Volume 3

The Percy anecdotes / collected and edited by Reuben and Sholto Percy [pseud.].

Date:
pref. 1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Percy anecdotes / collected and edited by Reuben and Sholto Percy [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dundas, Sir David, 257 Dunning;, Mr., the lawyer, 37 Duplicity punished, 530 Durham, Bishop of, his privileges, 467 Dutch adventures, 410 Dutch fisheries, 378 Dutch laundresses, 379 Dutch mania, 480 Dutch practice, 63 Dutch trade with Japan, 412 Dutch workhouse, 63 Duty before revenge, 128 Dying of joy, 109 Dying of laughter, 197 Dying speech, patriotic, 30 Tj'AGLE.and child, 620 A-* Eagle, white-headed, 127 Early dramatic abuses, 301 Earrings, fashion of wearing, 456 Earthquake at Messina, 627 Eastern concealment, 476 Eastern ease, 476 East India Company, 396 Eccentricity of sailors, 079 Economy, Scotch, 209 Edgeworth, Colonel, his propen- sity for gambling, 517 Edgeworth, Mr. Richard Lovell, 37 Edward VI., time of, 380 Edwards, William, his enterprise in building bridges, 357 Effect, dramatic, 330 Effort in singing, danger of, 31S Egg, the wonderful, 184 Egypt, exportation of grain from, 422 Egyptian labyrinth, 187 Electioneering, 234 Electioneering bill, 209 Electioneering sermon, 203 Elephant catching, 501 Elephant hunting in India, 507 Elephant rope dancing, 100 Elizabeth, Madame, fate of, 583 Elizabeth, Queen, 159 Elizabeth, Queen, and Eric, 542 Ellis, John, examination before the House of Commons. 234 Elopement, the double, 628 Elwes. Sir Harvey, the miser, 519 Embanking, 351 Employments, male and female, 344 Enchantment, royal, 161 Enemy, honourable, 5 Enervating a people, 458 England, bank of, 404 England, torture in, 54 English and Scots, 447 English criminal code, 94 English gaols schools of corrup- tion, 86 English hospitality, 228 English gentlemen farmers, 361 Engraving, magnificent, 172 Enterprise, intrepid, 577 Enthusiasm, female, 570 Envy, 136 Epicurism, 248 Epitaph, ingenious, 206 Epitaphs, 233 Erroneous verdicts, 37 Erskine, Hon. Henry, 232 Escapes from the gallows, 10 Escaping a bedlamite, 169 Escort, secret, no Etiquette at Court, 463 Eugene, Prince, 64 Eugene, Prince, and his wig, 462 Euphemion educated by Demo- critus, 590 Euripides not guarded in his re- marks on the stage, 293 European banks, 401 Evidence, verdict against, 18 Evils, choice of two, 123 Evils of monopoly, 425 Exact cut, the, 449 Exactions, Turkish, 373 Examination of witnesses, secret, =7 Example, memorable, 6 Example for widows, 349 Excess of apparel, order against, 452 Excess of speculation, 434 Exchange, the new, 474 Execution in Prussia, 77 Execution of Ravaillac, 53 Existence of matter, 219 Experiment, extraordinary, 87 Exploits, great sporting, 305 Expression, 314 Extraordinary bequests, 247 Extraordinary coincidences, 396 Extraordinary imposture. 42 Extraordinary punishment, 31 Eyre, John, Esq., 87 Eyre, Sir Simon, purchasing the contents of a wreck, 438 judicial, 37 a, a, 9 Fair of Makarieff, 427 Fair of Senegaglia, 437 Fair play, 513 Faithful companion, 143 Fallen greatness, 550 False alarm, 139 False pleas, 49 Farmers gentlemen, 220 Family circle, royal, 611 Family compact, the, 621 Family crosses, 603 Family going to the scaffold, 543 Family in the woods, 614 Family man's answer to a chal- lenge, 623 Family necessity, 623 Family of the Suns, 596 Family pride of the Romans, 629 Famine, prevention of, 397 Fans, antiquity of, 431 Fardingales, 455 Farmer's wife, French, 367 Farquhar, Mr., peculiarities of, 291 Fashion for piked shoes. 44S Fashion in England, progress of, 442 Fashion in spurs, 472 Fashion reversed, 464 Fashions, American, 463 Fashions in language, 409 Fashions, French, 485 Fashions of the beard, 445 Fashions of the hair, 444 Fashions of whiskers, 446 Fashions, Scotch, 474 Fate of Charles I., 54 Father, forgiving, 625 Father of mechanics, 173 Faulkner, George, 228 Faulkner.George,commits an error, 484 Favour to strangers, 32 Feathers introduced by Marie Antoinette, 457 Feeding the orphan, 112 Feet, large, 471 Feet, small, 477 Feints, successful, 163 Fellenberg's establishment for re- forming vagrants, 377 Felons reclaimed, 72 Felt making, discovery of, 162 wABIUS, 4 Facetiae, Fair conditioi Felton the assassin, 54 Female enthusiasm, 370 Female improver, 607 Female pleading, 45 Female sympathy, 620 Ferguson, James, his ingenuity, 156 Festival of Apaturia. 128 Feudal justice, 38 Fielding, Sir John, 206 Fife, Lord, 241 Filial affection, 124 Filial devotion in Japan, 613 Filial enthusiasm of a bison, 124 Filial enthusiasm of two spaniels, 124 Filial duty of a rat, no Filial piety, 587 Filial revenge, 58 Filial tenderness and address, 113 Finder, a good, 109 Fine writing, 227 Fishing birds, Chinese, no Irishwoman, Parisian, 170 Fitzstephen, Mayor of Galway, 3 Flattery. 217 Flattery, French, 470 Fletcher of Saltoun, 354 Flogging, right of, 203 Flute player, automaton, 150 Flying in the air, 168 Flying machine, 191 Foible cured, 554 Foible in dress, 486 Fond fathers, 586 Foote, humour of, 224 Foote and his wooden leg, 332 Footways defended, 33 Fop of 1690, the, 476 Fop, a, 239 Foppery and courage, 477 Foraging horse, 121 Force of habit, 611 Forgery, pardon for, 69 Forgery of Shakspeare MSS., 334 Fort Montague scooped cut of a rock, 377 Fortitude, 543 Fortunate discovery, 614 Fortunate suppliant, 626 Fortunate venture, 251 Fortune teller, 123 Foster, Judge, 33 Foster-mother, singular, 117 Found goods, 38 Fox-chase, desperate, 498 Fox-chase, Spanish, 534 Fox-chasing. 138 Fox-hunting enthusiasm, 500 Fox-hounds, 514 Foxes, cunning of. 513 France, early commerce of, 398 Frank candidate, a, 284 Frankfort fair, 436 Franklin and the Quaker, 270 Franklin, Dr., 220 Franklin, Dr., his industry, 334 Francham, John, teacher of lan- ! guages, 273 Fraternity, odd, 103 | Fraud in drawing lots, 153 l Frederick the Great and Count Lusi, 168 | Frederick the Great and the ob- 1 stinate miller, 29 ] French drama, 306 , l-'rcnch in India, 420 ! French manufactures, 367 : French peasantry, 350 I French trade with Constantinople, 420 j l'resnoy. Lenglct du, 26S i Friend in need, canine, no j Friendship, considerate, 623 • Friendship, a guiding star, 123 : Frolic, fatal, 456 I Frolics, best ol, 268