell is the author, and when and where the hymn was first printed?
42001), made the note before?
42001).--What does the"old English Homily"mean by"a womanne who was the secunde personne of the Trinetee?"
42001And when did it cease to exercise corporate rights, and why?
42001Can any of your correspondents say when or where?
42001Can any of your readers assist me in this matter?
42001Can any of your readers explain?
42001Did he take us for a Lavater or a Spurzheim?
42001Does not the_ high blood_ of the"city merchant"of the present clay, of the"gentleman"of the Stock Exchange, curdle at the thought?
42001Echo, thou that mock''st a voice?
42001He was going to his church; would we accompany him?
42001How can I find out his pedigree?
42001Is the solution first poured on the paper, and then equally diffused over it with the rod?
42001J. G. F._ Does"Wurm,"in modern German, ever mean Serpent?_( Vol.
42001May I append a Query to my reply?
42001Philip Morant?
42001The Planets: Are they Inhabited Worlds?
42001The following Subjects will form Early Numbers of the Work: The Planets: are they Inhabited Globes?
42001To whom does this refer, and what are the particulars?
42001Was_ The Nightingale_ published with a frontispiece?
42001We came away, shall we say better in mind?
42001We found it then there, Sir; will you make the Note?
42001Well, we were then asked by the worthy Incumbent,"Would you not like to see my head?"
42001What church preferment did he hold, where did he die, and where was he buried?
42001What is the origin of this name having been given to the said clump of trees?
42001When Byron wrote his opening line to_ The Bride of Abydos_, he did not probably think of Göthe''s"Könnst du das Land wo die Citronen blühen?"
42001When was the English soldier first dressed in red?
42001Whether it is a fact that the Bourbons turned out the imperial furniture from Fontainebleau and other palaces after their return?
42001Who has not heard, for instance, of the"Boy of Hilton?"
42001Who was this"ingenious man"?
42001_ Berkhampstead Records._--Where are the records of the now extinct corporation of Great Berkhampstead, co. Herts, incorporated 1618?
42001_ Echo._ Ill.{ 52}_ Gl._ Will''t hurt me if I drink too much?
42001_ Gl._ But is''t a thing which profit brings?
42001_ Gl._ Dost thou condemn then what I do?
42001_ Gl._ Dost thou no gluttons virtuous know?
42001_ Gl._ Is''t this which brings infirmities?
42001_ Gl._ Is''t this which dulls the sharpest wit?
42001_ Gl._ May I not, Echo, eat my fill?
42001_ Gl._ Shall I therein finde ease and pleasure?
42001_ Gl._ To minde or bodie?
42001_ Gl._ What?
42001_ Gl._ Whither will''t bring my soul?
42001_ Gl._ Who''s that which giveth me the lie?
42001_ Gl._ Will it make me vigorous until death?
42001_ Gl._ Will it my life on earth prolong?
42001_ Gl._ Will''t bring me to eternall blisse?
42001_ Gl._ Wouldst have me temperate till I die?
42001_ Lysons''MSS._--Is the present repository of the MS. notes, used by Messrs. Lysons in editing their great work, the_ Magna Britannia_, known?
42001_ Portrait of Plowden._--Is any portrait of Edmund Plowden the lawyer known to exist?
42001_ The Alibenistic Order of Freemasons._--Can any of your readers, masonic or otherwise, inform me what is meant by this order of Freemasons?
42001and if so, where?
42001and was the author of such scandalous letter ever discovered and prosecuted?
42001canst tell?
42001or to both?
42791The Footman won the Lady''s heart; And who can wonder? 42791 _ A Screw._"--Why should a broken- down horse be called"a screw?"
42791).--Will J. F. F. allow me the favour of his address, to enable me to transmit to him some papers relating to the Gookins?
427911092- 1153.)?
42791And, if so, when did the family become extinct?
42791Can any of your readers assist me upon these points, either through your journal, or addressed to me at Stoke Newington?
42791Could any of your numerous correspondents furnish me with the author''s name?
42791Did a similar use of the instrument prevail in other places about the same period?
42791Did they leave descendants?
42791I shall be much obliged to any of your readers who can inform me where this journal, or any other, of the proceedings of the Assembly can be procured?
42791Is it because he has"a screw loose,"or because a force equivalent to the screw- propeller must be applied to make him go?
42791Is neither the place nor month known?
42791Is this pronunciation of the word_ put_ an Irishism?
42791Lowell being nothing more nor less than a snare, may not"Peace, gentle lowbell,"mean"Peace, gentle ensnarer?"
42791May not this also serve to explain what is considered as a puzzling term in Beaumont and Fletcher?
42791Might not_ Stephen_ and_ Robert_ be brothers?
42791Nathaniel Gilbert mentioned by Mrs. Flannigan?
42791Need I offer an apology for introducing a_ third_ inscription?
42791Query, What were the"capellæ de nervis de Pampilon depictæ?"
42791The meaning is plainly: Will he go farther on?
42791Was it this Robert de Turneham whose wife was Joanna Fossard, who, about the year 1200, founded the Priory of Grosmont, near Whitby, in Yorkshire?
42791Was salt a scarce article in the midland counties in those days?
42791What is the_ rationale_ of the chemical action upon the hyposulphite of soda?
42791What were these privileges, and whence was the term_ campvere_ derived?
42791When and where was the first salt- mine established in England?
42791Where is this painting now to be found, or is any engraving from it known?
42791Where was he buried?
42791Who first made the blunder of changing the_ u_ into_ n_?
42791Why should the king except the then most illustrious states, which, as being republics, were the more truly inheritors of the Roman grandeur?"
42791Will he travel_ higher_, or return again into France?"
42791_ Campvere, Privileges of._--May I ask the kind assistance of any of your readers on the following subject?
42791_ Conway Family._--Is it true that Sir William Konias( founder of the Conway family) was Lord High Constable of England under William the Conqueror?
42791_ Frescheville Family._--In what work may be found the tradition, that the heir of the family of the House of Frescheville never dies in his bed?
42791_ Hibernicis Hibernior._--Whence, and what the proper form of this proverbial expression?
42791_ How can we address a letter to this Correspondent?_ A. C. W._ The_ yolk_ of an Egg is the_ yelk,_ or yellow of the egg.
42791_ Poisons._--What are supposed to have been the_ poisons_ used for bouquets, gloves,& c., in the time of Catherine de Medici, and her friend René?
42791_ The Witch Countess of Morton._--Can any one give me any information about a Countess of Morton who was called"The Witch?"
42791_ i.e._ where is his epitaph( which is given in Heber''s_ Life Of Jeremy Taylor_) to be seen?
42791and his male descendants, or any references to such account?
42791inform me of the latest period at which this instrument of punishment for scolds is recorded to have been used{ 261} in England?
42791refer me to any notice of this club, which existed about a century back in the city of London?
42791vi., p. 151., I beg to ask where and when he was born?
42791vi., p. 434.?
42791whether an Englishman or American?
42791{ 262} John Thornholme, of Gowthorpe, near York, to whom arms were granted Sept. 11, 1563, was probably not of the same family?
42785''What will you do for me, brave boys? 42785 Turnham Green, 16th June[ 1781?].
42785Also, inform me whether there has been any family of that name?
42785Also, where is the first mention of Banbury cakes?
42785And have they substituted nitrate of zinc for glacial acetic acid, as recommended in a French work, with any success?
42785And now, what think you of noticing this matter in regard to truth, and the fair fame of the honest bookseller?"
42785Are there any genealogical records concerning them?
42785Can any of your correspondents supply the remainder of the prayer; or tell me where it is to be found, or who was the author?
42785Can any of your readers tell us who was"Bognie;"what was his"carriage,"and what the connexion between it and"decks?"
42785Can any reader of your valuable Notes give any further explanation of the word, or of its origin at Bury?
42785Can your correspondent refer me to the play in which there is some sneer that"the housemaid is cousin to an Irish peer?"
42785Have any of your readers substituted iodide of ammonium for iodide of potassium, in preparing paper, collodion,& c., and with what success?
42785How long will the plate retain its sensitiveness after exciting?
42785How may they be forwarded?_ ROSA,_ who asks about_ Men of Kent and Kentish Men,_ is referred to our_ 5th Vol., p. 322.
42785I beg to add a parallel from Burns:"What is life, when wanting love?
42785I wish to ask whether it may be dried quickly by the fire, or must it be dried spontaneously by suspension,& c.?
42785In conclusion, what is the average time with single achromatic lens, six or seven inch focus, to allow to get a good picture?
42785Is the plate( while roasting, according to the process of Messrs. Thompson and Ross) nearly perpendicular in the process?
42785Is there any record of a member of this family settling in Ireland, county of Kilkenny, about the middle of the seventeenth century; his name,& c.?
42785May I give a short specimen of one of his letters filled up?
42785May the same sensitive bath be used for a number of plates without renewing, in the same way as silver bath for collodion?
42785Pray, to what is allusion made?
42785Query, In what year was this act passed, and has the permission then granted ever been annulled?
42785The first question then is this, Were they printed before or after the 13th of April, when Wotton''s letter was written?
42785Thence arises another discussion; were they Pope''s or Hill''s?
42785What are their arms?
42785Where is also the ancient( and formerly very extensive) parish of Crostin?
42785Will any of your botanical readers give me the proper name of the plant?
42785Will any of your readers be good enough to inform me which of those gentlemen was the real_ Simon Pure_, and what induced the alteration of name,& c.?
42785Will photographers who are chemists turn their attention to obtain sensitive dry glass plates?
42785Will the iodized albumen, for giving the film, keep; and how long?
42785_ Epitaph_ in Tynemouth churchyard:"Wha lies here?
42785_ Grindle._--What is the true meaning of this word, and are any other parts of the kingdom called thus?
42785_ Shearman Family._--Is there a family named either Shearman or Spearman in Yorkshire or in Wales?
42785_ Whimsical Bequest._--Is the following cutting from the_ Ipswich Journal_ of January 8th, 1853, worth preserving in your pages?
42785and also of the"Giant Arum,"which the same people call the king or chief of plants?
42785furnish me with any particulars of this family; whether they bore arms, and what they were?
42785is that thou?
42785taken off and_ immediately_ blotted?
42785this luminary glows no more till 1808, when he had''on the line''(?)
42038_ Love me, love my Dog._--Whence comes this proverb?
42038_ Squire Vernon''s Fox Chase._--Can any of your correspondents refer me to a copy of the ballad called"Squire Vernon''s Fox Chase?"
42038_ Stunt with false care._--Where are the following lines, quoted by Charles Villiers in one of his corn- law speeches, to be found?
42038; and can any one inform me for what purpose or with what intention the book was written?
42038A. H. L., who asks"if there are any representations of St. Christopher in painted glass; and if so, where?"
42038Also, if ancient or modern history records any such wonderful attributes in reference to a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter?
42038Are the lawyers so attractive that the devotions of the fair sex would be interrupted?
42038Are there any other instances of ladies of the same rank being styled Baronet about this time?
42038Are there traces of any scandals confirming this suspicion?
42038Besides, not to mention other incongruities, how would it fit a man, growing in years, to be company for a pack of young clerks?
42038Can any of your correspondents favour me with the following particulars:--Is the tankard still in existence, and has it been ever engraved?
42038Can any of your correspondents give the names of the other ten?
42038Can any of your readers enlighten my darkness on the above, or on any other seventh of a seventh?
42038Can any of your readers inform me from what source Brand derived this idea?
42038Could any one have supposed that a poet, and a writer on poetical literature, should be ignorant of the best known poetical name of the last century?
42038Did Louis intend a pun between_ Bastide_ and_ Bastille_?
42038Does Coleridge mean that the inferior animals may have language?
42038Does Coleridge mean to tell us that bees and ants have the same faculty( understanding) as dogs and elephants?
42038Does Coleridge, then, mean us to understand him as saying, that many of the brutes can reflect, abstract, and generalise?
42038E. A. H. L._ Custom of Women wearing Masks in the Theatre._--When did this custom originate?
42038Has not some part of it, the beard or otherwise, been spun and wove?
42038Has this collection been dispersed?
42038Have there been any brasses taken away( of which the_ matrices_ have been also removed); and if so, in whose possession are they at the present time?
42038If so, in what work?
42038Irregular as the practice would be, have not other irregularities equally glaring-- baptisms, for instance-- too often taken place in drawing- rooms?
42038Is 1769 a_ lapsus_ for 1679?
42038Is it not the same fish from which what is called mother- of- pearl is taken?
42038Is the_ Nacar_ the true name, or only local; and, if so, what is the scientific appellation?
42038Is there any reason to believe that there is any connexion between_ frebord_ and free- warren?
