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241
sto^e, in mediaeval chuiches, v. 457; vi. 114
Sedley (Sir Charles), his death and biography, i. 32 ; his * Grumbler,' iii. 67; his escapade, 1663, viii. 157
Sedley family, x. 286, 391
See-saw, dialectal word for, xii. 89, 151
Seeds, duration of life in, vii. 129, 328, 437 ; their retarded germination, x. 287, 358; xi. 52, 155, 216, 331
Seeing-glass=looking-glass, ii. 164, 313
Seek or seeke, its meaning, v. 26 ; vi. 211, 291, 416
Seekers after truth, viii. 460
Seers family, i. 309
Seetabuldee, prints of the battle of, vii. 149
Se"gur (Comtesse de), her biography, vii. 427, 495
Seion, evangelizer of Wales, xii. 421
Seiriol on manuscripts at Paris, vii. 189
Sele=a yoke for cattle, iv. 435, 508
Selectmen, U.S., iv. 169, 238, 311
Self-ends, use of the word, xi. 285
Selfode, etymology of the word, vii. 89; viii. 170
'Selimus' and Edmund Spenser, vii. 61, 101, 142, 203, 261, 324, 384
Selion, its meaning, i. 204, 391
Seller (John), his biography, iv. 23, 43
Selion (At. G.) on Molyneux, ix. 148
Selwyn (George), his curious taste, iii. 245, 435; and J. Heneage Jesse, vii. 122, 178, 274
Sempill or Semple family, xi. 229, 436
Senancour (Etienne Pivert de), his last words, xi. 429
Senator at Rome, vi. 508
Seneca and Browning, v. 167; his 'Natural Ques- tions,' vi. 387; translations of his works, vii. 132, 258; St. Paul, ix. 290, 351, 427; x. 37
Seneschal, history and functions of the offioe, xi. 248, 354
Senex on army rank, v. 47. Billington (Mrs.) as St. Cecilia, v. 335. Thebal, identification of, v. 337
Senga on Aspidistra, iii. 356. Chink of woods, v. 498 ; vi. 235. Dryden's oaks in Scott, 273. Haydon (B. R.), v. 271. Lawrence (Sir T.), picture by, v. 237. Tolpatchery, vii. 170. Virtues and vices, v. 444
Sepoy Mutiny, its literature, i. 208, 313
Septuagenarian on fashion in language, x. 337
Septuagint, lexicon to, ii. 68, 133
Serendipity shop, meaning of the term, xii. 349, 430
Sergeant-at-Arms : Yeoman of the Guard, v. 355 ; vi. 235, 376
Sergeant of the Catery, the office, vii. 169
Seriff, meaning of the word, v. 246, 345, 486
' Serjeant Bell and his Raree-Show,' its authorship, x. 126, 195, 470; xii. 306
Serjeants-at-Law under James I., x. 26
Serjeantson (R. M.) on William Bretteyn, LL.D., xi. 49. Christening door, xi. 249. Clarke (Samuel), D.D., x. 408 ; xi. 95
Sermon, comic dialogue, in Italy, viii. 309, 433 ; ix. 17
Sermon, change in meaning of the word, xi. 26
Sermon, in a sonnet, i. 105; in proverbs, xi. 462
Sermon, marriage, at Twyning, xi. 346
Sermons, temp. James I., i. 321, 433 ; ii. 33 ; Mohammedan, iv. 381; metrical, ix. 352 ; Corona- tion, 601
Sero on analogous titles of books, x. 350
Serocold (R.) on Acland of Chittlehampton, viii. 464.
Stewart of Athenry, Bart., vi. 469 Serpent's feet, legend of the, x. 481; xi. 70 ; xii. 112 Servandoni (Chevalier), architect, his biography, i. 88,
109
Ser very = service room, iii. 365, 498 Servian dynasties, xii. 86 Service, daily, in country churches, i. 136 Sesame, origin of the name, ix. 284 Sessions, use of the term in the House of Commons,
xi. 306
Settle, its derivation, i. 245 ; ii. 316 Seven, its association with place-names, viii. 525 ; ix. 98 " Seven Ages," source of the, ix. 46, 197, 298, 432 Seven Dials, taverns in, 1740-60, vii. 487 ; viii. 94,
151 ; in ' Sketches by Boz,' xi. 448, 494 Seven stars, setting of the, xi. 109 Seventeenth-century queries, x. 408, 511 ; xi. 70 Several, uses of the word, v. 412, 504 Sevign< (Madame de), criticism on her character, ix.
64
Seville, its capture, iii. 327, 395, 457 Seville and civil oranges, pun, xii. 170, 205, 335 Sevres china, iv. 28 Sewardstone, its locality, iii. 67, 156 Sewell (C. W. H.) on Edwin Drood ' continued, xii.
389
Sewell (Dr. J. E.), his nickname, xi. 195 Sewers, commission of, viii. 485 ; history and duties,
ix. 76
Sex, " devout female," i. 325 ; third, ii. 366 Sexagenarian on iron pavement in London, v. 52 Sexdecim Valles in topography of Yorkshire, xii. 186 Sexten. See Argentine. Sexton on bones at the Resurrection, xi. 136 Sexton's tombstone, x. 306, 373, 434, 517 ; xi. 53,
235, 511 ; xii. 115, 453 Seymour (Mrs. Laura) and Charles Reade, xii. 243,
312, 517 Seymour (Mary), cousin german to Edward VI., xi.
268, 358 Seymour (T.) on epitaph at Whitby, iii. 166. Lynch
laws in modern use, i. 4:77. Plantagenet chair, vi.
333 ; Powell (Foster), pedestrian, vi. 57. St. Paul's
Cathedral foundation stone, i. 256. St. Syth=St.
Osyth, i. 16, 238. Scott's 'Antiquary,' ii. 56.
Shagreen, its manufacture, iv. 115. Spoons, old, ix.
479
Shaa or Shaw (Sir John), his bequests of rings, xi. 308 Shaddick (H.) on church bells, xi. 354. Divet, x. 395.
Hewitt (William), surgeon, x. 473, Teens, x. 417. Shaddock, Chinese fruit, v. 168, 217 Shadwell (Dr. C. L.), his ' Registrum Orielense,' xi.
283
Shadwell (John), his biography, v. 515 Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley, first Lord), anecdote
of, x. 209, 271 Shagreen, its manufacture, iv. 68, 115,171, 310,352,
426
Shakespeare (Ellinor), of Herts, vi. 450 Shakespeare (Thomas), register entry, 1625, iii. 108 Shakespeare (William), his grandfather, i. 41, 113,
213, 275 ; baptized and buried in same church, 68 ;
pseudo-relic, 226, 295, 350 ; his theatre at New-
ington Butts, 386 ; and the sea, i. 504 ; ii. 113, 189,
