Russell (C.) on Paulet, or Pawlett family, 208 Rusticus on the civil servant's position, 282 Floors Castle, derivation, 163 Queen Bleareye's tomb, 515
Rest in the Bank of England, 416
"The solitary monk who shook the world," 472 Ruthven (Patrick Lord), biography, 237, 370, 496
S
S. on Hogg, a Scotch name in Ireland, 124 Motto, "Fiel pero desdichado," 509
S. (A.) on Mortlake potteries: Toby jugs, 615 Sack, a wine, its derivation, 481
Sackville (Lord George), recall to court, 149, 330 Sacombe church, hour-glass, 35 Sacre-cut, a sort of cannon, 581 Safford (Truman Henry), 366 Sailors' word book, 66
St. Alban's Club, 367,
St. Angus, a disciple of St. Columba, 315 St. Augustin of Hippo, quoted, 296, 391, 473; passage in his works, 222
St. Ciaran, or Kiaran, 354
St. James's Square and the Clarendon family, 99, 243,
326
St. Jerome, Life, edit. 1475, 125; passage quoted by Chaucer, 137
St. John, motto of the order, 601
St. Luke's day, 296
St. Malo, Brittany, inscription on the castle, 411
St. Osbern inquired after, 41
St. Patrick, his mission to Ireland, 620
St. Pawsle, 172, 230
St. Peter's chair at Rome, 55, 106, 330, 402, 465
St. Swithin on cure for rheumatism, 362
St. Victor abbey library, 215
Saints, mottoes of, 74
Sala (G. A.) on the word Bloody, 133
Agave Dasylirioides, 466
Hamst's "Handbook of Fictitious Names," 475 Salisbury (Bishop of ) circa A.D. 1140, 172, 278 Salmon and apprentices, 321, 474, 518 Salway Ash, origin of the name, 125, 232 Salway (T.) on the name Salway Ash, 125 Salwey (Major Richard), noticed, 27 "Sanctus Ivo erat Brito," 554, 594 Sandgraal, the Quest of the, 73, 134, 140 Sanskrit alphabet, modern invention of it, 125, 468, 570, 610
Sanskrit globes and Warren Hastings, 76
Santeul (Jean Baptist), epigram and epitaph on, 517 Sarum Breviaries, 149, 206, 283
Satan's kiss fuliginous, 366, 469
Satchell (Thomas) on the civil servant's position, 220 Sawyer family, co. Notts, 390
Sayings as to various days, 64
S. (C. F.) on a Christmas carol, 53
Schin on Fleur-de-lys, an inn sign, 470 Marriage of women to men, 210 Schooner, origin of the word, 313, 397, 469 Schott (Gaspar), biography and works, 165 Schrumpf (G. A.) on Italian scientific books, 315 Ships in mourning, 14.1 Schrupffer, a charlatan, 580
Scotch, ancient, pronunciation of Latin, 24, 39, 204, 274, 375, 424, 512, 593
Scotch, proclamation against, 537 Scotch land measures, 98, 181, 424 Scotland, Book of Common Order of the Church of, 571 Scotland, heritable succession, 344
St. Piran, 282, 354, 468
St. Simon (Duke de), 87, 181; "Lettres d'Etat," 281, S. (E.) on ancient chapel near Eynsford, 235
448, 521, 616
Maelström, 210
Sea fisherman instructed, 547
Sea kale first used, 53, 154, 255
Seals of the Cinque Ports, 59
Searle (Rev. Thomas), "Esther, a Sacred Drama,"
Scots College library, Paris, 215
Scott (Lady Caroline Lucy), works, 351 Scott (H.) on the cuckoo, 533
Scott (Sir Walter), his head, 286, 324, 439; and his literary friends, a print, 350; on the ballad "Jock o' Milk," 456; his impecuniosity, 552
Scott (Wm.) on dancing before the altar at Seville, 77 Scottish episcopal clergy, in 1710, 119 Scottish legal ballad, 42, 85, 114 Scottish local histories, 30, 114 Scottish nobles, their feuds in 1606, 96 Scottish sports, works on, 173 Scottish token, 317
Dice used by the Romans, 89
Horace, bilingual version of the second Epode, 268 S. (D.) on ambassadors to the Sublime Porte, 349 Hawkins (Wm.) and Robert Callice, 378 Les Echelles, 595
St. Simon, Lettres d'Etat, 281, 521
484
Sévigné (Madame de) and Napoleon, sayings, 534 Seville, dancing before the high altar, 77
S. (F. G.) on the Bayeux tapestry, 266
Chelsea pottery, 253
S. (F. M.) on Alexander Brodie, 53
Baird family seals, 436
Sewell (W. H.) on ancient ironwork, 124 Sewing machines sixty years ago, 27
Shorthouse (J. H.) on Charles Cotton. 146 Shropshire, castles and old mansions, 475 Shuttleworth family, 269, 372
Seymour (Henry) on Playford and Playfair families, Shylock, "Shakspeare's original," 30, 111 Siddons (Mrs. Sarah), early performance, 99
436
Sheep, ages and genders of, 390 Sheffield, its derivation, 66 Shekel, a modern forgery, 137