42038Is there any record in the college books to show in what year, and upon what occasion, it was presented?
42038Is there no mistake in the date of the affidavit quoted by Mr. Taylor?
42038Is this so?
42038R. S._ The Death Watch._--Has there appeared in any of your former Numbers a Note upon the popular, but now exploded"death watch?"
42038The quotations I have produced on the question, Which are_ the Three Estates of the Realm_?
42038Was Sir John Mason, who died Treasurer of the Chamber,& c., 21st April, 1566, Chancellor of_ the Duchy of Lancaster_?
42038Was not Mrs. Van Butchell, to whom MR. GATTY refers, to be seen some years ago in her glass case in the College of Surgeons?
42038Where was buried Anne Palmer, alias Fitzroy, Countess of Sussex?
42038Who is the author of the above lines?
42038Who, of your many able correspondents, will assist me in unravelling this complicated tissue?
42038Why, how now, Browne; what''s the matter?
42038_ Brass of Abbot Kirton; Matrices._--When was the brass of Abbot Kirton, in Westminster Abbey, removed?
42038_ Can Bishops vacate their Sees?_( Vol.
42038_ Milton''s(?)
42038account for the very prevalent misuse of the word_ restive_ or_ restiff_?
42038and is there any account or tradition of a similar impostor in any other county of England?
42038and where was she buried?
42038encourage me to believe in the genuineness of this relic?
42038or where is it now?
42038states, that George III., when Dr. Markham inquired"how his Majesty would wish to have the princes treated?"
42038{ 539}_ Winchester College._--Who wrote the account of Winchester College in Ackermann''s_ History of the Public Schools_?
42792What, so soon returned?
42792What,''Solve senescentem?''
42792).--Is this Query put in reference to the individual or the race?
42792277.)?
42792And also in what work I can find any detailed account of such act of manumission?
42792And to this last word Tyrwhit, in his Glossary, gives"rend?"
42792Are there any literary remains of the bishop to be met with anywhere?
42792C. S._ Ink._--From the following lines by Whitehead, which I find in my note- book, I am induced to ask who was the inventor of ink?
42792Can any of your correspondents account for it on philosophical principles, or disprove it experimentally?
42792Did a branch of the family settle in Staffordshire, and where?
42792Did they issue any medals?
42792Do any lodges of this society still exist?
42792Do they, or did they, wear any badges?
42792Dr. Bill''s only daughter and heiress, Mary Bill, was married to Sir Francis Samwell: had she any family, and did they assume the name of Bill?
42792How long ought the iodized paper to keep good?
42792How many varieties were there, and of what sizes?
42792I do n''t know if any of your readers have made the same discovery: if so, can they explain the cause?
42792If so, his lineage from that house?
42792If{ 283} so, is it not a solitary instance of such a construction in our language?
42792Is not the case of the cards analogous to this?
42792Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
42792It commences thus:"Whence comes the wavering light which falls On Langdale''s lonely chapel- walls?
42792L. L._ Spontaneous Combustion._--Is there such a thing as spontaneous combustion?
42792M."_ The wee brown Hen._"--Can any of your correspondents oblige me with a copy of the old Jacobin song, the"Wee brown Hen?"
42792May not glad praise our lips employ, And, though on earth, half heaven be found?
42792Might not the sudden fall of the barometer before storms be from a cause similar in some degree to this?
42792O tu casurus, rem non mersurus acuto Telo, sis- ne, tenet?
42792Query, Is he correct?
42792Query: Who was this"ingenious writer?"
42792To loving, glowing hearts in joy, Shall not our_ hearths_ and homes abound?
42792W. M. R. E._ How can we address a letter to this Correspondent?_ DAVID BROWN.
42792Was Single- speech Hamilton a member of the ducal family of Hamilton?
42792Was it not so?
42792What is the correct version of this prophecy, and where may it be found?
42792What paper does he use for positives, and what for negatives?
42792What place is meant by"Here?"
42792Where can this manuscript be found?
42792Who was the harlot, and what the epigram?
42792Who was the second, who has attained such notoriety in connexion with Nelson''s name; and when and where were they married?
42792Who wore them, officers only, or all members?
42792Why was the unusual course taken of actually excluding the succession of the issue, who naturally should have been the recipients of the honour?
42792_ Raleigh''s History._--What is the story of Raleigh''s burning the second volume of his History?
42792_ Sir William Hamilton._--Who was the first wife of Sir W. Hamilton, the celebrated ambassador, and when did he marry her?
42792throw any light upon the origin of the following lines?
42006Some Christians[ Russians?] 42006 _--At what date was this poem, by Herbert, written?
42006_--Can any one tell me the name of the writer of a book with the title I have here given? 42006 _--I wish to know if there be a book published entitled"Merryweather''s Weather Prognostication?"
42006À la Saint- Loup[ May 28? 42006 ).--Would R. W. D. state his reasons for rendering these lettersDatur omnibus mori?"
42006***** DO CONJUNCTIONS JOIN PROPOSITIONS ONLY?
4200613?
4200623?
42006Am I to understand from this sentence that this word was an original adaptation of Coleridge''s?
42006But who ever yet discovered, in the anatomy of any corporation, either bowels or a heart?"
42006Can any of your correspondents say whence the word is derived?
42006Can any of your correspondents tell me if it has been engraved, and where?
42006Can any of your readers acquainted with that language inform me whether there is a larger proportion of consonants in Welsh than in English?
42006Can any of your readers give me the desired information?
42006Can any of your readers supply particulars of, or references to, other similar portraitures, especially of any still in existence?
42006Can you refer me to any published, or otherwise accessible, list of the officers who fought_ against_ Charles I., whether by sea or land?
42006Does not such an affirmation require the word_ every_ to clear it from ambiguity?
42006E. O. P._ Sack._--What wine was this?
42006Grisnak for Molun-- Query this?
42006H. W.***** HAS EXECUTION BY HANGING BEEN SURVIVED?
42006Has not your correspondent G. BOOLE fallen into an inaccuracy whilst contending about the accuracy of another''s logic?
42006Has old"Button Cap"( for that is his name) been inspecting the arms lately?
42006How, or where?
42006I replied;"I suppose you mean some overgrown common snake-- perhaps a female full of eggs?"
42006If not, when was it first introduced, and by whom?
42006If so, when and why was the name changed?
42006Is any date assigned to the ceasing of the practice of using the wooden tally and nick- stick?
42006Is it still existing and known to the wine trade by any other name?
42006Is not this a more probable origin of the word than the_ pettivogueur_ of our etymologists?
42006Is there any printed list of officers at the time of the Restoration?
42006Is this name formed in jest?
42006N._ De La Fond._--Can any of your readers explain the following inscription on an engraving by P. Lombart of De La Fond, and its application?
42006Or must we say"Every tree is either endogen or exogen?"
42006Query, With the desire of meeting the Judge, face to face, when He cometh?
42006S. N._ Waugh of Cumberland._--Can you inform a Waugh, the family arms of Waugh of Cumberland; to whom they were first granted, and why?
42006Was this the first occasion of the familiar use of this word?
42006What is the legend connected with him?
42006Why was it so called?
42006Will it be cleared of ambiguity by saying,"Every tree is endogen or exogen?"
42006Would he be kind enough to say where I may find any notice of Christopher Hervie?
42006Would your correspondent oblige me with a copy of the epitaph to which he alludes?
42006_ Scottish Female Dress._--When did ladies cease to use hair- powder, face- patches, hoops, and high- heeled shoes?
42006_ What Day is it at our Antipodes?_( Vol.
42006_ When and where does Sunday begin or end?_( Vol.
42006assist us in this?
42006by H. L. Mansel,& c. 279 Has Execution by Hanging been survived?
42006was?
42006{ 274}_ Yew- tree at Crowhurst._--Could any of your readers inform me of the age of the yew- tree in Crowhurst Churchyard, Sussex?
42819_ Forgive, blest Shade._--Where were the lines, commencing"Forgive, blest shade,"first{ 543} published?
42819_ Peter Wilkins._--Who wrote this book?
42819_ Q._ Unde derivatur_ volo_? 42819 ).--Your correspondent J. P. may hear of something to his advantage by visiting the church of Santa Prassede( Saint Praxedes? 42819 After this, who will say that the eighteenth century was not a romantic age?
42819Also the_ Epistle of Barnabas_, and the_ Spurious Gospels_?
42819And this leads me to the question, Who was the colonel against whom this caricature was directed?
42819Are there any ledges for birds to alight on, or any peculiar openings by which they might enter the tower?
42819Are there any thermometers constructed for the purpose?
42819But the action is declared to be"utterly impossible, because,"& c. Why beg the question in this way?
42819But why are large military map- sellers so much dearer with us than on the Continent?
42819But why inflict this history upon you?
42819Can this MS. now be found?
42819Can this really be the object of the peculiar masonry, what is the date of the tower, and can a similar instance be adduced?
42819Can you give me the names of the authors?
42819Can you inform me whether these poems are likely to have been written by Miss Clara Reeve, authoress of_ The Old English Baron_, and other novels?
42819Did a son of Reynell of Malston by an heir of Mathew take that name?
42819Duet by STEPHEN GLOVER, Author of"What are the Wild Waves Saying?"
42819Et per manus domini Johannis de Hothom pro negociis domini Walteri de la Haye centum solid?
42819Have similar cases to the above ever occurred in this country?
42819He asks,"How has Mr. Green discharged the duties of his solemn trust?
42819How is the proper temperature at which the cotton is to be immersed to be arrived at?
42819I am anxious also to know the names of any authors who have published books respecting the life, reign, or times of King William III.?
42819If there are English translations of these works?
42819Is it known whether this curious custom prevails elsewhere?
42819Is it printed too dark?
42819Is not this the very paragraph which has been supplied to you as an original?
42819Is there any better plan than the above?
42819Mirabeau, Talleyrand, and Fouché?
42819N.B.--What is the nominative to poor_ dederat_?
42819Now begins the curious lore of the volume:"_ Q._ Unde derivatur_ sum_?
42819Sanson( De Worcester?)
42819Those who would investigate the subject fully must consult such passages in the classics as this from Lucan[ Lucretius?
42819What copies are to be taken as the groundworks of reference; and whose copy of the first folio is to be the standard one?
42819What is the origin of the phrase?
42819Would deaf and dumb persons in England be eligible as members of the order?
42819[ 5] What is known of the family?
42819_ Q._ Declara hoc, et quomodo?
42819_ Q._ Quare_ sum_ potius terminatur in_ m_ quam in_ n_?
42819_ Q._ Unde derivatur_ edo_?
42819_ Q._ Unde derivatur_ fero_?
42819_ The Barmecides''Feast._--Can you tell me where the story of the Barmecides and their famed banquets is to be found?
42819and also if there is any collection of the fierce philippics of Mirabeau?
42819and what is supposed to be the origin of it?
42819and when was it published?
42819explain its meaning and origin, and supply instances and illustrations of its use elsewhere?
42819furnish an account of the services rendered by John Ogden, Esq., to King Charles I. of England?
42819which is not in Shakspeare''s_ Richard III._?
42779_ Then comes the reckoning_,& c.--Who is the author of the following well- known couplet?
42779''How so?''
42779And also, where can I find or obtain such a book as the_ History of Aberystwith, or Blaina Gwent?_ C. W. Bradford.
42779And has any of your correspondents read them, so as to be able to explain the nature of his language and teaching concerning the Escubierto?
42779Are these scenes facts or fictions?
42779Augustine''s Six Treatises on Music._--Dupin mentions St. Augustine''s_ Six Treatises on Music_: do these exist in print?
42779Brewster, at the Crane, in St. Paul''s Church- yard, 1661?"
42779But it will be asked how, after so apparently distinct and explicit an avowal, can it be doubted that he was the author of the pamphlet in question?
42779Can any of your readers furnish one?
42779Can any of your readers supply me with any particulars of her family?
42779Can any one inform me whether this Mary Horton ever_ married_, when she_ died_, and where she was buried?
42779Can you give me a reference for this, either in Byron or any other of our poets?
42779Does MR. HICKSON seriously mean to say that Shakspeare''s language is to be scanned by our present ideas of correctness?
42779Had he forgotten that"the Adversary"is often technically used for the_ Devil_?
42779I am anxious to ascertain whether the original MS. is now in existence; and, if not, in what collection a_ copy_ of the poem is preserved?
42779If_ afriti_ is"blessed"in Zend, and"a devil"in Arabic, I again ask whether the allusion be to the literary remains of Arabic polytheism, or to Islam?
42779In England there are several families of this name: are any of them descended from this source?
42779Is the bold sweep of the Master''s hand to be measured by the graduation of modern convention?
