Bentley's Miscellany, Volume I

by Various

INDEX.

A.
Addison, Mr. inedited letters of,	[356,] [357,] [358,] [360,] [363;]
anecdotes of him,	[357 n.;]
remarks respecting him,	[358,] [359 n.,] [361,] [362 n.;]
Advertisement Extraordinary, theatrical,	[152.]
Ainsworth, W. H. piece by,	[325.]
Alps, inhabitants of the, observations on their superstition,	[608.]
Anatomy of Courage,	[398.]
An Evening of Visits,	[ 80.]
Anselm, Abbot,	[347.]
Anspach, Margravine of, mistake in her Memoirs respecting the elder George Colman,	[ 7.]
Anti Dry-rot Company, song of the,	[ 94.]
April Fools, song of the month,	[325.]
Authors and Actors, a dramatic sketch,	[132.]
B.
Bannister, J. his intimacy with George Colman,	[ 14.]
Baon Ri Dhuv, or the Black Lady, legend of,	[519.]
Barter, Richie, see Richie Barter.
——, Mrs. see Plum, Lady.
Bath, Lord,	[ 7]
Bayly, T. Haynes, pieces by,	[79,] [153,] [260,] [354,] [576.]
Beaumanoir, Col. de,	[ 96]
Beaumarchais, M. de, passage in his life,	[233]
Biographical Sketch of Richardson the Showman,	[178]
Black Lady, legend of, see Baon Ri Dhuv.
Blue Wonder, story of the,	[450]
Bob Burns and Beranger,	[525]
Bobis Head, legend of,	[519]
Bottle of St. Januarius, song of the month for January,	[ 1]
"Boz," pieces by,	[105,] [218,] [225,] [291,]
	[326,] [430,] [515.]
Budgell, Mr. his remarks respecting Lord Halifax and Mr. Addison,	[358n.]
Bugle, Miss Sarah, account of,	[451.]
Bullfinch, Mr. Theophilus,	[591.]
Bumble, Mr.	[109,] [218,] [225,] [430.]
Byron, his opinion of Sheridan,	[427.]
C.
Canada, remarks on travelling in,	[559.]
Carew, Molly, lament of her Irish lover,	[527.]
Castlereagh, Lord,	[581.]
Chapman, T. paper by,	[410.]
Chapter in the Life of a Statesman, being inedited letters of Addison,	[356.]
Clavijo, Don Joseph,	[236.]
Claypole, Noah, his treatment of Oliver Twist,	[327;]
his quarrel with him,	[336;]
conversation with Mr. Bumble,	[430.]
Cleaver, Dr. sketch of his life and character,	[442.]
Clifton, the Hot Wells of,	[ 63.]
C——, M. de,	[ 86.]
Cobbler of Dort, story of the,	[403.]
Coleridge, remarks respecting,	[417.]
Collier, W. paper by,	[485.]
Colman, Francis,	[ 7.]
——, the elder George, remarks respecting,	[ 7.]
——, George, memoir of,	[ 7.]
lines written by,	[ 12]
impromptu by,	[ 16]
Conla,	[522.]
Contradiction,	[338.]
Cooper, J. F. piece by,	[ 80]
Courage, Anatomy of,	[398.]
Cover, song of the,	[402.]
Craggs, Mr. junior, remarks respecting him,	[361n.]
Crichton, James (the admirable,) eulogiums on,	[416.]
Critical Gossip with Lady M. W. Montagu,	[138.]
Curetoun, Dr.	[123.]
——, Mrs. C.	[121.]
D.
Darby the Swift, his personal appearance,	[543;]
story respecting him,	[544.]
Dash, Capt. Lord Eustace, character of,	[269;]
anecdote related by,	[276.]
Davids, C. J. pieces by,	[231,] [297,] [339.]
Dawkins, Jack,	[439.]
Devil and Johnny Dixon,	[251.]
Dibbs, Mrs.	[565.]
Didler, Dick, adventures of,	[565.]
Dixon, Johnny, description of,	[252;]
account of his adventure with the Devil,	[255.]
Doall, Dr. his professional schemes,	[444.]
Downwithit, Dr. character of,	[121.]
