Oxford, Edward Vere, Earl of, his secret history, ii. 243-245.
Palaces built by ministers, iii. [186]-192.
Palingenesis.—See Regeneration.
Palmer, the actor, his death, i. 249.
Pamphlets, sketch of Myles Davis’s history of, i. 343; origin and rise of, 344; one pretended to have been composed by Jesus Christ, ib.; Alexander Pope denounced as a plotter in a, 345; etymologies of the word, 345-347.
Pantomime, French verses in praise of, and translation of, ii. 116; Cervantes and Bayle’s delight in, 116, 117; harlequin, 119; of the lower Italians in their gestures, ib.; treatises on, 121; transmitted from the Romans, 123; improvement of, by Ruzzante, 124; the history of a people traced in, 125; description of the various characters in Italian, 126.
Pantomimi, tragic actors usually mute, ii. 120; Seneca’s taste for, ib.; their influence over the Roman people, 121.
Pantomimical Characters. See Pantomime; Massinger and Molière indebted to, ii. 138; remarks on Shakspeare’s “Pantaloon,” 139.
Paper, among the ancients, ii. 27, 28; introduction into England, 29; various sorts of modern, ib.