42779Is the document a papal bull?
42779Is there any corroborative evidence that such a register existed?
42779Is there any other account of this chest, or of its having been opened, as it was evidently reserved for some great necessity?
42779Is there any other explanation of the print?
42779It is worthy of remark, that the Welsh language has only the_ simple_ sound,_ not_ the_ diphthongal_?
42779Let me ask whether it was a matter of fact, that they"buried him darkly at dead of night"?
42779Michael_?
42779My Query is, ought not this sound to be transferred from the_ simple vowels_ under the_ true diphthongs_?
42779Shall worth, like his, unnotic''d pass away But with the pageant of a short- liv''d day?
42779T. D. P._ The Escubierto._--Where can the effusions of the Capateiro da Bandarra be seen in England?
42779The meaning( if any) of the subscription to the piece printed at page 435.?
42779The preface is signed T. C. Whence is the motto:[ Greek: Pollai men thnêtois Glôttai, mia d''Athanatoisin?]
42779There is so much similarity in the two cases, that I now would ask whether your readers can throw any light on the subject?
42779There was formerly a family of the name of Merriman residing in Ireland: does it now exist?
42779To MR. HICKSON''S question,"Is this the language we in England use?"
42779What is the origin of the expression"Martin- drunk?"
42779What is the precise date of the author''s death?
42779What was Tonson''s offence?
42779When did the laying of foundation stones first become a ceremony?
42779When the Duke says,"_ There_ is our commission:"why not,"_ Here_ is our commission"?
42779Where else may it be met with?
42779Which Bach was the composer?
42779With,& c. He made him a violl to play thereupon, With,& c."What did he doe with her fingers so small?
42779With,& c. He made him peggs to his violl withal; With,& c."What did he doe with her nose- ridge?
42779With,& c. He made him strings to his violl thereto; With,& c."What did he doe with her eyes so bright?
42779With,& c. Unto his violl he made him a bridge, With,& c."What did he doe with her veynes so blew?
42779With,& c. Unto the violl it spake enough; With,& c."What did he doe with her two shinnes?
42779With,& c. Upon his violl he played at first sight: With,& c.{ 592}"What did he doe with her tongue so rough?
42779_ Bagster''s English Version._--Who edited Bagster''s English version of the_ Polyglott Bible_?
42779_ Mary Faun._--Can any of your subscribers give me any account of the ancestry of Mary Faun said to have married Thomas Charlton, Esq.?
42779_ Order of the Cockle._--What sort of Order was this?
42779_ Whether this is such a time or no?_( London, printed for J. Baker and T. Warner, at the Black Boy, in Paternoster Row, 1716, pp.
42779if so, in what edition are they to be found?
42779or could you, Mr. Editor, spare room for the whole?
42779pages?
45849And what is that?
45849How high?
45849How high?
45849What can he be about? 45849 ''Bout Butter Nut and Beach, A whole week I could preach; But what the plague''s the use of that? 45849 --''Doth Mr. Rushworth know it?'' 45849 A few years ago, a Chinese father said to his wife,What shall we do with our young son?
45849Affecting an air of surprise, I expressed myself at the instant as being one very anxious to know what a_ seventh_ son could do?
45849And how do they treat a head when they get it?
45849And what were some of the normal results of such appalling statistics?
45849Are we not light- hearted in the sunshine, and depressed in a heavy atmosphere?
45849Are you not a pretty circumcised little scoundrel to impose upon us in this manner?"
45849Ben Jonson also in the_ Fox_, has,--"Were you enamoured on his copper rings, His saffron jewel, with the loadstone in''t?"
45849Can the press enjoy greater liberty?
45849Did you ever observe such a singular knot-- so regular, too, in its formation?
45849Did you ever witness such a sight in your life?
45849How little could Scott foresee the sudden failure of male issue?
45849IMPUDENCE OR CANDOUR, WHICH IS IT?
45849Now, taking these legends for as much as they are worth, and no more; what do they prove?
45849Some suppose it to proceed from the swim- bladder; but if that be the drum, what is the drumstick that beats upon it?
45849The son then asked,"Who is Mafuie, that I should be afraid of him?"
45849This fusel oil distilled with sulphuric acid and acetate of potass, gives the oil of pears(?).
45849We need not speak of the plane- trees of Plato-- Shakspeare''s mulberry- tree-- Pope''s willow-- Byron''s elm?
45849What tho''I am a London dame, And lofty looks I bear, a?
45849What tho''I to assemblies go, And at the Opera''s shine, a?
45849What tho''my cloaths are rich brocades?
45849What would be thought now- a- days of judges who went to a public ball room on commission day, and played at whist in their robes?
45849When she had finished eating, the Lord of Fayel said--"Lady, was the meat you eat good?"
45849Whence is this extraordinary power?
45849Which is it?
45849Why describe Cicero at his Tusculum-- Evelyn at Wotton-- Pitt at Ham Common-- Walpole at Houghton-- Grenville at Dropmere?
45849Why dwell on Bacon''s"little tufts of thyme,"or Fox''s geraniums?
45849Why should not these animals experience the same atmospheric influences as man?
45849said the astonished_ Lord Townley_,"my_ Prince_, is it you?
45849then, why didst thou make so free with my pocket?
42781).--"Have the modern phonographists ever owned their debt of gratitude to their predecessors in the phonetic art?"
42781).--In reply to the following Query,"Who was the greatest general, and why and wherefore did the Duke of Wellington give the palm to Hannibal?"
42781).--Perhaps you will think the following rhymes upon places worth insertion:"I stood upon Eyemouth Fort, And guess ye what I saw?
42781--_Is the Church of Rome Babylon?_ p. 58.: London, 1851.
42781A. C.{ 13}_ Smith._--Of what family was---- Smith, confessor of Katherine of Braganza, buried in York Minster?
42781And who was the noted ringleader of schism?
42781And why does[ Greek: ho Amnos] here become[ Greek: to Arnion]?
42781By whom is the observation?
42781Can any of your antiquarian readers throw any light on the subject to whom this device originally belonged?
42781Could the place be other than Tangiers, destroyed in 1684?
42781Did he give away that which is still wanting in the Bodleian library?
42781Folio 2.--1617(?).
42781G. H._ Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter._--Is any pedigree extant of the family of Hugh Oldham?
42781Has not the following song something to do with the expression"Martin drunk"?
42781I do not insist upon the correction in the fourth line of_ lack_ for_ crack_, yet what can be meant by_ cracking a duty_?
42781I see a goose ring a hog, And a snayle that did bite a dog; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a goose ring a hog, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a hare chase a hound, Twenty mile above the ground; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a hare chase a hound, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a man in the moone, Clowting of St. Peter''s shoone; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a man in the moone; Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a mouse catch the cat, And the cheese to eate the rat; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?"
42781I see a mouse catch the cat, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a sheepe shering corne, And a cuckold blow his horne; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?
42781I see a sheepe shering corne, Who''s the foole now?
42781I shall feel obliged to any of your correspondents who can inform me what constituted a_ loak hen_?
42781If the latter, would he not have been so described?
42781In 1658 he was admitted to the Palm Academy("Palmen- orden"), choosing the name_ Der Erwacsene_( the adult?
42781In other words, why make it a plural term?
42781Is it not fit that such carelessness should be exposed?
42781Is this fact recorded in any Life of Locke; or how may it be ascertained?
42781It would not be uninteresting to learn, at the same time, at what period_ pearl_ came into general use as an English word?
42781Martin said to his man, Fill thou the cup, and I the can; Thou hast well drunken, man, Who''s the foole now?
42781My first question will be, therefore, who was the earliest writer of this description?
42781O Martin said to his man, Who''s the foole now?
42781Pray, can you or any of your readers explain the cause of this omission?
42781Query: Was the word_ union_ generally received in England instead of_ pearl_ in Burton''s time, and when did it give place to it?
42781R._ means Robert Randolph, master of arts, and student of Christchurch-- a younger brother of Thomas Randolph, and the editor of his poems?
42781R._?
42781Stebbing Shaw''s Staffordshire MSS., and the MS. notes of Dr. Thomas Harwood used in his two editions{ 14} of Erdeswick''s_ Staffordshire_?
42781The castle stood nearly midway between two other adjoining towns or villæ, also bearing plural names: Potternæ= arum[ Posternæ?]
42781Was it Hackett?
42781What arms did he adopt?
42781What?
42781Where can information be obtained as to a Judge Smith, supposed to have been of the same family?
42781Where do these lines come from?
42781Where does he praise Bacon?
42781Where is a_ genuine_ copy of Mr. Theobald''s letter to be found?
42781Where is this to be found?
42781Where recorded?
42781Where?
42781Who is here alluded to?
42781_ Can a Man baptize himself?_( Vol.
42781_ The Bourbons._--What was the origin of the Bourbon family?
42781and what are the arms on his tomb?
42781assist me in obtaining a copy of this work?
42781come to be the next heir to the throne on the extinction of the line of Valois?
42781tablet, is described as gent., likely to have been in 1684( aged twenty- seven) a private, a non- commissioned, or commissioned officer?
42784Cogita quamdiu,& c. Whence is this?
42784He was reputed,& c. Who?
42784It was said of Ulysses,& c. By whom?
42784Pompa magis,& c. Does Bacon quote this from memory, referring to"Tolle istam pompam, sub quâ lates, et stultos territas"?
42784The precept,''Optimum elige,''& c.Whence?
42784Trajecteasem:ought this to be applied to"Utrecht"or"Maestricht,"or either?
42784Vere magnum habere,& c. Whence is this?
42784You shall read in_ some_ of the friars''books,& c. Where?
42784_ Very like a Whale._--What is the origin of this expression?
42784(?)
42784(?)
42784(?)
42784(?)
42784(?)
42784).--Capgrave, quoting John of Tynemouth(?
42784).--Has not MR. WARDE, in his second quotation, copied the word wrongly--"pork- pisee"for pork-_pesse_?
4278411 C.:"[ Greek: to gar pseudesthai douloprepes k.t.l.]"?
42784And is either of these two words ever used alone?
42784But, to come to W. C. T.''s immediate question,"When did the use of these blest rings by our sovereigns cease?"
42784By whom, and where?
42784Could you or any of your correspondents tell me what the line is?
42784H. E._ who asks who, what, and when_ Captain Cuttle_ was?
42784If so, who was the last baronet, and in what year?
42784In what respect are those alluded to by Dr. Wiseman entitled to the unenviable distinction which he claims for them?
42784Is the baronetcy extinct?
42784Is there any authentic record of this circumstance?
42784Is there any means of corroborating this incident?
42784May not this be the identical MS. alluded to?
42784Might I ask if there is any writer, ancient or modern, who has recorded that Malta was not the burial- place of Hannibal?
42784Nichols adds a_ query_ after his name; whether he were of the Bishop of Exeter''s family?
42784Of whom, and where?
42784Query 1. Who is the"rex"here mentioned?
42784Query:_ Fulcard''s_ life of the saint, or the life by some other person: John of Tynemouth to wit?
42784The context shows that_ cloth_ could not have been intended, for who ever heard of a table or altar made of cloth?
42784Wanstead House,"were not, in fact, his first tilt in that arena of which he was the champion at the hour of his{ 90} death?
42784We all know why Friday was made a fast; but why should Wednesday be sacred?
42784What does he mean?
42784What is the origin of"nob?"
42784What is the proverb?
42784What was Lord Poulett''s precise meaning?
42784Whence is this?
42784Where?
42784Whereabouts?
42784Whether in the two following years he appeared at all in the ring; and, if not, why not?
42784Who, and where?
42784Will he oblige me by stating who published this pamphlet, or where it may be obtained?
42784Will you, or any of your readers, kindly refer me to any published account of the frauds alluded to in this passage?
42784William Croker, Rector of Wolfrey( Wolfardisworthy?)
42784_ 2._:"_ Hamlet._ Do you see yonder cloud, that is almost in shape of a camel?
42784_ Chaplains to Noblemen._--Under what statute, if any, do noblemen appoint their chaplains?
42784_ Did the Carians use Heraldic Devices?_( Vol.
42784_ Hamlet._ Or like a whale?
42784_ Heraldic Query._--To what families do the following bearings belong?
42784_ Sir Kenelm Digby._--Why is Sir Kenelm Digby represented, I believe always, with a sun- flower by his side?
42784_ The broken Astragalus._--Where was the broken astragalus, given by the host to his guest, first used as the symbol of hospitality?
42784_ Wednesday a Litany Day._--Why is Wednesday made a Litany day by the Church?
42784also mention"Ursula, sister of Sir William Walrond of Bradfield, Devon, who married first, William Jennings of_ Plymouth_( query, the sheriff?
