April 6. 1850.
[It is obvious, from the following lines from Swift's poem, _The
Grand Question debated whether Hamilton's Bawn should be turned
into a Barrack or Malt-house_, 1729, that a Bawn was there used
to signify a building, and not an inclosure:--
"This _Hamilton's bawn_, while it sticks in my hand,
I lose by the house what I get by the land;
But how to dispose of it to the best bidder,
For a barrack or malt-house, we now must consider."
And in a foot-note on _Hamilton's bawn_, in the original
edition, it is described as "a large old house, two miles from
Sir Arthur Acheson's seat."]
_Versicle and Response._--What is the meaning of the following versicle
and its response, which occur in both Morning and Evening Prayer?
"Give peace in our time, O Lord,
Because there is none other that fighteth for us
but only thou, O God!"
Surely the "because" &c. is a _non sequitur_!