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“ As in all the extraordinary tales which he brings forward, our author sees only manifestations of well-known mesmeric phenomena, it may well be imagined that, in recording the result of these examinations and studies, he has probed two volumes which, if they do not satisfy all our requirements upon the subject, will be found of most considerable interest, not only to all who believe in Animal Magnetism, but to all who care to investigate the nature of the human mind, its organization, and the laws which govern its action. ”

“ That every rector, vicar, or curate, and every registrar, registering officer, and secretary who shall have the keeping for the time being of any Register Books of births, deaths, or marriages, shall at all reasonable times allow searches to be made of any Register Book in his keeping, and shall give a copy certified under his hand of any entry or entries in the same on payment of ... for every search extending over a period not more than one year, the sum of one shilling, and sixpence additional for every additional year ”

“ The general Error into which Langbain, Mrs. Cooper, and all the other Biographers have fallen, is this: They have considered the Poets merely as such, without tracing their Connexions in civil Life, the various Circumstances they have been in, their Patronage, their Employments, and in short, the Figure they made as Members of the Community; which Omission has rendered their Accounts less interesting; and while they have shewn us the Poet, they have quite neglected the Man. ”

“ That, within a stated period, the ministers should make copies (annually) of the registers, verify them, and transmit the copies to the registrar of the diocese. Now these just mentioned are the duties referred to in the act, so far as they concern our inquiry; and the fees payable have been the fee of one guinea for keeping the registers, a fee allowed by the parish for sending copies of them to the registrar of the diocese; but I do not observe any fee for any person searching, or even obtaining copies of any entry of baptism or burial, if they feel so disposed. ”

“ A private correspondent has very kindly furnished me with a few particulars relative to Nicholas Gay, the second mentioned in your correspondent's list, and father of the fourth, which Nicholas was vicar of Newton St. Cyres, near Exeter, and died, æt. seventy-five, in 1775; and to another, Richard Gay, rector of St. Leonard, near Exeter, who died in 1755. Of this Richard Gay, on a stone in the church of Frithelstock, near Torrington, it is said that—
"To great learning, he added a most exemplary life in constant faithful endeavours to support religion, to glorify God, and to do good to man. ”

“ Colquhoun under the title of An History of Magic, Witchcraft, and Animal Magnetism, will tend to convince our readers that to the same subject may be applied the yet older saying, that there is nothing new under the sun. Mr. Colquhoun, who many years since published his Isis Revelata, has long been a diligent inquirer into the nature and origin of the different phenomena of animal magnetism ”

“ Many noblemen and gentlemen spend annually on travelling and yachting much more money than would be necessary to organize such an expedition as I am suggesting; and if a party put their funds together, and took with them artists to make the drawings, with a couple of well qualified scholars to assist in deciphering them, I think they might spend as pleasant, and certainly a much more profitable, summer, than in ascending Mont Blanc, or drinking sack in the Rhine steam-boats. ”

“ MR. MARGOLIOUTH would translate the passage thus: "And the Spirit rested upon them, and they were in The Cethubrin (i.e. in Wady Mokatteb) , but they went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp."
He does not, however, explain how Eldad and Medad were in Wady Mokatteb, more than Moses and the rest of the seventy. The camp itself was in Wady Mokatteb, according to MR. MARGOLIOUTH'S hypothesis, and therefore there is no opposition between Eldad and Medad being there, and yet remaining in the camp. ”

“ As the Poets generally converse more at large, than other men, their Lives must naturally be productive of such Incidents as cannot but please those who deem the Study of Human Nature, and Lessons of Life, the most important.
"The Lives of the Poets have been less perfectly given to the World, than the Figure they have made in it, and the Share they have in our Admiration, naturally demand. The Dramatic Authors indeed have had some Writers who have transmitted Accounts of their works to Posterity: Of these Langbain is by far the most considerable. ”

“ And Blackstone adduces a third from the practice of the Tartars, among whom, on the authority of Father Duhalde, he states that this custom of descent to the youngest son also prevails, and gives it in these words:—
"That nation is composed totally of shepherds and herdsmen; and the elder sons, as soon as they are capable of leading a pastoral life, migrate from their father with a certain allotment of cattle, and go to seek a new habitation. ”

“ With regard to there being any instance on record of its being carried into effect in modern times, there must not be a mistake between the custom which now exists, and that which some authors assert was the origin of it. The custom is, that the youngest son inherits in exclusion of his eldest brothers ”

