Lichfield.
[Footnote 3: See Brady's _Clavis Calendaria_, November 12.]
[Footnote 4: See the _Gentleman's Magazine_ for August 1848; in which an
accurate representation of this seal is given.]
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Replies to Minor Queries.
_The Frozen Horn_ (Vol. ii., p. 262.; Vol. iii., p. 25.).--In an old
edition of _Hudibras_ now before me, I find the following note on the lines
quoted by J. M. G.:--
"Some report that in Nova Zembla and Greenland men's words are wont to
be frozen in the air, and at the thaw may be heard."
The application of the idea by Charles Dickens, in his _Old Curiosity
Shop_, is also, I think, extremely felicitous.
"'Don't be frightened, mistress,' said Quilp, after a pause. 'Your son
knows me: I don't eat babies; I don't like 'em. It will be as well to
stop that young screamer though, in case I should be tempted to do him
a mischief. Holloa, Sir! will you be quiet?' _Little Jacob stemmed the
course of two tears which he was squeezing out of his eyes, and
instantly subsided into a silent horror.... The moment their_ [Quilp
and Swiveller] _backs were turned, little Jacob thawed, and resumed his
crying from the point where Quilp had frozen him._"--Vol. i. pp. 207-9.