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BACON, LORD, remarks of, 637. | BEAUCHAMP, RICHARD, Earl of

BADDELEY, the comedian, be-

quest of, 398.
Bag-pipes, graziers' cattle feed-
ing to the sound of, 393.
Bahar Danush, extracts from,

considered by Southey to
be a remarkable work, 213.
BALDER, The Grave of, 27.
BALGUY, burnt his sermons,
why? 709.

Ballads, subjects for, 95.
Bulm, great use of in Egypt,
180.

BALY or BELY, account of in

Hindoo Mythology, 251.
Bamborough, story about, 367.
Bampton, Oxon, custom of the
vicars of, 395.

Banks, temples used as, 685.
Bantams, the Javanese, nearly
as large as a bustard, 367.
BAPTISTA PORTA, observation
of, 476.
Baptists, why they seceded
from the Evangelical Maga-
zine, 410.
BARBER,THE, his consequence,

Asker, An, i. e. a beggar, 364.
Aspalax. See Schol. in Ly.
cophr. v. 121, and Etymol.
Mag. in v. Aristotle writes
'Aopala. Cf. Hist. Animal.
lib. i. 1, 9. viii. 28, 433.
Aspen-poplar, Tafod y Mirchens,
or, Woman's Tongue, 172.
Ass, singular taste of one for
tobacco, 593. A student of
philosophy, 368.
Astraa, remarks on, 279.
Astronomy, Turkish, 156. Hin.
doo prolixity, 435.
Atone, meaning of, 288.
ATTILA, the sword of, 241.
AUGUSTINE, saying of, 630.
Anecdote of, unde? 436. Opi-
nion of the human soul, 479.
Aurora Borealis, Captain TBARRUEL, ABBE, extracts
Southey's account of, 6, 162.
North and South Indian's
name for, Ed-thin, 168.
AUSONIUS, beautiful epigram
of, 456.

Avale, i. e. to descend, 89.
Avarice ever finds in itself mat-
ter of ambition, 637. Its own
plague, 718.
Awkwardness at Court, 44.
AYSCOUGH, Sir Izaac Newton's
uncle, his absence of mind,
713.

198.

Bardsay, island of, 140.
Barons, palace pomp of, 151.
BARROW, extracts from, 626,

679.

from, 381-383.
Bartholomew-tide Sports, 118.
Barton in the Beans, 341.
Bashfulness-" rosy modesty,"

658.

Bat, short and quick cry of,
201. Dips the breast like
the swallow, 202. Proverb
that the serpent eats one ere
he comes to be a dragon, 710.
Bath and Bristol, frightened
by a prophet, 385.
Battle, shades of, 241.

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Birds, extracts relative to, 168.4 Brazil, thick heads in, 171.

Of the Bermudas that bur-
row,592. Education of sing-
ing birds, 510.
BISHOP, SAMUEL, Poetical
Works, 309. Shews in his
domestic poems a very ami-
able and happy feeling of du-
ties and enjoyments, &c. ib.
Bisk, i. e. to ink so as to be il-
legible, 399.

Blackbird and Woodlark, notice
of, 152.

Blame my Nose! softened im-

precation, 477.
BLANCHARD ALAIN, 70.
Blank Verse, Irregular, re-
marks on, 1.//
Blind, funds for, at Christ's
Hospital, 387.

Blood, Circulation of? allusion
to, in Eccles. xii. 546.
Boar, a Norfolk one, ridden
four and a quarter miles by
his master, 415.

Boar's head, 174.
Boat like an Eagle, 67.
BODMER'S Noachid, a bad
Poem, 2.

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Book-keeper, correct and in-
correct, P. Tompkin's, death
of, 390.
BOSWELL had a faculty for man-

ners, said Adam Smith, 617.
Botany, Medical, extracts, 573.
BOUCHET, Serées, 704.
Bourg de Bar, le Capitaine, 170.
BOVIUS, THOMAS, an Empiric,
his Hercules and Aurum Po-
tabile, 436.
BOWDWOIN, JAMES, astrono-
mical opinions of, 431.
BOWLES CAROLINE, i. e. Mrs.
Southey, remark of, 621.
Bracha, Gallia Braccata, &c.40.
Brama, how he first made man,
428.
Bramins, 238.

