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The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes. HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND HUMOROUS. A NEW SELECTION. BURNS & OATES. London: Granville Mansions. New York: Barclay Street. |
[INDEX.]
[AFFECTION.]
[ARTISTS.]
[BEGGING.]
[BENEVOLENCE.]
[BOOKS.]
[BONAPARTE.]
[CHARITY.]
[DINNERS.]
[DOCTORS.]
[THE DRAMA—ACTORS, ETC.]
[DUTY.]
[FIDELITY.]
[FONTENELLE.]
[FOOLS.]
[FORGIVENESS.]
[FRIENDS.]
[GRATITUDE.]
[GHOSTS.]
[HEROISM.]
[HOSPITALITY.]
[HUMANITY.]
[IMAGINATION AND FEAR.]
[JOHNSON.]
[KINGS.]
[LAWS AND LAWYERS.]
[LIBRARIANS.]
[MAGNANIMITY.]
[MUSICIANS.]
[PARLIAMENT.]
[PATIENCE.]
[POETS.]
[POLITENESS.]
[PRESENCE OF MIND.]
[PRIDE OF RANK AND ANCESTRY.]
[PUNCTUALITY.]
[ROBBERS.]
[SAILORS.]
[SCHOOLS.]
[SERVANTS.]
[SIGNS.]
[SOLDIERS.]
[TEMPER.]
[TIME, VALUE OF.]
[TRAVELLING.]
[WAR.]
[MISCELLANEOUS.]
[INDEX.]
Abernethy, [26]
Abon Hannifah, [39]
Adam, Dr., and the Schoolboy, [106]
Aguesseau, D', Chancellor of France, [115]
Alban's, Duchess of, and the Sailor, [28]
Algerine Captain, [119]
Alphonsus, King of Naples, [39]
American Heroines, [135]
Amour, St., General, [1]
André, St., Marquis de, [90]
Astley Cooper, [26]
Atterbury, in the House of Peers, [113]
Bakers, The, of Lyons, [18]
Bailly, Miss—Escape of the Pretender, [94]
Bannister, [19]
Bautru and the Spanish Librarian, [77]
Bayard, The Chevalier, [80]
Beauvais, Ladies of, [118]
Begging, [10]
Belmont, Countess de, [45]
Benbow and the Wounded Sailor, [101]
Ben Jonson at Dinner, [21]
Bernard, Father, [88]
Bishop and Clerks, [104]
Boufflers, Marshal, [120]
Bouille, Marquis de, [121]
Boutteville, Count de, and the Soldier, [81]
Boutibonne, M., Imaginary Accident, [58]
Breton Peasants, [48]
Brougham, Lord—Examination of a Witness, [70]
Budæus, [76]
Buffon and his Servant, [115]
Busby, Dr., and the Scholar, [106]
Cajeta, Siege of, [51]
Camden, Lord, in the Stocks, [73]
Camerons and Christians, [117]
Campo, Marquess del, and George III., [93]
Candle Light, War by, [120]
Canning and the Preacher, [125]
Carteret, Lady, and Dean Swift, [132]
Carving Accident, [90]
Catalogue Making, [15]
Chamillart the French Lawyer, [70]
Chantrey—First sculpture, [9]
Charity, [18]
Charles II. and Killigrew, [63]
Charles V. of France, [64]
Charles VI. of Austria, [122]
Charles XII. and his Secretary, [119]
Charlotte, Princess, [54]
Chatillon, Admiral, and the Beggar, [10]
Cherin, General, [109]
Child and Goat, [103]
China Ware, [129]
Christmas Pudding Extraordinary, [20]
Clerambault and La Fontaine, [126]
Cobbler of Leyden, The, [114]
Cochrane, Sir John, [46]
Cochrane, Lord, [56]
Coleridge's "Watchman", [107]
Coleridge and his Dinner Companion, [126]
Conjugal Affection—French Troops in Italy, [4]
Cornwallis, Admiral, and the Mutineers, [105]
