FOOTNOTES:1A hard-hearted man.2'The proper species of rush,' says White, in hisNatural History of Selborne, 'seems to be theJuncus effusus, or common soft rush, which is to be found in moist pastures, by the sides of streams, and under hedges. These rushes are in best condition in the height of summer, but may be gathered so as to serve the purpose well quite on to autumn. The largest and longest are the best. Decayed labourers, women, and children make it their business to procure and prepare them. As soon as they are cut, they must be flung into water, and kept there; for otherwise they will dry and shrink, and the peel will not run. When thesejunciare thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun. Some address is required in dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease; but this knack is also to be attained by practice. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and one pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings.'3The author has seen a pair of shoes, such as here described, made in a few hours.4Goodyis not a word used in Ireland.Collyoghis the Irish appellation of an old woman; but asCollyoghmight sound strangely to English ears, we have translated it by the word Goody.5What are in Ireland called moats, are, in England, called Danish mounds, or barrows.6Near Kells, in Ireland, there is a round tower, which was in imminent danger of being pulled down by an old woman's rooting at its foundation, in hopes of finding treasure.7This is a true anecdote.8Salt, thecantname given by the Eton lads to the money collected at Montem.9Young noblemen at Oxford wear yellow tufts at the tops of their caps. Hence their flatterers are said to be dead-shots at yellow-hammers.10From beginning to end.11This is the name of a country dance.12It is necessary to observe that this experiment has never been actually tried upon raspberry-plants.13Vide Priestley'sHistory of Vision, chapter on coloured shadows.14Lobe.15This atrocious practice is now happily superseded by the use of sweeping machines.16This custom of 'Barring Out' was very general (especially in the northern parts of England) during the 17th and 18th centuries, and it has been fully described by Brand and other antiquarian writers.Dr. Johnson mentions that Addison, while under the tuition of Mr. Shaw, master of the Lichfield Grammar School, led, and successfully conducted, 'a plan forbarring outhis master. A disorderly privilege,' says the doctor, 'which, in his time, prevailed in the principal seminaries of education.'In theGentleman's Magazineof 1828, Dr. P. A. Nuttall, under the signature of P. A. N., has given a spirited sketch of a 'Barring Out' at the Ormskirk Grammar School, which has since been republished at length (though without acknowledgment) by Sir Henry Ellis, in Bonn's recent edition of Brand'sPopular Antiquities. This operation took place early in the present century, and is interesting from its being, perhaps, the last attempt on record, and also from the circumstance of the writer himself having been one of the juvenile leaders in the daring adventure, 'quorum pars magna fuit.'—Ed.17Lucifer matches were then unknown.—Ed.18Varieties of Literature, vol. i. p. 299.19Chi compra ha bisogna di cent' occhi; chi vende n' ha assai di uno.20E meglio esser fortunato che savio.21Butta una sardella per pigliar un luccio.22Seeantea.23Il cane scottato dell' acqua calda ha paura poi della fredda.24The Duc de Rochefoucault.—'On peut être plus fin qu'un autre, mais pas plus fin que tous les autres.'25Chartres.26Poco e spesso empie il l' orsetto.27Chi te fa piu carezza che non vuole, O ingannato t' ha, o ingannar te vuole.28This word comes from two Italian words,banco rotto—broken bench. Bankers and merchants used formerly to count their money and write their bills of exchange upon benches in the streets; and when a merchant or banker lost his credit, and was unable to pay his debts, his bench was broken.30Philosophical Transactions, vol. ix. p. 440.31Tutte le volpi si trovano in pellicera.32Assai ben balla a chi fortuna suona.33Odi, vedi, taci, se vuoi viver in pace.34La vita il fine,—e di loda la sera.Compute the morn and evening of their day.—Pope.35Vien presto consumato l' ingiustamente acquistato.36I fatti sono maschii, le parole femmine.37Phil. Trans.vol. ix.38These facts are mentioned in Sir William Hamilton's account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—SeePhil. Trans.1795, first part.39La mala compagnia è quella che mena uomini a la forca.40Pescar col hamo d' argento.41Their whole study was how to please and to help one another.42This was about the close of the last century.Macmillan'sIllustrated Pocket Classics.WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYHUGH THOMSON, LINLEY SAMBOURNE, CHARLES E. BROCK, CHRIS HAMMOND, and others.Fcap. 8vo. Cloth, 2s. net each. Leather Limp, 3s. net each.CRANFORD.By Mrs.Gaskell. With Preface byAnne Thackeray Ritchie, and 100 Illustrations byHugh Thomson.OUR VILLAGE.ByMary Russell Mitford. With Preface byAnne Thackeray Ritchie, and 100 Illustrations byHugh Thomson.THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.With Preface byAustin Dobson, and 182 Illustrations byHugh Thomson.TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL-DAYS.ByThomas Hughes. With Illustrations byE. J. Sullivan.THE WATER BABIES: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.ByCharles Kingsley. With 100 Illustrations byLinley Sambourne.COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS.ByW. Outram Tristram. 