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GENERAL INDEX. 



Prophecies of the plague and fire of London, vii. 79. 



173; xi. 341; xii. 102. 

 Prophesying before death, ii. 116. 196. 435; ix. 550. 

 Prospect House, Clerkenwell, ix. 37.5. 572. 

 Prospero, the island of, ■vii. 524. 

 Prostitution a religious ordinance, x. 245. 

 Protectorate, compositions during the, iv. 406. 490; v. 

 . 68. 546. 



Prothonotories from Edward III., v. 294. 333. 

 Prototype, its misuse, ix. 44. 



Proverb defined, iv. 191. 239; v. 37. 213; viii. 243. 

 304. 523. 



Proverlis and Phrases ; — 



A fair field and no favour, xii. 167. 



A fair pawn never shamed his master, xii. 185. 



A leaky May and a dry June, xii. 9. 



Abraham-men, v. 442. 



Adolescentia similis est, &c., xi. 125. 



After me the deluge, iii. 299. 397; v. 619; xi. 16. 



All holiday at Peckham, ix. 35. 



All my eye, vii. 525; viii. 254. 



All the go, xii. 426. 



All-fours, V. 441 ; vi. 137. 



Amicus Plato, sed magis arnica Veritas, iii. 389. 



468. 

 An inch breaketh no square, xii. 185. 233. 273. 

 Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi, ii. 218. 350. 



395. 466. 493; iii. 125. 156; viii. 502. 651. 

 Apple-pie order, iii, 330. 468. 485; vi. 109. 

 Aristocracy: " The cold shade of the aristocracy," 



xii. 428. 478. 

 As big as a parson's barn, xi. 7. 113. 

 As dead as a herring, ix. 347. 

 As good as a play, viii. 363. 

 As Morse caught the mare, i. 320. 

 As poor as Job's turkey, vii. 180. 

 As round as a Pontypool waiter, xi. 416. 472. 

 As snug as a bug in a rug, ix. 322. 

 As thin as Banbury cheese, xi. 427. 

 As throng as Throp's vrife, i. 485. 

 At gaze, xii. 106. 124. 

 Bacon: To save one's bacon, ii. 424. 499. 

 Bate me an ace, quoth Bolton, ii. 413. 497; xii. 



185. 

 Bath: Go to Bath, ix. 421. 577. 

 Batty: As busy as Batty, i. 475; ii. 43. 

 Beacon Hill, xi. 223. 

 Beaten to a mummy, vii. 206. 

 Begging the question, viii. 640; ix. 136. 284. 



359. 

 Better suffer than revenge, x. 305. 

 Bibere papaliter, vi. 316. 425. 

 Binsey, God help me! iii. 44. 

 Bird: A little bird told me, iv. 232. 284. 394. 

 Bis dat qui cito dat, i. 330; vi. 376; vii. 488. 



594. 

 Bishop has put his foot in it, i. 87. 

 Blindman's holiday, v. 587. 

 Bristol Lord Mayor, xi. 226. 

 Brown study, i. 352. 418. 

 Burston horse and Cambridge Master of Arts, vi. 



303. 

 Button in the room, i. 215. 



Proverbs and Phrases : — 



By the bye, ii. 424; iii. 73. 109. 193. 229. 433. 



Csesar's wife must not be suspected, i. 277. 389. 



Call a spade a spade, iv. 274. 456. 



Cart before the horse, i. 348 ; iii. 468. 



Catching a Tartar, vi. 317; viii. 73. 



Charity begins at home, x. 403. 



Cheshire proverbs, vi. 385. 



Chip in porridge, i. 382; viii. 208; ix. 45. 



Chloe : As drunk as Chloe, iii. 449. 507. 



Coggeshall job, iii. 1 67. 



Cold pudding settles one's love, v. ,30. 189. 



Cork: It is nothing but cork, x. 128. 



Corruptio optimi est, ix. 173. 



Coventry: Sending to Coventry, vi. 318. 589. 



Craft is not in the catching, xi. 503. 



Crawley, God help us ! x. 223. 



Cui bono, ix. 76. 159; x. 19. 



Cultiver mon jardin, x. 166. 294. 



Cutting off' with a shilling, ix. 198; x. 75. 



Davy Jones's locker, iii. 478. 509. 



De bene esse, x. 403. 533. 



Deus ex machina, ix. 77. 



Diss : He knows nothing about Diss, vi. 303. 



Dog: A living dog better than a dead Hon, i. 352. 



370. 404; ii. 62. 

 Dover Court: all speakers and no hearers, viii. 9. 

 Downton good now, x. 223. 

 Dulcarnon : "I am at Dnlcarnon," v. 180.2.52. 



325. 

 Dun him, ii. 243; V. 497. 

 Ejusdem farinse, iii. 278. 433. 

 Ex pede Herculem, iii. 302. 380. 457. 

 Experto crede Roberto, iii. 353; v. 104.212; vi. 



107. 158. 

 Feather in his cap, ix. 220. 378; x. 315. 

 Fiat justitia, ruat coelum, ii. 494; iv. 91 ; xii. 204. 

 Fig: A fig for you! ix. 149. 

 Flea in his ear, ix. 322. 

 Food or a physician, i. 157. 

 French leave, i. 246. 

 Frightened out of his seven senses, iv. 233; v. 



521. 

 Getting into a scrape, viii. 292. 422. 601. 

 Gib or jib: " The cut of his gib," x. 482. 

 Give, gave, was a good man, xii. 185. 

 Giving turnips, xi. 501. 

 God sendeth cold after clothes, xii. 185. 

 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, i. 211 . 



236. 325. 357. 418; vii. 193. 

 Going the whole hog, iii. 224. 250; iv. 240. 

 Going to Old Weston, iii. 449 ; viii. 232. 

 Good wine needs no bush, viii. 607; ix. 113; xi. 



294. 

 Green eyed monster, iv. 501. 

 Grinning like a Cheshire cat, ii. 377. 412; V. 



402; vi. 62. 

 Gun: As sure as a gvin, x. 264. 

 Hair of the dog that bit you, vi. 316. 565. 

 Hat: He has hung up his hat, x. 203. 

 Hauling over the coals, viii. 125. 280. 524. 

 He must go to Tiverton, and ask Mr. Able, iv. 24. 

 Hell paved with good intentions, ii. 86. 140; vi. 



520. 



