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GENERAL INDEX.
Poet, his immortality predicted by himself, iii. 84 ;
iv. 33, 172, 607; v. 481
Poet Laureate's birthplace, vii. 426
Poetry, compound words in, ii. 224, 505
Poetry, nature, i. 382
Poets, and the tender passion, iii. 467; iv. 51; on hell, iv. 126, 217, 296,336,423; in a ' Forget-me-not,' 498 ; on adversity, x. 285, 374, 515
Poider, mentioned in inventory of household goods, 1609, xii. 288, 510
Point de Galle, derivation of the place-name, vii. 185
Poison in beer, vii. 105
Poisonous gifts, iii. 366
Poker Club, instituted in 1762, vi. 366
Poker virtue, its meaning and origin, v. 108, 173
Poland (Sir H. B.) on Dickens, Overs, and Dr. Elliot- son, x. 405. Elizabeth's pocket pistol, xii. 456. " In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch," x. 270. Lamb (C.) and the Koyal Academy, viii. 150. Mannings and Tawell, xii. 310. "Quiz," Junior, x. 354. Koyal marriage at St. George's, xi. 66. St. Martin's parish, its extent, vi. 112. Thackeray, and homoeopathy, x. 132, 329; and ' Vanity Fair,' xi. 213 ; and Pendennis, xi. 225
Poland, Protestant episcopal churches in, i. 95; English agents in, ii. 148, 199
Poldavy^a sort of coarse canvas, xii. 104
Polder = a pool, iv. 347, 462 ; v. 55, 258
Pole (David), second Bishop of Peterborough, ob. 1568, and Reginald Pole, ix. 189
Pole (Sir Geoffrey), father of Sir Richard, ix. 328
Pole (Sir Geoffrey), d. 1558, his descendants, ix. 468; x. 18
Pole (R.) on Knightley Charleton, x. 317
Pole, Magnetic, its locality, iii. 447, 493 ; iv. 198, 272, 334
Pole-Carew, arms and derivation, vi. 230
Police spy : mouchard, viii. 340, 467
Policeman, or peeler, xi. 265, 358, 415 ; copper, 348
Policraticus, quotations in, viii. 104
Polidori (Dr.), his ' Essay upon the Source of Positive Pleasure,' xii. 287, 346
Political colours, vi. 284
Politician, use of the word, v. 499 ; viii. 427
Politician on American slang, viii. 43. Annunciator, xii. 225. Appearance = electoral nomination, iv. 496. British hens' protest, xii. 329. Cabinet in a Constitutional sense, xii. 7, 71. Carlton Clnb, ii. 489. Children hanged, viii. 243. Colonies, nick- names for, i. 109. Commando, use of the word, v. 433. Current phrases, vi. 486. Defender of the Faith, viii. 87. Deserter and spy, ix. 449. Double- name signatures for peers, iv. 399. Duel, defini- tion of, viii. 102. Dutch courage, xi. 97. English detenus of war in France, viii. 444. Games, xii. 425. Grandmotherly government, xi. 189. "Hear, hear ! " i. 216. House of Commons, fathers of the, viii. 147 ; xii. 33. " Leaps and bounds," x. 113. " Lord " Bishop, i. 47. " Maiden speech," iii. 187. Ministerial whitebait dinner, xii. 189. Ministers, their letters to the sovereign, iii. 277. Mother of free Parliaments, xi. 289. " Old England," vi. 230. Pacifico (Don) last of, xi. 485. Pairing in the House of Commons, vi. 390. "Parlia- mentary language," iv. 442. " Peace, retrench-
ment, and reform," vi. 256 ; x. 348, 496. " Peace
at any price," xii. 367. Political pamphlets and big
sales, viii. 491. Porte-manteau in diplomacy, iv.
536. Premier Prudent, xii. 69. Privy Council in
a private house, xii. 368. Questionnaire, xii. 447.
Religion of all sensible men," x. 209. Right
Honourable, ii. 307. School-Board system, xii.
485. Sniping, xi. 434. Spheres of influence, xi.
128. "Three acres and a cow," iii. 214. Tory,
xii. 9, 134. United Empire Loyalists, v. 27.
Victoria (Queen), her second Parliament, xii. 407
Polito and Pidcock, shownlen of the eighteenth century, vi. 387, 437, 517
Polkinghorn, its derivation and meaning, iv. 108, 214, 311, 461; v. 11
Poll books of Wiltshire, xi. 289, 394
Pollard (H. T.) on Malcolm Hamilton, ii. 72. Liver- pool newspapers, ii. 498. Pillillew, use of the word, v. 484. Week-end, viii. 511
Pollard (M.) on Agnes a fateful name, iii. 377. Brasses, ii. 125. Chinese punishments, ii. 214. Colonial Bank, its garden, ii. 266. Crabs' eyes as medicine, v. 486. Eleanor Cross, Waltham, vi. 296. Glasse (Mrs.), xi. 231. Godfrey (Sir E. B.), iii. 16. Heraldry, xii. 228. Holy Trinity, Minories, iii. 146. Kit-Catportraits,xi.l3. Marriage House, xii. 509. ' Moss Rose,' viii. 148. Newton family, iii. 415. Numeral, xii. 498. "Reel in a bottle," iv. 232, 403. Runic inscription found in St. Paul's Churchyard, vii. 338. Suffolk (Duke of), his head, ii. 56. " Throwing bonnet over the windmills," v. 421. Tirling pins, i. 58. Wanstead House, iii. 113
Pollard (S.) on Reynes family, vi. 407
Pollard money= clipped coins, ii. 168
Pollard- Urquhart (F. E. R.) on armour in portraits, vi. 455. Blanche Fe"e,' ix. 168. Brooch of Lorn, xi. 12. Cushions on the altar, xii. 398, 498. Disguise of man as woman, vii. 358. Double-name signatures for peers, v. 38. Gordon (Duchess of), vi. 132. Huguenot settlers in Ireland, x. 478. Humbert (Madame) and the Crawfords, xii. 497. Irish wills, vii. 71. Keys to novels, ix. 118. Royal personages, viii. 252. San Sebastian, Spain, ix. 496. Turvin coiners, viii. 467. White-headed boy, x. 518. William III.'s royal progress, viii. 452. Young (T.), secretary to Lord Melbourne, xii. 391, 493
Pollard-Urquhart (J.) on "Ascetic," i. 227. Black Rood, vi. 309. Carthusian monasteries in England and Scotland, vi. 475. London churches, vii. 278. St. Ida, ii. 471. Segur (Comtesse de), vii. 495
" Pollice verso " and the painters, i. 445
Pollock (P.) on ' Goody Goosecap,' iv. 87
Polo (Marco), portrait of, xii. 225, 278
Polwheile (Theophilus), his < Treatise on Self-denial,' iii. 268
Polygraphic Hall, its history, x. 109, 233, 331
Polyxena and ass -driver, story of, vii. 4
Pomander on comic annual, ix. 188
Pomeroy family of Devon, viii. 424 ; ix. 14
Pompadour (Madame de), epigram on, xii. 447
Pompey and Caesar, vii. 268
Pompey's Pillar, its name, iii. 247, 410
Pond (John), Astronomer Royal, his papers, iii. 87; his burial-place, xi. 496
