Notes and Queries, Number 27, May 4, 1850 by Various
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page 56 of 92 (60%)
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English dramatick poets_ with the marginal marks of Garrick?
The copy in question was sold with the unreserved books of Garrick in 1823, No. 1269. It contained this note: "All the plays marked thus * in this catalogue, I bought of Dodsley. Those marked thus O, I have added to the collection since. D.G." Each of the above queries would have admitted further remarks, but I wish to set an example of obedience to the recent editorial injunction on brevity. BOLTON CORNEY. * * * * * MINOR QUERIES. _Elizabeth and Isabel._--"A.C." inquires whether these names are not varied forms of the same name, and if so, what is the common origin of the two? Camden, in his _Remains_, has-- "ELIZABETH, _Heb._ Peace of the Lord, or quiet rest of the Lord, the which England has found verified in the most honoured name of our late sovereign. Mantuan, playing with it maketh it Eliza-bella; and of Isabel he says 'The same with Elizabeth, if the Spaniards do not mistake, which always translate Elizabeth into Isabel, and the French into Isabeau.'" {440} |
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