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قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 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. 238. |
Saturday, May 20. 1854 |
Price Fourpence |
CONTENTS.
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A Leader from a Foreign Newspaper: the New Russian Manifesto |
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The Launch of the "Prince Royal" in 1610 |
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"Notes and Queries on the Ormulum, by Dr. Monicke" |
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The Legend of the Seven Sisters |
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Minor Notes:—Coincidences—The English Liturgy—"To jump for joy"—"What is Truth?"—Abolition of Government Patronage |
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Minor Queries:—"One New Year's Day"—Greek denounced by the Monks—Pliny's Dentistry—J. Farrington, R.A.—Henry Crewkerne of Exeter—Dr. Johnson—Latin "Dante"—Ralph Bosvill, of Bradbourn, Kent—Major-General Wolfe—Custom at University College, Oxford—"Old Dominion"—"Wise men labour," &c. |
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Minor Queries with Answers:— Dame Hester Temple—Samuel White—Heralds' College—Pope |
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Blanco White's Sonnet, by S. W. Singer |
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Goloshes |
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Consonants in Welsh, by Thomas O'Coffey, &c. |
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Songs of Degrees (Ascents), by T. J. Buckton |
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The Screw Propeller |
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Amontillado Sherry |
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Recent Curiosities of Literature |
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Roland the Brave, by F. M. Middleton, &c. |
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Photographic Correspondence:— Recovery of Silver |
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Replies to Minor Queries:—Ashes of "Lignites"—Old Rowley—"Bachelors of every Station"—Mousehunt—Value of Money in the Seventeenth Century—Grammars for Public Schools—Classic Authors and the Jews—Hand-bells at Funerals—"Warple-way"—Medal of Chevalier St. George—Shakspeare's Inheritance—Cassock—Tailless Cats—Names of Slaves—Heraldic—Solar Annual Eclipse of 1263—Brissot de Warville—"Le Compère Mathieu"—Etymology of "Awkward"—Life and Death—Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound"—"Three Crowns and a Sugar-loaf"—Stanza in "Childe Harold"—Errors in Punctuation—Waugh of Cumberland—"Could we with ink," &c. |
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Miscellaneous:— |
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Books and Old Volumes Wanted |
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Notices to Correspondents |
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