Miscellaneous.

"Nunc scio, quid sit Amor: duris in cotibus illumAut Tmarus, aut Rhodope, aut extremi Garamantes,Nec generis nostri puerum nec sanguinis, edunt."

"Nunc scio, quid sit Amor: duris in cotibus illum

Aut Tmarus, aut Rhodope, aut extremi Garamantes,

Nec generis nostri puerum nec sanguinis, edunt."

As the shepherd in Virgil had found Love to be not the gentle being he expected, but of a savage race—"a native of the rocks"—so had Johnson found a patron to be "one who looked with unconcern on a man struggling for life," instead of a friend to render assistance.

Supposing Johnson's estimate of Lord Chesterfield's conduct to be correct, I cannot help thinking the allusion to be eminently happy.

J. Kelway.

To speak in Lutestring(Vol. viii., p. 202.).—Lutestring, orlustring, is a particular kind of silk, and so istaffeta; and thus the phrase may be explained by Shakspeare'sLove's Labour's Lost, Act V. Sc. 8.:

"Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise."

Junius intended to ridicule such kind of affectation by persons who were, or ought to have been, grave senators.

J. Kelway.

Dog Latin(Vol. viii., p. 218.).—A facetious friend, alluding particularly to law Latin with its curious abbreviations, says that it is so called because it iscur-tailed!

J. Kelway.

Longevity(Vol. viii., p. 113.).—I recollect seeing an old sailor in the town of Larne, county Antrim, Ireland, in the year 1826-27, of the name of Philip Lake, aged 110, who was said to have been a cabin boy in Lord Anson's vessel, in one of his voyages. If any of your correspondents can furnish the registry of his death it would be interesting.

Fras. Crossley.

Mary Simondson, familiarly known as "Aunt Polly," died recently at her cottage near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, at the advanced age of 126 years.

M. E.

Philadelphia.

Definition of a Proverb(Vol. viii., p. 243.)—C. M. Inglebyinquires the source of the following definition of proverb, viz. "The wisdom of many, and the wit of one."

"To Lord John Russell are we indebted for that admirable definition of a proverb: 'The wisdom,' &c."—See Notes to Rogers'sItaly, 1848.

The date is added since, in an edition of 1842; this remark makes no part of the note on the line, "If but a sinew vibrate," &c.

Q. T.

Ireland a bastinadoed Elephant(Vol. viii., p. 366.).—I venture to suggest whether this expression may not be something more than a bull, asOld English W. inclines to call it. If any one will look at a physical map of Ireland at some little distance, a very slight exercise of the "mind's eye" will serve to call up in the figure of that island the shape of a creature kneeling and in pain. Lough Foyle forms the eye; the coast from Bengore Head to Benmore Head the nose or snout; Belfast Lough the mouth; the coast below Donaghdee the chin; County Wexford the knees. The rest of the outline, according to the imagination of the observer, may assume that of an elephant, or something, perhaps, "very like a whale." Some fanciful observation of this kind may have suggested the otherwise unaccountable simile to Curran.

Polonius.

Ennui(Vol. vii., p. 478.; Vol. viii., p. 377.).—The meaning of this admirable word is best gleaned from its root, viz.nuit. It is somewhat equivalent to the Greekἀγρυπνία, and signifies the sense of weariness with doing nothing. It gives the lie to thedolce far niente: vide Ps. cxxx. 6., and Job vii. 3, 4.Ennuiis closely allied to ourannoyorannoyance, throughnoceo,noxa, and their probable rootnox,νὺξ.It is precisely equivalent to the Latintædium, which may be derived fromtæda, which in the plural means a torch, and through that word may have a side reference to night, thetædarum horæ: cf. Ps. xci. 5. The subject is worthy of strict inquiry on the part of comparative philologists.

C. Mansfield Ingleby.

Birmingham.

Belle Sauvage(Vol. viii., p. 388.).—Your Philadelphian correspondent asks whether Blue Bell, Blue Anchor, &c., are corruptions of some other emblem, such as that which in London transformedLa Belle Sauvageinto theBell Savage.

