[27]: Cole or Coal is thieves' slang for money, and many people carry a piece of Coal in their pocket, under the belief that so long as they have Cole in their pocket they will never want for money.
[28]: Hon. Sec., Miss M. Lyall, 14, Nottingham Place, W.
[29]: Probably Matthew Buchinger, who died 1722.
[30]: A trip to Brighton, say a little over fifty miles, is recorded to have been done in nine hours.
[31]:
"O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us,
To see oursels as others see us!"
Burns, "To a Louse, on seeing one on a Lady's bonnet, at Church."
[32]: My italics.—J. A.
[33]: Italics are mine.—J. A.
[34]: Spectator, No. 130.