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Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850

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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850

Author: Various

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Language: English

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NOTES AND QUERIES:

A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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No. 57.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1850. [Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Portrait of Cardinal Beaton 433 On the Pointing of a Passage in "All's Well that Ends Well" by A. Roffe 434 Folk-Lore:--The bigger the Ring, the nearer the Wet --Power of prophesying before Death--Change in the Appearance of the Dead--Strange Remedies--Mice as a Medicine--Omens from Birds 434 Mode of computing Interest 435 On the Cultivation of Geometry in Lancashire 436 Minor Notes.--Sermon's Pills--An Infant Prodigy-- A Hint for Publishers--"He who runs may read"-- The Rolliad--The Conquest 438

QUERIES:-- Bibliographical Queries 440 Minor Queries.--Dr. Timothy Thruscross--Echo Song--Meaning of Thwaites--

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