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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851
A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

Author: Various

Editor: George Bell

Release Date: October 13, 2007 [EBook #23027]

Language: English

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{129} NOTES AND QUERIES:

A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES,
GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1851.
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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Page

The Rolliad, by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, &c. 129

Note on Palamon and Arcite 131

Folk Lore:--"Snail, Snail, come out of your Hole"--The
Evil Eye--"Millery, Millery, Dousty-poll,"
&c.--"Nettle in, Dock out" 132

The Scaligers, by Waldegrave Brewster 133

Inedited Ballad on Truth, by K. R. H. Mackenzie 134

Minor Notes:--Ayot St. Lawrence Church--Johannes
Secundus--Parnel--Dr. Johnson--The King's
Messengers, by the Rev. W. Adams--Parallel Passages--Cause
of Rarity of William IV.'s Copper Coinage--Burnett--Coleridge's
Opinion of Defoe--Miller's
"Philosophy of Modern History"--Anticipations of
Modern Ideas or Inventions--"Sun, stand thou still
upon Gibeon!"--Langley's Polidore Vergile, &c. 135

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