Doyle, Owen,	[ 20.]
Dulcet, Dr. account of,	[288.]
Dumb Waiter, lines on the,	[340.]
E.
Edward Saville, a transcript,	[155.]
Egan, Squire,	[ 23,] [ 27,] [169.]
his adventures with Gustavus Granby O'Grady,
owing to the mistakes of Handy Andy,	[171;]
with Murlough Murphy,	[373.]
English poets, Gossip with some Old,	[ 98.]
Epigrams,	[190,] [381,] [409,]
	[493,] [508.]
Eva,	[522.]
Evening Meditation,	[250.]
Evening of Visits,	[80.]
Execution, the, a sporting anecdote,	[561.]
F.
Falcon, Dr. his marriage,	[450;]
his expectations from Miss Sarah Bugle,	[451.]
Falstaff, Sir John,
observations on his influence with Henry V. while Prince of Wales,	[494;]
Johnson's character of,	[496;]
his Gadshill adventure,	[503;]
remarks on his countenance,	[506.]
Family Stories, No. I.	[191;]
No. II.	[266;]
No. III.	[341;]
No. IV.	[529;]
No. V.	[561.]
Feaghan, Father Paul,	[253.]
Fiddler, Mrs.	[137.]
Fireside Stories, No. I, see Family Stories.
Fitzalban, Capt. Hon. A. F. story respecting his cow,	[ 65.]
Fitzgerald, Lord E. observations on,	[558.]
Fitzgrowl, Mr.	[132.]
Fog, lines on a London,	[492.]
Fontenelle, lines in imitation of,	[ 88.]
Foote, Samuel,
remarks respecting him,	[ 10;]
memoir of,	[298;]
his plays,	[300;]
accusations against him,	[303;]
his death,	[304;]
opinions of his comedies,	[ib.;]
of his dramas,	[ib.;]
anecdotes of him,	[305.]
Fothergill, Father, description of,	[344.]
Fragment of Romance,	[165.]
Friar Laurence and Juliet, a poem,	[354.]
G.
Gamfield, Mr.	[219.]
Garrick, David, Foote's ridicule of,	[305.]
Goldsmith, Oliver, anecdotes of,	[ 9.]
Goodere, Capt.	[299.]
——, Sir John, allusion to his murder,	[299.]
Glorvina, the Maid of Meath,	[614.]
Gossip with some Old English Poets,	[ 98.]
Grand Cham of Tartary and the Humble-bee, a poem,	[339.]
Green, Mr. specimen of his poetry,	[101.]
Grey Dolphin, story of the,	[341.]
Grummet, J.	[ 67.]
H.
Hajji Baba, his remarks on England,	[280;]
his projected mission to England,	[284;]
his preparations,	[364;]
instructions,	[366;]
his remarks on the alterations among the Turks,	[369;]
his inquiries on the state of England,	[487;]
observations on France,	[488;]
his passage to Dover,	[489;]
remarks on the officers of customs,.	[490.]
Halifax, Earl of, see Montague, Charles.
Hamburgh, Steam trip to,	[509.]
Handy Andy, paper so called, No. I.	[ 20;]
No. II.	[169;]
No. III.	[373.]
Headlong Hall, pieces by the author of,	[ 29,] [187.]
Hero and Leander, a poem,	[410.]
Herrick, Mr. specimen of his poetry,	[ 99.]
Hints for an Historical Play,	[597.]
Hippothanasia; or, the last of Tails—a lamentable tale,	[319.]
Hogarth, George, piece by,	[233.]
Horse-pond, Reflections in a,	[470.]
Hot Wells of Clifton, lines to the,	[ 64.]
I.
Impromptu, by George Colman,	[ 16;]
on "Boz,"	[297.]
Improvement, the victim of,	[599.]
Ingoldsby, T.	[201;]
papers by,	[266,] [341,] [529.]
——, Caroline, legend of "Tapton Everard" related by,	[195.]
Inscription for a cemetery,	[473.]
Introduction to the Biography of my Aunt Jemima, the Political Economist,	[382.]
Ivory, Mr. his relation of the story of "Plunder Creek,"	[127.]
J.
