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قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
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No. 207. |
Saturday, October 15. 1853. |
Price Fourpence. |
CONTENTS.
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Notes:— |
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Notes on Midland County Minstrelsy, by C. Clifton Barry |
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Comet Superstitions in 1853 |
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The Old English Word "Belike" |
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Druses, by. T. J. Buckton |
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Folk Lore:—Legends of the County Clare |
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Shakspeare Correspondence, by Thomas Keightley, &c. |
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Death on the Fingers |
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Minor Notes:—On a "Custom of ye Englyshe"—Epitaph at Crayford—The Font at Islip—"As good as a Play" |
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Queries:— |
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Lovett of Astwell |
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Oaths |
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The Electric Telegraph |
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Minor Queries:—Queries relating to the Porter Family—Lord Ball of Bagshot—Marcarnes—The Claymore—Sir William Chester, Kt.—Canning on the Treaty of 1824 between the Netherlands and Great Britain—Ireland a bastinadoed Elephant—Memorial Lines by Thomas Aquinas—"Johnson's turgid style"—Meaning of "Lane," &c.—Theobald le Botiller—William, fifth Lord Harrington—Singular Discovery of a Cannon-ball—Scottish Castles—Sneezing—Spenser's "Fairy Queen"—Poema del Cid—The Brazen Head |
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Minor Queries with Answers:—"The Basilics"—Fire at Houlton—Michaelmas Goose |
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Replies:— |
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Portraits of Hobbes and Letters of Hollar, by S. W. Singer |
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Parochial Libraries, by the Rev. Thos. Corser |
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Battle of Villers en Couché, by H. L. Mansel, B.D., &c. |
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Attainment of Majority, by Russell Gole and Professor De Morgan |
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Similarity of Idea in St. Luke and Juvenal |
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Photographic Correspondence:—Mr. Sisson's developing Fluid—Dr. Diamond's Process for Albumenized Paper—Mr. Lyte's New Process |
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Replies To Minor Queries:—Derivation of the Word "Island"—"Pætus and Arria"—"That Swinney"—The Six Gates of Troy—Milton's Widow—Boom—"Nugget" not an American Term—Soke Mill—Binometrical Verse—Watch-paper Inscription—Dotinchem—Reversible Names and Words—Detached Church Towers—Bishop Ferrar—"They shot him by the nine stone rig"—Punning Devices—Ashman's Park—"Crowns have their compass," &c.—Ampers and—Throwing Old Shoes for Luck—Ennui |
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Miscellaneous:— |
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Books and Odd Volumes wanted |
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Notices to Correspondents |
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