F. W. J.
Church (Vol. v., p. 79.).
—Can it be that MR. STEPHENS is not aware that there is a long dissertation on the subject of his Query in Ihre's Glossarium Suio-Gothicum voce "Kyrka?" The Welsh still retain the derivative from the Latin, Eglwys.
B. WILLIAMS.
Donkey (Vol. v., p. 78.).
—C. W. G. asks, "What is the origin of donkey?" Perhaps he may consider the following (from the great authority) as satisfactory. Porson was introduced to a Danish archæologist of celebrity, who, thinking it necessary to say something to Porson, rather abruptly addressed him thus: "I dink, Mr. Porson, that you vil agree wid me, that asses is derived from Asia." Porson eyed the learned Dane, and observed: "Yes, Sir, about as much as that donkey is derived from Denmark: and that is a thought that never struck me till now."
ÆGROTUS.
Moravian Hymns (Vol. v., p. 113.).
—Dr. Pusey's Letter to the Bishop of London (Epiphany, 1851), § vi., forms a curious comment on the almost blasphemous lines quoted on this page.