قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
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No. 212. |
Saturday, November 19. 1853. |
Price Fourpence. |
CONTENTS.
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Party-Similes of the Seventeenth Century:—No. 1. "Foxes and Firebrands." No. 2. "The Trojan Horse" |
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Testimonials to Donkeys, by Cuthbert Bede, B.A. |
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Longevity in Cleveland, Yorkshire, by William Durrant Cooper |
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Rev. Josiah Pullen |
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Folk Lore:—Ancient Custom in Warwickshire—Nottinghamshire Customs |
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Minor Notes:—A Centenarian Couple—"Veni, vidi, vici"—Autumnal Tints—Variety is pleasing—Rome and the Number Six—Zend Grammar—The Duke's First Victory—Straw Paper—American Epitaph |
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Queries:— |
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Laurie (?) on Currency, &c. |
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"Donatus Redivivus" |
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Minor Queries:—Henry Scobell—The Court House—Ash-trees attract Lightning—Symbol of Sow, &c.—Passage in Blackwood—Rathband Family—Encaustic Tiles from Caen—Artificial Drainage—Storms at the Death of Great Men—Motto on Wylcotes' Brass—"Trail through the leaden sky," &c.—Lord Audley's Attendants at Poictiers—Roman Catholic Bible Society |
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Minor Queries with Answers—"Vox Populi Vox Dei"—"Lanquettes Cronicles"—"Our English Milo"—"Delights for Ladies"—Burton's Death—Joannes Audoënus—Hampden's Death |
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Replies:- |
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Pinece with a Stink," by W. Pinkerton, &c. |
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Monumental Brasses abroad, by Josiah Cato |
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Milton's "Lycidas," by C. Mansfield Ingleby |
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School Libraries, by Weld Taylor and G. Brindley Acworth |
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Cawdray's "Treasurie of Similies," and Simile of Magnetic Needle, by Rev. E. C. Harington, &c. |
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"Mary, weep no more for me," by J. W. Thomas |
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Photographic Correspondence:—Clouds in Photographs—Albumenized Paper—Stereoscopic Angles—Photographic Copies of MSS. |
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Replies to Minor Queries:—Lord Cecil's "Memorials"—Foreign Medical Education—Encyclopædias—Pepys's Grammar—"Antiquitas Sæculi Juventus Mundi"—Napoleon's Spelling—Black as a mourning Colour—Chanting of Jurors—Aldress—Huggins and Muggins—Camera Lucida—"When Orpheus went down"—The Arms of De Sissone—Oaths of Pregnant Women—Lepel's Regiment—Editions of the Prayer Book prior to 1662—Creole—Daughter pronounced "Dafter"—Richard Geering—Island |
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Miscellaneous:- |
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Books and Odd Volumes wanted |
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Notices to Correspondents |
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