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Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850
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Title: Notes & Queries, No. 40, Saturday, August 3, 1850 A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries,
Author: Various
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CONTENTS.
NOTES:--Page Translations of Juvenal--Wordsworth Dedication to Milton by Antonio Malatesti, by S.W. Singer Pulteney's Ballad of "The Honest Jury," by C.H. Cooper Notes on Milton Folk Lore:--High Spirits considered a Sign of impending Calamity or Death--Norfolk Popular Rhymes--Throwing Salt over the Shoulder--Charming for Warts Notes on College Salting; Turkish Spy; Dr. Dee: from "Letters from the Bodleian, &c.," 2 vols. 1813 Minor Notes:--Alarm--Taking a Wife on Trial--Russian Language--Pistol and Bardolph--Epigram from Buchanan
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