Cheetham Hill.


_Noli me tangere_.--Can any of your readers refer me to pictures upon
the subject of _Noli me tangere_. I want to know what artists have
treated the subject, and where their pictures exist.

B.R.


_Line in Milton's "Penseroso."_--In those somewhat hacknied lines,

"And may my due feet never fail," &c.,

I am somewhat puzzled to understand the expression,

"With antique pillars massy _proof_."

Now what is "proof,"--a substantive or adjective? If the latter, no
edition is rightly stopped; for, of course, there should be a comma
after "massy;" and then I somewhat doubt the propriety of "proof" for
"proved," unless joined with another word, as "star-proof,"
"rain-proof."

If "proof" is a substantive, "massy proof" is in apposition to "antique
pillars," and is very meaningless. Can any of your readers suggest an
explanation?

H.A.B.