Wolsey, Cardinal, his magnificent houses, iii. [187].
Women, actors, first introduced on the Italian stage, ii. 140; on the English, 284; Kynaston a favourite actor of female characters, 285, note.
Woodcuts, ancient, in the British Museum, i. 74, note.
Words, introduction of new.—See Neology.
Wood, Anthony, when dying, caused his papers to be destroyed, ii. 243; some, however, preserved, ib.; secret history of the Earl of Oxford drawn from, ib.; compelled to disavow the translation of his book, 453; Gibbon’s opinion of his dulness opposed, 538, note.
Writing, minute, i. 275; ancient modes of, ii. 20-26; materials used for, 27-30.
Writing-Masters, iii. [167]; Massey’s lives of, [169]; anecdote of Tomkins, [171]; Peter Bales, a celebrated, [173]; account of his contest with David Johnson, [173]-177.
Xenocrates, pupil of Plato, attacked Aristotle, i. 142.
Yvery, notice of the History of the House of, iii. [420], and note.
Zany, etymology of the word, ii. 123; and notes.