If so, where can the account be
found?
K.
Cheetham Hill.
_Noli me tangere_.--Can any of your readers refer me to pictures upon
the subject of _Noli me tangere_. I want to know what artists have
treated the subject, and where their pictures exist.
B.R.
_Line in Milton's "Penseroso."_--In those somewhat hacknied lines,
"And may my due feet never fail," &c.,
I am somewhat puzzled to understand the expression,
"With antique pillars massy _proof_."
Now what is "proof,"--a substantive or adjective? If the latter, no
edition is rightly stopped; for, of course, there should be a comma
after "massy;" and then I somewhat doubt the propriety of "proof" for
"proved," unless joined with another word, as "star-proof,"
"rain-proof."
If "proof" is a substantive, "massy proof" is in apposition to "antique
pillars," and is very meaningless. Can any of your readers suggest an
explanation?
H.A.B.
_"Mooney's Goose."_--As a pendant to "Ludlam's dog," I beg to insert the
proverb of "Full of fun and _fooster_, like Mooney's goose," with the
hope that your acute and ingenious correspondent D.
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