Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
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Cockerell's last lecture on Architecture, _Athenæum_ for 1843, p. 187.
col. 3. A.J.H. "_Men are but Children_," &c.--R.G. (Vol. ii., p. 22.) will find the line about which he inquires in Dryden's _All for Love; or, The World well Lost_, Act iv. Sc. 1. Dolabella (_loq._): "Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain." J.R.M. King's College, London, July 12. 1850. _Ventriloquism_ (Vol. ii., p. 88.).--Mr. SANSOM will find some curious information touching the words [Hebrew: 'or], [Greek: eggastrimuthos], &c., in Dr. Maitland's recent _Illustrations and Enquiries relating to Mesmerism_, pp. 55. 81. The Lexicons of Drs. Lee and Gesenius may also be consulted, under the word [Hebrew: 'or]. The former of these lexicographers would rank the Pythian priestess with "our modern conjurers." C.H. St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge. |
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