Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851, page 1 by Various Authors
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m remote Periods through few Links-- Longevity--Emendation of a Passage in Virgil--Poems discovered among the Papers of Sir K. Digby-- Matter-of-Fact Epitaph 236
QUERIES:-- Ancient Danish Itinerary: Prol in Angliam, by R. J. King 238 Chiming, Tolling, and Peal-ringing of Bells, by Rev. A. Gatty 238 Mazer Wood: Gutta Percha, by W. Pinkerton 239 Minor Queries:--Paul Pitcher Night--Disinterment for Heresy--"Just Notions," &c.--Pursuits of Literature-- Satirical Medal--Matthew's Mediterranean Passage--Inscription on an Oak Board--Expressions in Milton--Saints' Days--Chepstow Castle--The Wilkes MSS. and "North Briton"--"O wearisome Condition of Humanity!"--Epitaph in Hall's "Discovery" 239
MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:--Canon and Prebendary-- What Amount of Property constitutes an Esquire?-- Cromwell Family--Daughters of the Sixth Earl of Lennox--Wife of Joseph Nicholson--Six Abeiles-- Southey--Epigram against Burke--Knight's Hospitallers 242
REPLIES:-- Mesmerism, by Dr. Maitland 243 Lord Howard of Effingham 244 Iovanni Volpe, by William Hughes 244 Replies to Minor Queries:--Sir Andrew Chadwick-- Manuscript of Bede--Closing of Rooms on account of Death--Enigmatical Epitaph on Rev. J. Mawer-- Haybands in Seals--Notes on Newspapers--Duncan Campbell--Christmas-day--MS. Sermons by Jeremy Taylor--Dryden's Absolom and Achitophel--Rev. W. Adams--Duchess of Buckingham--"Go the whole Hog"--Lord Bexley's Descent from Cromwell-- Morse and Ireton Families--The Countess of Desmond-- Aristophanes on the Modern Stage--Denarius Philosophorum--On a Passage in the Tempest-- Meaning of Waste-book--Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Craigs--Meaning of "Harrisers" &c. 247
MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 253 Books and Odd Volumes wanted 254 Notices to Correspondents 254 Advertisements 255
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