well," 506; advised the House of Commons to prefer the most weighty matters first, 718.
ELTON, OLIVER, story of, 9. Enamorados de la Pena de los,
Enchanter, cold-blooded, why?
Eneorema, what? 434. England, should be the scene of an Englishman's poem,➡ ideas relative to-why not attempted, 17; charity of, -"in the day of her visita- tion may it be remembered," 20; three names of, 46; saying of M. de Custine's about, 718.
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND POETRY, &c. extracts rela- tive to, 279, &c. English, account of, from Mal- colm's Manners and Customs of London, 376. EVTEλEXEía, Aristotle's use of, 434, 440.
Enthusiasm and Atheism, 689. Envy, severely just vice, 626. Epic writers, have usually been
deficient in learning,-sug. gestions for epic poems, 11. Epitaphs, 48, 50-52, 73; on Richard I., Henry II., &c. 134; on Richard II., King John, &c. 135; a true one at Santarem, 633; of Thomas Tryon, 634.
Ergot of Rye, poisonous though used medicinally, 401. Ermesia, ancient prescription, 434.
Escape from drowning at sea, extraordinary one, 485. ESPINOZA, NICOLAS? a galley slave once? 635-6. ESPRIELLA, characteristic Eng.
lish Anecdotes and Fragments for, 352, &c.; projected con- tents of, 419. Esquimaux Female, awe of in
St. Paul's, 362; saying of in the streets of London, 516. Estrella de Venus, &c. 266. Etymology, perversion of by the Meccans, 225. Eumenides, awful to name, the Fairies, 529. Euphues, extracts from, 457-9,
EUSTACHIO MANFREDI, son- net of, 49.
EUTHYMUS, story of from Pau- sanias, 226.
Evangelicals, 603; Magazine,
EVANS, ABEL, who, 349. EVELYN, JOHN, 348. Evergreens, Christmas, 115. Excrements, eating of, 249. Executioner's Falchion, self-re- moval of, 242.
Exeter, account of, 522. Exorcism, effect of, 238. Expenditure, Public, increases wealth, 688.
EXUPERIUS, ST. how sainted, 675.
Extracts, &c. 77, 215, &c. 270, &c.
Eyes, artificial, made by Juan Gonzalez, a Catalan optician,
Faggots, of human bones, 226. Fairies, fountain of, 43; tree of at Dompré, 64; Indian's name for, 168, 346. Fairy- rings, 358. Extracts relative to Scottish superstition, 529. Fairs, the two great ones in Edward VI.'s time were St. James' at Bristol, and Bar- tholomew's in London, 405. Faithlessness, Indian notion of European, 236. Falcon, The Faery, 90. Fame, 605. Family Pride, 583. Fancy A, called by Steele a fantasque, 620; where situ- ated, 548.
Farmer, small one, ought not to keep a pig, 610. Farthing, Queen Anne's, trial about, 388. Fashion, 596.
FASTOLF, Oath of, 66; bad cha- racter of him by H. Wind- sor, 72.
Fasts and Thanksgivings, in New England, 148. Fear, a bad guard, 659. FEATLEY, extracts from, 445, 644, 661.
Feet-Metrical, twelve in the English language, 1. FELTHAM, OWEN, extracts from, 81.
Feverfew, Sweet, Matricaria Suaveolens, medicinal pro- perties of, 575. Fez, sword of, 26. Fidelity, animal, 140. Fiddlers of Ambleside, their custom on Christmas Day, 531.
Fig-dates, i. e. figs, 706. FILICAJA VINCENZO DE, Son- nets from, 48, 49, 50, 82, 87, 97.
Fingers, art of conversing with and counting by, 431. Fire, Defensive, 173. Fire-Fly, ominous one, 160,276. Fish, plan for naturalizing salt- water ones in ponds, 372; extraordinary price of, in Billingsgate, Jan. 4, 1809, 387; affection for each other, 541.
