Notes and Queries, Number 167, January 8, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 167, January 8, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
"_The Brazen Head._"--Will any reader of "N. & Q." be 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? It was published as a serial
in 1828 or 1829.
A. F. A. W.
Swillington.
_Portrait of Baron Lechmere._--Can any of your correspondents inform me if
there is any engraved portrait in existence of the celebrated Whig, Lord
Lechmere, Baron of Evesham, who died at Camden House, London, in the year
1727, and lies buried in the church of Hanley Castle, near Upton-on-Severn,
co. Worcester?
While on the subject of portraits, some of your correspondents may be glad
to learn that an excellent catalogue of engraved portraits is now passing
through the press, by Messrs. Evans and Sons, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's
Inn Fields, of which forty-six numbers are issued.
J. B. WHITBORNE.
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_"Essay for a New Translation of the Bible," and "Letters on
Prejudice."_--A friend of mine has requested me to inquire through "N. &
Q." who are the authors of the undermentioned books, in his possession?
_An Essay for a New Translation of the Bible_, one volume 8vo.:
"printed for R. Gosling, 1727." Dedicated to the Bishops: the
dedication signed "H. R."--_Letters on Prejudice_, two volumes 8vo.:
"in which the nature, causes, and consequences of prejudice in religion
are considered, with an application to the present times:" printed for
Cadell in the Strand; and Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1822.
W. W. T.
_David Garrick._--In the sale catalogue of Isaac Reed's books is a lot
described as "Letter of David Garrick against Mr. Stevens, with
Observations by Mr. Reed, MS. and printed." Can any of your correspondents
inform me in whose possession is this letter with Reed's observations;
whether Garrick's letter was published; and, if so, what public library
contains a copy?
G. D.
_Aldiborontophoskophornio._--Will you or some of your readers inform me in
what play, poem, or tale this hero, with so formidable a name, is to be
found?
F. R. S.
_Quotations wanted._--Will you or some of your correspondents tell _where_
this sentence occurs: "It requireth great cunning for a man to seem to know
that which he knoweth not?" Miss Edgeworth gives it as from Lord Bacon. _I_
cannot find it. Also, _where_ this very superior line: "Life is like a game
of tables, the chances are not in our power, but the playing is?" _This_ I
have seen quoted as from Jeremy Taylor, but _where_? I have looked his
works carefully through: it is so clever that it _must_ be from a superior
mind. And _where_, in Campbell, is "A world without a sun?" This, I
_believe_, is in _Gertrude of Wyoming_.
Excuse this trouble, Mr. Editor; but you are now become the general referee
in puzzles of _this_ kind.
A. B.
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