Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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II. To make a re-division, according to the subject-matter, of Job,
Ecclesiastes, and the greater and the minor prophets.
III. To draw up a brief analysis of this subject-matter, similar to what
is attempted in the New Testament for the Epistles.
IV. To extract from the Mishneh, &c., the _really_ valuable comments of
the rabbis.
V. To make up the chronology into the following four great unequal
divisions, assigning the particular years to each transaction falling
under these divisions; viz., (a) Adam to Abraham, (b) Abraham to David;
(c) David to the transportation of Judah to Babylon; (d) Transportation
to Babylon to Christ.
VI. To collate all these _important_ variations of the Septuagint and of
the Samaritan Pentateuch.
VII. Critically to examine the introductions, marginal quotations, and
the analyses, as given in the _Chronological New Testament_.
I shall with pleasure present any gentleman who will help me in any one
of these particulars with a copy of the New Testament at once, if he
will signify his wish for one, in a line addressed to me, care of the
Publisher, Mr. Blackader, 13. Paternoster Row.
THE EDITOR OF THE "CHRONOLOGICAL NEW TESTAMENT."
Trinity Square, Southwark.
Minor Queries.
_Pasquinades._--Can any correspondent tell me under whose reign the
following pasquinade was published?
The reigning Pope had erected a new order of knighthood, and the crosses
were very lavishly distributed; upon which Pasquin said--
"In tempi men' leggiadri e più feroci
S'appiccavan' i ladri in sulle croci,
Ma in tempi men' feroci e più leggiadri
S'appiccano croci in sopra ladri."
L. H. J. T.
_Sir John Fenner's Bequest of Bibles._--Sir John Fenner, by will dated
1633, desired his executors to employ monies in purchasing lands (which
has since produced 620_l._ per annum, but now less than that amount),
the rent to be laid out every Easter in buying Bibles and distributing
money for and amongst the poor of ten parishes in the metropolis. I
shall feel thankful for any information relating to that benevolent
gentleman communicated either through your columns, or to me at 35.
Gifford Street, Kingsland Road, London.
HENRY EDWARDS,
(a Subscriber from the beginning).
_Friday at Sea._--I have heard a story respecting the superstition in
which sailors hold Friday as a day of departure. To disabuse them of
this superstition, a ship--so runs the tale--was laid down on Friday;
launched on a Friday; commanded by a captain named Friday; sailed on a
Friday; and--so runs the story--was never heard of afterwards!
Is there--I believe not--any truth in this tradition; and where may the
earliest allusion to it be found.
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