Breath, Ill, strange cure for,
429.

Brick, custom of building with,

when introduced, 400.
Brescia, Arnald of, 141.
Bretagne, Traditions in, 240.
BREUSE, The Lady, 174.
Brianstone, Great Sergeanty
Tenure of, 175.
Bride Ale, 361.

Britain, the thirteen rarities of,

145.

Bristol, H. Walpole not favour.
ably impressed with, 392.
Goodness of the water of,
426.

Broad-cloth, deterioration of by
Devil's dust in Latimer's
time, 610.

Broads, meaning of the term,

86.

BROOKE, LORD, his Poems, re-
marks on, 315. Extracts,
647-649, 691.
Brougham Castle, fine ruin, 532,

537. LORD, 666, 688.
Brough Bells, story of, and Bal-
lad, 422.

BROUGHTON'S Dict. of all Re-
ligions, extracts from, 121, 2.
SIR THOMAS,tradition about,
535.

BROWN, JOHN, remarks on his
Estimate, &c. 342.
BROWNE, SIR T. favourite wri.

ter of Southey's, 334.
BRUCE, The Heart of, 172. Ex-

tracts from "The," 217.
Bruciad, not a good Poem, 633.
Brute Creation, Apology for,
Sermon by James Granger,

592.

BRUYERE LA, extracts from,
645, 669.

Buck, St. Paul's, 120, 414.

Clubs of Bold Bucks, &c. 377.
BUCKHURST, LORD, advice in
Ferrex and Porrex, to settle
the succession, 323.
Bull-Baiting, Dr. Parr fond of,
585.

BUNYAN, JOHN, of his Pilgrim's
Progress, 221. Remark of,
on lies and slanders, 691.
Burbolts, kind of fish, Gadus
Lotæ, of Linnæus, 607.
Burgess, curious custom of ta-
king up the freedom of one
at Alnwick, 419.

Burgomaster, strange mode of
choosing, 454.
BURGOINGNE, DUC DE, Lettres
envoyées de, par le Roy d'An-
gleterre au, 21. Charles the
Warlike, Duke of, 104, 109,
115, 164.

Burial, Royal and Noble Modes
of, 133.

Buried Money, story of, 426.
Burke the miscreant, affrighted
in his sleep, 708.
BURKE, his admiration of Spen-
ser, 312. Complimented by
Lord G. Gordon, 689. His
saying on Pitt's Economical
Bill, 689. On the Growth
of Atheism, 700.
BURNET, SIR THOMAS, Son of
Bishop, saying of, 350.
BURNET'S Theoria Sacra, ad-
mired by Southey and
Wordsworth, 184.
Burning, better than Inter-
ment, 195.

Burrough, or Burgh, Hutchin-
son's remark on name, 618.

BURTON, Anat. of Mel. ex-

tracts, 467-8, 473-4.
BUSHELL'S Wells, account of
at Enstone, 405.
Butterfly, pretty lines of Hall
Hartston's, 661.

C.

Cader Idris, 242.

CECILIA, ST., 67; sermons
preached on her day as late
as 1713, 703.
CAFFARELLI, the singer, his
CALDERON, extracts, 468, 471,
wealth, 433.
501, 640. 658.
CALVERT, F. LORD BALTI-
MORE, works of, 348.
Calvinistic Teachers, 716.
CALVIN'S Institutes, Boling.
broke's remarks on, 410.
CAMDEN, Gough's, quotations
from, 57, 61, 62.
Camel, called the Ship of the
Land, 176; conveyors of
souls, Ib.; taught to dance,

428.

CAMILLUS Leonardus, Mirror
of Stones, 46.
CAMOENS, 627.

Canary Fanciers, pattern bird
of, 433.
CANOVA's genius first manifest-
ed in modelling butter, 510.

