550 



INDEX. 



S. (F.) on Smith of Northamptonsliire, 250. 

 S. (G.) on chairman's casting vote, 319. 

 8. (H.) on perpetual motion, 229. 



Shakspeare : — 



Folio edition of the Plays, 262. 



Fortune described, 44. 



Haggard in Othello, 263. 



Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. : "A suit of sables" 43. 



Hamlet quartos, 127. 



His Adulterators, 468 ; epitaph, 175 ; indifference 



to fame, 263. 

 King John, Act II. Sci 1. ! " Thy sin-conceivitig 



womb," 468. 

 Lore's Labour's Lost, Act L So. 1. : " Climb o'er 



the house," 263. 

 Midsummer's Night's Dream, Act. II. Sc. 1. : 



" Stolen away," 262. 

 " Oak," or " hawk," in Othello, Act IIL Sc. 3., 44. 

 " Pericles," and Wilkins's novel, 3. 

 Plays, early editions, 199. 

 " Quarry," in Coriolanns, Act I. Sc. 1., 44. 

 Eomeo and Juliet, origin of, 263. 

 Winter's Tale, Act IV. Sc. 3. : " GlamoUi' your 



tongues," 86. 



Shakspeare Society, at Edinburgh, in 1770, 185. 



" Shankin-Shbn," a painting, 289. S?.*). 



Shank's nag, proverbial expression, 86. 115. 338, 



Shore Thursday, 432. 493. 



Sheridan (Mrs.), portrait as St. Cecilia, 4l5. 



cherry first used in England, 330. 420. 



Shiffnal Church, co. Salop, inscriptions, 205. 



Ships : " Free ships make free goods," 227. 



Shirley (Lawrence), 4th Earl Ferrers, his exeCtltion, 



369. 

 Sidbury Church, brass of Eobert Parsons, 148. 

 Siddons (Mrs.), biography of, 159. 

 Sidney (Sir Philip), authors of the Supplement to his 



" Arcadia," 332. 

 Sienhoh, a Chinese bird, 249. 

 Sight restored after forty years' blindhess, 2^5. 

 Sigma on the Gay Lothario, 479. 

 Signal fires, 189. 295. 369. 411. 438. 475. 

 Signet on Apollo Belvedere, 441. 



Arched instep, 337. 



Degeneracy of the human race, 336. 



Guelph family, 237. 



Guillotine, its origin, 339. 



Language spoken at the Scottish court, 510. 



Molibre's works, 333. 



Regiments, notes on, 438. 



Scottish clans, 376. 



Shankin-Shbn, 376. 

 Signet-ring, an ancient, 5ll. 

 Silver specie required in the East, 270. 

 Simpson (W. Sparrow) on Godwin's " De Prassulibus,*' 



70. 

 Simson (James) on Bunyan a gipsy, 465. 

 Singleton, inn sign a.t, 335. 

 Simames, English, derived from the Romans, 511. 

 Sirnames, their origin, 272. 442. 501. 

 S. (J.) on Styrings family, 128. 

 S. 3. (J.) on times prohibiting marriage, 58. 

 S. (.1. A.) on John Hampden's wife's pedigree, 226. 

 S. (J. B.) on mews as applied to stables, 108. 



" Saving one's bacon," 67. 



S. (J. B.) on " Second thoughts not always the best," 56. 

 S. (J. D.) on case of Edward Drewe, 317. 



Hills of Shilston, 318. 

 Skelmersdales, name of chairs, 492. 

 Skene (Kirktown) on Anne a male name, 59. 

 Skymmington in Hudibras a genuine picture, 45 1. 

 Slates, their whimsical names, 48. 

 Sleater's Public Gazetteer, 149. 

 S. (M.) on Jacob Tonson's two left legs, 344. 

 Smith of Northamptonshire, 250. 

 Smith (Ch.), MS. of his " History of Kerry," 90. 

 Smith (C. M.) on " The Phenix," 419. 

 Smith (Wm. James) on Milton's autograiA, 334. 

 Smith (W. J. B.) on the winged burgonet, 176. 



Instruments of torture, 118. 



Middle Temple customs, 427. 



Scallop shells, 233. 



Visit of an angel, 481. 

 S. (M. N.) on epigram quoted by Gibbon, 367. 



Guillotine, 460. 

 Smoke consumption, 327. 



Smyth (Admiral) translation of Benzoni, 425. 464. 

 Smyth (Byron) on Carisbroke Castle, 149. 

 Snake-charming, 350. 401. 



Snipe-shooting: Lord Ellenborough and Hodgson, 511. 

 Snuff, early mention of, 28 ; perfumed in Italy, 1 63. 

 Snuff-taking in Spain, 426. 

 Solace, or printer's fine, 1 35. 

 " Soldier's Prayer-book," 488. 

 Solidus, its value, 250. 295. 338. 

 " Soliman and Persida," Shakspeafe's quotations from, 



248. 

 Somaglia (Cardinal) noticed, 258. 

 Somerton Castle, 28. 72. 1 09. 

 " Song of Solomon," Sermons on, 411. 



Songs and Ballads : •*•' 



"Bring me the wine, the goblet give," 149. Si 6. 



278. 319. 

 Captain Widderbuni's Courtship, 170. 21?. 

 Chapter of Admirals, 516. 

 Earl's Daughter, 7. 

 Ere around the huge oak, 251. 320. 

 George Ridler's oven, 19. 78. 

 God bless me, what a thing, 225. 

 God save the king, its origin, 167. 

 Hark ! to old England's merry bell.'?, 29. 58. 256. 

 I'll come to thee, 287. 

 Mearns, ballad of the, 170. 198. 2l7. 

 Men of the Merse, 57. 156. 259. 

 My ancestors are Englishmen, 329, 402. 

 My dog and I, 19. 78. 

 My wife's at the Marquis o' Granby, 453. 

 Puir Mary Lee, 8. 57. 

 Robin a Rie, 8. 57. 159. 

 Rule Britannia, its composer, 152. 415. 

 Sir Humphrey Gilbert was lost at sea, 387. 516. 

 Unconscious Rival, 369. 

 We're the Boys, &c., 453. 



Soulavie (the Abbe') and Niebuhr, 1 73. 



Southey (Dr.) his edition of Cowper's Works, 101. 152.; 



letter on Chatterton, 325. 

 " Sowing light," the phrase, 114. 337. 

 Spain, its national arms, 227. 

 Spaniel, is the Enghsh, of Japanese origin? 289. 

 Sparke (Dr. Thomas) noticed, 151. 215. 