FLACCUS VALERIUS, extracts from, 77, 80, 81, 220. Flamborough Head, 161. Flamen Dialis, or, Priest of Jupiter, account of, 614. Flamingos, flight of, 396. Fleas, import of, 470. FLETCHER, THE, remarks on,
Floating Island, Welsh one, 76. Florida, custom there of sacri-
ficing the first-born male, 181. Florist's Feast at Bethnal Green in George I.'s time, 377. Follies, no christian burial for, when outlived, 616; hath eagle's wings, but owl's eyes, Dutch Prov. 644. Fonthill, Garrard's description of to Strafford, 408. Food, extracts about, 558. Fool, name for, original in every language, 577; origin of fools-to supply the want of free society, 420; fools
and wise men, opposed, say. | ing of Louis XII.,445; every prince should have two, 503. Forest, thoughts for inscription in, 194.
Fortitude, a royal virtue, 625. Fortunate, many, but few blest,
Fountains, Turkish, 74; of Epirus, 240.
Fox, the Martyrologist, his account of Latimer at the stake, 192.
Fox, the Statesman, 195; in. scription under bust of, Ib. For, tamo one, story of, 370; stewed, a remedy for palsy,
Fox-hunter, story of, 373. Francus, etymology of, 70. Freedom, noble burst relative
to in "The Bruce," 217. French Wars, ruinous to the English, 56; history, its atro- cious character, 275; in- stance of their natural gaiety, 617; the people, great read- ers, 376.
Friendship, should be slow of growth, 192; staid thoughts on, 440.
Frison Chief, story of, 674. Frost, hard one of Jan. 1809, when the rain froze as it fell, 387.
Fubbs, name of Charles II.'s yacht, 543. FULLER, quotations from, 96, 221, 242; his remarks on Speed, 316, 414-15; his vein of wit, 475, 480-1,506-7, 673, 697, 707.
Funerals, form used at that of Greek Emperors, 153; Mexi- can, 154; North American Indians, 230.
Furze pods, crackling of, on a hot day, 6. Futura, i. e. projects for future productions. 273. G.
Gads-steel, 76. Gallasses, what? 135. GALLOYS, PERCEVAL LE, ex-
tracts and remarks on, 285. GARASSE, Doctr. Curieuse, ex- tracts from, 460-1, 463, 487, 495; his most uncharitable writings belie his own na- ture, 716.
Gebir, extracts from, 216. Gems, virtues, of, 46. Genius, Good, fighting, 78. GERALD, Epitaph for, 195. Ghost-cry, The Sailor's, 241. Giants, names of, 606. Gibbet, health drunk under by plunderers, 355.
GIBBON, extracts from, 177. Giggleswick, ebbing and flow. ing well of, 404. GILPIN, RICHARD, that slew the wild boar, 534. Gilsland Wells, beauty of, and romantic story of two boys,
Goat, efficacy of blood of, 453; anciently thought to operate upon themselves for cat- ract, 589.
Gob and Gobbins, meaning of 407.
GOBARUS, STEPHEN, opini of, 585.
God, easier pleased than man.
Godam, “jurement Anglois,”
Godissours, i. e. jesters, gibers,
GOFF, THOMAS, extracts from,
Gold-dust, used by the Mero- vingian kings to powder their heads and beards with, 597. Golden legend, extracts from, 132, &c.
GOLDSMITH, O., remarks on- told Cradock his Hermit could not be amended, 343. GOMBAULD, Endymion de, ex. tracts, 628. Gondibert, extracts from, 6-48- 9, 650.
GONGORA, Al Escorial, 627. Good man, striking remark on,
Good-nature, a thorough Eng- lish expression, 384. Gooseberry Pie, lyrical manner described in an ode upon, 199; names of, 411. Gothic Genius, 259. GOUGH, the loss of, 538. Gout, divers fantastic remedies for, 556-7.
Government, proper object of,
GOWER, quoted, 146. Grace, Heart of, 299.
GRAHAM, DR. half knave, half enthusiast, 360.
Grandmother, a man that mar- ried his, 419. GRANGE, LADY, story of, 91. GRAVES, RICHARD, why he wrote his Columella, or the Distressed Anchoret, 618; Shenstone might sit for the more amiable part of Colu- mella's picture, 338. GRAY, extracts relative to, 343, &c. GREAAL SAINCT, remarks and extracts, 282.
Greeks merry, proverb, 380. GREEN, ROBERT, peculiar use
of "for to do"-" for be- cause," 322.
Green, pale translucent, of an evening sky, 7.
Greta Hall, annals of, 448. Gridiron, The, timbers laid for, 452.
