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GENERAL INDEX,
Elmham (William), English admiral, 1379, iii. 87,
192
Elphin, John Hodson, Bishop of, viii. 268 Elphinstone (Bishop William), d. 1514, his tomb,
iv. 367 ; his badge, xii. 260, 311, 346 Elsdale (Robinson) -Ann Gibbins, 1779, yi. 288 Elsham, pronunciation of place-name, iv. 269,
314, 455, 535 ; v. 57, 135, 216
El Soltero on Bouillon (Duchesse de), v. 70 Paganel as a Christian name, v. 350 Ram6e (Louise de la) (Ouida), vii. 187 Stewart (Major-General Alexander) : Brigadier- General' Alexander Leslie, iv. 67 Elstob (Charles), Cambridge, iv. 210, 257, 317,
413 ; v. 337 Eltham (Abraham), Westminster scholar, 1717,
iv. 210
Eltofte, surname referred to, 1539, ix. 247 Elton (Capt. Andrew), d. 1710, his biography, ii.
230
Elton (Edward), his book on the Ten Command- ments, 1624, xi. 334 Elvet, origin of the place-name, v. 466 Ely, parish register missing, i. 327 ; St. Zita's Chapel built by Sir W. Langston, 1456, iii. 229 ; sixteenth-century quotation of, vii. 128 Ely Cathedral, maze on porch pavement, ii. 148,
235
Ely Chapel, the registers of, vii. 428 ; viii. 12, 73 Elvas (Abbot), recovery of his coffin-lid, ii. 309,
372 Elyas (Matheus ap), Archdeacon of Anglesey,
c. 1320, xii. 379
Elyas the Printer, c. 1495, his surname, ix. 167 Elze=already, use of the word, iii. 25, 72, 111 Elzevir bibliography, viii. 209, 250, 312 Emanuel (Harry), c. 1858, alluded to by Disraeli.
xii. 18, 89
Emblems, floral, of countries, x. 349, 413, 457, 513 ; metrical prayer and Passion, i. 67, 152, 238 ; orange emblems on glassware, iv. 390 " Embuss " and " debuss," words used in war,
1914, xi. 246 Emerald Isle, origin of the designation, ii. 208,
250, 396
Emeritus on authors of quotations wanted, iii. 348 Authors of songs wanted, v. 272 " Bast," iv. 74 Burke, reference in wanted, vii. 150 Chaucer : ' The Squire's Tale,' i. 50 Chyebassa, ii. 497 ' Convict Ship,' iv. 515 Dolls buried in a Scottish cave, vii. 89, 274 Fire-walking : physical explanation, ix. 49 Hewlett (E.) on burial customs, vi. 349 " Hypergamy," vii. 229 " Itte-dhandu," In- dian games, vii. 354 Koftgari work, i. 446 Magic lucky pear at Colstoun, Haddingtonshire, vi. 110 Onions planted with roses, vi. 509 Parr (Queen Katherine), i. 508 Personal names in India and in Iran, ix. 77 Phases of culture, v. 168^-Prickly pear and Monreale Cathedral, iii. 132 Princess and the crumpled rose-leaf, x. 489 Printers' work, xi. 301 Prussian blue, xii. 320 Roses as cause of colds and sneezing, xi. 280 Seersucker, kind of cloth, ii. 138 Skeat on derivations, iv. 7 Tracked stones found hi Ireland, ii. 288 Emeritus Professors, use of the title, viii. 250 Emerson (R. Waldo), in England, 1833, iv. 69, 115, 152, 198 ; ix. 25 ; his visit to Manchester, 1847, iv. 90 ; and " Mr. Crump's whim," iv. 108 : v. 414 ; on Norman descent, v. 268, 354 ;
and Cadney Church, Lincolnshire, vii. 186 ;
quotation from essay, xi. 190 Emery (H. G.) on Robin Hood romance, viii.
297 Emigrants, Highland transatlantic, lists of, xi.
417
Emigrants, Scottish, oaths of allegiance, ii. 248 Emperor, Roman, his image and " bad language,"
vi. 250, 371
Emperor and painter's brush, story, iii. 209, 296 Empires of the air and sea, epigram, 1783, xii. 67 " Employee," use of the word, vi. 146, 411 ; vii.
37, 458
Empress, use of the title in Rome, v. 148, 254 Empress as a surname, viii. 106 Empress of Hell, Virgin Mary called, i. 428, 493 " Encly," use of the word, 1608, ix. 227 ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' Gustayus Aldolphus's
birthplace, iv. 26 ; " vicugna " in, v. 48, 137 ;
a slip in, viii. 187 ' Encyclopaedia Londinensis,' article on heraldry,
vii. 288
Encyclopaedias, list of current, v. 507 Endeavour, H.M. Barque, pictures of, vi. 131, 177 ' Eneados,' by Bishop Douglas, 1513, meaning of
words from, xii. 156, 177, 215, 235, 255, 281,
323, 366
- Evedei faro, its equivalent in Roman jurisprudence,
ix. 269
Enery on Cockney speech, xii. 349
" Enforce "=to inform, 1611, ix. 227
Engine Court, reason of the name, vi. 387
Engineer, epitaph on, 1846, v. 504
England (George), Westminster scholar, 1719, iv. 210
England, history of, with riming verses, iv. 168, 233, 278, 375,' 418, 517 ; . v. 34 ; x. 267, 393
England, incivility upon the road, xi. 334 ; popu- lation in 1705, xi. 334
England, pronunciation of the word, xi. 379
England and France quarterly, x. 281, 336, 396, 417, 458, 510 ; xi. 50, 74, 96, 138, 177, 232 ; xii. 284, 370, 424, 490
England and Scotland, legislative union, note in parish register, 1707, ix. 507
Engle (King) and his sons, from a Guisborough MS., v. 509 ; vi. 95
English, Dutch words in, iii. 386 ; early, pronun- ciation of " ch " iv. 285, 412 ; as spoken in Dublin, viii. 467 ; ix. 14 ; " The Queen's," 1592, ix. 105 ; expressions of the 20th century, xi. 450 ; xii. 15, 58
English and Danish ogre-stories, vii. 228, 295
English bookbindings, 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, iii. 208
4 English Catalogue of Books,' vii. 127, 196, 238, 256, 316
English Church in Rome, 1816, ix. 167
English Churchman on St. Bartholomew's Hos- pital, Oxford : " Holy Thursday," xi. 14
English classics in John Ryland's Library, i. 402
English decorator and Tinteretto, anecdote, i. 367
- English Dialect Dictionary,' additions and
corrections, iii. 67 ; vii. 455 ; ix. 146, 234, 298 English family, vi. 367, 453 ' English Freeholder,' political periodical, 1791.
ii. 108, 216
English prisoners in France in 1811, xi. 66, 116 English railroad, the earliest, with passengers.
1812, iv. 65 English records in Aleppo, xi. 101, 249, 408