Apparel, excess in, proclamation against, by Elizabeth, iii. [375].
Apples grafted on mulberry stocks, ii. 157, note.
Archestratus, a celebrated culinary philosopher, ii. 246.
Arguments, invented by a machine, ii. 419.
Ariosto, his merits disputed in Italy, i. 386; public preference given to, by the Accademia della Crusca, 387; his verses sung by the gondoliers, 388.
Aristocrat, a nick-name, iii. [83].
Aristotle, account of criticisms on, i. 25; fate of his library, 53; Arabic commentaries on, 61; rage for, ib.; his opinions on sneezing, 127; letter of Philip of Macedon to, 142; description of the person and manners of, ib.; will of, 143; studied under Plato, ib.; parallel between him and Plato, by Rapin, ib.; anecdote concerning him and Plato, 144; raises a school, ib.; attacked by Xenocrates, ib.; his mode of pointing out a successor, 145; writers against and for, 314; bon-mot on his precepts, 407.
Armstrong, Archibald, jester to Charles I., ii. 236, note.
Arnauld, one of the most illustrious members of the Port Royal Society, i. 94; anecdotes of, 96; was still the great Arnauld at the age of eighty-two, 97.
Ashmole, Elias, his Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, i. 286; his Diary, ii. 209; his superstition, ib., note.