42784and is there any registry of such appointments in any archiepiscopal or episcopal registry?
42784seems only to have meant, Will you have warm or cold beer?
42784supply me with the words deficient in the following lines, and inform me from what author they are quoted?
42784this luminary glows no more till 1808, when he had"on the line"(?)
42789_ Omen._ And what shall he gaine that gets the victorie in lying? 42789 ( Query, Who were these people?) 42789 ( Query, Whose crest or badge?) 42789 ( Query, Whose emblem or badge?) 42789 20.--Why does the Church order this verse to be omitted in the reading of the lessons? 42789 ; did the latterfavour"his father or his mother in physiognomy?
42789And what are the arms belonging to it, if there are any?
42789And what is the derivation of_ marguillier_?
42789But sorrow from the human heart, And mists of care, will they depart?"
42789Can Norway be a misprint for Norfolk?
42789Can any of your correspondents furnish me with the names to the following coats of arms?
42789Can any of your correspondents give the etymology of the word, or other instances of its use?
42789Can any of your readers inform me of the origin and meaning of this word?
42789Can any of your readers inform me of this?
42789Can any of your readers tell me where they are to be found?
42789Can it be a blunder, in the original document, for_ beneficiatii_?
42789Can this change of vowels have taken place in this word, and"meals"signify"moles,"from the shelf of sand projecting like a mole?
42789Could you not acquaint me with the length, breadth, and height of the picture, and with the painter''s name?
42789Does it signify saddler, or, as has been suggested to me, esquire?
42789Either Coleridge did or did not cancel the lines mentioned; if he did, can any of your readers inform me in which of his works this fact is mentioned?
42789H. B. C. U. U. C._ Thomas Ceeley._--Who was Thomas Ceeley, who defended Lyme Regis so gallantly with the famous Blake, the former being governor?
42789H._ Lord Lyon King- at- Arms, Scotland._--Where is there an account of the origin of this office, and of the different possessors of it?
42789Has any subsequent discovery been made in the same locality respecting, or any additional light thrown upon, the one of which mention is herein made?
42789Have any of your correspondents ever met with, in similar representations, the instruments I have described as maces in shields 2. and 10.?
42789How is the bath of nitrate of silver prepared, and the mode of applying it to the paper?
42789How is the picture developed?
42789If either of the latter, for how long a time; and what then?
42789Is it because the passage assumes the fact that Samuel himself appeared to Saul-- a statement open to discussion?
42789Is it really intended to say that"scandal"reported Lord North to be the son of an illustrious lady of the royal family?
42789Is not the phrase a corruption of beaten to a mammock, to a piece, to a scrap, to a fragment?
42789Is the family from which she sprung now represented; and if they bear arms, what are they?
42789Is the paper, when removed from the water, to be partially dried with blotting- paper, and used in its damp state?
42789Is there any family of this name( D''Arc), and if so, where?
42789Is there any proof that it has not been used ever since the Reformation?
42789Is this MS. in their possession, and is it a piece of historic value?
42789MR. FORBES asks,"Is the tune of the_ galliard_ known?"
42789My object is to ascertain, if possible, if this portion of statue has been preserved?
42789Or shall we let him_ in_, And see if we can get him_ out_ again?"
42789Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door And keep him_ out_?
42789Should the dishes be kept in the dark constantly?
42789Should the paper be brushed with, floated on, or immersed in the solution?
42789The other, a broadside, headed by a woodcut with_ three_ wherries, entitled"First Oars to L-- m-- th, or who strives for Preferment?"
42789Was he any relation to the Gowrie family?
42789Was his_ Topographicall Dictionarie_( mentioned, as prepared for the press, in the_ Perambulation_) ever published, and what other works by him exist?
42789Was this statue cast for a St. Peter, or is it an ancient statue that had been found in the Tiber; or the ancient statue of Jupiter Capitolinus?
42789Was this statue cast from the metal of the Capitoline Jove?
42789What are the facts of this case, and where may the best account of this extermination of the natives be found?
42789What authority is there for believing it to have been cast in the pontificate of St. Leo?
42789What does this word mean?
42789What is known of Lambarde, or Lambert, as Gervase Markham calls him?
42789What is the probable time of exposure in the camera?
42789Where shall it be sent?_ H. E. P. T.( Woolwich).
42789Will some one of your readers favour me with an explanation of the meaning of this insinuation?
42789_ Beaten to a Mummy._--Whence comes this expression?
42789_ Contested Elections._--What book gives an accurate account of all the contested elections since the Restoration, and prior to the Reform Bill?
42789_ Joan d''Arc._--Did Joan d''Arc( the Maid of Orleans) bear any heraldic insignia; and if so, what?
42789_ Tenent and Tenet._--When did the use of tene_n_t( for opinion, dogma,& c.) give place to tenet?
42789_ Tuebeuf._--Where is it?
42789_ What Numbers are wanted?_ EARLDOM OF OXFORD.
42789and Patrick Ruthven, the son of{ 206} the Earl of Gowrie, in their flight into England in August 1600), and what became of him?
42789and a lion?
42789and, finally, how fixed?
42789and, if so, was the practice a general one, or were they merely for religious_ exercises_?
42789give any additional information on this rather curious point?
42789or can any correspondent suggest a better etymology?
42789or will it keep, and how long?
42789represent the Guelphs or the Saxe- Gotha family?
42789vii., p. 140. and why the_ soda_ is used for_ negatives_ and the_ allum_ for_ positives_, both being produced on_ iodized paper_?
42789would inform me where the old Scottish song,"Jenny''s Bawbee,"is to be found?
42789{ 210} SIGMA inquires why"this ancestor of Sir Walter''s was called Old Satchels?"
20190By whom was Magna Charta exacted from King John at Runnymede?
20190From what king,etc., etc.?
20190From whom was,etc., etc.?
20190Has she bought a shawl?
20190How did the Assyian come down?
20190Is Mother Day particular about the sort of shawl she will buy?
20190Like what animal did?
20190WHAT constitutes a state? 20190 What, is there no bribing death?"
20190When?
20190Where are you going?
20190Where was Magna Charta,etc., etc.?
20190Where?
20190Which Mrs. Day will buy a shawl?
20190Which side of the fence do you want to be on?
20190Who came down?
20190Who will buy any shawl?
20190Who?
20190Why?
20190------------------------- ARE YOU TOO FAT?
20190------------------------- Is Your Stomach Wrong?
20190------------------------- What is SALIODIN?
20190A comma is used to set off a short quotation informally introduced; as, Who said,"The good die young"?
20190An interrogation point(?)
20190Art thou a mourner?
20190Art thou a sinner?
20190B. L. CASCADE"Have you read of the wonderful cures made by the Internal Bath?
20190Both inn convenient Why do dentists make good politicians?
20190Burns, Cuts, Sprains, Bruises?
20190But to reach Alpha Centauri it would take three years; and as this is the nearest of the stars, what time must it take to get to the others?
20190COLDS IN THE HEAD?
20190Catarrh, Fever Blisters?
20190Do you know it cures constipation and prevents and cures appendicitis?
20190Do you know that an occasional Internal Bath is a better preventive of illness and preserver of health than any other single means?
20190Do you know that it goes to the root of all disease and eradicates the cause?
20190Do you know that it makes beautiful complexions?
20190Dost reel from righteous retribution''s blow?
20190Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast?
20190Draw What does a dentist do?
20190Finally, what is this statue of Justice but the image of law?
20190Frost Bites, Soft Corns?
20190God made man Frail as a bubble; God made Love, Love made trouble; God made the vine; Was it a sin That man made wine To drown trouble in?
20190Grover Cleveland died on June 24, 1908, of debility, aged 71. WHO IS THE AUTHOR?
20190HAVE YOU CANCER, Tumors, Ulcers, Abscesses, Fever Sores, Goitre, Catarrh, Salt- Rheum, Rheumatism, Piles, Eczema, Scald Head, or Scrofula in any form?
20190HEALTH AND BEAUTY WOULD YOU BE BEAUTIFUL?
20190How can you be sure of finding these four properties in an antiseptic?
20190How can you take one from nineteen and leave twenty?
20190If the alphabet were invited out to dine what time would U, V, W, X, Y and Z go?
20190If, however, they are used, it is unnecessary to add the word to, because that is implied--"Whither are you going?"
20190In which month do ladies talk least?
20190Instead of"Because why?"
20190Instead of"Oh, dear, what will I do?"
20190Instead of"What may your name be?"
20190Instead of"Who learns you music?"
20190Instead of"Whom do you think him to be?"
20190Instead of"Will I give you some more tea?"
20190Instead of"Will you enter in?"
20190Instead of"Will you set down?"
20190MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM?
20190Now what is to be understood by this sentence: Was the rain over?
20190OMEGA NOVELTY COMPANY, Milwaukee, Wis.------------------------- Test It Yourself-- FREE A real Hair Restorative?
20190Of whom did you procure them?
20190On an appeal from the chair''s decision,"Shall the decision be sustained as the ruling of the house?"
20190On motion for orders of the day,"Will the house now proceed to the orders of the day?"
20190On motion for previous question, the form to be observed is,"Shall the main question be now put?"
20190On motion to strike out the words,"Shall the words stand part of the motion?"
20190Price$ 1.00------------------------- NEW KIND SALTED PEANUTS Did you ever try them?
20190Regular, irregular and defective?
20190SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS------------------------- Nervous?
20190Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side in the cause of mankind whether our creeds agree?
20190Sore Head, Sore Nose, Sore Throat?
20190Sore Joints, Sore Feet?
20190Sore Lips, Sore Face, Sore Chest?
20190Sore Muscles, Sore Back, Neuralgia?
20190Suffer with Constipation, Sluggish Liver, Dyspepsia, Feel Bad All Over?
20190Swellings and Inflammations?
20190THE JETUM CO. CHICAGO------------------------- You''ll try It wo n''t You?
20190The Citizens''Wholesale Supply Co. Department C.- Columbus, Ohio------------------------- Have You Piles?
20190Then they really paid themselves for fighting?
20190Thus,"What was exacted by the barons from King John at Runnymede?"
20190To say,"Where are you going to?"
20190To whom do you speak?
20190WHAT IS MORE DESIRABLE THAN A CLEAR, HEALTHY SKIN?
20190WHAT''S IN A NAME?
20190What could be better than a Pure Wine?
20190What do you weigh with?
20190What does the mental picture of scales suggest?
20190What interest did they have in being ruled by him?
20190What is that which a train can not move without, and yet is not the least use to it?
20190What is that which is always invisible and never out of sight?
20190What is the weight of the moon?
20190What occupation is the sun?
20190What sea would make the best bed- room?
20190What thing is that which is lengthened by being cut at both ends?
20190What two letters make a county in Massachusetts?
20190What word makes you sick if you leave out one of its letters?
20190What word of ten letters can be spelled with five?
20190What would be the effect of green upon a complexion deficient in red?
20190When an objection is raised to considering questions,"Shall the question be considered?"
20190When asked"Who is there?"
20190When is a man over head and ears in debt?
20190When you wish to distinguish between two or more persons, say:"Which is the happy man?"
20190Where did the king get the money to pay them?
20190Which is the left side of a plum pudding?
20190Who do men say that I am?
20190Who fought for King George in 1776?
20190Who gave it to you?
20190Who said so?
20190Who was he?
20190Why Paris like the letter F?
20190Why are deep sighs like long stockings?
20190Why are fixed stars like pen, ink and paper?
20190Why are your eyes like stage horses?
20190Why are your teeth like verbs?
20190Why do we all go to bed?
20190Why is Ireland likely to become rich?
20190Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond?
20190Why is a bee- hive like a spectator?
20190Why is a cook like a barber?
20190Why is a good saloon like a bad one?
20190Why is a good story like a church bell?
20190Why is a madman like two men?
20190Why is a man led astray like one governed by a girl?
20190Why is a man who runs in debt like a clock?
20190Why is a peach- stone like a regiment?
20190Why is a race at a circus like a big conflagration?
20190Why is a room full of married folks like an empty room?
20190Why is a theological student like a merchant?
20190Why is a waiter like a race horse?
20190Why is an island like the letter T?
20190Why is the Hudson River like a shoe?
20190Why is the letter D like a sailor?
20190Why is the wick of a candle like Athens?
20190Why not try it?
20190Why should red- headed men be chosen for soldiers?
20190Why, then, did they risk their lives for him?
20190not who--"Which of those ladies to you admire?"
20190or the market?
20190say"Oh, dear, what shall I do?"
20190say"Shall I give you some more tea?"
20190say"What is your name?"
20190say"Who teaches you music?"
