Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various
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collier d'or; alors le duc Philippe, suivant l'ancien usage qu'avaient
les seigneurs de prêter leurs serments sur quelque noble oiseau, jura qu'il irait en personne dans l'Orient combattre le chef des Sarrasins." &c., &c.--_Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne_, par F. Valentin, troisième édition, p. 235. 8vo. Tours, 1846. E.J.M. Oxford. {452} _"Tickhill, God help me!"_ (Vol. i., p. 247.).--Chagford, on the borders Dartmoor, in Devon, is in winter a very desolate and almost unapproachable place. If an inhabitant be asked at this season concerning his locality, he calls it, in sad tones, "Chagford, good Lord!" In summer the place is picturesque and much sought, and then the exulting designation is "Chaggiford, and what d'ye think?" Widdicombe-in-the-Moor, in the same neighbourhood, is a most out-of-the-way place, and is commonly spoken of as "Widdicombe in the cold country, good Lord!" J.W.H. _"Noli me tangere"_ (Vol. ii., p. 253.).--To the list given of the painters of this subject may be added _Frederico Baroccio_. A singularly beautiful engraving by Raphael Morghen of this picture, then in the possession of the Marquis Bonvisi of Lucca, was published at Florence, 1816. C.I.R. |
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