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GENERAL INDEX.
Ripley family of Ripley, Yorkshire, iii. 167 ;
iv. 314, 374
Kippn, St. Wilfrid Fair at, iv. 249, 357 ' Rips and reps," slang words defined, ix. 249
Rise, as an active verb, ix. 427 ; x. 73
Rishton (Edward), his burial, ix. 232
Rising of the lights, explanation of the phrase, iv. 66, 135
Ritso (Catherine Augusta) and Hannah Lightfoot, ix. 266, 374
Ritter (Otto) on Sorpeni : Haggovele, i. 472. Verses : author wanted, iii. 294
Ritual question in Ante-Communion Service, vi. 428, 512
' Ritualist's Progress,' its authorship, vi. 130, 173
River divided in 1399, i. 289, 391
River legends, Severn, Wve, and Rheidiol, xii. 488
Rivers, West London, extant or extinct, viii. 347, 414
Rivers (J.) on Kant's descent, ii. 488
Rivett-Carnac (Col. J. H.) on Abbey, viii. 148. Arms of married women, x. 429. French coat of arms, x. 209. National Flag, x. 193, 331. Notices in the United States, vii. 373. Revett of Checkers, Bucks, vii. 310. Stedman (Archdeacon), xii. 48. White Ensign : National Flag, ix. 255, 396. Work indicator, vii. 425
Riviere (Briton), his picture ' In Manus Tuas, Domine,' viii. 330, 396
Rivington (C. R.) on quarterstaff, vi. 155. R.Y. : ' Irish Stocke," v. 297
Roach = cockroach, use of the word, vii. 425
Roach (Miss) and John Potter, xii. 470. See La Roche.
Road, rule of the, ii. 467 ; iii. 96 ; xi. 306
Road carriages, mechanical, xi. 305, 374, 431, 498 ; xii. 31, 96, 158, 414
Road of words, use of the phrase, vii. 290, 354
- Road Scrapings,' series of etchings, ii. 69, 117
Roads, books on, ix. 249, 295
Roan, etymology of the word, v. 425 ; vi. 14 ; xii. 353
Robartes monument, Truro Cathedral, " County of Cornwall and Nowhere " on, vii. 194
Robbins (A. F.) on " Aldress," xi. 346. Aratout, use of the word, vii. 206. Author used for editor, vii. 226. Bacon and Bungay, viii. 69. Barmaid, vi. 425. Bastinado as a punishment, x. 246. Bathing-machines, vi. 154. " Bawms March," vii. 188. Beau as a nickname, viii. 28. 'Better an old man's darling," x. 310. Bilker, xi. 166. Blueback, ix. 326. Bow last used in war, i. 278. Boz-pole, use of the word, vii. 106. Bright (John) and the Cave of Adullam, vi. 331. Britain as " Queen of Isles," ii. 365. Brownley (Mr.), journalistic orator, v. 28. Burgator, xii. 26. Buzzing, ii. 167. Cab : cabriolet in Dickens, xii. 514. Cap of Liberty, ix. 507. Chetwood (William Rufus), viii. 425. Chops of the Channel," xii. 27. Common hangman, viii. 335, 353. Coop -to detain voters, xii. 226. Coop, to trap, iv. 165. Cooper (the late Mr. Thompson), i. 246. Cornish and other apparitions, x. 117. County Borough, xn. 225. Court of Reception, iv. 466. Cricket report, earliest, vii. 441 ; viii. 191. Death of Nelson,' iv. 450. " Debatable, The," xi. 366. Dickens and Yorkshire schools, vi. 244. ' D.N.B.' : additions, and corrections, ix. 231. Disalder, xi. 385. Electioneering experience of Sir J. Graham, viii. 46. Ele-
phant, first, exhibited, xii. 197. England,
English, their pronunciation, iv. 256. English
queen as Jezebel, xi. 341. ' Entente cordiale,"
ix. 194 ; xii. 216. " Every man has his price,"
vii. 470 ; ix. 378. Fair-copy, x. 7. ' Father
of his Country," ix. 236. " Fed up," iii. 66.