GRIJALFAS' Treasure, inven- tory of, 260.
Gripe, story of spreading, 354. Groaning-boards, wonder of, in 1682, 374.
Groaners, hired ones at the Huntingdon Chapel, 363. Groves, Egyptian, 181. Ground that may be built on, ideas, &c. 10. GUESCLIN DU, 148. Guernsey Lily, naturalized by the shipwreck of a vessel returning from Japan, of which country it is a native,
Guitars, great run for, and story of Kirkman the harp- sicord maker, 435; poor teacher of, 571. Gule of August, 121. Gulls, resolution of a flock of, 486.
GUNN, ADOLPHUS, good story of, 403.
GUTHLAKE, ST., at Crowland,
Gyffydh, Rhees ap, Epitaph on,
GYTHA, the mother of Harold, said to have retired to Steep- Holme, 408.
H, power of the letter, 416. HABINGTON, the purest writer of his age, 305. HACKET, BP., extracts from and sayings of, 466, 510; Christian consolations of, 547, 639. HADINGUS, Descent of, 38. Hair, long, Clovis' body, son of Chilperic, known by, 271; a single lock of seven feet nine inches, 431; the juta of the Synyasees, 435; dyed yellow by Roman ladies, 436. HALDANUS, Club of, 30. HALL, BP., extracts from, 219; indebted to Hugo de Animâ, 222, 565.
Hals, i. e. neck, "Hange myn hoper at myn hals." Piers
Plowman v. 3918. Sextus, 533.
Passus | Herb, of Orpheus-that starves
HANDEL, anecdote of, 425, 472, 568.
Handfast, i. e. hold, 654. Hankford's Oak, 156. HANNAH, Lines, 53. HANWAY, JONAS, Mrs. Car- ter's remark on, 610. Hare, that kennelled on the hearth at Naworth, 406; re- turns to its form to die, 543. Harp-strings, the bursting of,
HARVEY'S Prose, drunken or
maudlin, 340, 342. HARUT and MARUT, 101. HASAN CASA, The Seven Songs of, 231-236.
Hats, a guess why beaver's fur is used for, 509. HAWKINS, SIR JOHN, History of Music, 568-9, 570-1. Hawks, of Noroega, 237. Hawse, i. e. hals, q. v. 533. HAYDN, his remark on the sing- ing of the charity children at St. Pauls, the most pow erful effect he ever heard, 393.
Headless Men, account of, from Herrera, 244.
Hear! Hear! quoth Southey,
HEARNE'S Collection of Cu- rious Discourses, &c. 133-4; journey to the Northern Ocean, extracts from, 167, &c.
Hedgehog, Douza's pet one,462. Heart of Man, origin of Quarles' Epigram, 219, triangular architecture of, 346. Heaven, 596.
Hell, extracts relative to, 591. Marlow's works on, 651; where? 504.
Hengst, Hengistus, 133. Henbune, the cimex of, 546. HENRY II., cruelty of, 173; stript when dead-his epi- taph, 174.
HENRY III., his perjury, 141. HENRY IV. of France, bad ac- tion of, 73.
HENRY VIII., a saying of,
Hemp, thief's dislike to the plant, 463.
tigers, 160; that hates step- mothers, 161.
Herbaldown, near Canterbury, 575.
D'HERBELOT, extracts from, 100, 102.
HERBERT, GEORGE, extracts, 501.
HERBERT, Southey's marvel- lous boy, 278. Herce, meaning of, 133. Heresies, extirpation of, 685. Heretics, Old, had a masonic way of recognizing each other, 383. Hereditary Qualities, 583. HERRICK, remarks on, and ex- tracts from, 303, &c.; no- ticed more old customs and vulgar superstitions than any other of our poets, 305. HESIOD, extracts from, 220. Hexameters, New Testament translated into, 713. Hexameters, English, remarks on, 1; hexameters and pen- tameters composed by a ta- ble, 339.
Hexham, Abp. of York's at tempt to save at the sup- pression of the religious houses, and why, 403. HIGGONS, SIR THOMAS, Cava- lier, and Bevish Higgons, his son, 348. HILL, AARON, 398. HIMILCON, the Carthaginian general, story for monodra- ma, 274.
