Part 160

Dairy poetry, 238. Danby, earl of, and the revolution, 513. Dancing; country-dances, 32; profound study of minuets, 64; dancing round the harrow, 197. Darwin, Dr., his “Botanic garden,” 459, (note.) Davy, (old) the broom-maker, 452. D’Arcy, Mr. J., and the revolution, 515. Death and virtue, dialogue between, 19; superstitions touching death, 99. “Defeat of Time, (The)” 335. Democritus, notice of, 791. Deposits, a well-kept one, 415. Derbyshire, notices respecting, 12, 135, 481, 493, 516. Descent, canons of, 63. “Desolation of Eyam, (The)” 481. Despotism, virtuous, 520. “Devil’s Law Case, (The)” old play, 131. Devil’s punch-bowl in Surrey, 145. Devonshire wrestling, 416, 499. ---- ----, earl of, and the revolution, 513. Dial, ancient, 19. Diarrhœa, receipt for, 256. Diligence (French) described, 183. Dining on Coke, 63; royal dinner time, 751. Diophantes and other ancients, 820. See Ancients. Discoveries of the ancients and moderns, 83, 120, 182, 214, 245, 342, 375, 406, 438, 472, 503, 632, 724, 742, 788, 819. Diseases, passing patients through trees for, 465. Disputation to be avoided, 160. Distillation, ancients’ knowledge of, 788. Diversions, political origin of some, 364. Doctor degraded, 640. “Dodypol, Doctor,” old play, 69. Domitian, (the emperor) inscription for, 754. “Don Quixotte,” old play, 457. Dorking, Leith hill, near, 117. Dover pig, 731. Dramatists; rival Italian dramatists, 11; dramatist or apothecary, 411. Dreams, a black dream, 126. Duddlestone, John, of Bristol, 243. Duels of sir E. Sackville and lord E. Bruce, 225, &c. Dunchurch cow and calf, 723. Durfey, Tom, notice of, 650. Durhamiana, 409. Dutch royal gardens, 460; Dutch trees, fisheries, &c., 460, &c.; Dutch customs, 563; Dutch gallantry, 773.

Earning the best getting, 160. Earth-bathing, 562. Earthquakes, opinions on, 633. East Indies, amiable native monarch in, 520. Ecbatane, city of, 822. Echo, (moral) 410. Economy, curious instance of, 78. See Misers. Edmonton, inhospitable styles of, 81. “Edward the Third,” old play, 52. Eels, (Bush) 224. Eggs, peculiar mode of hatching, 681; artificial hatching by the ancients, 746. Eldon, lord, anecdote of, 63. Electricity, 637. Elm-tree, celebrated one, 422. Emigration, Highland, 322. Emperors and kings, ill-fated ones, 395, 397. “English Monsieur,” 330. Epilepsy, disorder of great minds, 807. Epitaphs, 16, 19, 33, 104, 147, 152, 182, 198, 249, 256, 259, 273, 274, 280, 281, 295, 298, 300, 366, 410, 510, 526, 558, 754. Erasmus, notices of, 199, 340. Ether, doctrine of, 503. Esop in Russia, 457. Eternity, 808. Etiquette, Spanish, 254. Evelyn, extracts from, 829, &c. Executioner, 698. Executions, former frequency of, 151. Ex-Thespianism, 554. Eyam in Derb., notices of, 481, &c., 629. Eyes: closing the eyes, 27; guard against an evil eye, 583. Eyre, chief justice, notice of, 151, 152.

Facetiæ, 771. “Fairies, tale of the,” 335. “Faithful Shepherd, (The)” old play, 525. “Faithful Shepherdess, (The)” old play, 619. Falls of Niagara, 531. Families; ill-fated royal ones, 397; Wilkie’s picture of one, 509. Fare, bill of, 44. Farthings; one found by a lord, 242; the broad farthing, 507. Fashion, a gentleman’s, 341. “Fatal Jealousy,” old play, 579. “Fatal Union, (The)” 713. Father and son, 31. Favourites, a singular one, 512. “Fawn, (The)” old play, 424. Ferguson, sir A., letter from sir Walter Scott to, 518. Filching, cure of, 285. Filey, in Yorkshire, 637. Fill-up, (a) 735. Fire, water mistaken for, 534. Fires in London, 570; “burning the witch,” 582. Fish, royal reason for not eating, 288. Fishermen; Lucan’s description of one, 638. Fishing-towns, Dutch and English, 463. “Five days’ Peregrination,” &c., 291. Fletcher, Dickey, 765. “Floating Island, (The)” 552. Flowers; Time’s source of pleasure from, 337; mode of preserving, 604; winter flowers, 737. Fly-boat, (the Malden) 559. Fonts; Grassmere font, 272. Forces, doctrine of, 342. Forests, ancient and decayed, in Scotland, 324, 325. See Trees. Forrest, ----, author of “Five Days’ Peregrination,” 291. Fractures, singular advice about, 511. French diligence, description of, 683. Fruit, markets for, at London and Paris, 130. Funerals, customs touching, 105, 272, 373, 658; consolation from funeral processions, 479. Furniture of old times, 584. Furs; tippets and scarfs, 235.

