Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 by Various
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47th vol. of the _Gentleman's Magazine_, 1777.
They also have been attributed to Dr. Hawkeworth, but his wife survived him. There is a mural tablet under the west window of Romsey Church, containing some lines to the memory of Lady Palmerston, but they are not the same. Perhaps some of your correspondents are competent to discover the truth. INDAGATOR. _Gray's Alcaic Ode_.--Can any of your readers say whether Gray's celebrated Latin ode is actually to be found entered at the Grande Chartreuse? A friend of mine informs me that he could not find it there on searching. C.B. _Abbey of St. Wandrille_.--Will "GASTROS" kindly allow me to ask him a question? Does the _Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Wandrille_, which he mentions (No. 21. p. 338.), include notices of any of the branches of that establishment which settled in England about the time of the Conquest; and one of which, the subject of my query, formed a colony at Ecclesfield, near Sheffield? I feel an interest in this little colony, because my early predecessors in this vicarage were elected from its monks. Moreover, some remains of their convent, now incorporated into what is called "the hall," and forming an abutment which overlooks my garden, are |
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