20190say"Why?"
20190say"Will you enter?"
20190say"Will you sit down?"
20190say,"Who do you think him to be?"
42790_ Coming home to men''s business._--Where does the phrase"coming home to men''s business and bosoms"first occur?
42790_ Strike, but hear me._--On what occasion, and by whom, were these words first used?
42790_--What is the derivation of the word_ Cobb_? 42790 & c.) Will you accept a French elucidation of the etymon of this word, which has sorely puzzled your correspondents? 42790 ''Eight hundred old plays thou declar''st thou hast read[2]; How could''st thou the public so cozen? 42790 ''If all thou hast dug, how could Farmer, my Tib, Or Stevens, find gold in the mine? 42790 ''Is this,''quoth the poet,''the thing that rebell''d, And dar''d even Pope to the fight? 42790 ), which is used to remove tan and freckles from the sunburnt? 42790 ),St. John''s Bloom,""Ruddes"?
42790).--Will it assist the inquiry to say that there was a family of Foulgers at Norwich?
427901679?
42790Also whether John Gibbes of Fenton, father of the above- named Thomas Gibbes, who married the heiress of William May or Mey, had any other issue?
42790Also, what is the arms, crest, and motto of that family?
42790Also, when did the later term"rabbit"supersede the old name_ cony_?
42790Are these descendants of that family?
42790Bland was,_ whom_ he married, and_ which_ Carleton is meant?
42790Can any of your correspondents give a further account of Captain d''Auvergne?
42790Can any of your correspondents inform me whether the above fact is mentioned in any other account of the place, and if so, where?
42790Can any of your readers inform me whether this statement is correct?
42790Can any one inform me for what disease this nauseous remedy was prescribed, and whether it be now excluded from the pharmacopoeia?
42790Derivation and meaning?
42790Does he anywhere state this himself?
42790Have these terms any signification?
42790I suppose the troubles consequent upon the French Revolution would prevent his accession to the duchy, even if he survived the hereditary prince?
42790If in honour of an officer commanding the corps, was the name changed when that officer died or removed to another regiment, or what was the rule?
42790If not, what is the evidence in favour of such statement?
42790If so, can you give me any history of them, or say where same may be found?
42790Is the author known?
42790Is the hermitage still in existence?
42790Is there a legend in connexion with this name; and in what county is this saxifrage so called?
42790Is this plant used in any of our village pharmacopoeias as a remedy for palsy; and if so, how?
42790It is probable but few of the above names will be now found; or, if found, it will be only in those districts where the march of intellect(?)
42790Jacques?"
42790Meaning?
42790Meaning?
42790My object is to inquire if any custom at all analogous to it is known to have existed elsewhere, and, if so, what is the supposed origin of it?
42790Now, what is the rule for ascertaining the numbers of these and other old regiments in the British army at the present day?
42790P. P._ Olney._--Can any correspondent state what is the signification of this name?
42790Query: What is the derivation of the family name"Cobham?"
42790Query: When did that introduction take place?
42790Secondly, Would not a slight soaking in plain water after the acidulated bath be of advantage?
42790The names and sentiments are of course fictitious; is anything known of their origin?
42790Thirdly, Is it better to dry the paper again before rendering it sensitive?
42790To all the latter the same Query will apply, What is the origin of the name?
42790Was it according to the length of time it had been embodied?
42790Was it not first used by the learned men of Germany as a repository for the complimentary tributes of their foreign visitors?
42790Was it used in medicine?
42790Was this plant originally a native of the Low Countries?
42790What are they?
42790What is the origin of these names?
42790What was the name of the eccentric, and what is known of his hermit life?
42790What was the origin of giving British regiments the name of certain officers, instead of numbering them as at present?
42790What was the origin of these two names?
42790What was the rule or principle laid down in giving any regiment a certain number?
42790When did the present mode of numbering regiments begin, and by whom was it introduced?
42790When did_ Smith_ and_ Ellis_ die?
42790Where can I find the remaining verses?
42790Where is the earliest_ specimen_ of an English_ album_, according to the modern form and use of the scrapbook so called?
42790Where is to be found the best account of anchorites, real and fictitious?
42790Who was the proprietor of the said hermitage; and did he ever succeed in getting his toy tenanted?
42790Who were the_ consecrators_ of Giffard, Ellis, and Smith?
42790Who were they?
42790Will any one inform me which of the above are Anglo- Saxon words?
42790Will some one, better versed than myself in the language of German metaphysics, tell me whether I am right, and, if not, set me so?
42790_ Chenapodium Bonus Henricus_,"Mercury Goose- foot,""Good King Henry"?
42790_ Chrysanthemum segetum_,"Wild Marigold,""Goules,""Goulans"( Query remains of its old name gold?
42790_ Could the article proposed be divided into two papers?_ MR. CROOKES.
42790_ Euphorbia cyparissius_,"Cypress Spurge,""Welcome to our House"?
42790_ Euphorbia helioscopia_,"Sun Spurge,""Churn- staff"?
42790_ Linum catharticum_,"Purge Flax,""Mill Mountain"?
42790_ Sedum acre_,"Biting Stone- crop,""Jack of the Buttery,""Pricket,""Bird''s Bread"?
42790_ Spergula arvensis_,"Spurrey Yarr"( Scotch)?
42790_ Ste._ How now shall this be compass''d?
42790_"Eugenia,"by Hayes and Carr._--Can any of your readers give me any account of the following play, as to where the scene of it is laid,& c.?
42790and what is the etymology of_ rabbit_?
42790and what was the see in Italy to which the latter was nominated?
42790edition of the_ Seasons_, 1730( was not this the first collected edition of that poem?
14091But I must wash?
14091Do you often do that?
14091Among the other songs of Work the following are best known:"Kingdom Coming,"or"Say, Darkey, Hab You Seen de Massa?"
14091Are mineral veins aqueous or igneous in origin?
14091But the question with every man, and especially if he is the head of a family, is, Can he afford it?
14091Can a horse trot faster in harness, or under saddle?
14091Can any effectual provision be made by the State against"hard times"?
14091Can democratic forms of government be made universal?
14091Do our methods of government promote centralization?
14091Do the benefits of the signal service justify its costs?
14091Do you notice a drawn look about your eyes and a general streakiness in the cheeks?
14091Doctors, are you content?
14091Does civilization promote the happiness of the world?
14091Does home life promote the growth of selfishness?
14091Does the study of physical science militate against religious belief?
14091Dogwood-- Am I indifferent to you?
14091Every cradle asks us''whence,''and every coffin''whither?''
14091HOW TO BE HANDSOME Where is the woman who would not be beautiful?
14091Has Spanish influence been helpful or harmful to Mexico as a people?
14091Has any State a right to secede?
14091Has our Government a right to disfranchise the polygamists of Utah?
14091Has the experiment of universal suffrage proven a success?
14091How shall our teeth be preserved?
14091How shall they be kept clean?
14091How the Kind of White Metal is Made That is Used in the Manufacture of Cheap Table Ware.--How same can be hardened and still retain its color?
14091In a hundred years will republics be as numerous as monarchies?
14091Is Saxon blood deteriorating?
14091Is agriculture the noblest occupation?
14091Is an income- tax commendable?
14091Is an untarnished reputation of more importance to a woman than to a man?
14091Is assassination ever justifiable?
14091Is dancing, as usually conducted, compatible with a high standard of morality?
14091Is genius hereditary?
14091Is history or philosophy the better exercise for the mind?
14091Is honesty always the best policy?
14091Is it advisable longer to attempt to maintain both a gold and silver standard of coinage?
14091Is it politic to place restrictions upon the immigration of the Chinese to the United States?
14091Is it probable that any language will ever become universal?
14091Is it probable that any planet, except the earth, is inhabited?
14091Is it the duty of the State to encourage art and literature as much as science?
14091Is labor entitled to more remuneration than it receives?
14091Is legal punishment for crime as severe as it should be?
14091Is life insurance a benefit?
14091Is life more desirable now than in ancient Rome?
14091Is life worth living?
14091Is suicide cowardice?
14091Is the doctrine of"State rights"to be commended?
14091Is the occasional destruction of large numbers of people, by war and disaster, a benefit to the world?
14091Is the production of great works of literature favored by the conditions of modern civilized life?
14091Is the prohibitory liquor law preferable to a system of high license?
14091Is the pursuit of politics an honorable avocation?
14091Is the study of ancient or modern history the more important to the student?
14091Is the study of current politics a duty?
14091Is the theory of evolution tenable?
14091Is the"Monroe doctrine"to be commended and upheld?
14091Is there any improvement in the quality of the literature of to- day over that of last century?
14091Is"socialism"treason?
14091Ought the national banking system to be abolished?
14091Ought we to be surprised that the gums and teeth against which these decomposing or putrefying masses lie should become subjects of disease?
14091Should American railroad companies be allowed to sell their bonds in other countries?
14091Should Arctic expeditions be encouraged?
14091Should Ireland and Scotland be independent nations?
14091Should Latin be taught in the public schools?
14091Should Sumner''s civil rights bill be made constitutional by an amendment?
14091Should a right to vote in any part of the United States depend upon a property qualification?
14091Should aliens be allowed to acquire property in this country?
14091Should aliens be allowed to own real estate in this country?
14091Should all laws for the collection of debt be abolished?
14091Should any limit be placed by the constitution of a State upon its ability to contract indebtedness?
14091Should book- keeping be taught in the public schools?
14091Should capital punishment be abolished?
14091Should cremation be substituted for burial?
14091Should internal revenue taxation be abolished?
14091Should land subsidies be granted to railroads by the government?
14091Should men and women receive the same amount of wages for the same kind of work?
14091Should restrictions be placed upon the amount of property inheritable?
14091Should the State prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors?
14091Should the art of war be taught more widely than at present in the United States?
14091Should the co- education of the sexes be encouraged?
14091Should the continuance of militia organizations by the several States be encouraged?
14091Should the contract labor system in public prisons be forbidden?
14091Should the education of the young be compulsory?
14091Should the electoral college be continued?
14091Should the formation of monopolies be prevented by the State?
14091Should the formation of trade unions be encouraged?
14091Should the government establish a national system of telegraph?
14091Should the government interfere to stop the spread of contagious diseases among cattle?
14091Should the government lease to stockgrowers any portion of the public domain?
14091Should the government prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors?
14091Should the grand jury system of making indictments be continued?
14091Should the guillotine be substituted for the gallows?
14091Should the jury system be continued?
14091Should the languages of alien nations be taught in the public schools?
14091Should the law interfere against the growth of class distinctions in society?
14091Should the law place a limit upon the hours of daily labor for workingmen?
14091Should the military or the interior department have charge over the Indians in the United States?
14091Should the pooling system among American railroads be abolished by law?
14091Should the railroads be under the direct control of the government?
14091Should the rate of taxation be graduated to a ratio with the amount of property taxed?
14091Should the theater be encouraged?
14091Should the volume of greenback money be increased?
14091Should the volume of national bank circulation be increased?
14091Should the"Spoils System"be continued in American politics?
14091Should there be a censor for the public press?
14091Should usury laws be abolished?
14091Should women be given the right of suffrage in the United States?
14091Should"landlordism"in Ireland be supplanted by home rule?
14091That is, can he afford to live up his wages as fast as he earns them, without laying up anything for the future?
14091The Largest Buildings in the World.--Where is the largest building in the world situated?
14091Was Bryant or Longfellow the greater poet?
14091Was Caesar or Hannibal the more able general?
14091Was England justifiable in interfering between Egypt and the Soudan rebels?
14091Was Grant or Lee the greater general?
14091Was Rome justifiable in annihilating Carthage as a nation?
14091Was slavery the cause of the American civil war?
14091Was the purchase of Alaska by this government wise?
14091What cost 10 pounds butter at 25c per pound?
14091What cost 12- 2/3 pounds of butter at 18- 3/4c per pound?
14091What cost 18 dozen eggs at 16- 2/3c per dozen?
14091What cost 5- 1/3 yards at 18c a yard?
14091When did you leave Newark?"
14091Which can man the more easily do without, electricity or petroleum?
14091Which can support the greater population in proportion to area, our Northern or Southern States?
14091Which can to- day wield the greater influence, the orator or the writer?
14091Which could man best do without, steam or horse power?
14091Which could mankind dispense with at least inconvenience, wood or coal?
14091Which gives rise to more objectionable idioms and localisms of language, New England or the West?
14091Which has been of greater benefit to mankind, geology or chemistry?
14091Which has been the greater curse to man, war or drunkenness?
14091Which has left the more permanent impress upon mankind, Greece or Rome?
14091Which has the greater resources, Pennsylvania or Texas?
