This Day Run away from JOHN MCCOMB, Junier, an Indian Woman, about 17 Years of Age, Pitted in the Face, of a middle Stature and Indifferent fatt, having on her a Drugat, Wast-coat, and Kersey Petticoat, of a Light Collour. If any Person or Persons shall bring the said Girle to her said Master, shall be Rewarded for their Trouble to their Content.—_American Weekly Mercury_, May 24th, 1726.
A Female Negro Child (of an extraordinary good Breed) to be given away. Inquire of Edes and Gill.—_Boston Gazette_, Feb. 25th, 1765.
A Likely Negro Fellow, about 25 Years of Age. He is an extraordinary good Cook, and understands setting or tending a table very well, likewise all kind of House Work, such as washing, scouring, scrubbing, &c. Also, a Negro Wench, his Wife, about 17 Years old, born in this City, and understands all Sorts of House Work. For farther Particulars, inquire of the Printer.—_New York Gazette_, March 21st, 1765.
It has been generally supposed that the burial of Sir John Moore, who fell at the battle of Corunna, in 1809, took place during the night, an error which doubtless arose from the statement to that effect in Wolf's celebrated lines. Rev. Mr. Symons, who was the clergyman on the occasion, states, however, in Notes and Queries, that the burial took place in the morning, in broad daylight.
Commentators of no mean standing insist that Cleopatra
"Star-eyed Egyptian, Glorious sorceress of the Nile,"
is merely a creature of the imagination; in plain words, that the Cleopatra of history never existed, though there were two or three women who bore the name.
Though they may have lived about the same time, the romance of their love is now gravely denied by scholars and antiquarians.
In "Gleanings for the Curious" we find the following list of odd titles to books, most of which were published in the time of Cromwell:—
A Shot aimed at the Devil's Head-Quarters through the Tube of the Cannon of the Covenant.
Crumbs of Comfort for the Chickens of the Covenant.
Eggs of Charity, layed by the Chickens of the Covenant, and boiled with the Water of Divine Love. Take Ye and eat.
High-heeled Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness.
Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin; or, the Seven Penitential Psalms of the Princely Prophet David; whereunto are also added William Humius' Handful of Honeysuckles, and Divers Godly and Pithy Ditties, now newly augmented.