As they concerned witticisms about the public men of the day, they soon became out-of-date. Lamb gives a partial list of the subjects at the end of the paragraph. 11 Pastrol M - Mr. T. Maynard, chief clerk of Old Ammities and three per cents. 1788-1793. Maynard committed suicide. IRVING 1 Pavonia. The name given by the early geographers to that part of Jersey from Hoboken to Perth Amboy. 2 Communipaw. The Indian settlement on the Jersey shore of the Hudson River. According to Knickerbocker's History the Dutch captured the village and settled their first colony there. 3 MSS. of the Rev. John Heckwelder; New York Historical Society. DE QUINCEY 1 he had invented mail-coaches, etc. Palmer was led to this action by the difficulty he experienced in obtaining regularly good actors for the Theatre Royal at Bath, of which he was the manager. He was opposed by the owners of the old stage coaches but finally succeeded in establishing a system of mail coaches which ran irregularly. De Quincey seems to have made an error concerning his marriage with a duke's daughter. Açcording to Masson it was Charles Palmer who married the daughter of a duke. 2 Michaelmas, Lent, Easter, and Act. The fall, winter, spring, and summer terms. The last term received its name from the name originally given to the thesis for the Master's Degree. Students at Oxford are reIquired to be in residence for a certain number of weeks each term. 3 delf-ware outsides. The servants generally occupied the outside places. 4 attaint the foot. "The word is used in its legal sense. The blood f one convicted of high treason is 'attaint,' and his deprivations extend to his descendants, unless Parliament removed the attainder."-Turk. 5 salle-à-manger. Dining room. BYRON 1 Triptolemus. The hero of Greek mythology who was supposed to have taught mankind the cultivation of grain. 2 Commons pass their patriot bill. Byron refers to the policy of Canning, the newly appointed foreign secretary. He broke with the Holy Alliance and recognized the South American republics. His friend Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade, introduced many acts to develop the trade and commerce of England. His treaties of reciprocity gave English traders special privileges in foreign ports in return for similar privileges granted to the countries with which the treaties were made. The Tories thus emphasized a new patriotism, KEATS 1 all amort. Oblivious. 2 La belle dame sans mercy. The beautiful lady without pity. Keats wrote a ballad with this title. CARLYLE 1 Ugolino Hunger-cellars. By his despotic rule of Pisa, Ugolino aroused the anger of the Archbishop who formed a conspiracy against him. Ugolino and his sons were imprisoned in the Tower and left to starve to death in 1288. 2 Melton Morbray. A famous English hunting field in Leicestershire, England. 3 Dogger-bank. A sand-bar in the North Sea. MACAULAY 1 theorbo. A lute used in the seventeenth century. 2 mania of 1825. The return of prosperity caused by the policy of Huskisson resulted in the formation of many joint-stock companies with rather hazardous projects. A crisis occurred in 1825 when nearly all city banks and numerous companies went into bankruptcy. 3 mania of 1845. Crisis brought about by the failure of potato crop and famine in Ireland. This led to the repeal of the corn-laws. 4 In a footnote on this passage Macaulay wrote, "For the account of the origin of stock-jobbing in the City of London I am chiefly indebted to a most curious periodical paper, entitled "Collector for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, by J. Houghton, F. R. S." It is in fact a weekly history of the commercial speculations of the time." HOLMES 1 Hoosac Tunnel's bore. The Hoosac Tunnel started in 1855 was not finished until 1874. It was bored through nearly five miles of solid rock. 2 Cumming. A popular English preacher who was an opponent of the Roman Catholic Church and the Free Church established in 1843. 3 Miller. The Millerites expected the second advent of Christ about 1843. William Miller had lectured concerning the Millennium for ten years previously. At one time he had nearly 50,000 followers. POE 1 roquelaure. A short cloak. 2 'Nemo me impune lacessit'. No one assails me with impunity. 8 In pace requiescat! May he rest in peace. TENNYSON 10 silent father of our Kings to be. Prince Albert, the lamented husband of Queen Victoria. LOWELL 1 Mr. Quincy. Lowell's essay was a review of The Life of Josiah Quincy by his son, Edmund Quincy. Josiah Quincy was prominent in national and local politics from 1805-1845. 2 Oglethorpe. This British general lived to be 89. As a youthful soldier he had served under Prince Eugene in the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1713). John Adams was Minister to England from 1785-1788. RUSKIN 1 Excursion. A poem in which Wordsworth presented his character as that of a wanderer. 2 Autolycus. A pedlar and rogue in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. ARNOLD 1a phrase of mine. Arnold discussed the value of culture in The Function of Criticism and in Culture and Anarchy. 2 Professor Huxley. Two selections from Huxley's address, Science and Culture are given on Pages 348-352. HUXLEY 1 feu d'enfer. Fire of Hell. 2 Once upon a time, a boy. Sir Josiah Mason, a manufacturer who founded the Scientific College at Birmingham. 3 Institution. Sir Josiah Mason's College at Birmingham. STEVENSON 1 estaminet. A drinking-house or tap-room. 2 En Angleterre, etc. In England you employ sliding-seats, don't you? 3 Voyez-vous, nous sommes sérieux. You see we are serious. MANDEVILLE 1 Lapidary. A medieval treatise describing precious stones and telling the virtues of them. 2 Pleading in court 3 Dreams 4 Firm, steady 5 Tried, tested 6 Liars 7 Test 8 Cut CHAUCER 1 dressed in various colors 2 Flaundrish. Hats made in Flanders were of the first grade. 3 neatly 4 very importantly 5 Souninge alway th' encrees of his winning. Tending always to the increase of his profits. He wolde the see were kept for any thing. He desired the sea to be well guarded at any cost. 7 Middelburgh. A seaport in the Netherlands. 8 Orewelle. An English river emptying into the channel opposite Middelburgh. 9 crowns, so called from the shield on one side 10 used his knowledge 11 knew no person 12 agreement for borrowing money 13 do not know 14 Weaver 15 also 16 o liveree. They wore the livery of the same guild or fraternity. 17 important 18 apparel was trimmed 19 furnished with metal caps 28 It is full fair to been y-clept "ma dame". Their wives wished to be called 'My Lady' and go before all other women to the meetings. 29 vigilyës. Evening meetings held at the church on the night before a festival. 30 Maunciple. An officer who purchased supplies for a college or an inn of court. 31 purchasers 32 or took by taille. on credit. "The buyer who took tally had the price scored on a pair of sticks; the seller gave him one of them and retained the other himself." (Skeat). 33 always 34 buying 35 ignorant 36 surpass 37 skillful 38 own income 39 unless he were crazy 40 economically 41 sette hir aller cappe. The caps of them all. The Maunciple was able to get the best of them all. 42 Boece. Chaucer's translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophya book highly esteemed in the Middle Ages. 48 Troilus. Chaucer's poem on one of the stories of the siege of Troy. 44 Under thy lokkes thou most have the scalle, But after my making thou wryte trewe. You ought to have the scab under your locks unless you copy exactly as I have composed. 45 must 46 also LYDGATE 1 this hall. Westminster Hall, where the writer had gone to obtain justice. 2 Fleminges. Flanders was especially noted for its manufacture of hats. 3 barter, sell Cheap. Cheapside, a section of London. 8 Canwick Street. Candlewick Street, London. 9 cry 10 reward 11 went 12 goods 13 try 14 A penny can do more than it may. A common proverb in the fifteenth century. 15 I list not yet bestow any alms deed. I do not wish yet to give alms; that is, a free passage. 16 paid attention 17 prepared 18 reward + |