Jackdaw of Rheims,	[529.]
Jaques, criticism on Shakspeare's character of,	[550.]
Jennings, Mr.	[ 55,] [ 59.]
——, Mrs. story of,	[591.]
Jordan, W. pieces written by,	[178,] [319.]
J——, Madame de,	[ 86.]
Jocund, Joyce, piece written by,	[190.]
Johnson, Dr.	[ 8;]
anecdotes of,	[ 9;]
his remarks on Foote,	[301,] [305;]
his Rasselas,	[550.]
Johns, Richard, piece by,	[313.]
Jonson, Ben, specimen of his poetry,	[ 98.]
K.
Kats, Jacob, cobbler of Dort, story respecting,	[403.]
Kingston, Duchess of, her persecution of Foote,	[303.]
Knowles, Sheridan, paper by,	[614.]
Kyan's Patent—the Nine Muses and the Dry-rot,	[ 93.]
L.
Lament over the Bannister,	[151.]
Lavender, Lord John, account of his projected marriage with Miss Sophy Miggins,	[260.]
Leary the Piper's Lilt, song of the month for May,	[429.]
Legends—of Manor Hall,	[ 29;]
of Hamilton Tighe,	[266;]
of Bohis Head,	[519;]
of Mount Pilate,	[608.]
Le Gros, C. F. paper by,	[247.]
Les Poissons d'Avril,	[397.]
Lines on the "Young Veteran," John Bannister,	[168;]
to a Lyric and Artist,	[177.]
Linley, Miss, poem to,	[420;]
her marriage with Sheridan,	[421;]
her death,	[425.]
Lions, some particulars concerning a,	[515.]
Literature of North America, observations on,	[534.]
Little Bit of Tape, story of the,	[313.]
Littlejohn, Mr.	[ 67.]
London Fog, lines on a,	[492.]
Love and Poverty,	[469.]
Love in the City,	[584.]
Lover, Samuel, pieces by,	[ 20,] [ 88,] [169,] [217,] [373.]
M.
Mac Gawly, Roger,	[ 34.]
——, Biddy,	[ 33.]
M'Flummery, Mr. story respecting,	[210.]
Madrigal Society, description of the,	[465.]
Magan, Mr.	[255.]
Magian, Dr. papers by,	[ 2,] [105,] [494,] [550.]
Maguire, Barney,	[191.]
Mann, Mrs.	[109.]
Manor Hall, legend of,	[ 29.]
Man with the Tuft,	[576.]
Marbois, Marquis de,	[ 81,] [82 n.]
Mars and Venus, a poem,	[247.]
Martingal, Bob, story related by,	[625.]
Marvel, Andrew, extract from his poem addressed to Lord Fairfax,	[ 99.]
May Morning, song of the month for May,	[429.]
Meditation, an Evening,	[250.]
Memoir of George Colman,	[ 7.]
Merry Christmas,	[260.]
Metastasio, an imitation of,	[ 88.]
Metropolitan Men of Science,	[ 89.]
Miggins, Mr. Peter, his letter to Lord John Lavender,	[260.]
——, Miss Sophy,	[261,] [265.]
Minister's Fate, the,	[577.]
"Monstre" Balloon, a poem,	[ 17.]
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, remarks on her character,	[138;]
comparison between, and Byron,	[140;]
extracts from her letters,	[141;]
her observations on Addison,	[362 n.]
Montague, Charles, Earl of Halifax,
Addison's letters to,	[356,] [358,] [360,] [363;]
remarks respecting him,	[358 n.,] [359.]
Months, songs of the, No. I.	[ 1;]
No. II.	[105;]
No. III.	[217;]
No. IV.	[325;]
No. V.	[429;]
No. VI.	[533.]
Morgan, Mr.	[ 25.]
Morier, J. Italian anecdote by,	[103.]
Mount Pilate, legend of,	[608.]
Murphy, Murtough, character of,	[171;]
his duel with Squire Egan,	[173.]
Muskan, Prince Puckler, paper by,	[398.]
N.
Nights at Sea; or Sketches of Naval Life during the War, No. I.	[269;]
No. II.	[474;]
No. III.	[621.]
