Albemarle ... with Foukes de Breant, after which the place was called Foukes-Hall" (Hare, Walks in London, ii. 454).

1. 27. good, fine.

1. 28. from the... stair-case, calling out to me from the foot of the stairs.

1. 29. speculating, i.e. upon subjects for his paper, or perhaps on philosophical questions generally.

1. 31. got... friend, surrounding him.

P. 114, 1. 1. who is gossip, who is well known for her love of gossiping.

1. 4. mind his book, pay attention to his lessons.

1. 5. the Temple-stairs, the stairs at the bottom of the Temple Gardens where the watermen moored their boats for hire.

11. 12, 3. bate him...oar, he rowed a little more slowly, owing to his loss of a limb; bate, abate, and so remit, excuse.

1. 25. kept a barge, as many persons of rank living near the river did in those days.

11. 17, 8. trimmed... coachman, steadied the boat by taking the coachman on board to serve as a make-weight.

1. 19. ballast, literally "means 'a load behind,' or 'a load in the rear'; and we may conclude that it was so called because the ballast was stowed more in the after part of the ship than in front, so as to tilt up the bows; a very sensible plan "... (Skeat, Ety. Dict.)

1. 22. La Hogue, or Hague, in the north-west coast of France, where on May 19th, 1692, the English and Dutch fleets defeated the French fleet, burning thirteen of their vessels and destroying eight more.

11. 28, 9. London bridge, the bridge here meant was that restored in 1300 after the fire in 1212, and again partially destroyed by fire in 1471, 1632, and 1725. The present bridge was begun in 1824 and opened in 1831.

11. 29, 30. the seven wonders, viz. (1) The pyramids of Egypt. (2) The tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria. (3) The temple of Diana at Ephesus. (4) The walls and hanging gardens of Babylon. (5) The Colossus at Rhodes. (6) The ivory and gold statue of Jupiter Olympus, executed by Phidias. (7) The watchtower built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt.

11. 34, 5. how thick...churches, at what close intervals the churches were planted in the city; here the city means the city proper, extending eastward from Temple Bar, as contrasted with the west-end of London.

P. 115, 1. 2. The fifty new churches, for building which an Act of Parliament was passed in 1710.

11. 2, 3. mend the prospect, improve the view.

1. 3. church-work is slow, everything, connected with the building or improvement of churches is very tedious, as compared with the energy displayed in the matter of secular buildings.

...

11. 9-11. it is thought shire, it is supposed on more than one occasion to have nearly succeeded in getting him returned as Member of Parliament for the county.

1. 13. broke from him, i.e. it is so much his habit that he almost involuntarily saluted the occupants of the boats that passed by us though he had never seem them before.

1. 15. gave the good-night, bade good-night, as we should now say.

1. 17. what queer old put, what strange looking and strangely dressed old creature from the country; much the same as the "bloke" of modern slang.

1. 20. assuming... magistracy, putting on the stern look he would wear on the bench.

11. 29, 30. Mahometan paradise, a paradise of sensual pleasure such as that promised in the Qurán to virtuous Musalmáns.

11. 34, 5. your nightingale, the nightingale that everyone knows so well; for your, in this colloquial sense, see Abb. § 221. From the story of Philomela who was changed into a nightingale and in that shape poured forth her tale of unfortunate love, the nightingale has always been considered the bird of love; cp. Milton's Sonnet, "O nightingale ... Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill."

P. 116, 1. 1. the widow, see p. 6, 1. 7.

1. 3. a mask, a woman wearing a mask.

1. 5. mead, a drink made from honey.

11. 6, 7. to be interrupted, we should now say "at being interrupted."

1. 8. a wanton baggage, a disreputable hussy.

11. 8, 9. go about her business, be off and leave him alone. 1. 10. Burton ale. "This seems to have just been coming into vogue in Addison's time. In earlier times the monks of Burton were noted for their beer, which, however, was much stronger than the liquor of the same name to-day" (F. E. Wilcroft). Two of the largest breweries in England, those of Messrs. Bass and Messrs. Allsopp, are at Burton-on-Trent, and the water of the river is said to have something to do with the excellence of the beer.

1. 11. hung beef, spiced, or salted, beef, which is hung up and keeps good for a long time.

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11. 15, 6. I ratified... look, I enforced his orders by looking at the waiter in a determined and authoritative manner.

DEATH OF SIR ROGER. No. 517.

P. 116, 1. 21. sensibly, keenly, feelingly.

11. 28, 9. very warmly... penning, eagerly advocating the adoption of an address which he had himself composed. P. 117, 1. 14. country, neighbourhood.

1. 22. had lost... stomach, had no appetite for roast beef; a dish of which he was always so fond.

11. 25, 6. kept a good heart, retained his usual good spirits. 1. 27. upon a kind message, on his receiving a kind message. 1. 29. a lightning before... death, a last bright flicker of the flame of death before it went out for ever. From Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. 90.

1. 32. my good old lady, the good old mistress whom I served. P. 118, 1. 1. tenement, a holding, a dwelling inhabited by a

tenant.

1. 3. frieze-coat, a coat made of a coarse woollen cloth; literally, cloth of Friesland.

1. 4. riding-hood, such as were worn by women riding to market.

1. 12. peremptorily, confidently, as being a matter of certainty. 1. 16. made... end, died peacefully and with resignation to God's will; cp. H. V. ii. 3. 11, "A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christian child," said of the dying Falstaff.

1. 20. the quorum, see note, p. 6, 1. 28.

1. 29. quit rents, rents reserved in grants of land by payment of which the tenant is quit from other service, but in this case charges upon the estate; quit is here used in its adjectival sense, and no hyphen is necessary.

1. 31. makes much of, treats with great kindness.

1. 35. joyed himself, been cheerful.

11. 12, 3. Act of Uniformity. There were three Acts of Uniformity, passed respectively in 1549, 1558, 1662, all prescribing the use in the Church of England of the Book of Common Prayer, founded upon the old Catholic Missal and Breviary, and revised from time to time.

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