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GENERAL INDEX.
Bill," i. 111. Bonnet = toque, xi. 366. Boy-
cottage = boycotting, vi. 366. Britain as "Queen
of Isles," v. 369. Cabal, xii. 46. " Catcbing the
Speaker's eye," iii. 211. Children hanged, x. 354.
Club, early political, vi. 305. Coffee-letter = news-
letter, xi. 225. Commandeer, official use of the
word, vi. 66. " Comparisons are odious," v. 292.
Conservative as a political term, iv. 333 ; viii. 489 ;
ix. 487. Cricket between female teams, iv. 474.
Cricket matches, early, iv. 17. Crowning of dra-
matic authors, viii. 366. Defoe, his financial diffi-
culties, v. 285 ; and the St. Vincent eruption of
1718, ix. 461. Dickens and Yorkshire schools,
v. 464. Dutch courage, xi. 47. Editors, their
evolution, v. 425. "Energetic Old Man," iv. 518.
English cardinals, xii. 105. Bstcott (Richard), de
Lanceston, vii. 444. Exeter Theatre in 1348, vii.
506. Expenditor, obsolete term, viii. 303. Foot-
ball on Shrove Tuesday, v. 402. French prisoners
of war in England, v. 465. George III.'s birthday,
iv. 305. Giglet, ix. 418. Hanover or Saxe-Coburg,
xi. 169. "Hear, hear!" iii. 133. "Hoping
against hope," x. 63. Hopton (Sir Ralph), ii. 465.
Hot waters = spirituous liquors, xi. 465. House of
Commons, new hours of business, ix. 465 ; seats
reserved in, xii. 376. King of Bantam, v. 18.
Lea (Lady Alice), legend of, x. 138. "Let them
all come," vii. 35. Lincoln's Inn Fields, iv. 512.
Lord Mayors, unmarried, viii. 153. Ludlow clerks,
xi. 514. M.P. and Parliament man, i. 26. Mr.
Attorney, v. 474. Machine = public coach, viii. 462;
ix. 515. Moral pockethand kerchiefs, v. 423. Morice
(Humphry), his will, iii. 241. Morice (Mr. iSecre
tary) and Lord Clarendon, xii. 182. Mug, xii. 231,
518. N. & Q.,' i. 1; x. 252; xii. 276, 454.
Newspaper, earliest use of word, v. 34. Newspaper
early evening, vi. 89. Nicknames for colonies, x. 10
Order of Merit, x. 341. "Parliamentary Ian
guage," i. 27. Partridge (John), almanac-maker,
v. 6. "Peace at any price," xii. 495. Peace
retrenchment, and reform, xii. 333. Peeler
xi. 265. Pennyworth : " A good pennyworth,'
iv. 436. Peonage, xii. 105. Peremptory, its
meaning, vii. 489. Pillow-ber, xi. 145. " Plough
ing the sands," vi. 134. Politician, use of the word
v. 500. Porte-manteau, vii. 478. Prime Ministei
or Premier, ii. 99 ; iii. 15, 109 ; iv. 34 ; v. 94
vi. 416. Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall
v. 4. Prisoners of war in our literature, vii. 469
Reporter, use of the word, v. 516. " Running
amuck," ii. 406. Sea, its pronunciation, ix. 413
Selwyn (George), iii. 245. Shakespeariana, v. 63
Skaits= skates, v. 374. Slang, first use of th<
word, v. 212. Sniper, its meaning, iii. 138 ; iv. 543
Stamp collecting, v. 404; ix. 438. Stop-pres
editions, v. 8. Tapping and tipping, vii. 105. Te<
as a decoction, vi. 87. Tea as a meal, vii. 511
xii. 351. 'Telegraph,' iv. 348. Telegraphy, it
invention, vii. 516. Ten Whelps, The, vi. 477
Thackeray, rimes to, viii. 471. Theatre, stalls in
iii. 297; electric light in, viii. 294. Tobacco ii
England, ii. 86. Trousers, the word, iii. 126
" True Blue Club," iii. 122. " Unspeakable Turk,
iii. 235. Verbs formed out of proper names, vi