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Carnifex, an officer of great

dignity under our Danish
Kings, 400.

CARRARA UBERTINO, his Co-
lumbus, extracts from, 631,2.
CARTE'S ORMOND, remarks
from, 690.
CARTWRIGHT, MAJOR, the
sportsman, anecdotes of,-
his Book &c., 515.
Carwichet, what, 509, 705.
CASTILLEJO, to the Author of
a bad Poem, 634.
Castor Church, Lincolnshire,
irreverent custom at, 414.
Cataract, dislodged by a fall
from a horse, 589.
CATESBY, THOMAS, Lord Pa-
get, Essay on Human Life,
351.

Cat and Dog, instance of their
travelling together, &c., 400.
Cats, Madame de Custine's

praise of, 490.

Cathedra Stercoris, what? 401.
CATO's Letters, extracts from,

470.

Cattle, some account of, and of

grazier's terms, 401, 488.
Cave, King Arthur's, 160.
Cavern, strange, 76; wind-
guarded, 138.
CEIREOC, battle of, 108,
Celebes, poisonous tree of, 243.
Cemeteries at Hamburg, with-
out the city, 579.
Chafing, cured by the slime of
the slug, 555.
Chaises private, made war upon
in 1733 by stages and hack-
ney coaches, 377; curious

account of a chaise driver's
last bequest, 418.
CHALKHILL, JOHN, his Theal-
ma and Clearchus, 630.

Chama Gigas, great shell, 7.
CHAMBERLAYNE, author of the
Anglia Notitia, vanity of,

430.

CHANCELLOR, LORD, is his of
fice compatible with Speaker
of the House of Lords? 395.
Charitable men, St. Chrysos-
tom's character of, 626.
CHARLEMAGNE and his Mis-
tress, tale of, 71.
CHARLES I., omens of his fate,
159; A Marvel's lines on
death of, 635.
CHARLES II., best likeness of,

according to H. Walpole, 620.
Charleton, Leicestershire, 392,

415.

CHAUCER, extracts relative to,
322, 634.

Charms from Ceylon, 609.
Cheve, chevir, 91.
Child-Murder, Indian woman's
defence of, 276.
Chili, Indians of, 114.

Chinese taste, increase of, 339.
Chinon, situation of, Rabelais
born there, 57.
Chelmsford, antiquity of the
Black Boy of, 392.
CHENY, BP. his advice how to
read the Scriptures, 639.
Chestnut trees at Tortworth,

469.

Chester, burial place of Henry,
a Roman Emperor,-Harold

said to have retired there
after the battle of Hastings,
406.

CHEVERNY,CHANCELLOR, pret-
ty story of, 543.
CHIABERRA, extracts, 497.
Chimney-sweepers, women em-
ployed as, 391.
CHESTERFIELD's Letters, 716.
Chivalry, stories connected with
the manners of, 11; educa-
tion of, 151; L'Amour de
Dieu et des Dames, 152;
chivalrous speech, 172.
Choultries, account of, 238, 247.
Christiad, the, poem by Robert
Clarke, 537.
Christian principles, duty of
acting up to, 695.
CHRISTINA, QUEEN, 158;
Queen of Corinth intended
for, 713.

Christmas Tale, ideas for, 275.
CHRISTOPHER, ST., Buffalmac-
co's painting of, 433.

Church of England, has re-
nounced hidden things of
darkness, 677.
Church-Reformers,Sir G.Mack.
enzie's remark upon, 384.
Churches, want of in large
towns, 419.

CHURCHILL, extracts from and
remarks on, 335.
Churchyards, Welsh, account of
from Booker's Malvern,104;
a lesson to be learnt from,
290; desecration of Wool-
wich one by some drunken
sailors, 386.

Ciborium, meaning of, 283.
Cider, an African liquor? 709.
Circassian Gentleman, 237.
Circelliones, or, wandering
monks, 675.

Cistern, Silver, at Belvoir Cas-
tle, 373.

CLARA, the Beata of Madrid,

384.