Gage, viscount, his fête of the quintain, 175. Gallantry, Dutch, 773. Gaols. See Prisons. Gardens; summer garden of Peter the Great, 457; love of gardens, 459; Dutch royal garden, 460. Garlands, funeral, 105, 272. Garrick plays, selections from, contributed by Mr. Charles Lamb, 6, 52, 67, 106, 131, 171, 200, 232, 265, 328, 361, 393, 456, 497, 524, 551, 579, 619, 645, 711, 739, 771, 806. Genders, 284. Genius, distresses of men of, 123; genius and good temper, 414. “Gentleman Usher,” old play, 171. “Gentleman of Venice,” old play, 106. George, prince of Denmark, notice of, 243. Giants in lord mayor’s show, 609. Gibbeting, 151. Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall,” 287. Gilding without gold, 597. Gilpin (Mrs.) riding to Edmonton, 79. Gimmal ring, engraving, 1. Gin act, effect of passing, 249. Gipsies in Epping Forest, 28. Glass, discovery of, 734; skill of the ancients in, 789, 796, 824. Gleaning or leasing cake, 346. Gliddon, Mr., cigar divan of, 673. Glorious memory, (the) 480. Gluttony, instances of, 350; glutton and echo, 410. Gog and Magog of Guildhall, 609. Gold, skill of the ancients in arts relating to, 744. Goldoni and rival dramatists, 11. Good temper and good nature, 414. Goodrick, sir H., and the Revolution, 515. Goose-fair at Nottingham, 180, (note.) Gossip and Stare, the, 61; comment on literary gossip, 508. Gostling’s, Mr., account of Hogarth’s tour, 303. Gout, notices on, 652. Government, simplicity and wisdom of, 417, &c. Gozzi, Italian dramatist, 11. Graham, Dr., lecturer, 561. Grammar explained, 128. Grapes in Covent Garden, &c. 139. See also 33, 628. Grasshopper on Change, explanation of, 338, 339. Grassington theatricals, 247, 606. Grassmere, beauty of, 277. Gravity, doctrine of, 342. Greatness, tax on, 809. Green, W., artist and author, 281. Gregory, old name for the hangman, 701. Gresham, sir Thomas, a deserted child, 338. Gretna Green parsons, 125. Guildford races, 705. Guildhall, curious explanation of, 767. Guinea sovereigns, 751. Gunpowder, antiquity of, 791. Guns; air-guns, 508; notices concerning guns, 598.

Hackerston’s cow, 250. Hague, fine woods near, 460. Hammond, the poet, notice of, 111. Handkerchief, white cambric, 294. Hanging in chains, 149; inducement to hanging, 256; hanging the shuttle, 221. Hangman, and his wages, 698. Harpham, St. John’s well at, 545. Harris, James, 284. Harrow, dancing round the, 197. Harvest-catch, in Norfolk, 333. Hats; substitute for the shovel-hat, 381. Hay-band, origin of, 714. Heart, perpetual motion of, 544; case containing Lord Bruce’s heart, 225; instance of heart-burial, 230: disposal of sir W. Temple’s heart, 460. Heat, how counteracted at Siam, 253. Heaving, in wrestling, explained, 501. “Hectors, (The)” old play, 392. Hell-bridge, in the Highlands, 87. Henley, (Orator) advertisement of, 616. Henry II. character of, 154. ---- III. of France, amusements of, 348. ---- VIII. and his peers, 571. Hermits, 593. Hervé, Peter, artist, letter respecting, 20. Hervey, Rev. J., notices of, 366. “Hey for Honesty,” old play, 394. Highlands. See Scotland. Highwaymen, nearly extinct, 149, 150. Hill, sir John, physician, notice of, 652. Hipparchus, and other ancients, 820. See Ancients. Hippocrates, curious advice of, 511. History of Rome, doubt on, 413; pleasing passage of history, 422. “Hoffman’s Tragedy, or Revenge for a Father,” old play, 740. Hogarth, curious notices of, 289, &c. Holland, customs of, 563. See Dutch. Holt, John, a great ringer, 529. Holwood, seat of Mr. Pitt, engraving and notices of, 623, 642. Home, praises of, 268. Hood, T., sonnet to, 239; Plea of the Fairies, by, 340; “Whims and Oddities” of, 659. Hoppins, David, a singular parodist, 341. Horace, pious parody of, 339. Horæ Cravenæ, 721. Horns, emblems of kingly power, 420. Horsedealing, latitude of deceit in, 213. Horses, marks of age of, 357. Horsham gaol, 93. Horticulture recommended, 459. Hostler, derivation of, 49. Hotels. See Taverns. Houses and accommodations of old times, 584; country-houses lead to poor-houses, 352. Howitt, William and Mary, their Poems, 417, 481. Humour, definition of, 290. “Huntingdon Divertisement,” old play, 581. Huntsman, Mr. Woodford’s, 192. Husbandman, (The retired) engraving, 17. Husbands, a happy one, 442; crabbing for husbands, 464; evidence of affection for one, 544. See Wives. Hydrophobia, 667. Hypochondria, 91.

