Expectans regni gaudia lœta Dei
Dignus erat meritis qui Nestora vinceret annis,
Interris omnes, sed rapit æqua dies;
Ne tumulo, quid desit adest fidissima conjux,
Et vitæ comitem nunc quoq. mortis habet."
INDEX.
*** The Roman Numerals refer to the Volumes; the Figures to the Pages of each Volume.
- A
- Acheley (Thomas), a minor poet of the age of Shakspeare, i. 676.
- Acting, art of, consummately known to Shakspeare, i. 423.
- Parts chiefly performed by him, 424, 425.
- Actors, companies of, when first licensed, ii. [202].
- Placed under the superintendence of the masters of the revels, [203].
- Their remuneration, [204].
- Patronized by the court, [205],
- and also by private individuals, whose names they bore, [205], [206].
- Days and hours of their performance, [215], [216].
- Their remuneration, [223], [224].
- Admission to the theatre, in the time of Shakspeare, prices of, ii. [216], [217].
- Adonis, beautiful address of Venus to, ii. [25], [26].
- See [Venus and Adonis].
- Ægeon, exquisite portrait of, in the Comedy of Errors, ii. [288].
- Æschylus, striking affinity between the celebrated trilogy of, and Shakspeare's Macbeth, ii. [472], [473].
- Affection (maternal), exquisite delineation of, ii. [421].
- Affections (sympathetic), account of, i. 373, 374.
- Agate stone, supposed virtue of, i. 368.
- Agnus Dei, a supposed charm against thunder, i. 364.
- Air, spirits of, introduced into the Tempest, ii. [524].
- Akenside's "Pleasures of the Imagination" quoted, i. 321, 322.
- Alchemistry, a favourite pursuit of the age of Shakspeare, ii. [154].
- Alderson (Dr.), opinion of, on the cause of spectral visitations, ii. [405], [406].
- His application of them to the character of Hamlet, [408].
- Ale, synonymous with merry making, i. 175.
- Different kinds of Ales, 176.
- Leet-ale, 176.
- Clerk-ale, ibid.
- Church-ales, 177-179.
- Alehouses, picture of, in Shakspeare's time, ii. [216-218].
- Alfs, or bright and swart elves of the Scandinavians, account of, ii. [308], [309].
- All-Hallow-Eve, festival of, i. 341.
- Fires kindled on that eve, ibid.
- Prayers offered for the souls of the departed, 342.
- Supposed influence of fairies, spirits, &c. 342-344.
- Spells practised on that eve, 344-347.
- Alliterations, in the English language, satirised by Sir Philip Sidney, i. 444.
- All's Well that Ends Well, probable date of, ii. [422].
- Analysis of its characters,—the Countess of Rousillon, [423].
- Helen, [ib.] [424], [425].
- Remarks on the minor characters, [425].