Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
J. M. B.
_English Clergyman in Spain._--I am anxious to discover the capacity in
which a certain clergyman was present with the English army in Spain
early in the eighteenth century (probably with Lord Peterborough's
expedition). Can any readers of "N. & Q." refer me to any book or record
from which I can obtain this information?
D. Y.
_Caldecott's Translation of the New Testament._--I have a translation of
the New Testament by a Mr. John Caldecott, printed and sold by J. Parry
and Son, Chester, dated 1834. It is entitled _Holy Writings of the First
Christians, called the New Testament_ (the text written from the common
version, but altered by comparing with the Greek), with notes. I shall
be glad to know who Mr. Caldecott was or is? and whether the edition
appeared under the auspices of any society or sect of Christians?
S. A. S.
Bridgewater.
_Westhumble Chapel._--There is a ruin of a chapel in the hamlet of
Westhumble, in Mickleham, Surrey. At what time was it built? To what
saint consecrated? and from what cause was it allowed to fall into its
present ruinous and desecrated condition?
J. P. S.
_Perfect Tense._--In Albites' "Companion" to _How to speak French_, one
of the first exercises is to turn into French the following phrase, "I
have seen him yesterday." I should be much obliged to MR. J. S. WARDEN
(to whom all readers of "N. & Q." stand so greatly indebted for his
excellent article on "Will and Shall"), if he would state the rule for
the use of the perfect tense in English in respect to specified time,
and the _rationale_ involved in such rule.
C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.
Birmingham.
_La Fleur des Saints._--To Moliere's _Le Tartufe_ (Act I. Sc. 2.) occur
the following lines:
"Le traitre, l'autre jour, nous rompit de ses mains Un mouchoir
qu'il trouva dans une _Fleur des Saints_, Disant que nous melions,
par un crime effroyable, Avec la saintete les parures du diable."
Can any of your readers inform me what _Fleur des Saints_ was? Was it a
book? If so, what were its contents?
C. P. G.
_Oasis._--Can any correspondent inform me of the correct quantity of the
second syllable of this word? In Smith's _Geographical Dictionary_ it is
marked long, while Andrews' _Lexicon_ gives it {411} short, neither of
them giving any reason for their respective quantities.
T.
_Book Reviews, their Origin._--Dodsley published in 1741 _The Public
Register, or the Weekly Magazine_. Under the head of "Records of
Literature," he undertook to give a compendious account of "whatever
works are published either at home or abroad worthy the attention of the
public." Was this _small_ beginning the origin of our innumerable
reviews?
W. CRAMP
_Martyr of Collet Well._--One James Martyr, in 1790, bought of George
Lake the seat called Collet Well, in the parish of Otford. Can any
reader of "N. & Q." tell from what family this Martyr sprang, and what
their armorial bearings are?
Q. M. S.
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