Ideas (innate), 120. Illusion, pleasures of, 757. Imperial fate, 395. Indians--and William Penn, 417, &c.; adventure of some, 534; Indians at Court in 1734, 693. “Infant Genius,” 659. Infants, offerings to, 21; picture of a deserted one, 338. Innate ideas, 120. Inns of the Romans, &c. 37, 39, 49; seeking lost sign of one, 410; good ones the result only of great travelling, 544; inn yards, 681. Intemperance, corrected by echo, 410. Invasion and volunteers, 55. Ireland, customs in, 23; Irish tobacco-pipes, 769. Islington, rights of parish of, 392, 787. Italian dramatists, 11.

Jack the Viper, 763. Jack Ketch a gentleman, 698. Jemmal ring, 1. Jennens, Charles, notice of, 651. Jew’s harp, 31. John, (St.) a custom on St. John’s eve, 99, St. John of Beverley’s Well at Harpham, 545. Johannites, notice of, 721. Johnson, Dr., “an odd kind of a chiel,” 255. Jones, Rev. M., Berkshire miser, 380. Jubilee, (Revolution) 515. Judges--a singular decree of one, 64; curious description of one, 255; a candid judge, 351; juries the better judges, 351. Juries, the better judges, 351; decisions of juries, 733. Justices of peace, female, 571. Juxton, bishop, notice of, 192.

Kalm, Swedish traveller, his description of Niagara, 532. Keats, John, poet, epitaph on himself, 249; notices of, 371, 430. Kelly, Miss, notices respecting, 55, 68. Keston Cross, 33. Ketch, Jack, 698. Kicking, in wrestling, barbarous, 500, 502. Kings and emperors, ill-fated ones, 395, 397; kings in Africa, 752. “King’s Arms,” 32. Kirkby, 437.

Labour and luck, 160. Lacteals in a mole, 191. Ladies. See Women. Lairds, compliment to a young one, 255. Landlady, agreeable, 285. Language, genders in, 284. Laurence Kirk snuff-boxes, 680. Law of kindness, 496. Law and poetry, 63; remark on law-books, 734. Lawyers, two, 475. Leaping, curious instance of, 279. Leaves scorched by summer-showers, 253. Lee Penny, The, engraving, 143. Leeds, duke of, [earl of Danby], vindication of, 515. Leith Hill, near Dorking, 117. Lettsom, Dr., notice of, 285. Liars, incredible, 639. Life, description of, 810. Light, philosophy of, 408, 794. Limbs, advice in case of one broken, 511. Liston, Mr., 650. Literature, foolish labour in, 28, 765. Living well, 32. Loadstone, opinions on, 635. London; fruit markets of London and Paris, 138; old London Cries, 431; a London watchman, 523; fires in London, 570; Londiniana, 587; giants in Guildhall, 609. See Islington, &c. Longevity of a Highlander, 213. Lord Mayor’s show, giants in, &c. 609. Lords and ladies, vegetable, 369. “Love Tricks,” old play, 172. Love, David, walking stationer, 177. Lovers, hostility of time to, 337. “Love’s Dominion,” old play, 456. “Love’s Metamorphosis,” old play, 265. Loyola, Ignatius, and his boot, 512. Luck and labour, 160. Lyttleton, sir George, notice of, 590.

