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GENERAL INDEX.

Proverbs and Phrases:

Moon : Once in a blue moon, ii. 80

Moral courage, viii. 229, 296

Mors janua vitae, yiii. 231, 334, 456 ; xii. 231

Mors mortis morti mortem, ix. 208

Mother of dead dogs, v. 509 ; vi. 32, 95 ;

vii. 457 ; xii. 406

Multum interesse inter dicere et facere, vi. 486 Nae safe wading in unco waters, x. 133 Narrow between the shoulders, viii. 349 Ned : to raise Ned, v. 8 Neither endure wine nor water, x. 282 Nether herre nor ther, x. 282, 374 Neither my eye nor my elbow, viii. 7, 137,

254 ; ix. 15 Nere is my kyrtyl, but nerre is my smok,

vi. 486

Never Never Land, xi. 9, 158 Never too late to mend, xii. 147, 516 Nit behamey, viii. 46, 135 Noli altum sapere, xii. 168, 216, 358 Nom de guerre, viii. 248, 356 Nom de plume, viii. 248, 356 Non sentis, inquit, te ultra malleum loqui ?

vii. 249

Nose of wax, viii. 228, 274, 298 ; x. 437 Now or never, xi. 86 O dear no ! x. 349, 395, 434, 516 O Tiber ! father Tiber ! vi. 95 Ocular demonstration, ii. 189 Old ewe dressed lamb fashion, xii. 189, 237,

478 Omne malum ab Hispania ; omne bonum ab

Aquilone, ii. 22 On n'a jamais souri & Geneve depuis Calvin,

xii. 67

On revient. See Mais. On the mending hand, vii. 387 One shoe off and one shoe on, ix. 270 ; xi. 434,

477 ; xii. 118

Optima poenitentia noua vita, vi. 486 us y<j) TroXXwi' d/co&ras, vi. 253 Ossing comes to bossing, vii. 69, 135 Overfed Mephistopheles, xi. 448 Oxford glove, ii. 23 Pale : Measured the pale, ii. 426, 53o Pale-faced Simeon, viii. 310 Parson's nose, vii. 420 Part and parcel, i. 308 Passive resister, v. 32, 77 ; viii. 37, 316 Past : Woman with a past, i. 327, 396 ; ii. 35 Paws off, Pompey, vii. 329, 377 Peacock feathers unlucky, vii. 240 Peanut politician, xii. 38 Penny saved is twopence got, vii. 48, 97 Penny sayings, ii. 415 Persona grata, iii. 448 Petty France, vii. 120 . Pillar to post, iv. 528 ; v. 11 Pimlico : Keep it in Pimlico, x. 402, 457,

514

Pious founder, v. 107, 257 Piper : Who pays the piper calls the tune,

iii. 468

Plough, thack, stack, and willing, xii. 47 Poeta nascitur non fit, ii. 388 ; iv. 35 ;

vi. 520

Point of war, viii. 8, 96, 195, 313 Policy of pin-pricks, v. 366 Politica del carci6fo, viii. 290 ; ix. 438 Poor old Pompey, xi. 427 Pop goes the weasel, iii. 430, 491 ; vii. 107

Proverbs and Phrases :

Portmanteau words and phrases, v. 110, 170,

235, 512

Possession nine points of the law, vii. 167 Pot : Go to pot, vii. 106 Pouring oil on troubled waters, x. 200 Precher d'exemple, iii. 204 Pride and ambition killed Tom Peel's dog, vi.

427 Priscian : To break Priscian's head, ix. 268,

375, 414

Pro aris et focis, x. 31 Property has its duties as well as its rights,

ix. 349, 414, 436 Psalm-singing weavers, ii. 128 Psychological moment, x. 488 ; xi. 13, 54,

94, 138

Pull one's leg, vii. 164 Purple patch, i. 447, 477, 510 Put the cometh er over him, x. 420 Pyrrhic victory, xii. 87 Q in the corner, ix. 407 Qu'il faut a chaque mois, vi. 372, 492 Quakers, wet and dry, ii. 128, 197 Queen Anne is dead, ii. 128 Raining cats and dogs, i. 60 Raised Hamlet on them, xi. 65, 137, 237 Rattlesnake Colonel, xi. 17, 135, 191, 213 Rattling good thing, v. 250, 335 Red rag to a bull, i. 77 Red ruin, vi. 30, 253 Religion of all sensible men, viii. 180 Rem in deterius processisse, vi. 486 Revenons a nos moutons, xi. 20 Rien de trop, v. 243

Right as a trivet, xii. 227, 273, 313, 376, 435 Right nowe, x. 282, 374 Ringing for Gofer, i. 6 Rising of the lights, iv. 66, 135 Road of words, vii. 290, 354 Rubbed him down with an oaken towel, viii.

369, 436

Rump of a goose, vii. 190, 418 Run of his teeth, i. 388, 436, 478 Sailors' fingers are limed twigs, ii. 22 St. George : Like St. George, always in his

saddle, ii. 168, 511 St. Giles's Cup, ii. 128, 197, 297 St. Pulchre's boots, iii. 173 Saints' satisfaction, xii. 48, 118 Salva capella sicut fuit, xii. 249 Se jeter sur Castor et Pollux, xi. 309, 392 ;

xii. 15 See how these Christians love one another,

xii. 48

Selling oneself to the Devil, v. 29, 78, 115 Set up my rest, vi. 509 ; vii. 53, 175 Seven and nine, xi. 410, 497 ; xii. 38 Sham Abraham, vii. 469 ; viii. 293, 395,

477 ; ix. 37, 417 Shanks's mare and similar phrases, i. 345,

415

Shoe-cart : Go in shoe-cart, i. 415 Shot at the rook and killed the crow, xii.

147, 218, 255 Sinews of war, ix. 470 ; x. 137, 218, 253, 297 ;

xi. 358

Silly sixties, viii. 429 Sincke of Popery, viii. 387 Sit loose to, i. 75 Sit on the body, ii. 409 Skim the sea, xi. 406