GENEKAL INDEX.
Adalbert (Prince) of Prussia, his biography, vi. 449 ;
vii. 55, 172
Adam, duration of his life in Eden, ii. 327, 414, 458 ;
iii. 32 ; and his library, v. 249, 453 ; Scotch verses
on, xii. 128
Adam of Hertford (Cardinal), his biography, vi. 68,
A'darni (John), his biography, i. 66
Adams family, x. 428
Adams family of Beaulieu, Hants, xi. 169
Adams (John), head master of Westminster School,
viii. 229
Adam-scriveners, xi. 149
Adamson (John), sonnet on the loss of his books by
fire, iii. 225
Adder : " As deaf as the adder," ii. 9, 115, 152, 314
Adderley family of Weddington, Warwickshire, i. 486
Adders swallowing their young, xi. 288
Addison family, xi. 247, 337
Addison (Jane and Anne), viii. 6
Addison (Joseph), and Westminster Abbey, ii. 25 ;
and Macaulay, 446 ; his MSS., ii. 508 ; vi. 428 ;
hymns attributed to him, vii. 382 ; mistake in
'Spectator,' 426, 498 ; his wife, x. 367, 434, 513 ;
xi. 36, 72 ; xii. 96 ; on the Copernican system, xii.
26, 94
Adelard of Bath, viii. 346, 415
Adelicia or Adeliza (Queen), a leper, iv. 467
Adjectives in -ic, -ical, v. 448 ; vi. 34
Adjectives used as substantives, x. 98
" Adjournal, Books of," ii. 128, 209
Adkinson family, xii. 109
Administration to an unknown person, iv. 203
Adria==Stony Sea, i. 289, 435 ; ii. 78, 196, 331
Adrian I. and Charlemagne. See Antiphonaries.
Advent : " O Sapientia," or great O's, iv. 527
Advent, muffling bells during, vi. 484 ; vii. 57
Advent and St. Andrew's Day, i. 150, 256
Advent as a Christian name, iii. 106
' Adventui'es of a Little French Boy,' iii. 9
- Adventures of Nanny Nobb,' nonsense story, v. 48
' Adventures of Young John Bull,' a poem, x. 47
Adverbs misplaced, xi. 188, 273 ; xii. 15
Advertisements, early, x. 466
Advertising in omnibuses, viii. 85
"JElia Lselia Crispis," enigmatical name, v. 211
Aerolite suspended in church, vi. 325
^Esop and his Fables, ix, 61, 134 ; Persian analogue,
xi. 202
^Esthetics, introduction of the word, viii. 166
Affidavited, use of the word, xi, 306
Affuse, the adjective, viii. 66
Afghanistan, wars in, iii. 268, 352
Africa, its modern political history, x. 348, 378, 415,
430 ; alleged early circumnavigation, xii. 406. 477
' Africa, Tropical,' by H. Drummond, viii. 147, 197
Africa and India, populations compared, xi. 268, 372
Africans, tailed, vi. 328, 433
After, use of the word, x. 205, 332
Agas, origin of the name, ix. 208, 373, 477
Agbar's Letter to our Lord, v. 261, 331
Ager family of Broseley, Shropshire, xi. 428
Ages, the seven, viii. 44
Ages counted by seasons, v. 447
Agincourt, battle of, ii. 169, 277 ; vi. 444 ; vii. 15
Agitator, use of the word, xii. 446
Agnosticism, papers on, ii. 480 ; iii. 32
Agorsequerdere= Agues cured here, i. 89
Agricultural maxims, iv. 467 ; v. 31, 114
Agricultural riots, 1830, xi. 47, 132
Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius) and Holland's Pliny,
vii. 308, 435
Aholibamah, Christian name, xi. 46
Aid, anonymous, vii. 25
Aileston parish registers, v. 146
Ainsty, its derivation, x. 68, 194, 312, 392
Ainsworth (W. H.), his 'Tower of London/ v. 509 ;
vi. 133 ; ' Letters in Verse,' ix. 468 ; x. 36 ; error
in his ' Tower of London,' xii. 104
Aisle, middle, xii. 404
Aitken family, vii. 448, 510
Aitken (Mary), her address, x. 408
Ajax, the, captured by the French, viii. 28, 95
Akeberga, its locality, i. 55
Akenside (Mark), his death, iii. 247, 372
Aladdin, his wonderful lamp, vii. 1
Alan, son of Fleance, vii. 285
Albatross, message borne by, iv. 385 ; bird of fables,
ix. 422 ; x. 58
Albe", the sobriquet, iii. 425 ; iv. 53
Albemarle Street, tavern in, v. 127, 178 ; grass in,
xii. 45
Albert Victor (Prince), his visit to Benares, ix. 266
" Albion perfide," origin of the phrase, ix. 128, 411
Al-borak and borak, iii. 476
Alcatras, bird's name, ix. 422 ; x. 58
Alcestis and the daisy, vi. 186, 309, 372
Alchemy, its symbols, xii. 67
Alcinous, description of his gardens in the ' Odyssey,'
x. 8, 94
Alcock (John), of Marham, iv. 49
Aldermen of London, early, ix. 421
Aldermen "removing," vii. 365
Aldersgate Ward, its aldermen, vi. 287
Alderwoman = alderman's wife, iii. 347; vii. 370 ; viii.
, 133
Aldgate pump, to "draw upon,"i. 387, 493
Aldrich (Henry), divine and scholar, x. 166
Aldsworth (Hon. Mrs.), female Freemason, ix. 206,
; x. 12
Ale, pale, first exported, vii. 507
Ale songs, index of, i. 323, 437 ; ii. 413
Ale-taster, the last, iv. 4, 77
Alexander, favourite Scotch name, vii. 128, 216
Alexander III., his monument at Kinghorn, i. 293
Alexandrian Library, Gibbon on, viii. 322, 435
Alfonso, King of Spain, church begun by, i. 348
Alfred (King), his name in ancient calendars, iii. 428,
; his death and burial-place, x. 6
Alfred (Prince), son of George III., viii. 445
Algerian Passover custom, iv. 326, 495
Algerine passports, v. 309
Algerine pirates employed by English Royalists,xi.l28
Alhambra, Granada, fire at, x. 323
Alias, use of the word, xii. 401, 450
Alice (Abbess), temp. King John, xi. 229
Alinement = alignement, vi. 206, 315
Alison (Sir A.), mistranslation in his ' Europe,' vi. 386
' All the Year Hound ': " A Mystery Still," iii. 288
" Alia Giornata," xi. 185, 351, 516