CLARENDON, LORD, honest ad-
vice of, 687; his saying re-

lative to the want of Bishops
in Reformed Churches, 687.
CLARKE, ADAM, extracts from,
505, 707, &c.

CLARKE ROBERT, his Chris-
tiad, 537.

CLAUDIAN, extracts from, 221.
Clergy, a beggarly, says Ful-
ler, the forerunner of a bank-
rupt religion, 696.
Clothes, in Edw. III.'s time,-
a project to show men's
birth, &c. 712.
Clover, American, 537.
CLOVIS, christening of, 71.
Coals, some particulars about
shipping of, 393.

Course expressions, instead of
strong ones, 717.

Coat, rapidity with which one

was made from wool of the
same day's shearing,395,482.
Cod-fish, prolific milt of, 435.
Cock, crowing of, the notice of
ghosts to quit, 80.
Cockatoo, unruly one, 389.
Cock-crower, the king's, office
of? 375.

Cockmate and Copesmate,query,
the same, 299, 300.
Cock-roaches, exorcised, 109,
535.

Coffin-rings, use of, 445.
Coffins, cast iron ones, 386;
Story of, 402, 403.

Colombiade La, extracts from,

222.

Colours, the love language of,
88.

Cole's dog, Prov. 428, 676.
Coltic Timber, what? 434.
Columbia, i. e. Dr. Doveland,
584, 596.
Comedy, writers of, 261.
Comets, 396.

Con, the son of the Sun, 155.
CONDER JOSIAH, stories by,
357.

Connoisseur, extracts from,338-
340.

Conqueror, duty of, 114.
Contradiction, spirit of, 645.
Consumption, certain messenger
of death, 353.
Cookery, old Scotch, 29.
Cookoo, the, "ever telling of
one tale," 288.
Cooling Card, meaning of, 459.
Copenhagen, anecdote at the
siege of, 389.
Copper, quantity of used in pin
making, 467.
Coracles, account of, 123.
CORELLI, his enthusiastic ap.

pearance when playing the
violin, 571.
Cormorant, description of, 44.
Corps' Candles, 160.
Corwen, town of. 57.
Corns, sprouts of rheumatism,
555; Ali Bey known by,

665.

Cornagium, cornage tenure,
206, 456, 510.
CORTEZ, censuring of, 260.
COTTON, CHARLES, 306.
COURTOYS GYRON LE, extracts

and remarks on, 280.
COVERLEY, SIR ROGER DE, re-

marks of, 690, 707.
Cowardice, what? 29.
Cow-dung, water of, a purge,
554.

COWLEY, extracts, 627.
COWPER, his taste-melancho-
ly, &c. 322.

Cows, ladies drawn by, 108;

in the Alps, proud of their
bells, 371; list of names of
from a Shropshire Dairy,
388.

Cowslip water, good for the
memory, 503.
Crabs, shower of at Reigate in
1829, 469.
Cramp-rings, blessing of, 511.

CRANMER, ABP., said by Ful-
ler to have had an amiable
eye, 647.
Craw-fish, discharges its own
stomach, curious fact in Na-
tural History, 434.
Credulity, effects of, 164; in-
stances of English, 359.
Cricket, merry as, Prov., 486.
Cricket-match,between married
women and maidens, 416;
between Greenwich pension.
ers with one arm and one
leg, 418.

Crimes, duty of exposing, 51.
CRISPIN, ST., his day much
kept at Keswick, 531.
Criticism, which corrupts
writer and readers, 673.
Crocodiles, the king of, 176;
superstition relative to the
Indian, 237.
CROMWELL, the Devil shall
have it sooner than, 426.
Cross by the wayside, a memen-
to! 357; some of the Fa-
thers saw it in every thing,

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DERMODY, THOMAS, account
of, 516.

DERRICK, Johnson's saying of,

663.

Desert, produce of, 224.
DESPARD, COLONEL, 194.
Despotism, Eastern, instance
of, 498.

