Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 by Various
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Query--_Who_ is the _poet?_ II. "Let no good and discreet subjects, therefore, follow the flag or banner displayed to rebellions, and borne by rebels, though it have the image of the plough painted therein, with _God speed the plough_ written under in great letters, knowing that none hinder the plough more than rebels, who will neither go to the plough themselves, nor suffer other that would go unto it."--_Fourth Part of the Homily against Wilful Rebellion_, p. 518. In _what_ rebellion was such a banner carried? These questions may appear very trifling; but each man has his hobby, and mine is, not to suffer a quotation to pass without verification. It is fortunate that I am not a despotic monarch, as I would certainly make it felony without benefit of clergy to quote a passage without giving a plain reference. L.S. * * * * * MINOR QUERIES _Pope's Translations of Horace._--In a pamphlet against Pope, entitled, _A True Character of Mr. Pope and his Writings_, by |
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