14091Which is more desirable as the chief business of a city-- commerce or manufactures?
14091Which is more desirable as the chief business of a city-- transportation by water or by rail?
14091Which is of greater benefit at the present day, books or newspapers?
14091Which is of more benefit to his race, the inventor or the explorer?
14091Which is of more importance, the primary or the high school?
14091Which is of the greater importance, the college or the university?
14091Which is of the more benefit to society, journalism or the law?
14091Which is the better for this nation, high or low import tariffs?
14091Which is the greater nation, Germany or France?
14091Which is the more desirable as an occupation, medicine or law?
14091Which is the more important as a branch of education, mineralogy or astronomy?
14091Which is the more important as a continent, Africa or South America?
14091Which is the more important to the student, physical science or mathematics?
14091Which is the stronger military power, England or the United States?
14091Which should be the more encouraged, novelists or dramatists?
14091Which should be the more highly remunerated, skilled labor or the work of professional men?
14091Which was the greater general, Napoleon or Wellington?
14091Which was the greater genius, Mohammed or Buddha?
14091Which was the greater thinker, Emerson or Bacon?
14091Which was the more able leader, Pizarro or Cortez?
14091Which was the more influential congressman, Blaine or Garfield?
14091Which will predominate in five hundred years, the Saxon or Latin races?
14091Why should we fear that which will come to all that is?
14091Why?"
14091Will a time ever come when the population of the earth will be limited by the earth''s capacity of food production?
14091Will coal always constitute the main source of artificial heat?
14091Will the African and Caucasian races ever be amalgamated in the United States?
14091Will the population of Chicago ever exceed that of New York?
14091Will the population of St. Louis ever exceed that of Chicago?
14091Will the tide of emigration ever turn eastward instead of westward?
14091Would a rebellion in Russia be justifiable?
14091Would mankind be the loser if the earth should cease to produce gold and silver?
41983How did I come? 41983 How did you come?"
41983What signifies philosophy that does not apply to some use? 41983 Whence do the wasps derive it?"
41983Who is there?
41983( say they) the heavens are open; if you enter not now, when will you enter?
41983------------Whence, but through an infinite, Almighty God, supremely wise and just?
41983A rock(_ waoke_?)
41983Among other things, he disputes whether or no the Anthropophagi act contrary to nature?
41983And this leads to the consideration of a question proposed by Aristotle,--Why are the upper parts of the sea salter and warmer than the lower?
41983And we may ask of this, as well as the former hypothesis,--what need of them, when the work may be done without them?
41983And who can follow Nature''s pencil here?
41983And why does a slighter degree of the nightmare sometimes seize people who sleep in an erect situation in a chair?
41983And why?
41983Another question sometimes agitated is, what kind of wood is meant by gopher wood?
41983As we entered the church- yard, the respectful"How do you do?"
41983But can putrefaction create an organic substance?
41983But is it not also apparent, that in all their works they propose to themselves certain ends?
41983But it may be asked, how is it produced?
41983But why should they at all change their habitations?
41983But, after all, what are those parts in the fungi casually observed by naturalists, and which they have taken for the parts of fructification?
41983Can an extorted oath compel me to observe secrecy on a thing so incredible, but which ought to be left on record to posterity?"
41983Can your majesty desire to see such another sight?"
41983Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
41983Expressing some doubt of this to the landlord''s question,"Do you not know that he is blind?"
41983Had not Aaron, the high priest of the Hebrews, a ring on his finger, whereof the diamond, by its virtue, operated prodigious things?
41983Her father then asked why she would not make some signs when she wanted to drink?
41983How can we conceive that fire, in certain circumstances, can exercise so powerful an action on the human body as to produce this effect?
41983How was their frame to such perfection brought?
41983I asked Idris if ever he had before seen such a sight?
41983If a Chinese is asked how he finds himself in health?
41983If it be asked, whether these imperfect creatures have all distinct souls while lurking yet in their parent?
41983In the Athenian Oracle, a lady desires to know whether fleas have stings, or whether they only suck or bite, when they draw blood from the body?
41983In the course of his journey, the Mask was one day heard to ask his keeper, whether the king had any design on his life?
41983In the last place, he demanded of them,''What name they desired should be put upon the bell?''
41983Is it to be wondered at, then, that they hold the alarm- bird in the highest veneration?
41983Is this, in reality, a picture of the human mind, with all its boasted attributes, its delicacies, its refinements, its civilized superiority?
41983King James I. when a man was presented to him who could eat a whole sheep at one meal, asked,"What work could he do more than another man?"
41983M. de St. Mars was alarmed at the sight; and asked the man with great anxiety, whether he could read, and whether any one else had seen the plate?
41983My servants asked this man whether he could pipe these snakes out of their holes, and catch them?
41983Now, in this case, how was the number to be ascertained?
41983Or, when contending winds around you blow, Do you ne''er wish the cause of them to know?"
41983Say, what the various bones so wisely wrought?
41983Shall we soon be like him?
41983Soon as the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear: Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year?
41983Steals my senses, shuts my sight?
41983The only question, therefore, is, by what means this air comes to be extricated, and to take up more room than it naturally does in the fluid?
41983To which she answered,--why should she, when she had no desire?
41983Upon being asked, whether she would submit to the church the truth of her pretended visions, revelations, and intercourse with departed saints?
41983Upon what hypothesis can we account for a degree of foresight and penetration such as this?
41983We shall now make a few observations on THE TIDES:-- Say, why should the collected main Itself within itself contain?
41983What good man will ever come again under my roof, if I let my floor be stained with a good man''s blood?"
41983What is this absorbs me quite?
41983What then becomes of it?
41983What was he to do?
41983What youthful bride can equal her array?
41983What, and did the Bank refuse payment, Sir?"
41983When he wrote so much of what came to him as gifts, was it not to rouse more to give?
41983When it was demanded, why she carried in her hand that standard at the unction and coronation of Charles at Rheims?
41983When she was asked, why she put her trust in her standard, which had been consecrated by magical incantations?
41983When the wicked cease from troubling, will the good cease from doing good?
41983Where now the throng That press''d the beach, and, hasty to depart, Look''d to the sea for safety?
41983Who can with her for easy pleasure vie?
41983Who has furnished him with his painted wings?
41983Who has given to him the faculty of inhabiting the ethereal regions?
41983Who has raised him above the earth?
41983Who has taught them not to mistake the time, but to calculate so exactly, that the eggs are not laid before the nest is finished?
41983Who is able to number the different species of animals which people the seas?
41983Why should its num''rous waters stay In comely discipline and fair array, Till winds and tides exert their high commands?
41983Why to its caverns should it sometimes cree And with delighted silence sleep On the lov''d bosom of its parent deep?
41983Will no morning break over the tomb?
41983Will you permit once more our group to try To raise your laughter, or to make you cry?
41983Would any one ever have imagined, that the wings of butterflies were furnished with feathers?
41983and why is the land there dry and full of crevices?
41983he exclaimed,"What do you mean by that?"
41983on horseback?"
41983or who can determine their form, structure, size, and properties?
41983what finite can explore?
41983where is thy sting?
41983where is thy victory?
41983who could conceive such knavery to exist?
41983why is there commonly no kind of herb in the places where this species of fungus grows?
16728A copy of the Holy Scriptures, which made its appearance between the years 1450 and 1452. Who introduced Printing into England?
16728Are Navigation and Commerce inseparably connected with each other?
16728Are all bodies equally combustible?
16728Are all the species of ornamental building confined to those nations already mentioned?
16728Are not its uses very extensive?
16728Are not the savages very dexterous in the management of them?
16728Are the last- mentioned sorts properly called Gums?
16728Are there any other Metals besides those already mentioned?
16728Are there any other kinds of this earth besides the common white chalk?
16728Are there different sorts of this Stone?
16728Are there many Volcanoes?
16728Are there no other kind of Instruments besides those already described?
16728Are there not different sorts of this material?
16728Are there other plants or trees which produce Gum, besides those already mentioned?
16728Are there several kinds of attraction?
16728Are they a modern invention?
16728At what place was Glass first made?
16728Before the invention of Earthenware, what supplied its place to the early inhabitants of the world?
16728But is not a pound of gold as heavy as a pound of lead?
16728But why do iron steamers float-- iron being heavier than water?
16728By what nations was the art of painting practised with great success?
16728By what other name has Chemistry been known?
16728By what_ means_ do Chemists effect a change in the qualities or states of natural bodies?
16728By whom was it built?
16728By whom was it destroyed, and when?
16728By whom was it invented?
16728By whom was it revived?
16728By whom was it revived?
16728By whom was the Steam Engine first applied to the purposes of Navigation?
16728By whom was the Tower of Babel erected, and why?
16728By whom was the phonograph invented?
16728By whom were the heavenly bodies first divided into Constellations or groups?
16728Can more than one message be sent at the same time on the same wire?
16728Can we explain by this what we call floating?
16728Can you show the same by another instrument?
16728Can you specify these effects?
16728Can you tell me some magnetic effects of the current?
16728Coral, particularly the beautiful red sort, is likewise made into various ornaments, as necklaces,& c. Of what is our Lime composed?
16728Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the mowing machine, born at Walnut Grove, Virginia, in 1809. Who was the inventor of the Sewing Machine?
16728Did it always continue thus?
16728Did not Alexandria undergo the same fate as Tyre and Carthage?
16728Did not Astronomy from this time make great progress?
16728Did not Carthage afterwards become as flourishing as the parent city of Tyre?
16728Did not the Barbarians, after a while, turn their attention to Navigation and Commerce?
16728Did the Romans possess any distinguished Poets?
16728Did the citizens of Constantinople confine their trade to the Islands of the Archipelago, and the adjacent coast of Asia?
16728Did this manufacture continue to be confined to the Greeks and Venetians?
16728Do the terms Coal and Charcoal signify the same substance?
16728Do they grow on bushes like our Currants?
16728Do they leave their canoes in the water on their return from a voyage?
16728Do we experience this attraction upon our earth?
16728Do you know any application of those magnets?
16728Do you know some other properties of air?
16728Do you know something about the nature of Light?
16728Does Nature decompose Water in any of her operations?
16728Does Rock Salt undergo any preparation before it is used?
16728Does it not require a great deal of moisture?
16728Does it not undergo some change during the year?
16728Does not the Pearl Oyster produce a substance called Mother- of- Pearl?
16728Does the insect change its color when it is dead?
16728Does weaving differ according to the material used?
16728For what are they used?
16728For what is Barley generally used?
16728For what is Bombazine used?
16728For what is Millet used?
16728For what is Starch used?
16728For what is Vitriol used?
16728For what is Zinc used?
16728For what is it used?
16728For what is it used?
16728For what is this Rock used?
16728For what was it formerly used?
16728For what was this city particularly celebrated?
16728From what cause is the Water deprived of its caloric?
16728From what countries are Dates brought?
16728From what countries is the Cochineal brought?
16728From what country is it supposed that the invention of silk knitted stockings originally came?
16728From what country was the Cherry Tree first brought?
16728From what does the vapor originate?
16728From what is Coal supposed to have originated?
16728From what is Silk produced?
16728From what is the word Arsenic derived?
16728From what is the word Parchment taken?
16728From what nation was the knowledge of their use in medicine obtained?
16728From what part is the Dye obtained?
16728From what part of the fish is it prepared?
16728From what place did it take its name?
16728From what vegetables is Starch obtained?
16728From whence did it take its name?
16728Had not Venice a formidable rival in a neighboring republic?
16728Has Indigo been long known?
16728Have not the various nations among whom this useful art has been cultivated, adopted different ways of arranging their written characters?
16728Have the terms Money and Coin the same signification?
16728Have we any notice of this art among the Hebrews?
16728He died on board his own ship in the West Indies, 1595. Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
16728How are the Olives eaten?
16728How are the legislative powers, granted to the government, vested?
16728How are these Stones wrought?
16728How are they caught?
16728How are they divided?
16728How are they prepared, and for what are they used?
16728How can you ascertain that air has weight?
16728How do the savages guide them?
16728How do these Coral Rocks become Islands?
16728How do they get the Oysters which contain them?
16728How do they make it into a drink?
16728How do you know that attraction exists through the whole universe?
16728How is Manna gathered?
16728How is engraving on copper, steel,& c., performed?
16728How is it cultivated?
16728How is it made into Calico,& c.?
16728How is it prepared for use?
16728How is it prepared?
16728How is it prepared?
16728How is it procured?
16728How is it produced?
16728How is the Bread- Fruit eaten?
16728How is the Butter extracted?
16728How is the Caoutchouc obtained from the Tree?
16728How is the Cinnamon Tree cultivated?
