Which of these statements is the true one? And if Man's be, on what authority is it probably founded?
Pembrokiensis.
"For man proposes, but God disposes."—This celebrated saying is in book i. ch. xix. of the English translation of De Imitatione Christi, of which Hallam says more editions have been published than of any other book except the Bible.—Can any of your correspondents tell me whether the saying originated with the author, Thomas A. Kempis?
A. B. C.
Garrick Street, May Fair.—In Hertford Street, May Fair, there is fixed in the wall of a house (No. 15.) a square stone on which is inscribed:
"Garrick Street, January 15, 1764."
I shall be glad to know the circumstances connected with this inscription, which is not in any way alluded to in the works descriptive of London to which I have referred.
C. I. R.
The Forlorn Hope.—The "Forlorn Hope" is the body of men who volunteer first to enter a besieged town, after a breach has been made in the fortifications. That I know: but it is evidently some quotation, and if any of your readers should be able to give any information as to its origin, and where it is to be found, I should, as I said before, be much obliged.
Fenton.