This is not the fact. The Bell Savage on Ludgate Hill was originally kept by one Isabella Savage. A cotemporary historian, writing of one of the leaders in a rebellion in the days of QueenMary, says, "He then sat down upon a stone opposite to Bell Savage's Inn."

James Edmeston.

Homerton.

History of York(Vol. viii., p. 125.).—There is aHistory of York, published in 1785 by Wilson and Spence, described to be an abridgment of Drake, which is in three volumes, and may be a later edition of the same work to whichMr. Elliotalludes.

F. T. M.

86. Cannon Street.

Encore(Vol. viii., p. 387.).—If A. A. knows the meaning of "this French word" I am a little surprised at his Query. Perhaps he means to ask why a French word should be used? It probably was first used at concerts and operas (ancorain Italian), where the performers and even the performances were foreign, and so became the fashion. Pope says:

"To the same notes thy sons shall hum or snore,And all thy yawning daughters cryencore."

"To the same notes thy sons shall hum or snore,

And all thy yawning daughters cryencore."

It was not, I think, in use so early as Shakspeare's time, who makes Bottom anticipate that "the Duke shall say, Let him roaragain, let him roaragain," where the jingle of "encore" would have been obvious. It is somewhat curious that where we use the French wordencore, the French audiences use the Latin word "bis."

"Hauling over the Coals"(Vol. viii., p. 125.).—This saying I conceive to have arisen from the custom prevalent in olden times, when every Baron was supreme in his own castle, of extracting money from the unfortunate Jews who happened to fall into his power, by means of torture. The most usualmodus operandiseems to have been roasting the victims over a slow fire. Every one remembers the treatment of Isaac of York by Front-de-Bœuf, so vividly described in Sir Walter Scott'sIvanhoe. Although the practice has long been numbered amongst the things that were, the fact of its having once obtained is handed down to posterity in this saying, as when any one is taken to task for his shortcomings he ishauled over the coals.

John P. Stilwell.

Dorking.

The Words "Cash" and "Mob"(Vol. viii., p. 386.).—Mr. Foxwas right:mobis not genuine English—teste Dean Swift! A lady who was well known to Swift used to say that the greatest scrape she ever got into with him was by using the wordmob. "Why do you say that?" he exclaimed in a passion; "never let me hear you say that again!" "Why, sir," she asked, "what am I to say?" "The rabble, to be sure," answered he. (Sir W. Scott'sWorks of Swift, vol. ix.) The word appears to have been introduced about the commencement of the eighteenth century, by a process to which we owe many other and similar barbarisms—"beauties introduced to supply the want of wit, sense, humour, and learning." In a paper ofThe Tatler, No. 230., much in the spirit, and possibly from the pen, of Swift, complaint is made of the "abbreviations and elisions" which had recently been introduced, and a humorous example of them is given. By these, the author adds,

"Consonants of most obdurate sound are joined together without one softening vowel to intervene; and all this only to make one syllable of two, directly contrary to the example of the Greeks and Romans, and a natural tendency towards relapsing into barbarity. And this is still more visible in the next refinement, which consists in pronouncing the first syllable in a word that has many, and dismissing the rest. Thus we cram one syllable and cut off the rest, as the owl fattened her mice after she had bit off their legs to prevent their running away; and if ours be the same reason for maiming our words, it will certainly answer the end, for I am sure no other nation will desire to borrow them."

I have only to add (seeBlackwood's Magazine, vol. ii., 1842) that "mob ismobile."

Cashappears to be from the Frenchcaisse, a chest, cash.

J. W. Thomas.

Dewsbury.

Cashis from the Frenchcaisse, the moneychest wherespeciewas kept. Socaissierbecame "cashier," andspecie"cash."

Mob, Swift tells us (Polite Conversation, Introd.), is a contraction formobile.

Clericus Rusticushas not, I fear, Johnson'sDictionary, where both these derivations are given.

Ampers &.(Vol. ii., pp. 230. 284.; Vol. viii.passim).—Mr. Inglebymay well ask what "and-per-se-and" can mean. The fact is, this is itself a corruption. In old spelling-books, after the twenty-six letters it was customary to print the two following symbols with their explanations

&c. et cetera.& (per se), and.

