Notes and Queries Vol. IV., No. 100, Saturday, September 27. 1851

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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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38656

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Contents

1. 1.Vol. IV.—No. 100. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
2. 2.CONTENTS. — OUR HUNDREDTH NUMBER.
3. 3.Notes. — NOTE ON THE CALENDAR. — INEDITED LETTERS OF SWIFT. — NINEVEH INSCRIPTIONS. — INEDITED LETTER OF ALFIERI. — STANZAS IN "CHILDE HAROLD." — "NOTES" ON THE OXFORD EDITION OF BISHOP JEWEL'S WORKS. — ANAGRAMS. — FOLK LORE. — Cure for Hooping Cough. — Cure for the Toothache. — Medical Use of Pigeons. — — Obeism. — NOTES ON JULIN, NO. II. (Vol. ii., pp. 230. 282. 379. 443.; Vol. iv., p. 171.) — Minor Notes. — Curious Epitaph in Dalkeith Churchyard. — Device of SS. — Lord Edward Fitzgerald. — The Michaelmas Goose. — Gravesend Boats (Vol. ii., p. 209.). — Skull-cups.
4. 4.Queries. — Minor Queries. — 168. Elizabeth, Equestrian Figure of. — 169. Indian Ants. — 170. Passage in Geo. Herbert. — 171. "The King's-way," Wilts. — 172. Marriages within ruined Churches. — 173. Fees for Inoculation. — 174. " Born in the Eighth Climate. " — 175. Aubry de Montdidier's Dog. — 176. Sanford's Descensus. — 177. Parish Registers—Briefs for Collection. — 178. Early Printing Presses, Sticks, and Chases. — 179. Bootikins. — 180. Printers' Privilege. — 181. Death of Pitt. — 182. " A little Bird told me. " — 183. Baroner. — 184. William the Third at Exeter—History of Hawick. — 185. Johannes Lychtenberger. — 186. Lestourgeon the Horologist. — 187. Physiological Query. — 188. De Grammont's Memoirs. — 189. " Frightened out of his seven Senses. " — 190. Fides Carbonaria. — 191. Bourchier Family. — 192. Warnings to Scotland. — 193. Herschel anticipated. — 194. Duke of Wellington. — Minor Queries Answered. — An early Printer. — Nimble Ninepence. — Prince Rupert's Balls. — Knock under. — Freemasons.
5. 5.Replies. — CONQUEST OF SCOTLAND. (Vol. iv., p. 165.) — BOROUGH-ENGLISH. (Vol. iv., p. 133.) — PENDULUM DEMONSTRATION OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION. (Vol. iv., pp. 129. 177.) — LORD MAYOR NOT A PRIVY COUNCILLOR. (Vol. iv., pp. 9. 137. 180.) — COLLARS OF SS. (Vol. iv., p. 147.) — WRITTEN SERMONS. (Vol. iii., pp. 478. 526.; Vol. iv., pp. 8. 41.) — Replies to Minor Queries. — The Authoress of "A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic" (Vol. iv., p. 113.). — Winifreda (Vol. iii., p. 27.; Vol. iv., p. 196.). — Querelle d'Alleman (Vol. iii, p. 495.), — Coins of Constantius II. (Vol. ii., pp. 42. 254.). — Proverb; what constitutes one? (Vol. iv., p. 191.). — Dr. Matthew Sutcliffe (Vol. iv., p. 152.). — Pope's Translations, or Imitations of Horace (Vol. i., p. 230.; Vol. iv., pp. 58. 122. 139.). — M. Lominus, Theologus (Vol. iv., p. 193.). — Corpse passing makes a Right of Way (Vol. iii., pp. 477. 507. 519.; Vol. iv., p. 124.). — Horology (Vol. iv., p. 175.). — Curfew (Vol. ii., p. 103.). — " Going the whole Hog " (Vol. iii., p. 250.). — John Bodley (Vol. iv., p. 59.). — Ancient Egypt, Language of (Vol. iv., p. 152.). — The late William Hone (Vol. iii., p. 477., Vol. iv., pp. 105, 106.). — Bensley (Vol. iv., p. 115.). — John Lilburne (Vol. iv., p. 134.). — School of the Heart (Vol. iii., p. 390. Vol. iv., p. 141.). — Sir W. Raleigh in Virginia (Vol. iv., p. 190.). — Siege of Londonderry (Vol. iv., p. 162.). — Cowper Law (Vol. iv., p. 101.). — Decretorum Doctor (Vol. iv., p. 191.). — Nightingale and Thorn (Vol. iv., p. 175.), by A. W. H.:— — Carli the Economist (Vol. iv., p. 175.). — Tale of a Tub (Vol. i., p. 326.; Vol. iii., p. 28.). — Wyle Cop (Vol. iv., p. 116.). — Visiting Cards (Vol. iv., pp. 133. 195.). — Absalom's Hair (Vol. iv., p. 131.). — MS. Book of Sentences (Vol. iv., p. 188.). — The Winchester Execution (Vol. iv., p. 191.). — Locke's MSS. (Vol. iii., p. 337.). — Peal of Bells (Vol. i., p. 154.). — Pope's "honest Factor" (Vol. iv., p. 6.). — Bells in Churches (Vol. iv., p. 165.). — Virgil, Passage from (Vol. iii., p. 499.). — Duke of Berwick (Vol. iv., p. 133.). — Nullus and Nemo (Vol. iv., p. 153.). — Grimsdyke (Vol. iv., p. 192.). — Coke, how pronounced (Vol. iv., pp. 24. 93. 138.). — Marcus Ælius Antoninus (Vol. iv., p. 152.).
6. 6.Miscellaneous. — NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. — BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. — Notices to Correspondents.

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