Δευτερόποτμοι, who, 431.
Devil, hath not always had his
due, 195; visit to St. An-
thony, 196; original of the
Devil's walk, 199; gran Fi-
losofo, 443; ugliness of, 463;
Scotch dislike to mentioning,

529.

Devil's Dust, what? 610.
Dew-water of Ferrea, 225; of
St. John's night, has the vir-
tue to stop the plague, 274.
Der, the larva of a beetle, which

corroded the wood the Greeks
used for seals, 431.
Dhahi, statues in, 96.
Diabolorum Regnum, applied to
England, 353.

DIANA'S Chamber, near St.
Paul's-her temple supposed
to have been on the present
site, 414. Jewel's Works,
vii. 292. ed. Jelf.
Diet, 599.

Dilapidations, friends of Bp.
Kidder strangely sued for,
612.

Dirt, latent in frost, like vices
and ill qualities in society,

665.

Disangelicals, a name for
whom? 603.

Diseases, Languis held all_to

be animalcular, 436; Dr.
Hahnemann's notion of cho-
leraic miasma, 439; effect of
the Fall, 690.

Disports, master of merry, 115.
Dissenting Churches, remark
on, 693.

Divination by Torrent, or, Tag-
hairn, 39.

Divine Right, remark on, 665.
Dock, floating one of iron, ac-
count of, 386.
DOCTOR, THE, &c. Collections
for, 427, &c.
Dog-ribbed Indian Woman, ac-
count of, 166.
Dogs, know the dog-killer, ac-
cording to Lord Bacon, 108;
Mrs. Wilson's story of, 194;
extracts relative to, 584;

Newfoundland dog's puppy
inherited its mother's tricks,
593; church-going, 356;
gone to heaven, story of,
363; hunt of wild one, 369;
famished, 370; instinct, 371;
over-tempted, 372; speaking
one, 378; the pride of old
Cole's, proverb, 428; sacri-
ficed to the dog-star by the
Romans, 443, 478, 482; af-
fected by music, 573.
Dollars, Spanish, wide spread
of, 389.

Dolwyddelan Castle, 39.
DOM DANAEL, the destruction
of, 181.

Doncaster, collections about,

452-3.

Dondego, what? 706.
DONNE'S Letters, extracts from,
612, 620-1; poems, 647-8.
Doome's-day, Lord Sterlinge's,

16.

Doring or during, meaning of,

398.

Dotterel catching, proverb,454.
Double stars, 434.

Dragon, standard of, 132.
DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS, tradi-
tion of in Somersetshire, 424.
Dramatist's English, extracts
from, passim.

DRAYTON, remarks on, 291.
Dreams, extracts relative to,

565; recurrence of, 566, 601.
Drowned persons, Finlanders

said to recover after two or
three days! 553.
Druids, United Lodges of, ce-
remonies at, 402.
Drum, miraculous ones, 7; of
captives' skins, 158.
Drunkenness, Johnson's re-
mark on, 624.

Druses, opinion of relative to
transmigration, 586.

DRYDEN, remarks on, and ex•
tracts relative to, 328;
Charles, his eldest son, usher
of the palace to Clement XI.
drowned in Thames, 351.
Ducking-stool, a legal punish-
ment, 401.
Duelling, effectual
against, 492.
Dulness, Triumph of, a poem,
origin of, 714.
DUNCOMBE, WILLIAM, notice
of, 351.

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Eel, skinning of, barbarous
story of, 356; how one came
in at a bedroom window, 371;
story of the man with eels
in his inside, 402; mere so
full of small eels as to supply
eel-cakes, 409.

Eggs, hatched by a man, queer
story, 416.

Egregori of the Book of Enoch,
who? 122.

Egypt, night in, 223; their
medicine wholly upon astro-
logical or magical grounds,
547; leprosy and elephan-
tiasis peculiar to, 551.
Elden Hole, 243.
Election trick, 392.
Electricity, cure for agues, 436.
Elephants, majestic bearing of,

541.

ELIDORE, descent of, 139.
ELIZABETH, sick exile cured
for joy at her succession-
Fuller knew his father" right

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