Notes and Queries, Number 230, March 25, 1854

an arcade of five arches of undoubted Middle Pointed work; not later than the beginning of the fourteenth century, to which date also belongs the east window of

n 1852 the piscina, and a portion of the sedilia, a drawing of which is given in The Builder, vol. x. p. 797., with a window over, were brought to light. They belon

rose, on the walls of the clere-story, was

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ring his coin as of Carausius, who reigned from 1040 to 1046 A.

(percussa); and MSL, Moneta signata Londini. These interpretations are justified by analogy with the Roman coins, and by the signs on coins of Constantine, MSL, which m

eplaced by the Greek letters ΚΑ, which have the same numerical value, on coins of Diocletian, &c. As analogous signs, I may quote LXXII and OB, the corresponding Greek letters, on amei r

I, unless Mommsen may have done so in a book I have not seen, Ueber den Verfall des Münzwesens in der Kaiserzeit, 1851.

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f Fire. W. H. Newman, Hon. Sec., to whom all communications are to be addressed, post paid, at the City

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ncient map of Dublin, styled "An Exact Copy of a Map of the City and Harbour of Dublin, from a Survey by

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ch Episcopal men would cast a mist before us, to deduce their exalted Episcopacy from Ap

ur etymologists? And Mr. Keightley will, I am sure, permit me to suggest

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sure of possessing one of Canaletto's London views, that of the Thames from the Temple Gardens, in which the hand that painted gondolas and masks

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to England in the year 1746, being then about fifty years of age. He remained with us six or seven years (not two, as stated by Walpole), and during that period received great encouragement from the English nobility. His delineations of London and its environs, especially those of Thames scenery (of which he seems to have been very fond), are deservedly a

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arm, near old St. Pancras Church, where, 120 years after, Somers Town was built. A view of it is extant, and may be o

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which this subject has been treated by A. E. B., I will only add an extract from

days of the week, although there be scarce any difference in the longitude of both places. But the reason is, the Portuguese, in coming to Europe, pass eastward, whereas the Spaniards, coming from

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at was amiss in their establishments, and to supply what was wanting, he shows clearly how great were his qualifications for the preparation of A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice: and it is therefore little wonder that a work undertaken with such advantages should have reached what is now before us, a "fourth edition, corrected and greatly e

which will keep Mr. Keightley's name in memory as long as a love for classical literature and tasteful learning remains; and this, we suspect, will be longer than Mr. Keightley anticipates. As the success which has attended this valuable and original exposition of classica

her will be glad to find her labours lightened by the recently published Conversations on Geography, or the Child's first introduction to where He is, what He is, an

will be read at the present important crisis with considerable interest; and in reprinting it in their Traveller's Library, at a price which will p

Shakspeare and the Fairies, from the German of Ludwig Tieck, by Mary C. Rumsay. The work, one of exuberant fancy, was written when Tieck was only sixteen, but only published by his friend Bulow in 1851. It is trans

d object of which are plainly indicated by its title. One very useful feature is its Contents of Foreign Journals, in which i

r which the Society was instituted. They consist of eight engravings on wood from drawings made by Mr. Williams, who was sent by the Society to Padua expressly for the purpose, from the frescos of G

s II. and Anne Hyde; of an original letter from Luther to Cromwell, afterwards Earl of Essex; of a letter from Glover, Somerset Hera

the work its more correct title, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, has in

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name of this Correspondent, who states that "he selected the Eyre drawings from a large mass of

eir cognomen and habitat. In a late Number, p. 222., B. of Birkenhead asks about the family of Mathew. A great-great-grandmother of mine was of that D

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