&c. et cetera.

& (per se), and.

Children were taught to read the above "et-cee, et cetera" and "et-per-se, and." Such, at least, was the case in a Dublin school, some ninety years ago, where my informant, now many years deceased, was educated. Assewas not there pronounced likecee, but likesay, there was no danger of confounding the two names. In England, where a different pronunciation of the Latin word prevailed, such confusion would be apt to occur; and hence, probably, English teachers substitutedandforet; from which, in course of time, the other corruptions mentioned byMr. Lowerwere developed.

E. H. D. D.

The Keate Family, of the Hoo, Herts(Vol. viii., p. 293.).—The following account is taken from Burke'sExtinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Lond. 1841:

"William Keate of Hagbourne, in Berkshire, left five sons. The second son, Ralph Keate of Whaddon, in Wiltshire, married Anne, daughter of John Clarke, Esq., of Ardington, in Berkshire, and had with other issue Gilbert Keate, Esq., of London, who married, first, John, daughter of Niclolas Turbervile, Esq. of Crediton, in Devon, and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., of Remston, Notts, and by her had another son, Jonathan Keate, Esq., of the Hoo, in the county of Hertford, which estate he acquired with his first wife, Susannah daughter of William, and sister and heir of Thomas Hoo, of the Hoo and Kimpton, both in Hertfordshire. Mr. Keate was created a baronet by King Charles II., 12th June, 1660. Sir Jonathan was sheriff of the county of Hertford, 17 Charles II., and knight of the same shire in Parliament, in the thirtieth of the same reign. By his first wife he had issue, Gilbert Hoo, his heir, Jonathan, Susan, Elizabeth: all diedsine prole. He married, secondly, Susanna, daughter of John Orlebar, citizen of London, but by her had no issue. He died 17th September, 1700. The baronetcy became extinct in the person of Sir William Keate, D.D., who died 6th March, 1757."

Ἁλιεύς

Hour-glasses(Vol. viii., p. 454.).—In the church of Wiggenhall, St. Mary the Virgin, the iron frame of an hour-glass, affixed to a wooden stand, immediately opposite the pulpit, still remains.

W. B. D.

An iron hour-glass stand still remains near the pulpit in the church of Ashby-Folville, in this county (Leicester). It is fixed to the wall containing the staircase to the rood-loft.

In the old church of Anstey, recently pulled down and rebuilt, was an ancient hour-glass stand, consisting of a pillar of oak, about four feet high, the top of which is surmounted by a light framework of wood for the reception of the hour-glass. This specimen is preserved in the museum of this town.

William Kelly.

Marriage of Cousins(Vol. viii., p. 387.).—If there is any foundation for such a statement as is contained in the Query of J. P. relative to the marriage of cousins, it consists rather in the marriage of first cousins once removed than of second cousins. It will be seen that the latter relationship belongs to the same generation, but it is not so with the former, which partakes more of the nature of uncle and aunt with nephew and niece.

W. Sloane Sloane-Evans.

Cornworthy Vicarage, Totnes.

There is no legal foundation for the statement that marriage with a second cousin is valid, and with a first cousin invalid. The following quotation from Burn'sEcc. Lawby Phill., vol. ii. p. 449., will probably be considered to explain the matter:

"By the civil law first cousins are allowed to marry, but by the canon law both first and second cousins (in order to make dispensations more frequent and necessary) are prohibited; therefore, when it is vulgarly said that first cousins may marry, but second cousins cannot, probably this arose by confounding these two laws, for first cousins may marry by the civil law, and second cousins cannot by the canon law."

J. G.

Exon.

Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle(Vol. viii., p. 271.), was the son of Thomas and Margaret Waugh, of Appleby, in Westmoreland; born there 2nd February, 1655; educated at Appleby school; matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, 4th of April, 1679; took his degree of M.A. the 7th of July, 1687; and elected Fellow on the 18th of January following. He married Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Mr. Fiddes, rector of Bridewell, in Oxford, who was the only surviving child of John Machen, Esq., of ——, in the county of Oxford, by whom he left son, John Waugh, afterwards chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle.

Karleolensis.

