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NOTES AND QUERIES.

S. N 15., APRIL 12. '56.

PapinY first pamphlet about his digester was published previous to April 12, 1682, under which date Evelyn, with pleasant gusto, describes a supper party when he, and other Fellows of the Hoyal Society, regaled themselves upon a variety of good things, " all dressed, both fish and flesh, in Mons. Papin's digesters." His engines, which are engraved in my book, seem to have attracted much attention, and the inventor invites the pub- lic to Black Fryars to see them at work ; but to " avoid confusion and crowding in of unknown people," the curious had to obtain tickets before- hand from members of the Royal Society. J. O.

" A sunbeam passes through pollution unpolluted" (2 nd S. i. 114.) Allow me to inform your corre- spondent GEO. E. FRERE that " this beautiful thought " is to be found in Lord Bacon's Advance- ment of Learning, where, under the head of " History of Nature," in speaking of nature erring or varying, or the history of marvels, he says :

" Neither ought a man to make scruple of entering into these things for inquisition of truth, as your Majesty hath shown in your own example; who with the two clear eyes of religion and natural philosophy, have looked deeply and wisely into these shadows, and yet proved yourself to be of the nature of the sun, which passeth through pollutions, and itself remains as pure as before."

D. F.

Bristol.

Retributive Justice (1 st S. xii. 317.; 2 nd S. i. 102.) It has been related of Albrecht of Saxony, that on one occasion when a Jew had presented him with a charm, which it was said would render the wearer invulnerable, the Duke directed that the Jew should be the first to prove its efficacy. He therefore ordered him to hang the charm round his neck, which he had no sooner done than Albrecht drew his sword and run him through the body, leaving him dead on the field. W. W.

Malta.

Quotation wanted (2 nd S. i. 252.) There is an amusing application of this saying in the lately published Memoir of Sydney Smith, by Lady Holland. At p. 257. :

" Most London dinners evaporate in whispers to one's next-door neighbour. I make it a rule never to speak to mine, but fire across the table ; though I broke it once, when I heard a lady, who sat next me, in a low sweet voice say, ' No gravy, Sir.' I had never seen her before, but I turned suddenly round, and said : ' Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life ; let us swear eternal friendship."

ERICA.

Posy on a Wedding Ring (2 nd S. i. 82.)

" God saw thee, Most fit for me,"

was on the wedding-ring of John Dunton the bookseller's wife. J. Y. (2.)

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