Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

_Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots._--The incorrect arrangement, in Seward's _Anecdotes_, of the following beautiful lines, said to be composed by Mary Queen of Scots, and repeated immediately before her execution, and a diffuse paraphrase subjoined, in which all their tenderness...

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1. book iv. canto xi. verse 50.:

_Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots._--The incorrect arrangement, in Seward's _Anecdotes_, of the following beautiful lines, said to be composed by Mary Queen of Scots, and repeated...

2. Part IV. of _Pursuits of Literature_ himself.

"Becket's back door is in an alley close to his house; here have I often seen little M*th**s jog in and sit upon thorns for fear of being seen, in the back-parlour, chattering m...

3. CHAPTER I.--TWELFTH CENTURY.

General Remarks--Imperfect Character of existing Remains of the Twelfth Century--Materials for the History of Domestic Architecture; their Nature--General Plan of Houses at this...

4. CHAPTER II.--EXISTING REMAINS.

Oakham Castle, Rutlandshire--The King's House, Southampton--Minster, Isle of Thanet--Christ Church, Hants--Manor-house at Appleton--Sutton Courtney, Berks--St. Mary's Guild, and...

5. CHAPTER III.--THIRTEENTH CENTURY.

General Remarks--Hall at Winchester--Reign of Henry III. remarkable for the Progress of Architecture--Condition of Norman Castles in the Thirteenth Century--Plan of Manor-houses...

6. CHAPTER IV.--THIRTEENTH CENTURY.--EXISTING REMAINS.

Aydon Castle, Northumberland--Godmersham, Kent--Little Wenham Hall, Suffolk--Longthorpe, near Peterborough--Charney Basset, Berks--Master's House, St. John's Hospital, Northampt...

7. CHAPTER V.--HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bridgenorth -- Brigstock -- Brill -- Bristol -- Canterbury -- Clarendon -- Cliff -- Clipstone -- Corfe Castle -- Dover -- Dublin -- Evereswell -- Feckenham -- Freemantle -- Gedd...