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FOOTNOTES:1A hard-hearted man.2'The proper species of rush,' says White, in hisNatural History of Selborne, 'seems to be theJuncus effusus, or common soft rush, which is to be found in moist pastures, by the sides of streams, and under hedges. These rushes are in best condition in the height of summer, but may be gathered so as to serve the purpose well quite on to autumn. The largest and longest are the best. Decayed labourers, women, and children make it their business to procure and prepare them. As soon as they are cut, they must be flung into water, and kept there; for otherwise they will dry and shrink, and the peel will not run. When thesejunciare thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun. Some address is required in dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease; but this knack is also to be attained by practice. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and one pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings.'3The author has seen a pair of shoes, such as here described, made in a few hours.4Goodyis not a word used in Ireland.Collyoghis the Irish appellation of an old woman; but asCollyoghmight sound strangely to English ears, we have translated it by the word Goody.5What are in Ireland called moats, are, in England, called Danish mounds, or barrows.6Near Kells, in Ireland, there is a round tower, which was in imminent danger of being pulled down by an old woman's rooting at its foundation, in hopes of finding treasure.7This is a true anecdote.8Salt, thecantname given by the Eton lads to the money collected at Montem.9Young noblemen at Oxford wear yellow tufts at the tops of their caps. Hence their flatterers are said to be dead-shots at yellow-hammers.10From beginning to end.11This is the name of a country dance.12It is necessary to observe that this experiment has never been actually tried upon raspberry-plants.13Vide Priestley'sHistory of Vision, chapter on coloured shadows.14Lobe.15This atrocious practice is now happily superseded by the use of sweeping machines.16This custom of 'Barring Out' was very general (especially in the northern parts of England) during the 17th and 18th centuries, and it has been fully described by Brand and other antiquarian writers.Dr. Johnson mentions that Addison, while under the tuition of Mr. Shaw, master of the Lichfield Grammar School, led, and successfully conducted, 'a plan forbarring outhis master. A disorderly privilege,' says the doctor, 'which, in his time, prevailed in the principal seminaries of education.'In theGentleman's Magazineof 1828, Dr. P. A. Nuttall, under the signature of P. A. N., has given a spirited sketch of a 'Barring Out' at the Ormskirk Grammar School, which has since been republished at length (though without acknowledgment) by Sir Henry Ellis, in Bonn's recent edition of Brand'sPopular Antiquities. This operation took place early in the present century, and is interesting from its being, perhaps, the last attempt on record, and also from the circumstance of the writer himself having been one of the juvenile leaders in the daring adventure, 'quorum pars magna fuit.'—Ed.17Lucifer matches were then unknown.—Ed.18Varieties of Literature, vol. i. p. 299.19Chi compra ha bisogna di cent' occhi; chi vende n' ha assai di uno.20E meglio esser fortunato che savio.21Butta una sardella per pigliar un luccio.22Seeantea.23Il cane scottato dell' acqua calda ha paura poi della fredda.24The Duc de Rochefoucault.—'On peut être plus fin qu'un autre, mais pas plus fin que tous les autres.'25Chartres.26Poco e spesso empie il l' orsetto.27Chi te fa piu carezza che non vuole, O ingannato t' ha, o ingannar te vuole.28This word comes from two Italian words,banco rotto—broken bench. Bankers and merchants used formerly to count their money and write their bills of exchange upon benches in the streets; and when a merchant or banker lost his credit, and was unable to pay his debts, his bench was broken.30Philosophical Transactions, vol. ix. p. 440.31Tutte le volpi si trovano in pellicera.32Assai ben balla a chi fortuna suona.33Odi, vedi, taci, se vuoi viver in pace.34La vita il fine,—e di loda la sera.Compute the morn and evening of their day.—Pope.35Vien presto consumato l' ingiustamente acquistato.36I fatti sono maschii, le parole femmine.37Phil. Trans.vol. ix.38These facts are mentioned in Sir William Hamilton's account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—SeePhil. Trans.1795, first part.39La mala compagnia è quella che mena uomini a la forca.40Pescar col hamo d' argento.41Their whole study was how to please and to help one another.42This was about the close of the last century.
FOOTNOTES:
1A hard-hearted man.
1A hard-hearted man.
2'The proper species of rush,' says White, in hisNatural History of Selborne, 'seems to be theJuncus effusus, or common soft rush, which is to be found in moist pastures, by the sides of streams, and under hedges. These rushes are in best condition in the height of summer, but may be gathered so as to serve the purpose well quite on to autumn. The largest and longest are the best. Decayed labourers, women, and children make it their business to procure and prepare them. As soon as they are cut, they must be flung into water, and kept there; for otherwise they will dry and shrink, and the peel will not run. When thesejunciare thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun. Some address is required in dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease; but this knack is also to be attained by practice. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and one pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings.'
