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ANEcDoTE of Oliver CROM well

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. The Court AND THE CITY IN THE REIGN of CHARLEs I. 23

UNHEALTHINEss of MEDICAL PRACTITIONERs - . 29

ScALIGER's CHARACTERs of some of the EUROPEAN

NATIONs . - - - - - - - 30

HeADs or TAILs - - - - - - . 32

SIR WALTER Scott's AstroNoMy . - - - ib.

PICTUREs of THE MANNERs of GERMANY DURING THE

FIFTEENTH CENTURY - - - - • . 37

Excom MUNICATION of HENRY IV, EMPERoR of GER-

MANY, BY HILDEBRAND, STYLED GREGoRY WII. 39

MARIA, THE LAST QUEEN of GEORGIA - - . 41

SIR John WANBRUGH As A MATCH-MAKER - - 48

SARAH, Duchess of MARLBorough, AND QUEEN ANNE 53

History of THE BUILDING of THE GREAT THEATRE of

SAN CARLo AT NAPLEs . - - - - . 59

A CURIOUs Custom - - - - - - 61

THEoDoRE BEzA - - - - - - . 62

MACHIAvelli Avenged By the Booksellers . - 63

REM.INIscENCEs of THE MARCHIoness of CREQUY ... ib.

PoliticAL AND MoRAL TESTAMENT, ADDREssed by St.

Louis To HIs SoN, who AFTERw ARD's REIGNEd By the

NAME of PHILIP The Bold . - - - . 67
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TAILLEFER - - -

FAvourites, AND RELAxations of JAMEs the FIRst ;

witH A word on Court Fools -

WHETHER Claude Lorraine was a PAstry-cook

ON THE FAMILY of Lord Bacon

DURHAM-House AND York-House

The CIceRoNE of WINDsor CASTLE

THE SAPIENT PIG .

A PRACTICAL SARCAsM

A GREAT MAN IN DISGUISE

A Few PARALLEL PASSAGEs - - -

A MILE -

HoNour to PoETs -

TAYLoR THE WATER-PoET - - -

WHETHER ADAM was created IN SPRING or AUTUMN .

Soldiers Must ENJoy THEMSElves

The REAL CAstle of OTRANTo . - -

CUTTING THE SEcond TEETH

WHEN GREEK Meets GREEK

ANecdotes of BRUNELLEscH1 .

BULLS AND BARoNs

Roy ALTY AND A WooDEN Soldier

A FEw MIRACLEs of THE DARK AGEs - -

A Few MoDERN FANATIcs

CountERFEIT KINGs . - - - -

SHAM Levils No Joke

AN IRISH MALDEN Assize

AN Account of THE DEATH of BAcon BY A CoNTEMPORARY

Why GREAT PRIESTs Rode UPON MULEs, AND HAD Mules

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56. Who FIRST DoubleD THE CAPE of Good Hope .

57. BERKELEY AND THE PRIESTs

58. Traits of Louis XIV. - -

59. Notes on NApoleon - - -

60. A QUEER TRANSLATION FROM WITRuvius

61. THEATREs AT VENICE, IN 1608 .

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63. ON THE DECLINE AND FAll of SERENA DING -

64. CoMMon USE of PLATE IN THE TIME of HENRY VIII. .

65. WAxEN FIGUREs of some of the KINGs of FRANCE

66. CABRIolets AND OMNIBusses

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68. A DESULTony CHAPTER on EATING, with ANEcdotes of
A Few DistiNGUISHED Gourmans AND Gourm ETs .

69. WHEN A STRANGER ENTERs A Room

70. A HAPPY REPARTEE - -

71. The CEREMon1AL of MAKING THE KING's BED

72. THE APHoRISMs of HIPPocRATES

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74. MoRBus ANAToMicus (The Dissector's Disease)

75. TRANSLATABLE PUNs - - - -

76. DIALEcts of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE

77. HUMAN FEcundiTY

78. EconoMY IN QUEEN ANNE's DREsses, with A Few

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82. Oliven CRomwell at CAM bridge

83. The UNIversity of Oxford IN 1632

84. PLAIN DEALING -

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86. MACHIAvelli IN HIs RETIREMENT

87. PREssing to DEATH, AND PRAYING AND FASTING

88. A MERCIFUL SchoolMASTER - - - - • .

89. The New REMEDIES

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92. A LEGAL DEFINITION

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94. WESTRIs, THE God of DANCING - - - -

95. PRYNNE’s Histhio-MASTIx - -

96. PREAching AND PRACTICE - - - - -

97. ON THE Fortunate MARRIAGEs of The House of

AUSTRIA

98. The TRIPARTITE EMPIRE .

99. As Rich As A JEw - - -

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102. Use of GLASS IN the TIME of Queen Elizabeth AND

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103. ExTRActs FROM THE DIARY of A LEARNed Divise

AND ANTIQUARY of the Eighteenth CENTURY

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