Gemara.—See Talmud.
Genius, inequalities of, i. 88; men of, deficient in conversation, 103; modern persecution of, 197.
Gerbier, Sir Balthazar, a confidential agent of the Duke of Buckingham, ii. 358; notices of his Memoirs, 359-369; his account of the preparations for the siege of Rochelle, 368.
Gestures significant, used by the ancients and by modern Neapolitans, ii. 119, note.
Gethin, Lady Grace, her statue in Westminster Abbey, ii. 270; her papers collected and published, under the title of Reliquiæ Gethinianæ, 271; character of the book, ib.; Congreve’s laudatory lines on, ib.; its authenticity doubted, 272; her considerations on the choice of a husband, 273.
Ghosts, theory of, iii. [287], [288].
Giannone, his History of Naples, iii. [184]; threatened by the Inquisition, [185]; died in the citadel of Turin, ib.
Gibbon, his mode of study useful to students, ii. 89.
Gill, Alexander, committed by the Star Chamber, ii. 373.
Gloves, supposed to be mentioned in the 108th Psalm, i. 235; account of, by Xenophon, ib.; mentioned by several ancient writers, ib.; use of, universal in the 9th century, 236; regulations concerning, ib.; employed on great and solemn occasions, such as investitures, ib.; Abbots forbidden to use, ib.; blessing of, 237; deprivation of, a mark of degradation, ib.; challenging by, ib.; used for secret correspondence, ib., note; use of, in carrying the hawk, 238; formerly forbidden to judges, ib.; singular anecdote concerning, ib.; ancient, in the Denny family, 239.