Crimean Captain, [111]
Curran
and Dr. Boyse, [40]
and the Jockey, [67]
and the Farmer, [69]
his Witty Replies, [70]
Cuvier and his Visitors, [116]
Day, Thomas, and Sir W. Jones, [72]
Deaf and Dumb Mother, [1]
Denon and Defoe, [16]
Dey of Algiers and Admiral Keppel, [104]
Dickens—Origin of "Boz", [15]
Dictionaries, [14]
Dieppe Pilot, [43]
Domat, Judge, and the Poor Widow, [11]
Douglas, The, [47]
Dreaming, [129]
Drummond, Provost, [52]
Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Pitt—a Dispute in Bed, [86]
Duncan, Admiral, [121]
Duty, [34]
Duval, the Librarian, [77]
Edinburgh—Spoiled Street, [130]
Erskine and Lord Kellie, [126]
Erskine, Legal Anecdotes of, [67]-[68]
Eveillan, Archdeacon of Angers, [57]
Faithful Depositary, [37]
Faithful Domestic, [36]
Falkland, Lord, and the House of Commons, [86]
Family Sacrifice—French Revolution, [4]
Fear of Death, [58]
Fenelon, Archbishop—his Humanity, [56]
Fielding, Sir J., and the Irishman, [71]
Filial Affection—French Boy, [2]
Fletcher, of Saltown, and his Footman, [113]
Fools, [38]
Foote, the Actor, [33]
Forgiveness, [39]
Fouché and Napoleon, [91]
Francis I. and his Fool, [38]
Frederick the Great
and the Page, [61]
and the Soldier, [62]
and the Deserter, [62]
his Arguments, [62]
French
Curate—Forgiveness, [39]
Peasant Girl, [45]
Officer in Flanders, [77]
Officer in Spain, [77]
Servant
at Noyon, [95]
of La Vendée, [91]
Friends, [40]
Gainsborough—Picture of the Pigs, [6]
Garrick and Rich, [33]
Garrick and Sir J. Reynolds, [115]
Gendarmes and Priest, [91]
George
I. and the Lieutenant, [121]
II.
and the Dutch-Innkeeper, [64]
and the Court Martial, [122]
III.
—Punctuality, [64]
Carbonel the Wine Merchant, [65]
The Horse Dealer, [66]
Memorial to a Servant, [66]
Treatment of a Caricature, [66]
and Lord Lothian, [102]
Ghosts, [42]
Gibbet, Sight of a, [117]
Gin versus Drugs, [25]
Glynn, Dr., and the Magpie, [12]
Gonsalvo de Cordova, [119]
Goldsmith's Marlow, [32]
Gooch, Sir W., and the Negro, [90]
Gratitude, [40]
Gregory, Dr., a Militiaman, [38]
Granby, Marquis of, and the Lord-in-Waiting, [108]
Grancé, Count de, and the Cannon Ball, [112]
Grenadier, French, [121]
Grog, [103]
Guise, Colonel, [24]
H., Letter, Use of, [14]
Haddock, Admiral, [102]
Handel, [82]
Hanging Judge, The, [73]
Hanway, Jonas, and the Coachman, [107]
Hawker, Colonel, and the French Officer, [77]
Haydn, [84]
Heavy Play, A, [28]
Heber's Palestine, [14]
Henderson and the Actor, [113]
Henri IV. and D'Aubigné, [40]
Heroism, [43]
Hill,
Sergeant, [75]
Rowland, [101]
Hogarth—Picture of the Red Sea, [9]
Hood, Sir S., [57]
Hospitality, [48]
Hough, Dr., and the Barometer, [114]
Housemaid, Presence of mind of a, [92]
Hulet, the Comedian, [31]
Hume's Speeches, [86]
Huntly, Marquis of, and James VI., [95]
Ice, Custom-house doubt, [70]
Imagination, [58]
James I.
