Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
page 58 of 67 (86%)
page 58 of 67 (86%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
incorrect. "All-to" is very commonly used by early writers for
"altogether:" e.g., "all-to behacked," Calfhill's _Answer to Martiall's Treatise of the Cross_, Parker Society's edition, p. 3.; "all-to becrossed," _ibid._ p. 91.; "all-to bebatted," _ibid._ p. 133., &c. &c. The Parker Society reprints will supply innumerable examples of the use of the expression. * * * * * MISCELLANEOUS. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. The two of Mr. Hunter's _Critical and Historical Tracts_, which we have had the opportunity of examining, justify to the fullest the expectations we had formed of them. The first, _Agincourt; a Contribution towards an authentic List of the Commanders of the English Host, in King Henry the Fifth's Expedition, in the Third Year of his Reign_, Mr. Hunter describes as "an instalment," we venture to add "a very valuable instalment," from evidence which has been buried for centuries in the unknown masses of national records, towards a complete list of the English Commanders who served with the King in that expedition, with, in most cases, the number of the retinue which each Commander undertook to bring into the field, and, in some instances, notices of events happening to the contingents. The value of a work based upon such materials, our historical readers will instantly recognise. The lovers of our poetry will regard with equal interest, and peruse with equal satisfaction, Mr. Hunter's brochure entitled _Milton; a Sheaf of Gleanings after his Biographers and Annotators_, and admit |
|