Notices to Correspondents.
J. M. (Dublin), who inquires respecting the origin of Sterne's "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," is referred to our 1st Volume, pp. 211. 236. 325. 357. 418.
Clericus (D.). The Beggar's Petition was written by the Rev. T. Moss, minister of Brierly Hill and Trentham, in Staffordshire. See "N. & Q.," Vol. iii., p. 209.
Arterus should complete his Query by stating where the Latin lines resembling Shakspeare's Seven Ages are to be found. We shall then gladly insert it.
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