Shelley (P. B.), notes and emendations on, 79, 151, 301, 333, 357, 384, 411, 516; "Epipsy chidion, 296; "Queen Mab," 266
Shell-fish food, 86
Shakspearian pronunciation, 431 Shard explained, 115
Sharpe (Edmund) on errors of literal translations, 299 Shaw (J. B.) on plays at schools, 185 Shaw (Samuel) on M.P.'s for Andover, 511
Shaw's "New Dictionary of Quotations," 268, 395, 422, 443
Sheehan (John), pseud. "The Irish Whiskey Drinker," 408, 514
Shem on Silbury Hill, 90
Sheriff, fines for refusing to serve, 606
Ships in mourning, 144
Shipton (Mother), her personal history, 391, 491 Shorthand for literary purposes, 126, 180, 248 Short-hand Writers' Association, 416, 495
Sidney (Sir Philip), passage in the " Arcadia," 342, 397, 516
Silent woman, an inn sign, 19, 114
Silbury Hill noticed, 14, 90
Silver cradle for mayoresses, 298, 399
Silver lion, a tavern sign, 536, 570
Simpson (W. Sparrow) on the antiphones of St. Paul's cathedral, 541, 611
Bell ringer's epitaph, 387
Sims (Richard) of the British Museum, 284
Sinclair (Lord) and the men of Guldbrand Dale, 231 Sisyphus and his stone, 14, 103, 182
S. (J.) on Goldsmith's epitaph, 571
Skeat (W. W.) on the Alliterative Romances of Alex- ander, 47
"Book of Curtesye," passage, 83 Corsie, corsey, its etymology, 62 Every thing as two words, 134 Gab, its derivation, 63 Greyhound, its etymology, 107, 273 Hogshead, its etymology, 613 Jackdaw of Rheims, 577
Jannock, its meaning, 279 Lister, its derivation, 546 "Pierce the Ploughman's Crede," 490 Rabbit, its derivation, 279
Rolle's "Pricke of Conscience," MSS., 65
Rudee: defameden: bire, 135 Schooner, its derivation, 397 Skelp, its derivation, 587 Syllabus rare, 546 Thud, an old word, 34
Walter pronounced as Water, 595. Wednesday, its derivation, 137 Welkin dance, 590
Wolwarde, its meaning, 65, 254, 425 Skedaddle, its derivation, 498
Skeleton, living, 138, 257
Skelp, its secondary significations, 485, 587 Skynner (Bridget), her death, 579 Skyrack oak, 58
"Sleeping Child," poem on, 535, 616 Sleigh (John) on Charles Cotton, the angler, 70 Dieulacres abbey, co. Stafford, 123 Medals of the Pretender, 566 Parish registers, 582
Smith (Capt. Alexander), 147
Smith (Edward) on Sterling: Robert, 606
Spearman (R. H.) on conducts in divine service, 306 Spee the Jesuit and the trials for witchcraft, 479 Spenser (Edmund), Sonnets set to music, 127 Spirit writing: "Steer South West," 338, 422 Spitalfields register chest, 200
Sprat (Thomas), archdeacon of Rochester, 415 S. (R. F. W.) on hippophagy, 278
Intonation, its origin and intention, 223
S. (S.) on proper names, 553
S. (S. S.) on "Be the day weary," &c., 231
Stanhope (Countess), Benj. D'Israeli's verses on, 388, 422
Stanhope (Earl of) on verses by Benj. D'Israeli, 422 Stanley (Dean), "Memorials of Westminster Abbey," corrections, 293
"Stations of Rome," a poem, 360
Steeple climbers, 311, 167
Steeven's Hospital, Dublin, Stella's bequest, 410, 491 Stein (Andrew) on the Gibb baronetcy, 37
Stella's bequest to Steeven's Hospital, Dublin, 410, 491 Stephens (George) on ancient drinking glasses, 462 Fly-leaf inscription, 481
Stirling, old engravings of, 460, 567 Stitch let, a new word, 201, 316, 426, 521 Strafford (Thomas Wentworth, Earl of), poem on his dying words, 174
Strange (Sir Robert), book-plate, 144 Stuart family, prints of the latter, 532
Stuart (Charles Edward), grandson of James II., re- nunciation of Romanisin, 377; flag in 1715, 473; lines on his heart, 435, 499, 521, 559, 595; divided allegiance of the Scotch lords in 1745, 575
Stuart (Henry Benedict), Cardinal York, diary kept by his secretary, 559, 595
Stuart (James Francis Edward), son of James II., marriage medals, 466, 522, 566
Stubbs (Rev. Wm.), Lambeth librarian, 50
Sturmy, or Esturmy family, 606 Subah of Bengal, 484
Sub-brigadier, his office, 267, 375
Sultan dying of ennui [by G. A. H. Sala], 605 Sunday Schools, a poem on, 269, 497 Supernaculum, origin of the term, 460, 559 Superstitions, some ancient and inodern, 574 Surnames, etymology of curious, 356 Surveyors of crown lands records, 414 Sussex Archæological Collections, 22 Suthering, a provincialisın, 314, 399 Swaddler, a cant term, 271, 377, 473 Swan family, 390
