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GENERAL INDEX.
Waterloo nights, Wellington's toast on, vii. 149
'Waterman,' comedy, 1831, vii. 50, 96
Watermarks in paper, ii. 327, 371, 395, 458, 497
"Waters," author of detective stories, ix. 391
"Waters (Arthur W.) on earliest mention of an
aerial post, viii. 347 Waterspouts, charms against, xi. 294 Watertight compartments, Rev. T. D. Fosbroke
and, vii. 227 Waterton (Charles), naturalist, his pamphlets, iv
228, 295
Watford (John de), prior, c. 1200, xii. 67 Watkins (Henry), M.P., 1712, iv. 170, 214 Watson (C.) on coin : John of Gaunt, xi. 228 Watson (Rear-Admiral C.), d. 1757, viii. 189 Watson (Chr.) on Sir Anthony Standen, i. 469 Watson (E.) on Jobn Sylvester, iii. 448 Watson (E. R.) on Aram (Eugene), iv. 468, 488 ; as philologist, v. 327 " Broken counsellor," iv. 496 Clarke (Daniel), iv. 488 Counsel, em- ployment in trial for treason, vi. 113, 474 Inquisition in fiction and drama, vii. 10, 116, 315 Judges addressed as " Your Lordship," x. 333 Mansfield (Lord), life of, viii. 367 Thur- tell's (John) family "widows' men," "dead men's cloathes," ix. 28 Turpin's(Dick) pistol, vi. 456 ; ix. 414 ; ride to York, vi. 256 Wilkes and La Rochefoucauld, at Romsey, in 1758, viii. 286; and the 'Essay on Woman,' ix. 121, 143, 162, 183, 203, 222, 241 Witch, last burnt, v. 354
Watson (G.) on G. K. Matthews, v. 227 Sir Walter Scott and a " Kelso convoy," ii. 425 Stael (Baron de) in Scotland, ii. 387 Words- worths and Scott : Hornshole, ii. 461 Watson (G. N.) on Fermat's last theorem, vii.
493
Watson (J.) on fabric of cathedrals, xii. 365 Watson (James), his 'History of Printing,' i. 90,
154, 234 Watson (Lily) on Charles Dickens and Dissenters
v. 511 Thackeray and a child, iv. 325 Watson (Samuel) on "seen through glass," viii.
252
Watson (W. G. Willis) on anonymous works, ii. 189 Assize, novel, ix. 126 Barnstaple Church, i. 485 -Dogs on brasses and stone effigies, iii. 451 Elections, most expensive, i. 191 "Five wounds," viii. 177 -Folk-lore: ear- burning, x. 108 "Franklin days," iv. 9 " Gas " as a street-name, viii. 418 -Henley family : overseers : sampler, xi. 194 Norris (John) : Xorris of Spate, vii. 213 Public School Registers, i. 271 Savery family of Devonshire, xi. 218 Wall churches, iii. 434 Wall-papers, x. 137 Wellington, x. 132 Wiltshire phrases, vi. 36 Watson family at Milnhorn and Blacklaw, ii. 527;
iii. 135 Watson- Wentworth (C.), Marquis of Rocking-
ham, viii. 189
Watt (F. O.) on Scarborough warning, xi. 233 Watts (Alaric), c. 1850, his descendants, viii. 350 Watts (Isaac), his collateral descendants, ii. 168, 265, 351 ; use of his Catechism, viii. 331, 434 Watts (W.), ' The Yahoo,' c. 1842, iii. 355 Waure family of cos. Warwick and Stafford, viii.
70
Wavell (W.) on Newenham Abbey, Devon, iii. 110 " Waverley Novels," attacks on, and piracies, x. 330, 374, 393, 416, 456
Waxwork effigies in Westminster Abbey, vii. 205
314 Way (John and Jane), their marriage licence, c.
1777, xii. 47
Way (Lewis), author, c. 1815, xi. 49, 112, 176 Way (Rev. W.), poet, c. 1839, viii. 429, 470 Ways of being lost, Hindu reference, ix. 29 " Wayzgoose," origin of the word, vi. 510 "We " or "I " in" authorship, x. 288, 336, 433,
514
Weale (James), Irish book-collector, ii. 169, 291 " Wear the blue," meaning of, viii. 49, 155 Weare (Mr. Win.') and William Webb's ballad, iv.
244, 394, 458, 537
Weather, dry, 1805, 1815, contemporary accounts, iv. 409, 495; influence of saints on, iv. 45, 55, 94 ; foretold by wasps, iv. 267 ; prognostica- tions of China and Japan, ix. 327, 513 "Weather houses," advertisement of, 1725-6,
xi. 378
Weather rime, vi. 48, 116, 176 Weavers, Guilds of, in 16th and 17th centuries, iv.
8, 50, 118
Weavers' Company, Silk, of Dublin, vi. 30 Webb (A. E. T.) on Cobbett at Worth, Sussex :
Worth families, ix. 429
Webb (A. P.) on Hardy bibliography, xi. 228 Webb (E. A.) on, Bolton's (Prior) window in St.
Bartholomew the Great Church, vii. 29 Webb (H. S. Beresford) on " Est, Est, Est," ii. 413
" Salamander," a heavy blow, v. 13 Webb (John), his architectural drawings, iii. 247 Webb (William), comedian, article on, 1839, iv. 68 ; and the cut-throat ballad, iv. 244, 394, 458, 537
Webber (Mary) -Mark Milbanke, v. 509 Weber (A.) on' Earl of Surrey and De Bail, iy. 365
Webster , actor and singer, his life, xii. 68
Webster (J.), his play, 'The Devil's Law Case,' vii. 106 ; x. 41 ; his use of the word " castle," vii. 165, 253, 394 ; parallel to incident in ' The White Devil,' vii. 342 ; date of ' Appius and Virginia.' vii. 401, 422, 466 ; viii. 63 ; and Sir Thomas Overbury, viii. 221, 244, 263, 282, 304, 355, 424 ; x. 3, 23 ; xi. 313, 335. 355, 374 ; xii. 282 ; ' The Duchess of Malfi,' viii. 355, 424 ; words from his works not indexed in ' N.E.D.' ix. 302, 324, 343, 398 ; x. 165, 182 ; and ' A Cure for a Cuckold,' ix. 382, 404, 443, 463 ; his work with Massinger, 1647, xii. 134, 155, 175, 196 Webster (Joshua), M.D. 1777, his parentage, ix.
8 ; x. 156 ; xi. 328, 388 Wedding custom, roping the bride, ix. 365 ;
Welsh, goat tethered, xii. 181 bedding-pieces from bridegroom to bride, viii.
48, 276 Wedding ring and " left-handed " marriage, xii.
258, 310, 366
Weddings Field, Harborne, place-name, viii. 169 Wedgwood ware, water-carriage of. c. 1780, iii. 46 Wednesday Club, later called Grillion's Club, viii.
30, 57, 495
Week called " cleansing week," 1556, ix. 127 Weekes, Plasse, and Glubb families, iv. 186 Weekley (Prof. E.) on ancient terms, v. 51 "Burgee," vii. 153 "Caulker," a dram of spirits, v. 87 "Curmudgeon," xi. 429 Dominoes : their origin, iii. 345 Jellicoe sur- name, v. 246 Pips on cards and dice, ii. 514 Sharks, its derivation, ii. 384 "Sleeveless
