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قراءة كتاب Notes and Queries, Number 173, February 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Notes and Queries, Number 173, February 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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NOTES AND QUERIES:
A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—Captain Cuttle.
| No. 173. | Saturday, February 19. 1853. | Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d. |
CONTENTS.
| Notes:— | Page |
| Predictions of the Fire and Plague of London, No. II., by Vincent T. Sternberg | 173 |
| Examples of the French Sizain, by W. Pinkerton | 174 |
| Epigrams | 174 |
| "Goe, soule, the bodies guest," by George Daniel | 175 |
| Petitions from the County of Nottingham | 175 |
| Folk Lore:—Lancashire Fairy Tale—Teeth, Superstition respecting—New Moon Divination—The Hyena an Ingredient in Love Potions—The Elder Tree | 177 |
| Minor Notes:—The Word "Party"—Epitaphs—Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope"—Palindromical Lines—"Derrick" and "Ship's Painter"—Lord Reay's Country | 177 |
| Queries:— | |
| Unanswered Queries | 178 |
| Mr. John Munro, by Dan. Wilson | 179 |
| Minor Queries:—Song in Praise of the Marquess of Granby—Venda—The Georgiad—R. S. Townshend of Manchester—"Mala malæ malo"—"Dimidium Scientiæ"—Portrait Painters—"An Impartial Inquiry," &c.—"As poor as Job's Turkey"—Fuss—Suicide encouraged in Marseilles—Fabulous Bird—Segantiorum Portus—Stamping on Current Coinage—Rhymes: Dryden—The Cadenham Oak—St. Mary's Church, Beverley—The Rev. Joshua Marsden—Bentley's Examination—Derivation of "Lowbell"—Meaning of Assassin—Punishment for exercising the Roman Catholic Religion—Hogarth's Pictures—Lines in a Snuff-box—Rosa Mystica—Old-Shoe throwing at Weddings—Herbé's Costumes Français | 179 |
| Minor Queries with Answers:—Humphry Smith—Meaning and Etymology of "Conyngers" or "Connigries"—Letters U, V, W, and St. Ives | 182 |
| Replies:— | |
| The Orkney Islands in Pawn | 183 |
| The Passage in King Henry VIII., Act. III. Sc. 2, by S. W. Singer | 183 |
| Miniature Ring of Charles I., by C. Ley | 184 |
| Chantry Chapels | 185 |
| Photographic Notes and Queries:—The Collodion Process—Mr. Weld Taylor's Iodizing Process—Sir William Newton's Process: Further Explanations | 185 |
| Replies to Minor Queries:—Lady Nevell's Music-book—Tuch—Eva, Princess of Leinster—Whipping Post—The Dodo—"Then comes the reckoning," &c.—Sir J. Covert, not Govett—Chatterton—Tennyson—Llandudno on the Great Orme's Head—Oldham, Bishop of Exeter—Arms of Bristol—The Cross and the Crucifix—Sir Kenelm Digby—Martin Drunk—The Church Catechism—Sham Epitaphs and Quotations—Door-head Inscription—Potguns—"Pompey the Little"—Eagles supporting Lecterns—Lady Day in Harvest—Inscriptions in Churches—Macaulay's Young Levite, &c. | 187 |
| Miscellaneous:— | |
| Books and Odd Volumes wanted | 194 |
| Notices to Correspondents | 194 |
| Advertisements | 195 |
Notes.
PREDICTIONS OF THE FIRE AND PLAGUE OF LONDON, NO. II.
One of the most striking predictions occurs in Daniel Baker's Certaine Warning for a Naked Heart, Lond. 1659. After much invective against the evil ways of the metropolis, he proceeds:
"A fire, a consuming fire, shall be kindled in the bowels of the earth, which will scorch with burning heat all hypocrites, unstable, double-minded workers of iniquity.... A great and large slaughter shall be throughout the land of