494. Whitebait dinner, xii. 337. Zareba, viii. 15
bobbins (R.) on Major Burrington, vi. 415
Robert. D.G. Pristinensis Episcopus," x. 88, 212
loberts (E.) on Blistra, i. 407. Swansea, i. 148, 370
Roberts (J.) on seal and owner, x. 487
loberts (John), his biography, vii. 268
loberts (K. M.) on " In petto," ix. 58
loberts (Lord) and Suwarrow, v. 454, 521 ; his two
painter grand-uncles, viii. 203 loberts (Robert), of Boston, his death, ii. 340 Roberts (T. D.) on Anglo-Hebrew slang: kybosh,
viii. 347. Week-end, viii.. 292
loberts (W.) on Abbot andBentham families, iii. 387. Acrography, illustrations in, vi. 46. Ailantus, iv. 423. Alton Towers sale, ii. 53. Ashbee (H. 8.), vii. 347. Barns Elms House, v. 312. Beevor family, iv. 144. Board of Green Cloth, clerks of, iv. 487; v. 51. Bronte, x. 365. Browne (Wogan), iv. 438. Canning portraits by Romney, i. 47. Catalogue of first book auction in England, vi. 391. Catalogues of English book sales, v. 429, 490 ; vi. 22, 83, 142. Charles I. relics, iii. 130. City curio collector, vii. 496. Civil List, iii. 434. Congeries, iv. 46. Cowper and the 'Times,' ix. 47. Dance (George), portraits by, iv. 1 ; viii. 501. Dickson (Robert), xii. 257. ' Dictionary of National Bio- graphy,' iv. 5. Freaks of nature in London, iii. 243. Gilbert (Davies), his 'Cornwall,' iv. 246. Hanky-panky, v. 26. Hannays of Kirkdale, v. 195. Hastings (Warren), portrait by Lawrence, iv. 263. Haydon's pictures, vi. 438. Hodges (Mrs.), iv. 499. Hoppner (John), R.A., viii. 402. James (Major Charles), i. 106. Jowett's little garden, vii. 405. Kitcat (Dick), etchings by, vi. 87. Knights, list of, iii. 493; iv. 279. London exhibitions, iii. 83. Lurid, its meaning, iv. 93. Malone (E.), iv. 56. Manuscripts at Paris, vii. 258. Marat in London, xii. 235. Mary Queen of Scots Bible, viii. 482. Massage, its antiquity, i. 384. Merlin, viii. 234, 287, 386. Montaigne's birthplace, xi. 146. Murillo's
- La Vieja, ' iii. 58. Oxford Colleges, portraits at,
iii 67. Paine (Tom), his portrait, iii. 285. Painted and engraved portraits, vii. 438. Parry family, iv. 448. Pepper (Capt.), xii. 448. Pitt portraits, iv. 346. Portland vase, viii. 330. Potter (Charles), xii. 325. Poultry, the, iv. 384. Ramus family, iii. 348. Reynolds portrait, xi. 471. "Rock- bottom prices," x. 26. Romney (George), his books, v. 426 ; and Royal Academy, ix. 7. Roubiliac's bust of Pope, xi. 56. Rutabaga, its etymology, iii. 315. Ruts (Nicholas), xii. 228. Sarcienne (Madame), iii. 368. Science and sorcery, viii. 302. Scotch " bull,' vi. 327. Shakespeare's portraits, v. 334. Shelley's mother, v. 169. Stamp collecting, i. 115. Stowe Missal, ix. 98. Stowe sale of pictures, iv. 91. Thackeray's early writings, ix. 57. Thorns (W. J.), his library, iv. 401. Truelove (Edward), viii. 420. ' Two Duchesses,' vii. 423. Tyrone (Earl of), iii. 171. Ussher (Archbishop), his portrait, vii. 195. Verdion (Theodora de), iii. 442. Voteless candidate, v. 413. Wardrobe Book, iv. 313. Water in blossom, i. 446. Welsh alliteration, vi. 437. Wesley's portrait by Romney, xii. 37. West Indian families, iii. 93. Whaley family, xii. 198. Yates (Mrs.), actress, iii. 134. Zoffany (J.), his portrait of Johnson, i. 186
