Volume 2

The book of days : a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar / edited by Robert Chambers.

  • Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871.
Date:
1879-1881
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    Aaron, St, abbot, . i. 800 . , martyr, . ii. 5 Abacbum, St, . . i. 133 Abauzit, Firmin, i. 398; ii. 568 Abba, or Ebba, St, . i. 463 Abban, St, . . ii. 503 Abbot, Cbarles, Lord Col- chester, . . . ii. 443 Abbot, George, archbishop of Canterbury, i. 222 ; ii. 169, 511 ; his last hunt, . . . ii. 174 Abbot, Eobert, bishop of Salisbury, . . i. 321 Abdalrahman, Kaliph, anec- dote regarding, . i. 30 Abdas, St, . . . i. 639 Abdjesus, St, . . i. 639 Abdon, St, . . . ii. 143 Abel, Charles Frederick, i. 798 Abelard,, Peter, . . i. 531 ■ , storv of, and He- loise, i. 645-647 ; tomb of, 648; his disputation with St Bernard, . ii. 239 Aberbrothock, abbot of, i. 208 Abercrombie, Dr John, i. 617, 618 ; . . ii. 568, 577 Abercrombie, General Sir Ralph, . i. 432 Aberdeen, Earl of, . ii. 693 Aberdeenshire, vessel with Russian ambassador wrecked on coast of, i. 304,305 Abernethy, Mr, eccentric surgeon, anecdotes of, i. 86 Abgarus, king of Odessa, i. 100 Abigail, a term for a wait- ing-maid, . . i. 700, note Abingdon, Mr and Mrs— i. 434, 435 Abinger, Sir James Scai-- lett, Lord, . . i. 485 Abney, Miss Elizabeth, Cruden's courtship of, ii. 534 Abraames, St, . . i. 253 Abraamius, St, . . i. 224 Abraham, Persian apologue in reference to, repro- duced by Franklin, . i. 59 Abraham, St, hermit, . i. 372 , martyr, . ii. 635 Abrantes, d', the Duchess— i. 176 Abubeker, Kaliph, . ii. 113 Abulfeda, . . . ii. 500 Abyssinia, Bruce's account of, . . . . i. 556 Acacius, or Achates, St, i. 449 Accidents, happy, . i. 280 Acepsimas, St, . . i. 367 Achates, St. See Acacius. Acheolus, St, . . i. 569 Achilleus, St, . . i. 622 Aci Reale, Sicily, grand mystery play at, . i. 634 Acius, St) . . . i. 569 Ackland, Sir Hugh, singular re-animation of, . ii. 488 Actors, introduction of fe- male, i. 46; royalist prin- ciples of, . . . ii. 720 Ada, daughter of Lord Byron, . i. 528 Adair, Sir Robert, . i. 676 Adalbert, St, . . i. 539 Adam, Dr Alexander, i. 817 ; ii. 711; last words of, . . . . i. 378 Adam, Robert, . . i. 327 Adamnan, St, . . ii. 372 Adam's Peak, Ceylon, i. 671 Adams, John, American statesman, i. 187, 378 ; ii. 20, 469 Adanson, Michael, . ii. 164 Adauctus, St, . . ii. 284 Addison, Joseph, i. 570 ; his contributions to the Spec- tator, 318, 319 ; his allu- sion to the Great Storm— ii. 625 Addlestrop Hill, the Gray Geese of, . . ii. 245-247 Adelaide, Queen, . . ii. 210 Adelbert, St, . . i. 820 Adelard, St, . . i. 35 Adelung, Johann Chris- toph, .... ii. 234 Adhelm, St, . . i. 678 Adjutre, St, . . i. 562 Ado, St, ... ii. 702 Adolphus, John, . . ii. 68 Adopted sons of authors and others, . . i. 557 Adramelec, a medieval de- b mon, . . . . ii. 722 Adrian, Emperor, . ii. 40 I., Pope, . . ii. 752 IV., Pope, . ii. 296 , privilege given by, to Knights of St John, . i. 812 Adrian VI., Pope, . ii. 341 , St, abbot, . i. 78 , bishop, . i. 331 , of Palestine, i. 333 Advent Images, the, ii. 724, 725 Sunday, . . ii. 622 Advertisements, curious, of two centuries ago, ii. 92, 93 Ady, Joseph, celebrated im- postor, . . i. 616, 617 JSdesius, St, . . i. 488 MWric, Bishop, . . ii. 584 ^Elred, St, f. . . i. 97 JEmilianus, St, . . ii. 661 iEmilius, Paulus, . i. 597 , St, . . i. 669 JEneas Silvius. See Pius II. JSngus, St, the Culdee, i. 356 Aeronautics, slight progress in science of, . . ii. 722 Affghanistan, lamentable results of British expe- dition to, . Afra, St, Agape, St, , Agapetus, St, martyr, Pope, 60 ii. 177 i. 470 ii. 233 ii. 358 ii. 235 i. 224 i. 151 i. 86 Agapius, St Agatha, St, . Agathangelus, St, Agatho, St, . Ages, erroneous estimates of, . . . . i. 141 Agilus, or Aile, St, . ii. 284 Aglibert, St, . . i. 820 Agnes' Eve, St, i. 136; notice of superstition con- nected with—Keats'poem on the subject, . . 140, 141 Agnes, St, i. 141; notice of, 141 , of Monte Pul- ciano, i. 528 Agoard, St, . . i. 820 Agricola, Cneius Julius, ii. 257 ; notice of, i. 778, 779 Agricola, St, . . ii. 542 Agriculture, Professor Henslow's labours in promotion of, i. 643 ; im- provements introduced by Tull into, 730; obliga- tions of, to Arthur Young, . . ii. 320, 321 Agrippa, Caius Caesar, i. 280 , Henry Cornelius— ii. 341 Ague, popular notions as to cure of, . i. 732 Aguilar, Grace, . . ii. 328 Aibert, St, . . . i. 485 Aicard or Achart, St, . ii. 344 Aid, St, ... i. 497 Aidan. See Maidoc. , or Aedan, St St, of Mayo ii. 288 ii. 472 i. 732 Aiguillon, Duchess d' Aikenhead, Provost, Leigh- ton's epigram on, . i. 821 Aikenhead, Thomas, ii. 10 Aikin, Anna Letitia. See Barbauld. Aikin, Dr John, i. 115 ; ii. 668 Aikman, William, . i. 745 Ainsworth, Mr Harrison, the custom of Dunmow revived by, . . i. 751 Ainsworth, Robert, . i. 472 Air, wonders in the, . i. 154 Airy, George Biddell, ii. 127 Aislabie, Mr, his nefarious conduct in connection with the South-sea scheme, . . . i. 148 Aithilahas, St, . . i. 367 Aiton, William, i. 207; notice of, . . . 207 Akenside, Mark— i. 810; ii. 141, 561 Akerman, Mr John Yonge, i. 68, 69 Aland, Sir John Fortescue— i. 339 Alarm, notice of the false, in 1804, . . i. 200, 201 Alastor, a medieval demon— ii. 723 Alban, St, notice of, . i. 808 Albano, Francesco, . i. 385 Albans, St, battles of, i.492, 508 Albemarle, General Monk, Duke of. See Monk. Alberoni, Cardinal, i. 629, 821 Albert, Blessed, patriarch of Jerusalem, . . i. 488 Albert, Charles, . ii. 132 I., Emperor, . ii. 138 , Prince ii. 271, 693 ; application of Mr J. V. Curths to, i. 168; notice of, . . . ii. 695, 696 Albertus Magnus, . ii. 579 Albeus, St, . . . ii. 335 Albinus, Bernard Siegfried— ii. 327 , Emperor, . i. 275 , St, . . i. 315 Alcazar, battle of, ii. 138, 139 Alchemists, the last of the— i. 602-604 Alchmund, St, . . ii. 320 Alcuin, celebrated Anglo- Saxon ecclesiastic, . i. 655 Aldegondes, St, . . i. 188 Aldovrandi, Ulysses — i. 591; ii. 334 Aldrich, Bishop, . . i. 418 , Dean Henry, . ii. 693 Ale, the Whitsun, i. 630, 637 taster, office at Oxford in former times, . i. 153 Alemund, St, . . i. 391 Alexander I., Emperor— ii. 643, 730 III. of Scotland, i. 380: ii. 313; misfor- tunes of, . Alexander III., Pope, . VI., Pope, . VIII., Pope, , St, . St, Bishop 420 ii. 284 ii. 189 i. 207 i. 298 of Jerusalem, . . i. 386 Alexander, St, martyr, i. 534 , St, of Csesarea, i.428 the Great— i. 531; ii. 358 Alexandria, martyrs of, i. 305 ■ , murder of Archbishop George and his friends in, . . i. 539 Alexis Czarowitz of Rus- sia i. 821 Alexius Comnenus, Empe- ror, . . . . ii. 215 Alexius, St, . . . ii. 75