130 Egyptian Toys in the British Museum, 129 Elephant Detects a Robber, An, 99 Elephants Frightened at Pigs, 9 Energy, A Triumph of, 193 England before the Romans, 86 Englishman, A Fat, 28 Epitaph, an Inculpatory, 268 Etna, Mount, Great Eruption of, 451 ---- Changes of, 406 Europa, Ruins of, 567 Exchequer-bills, Origin of, 676 Execution, in 1793, 84 Extraordinary Tree, 183 Extravagance at Elections, 149 ---- Oriental, 499 Eyam, The Desolation of, 226 Fallacy of the Virtues of a Seventh Son, 315 False Accusers, Punishing, 230 Farmers, Illustrious, 304 Fashionable Disfigurement, 213 Fayence, The, of Henry II. of France, 591 Feasts, Anglo-Saxon, 517 Federation, Fete of the, 288 Female Intrepidity, Extraordinary, 248 Ferrers, Earl, Execution of, 107 Figg, Champion, 113 Finger Rings, Porcelain, 486 Fire at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, 293 Fire-arms in the Tower of London, 29 Fire-engines, When first made, 223 Fish, Shooting, 432 ---- High Price of, in London, 312 ---- Extraordinary Ponds and, 561 ---- Tame, 659 ---- Wonderful, 542 Fishermen, Bulgarian, 497 Fleet Marriages, about 1740, 299 Floods, the Morayshire, 126 Flying Coach, 228 Fog of 1783, The Great, 414 Font at Kilcarn, The, 417 Food of the Ancients, 450 Foot-Racing in 1699, 457 Foreigners in London in 1567, 371 Fortune, Change of, 371 Fox Killed by a Swan, 4 Francis I., Funeral Oration of, 363 Franklin's Celebrated Letter to Strahan, 39 Frederick the Great at Table, 579 French Dress, 102 ---- Assignats, the Origin, 253 Friars, Preaching, 221 Frost Fairs, 67 ---- Extraordinary, 209 9@45849-h@45849-h-25.htm.html#Page_383" class="pginternal">383 | ||
Monks, Gluttony of the, | 347 | |
—— and Friars, | 680 | |
Monsey (Dr.) bequeaths his own Body, | 93 | |
Monsoons, | 179 | |
Monument, Rock-cut, of Asia Minor, | 441 | |
Monuments, Wayside, | 587 | |
Mosque of Omar, | 316 | |
Mother Mapp, the Bone Setter, | 158 | |
Mountains, Height of, | 148 | |
Mouth, Character of the, | 106 | |
M.P.'s and Mayors, Privateers, | 176 | |
Mulgrave, Origin of the House of, | 602 | |
Mullet and Turbot, with the Romans, | 488 | |
Mummy Cases, | 409 | |
Murderess, a Young but Cruel, | 392 | |
Music, Effect of, on a Pigeon, | 64 | |
—— of the Hindoos, | 683 | |
—— —— —— Sea, | 351 | |
Musical Instrument, A Curious, | 628 | |
Musical Instruments, Burmese, | 629 | |
—— —— Egyptian, | 404 | |
Names, Strange Custom about, | 295 | |
Naora, The, | 635 | |
Narrow Escape, | 121 | |
Nature, Wonderful Provision of, | 55 | |
Nebuchadnezzar, Gold Mask of, | 105 | |
Necklace, Ancient Jet, | 529 | |
Negro, Bill of Sale for a, in 1770, | 39 | |
Nell Gwynne's Looking-Glass, | 237 | |
Never Sleeping in a Bed, | 331 | |
Newspapers, Vacillating, | 514 | |
New South Wales, Dances of the Natives of, | 225 | |
Newton, A Visit to the Observatory of, | 10 | |
New Zealand, The Wingless Bird of, | 307 | |
Norman Caps, | 44 | |
North American Indian War Dispatch, | 45 | |
Nose, Effect of a New, | 102 | |
Nostrums, | 63 | |
Nun, The First English, | 330 | |
Nut Crackers, Ancient, | 236 | |
Oaks, Extraordinary, | 310, 426, 466, 455 | |
—— Remarkable, | 405 | |
Old Age, Dying of, at Seventeen Years, | 47 | |
Old Books, | Rouen, The Great Bell of, | 650 |
Royal Touch, The, | 42 | |
Royal Giants, Specimens of, | 121 | |
—— Prisoner, Expenses of, | 260 | |
Sack Pot, Old English, | 521 | |
Sacro Catino, The, | 608 | |
Sadler's Wells, | 112 | |
Saint George, Tomb of, | 281 | |
Saint Lawrence, | 464 | |
SÁlagrÁm, Hindoo Adoration of the, | 589 | |
Sand Columns in Africa, | 610 | |
Sandwiches, Origin of the, | 563 | |
Sardonyx Ring, with Cameo Head of Queen Elizabeth, in the possession of Rev. Lord Thynne, | 373 | |
Scape Goat, Camel as a, | 190 | |
Sceptre, Ivory, of Louis XII., | 476 | |
School, Chinese, | 525 | |
School Expenses in the Olden Time, | 427 | |
Science and Perseverance, Triumphs of, | 123 | |
Scottish Wild Cattle, | 278 | |
Scriptural Antiquities, | 215 | |
Sea, Phosphorescence of the, | 418 | |
Sea Serpent, Immense, | 42 | |
Sea-Urchin, Wonderful Construction of, | 475 | |
Second Sight, | 65 | |
Seeing Two Generations, | 211 | |
Self-Nourishment, | 315 | |
Selkirk and the Dancing Goats, | 22 | |
Sepulchral Vase from Peru, | 320 | |
Sermons, Anecdotes in, | 147 | |
Serpent, Anecdote of a, | 85 | |
Seven, The Number, | 354 | |
SÈvres Porcelain, Prices of, | 487 | |
Sex, Change of, | 189 | |
"Sforza," Origin of the Title, | 554 | |
Shakspeare's Jug, | 575 | |
Sham Prophets, | 319 | |
Sharks, The Queen's, | 203 | |
Sheba, The Queen of, | 518 | |
Sheep Killer, Hunting a, | 268 | |
Shell Fish, in 1675, Price of, | 178 | |
Shetland, The Noss in, | 324 | |
Shield, Ancient Danish, | 420 | |
Shilling, Cutting a Wife off with a, | 359 | |
Shocking Depravity, | 117 | |
Shoes, Long-toed, Origin of, | 646 | |
Shrine, Curious Figures on a, |