North American Indians, remarks on the periodical literature of,	[534;]
on their poetry,	[536.]
Nugent, Mr. specimen of his poetical taste,	[272,] [273.]
O.
Ode from the Emerald Isle,	[620.]
O'Dryscull, Reddy, communications by,	[ 45,] [397,] [525.]
O'Finn, Mrs. character of,	[ 33;]
her conversation with Terence O'Shaughnessy,	[ 41.]
O'Funnidos, Rigdum, piece written by,	[208.]
Ogle, Miss, her marriage with Sheridan,	[425.]
Old Age and Youth, a poem,	[ 79.]
Old English Poets, a Gossip with,	[ 98.]
Oliver Twist, his birth,	[105;]
education and board,	[107;]
escapes being apprenticed to a sweep,	[218;]
his entry into public life,	[225;]
conduct during his apprenticeship,	[326;]
his quarrel with Noah Claypole,	[334;]
his refractory conduct,	[430;]
account of his journey to London,	[435;]
of his rencontre with the strange young gentleman,	[437;]
introduction to the Jew,	[441.]
Ollier, Charles, paper by,	[ 98.]
Opening Chaunt to the Miscellany,	[ 6.]
"Original" Dragon, a legend of the Celestial Empire,	[231.]
Original of "Not a drum was heard",	[ 97.]
O'Shaughnessy, Terence, see Terence O'Shaughnessy.
P.
Paddy Blake's Echo,	[186.]
Palaver, Mrs. character of,	[591.]
Pantomine of Life,	[291.]
Parallel, Mr. story told by,	[277,] [616.]
Paris, remarks on society in,	[ 86;]
picture of, in 1837,	[387.]
Passage in the Life of Beaumarchais,	[233.]
Perceval, Mr., remarks on his assassination,	[579.]
Periodical Literature of the North American Indians,	[534.]
Peter Plumbago's Correspondence,	[448.]
Peters, Mr.	[196.]
——, Mrs.	[196.]
Phillips, Ambrose, remarks respecting him,	[359 n.]
"Plunder Creek," (1783,) a legend of New York,	[121.]
Plum, Sir Toby,	[116.]
——, Lady,	[116.]
Poets, Gossip with some Old English,	[ 98.]
Pontius Pilate, legend respecting,	[610.]
Pooledoune, John, the victim of improvement,	[599.]
——, Roger,	[600.]
Portrait Gallery, No. I.	[286;]
No. II.	[442.]
Pounce, Mr. story related by him to the Wide-awake Club,	[209.]
Poverty, glee in praise of,	[525.]
Prologue to the miscellany,	[ 2.]
"Prout, Father," pieces by,	[ 1,] [ 46,] [ 63,]
	[ 96,] [397,] [525.]
Q.
Queershanks, Mr.	[135.]
R.
Randolph, Thomas, specimen of his poetry,	[ 99.]
"Random Records," extract from,	[ 14.]
Rankin, F. H. paper by,	[382.]
"Rattlin the Reefer," piece by the author of,	[ 65.]
Rasselas, remarks on,	[550.]
Reckoning with Time,	[ 12.]
Recollections of Childhood,	[187.]
Reflections in a Horse-pond,	[470.]
Remains of Hajji Baba,	[280,] [364,] [487.]
Remnant of the time of Izaak Walton, a poem,	[230.]
Reynolds, Hamilton, piece by,	[138.]
Rheims, Jackdaw of,	[529.]
Richardson, John, the Showman, biographical account of,	[178.]
Richie Barter, story of,	[116.]
Rising Periodical,	[101.]
Robethon, M. de, Addison's letter to,	[357.]
Romance of a Day,	[565.]
Rooney, Andy, see Handy Andy.
Rose, Sir George, piece by,	[168.]
S.
Sabine Farmer's Serenade,	[ 46.]
Saddleton, Emanuel,	[341.]
Scenes in the Life of a Gambler,	[387.]
Scowl, Mr.	[133.]
Seaforth, Lieut. Charles, account of his somnambulism,	[191.]
Seymour, Mr. story related by,	[276.]
Shakspeare, criticisms on his plays,	[550.]
