Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various
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copies of his _Iconographia Scotica_, 1797, and his _Scottish Gallery_,
1799. These contain several duplicates; but it is rare to meet with copies that can be warranted perfect. If the portrait be published, it will probably be accompanied by a short memoir, correcting from authentic documents some of the statements of his biographers: any information either as to the portrait or his life will be thankfully acknowledged. One or two letters from Lord Buchan, on the subject of Scottish Portraits, appeared in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, vol. lxv., but not relating to this particular one. SCOTUS. * * * * * ON THE POINTING OF A PASSAGE IN "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL." _Lafeu._ "They say miracles are past: and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things, supernatural and causeless."--Act ii. Scene 3. So the passage is pointed in Johnson and Steevens, that is, with a comma after the word "things;" and the same pointing is used in the recent editions of Mr. Knight, Barry Cornwall, and Mr. Collier. It occurred to me that this pointing gave a meaning quite out of harmony with what directly follows, and also with the spirit in which Lafeu speaks. Let the comma be placed after "familiar", and the whole passage be read thus: _Lafeu._ "They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical |
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