Marriage Service(Vol. viii., p. 150.).—I have been many years in holy orders, and have always received the fee together with the ring on the Prayer Book, as directed in the Rubric. The ring I return to the bridegroom to place upon the bride's finger; the fee (or offering) I deposit in the offertory basin, held for that purpose by the clerk, and on going to the chancel (the marriage taking place in the body of the church) lay it on the altar. Note.—In the parish in which I first ministered, the marriages had always been commenced in the body of the church, as directed; in the second parish in which I ministered, that custom had only been broken by the present incumbent a few years since.

A Rector.

I have seen the Rubric carried out in this particular, in St. Mary's Church, Kidderminster.

Cuthbert Bede, B.A.

Hoby, Family of(Vol. viii., p. 243.).—In answer toMr. J. B. Whitborne, I beg to state that the Rev. Sir Philip Hoby, Baronet, was in the early part of the last century chancellor of the archdiocese of Dublin. He was an intimate friend of Archbishop Cobbe, and there is a picture of him in canonicals at Newbridge, co. Dublin.

T. C.

Cambridge Graduates(Vol. viii., p. 365.).—Your correspondent will find a list of B.A.'s of Cambridge University from the years 1500 to 1717 in Add. MS. 5885., British Museum.

Glaius.

"I own I like not," &c.(Vol. viii., p. 366.).—The lines—

"I own like not Johnson's turgid style," &c.

are by Peter Pindar, whose works I have not, and so cannot give an exact reference. The extract containing them will be found in Chambers'Cyclopædia of English Literature, vol. ii. p. 298.

P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.

"Topsy Turvy"(Vol. viii., p. 385.).—This is ludicrously derived, inRoland Cashel, p. 104., fromtop side t'other way.

P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.

"When the Maggot bites"(Vol. viii., pp. 244. 304. 353.).—Another illustration of this phrase may be found in Swift (Introduction toTale of a Tub):

"The two principal qualifications (says he) of a fanatic preacher are, his inward light, and his head full ofmaggots; and the two different fates of his writings are to be burnt or worm-eaten."

The wordmaggotis sometimes used for the whim or crotchet itself; thus Butler:

"To reconcile our late dissenters,Our brethren though by different venters;Unite them and their differentmaggots,As long and short sticks are in faggots."—Hudibras, partIII.canto 2.

"To reconcile our late dissenters,

Our brethren though by different venters;

Unite them and their differentmaggots,

As long and short sticks are in faggots."—Hudibras, partIII.canto 2.

So also it is used by Samuel Wesley (father of the founder of the Methodists) in his rare and facetious volume entitledMaggots, or Poems on several Subjects never before handled, 12mo., 1685.

William Bates.

Birmingham.

"Salus populi," &c.(Vol. viii., p. 410.).—The saying "Salus populi supreme lex" is borrowed from the model law of Cicero, in his treatisede Legibus,III. 3. It is made one of the duties of the consuls, the supreme magistrates, to regard the safety of the state as their highest rule of conduct:

"Regio imperio duo sunto; iique præeundo, judicando, consulendo Prætores, Judices, Consules appellantor. Militiæ summum jus habento, nemini parento:ollis salus populi suprema lex esto."

The allusion appears to be to the formula used by the senate for conferring supreme power on the consuls in cases of emergency: "Dare operam, ne quid respublica detrimenti caperet." (See Sallust,Bell. Cat.c. 29.)

Aristotle regards the safety of the citizens as the great end of law (see hisEthics, b.I. ch. 4.); and Cicero (de Finibus, lib. ii. c. 5.) lays down a similar principle.

B. H. C.

Theodoro Paleologus(Vol. viii., p. 408.).—The inscription referred to was printed inArchæologia, vol. xviii., and with some account of the Paleologi to which a Querist was referred in "N. & Q.," Vol. v., p. 280. (see also pp. 173. 357.). It is astonishing how much will be found in that "Californian mine," if the most excellent indices of the several volumes are only consulted. Your correspondent could in the present case have pointed out the errors of the inscription already in print had the indices to "N. & Q." attracted him.