Swan (Rowland) of Fairfield, tablet, 191 S. (W. D.) on captives at Machanes, 32 Epitaph at Selby abbey, 578 Fonts other than stone, 231
Taswell-Langmead (T. P.) on parish registers, 197 Tatum (John), chemical lecturer, 546
Tauler (Dr. John) and his school, 525, 591, 597, 613 Taylor (J.), Sheffield, on Truman Henry Safford, 366 Ballads of the Midland counties, 492 Taylor (John) of Alston, longevity, 153 Taylor (John) on Mary Queen of Scots' picture, 296 Tresham's head at Northampton, 146 Taylor (P. M.) on "The Liverpool Privateers," 413 T. (B. J.) on church establishments, 459
Motto of Civil Engineers' Institution, 509 Parr (Dr.)," Spital Sermon," 511
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T. (C.) on The Theatre," a dramatic periodical, 267
T. (C. P.) on "Clean as a whistle," 256 T. (E.) on Dicconson family, 412
Pixy and the bean, 172
Teare (James), the teetotaler, 553, 611 Teetotalism, its early history, 553, 611 Telfer (James), minor poet, 108, 249 Telegrams, newspaper, 98 Temple Bar, memorials of, 480
Ten Commandments, inedited poem, 360, 427 Teniers (David). jun., list of his portraits, 187 Tennent (Sir J. Emerson) on ambergris in early cookery,
194
Timbs (John) on Sir Richard Phillips, 37 "Times" newspaper, Index, 620 Tite (W.) on Roman inscription at Cannes, 269 Tithe commutation, an ancient, 478 Tithe de capreolis, or copse wood, 511 T. (J. F.) on roses worn by ambassadors, 76 T. (J. G.) on German architecture, 29 Tobacco, in Sanskrit called Tamâla, 402, 517 Toby jug, 160, 253, 425, 494, 615 Tocque (Jean-Louis), painter, 43 Todd (Rev. Henry John), literary labours, 50 Todd (Dr. J. H.) on origin of the name Fenian, 276 Token, Scottish, 317
Token of Hornchurch, Romford, Havering, 556 Tom: Old Tom gin, origin of the name, 298 Tombstone inscriptions deciphered, 581 Tomlinson (G. W.) on St. Angus, 315
Distance traversed by sound, 516
Marlborough (Duchess of) family Bible, 340 Newton family, 507
Toraqueau (Andrew), epigram on, 612 Torrance (Rev. G. W.), Oratorio of "Abraham," 281 Toscani (G.) on Dante's "Inferno," 607 Totnes calendars of the archdeaconry, 27
Tottenham (H. L.) on Capt. Paule Arundell, 169 Funeral superstition, 361
Peter and Patrick, 303
Vaughan and Dockwra families, 182 Wellington, who was he? 293
Weston and Naylor families, 173
Westmeath (Marquis of) and the Sultan, 243 Towns, height of our chief above sea level, 55 Townshend (Sir John), knt.. family, 499
T. (R.) on William Henry Ireland's pseudonyms, 315 St. Piran, Ciaran, or Kiaran, 354 "Trabisonda," edit. 1528, 195
Trade marks, works on, 367
543, 591
Tregelles (S. P.) on Gildas, the historian, 271 Trench (Francis) on costly entertainments, 73 Evening cock-crow, 293
Head (Sir Edmund), 180
Noteworthy, its revived use, 264 Trenchers, posies and aphorisms on, 88 Trenchmore, a dance, 18, 19
Trepolpen (P. W.), on Mathew family, 39
Trepolpen (P. W.) on Wolcot (Dr. John), his orders, 40 Tresham (Francis) head at Northampton, 146 Tresilian (Sir R.), descendants, 26 Trigg Minor Deanery, its history, 66 Tripe Club at the "Magpie and Stump," 471 Tristram on derivation of Bane, 376 Tunes, dates of certain old, 65, 209 Turbervile (George), a New Year Gift, 3 Turkish newspaper, the first in London, 11 Turner (W. H.) on Espec, 176
Tutbury ore dish, 52, 233
Venville estates, 246
Tragett (George), inn sign, "The Fox," 472
"Verdant Green," misappropriated, 433
Translation, errors of literal, 168, 299, 348, 373, 495, Vermuyden (Sir Cornelius), portrait, 484
Vernon (W. J.) on Little Foster Hall, 580 Vestments of ecclesiastics, 427 Veyerhog, its meaning, 246, 330, 450 Vincent (J. A. C.) on P. Atherton, 27
Massacre of the Innocents in waxwork, 54 St. Luke's day and Sir J. Reynolds, 296 Will of the Rev. Vincent Warren, 120 Vincent of Beauvais, his works, 391, 473 Violet (P.), artist, 485, 545, 594
Venice, Doge of, portrait at Kimbolton Castle, 270, 302 Venice, its defence in 1848-9, 41; its siege in 1848, 182
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