[Mr. Luson's letter to Dr. Brooke, referred to by our
correspondent, will be found in Hughes's _Letters_, edited by
Duncombe, vol. ii. Appendix, p. xxxii. edit. 1773.]
_Beholden._--Is the word "beholden" a corruption of the Dutch
"gehouden," or is it a past participle from the verb "to behold?" If the
latter, how comes it from signifying "seen," to denote "indebted"?