Worm in Books(Vol. viii., p. 412).—In reply toAlethesI beg to acquaint him that I have tried various means for destroying the worm in old books and MSS., and the most effectual has been the chips of Russia leather; indeed, in but one instance have I known them fail.

Newburiensis.

The Porter Family(Vol. viii., p. 364.).—1. The reason of the wordAgincourtbeing placed above the inscription in Bristol Cathedral is, that the Porter family were descendants of Sir William Porter who fought at Agincourt.

2. Charles Lempriere Porter was the son of Dr. Porter.

3. This family was descended from Endymion Porter of classic and loyal memory.[3]

J. R. W.

Bristol.

Footnote 3:(return)[The biographical notices of Endymion Porter are extremely scanty. Can our correspondent furnish any particulars respecting him?—Ed.]

[The biographical notices of Endymion Porter are extremely scanty. Can our correspondent furnish any particulars respecting him?—Ed.]

Buckle(Vol. viii., p. 304.).—This word is in common use by the artizans who work upon sheet-iron, to denote the curl which a sheet of iron acquires in passing through a pair of rollers. The word has been derived from the Frenchboucle, a curl. The shoe-buckle has got its name from its curved form. In the days in which every man in this country, who was in easy circumstances, wore a wig, it was well known that to put a wig inbuckle, meant to arrange its curls in due form.

"When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attendThe wretch, who living sav'd a candle's end:Should'ring God's altar a vile image stands,Belies his features, nay, extends his hands;That live-long wig which Gorgon's self might own,Eternalbuckletakes in Parian stone."—Pope,Moral Essays, EpistleIII.

"When Hopkins dies, a thousand lights attend

The wretch, who living sav'd a candle's end:

Should'ring God's altar a vile image stands,

Belies his features, nay, extends his hands;

That live-long wig which Gorgon's self might own,

Eternalbuckletakes in Parian stone."—Pope,Moral Essays, EpistleIII.

N. W. S.

The "Forlorn Hope"(Vol. viii., p. 411.).—This is no quotation; but the expression arose in the army from its leader or captain, who, being often a disappointed man, or one indifferent to consequences, now ran the "forlorn hope" either of ending his days or obtaining a tomb in Westminster Abbey. From the captain, after a time, the term descended to all the little gallant band. In no part of our community will you find suchmeaning expressions (often very slang ones) used as in the army. A lady, without hearing anything to shock "ears polite," might listen to the talk of a mess table, and be unable to understand clearly in what the conversation consisted. "He is gone to the bad"—meaning, he is ruined. "A wigging from the office" (a very favourite expression)—a reprimand from the colonel. "Wigging" naturally arising from tearing the hair in anger or sorrow, and the office of course substituting the place from whence it comes for the person who sent it. Besides may others,quæ nunc, &c.

A Dragoon.

Nightingale and Thorn(Vol. iv., p. 175., &c.).—

"If I had but a pottle of sack, like a sharp prickle,To knock my nose against when I am nodding,I should sing like a nightingale."—Fletcher,The Lover's Progress, Act III. Sc. 2.

"If I had but a pottle of sack, like a sharp prickle,

To knock my nose against when I am nodding,

I should sing like a nightingale."—Fletcher,The Lover's Progress, Act III. Sc. 2.

W. J. Bernhard Smith.

Temple.

Burial in Unconsecrated Ground(Vol. vi., p. 448.; Vol. viii., p. 43.).—The following curious entry occurs in the parish register of Pimperne, Dorset:

"Anno 1627. Vicesimo quinto Octobris.

"Peregrinus quidam tempore pestes in communi campo mortuus eodem loco quo inventus sepultus."

There was a pestilence in England in 1625. In 1628 sixteen thousand persons died of the plague at Lyons.

W. E.

I do not know whether the case recorded inLondon Labour and the London Poor, vol. i. p. 411.—by the way, is that work ever to be completed, and how far has it gone?—of a man buried at the top of a house at Foot's Cray, in Kent, has been noticed by any correspondent.

P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.

