"Old coffins ne'er new,
And old pulpits too,
Can be bought at his shop in the island."
The "Taylor's Tale" alluded to is a ballad, written by person of that name, on the manners and customs of the island. I have not been able to obtain copies of either of these just noticed ballads; and should any correspondent of "N. & Q." possess such, they would oblige me by their insertion.
H. G. D.
Satirical Prints; Pope (Vol. vi., p. 434.).—I have never seen this print that your correspondent refers to. It will no doubt be found, however, to be a plate illustrating a scene in the following tract: "A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, &c.: London, printed and sold by W. Lewis in Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1742," see pp. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49., where is given rather a warm description of the whole scene. Should this tract not be had by Griffin, he may turn to D'Israeli's Quarrels of Authors, article "Pope and Cibber," note p. 193., col. 2., edit. 8vo., Moxon, 1840; where D'Israeli adds:
"This story, by our comic writer, was accompanied by a print, that was seen by more persons, probably, than read the Dunciad."
S. Wmson.
Raising the Wind (Vol. vi., p. 486.).—We say "the wind rises," and this is common in Virgil (see Æneid. iii. 130. 481.; v. 777.: Georgics, i. 356.; ii. 333.; and iii. 134.). The transition from rising to raising is easy; and as there is no sailing without a breeze, so there is no getting along without money: in both cases, the wind is essential to progress. As to the mode of obtaining the "needful," I know not much, but probably whistling will be found as effectual in one case as in the other.
B. H. Cowper.