16728How is the Cotton separated from the seed?
16728How is the Hermetic seal formed?
16728How is the Leather prepared?
16728How is the Oil drawn from the Olive?
16728How is the bark procured?
16728How is the second kind of attraction, or that between the particles of bodies, subdivided?
16728How is the state of Solidity in bodies accounted for?
16728How is the white powdered arsenic prepared?
16728How is this fruit eaten?
16728How long has the use of Hemp and Flax been known?
16728How long have Bricks been in use for building?
16728How may the Gulf Stream be distinguished?
16728How often does this tree cast its circle of leaves?
16728How often does this tree produce nuts?
16728How often is this operation repeated?
16728How rapidly does the electric current travel through the wires?
16728How, and from what part of the tree is it taken?
16728In how many divisions may musical instruments be arranged?
16728In how many states do we find Water?
16728In what countries are they found?
16728In what countries is Indigo cultivated?
16728In what countries is Marble found?
16728In what countries is Salt generally found?
16728In what countries is it cultivated?
16728In what country is it seen constantly from October to Christmas?
16728In what manner does Pepper grow, and what part of the shrub is used?
16728In what manner is Parchment now prepared?
16728In what manner is it formed into such a variety of shapes?
16728In what manner is it obtained?
16728In what manufacture is it now used?
16728In what other countries is this plant found?
16728In what other sense is the term Electricity employed?
16728In what place was the art of Printing first practised?
16728In what seas are they found?
16728In what state is Lime found in nature?
16728In what state is Mercury usually found?
16728In what state is Silver usually found?
16728In what state is Tin generally found?
16728In what year, and where, was the making of glass bottles begun?
16728Is Black Lead a proper term for this mineral?
16728Is Coral put to any use by man?
16728Is Manna peculiar to the Ash Tree of Southern Italy?
16728Is ice the only instance of Water existing in a state of solidity?
16728Is it a plant?
16728Is it known to whom we are indebted for the invention of Linen Paper?
16728Is it known who were the erectors of these Buildings?
16728Is it not also used in Manure?
16728Is it, then, necessary for chemists to understand the relative nature of all substances?
16728Is not Gunpowder highly combustible?
16728Is not the Indian liquor called Toddy, produced from the Cocoa Tree?
16728Is not the Palma Christi much affected by soil and situation?
16728Is not the air this medium?
16728Is not the art of weaving very ancient?
16728Is not the employment of Wool in the manufacture of Clothing of great antiquity?
16728Is not the harp an instrument of high antiquity in Great Britain?
16728Is not the knowledge of Chemistry very ancient?
16728Is not the use of Gold quite ancient?
16728Is not the work of decomposition perpetually going forward?
16728Is not this an art of great antiquity?
16728Is not this art of great antiquity?
16728Is oil a production confined to the Olive alone?
16728Is the Ink used in Printing the same as writing Ink?
16728Is the Mace used as a spice?
16728Is the Sugar Cane the only vegetable that produces Sugar?
16728Is the Wool of the sheep all of one quality?
16728Is the oil called_ castor_, which is so much used in medicine, the product of an animal or a plant?
16728Is the wood of the Cherry Tree useful?
16728Is there any other method of stereotyping?
16728Is there not a machine by which we are enabled to obtain large supplies of electric power at pleasure?
16728Is there not a tree more particularly designated the Turpentine Tree?
16728Is there not a tree which bears a fruit that may be used for bread?
16728Is there not a tree which produces a substance resembling the Butter which we make from the milk of the cow?
16728Is there not a tree which yields a vegetable Tallow?
16728Is there not another sort of Damask?
16728Is there not another substance also employed in the manufacture of matches?
16728Is there not another tree which produces Manna?
16728Is this substance considered by naturalists as the habitation of the Insect?
16728It is chiefly made in the United States, England, France,& c. What is Linen?
16728It is used for making beer,& c. Of what are Hops the produce?
16728It was first made in Flanders, and is used for table linen,& c. What is Flannel?
16728Lightning usually strikes the highest and most pointed objects, as high hills, trees, spires, masts of ships,& c. What is Thunder?
16728May Wine be extracted from other vegetable bodies?
16728Of leather, silk, thread, cotton, worsted,& c. What skins are generally used for Gloves?
16728Of what are Bricks composed?
16728Of what are Candles made?
16728Of what are Gloves made?
16728Of what are Hats made?
16728Of what are Needles made?
16728Of what are Pins made?
16728Of what are stockings made?
16728Of what are the strings of the Lyre,& c., composed?
16728Of what countries is it a native?
16728Of what countries is the Elephant an inhabitant?
16728Of what country is the Orange a native?
16728Of what country is the Potato a native?
16728Of what do Calcareous Earths or Stones consist?
16728Of what does Printing consist?
16728Of what form is the fruit?
16728Of what form is the tree which bears those large nuts, called Cocoa nuts?
16728Of what form was money generally made?
16728Of what is Earthenware composed?
16728Of what is Gunpowder composed?
16728Of what is Paper made?
16728Of what is Soap composed?
16728Of what is this last compounded?
16728Of what nature is the Aurora Borealis?
16728Of what substances was Money usually made?
16728Of what use are the two remaining substances, Hydrogen and Carbon?
16728Of what use is Bark?
16728Of what use is this power to vegetables?
16728Of what were the first huts composed?
16728Of which of these Simple or Primitive Earths are the solid portions of the globe principally composed?
16728On what does the Beaver feed?
16728Raw silk is imported in quantities from India, China, Italy,& c. How is the Silk taken from the Worm?
16728The Dutch in 1610; it was introduced into England in 1650 What is Coffee?
16728To what circumstance did an ancient poet ascribe the invention of stringed instruments?
16728To what did this revolution in its history give rise?
16728To what great Civil Engineer has the West given birth?
16728To what invention is the art of Navigation much indebted?
16728To what is it more particularly applied?
16728To what is the term Consul applied at the present time?
16728To what other uses is the fruit of the Vine applied besides drying it for raisins, as described in the sixth chapter?
16728To what part of bodies is Electricity confined?
16728To what particular use did the Egyptians put it?
16728To what use did the ancient inhabitants of Africa and Arabia put this substance?
16728To what use did they put it?
16728To what use is this substance put?
16728To whom are we indebted for its invention?
16728To whom do we owe this grand undertaking?
16728To whom is the world indebted for this canal?
16728Upon what materials did the ancients paint their works?
16728Upon what principle do these last- mentioned instruments perform?
16728Was Sculpture always performed in Stone?
16728Was any gold ever produced by this method?
16728Was not Vocal Music used before the invention of Instrumental?
16728Was not the art greatly obscured for some centuries?
16728Was not the use of Tin very early known?
16728Was not this curious mineral better known to the ancients than it is at present?
16728Was this search successful?
16728Were Hieroglyphics employed before or after Alphabetic Writing?
16728Were not books once made of Bark?
16728Were not both these celebrated cities destroyed?
16728Were not the Egyptians quite early acquainted with this art?
16728Were the Egyptians acquainted with this art?
16728Were the attempts to rear Silk Worms in England successful?
16728What Honey was reckoned by the ancients the best in the world?
16728What Tree produces the beautiful and well- known wood so much used in making the various articles of household furniture?
16728What are Almonds?
16728What are Artesian wells?
16728What are Canoes?
16728What are Capers?
16728What are Cloves?
16728What are Currants?
16728What are Dates?
16728What are Earthquakes?
16728What are Furs, and how are they prepared?
16728What are Galls?
16728What are Mangoes?
16728What are Melons?
16728What are Metals called in their natural state?
16728What are Nutmegs?
16728What are Oats?
16728What are Olives?
16728What are Raisins?
16728What are Shoes?
16728What are Strata?
16728What are Tamarinds?
16728What are Yams?
16728What are frequently substituted for Capers?
16728What are generally meant by the Arts?
16728What are its characteristics?
16728What are its qualities?
16728What are its qualities?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are its uses?
16728What are the Liberal Arts?
16728What are the Lungs?
16728What are the Mechanical Arts?
16728What are the Muscles?
16728What are the Tides?
16728What are the chief uses of Silex?
16728What are the different states of natural bodies?
16728What are the earliest accounts of Musical Instruments on record?
16728What are the habits of this insect, and on what does it feed?
16728What are the most ancient stringed instruments?
16728What are the names of the principal islands of Coral formation?
16728What are the properties and uses of Camphor?
16728What are the properties of Clay?
16728What are the properties of Nitrogen or Azote?
16728What are the properties of Silex?
16728What are the second and third kinds of Oils?
16728What are the sources of currents?
16728What are the uses of Copper?
16728What are the uses of Gamboge?
16728What are the uses of Gold?
16728What are the uses of Parchment?
16728What are the uses of Rye?
16728What are the uses of air?
16728What are the uses of this Tree?
16728What are the uses of this Tree?
16728What are their qualities and use?
16728What are these glasses called?
16728What badge or sign was worn by those who engaged in the Crusades?
16728What can you say of its origin?
16728What can you say of new islands formed by Volcanic Agency?
16728What can you say of the origin of Glass?
16728What causes led to these wars?
16728What celebrated Astronomer arose in England?
16728What celebrated Poets marked this revival?
16728What circumstance caused them to unite?
16728What circumstance contributed to the progress of this manufacture among the English?
16728What city of France was long celebrated for its manufacture?
16728What city of Italy excelled all Europe for many years in the making of fine glass?
16728What countries are most noted for them?
16728What countries had glass windows first?
16728What countries produce the best Wines?
16728What country affords the best Wool?
16728What country is meant by Mauritania?
16728What country was the most highly celebrated for its sculpture?
16728What different kinds of Attraction can you mention?
16728What do the Fine Arts usually include?
16728What do the terms Refining and Smelting signify?
16728What do you mean by Carbon?
16728What do you mean by Exportation?
16728What do you mean by Gems?
16728What do you mean by Metallurgy?
16728What do you mean by Metals?
16728What do you mean by Polypus?
16728What do you mean by_ Marly_?
16728What do you mean by_ decomposition_?
16728What do you understand by specific weight or gravity?
16728What does the first coined money in ancient Britain appear to have been?
16728What does the word Levant signify?
16728What does the word Nature signify?
16728What does the word Oriental signify?
16728What effect had the Fall of the Roman Empire on Navigation?
16728What effects are produced by currents?
16728What else does the Sturgeon supply?
16728What else is obtained from this tree?
16728What event likewise contributed to the more rapid progress and diffusion of Navigation and Commerce?
16728What event proved fatal to this art?
16728What form does it bear?
16728What good effect did this event produce?
16728What immense fish is it that furnishes us with a quantity of_ animal_ oil?
16728What improvement in this instrument would naturally follow?
16728What influence has the Gulf Stream on the climate of Europe?
16728What instrument was famous among the ancient Greeks?
16728What is Alum?
16728What is Arrow- root?
16728What is Arsenic?
16728What is Astronomy?
16728What is Astronomy?
16728What is Attraction?
16728What is Baize?
16728What is Bark?
16728What is Barley Sugar?
16728What is Black Lead?
16728What is Bombazine?
16728What is Brandy?
16728What is Brass?
16728What is Calico?
16728What is Cambric?
16728What is Camlet?
16728What is Camphor?
16728What is Canvas?
16728What is Catgut?
16728What is Cayenne Pepper?
16728What is Chalk?
16728What is Chemistry?
16728What is Chocolate?
16728What is Cinnamon?
16728What is Cloth?
16728What is Coal?
16728What is Cochineal?
16728What is Copperas?
16728What is Coral?
16728What is Cork?
16728What is Corn?
16728What is Cotton?
16728What is Damask?
16728What is Dew?
16728What is Diaper?
16728What is Ebony?
16728What is Electricity?
16728What is Electrotyping?
16728What is Engraving?
16728What is Flax?
16728What is Fossil or Rock Salt?
16728What is Frankincense?
16728What is Gamboge?
16728What is Geometry?
16728What is Gin?
16728What is Ginger?
16728What is Glass?
16728What is Gold?
16728What is Granite?
16728What is Gravity?
16728What is Gum Arabic?
16728What is Gum?
16728What is Hail?
16728What is Holland?
16728What is Honey?
16728What is Hydrogen?
16728What is India Rubber or Caoutchouc?
16728What is Indian, or Chinese Ink?
16728What is Ink?
16728What is Inlaying?
16728What is Iron?
16728What is Isinglass?
16728What is Ivory?
16728What is Lapis Calaminaris?
16728What is Lead?
16728What is Leather?
16728What is Licorice?
16728What is Lightning?
16728What is Lime?
16728What is Lithography?
16728What is Logwood?
16728What is Magnesium Light?