Hindoo Mythology, extracts re- lative to, 246. Hindoos, remarks on, and cus- toms of, 435; old families respected by, 700; invoke the manes of their ancestors to be present at a marriage, 704.
HOBBES, extracts from, 410, 411-13, 560, 625; on mul- titude of suits, 667; recom- mends the Whole Duty of Man, 705.
HOEL, character of, 107. Holiday evenings, Summer, 119; holidays originally humane,
Holiness, Christian, 694. HOLINSHED, extracts from,174, &c.
Honey, formerly not sold, but
given, at Keswick, 537. Hope, saying about, 616; Ha-
fiz remark on, 635. Horns, girl with, 547. Horse, The White, quære? 23; White Horse of Swantowith, 27; Arabian horses, 109; Hengist's, 133. White horse of royalty, 171; with a little blood is best roadster, 624; fierce one, story of, 372; humane treatment of stage ones, 389; names of, 472; blind one, what, 512, 541; flesh eater, 557; concert for,
Hospital, of Sultan Bayazed at Adrianople, 437. Horsham, maiden lady of, queer story, 370.
Houd, Le Prophete, 98. Hour-Glass, ancient use of, 379, 471, 625; South, ii. 339.
HOUSSAIE, AMELOT DE LA, 642, 644.
HOWARD, EDWARD, Eighth Earl of Suffolk, 349. HOWES, EDMUND, curious par- ticulars in his history, 51. Howk, the, sound from, 6. Human Being, annual con-
sumption of one (?) 390. Human Nature, a generic term, 625.
"Humphrey Hour," calls upon every one, 615.
Humility, Bp. Reynold's re- marks on, 653. Hungarian Woman, story of, for Didrama, 196. HUNTINGDON, S. S., story of, 357; a rogue, remarks on, 366.
Huntingfield, House of, in Suf folk, 416. HURDI'S Favourite Village, ex- tracts from, 297; imitated Cowper, 298.
Hy Brasail, or, The Enchanted Island, 169.
Hyrne, i. e. a corner, 306.
Ice-thunders, heard by Southey and Wordsworth, - that is the breaking up of the ice in the lakes, 534. Ice-worm, Erasmus had seen it in the Alps, 467. IDEAS AND STUDIES OF LITE- RARY COMPOSITION, 1, &c. Identity, 43.
Idylls, subjects for, 95. Ignorance, general of the age immediately preceding one's own, 719.
Ignorant classes, because only half taught, 716. Iguanodon, length of, 504. Images for Poetry, 4, &c., 29, &c., 44, 45, 55, 75, 86, 94, 105, 200-202, 274. Imitative Talent, as common as creative genius is rare,
INCAS, Royal Bounty of, 158. Independents, said one of their ministers most dependent creatures, 686. India, Capt. W. Bruce's re-
mark upon the English Do- minion there, 684. Indians, North American, ex- tracts relative to, 228-230; long hair of, 260; aged, good health of, 483; remarks, 710.
Indolence, I want not thee, but thy sister Leisure, 198. Infallibility, Jackson's remarks
upon, 671, 673.
Infants, their lot after death, 195; dead female one sent to Dr. Pierce, Dean of Sa- rum, 373. Influenza, earliest account of, 1580, 433. Indulgences, 685. Indian, Old, plaint of, 173. Inoculation, originated in su- perstition, 576.
Insanity, remarks on, 696. Inscription, mysterious, 76. Insects and Animalculæ, 564. Inserenda, curious extracts and omissions, 607 &c. Instrument, self-performing,
Insula Viventium, Giraldus' ac- count of, 243. Insurrection, duty of, 65.
Inundation, The, what so called in Shropshire, 394. Irish at Rouen, 62; half-chris- tened, 74. Irish coward, and enchantment of, 75; dirty-headed, 171.
Iron Bridge, fall of one, and
Iron hot, for warming feet, call- ed a Damsel, or Nun,- Friar? 434.
Irontones, custom of, 169. I say, expletive, remark on, 618.
Isle of Man, custom of, 74. Islington, benighted state of,
682. ISODORE, ST., ballad from life of, 193.
ISRAEL, Sweet Singers of, some poor crazy people in Edin- burgh so called themselves in 1681, 379. Itch in the ear, a bad distem- per, 641.
Ivy, remarks on, 200.