Macdonald, John, a Highlander, 213. “Mad Dog,” 666. Magpie, anecdote of, 608. Maid of honour, curious patent to one, 413. “Maid Marian,” letter respecting, 10. Mallet, David, notice of, 110. “Mamamouchi,” old play, 231. Man, description of, 809. “Man in the Moon,” tract called, 252. Manners of old times, 584, 829. Manufactures, celerity of processes of, 86; of Birmingham, 595. Manuscripts, curious restoration of one, 415. Mariner, (an ultra) 188. Mark, St., customs on St. Mark’s eve, 99, 159, 251. Markets (fruit) of London and Paris, 138. Marlow, poet, merit of, 498 (note.) Marot, Clement, French poet, notice of, 766. Marriage, the Gimmal Ring, 1; a happy marriage, 116; Gretna Green parsons, 125; old customs at, 239, 348, 373; ungallant toll on brides, 343; marriage under the protectorate, 506. “Married Beau, (The)” old play, 622. Martin, St., and the Devil, 170. Mary, Peter and, 264. Matlock, 135. Mayor’s feast, temp. Elizabeth, 617. Mechanical power, 85; ancients’ knowledge of, 794, 822, 824. Medals; commemoration medal of diet of Augsburgh, 321. Medicine, skill of the ancients in, 743, 746. Melancthon and Calvin, 736. Melons, varieties and weights of, 141. Memory with stupidity, instance of, 571. Menage, advice of, touching poetry, 512. Mendip mines and miners, 695. Merrow, in Surrey, 705. Meum et Tuum, 250. Mice, field, for preventing injuries from, 467. Michaelmas day, customs on, 464. Microscopes, whether known to the ancients, 824. Milk, in America, 480. Milky Way, the, 375. Mill, the haunted, 476. Millhouse, Robert, his Poems, 161. Mines, descent into, 137; Mendip mines and miners, 695. Minuets, laborious study of, 64. Misers, notices of, 72, 77, 78, 118, 153, 242, 380. Misery,--a bond of affection, 806; trial through, 807. Miss, designation of, 831. Mitcheson, Tommy, of Durham, 287. Moderns and ancients, discoveries of, 58, 83, 120, 182, 202, 214, 245, 342, 375, 406, 438, 472, 503, 632, 724, 743, 788, 819. Mœris, (Lake) in Egypt, 823. Moles, lacteals in, 191. Mompesson, Rev. W., and his wife, 481, &c. Monarchs, most ancient of, 335; ill-fated ones, 395, 397; a pure and exemplary one, 520. Money, rareness of due care of, 78. Monkey, gallant comparison with, 573. Monmouth, duke of, 702. Montmorenci, Ann, anecdotes of, 174, 208. Moon, philosophy of, 473; tincture of moon, 653; moonlight view of Niagara, 543. More, sir T., 704. Mosaics of the ancients, 826. Mother and her children, 441. Mummies, 744. Music, superiority of the ancient, 202, 826, musical anecdotes, 204; memoir of Beethoven, 206; the music which old Time delights in, 336. My Pocket Book, 403. Mysteries dramatized, 113.

Nails and nail-makers, 602. Names, scriptural, &c. 767. Nationality, 331. Nature, animated, 216. Navarino, description of, 513. Newspapers; newspaper orthography, 222; classification of readers of newspapers, 570. See Advertisements. Newtonian philosophy and the ancients. See Ancients. Niagara, cataracts of, 531. Nixon’s prophecies, notice of, 224. Norfolk, custom in, 333. Northumberland, custom in, 21. Norwich Guild, 617. Nottingham, custom at, 180 (note); Nottingham and the revolution, 513.

Oaks, fine ones in Holland, 460. “Oddities, Whims and,” by T. Hood, 559. Offerings to infants, 21. Offices, estimates of value of, 76. Oglethorpe, general, notice of, 693. “Old England forever,” pamphlet called, 353. Opinions, former authority of, 59. Opium-eater, the, notices of, 277, 278. “Oranges, The Three,” play called, 11. Orleans, duchess of, ingenuous disclaimer by, 414. Ostler, derivation of, 49. Oyster cellars, entertainment of, 40.

