Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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SILENUS. _If our correspondent will refer to our First Volume_, pp. 177.
203. 210. 340., _and our Second Volume_, p. 3., _he will find the history
of the well-known couplet from the_ Musarum Deliciae,
"For he that fights, and runs away,
May live to fight another day,"
_fully illustrated._
WRITING PAPER. _Will our correspondent, who sometime since_ {415} _sent us
a specimen manufactured at Penshurst, favour us for the information of
another correspondent with the name of the maker?_
RECORD OF EXISTING MONUMENTS. _We hope next week to return to this
important subject. In the meantime, Mr. A. J. Dunkin, of Dartford,
announces that the first part of his_ MONUMENT. ANGLIC. _is in the press,
and will be published in July._
REPLIES RECEIVED.--_Meaning of Crambe--Ex Pede Herculem--Cardinal
Azolin--Charles Lamb's Epitaph--Poem on the Grave--Bunyan and the Visions
of Hell--Colfabias--Coptic Language--Benedicite--Amicus Plato--Doctrine of
the Resurrection--Registry of Dissenting Baptisms--The Bellman--Babington's
Conspiracy--Epitaph--Quotations--Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots--Robertii
Sphaeria--Ob--Blake Family--To endeavour oneself--Cart before the
Horse--Anonymous Ravennas--Family of Sir J. Banks--Mind your P's and
Q's--Mazer Wood._
NOTES AND QUERIES _may be procured, by order, of all Booksellers and
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Subscribers ought not to experience any difficulty in procuring it
regularly. Many of the country Booksellers, &c., are, probably, not yet
aware of this arrangement, which will enable them to receive_ NOTES AND
QUERIES _in their Saturday parcels._
_Errata._--Page 380. col. 1. lines 12. and 13. for _"Prichard"_ read
_"Richards;"_ p. 389., in the Query on the "Blake Family," for "Bishop's
H_a_ll" read "Bishop's H_u_ll;" p. 390. col. 2. l. 29., for "_frag_ments"
read "payments;" and l. 30., for "South _Green_" read "South Lynn;" p. 393.
col. 2. l. 11., for "T_ur_ners" read "T_an_ners."
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invites public attention.
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CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES, and other Poems; with a Life of the Author;
Remarks on his Language and Versification: a Glossary and Index; and a
concise History of English Poetry.
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