Flute (Nicholas), an Elizabethan adventurer,
viii. 504. Flying machine in 1751, xii. 272.
" Fourth Estate," xii. 184. French of Strat-
ford-at-Bow, vi. 326 ; vii. 267. Gallery,
The: The Press Gallery, vi. 146. Garibaldi, iv.
132. " God Bless the Prince of Wales ! ' ix.
486. Great Britain : early reference, xi. 66.
" Hearts of oak," v. 409. Hopton (Ralph,
Lord), v. 456. Infant phenomenon, iv. 507.
Inmatecy, viii. 187. Jacobin = Jacobite, ix.
368. Junius claimant, vii. 272. Launceston
Castle, xi. 285. Leading article : leader, ii.
345. ' Lights of London,' iv. 45. Lincoln and
European politicians, vii. 165, 318. Links
with the past, i. 513. Local option, vi. 467 ;
viii. 196. Lord Mayor's Day, v. 30. Mechani-
cal road carriages, xii. 414. Metropolitan
Municipal Councils, iv. 306. Military officer,
oldest, ii. 17 ; x. 97. Moral pockethandker-
chiefs, v. 368. ' Morning Star,' iv. 464.
Morris (Edward), M.P., x. 397. Newgateers,
vi. 109. Newspaper, early, i. 486. North
Bungay Fencibles, x. 429. Olympic games
in England, x. 147. " On the mending-hand,"
vii. 387. Order of the Pen, ix. 309. Order
of the Royal Oak, v. 513. Parliamentary
applause: earliest use, x. 248. Peel (Sir
Robert), vi. 289. Pennyworth, xi. 487. Picca-
ninny, its origin, vii. 515. Play-bills, earliest,
i. 114. Pop goes the weasel, iv. 211. Prime
Minister, ix. 425. Prisoners of war in English
literature, ii. 407. Proverbs, their history, ii.
22. Proverbs and popular phrases, x. 281,
458. Public meeting, iv. 213. Rhine a
French boundary, xi. 432. Rising of the
lights, iv. 66. " Roger, Old " : " Jolly Roger,"
xi. 370. Roundhead, x. 357. Shakespeare's
compliment to Elizabeth, ix. 178 ; x. 418.
Shakespeare's plays, sub-titles for, vi. 404.
Shakespeariana, x. 164. Ships' periodicals,
xi. 328. "Sinews of war," x. 253. Slang,
current : What ? vi. 393. Slavey, x. 187.
Split infinitive, iii. 52. " Stew in their own
juice," xii. 206. " Storm in a teacup," xi. 388.
Swift and Temple's letters, viii. 21. Tea as a
meal, vii. 246. " Tear 'em," viii. 186. Tele-
graph,' 1797, ix. 358. Theatrical benefits, vii.
321. ' Times ' as " The Thunderer," ix. 417.
Tintagel, its pronunciation, x. 194. Tweedle-
dum and Tweedledee. xi. 426. Tyburn : pro-
posed removal in 1719, viii. 365. ' Verify
your references," vi. 62, 174. Viceroy of Ire-
land, ix. 332. War Office in fiction, iv. 235.
Water-suchy, ix. 338. Whitebait dinner, minis-
terial, i. 213. Wild (Jonathan), bibliography,
xi. 347 ; in State Papers, xii. 3 21. Witchcraft,
trial for, in 1701, xi. 290. " W T orking class '
officially defined, ii. 146
Robbins (Alan Pitt) on passive resister, v. 32 Robbins (Clifton) on Abstemius in JEsop's ' Fables,' iv. 149. Cricket : pictures and engravings, iv. 9. " Every man has his price," vii. 472. Georgia : foundation of the colony, vi. 345. Lightship on the Nore, v. 306. Pow- wow, xi. 487. Servius Sulpicius and Bret Harte, viii. 205. Test Match, iv. 246. Trump as a card term, v. 148. Umpire, vii. 67