“ He was a Man of extensive Reading, and has taken a great deal of Pains to trace the Sources from which our Poets have derived their Plots; he has given a Catalogue of their Plays, and, as far as his Reading served him, very accurately: He has much improved upon Winstanley and Philips, and his Account of the Poets is certainly the best now extant. Jacob's Performance is a most contemptible one; he has given himself no Trouble to gain Intelligence, and has scarcely transcribed Langbain with Accuracy. ”

“ It is their account of the origin of their land, and illustrates the absurdities which they believe.
"Old Morm (Query, rightly spelt) was a great fisherman, and being at one time in want of fish-hooks, he quietly killed his two sons, and took their jaw bones for hooks. As a requital to them for the loss of their lives, he made the right eye of his eldest son the morning star, and the right eye of his youngest son the evening star. One day he was sitting on a rock fishing with one of the jawbones, when he hooked something extraordinarily heavy,—whales were nothing to him. ”

“ This however, we have endeavoured to do, and if we are able to execute our Plan, their Lives will prove entertaining, and many Articles of Intelligence, omitted by others, will be brought to Light. Another Advantage we imagine our Plan has over those who have gone before us in the same Attempt is, that we have not confined ourselves to Dramatic Writers only, but have taken in all who have had any Name as Poets, of whatsoever Class: and have besides given some Account of their other Writings: So that if they had any Excellence independant of Poetry, it will appear in full View to the Reader. ”

“ No reply to this having yet appeared, and the subject being only incidentally mentioned at Vol. iii., p. 153., I venture to submit to you the following Notes I have made upon it.
The crime of poisoning was always considered as most detestable, "because it can, of all others, be the least prevented either by manhood or forethought." Nevertheless, prior to the statute of 22 Hen. VIII. c. 9. there was no peculiarity in the mode of punishment. ”

“ HOBBES'S "LEVIATHAN."
(Vol. iv., pp. 314. 487.)
I am surprised that your correspondent H. A. B., who appears by his expressions to be an admirer of the Leviathan, should think the frontispiece an absurd conceit, very unworthy of its author. The design may be regarded, I think, as a very remarkable embodiment of the thought expressed in the passage where the term Leviathan is first used. The civil body or commonwealth, derived from the union of individuals, is represented by Hobbes as the origin of all rights and duties. And this combination of men is (Leviathan, p. 87.) ”

“ In the parish church of Mere, in Wiltshire, the "misereres" are furnished with hooks, to prevent their falling down again when once elevated.
RECHABITE.
Inscription on a Pair of Spectacles (Vol. iv., p. 407.) .
—The words are evidently all proper names except the third and fourth, Seel. Erb. I imagine the words to be German. Seel. a contraction for the genitive (sing. or plur.) of Selig, a German euphemism for late (lit. blessed, happy) , and the other word a contraction for Erbe or Erben, heir or heirs. I interpret it, "Peter Conrad Wiegel, heir of the late John May." ”

“ But though the Poets were often involved in Parties, and engaged in the vicissitudes of State, we shall endeavour to illustrate their Conduct, without any satirical Remarks, or favourable Colouring; never detracting from the Merit of one, or raising the Reputation of another, on Account of political Principles."
JOB: HEBREW : איוב ARABIC : أيوب CUNEIFORM
"AIUB." "This celebrated Patriarch has been represented by some sacred writers as imaginary, and his book as a fictitious dramatic composition."—Dr. Hales: See D'Oyly and Mant's Bible. ”

“ In compliance with the wish of MR. E. FOSS, that all information bearing on this subject might be sent to you, I beg to state that I have carefully examined two monuments in this neighbourhood on which this ornament appears.
The first is in Macclesfield church. In the north aisle is an altar-tomb, with the effigies of a knight in plate armour, with a collar of SS. At his feet is a ball; and under his head, which is uncovered, a helmet with crest and lambrequin. The crest is too much defaced to be made out, but in a sketch made in 1584 is figured as a stag's head. ”

“ Lucan, on the other hand, is perpetually introducing reflections arising from the internal character of his own mind. Objective truth is language which agrees with the facts, correctness. Subjective truth is language which agrees with the convictions of the speaker, veracity.
Perhaps X. will allow me to ask in turn, what is "a physical ignoramus," the character in which he begs some of your intelligent readers to enlighten him.
I have said above that I think this mode of expressing the antithesis better avoided; I will state why. ”