Shakspeare Papers, No. I.	[494;]
No. II.	[550.]
Sheavehole, Jack, story told by,	[476.]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, memoirs of,	[419;]
his poem to Miss Linley,	[420;]
private marriage with her,	[421;]
his plays,	[422;]
anecdote of,	[425;]
his second marriage,	[ib.;]
his misfortunes,	[426;]
death,	[ib.;]
character,	[427;]
Byron's opinion of,	[ib.]
Shurland, Sir Ralph de, adventures of,	[341.]
Signs of the Zodiac, a gastronomical chaunt,	[397.]
Simpkinson, Mr. character of,	[197.]
——, Miss Julia, her poetic taste,	[197;]
her ode,	[200.]
Slowby, Richard, account of his adventures,	[313.]
——, Sir James,	[313.]
Smyrk, Mr. Peter,	[116.]
Snaps, Mr. story respecting,	[210.]
Some particulars concerning a Lion,	[515.]
Songs,
for the private theatre or drawing-room,	[ 92;]
of the Anti Dry-rot Company,	[ 94;]
of the Cover,	[402;]
songs of the month, No. I.	[ 1;]
No. II.	[105;]
No. III.	[217;]
No. IV.	[325;]
No. V.	[429;]
No. VI.	[533.]
Sonnet to a Fog,	[371.]
Sorrows of Life, lines on the,	[290.]
Sowerberry, Mrs. character of,	[229;]
dislike of Oliver Twist,	[335.]
——, Mr. description of,	[225;]
takes Oliver Twist as an apprentice,	[227;]
his conversation respecting him,	[328;]
character of,	[433.]
Spectre of Tappington, story of the,	[191.]
Spencer, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, remarks respecting him,	[363 n.]
Spriggings, Miss Priscilla,	[572.]
Steam Trip to Hamburgh,	[509.]
"Stories of Waterloo," pieces by the author of,	[ 33,] [251.]
Stray Chapters, No. I.	[291;]
No. II.	[515.]
Summer Night's Reverie, a poem,	[428.]
Sunderland, Earl of, see Spencer, Charles.
Swift, Dean, anecdote of,	[ 2.]
T.
"Tales of an Antiquary," pieces by the author of,	[121.]
Tappington Everard, description of the Manor House of,	[192.]
Terence O'Shaughnessy, account of his first attempt to get married,	[ 33.]
The Abbess and the Duchess, a poem,	[153.]
The Abbey House,	[187.]
Theatrical Advertisement Extraordinary,	[152.]
"The Bee-Hive," pieces by the author of,	[286,] [442.]
"The Old Sailor," pieces by,	[269,] [474.]
The Spectre, a poem,	[131.]
The Two Butlers,	[306.]
Time, Reckoning with, a poem by Colman the Younger,	[ 12]
Timmins, Mr. his description of the Wide-awake Club,	[209.]
Tom ——, story respecting,	[306.]
Tomnoddy, Lord,	[561.]
Travelling, remarks on,	[561.]
Tulrumble, Mr. N. account of the public life of,	[ 49.]
——, Mrs.	[ 51,] [ 52.]
Twigger, Edward,	[ 53.]
U.
Useful Young Man, a poem,	[485.]
V.
Victoria, Princess, ode on her birth-day,	[620.]
Visit to the Madrigal Society,	[465.]
Visits, an Evening of,	[ 80.]
W.
Wade, J. A. pieces by,	[186,] [492.]
Warwick, Countess of, notice of her marriage with Addison,	[362 n.]
Webbe, Egerton, paper by,	[371.]
Wharton, Duke of, anecdote of,	[357 n.]
——, Thomas, Earl of Wharton, lord lieutenant of Ireland, remarks respecting,	[356 n.]
Whitehead, C. pieces by,	[155,] [461.]
Who are you? a song,	[ 88.]
Who milked by cow? paper so called,	[ 65.]
Wide-awake Club, character of the,	[208.]
Whitbread, Mr. his respect for Mr. Perceval,	[583.]
Y.
Youth's New Vade Mecum, a poem,	[462.]
Z.
"Zohrab," papers by the author of,	[280,] [364,] [487.]

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