Sangaree(Vol. iii., p. 141.).—I take it that the word ought to be spelledsansgris, being derived from the French wordssans, without, andgris, tipsy, meaning a beverage that would not make tipsy. I have been a good deal in the French island of Martinique, and they use the term frequently in this sense as applied to a beverage made of white wine ("Vin de Grave"), syrup, water, and nutmeg with a small piece of fresh lime-skin hanging over the edge of the glass. A native of Martinique gave me this as the derivation of the word. The beverage ought not to be stirred after the nutmeg is put in it, as the fastidious say it would spoil the flavour.

T. B.

Point of Etiquette(Vol. viii., p. 386.).—The titleMiss, without the Christian name, belongs to the eldest unmarried daughter of the representative of the family only. If he have lost his own children, his brother isheir presumptivemerely to the family honours; and can neither assume nor give to his daughter the titles to which they are only expectants. The matter becomes evident, if you test the rule by a peerage instead of a squirage. Even the eldest daughter of a baronet or landed gentleman loses her title of Miss, when her brother succeeds to the representation, provided he have a daughter to claim the title.

P. P.

Etymology of "Monk" and "Till," &c.(Vol. viii., pp. 291. 409.).—Will you allow me one word on these two cases?Monkis manifestly a Greek formative fromμονος, and denotes asolitaire.

The proposed derivation oftill, fromto-while, is not new; but still clearly mistaken, inasmuch as the wordtillis found in Scotch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and others of the family. A word thus compounded would be of less general use. Besides which,to-whilewould scarcely produce such a form astill; it would rather change thetinto an aspirate, which would appear asth.

B. H. C.

Forrell(Vol. vii., p. 630.).—Your correspondentT. Hughesderives this word (applied in Devonshire, as he tells us, to the cover of book) fromforrell, "a term still used by the trade to signify an inferior kind of vellum." Is it not more natural to suppose it to be the same word which the French have madefourreau, a cover or sheath? (See Du Cange, vv.Forellus, Forrellus.)

J. H. T.

Dublin.

Parochial Libraries(Vol. vii., p. 507.; Vol. viii.passim).—There is a library at Wimborne Minster, in the Collegiate Church, which, on my visit two years since, appeared to contain some valuable volumes, and was neglected and in very bad condition.

θ.

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A NARRATIVE OF PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS, proving to demonstration the discovery of Water, Coal, and Minerals by means of the Dowsing Fork or Divining Rod, as successfully practised in Somersetshire and other places. Collected, reported, and edited by FRANCIS PHIPPEN, thirty-four years an occasional contributor to the London "Observer" Newspaper.

London: ROBERT HARDWICKE,38, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn.

London: ROBERT HARDWICKE,

38, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn.

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DEMOSTHENIS DE FALSA LEGATIONE. By RICHARD SHILLETO, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Second Edition, carefully revised.

Cambridge: JOHN DEIGHTON.London: GEORGE BELL.

Cambridge: JOHN DEIGHTON.

London: GEORGE BELL.

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AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON PLANE CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY. By REV. W. SCOTT, M.A., Mathematical Lecturer and Late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Cambridge: JOHN DEIGHTON.London: GEORGE BELL, Fleet Street.

Cambridge: JOHN DEIGHTON.

London: GEORGE BELL, Fleet Street.

Now ready, royal 12mo., pp. 430., with a Plan showing the localities of the London Libraries, and ground plan of the Libraries in the British Museum, cloth, 5s.

HANDBOOK TO THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM:

Containing a Brief History of itsFormation, and of the various Collections of which it is composed: Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use; Classed Lists of the Manuscripts, &c.; and a variety of Information indispensable for the "Readers" at that Institution. With some Account of the Principal Libraries in London. By RICHARD SIMS, of the Department of Manuscripts; Compiler of the "Index to the Heralds' Visitations."

London: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36. Soho Square.

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THE STEREOSCOPE,

Considered in relation to the Philosophy of Binocular Vision. An Essay, by C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge.

London: WALTON & MABERLEY, Upper Gower Street, and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. Cambridge: J. DEIGHTON.

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REMARKS on some of Sir William Hamilton's Notes on the Works of Dr. Thomas Reid.

"Nothing in my opinion can be more cogent than your refutation of M. Jobert."—Sir W. Hamilton.

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