and the Courtier, [38]
in Westminster Hall, [60]
and the Earl of Scarborough, [96]
James IV. of Scotland and the Robbers, [92]
John Gilpin, Origin of, [14]
Johnson, Dr.,
and the Hare, [49]
and Wilkes, [60]
and Lord Elibank, [60]
reply to Miller, [60]
Judge, A Benevolent, [11]
Kaimes, Lord, and the Sheepstealer, [75]
Kean, Charles, [29]
Kennedies, The, [36]
Keppel, Admiral, at Algiers, [104]
Kings, [60]
Kirwan, Dr., [20]
Kosciusko, [19]
Labat, Mons. of Bayonne, [47]
Lady and Highwayman, [100]
Lamb, Counsellor, [72]
Lamb, Charles, and the Farmer, [116]
Lely the Painter, and the Alderman, [6]
Lessing, [130]
Lettsom, Dr., and the Highwayman, [101]
Librarians, [76]
Lisieux, Bishop of, [53]
Liston, [27]
Long and Short Barristers, [74]
Longueville, Duke of, [40]
Louis,
St., [78]
XII. and the Composer, [63]
XIV. and the Comte de Grammont, [62]
and Lord Stair, [63]
and the Eddystone Workmen, [63]
Lyndhurst, Lord,—Retirement from Office, [87]
Mackenzie, General, [34]
Maclaurin and his Pupils, [130]
Mariè Antoinette, [40]
Maximilian I. and the Beggar, [11]
Mayor,
An English, [89]
A French, [89]
Memory, Artificial, [127]
Mimicry, [30]
Miner, Swedish, [3]
Molière and the Doctors, [23]
Monkey, A Grenadier, [123]
Montaigne on Doctors, [23]
Montesquieu, M. de, [55]
Morand and the Critics, [33]
Morland the Painter, [6]
Morvilliers and Charles IX., [34]
Motte, M. de la, and the Critics, [28]
Mozart, [84]
Mungo Park and the African Woman, [50]
Mysterious Benefactor, [19]
Napoleon Bonaparte, [17], [18], [91], [110]
Nash and the Doctor, [25]
Navy Chaplains, [104]
Neckar and the Corporation of Paris, [51]
Nelson, Lord—Punctuality, [98]
Nena Sahib and the Devil, [107]
Nevailles, Marshal de, [48]
Norton, Sir F. and Lord Mansfield, [72]
O'Brien, Lieutenant, [102]
Old Age secured—the Irish Beggar, [11]
Old Ambrose, [35]
O'Neil, Sir Phelim, [78]
Orkney, Countess of, [1]
Orleans, Duke of, [39]
Ossuna, Duke of, and the Felon, [100]
Parisian Stockbroker, [128]
Parisian Ragman, [127]
Patience, [88]
Pepusch, Dr., [116]
Peterborough, Lord, and the Mob, [91]
Philadelphian Lady, [128]
Philip II. of Spain, [88]
Physicians in China, [23]
Pitt, and the Duke of Newcastle, [86]
Pius IX., and the Attorney, [12]
Poets, [89]
Polignac, Compte de, [17]
Politeness, [89]
Poor-man-of-mutton, [21]
Pope the Poet, [125]
Prideaux—Life of Mahomet, [13]
Punctuality, [98]
Quartering upon the Enemy, [111]
Quick the Actor, [32]
Racine and his Family, [3]
Ragged Regiment, [118]
Rank and Ancestry, [95]
Reclaimed Robbers, [101]
Rejected Addresses, The, [125]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [5]
Richardson—opinion of a Picture, [5]
Rivardes and the Wooden Leg, [111]
Robbers, [100]
Robert, King of France, [114]
Ross, Lord, [124]
Savage Dr., and the Pope, [132]
Savoie, Magdeline De, [110]
Schaumbourg, Count, [117]
Schools, [105]
Scott, Sir W.
—Punctuality, [99]
and the Beggar, [11]
and the Inn-keeper, [109]
Scott, Mr., of Exeter, [98]
Selwyn, G., and the Traveller, [116]
Senesino and Farinelli, [30]
Sentinel on the Stage, [31]
Servants, [107]
Shaving a Queen, [27]
Sheridan, Dr., and the Scholar, [105]
Sidney, Sir Philip, [53]
Signboards, [109]
Sion College, and George III., [131]
Sir and Sire, [17]
Sisters of Charity, [129]
Smith, Sydney, Charity Sermon, [125]
Smiths, The Two, [126]
Sporting, [134]
Stackelberg, Baron Von, [54]
Steele and Addison, [124]
Sterne and the Old Woman, [134]
Strasburgh Lawyer, A, [68]
Suwarrow, Marshall, [110]
Swift, Dean, [10], [21], [22], [109], [131]
Talleyrand, Madame de, [16]
Tantara, and the Landscape, [9]
Temper, [113]
Tenterden, Lord, [74]
Thelwall and Erskine, [71]
"They're all Out", [87]
Thomson the Poet, and Quin, [15]
Thurot, Admiral, [79]
Time, Value of, [115]
Travelling, [116]
Turenne, Marshal, [112]
Turner, The Painter, [6]
Tyrolese Heroine, [136]
Van Dyke, [40]
Vendean Servant, [91]
Vernet—Picture of St. Jerome, [8]