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Can any of your readers say whether such a publication as that which is here proposed ever took place: that is, a publication of "ten manuscripts," of which none had been previously printed?
S. R. MAITLAND.
Gloucester.
A. Z.
N. J. A.
Can any of your Devonian readers give additional particulars of his office or his duties? They would be useful and interesting.
W. FRASER.
Tor-Mohun.
A. S.
J. SANSOM.
"Sir James Wallace has not only given signal proofs of his bravery as a naval officer, but particularly in a duel with another marine officer, Mr. Perkins, whom he fought at Cape Fran?ois; each taking hold of the end of a handkerchief, fired, and although the balls went through both their bodies, neither of the wounds proved mortal! The friars at Cape Fran?ois, with great humanity, took charge of them till they were cured of their wounds."
J. LOCKE.
Dublin.
A. S.
J. T. ABBOTT.
Darlington.
P. J. F. GANTILLON.
J. O. B.
Wicken.
"Signior Canaletto gives notice that he has painted Chelsea College, Ranelagh House, and the River Thames; which, if any gentleman, or others, are pleased to favour him with seeing the same, he will attend at his lodgings at Mr. Viggans, in Silver Street, Golden Square, from fifteen days from this day, July 31, from 8 to 1, and from 3 to 6 at night, each day."
Here is that able artist's offer in his own terms, if, not his own words.
I have to inquire, are these pictures left here to the knowledge of your readers? did he, in short, find buyers as well as admirers? or, if not, did he return to Venice with those vividly pictured recollections of our localities under his arm?
GONDOLA.
"Wat Tiler, that idol of clownes, and famous rebell in the time of King Richard the Second, was of this town; and in the year 1206 about this town was a monster found stricken with lightning, with a head like an asse, a belly like a man, and all other parts far different from any known creature, but not approachable nigh unto, by reason of the stench thereof."
H. W. D.
Some of your correspondents may be able to inform me which is correct.
B. H. C.
Minor Queries with Answers.
A. S.
S. C. G.
W. W. H.
"Convince a man against his will," &c.
or,
"Persuade a man against his will," &c.
Also by stating the name of the author.
Likewise by giving the origin of the phrase "To kick the bucket," as applied to the death of a person.
ELLFIN AP GWYDDNO.
Replies.
TRENCH ON PROVERBS.
I must however, at the outset, qualify an expression I made use of, which seems to have incurred the censure of all your four correspondents on the subject; I mean the sentence, "The translation of the authorised version of that sacred affirmation is unintelligible." It seems to be perfectly intelligible to MESSRS. BUCKTON, JEBB, WALTER, and S. D. I qualify, therefore, the assertion. I mean to say, that the translation of the authorised version of that sacred affirmation was, and is, considered unintelligible to many intelligent biblical critics and expositors; amongst whom I may name Luther, Mendelsohn, Hengstenberg, Zunz, and many others whose names will transpire in the sequel.
?ki ken yiten el teref l'yidido ushnato meenehu lo taref?
"For surely God shall give food To His beloved, and his sleep shall not be withheld from him."
When Coverdale made his version of the Bible he was not only aided by Tindale, but also by the celebrated Hebrew, of the Hebrews, Emanuel Tremellius, who was then professor of the sacred tongue in the University of Cambridge, where that English Reformer was educated; and Coverdale translated the latter part of Ps. cxxvii. 2. as follows: "For look, to whom it pleaseth Him, He giveth it in sleep."
In reply to MR. JEBB's temperate strictures, I would most respectively submit--
?z'ram'tam, sheinah yih'yu; baboker, kechatzir yachalof?
?yiten lifanav goyim um'lachim yard yiten ke-afar charbo, kikash needaf kashto?
S. D. attempts to prove nothing; I am exempt therefore from disproving anything as far as he is concerned.
Before I take leave of this lengthy and somewhat elaborate disquisition, let me give my explanation of the scope of the Psalm in dispute, which, I venture to imagine, will commend itself, even to those who differ from me, as the most natural.
This Psalm, as well as the other thirteen entitled "A Song of Degrees," was composed for the singing on the road by those Israelites who went up to Jerusalem to keep the three grand festivals, to beguile their tedious journey, and also to soothe the dejected spirits of those who felt disheartened at having left their homes, their farms, and families without guardians. Ps. cxxvii. is of a soothing character, composed probably by Solomon.
In the first two verses God's watchfulness and care over His beloved are held up to the view of the pilgrims, who are impressed with the truth that no one, "by taking thought, can add one cubit to his stature." The best exposition which I can give of those two verses I have learned from our Saviour's "Sermon on the Mount" . The third and following verses, as well as the next Psalm, are exegetical or illustrative. To whom do you attribute the gift of children? Is it not admitted on all hands to be "an heritage of the Lord?" No one can procure that blessing by personal anxiety and care: God alone can confer the gift. Well, then, the same God who gives you the heritage of children will also grant you all other blessings which are good for you, provided you act the part of "His beloved," and depend upon Him without wavering.
The above is a hasty, but I trust an intelligible, view of the scope of the Psalm.
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