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and Queries, July 29, 1899.
INDEX.
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Plantagenet on Halliday family, 207
Plantagenet (Margaret), Countess of Salisbury, her
portrait, 33 Platt (J.), jun., on Adrop, alchemical term, 386
Azra legend, 375
Benicke, a ghost-word, 205
Carlow surname, 228
Cetinje, origin of the name, 167
Cetywayo, 406
" Gonoph " and " Gonivah," 426
-Ington termination, 314
Jalap, its etymology, 269
Kylon, its meaning, 175
Leghorn, its derivation, 484
" Mead and obarni," 306, 471
Names, Slavonic, 296
Omdurman, its pronunciation, 67
Sagamore, its etymology, 365
Sirdar, its pronunciation, 164
Ward surname, 72 Play, its author and name, 68, 327 Pledge-taking illegal, 148, 232 Plomer (H. K.) on bibliographies, 425 Pocklington (G. R.) on Sharpe family, 188 Poem, early English, 228, 295 Poet, French, 267, 392
Poet, his immortality predicted by himself, 84 Poets and the tender passion, 467 Poisonous gifts, 366 Pole, Magnetic, 447, 493 Politician on " Maiden speech," 187
Ministers, their letters to the sovereign, 277
" Three acres and a cow," 214 Pollard (M.) on Agnes a fateful name, 377
Godfrey (Sir E. B.), 16
Holy Trinity, Minories, 146
Newton family, 415
Wanstead House, 113
Polwheile (Theophilus), his 'Treatise on Self-denial,' 268 Pompey's Pillar, its name, 247, 410 Pond (John), Astronomer Royal, his papers, 87 Poole (Benjamin), his burial-place, 407, 490 Poole (M. E.) on Benjamin Poole, 407
Purse, endowing, 413 Popes, bearded, 246 Popham (J. S.) on hands without hair, 236
Maills, its meaning, 33 Popladies, name of cakes, 172 Porter (A. S.) on fflores Cortox,' 108 Portrait, its identification, 389, 432 ; of Lieut-General
Sir W. Gilbert, 447 Portraits, tete-a-tete, 77 Powell (H. Y.) on the Chesapeake, 378 Power (Madame Jeannette), her biography, 387 Powlett (Charles), first Duke of Bolton, 364 Preen, Salop, origin of the name, 259, 418, 492 Preface, its definition, 228 Prefaces, the three most famous, 488 Premier. See Prime Minister. Price (Henrietta Maria), her biography, 17 Prices in 1734, 145 Prideaux (W. F.) on Arlington, its etymology, 398
Aylwin, 428
Book terms, 53, 217
Charing Cross, 405
Clare Street, 377
Prideaux (W. F.) on Crosby Place, 431
"Foy Boat," 457
Helpmate or helpmeet, 51
Janissary, 454
Omdurman, its pronunciation, 157
Plackett's (Jack) Common, 491
Ramus family, 458
Hounds or rungs ? 231
Sirdar, its pronunciations, 234
Westminster, ancient wharf in, 164 Prime Minister, his precedence, name, and office, 15,
52, 109, 273, 476 Prince (C. Leeson), his death, 340 Printing, early, in Ireland, 288, 479 Prior (M.), his parentage, 449 Priories, alien, 449
Prison reform, its early advocates, 129, 233 Pro Bono Publico on Public Schools, 468 Pronouns, relative, their syntax, 127 Prophecy concerning America and Spain, 263
Proverbs and Phrases : Angels on horseback, 360
Ask no questions and you '11 get no lies, 47, 157 Bacon : To save one's bacon, 33, 472 Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, 420 Blind eateth many a fly, 405 Carpet : On the carpet, 117 Catching the Speaker's eye, 211 Caved in, 385 Cutting his stick, 272, 434 Gimlague : To ride gimlague, 467 Glorious uncertainty of the law, 247 Go o' simmer, 367 Hard siege, 229
Hare's foot : To kiss the hare's foot, 148 Hear, hear ! 133 Heels o'er gowdie, 386, 453 Hill me up, 285, 435, 496 History repeats itself, 407 Homo additus Naturae, 448 John-a-Duck's mare, 90 Kiss the rod, 228, 433 Lynx-eyed, 32 Maiden speech, 187 Passing the time of day, 427 Peace, retrenchment, and reform, 287, 334 Pip in the webe, 49, 115 Ploughing the sands, 2, 72 Policy of pin-pricks, 46, 115, 238, 278 Puts nowt up to mean nowt, 485 Qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera, 173, 317 Sair saunt for the Crune, 33 Scotus est, piper in naso, 109 Shakes: No great shakes, 169, 277, 352, 493 Sing before breakfast, 173, 317 Sooner or later, 229, 475 Terree filius, 207 Three acres and a cow, 214 Toad in a mud wall without money, 348 Trade follows the flag, 208 Tres tois d'or, 48, 156 Unspeakable Turk, 68, 177, 235 Vanity Fair, 15 Weary Titan, 208, 294, 377 Wigs on the green, 349, 492