Jacks, a late invention, 374. JACKSON'S Works, extracts, 645, 668-9, 670-1, 673. Jacula Prudentum, extracts from, 674.
Jumbu, Jáman, or Rose-apple,
the richest sort of which is the Amrita, or, Immortal, 254.
JAMES I., saying of, "that men had a salmon-like in- stinct to visit the place of their breeding, 639; extra- ordinary elixir of, 554; say- ing of, 686. JAMES, ST, explanation of text in, 590.
Japanese Penitents, 42. Jaundice, The, lice a cure for, 439; recipe of the Jews, 485. Jefr we Jame, the most cele
brated Work of Ali, 165, 183. JEHANNE LA PUCELLE, 21,&c; capture of, 23; sentence of, 24; fate of Flavy, who be trayed her,-insults offered to her in prison, 25, 56; Charles convinced by,- fore- told by a Nun, 64; fettered -throws herself from a tow- er-her favourite Saints, 65; vision of Breaking her
Sword, 67; speech of, to the | children, 69; the Maid and the Voice, 170; notes for, 202, &c.
JEFFRIES, CHANCELLOR, coffin of, in Aldermanbury Church,
Jemappe, story of, subject for
a war poem, 194. JENKYNS, JUDGE, story of,- his works should be col- lected, 400.
JEROME, ST., absurd story of his filing his teeth to pro- nounce Hebrew, 443; say. ing of, 455; remark on, 506; admonishing St. Augustine, 676.
Jesuits, vision of two, 237;
JEWEL, his reply to Cole, 669. Jews, journey of, after death,
85; discipline amongst, 390; say that every individual of the human race existed in Adam, 501.
Jimmals, a ring of, 304. JOHN ST. BAPTIST, vigil of,
116; account of, 149, &c. JOHN ST. The Evangelist, Chant for the Feast of, 63; disap- pearance of, 131; and the caldron of oil, 147. JOHNSON, S. loved ratiocina.
tion in poetry, 322; formed his style upon that of Sir W. Temple, 325; sayings of, 638, 663, 666.
Jonah, in the Hebrew means,
A Dove, 481. JONSON BEN, extracts from
and relative to, 325; a care- ful reader of the Polyolbion, -himself superintended the first folio edit. 326; extracts 655-6, 462, &c. 465, 497. 499, 657, &c.
Jornett, Ital. giornata, une
verte militaire, 117. Journey-Journals, 517. Joya-jewel-gays, 456. Juggernaut, processional music of the Idol of, 246. Jupiter, inhabitants of, 84; image of, in Crete, without ears, why? 667.
of, should be registered, to hinder suits, 667. Language, extracts relative to,
Lanthony, death-place of St. David, intended inscription for, 192.
Laos, Laics, or Langiens, Peo- pling of the World in the Be- lief of, 41.
Larks, London supply of, 398. the song of, 518. LATIMER, account of, at the stake, 192; extract from, on the deterioration of broad- cloth by Devil's Dust, 610. Latin, Modern, remarks upon,
Laughter, an image dedicated to, by Lycurgus, why? 503. Laurel, Common, introduction of, 357.
Laziness, in reasoning, 719. Lead, quantity of English pro- duce, 396; deleterious effects of, 407.
Leek of a family, Scandinavian saying? 432.
Leicestershire Proverb, 341. Lent Fridays, 119. LEONARDO, LUPERCIO, &c. BARTOLOME, translations from, 268-9, 272. LEONNOYS MELIADUS DE, ex-
tracts, and remarks on, 281. Letter, copy of a queer one, 114. Letters, revival of, a conse. quence that followed from, 701; the knowledge of, look- ed upon by barbarians as mean and disgraceful, 701. Levites, A.D. 1781. Les der-
nières robes en vogue, 597. Leyden, extracts relative to,
Liberty, remarks on, 685. Lice,cure for the jaundice, 439; used in choosing a burgo- master, 454. Lie, a, 678, 680. Lightning, Welsh-Town de- stroyed by, 76; Kalmuc su- perstition of, 87; Bells, no effectual charm against, 96; a paralytic cured by, in Mexi co, 554.
LIGHTFOOT, sayings of, 450, 645, 672.
Lights, feast of, 121.
LILLY, his similies not to be relied upon, 457.
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