Page’s Lock, near Hoddesdon, curious chair at, 436. Painting on cloth and glass, by the ancients, 745, 789, 825. Palindrome, explanation and instance of, 169. Parents’ affection, 441, 491. Paris and London, fruit markets of, 138. Parishes, abuses in, 25. Parliament, bribery of, by Charles V., 16. Parodies, pious, of Horace, 339. Parr, Dr., early model of, for style, 369. Parsimony. See Misers. Party of pleasure, interesting, 289. Pastoral and tragi-comedy, definitions of, 621. Pavy Labathiel, 526. Pawning, valuable resource of, 78. Peak’s hole, 14. Peal (dumb) of Grandsire Triples, 527. Pearce, Dr. Z., anecdote of, 103. Pearl, Cleopatra’s, 789. Pegge, Rev. S., revolution centenary sermon of, 516, 517, 697. Pemberton, sir J., lord mayor, 19. Penn, William, and the Indians, engraving, 417. Penny, (The Lee) an antique, description of, 143. Pentheney, Anthony, a miser, notice of, 118. Pepys, extracts from, 830, &c. Perfection, the steps of, 222. Peter the Great, summer garden of, 457. Peter-house college, anecdote touching, 264. Philadelphia, origin of, 419. Philippos, 705. Philosophy; of ancients and moderns. See Ancients. Philosophy of a fairy, 339. Physicians, a benevolent one, 285; two physicians, 475. Pickpockets, 232. Pickworth, Mr. C., letter to, 605. Pie, Christmas, 506. Pikeman, or turnpike-man, 684. Pine apples, 138. Pipes, Irish tobacco, 769. Piscatoria, 638. Pitt, Mr. W., notices of, and of his seat at Holwood, 627. Plague at Eyam, 481, &c., 629. Planets, material of one, 252. Planting in Scotland, 326; planting recommended, 459, 470. Plato, mode of studying, 174; Plato and other ancients, 820. See Ancients. Plays at Linton and Grassington, 247; play-wrighting, 411; acting of extraordinary children in plays, 526; performance of plays at Christian Malford, 553; definition of pastoral and tragi-comedy, 621; expedients and difficulties of players, 554; selections contributed by Mr. C. Lamb from the Garrick plays, 6, 52, 67, 106, 131, 171, 200, 232, 265, 328, 361, 393, 456, 497, 524, 551, 579, 619, 711, 739, 771, 806. “Plea of the Fairies,” 340. Pleasures of Illusion, 757. “Plotting Parlour, (The)” 514. Plurality of worlds, doctrine of, 375. Poaching, vindication of, 115. Pockets, pickpockets, and pocket-handkerchiefs, 231, 232. Poetry, thou and you in, 232; rule for criticism of, 512; diction of, 811. Poets, distresses of, 123; an athletic poet, 279; reward of an ingenious one, 231; encouragement to poets, 691. Politeness, 414. Polkinghorne, a famous wrestler, 499. Polypi, 793. Pope, Alexander, notice of, 109. Portraits, picture of taking, 452. Portuguese mysteries, 114. Preacher, (Puritan) 808. Prescription of money, instead of physic, 286. Presents, to infants, custom of, 21; at weddings, 373. Pride, remarks on, 600; instances of, 751. Princesses, mode of carrying, 174. Prisons, ancient and modern, 92. Processions at funerals, 479; at the restoration, 505; on centenary of the revolution, 518. Public-houses, 37, 39, &c., 51. Puddle-dock, duke of, 291. Pulpits; pulpit desk, 195; pulpit in the rock, 495. Punch bowl, Devil’s, 145. Punctilio, Spanish, 254. Purple of the ancients, 636 (note.) Pyramids of Egypt, 823. Pythagoras, power of his music, 203; Pythagoras and other ancients, 819. See Ancients. Pytheas and other ancients, 819. See Ancients.

Quakers; The Three Quakers, 50; quakers under William Penn, 417, &c.; origin of the term quaker, 429. Queenborough, curious account of, 297. Qualities, sensible, doctrine of, 182. Quid pro quo, 31. Quin, notices of, 111, 589. Quintain, the, 175, 239. Quipoes explained, 112.

Rain, effect of, 254. Rainbow at Niagara, 537, 542. “Ram Alley,” old play, 497. Ravensbourne, sources of the, engraving, 641. “Rebellion, (The)” old play, 525. Request, modest, 639. “Return, The Soldier’s,” 576. Rhodian Colossus, 823. Rhodope and Cinderella, 720. Ridicule, 174. Ringing, memorial of, at Bromley, 527; anecdotes of ringers, 529. Rings; the Gimmal ring, engraving and notice of, 1. Rivers, opinions on, 697. Roasting, musical, 204. Robertson, J., a friend of Thomson, 379. Romans, customs of, 37; fatality of Roman emperors, 395; doubts on Roman history, 413; Roman remains, 626, 629, 641. Romuald, St., 593. Rope-riding, at Venice, 251. Royal families, ill-fated ones, 397. “Royal King and Loyal Subject, (The)” old play, 497. Ruptures, curious application for, 466. Rushes, houses and churches strewed with, 277, &c. Russia, Esop in, 457. Rutty, Dr., a quaker, confession of, 510. Rydal Mount, seat of Wordsworth, 276.