16728What is Malt?
16728What is Manna?
16728What is Marine Salt?
16728What is Mercury?
16728What is Millet, and in what countries does it grow?
16728What is Mohair?
16728What is Musk?
16728What is Myrrh?
16728What is Opium?
16728What is Oxygen?
16728What is Painting?
16728What is Papyrus?
16728What is Parchment?
16728What is Pearl Barley?
16728What is Pepper?
16728What is Phenicia?
16728What is Photography?
16728What is Pimento or Allspice?
16728What is Pitch?
16728What is Platina?
16728What is Poetry?
16728What is Potash?
16728What is Quick- Lime?
16728What is Rain?
16728What is Rhubarb?
16728What is Rice?
16728What is Rum?
16728What is Sago?
16728What is Salt?
16728What is Saltpetre?
16728What is Sculpture?
16728What is Silver?
16728What is Slate?
16728What is Snow?
16728What is Soda?
16728What is Spermaceti?
16728What is Sponge?
16728What is Spring Salt?
16728What is Starch?
16728What is Steel?
16728What is Sugar Candy?
16728What is Sugar?
16728What is Sulphur?
16728What is Tan?
16728What is Tapioca?
16728What is Tar?
16728What is Tea?
16728What is Thermo- electricity?
16728What is Tin?
16728What is Tobacco?
16728What is Turpentine?
16728What is Twilight?
16728What is Vellum?
16728What is Velvet?
16728What is Vinegar?
16728What is Water?
16728What is Wax?
16728What is Wind?
16728What is Wool?
16728What is Zinc?
16728What is a Barometer?
16728What is a Bathometer?
16728What is a Blowpipe?
16728What is a Cable?
16728What is a Camera Obscura?
16728What is a Cell; what a Battery?
16728What is a Chronometer?
16728What is a Coal Mine?
16728What is a Dynamo- electric machine?
16728What is a Kaleidoscope?
16728What is a Kiln?
16728What is a Lightning Rod?
16728What is a Microphone?
16728What is a Microscope?
16728What is a Mine?
16728What is a Mint?
16728What is a Mirror?
16728What is a Mosque?
16728What is a Pendulum?
16728What is a Phonograph?
16728What is a Prism?
16728What is a Pyramid?
16728What is a Rainbow?
16728What is a Spectrum?
16728What is a Stereoscope?
16728What is a Stethoscope?
16728What is a Suspension Bridge?
16728What is a Telescope?
16728What is a Thermometer?
16728What is a Tortoise?
16728What is a Volcano?
16728What is a singular characteristic of the Coral Islands?
16728What is an Anemometer?
16728What is an Aneroid Barometer?
16728What is an Electric current?
16728What is an author?
16728What is generally meant by Corn?
16728What is it called when found in a perfect metallic form?
16728What is its habitation?
16728What is its origin?
16728What is meant by Architecture?
16728What is meant by Chrysalis?
16728What is meant by Combustion?
16728What is meant by Gas?
16728What is meant by Mahomedan?
16728What is meant by Mechanics?
16728What is meant by Navigation?
16728What is meant by Ochreous?
16728What is meant by Science?
16728What is meant by a Senate?
16728What is meant by an Archipelago?
16728What is meant by the Assyrian Empire?
16728What is next done?
16728What is peculiar to the ore of Lead?
16728What is positive and what negative electricity?
16728What is signified by a glass- house?
16728What is supposed to cause them?
16728What is that part of the Pacific called, where the Coral Rocks are most abundant?
16728What is the Citron?
16728What is the Drummond or Lime Light?
16728What is the Ear- trumpet?
16728What is the Electro- Magnetic Telegraph?
16728What is the Gulf Stream?
16728What is the Lime?
16728What is the Loadstone?
16728What is the Mariner''s Compass?
16728What is the Ruby?
16728What is the Steam Engine?
16728What is the Tasimeter?
16728What is the Turquois?
16728What is the White Pepper?
16728What is the appearance of Frankincense?
16728What is the cause of bodies being either solid, liquid, or aeriform?
16728What is the cause of bodies floating on liquids?
16728What is the character of Gold?
16728What is the character of Gum?
16728What is the difference between Electrotyping and Stereotyping?
16728What is the government of the United States?
16728What is the meaning of A.D.?
16728What is the name of the remarkable stone of which a cloth has been made, that resists the action of fire?
16728What is the nature of Electricity?
16728What is the nature of Phosphorus?
16728What is the poetical name for the morning Twilight?
16728What is the signification of Mediterranean?
16728What is the vessel called which is used in Distilling?
16728What is understood by Magic?
16728What is understood by a Consul?
16728What is used to cement bricks firmly together?
16728What island possesses a remarkable substitute for the want of springs of Water?
16728What kind appears to have been held in the greatest esteem by the ancients?
16728What materials are used for the dyeing and coloring of our manufactures?
16728What materials were employed by ancient nations in Writing?
16728What materials were used for writing, before the invention of Paper?
16728What method is used in preparing the Asbestus?
16728What method is usually employed in countries where the sun''s heat is not sufficiently powerful?
16728What mode is usually employed in this country in obtaining it?
16728What nation appears to have excelled in Chemistry in early times?
16728What nation first applied this art to the purposes of Trade?
16728What nation first introduced it into Europe?
16728What nation holds the olive in great repute?
16728What nation invented the large looking- glass plates now in use?
16728What nation is supposed to have known and practised this art even before the foundation of Rome?
16728What nation so greatly excelled in the manufacture of a beautiful species of Earthenware?
16728What nation was fed with a kind of Manna?
16728What nation was particularly celebrated for musical talents?
16728What nation wore Shoes made of the bark of the papyrus?
16728What next greatly forwarded this interesting science?
16728What other circumstance also prevented commercial intercourse from ceasing altogether?
16728What other circumstance contributed to the advancement of Astronomy?
16728What other fluid is drawn from Wine?
16728What other great engineering work can you mention?
16728What other kinds of stone are used in building?
16728What other name is given to Liquids?
16728What other nations excelled in the art of Building?
16728What other people, about this period, distinguished themselves in the art of Navigation?
16728What part of it produces the Gum?
16728What part of the plant is eaten?
16728What part of the plant is used?
16728What part of the world is meant by Australia?
16728What people are regarded as the Fathers of Poetry?
16728What people are represented by the ancient writers as having brought the art of Building to a greater state of perfection?
16728What probably gave the first idea of Navigation?
16728What produces the difference between Green and Bohea, or Black?
16728What progress did the Romans make in Sculpture?
16728What progress did the generality of the Eastern nations make in this art?
16728What progress did they make in Astronomy?
16728What remarkable event followed their foolish pride?
16728What remarkable phenomenon is afforded to the inhabitants of the polar regions?
16728What sea produces the best and greatest number of Pearls?
16728What seasons are more liable to rain than others?
16728What sources of light do you know?
16728What species of Melon is that which almost makes up for a scarcity of good water in hot countries?
16728What term is used to denote the quality of the Diamond?
16728What time of the day is the best for drawing the juice?
16728What was the Edict of Nantes?
16728What was the Pantheon?
16728What was the Philosopher''s Stone?
16728What was the first Book that was printed from metal types?
16728What was the greatest telegraphic undertaking?
16728What was the next improvement?
16728What was the origin of the city of Venice?
16728What were its objects?
16728What were the Crusades?
16728What, then, would they employ?
16728When and by whom were Watches and Clocks invented?
16728When are they gathered, and how are they dried?
16728When did Hats come into general use?
16728When is the time to gather the spice?
16728When was the first telegraph established?
16728When was the knowledge of Sculpture introduced into England?
16728When was the manufacture of silk introduced into England?
16728When was the use of Money first introduced?
16728When was the use of stamped coin introduced into Britain?
16728When were Spectacles invented, and who was their inventor?
16728Whence are Lemons brought?
16728Whence are the best and greatest number of Sponges brought?
16728Whence are the greatest quantities of Sulphur brought?
16728Whence are they brought?
16728Whence come the colors in the objects we see in nature?
16728Whence is it obtained?
16728Whence is its name derived?
16728Whence is its name derived?
16728Whence is the word Oil derived?
16728Whence is the word Velvet derived?
16728Whence is the word derived?
16728Where and in what manner is Gold generally found?
16728Where are Cochin China, and Corea?
16728Where are Florence and Lucca situated?
16728Where are Rubies found?
16728Where are the Azores situated?
16728Where are the principal Tin Mines?
16728Where are the richest Silver Mines found?
16728Where are they mostly found?
16728Where did Cotton anciently grow, and for what was it used?
16728Where do Beavers usually fix their habitations?
16728Where do the Egyptians dwell?
16728Where does it grow?
16728Where is Abyssinia?
16728Where is Armenia situated?
16728Where is Chalk found?
16728Where is Genoa situated?
16728Where is Genoa?
16728Where is Granite found?
16728Where is Jamaica situated?
16728Where is Lead found?
16728Where is Milan situated?
16728Where is Mount Libanus?
16728Where is Naples?
16728Where is Ravenna?
16728Where is Rouen?
16728Where is Seville?
16728Where is Sumatra situated?
16728Where is the Asbestus found?
16728Where is the Coral Insect found?
16728Where is the Crimea?
16728Where is the Tree found?
16728Where is the best Black Lead found?
16728Where was Babylon?
16728Where was Carthage?
16728Where was Crape first made?
16728Where was Etruria situated?
16728Where was Silk first made?
16728Where was Troy?
16728Where was the first Paper Mill erected in England?
16728Where were the cities of Thebes and Athens situated?
16728Which is supposed to be the most natural state of all bodies?
16728Which is the largest tunnel in the world?
16728Which is the most powerful artificial light?
16728Which is the most rare and beautiful of all the kinds?
16728Which was the more ancient city, Tyre or Sidon?
16728Who are the Japanese?
16728Who are the Maltese?
16728Who first introduced the China Orange into Europe?
16728Who first taught the true system of the Universe?
16728Who introduced it into France and England?
16728Who introduced the Silk Worm itself into Europe?
16728Who invented the Telephone?
16728Who planned these bridges?
16728Who was Alexander the Great?
16728Who was Apollo?
16728Who was Cyrus?
16728Who was Galileo?
16728Who was Jupiter?
16728Who was Leo the Tenth?
16728Who was Lucullus?
16728Who was Mercury?
16728Who was Nabuchodonosor?
16728Who was Nero?
16728Who was Pericles?
16728Who was Pliny?
16728Who was Roger Bacon?
16728Who was Sesostris?
16728Who was Sir Francis Drake?
16728Who was Venus?
16728Who was the inventor of the telegraph in this country?
16728Who was the original discoverer of Coffee, for the drink of man?
16728Who were the Cretans?
16728Who were the Franks?
16728Who were the Goths?
16728Who were the Ionians?
16728Who were the Lombards?
16728Who were the Phenicians?
16728Who were the Pisans?
16728Who were the Saracens?
16728Who were the Scandinavians?
16728Who were the Sicilians?
16728Who were the Venetians?
16728Who were the principal masters of the Italian school?
16728Why are the leaves of plants green?
16728Why do we say that certain metals-- as, for example, platina or gold-- are heavier than others, say, lead or iron?
16728Why does a portion of the floating body sink below the surface of the water?
16728Why is it called Allspice?
16728Will you describe the Megaphone?
16728With whom may the School of British Sculptors be considered as commencing?
16728Yes, the ancients wrote their books on the barks of many trees, as on those of the ash and the lime tree,& c. Which part did they use?
16728You describe Pearls as being ranked among the number of Gems, although they are not Stones; what kind of substance are they?
16728You have given me an account of a useful Butter prepared from a plant; is there not also a tree which can supply the want of a cow?
16728You inform me that Chemistry enables us to discover the properties of bodies by means of_ analysis_ and_ combination_: what do these terms imply?
16728You mentioned Silicious and Argillaceous Earths: is not, then, the earthy covering of our globe of one common character?
16728You said that the olive is an Evergreen: to what plant or shrub is the term particularly applied?
16728You say that a Geologist is one who studies Geology: what is meant by this term?
16728[ Illustration: GLASS BLOWING AT THE GLASS- WORKS, PITTSBURGH, PA.] What is the appearance of the Nutmeg?
16728[ Illustration: GOLD MINERS WASHING ORE.] To whom is the invention of Gunpowder ascribed?
16728_ Hebrews_, the children of Israel, the Jews Who were the Athenians?
16728_ Legislative_, giving or enacting laws How are our laws made?
16728_ Lye_, a liquor made from wood- ashes; of great use in medicine, bleaching, sugar works,& c. What are Figs?
16728_ Maturity_, ripeness, perfection How much silk is each ball said to contain?