The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes. Various
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INDEX.
Abernethy, 26
Abon Hannifah, 39
Actors, 27-33
Adam, Dr., and the Schoolboy, 106
Aguesseau, D', Chancellor of France, 115
Alban's, Duchess of, and the Sailor, 28
Algerine Captain, 119
Alphonsus, King of Naples, 39
American Heroines, 135
Amour, St., General, 1
André, St., Marquis de, 90
Astley Cooper, 26
Atterbury, in the House of Peers, 113
Bakers, The, of Lyons, 18
Bailly, Miss—Escape of the Pretender, 94
Bannister, 19
Bautru and the Spanish Librarian, 77
Bayard, The Chevalier, 80
Beauvais, Ladies of, 118
Begging, 10
Belmont, Countess de, 45
Benbow and the Wounded Sailor, 101
Ben Jonson at Dinner, 21
Bernard, Father, 88
Bishop and Clerks, 104
Boufflers, Marshal, 120
Bouille, Marquis de, 121
Boutteville, Count de, and the Soldier, 81
Boutibonne, M., Imaginary Accident, 58
Breton Peasants, 48
Brougham, Lord—Examination of a Witness, 70
Budæus, 76
Buffon and his Servant, 115
Busby, Dr., and the Scholar, 106
Cajeta, Siege of, 51
Camden, Lord, in the Stocks, 73
Camerons and Christians, 117
Campo, Marquess del, and George III., 93
Candle Light, War by, 120
Canning and the Preacher, 125
Carteret, Lady, and Dean Swift, 132
Carving Accident, 90
Catalogue Making, 15
Chamillart the French Lawyer, 70
Chantrey—First sculpture, 9
Charity, 18
Charles II. and Killigrew, 63
Charles V. of France, 64
Charles VI. of Austria, 122
Charles XII. and his Secretary, 119
Charlotte, Princess, 54
Chatillon, Admiral, and the Beggar, 10
Cherin, General, 109