[46]: Or neck (of a violin, for instance).—Tr.
[47]: Vorrede being the German for Preface.—Tr.
[48]: To turn over the strong-box means to count the cash.—Tr.
[49]: Outlawry of debts after five years.—Tr.
[50]: Hell-stone, or lunar caustic.—Tr.
[51]: The district in which Voltaire's Ferney lay.—Tr.
[52]: Probably some vade-mecum of Jean Paul's time.—Tr.
[53]: Contribution levied on subjects when the sovereign's daughter is to be portioned.—Tr.
[54]: Knave.—Tr.
[55]: Ballet-dancer.—"The brisk locomotion of Columbine." (Johnson's ghost in "Rejected Addresses.")—Tr.