2'The proper species of rush,' says White, in hisNatural History of Selborne, 'seems to be theJuncus effusus, or common soft rush, which is to be found in moist pastures, by the sides of streams, and under hedges. These rushes are in best condition in the height of summer, but may be gathered so as to serve the purpose well quite on to autumn. The largest and longest are the best. Decayed labourers, women, and children make it their business to procure and prepare them. As soon as they are cut, they must be flung into water, and kept there; for otherwise they will dry and shrink, and the peel will not run. When thesejunciare thus far prepared, they must lie out on the grass to be bleached, and take the dew for some nights, and afterwards be dried in the sun. Some address is required in dipping these rushes in the scalding fat or grease; but this knack is also to be attained by practice. A pound of common grease may be procured for fourpence, and about six pounds of grease will dip a pound of rushes, and one pound of rushes may be bought for one shilling; so that a pound of rushes, medicated and ready for use, will cost three shillings.'
3The author has seen a pair of shoes, such as here described, made in a few hours.
3The author has seen a pair of shoes, such as here described, made in a few hours.
4Goodyis not a word used in Ireland.Collyoghis the Irish appellation of an old woman; but asCollyoghmight sound strangely to English ears, we have translated it by the word Goody.
4Goodyis not a word used in Ireland.Collyoghis the Irish appellation of an old woman; but asCollyoghmight sound strangely to English ears, we have translated it by the word Goody.
5What are in Ireland called moats, are, in England, called Danish mounds, or barrows.
5What are in Ireland called moats, are, in England, called Danish mounds, or barrows.
6Near Kells, in Ireland, there is a round tower, which was in imminent danger of being pulled down by an old woman's rooting at its foundation, in hopes of finding treasure.
6Near Kells, in Ireland, there is a round tower, which was in imminent danger of being pulled down by an old woman's rooting at its foundation, in hopes of finding treasure.
7This is a true anecdote.
7This is a true anecdote.
8Salt, thecantname given by the Eton lads to the money collected at Montem.
8Salt, thecantname given by the Eton lads to the money collected at Montem.
9Young noblemen at Oxford wear yellow tufts at the tops of their caps. Hence their flatterers are said to be dead-shots at yellow-hammers.
9Young noblemen at Oxford wear yellow tufts at the tops of their caps. Hence their flatterers are said to be dead-shots at yellow-hammers.
10From beginning to end.
10From beginning to end.
11This is the name of a country dance.
11This is the name of a country dance.
12It is necessary to observe that this experiment has never been actually tried upon raspberry-plants.
12It is necessary to observe that this experiment has never been actually tried upon raspberry-plants.
13Vide Priestley'sHistory of Vision, chapter on coloured shadows.
13Vide Priestley'sHistory of Vision, chapter on coloured shadows.
14Lobe.
14Lobe.
15This atrocious practice is now happily superseded by the use of sweeping machines.
15This atrocious practice is now happily superseded by the use of sweeping machines.
16This custom of 'Barring Out' was very general (especially in the northern parts of England) during the 17th and 18th centuries, and it has been fully described by Brand and other antiquarian writers.Dr. Johnson mentions that Addison, while under the tuition of Mr. Shaw, master of the Lichfield Grammar School, led, and successfully conducted, 'a plan forbarring outhis master. A disorderly privilege,' says the doctor, 'which, in his time, prevailed in the principal seminaries of education.'In theGentleman's Magazineof 1828, Dr. P. A. Nuttall, under the signature of P. A. N., has given a spirited sketch of a 'Barring Out' at the Ormskirk Grammar School, which has since been republished at length (though without acknowledgment) by Sir Henry Ellis, in Bonn's recent edition of Brand'sPopular Antiquities. This operation took place early in the present century, and is interesting from its being, perhaps, the last attempt on record, and also from the circumstance of the writer himself having been one of the juvenile leaders in the daring adventure, 'quorum pars magna fuit.'—Ed.
16This custom of 'Barring Out' was very general (especially in the northern parts of England) during the 17th and 18th centuries, and it has been fully described by Brand and other antiquarian writers.
Dr. Johnson mentions that Addison, while under the tuition of Mr. Shaw, master of the Lichfield Grammar School, led, and successfully conducted, 'a plan forbarring outhis master. A disorderly privilege,' says the doctor, 'which, in his time, prevailed in the principal seminaries of education.'
In theGentleman's Magazineof 1828, Dr. P. A. Nuttall, under the signature of P. A. N., has given a spirited sketch of a 'Barring Out' at the Ormskirk Grammar School, which has since been republished at length (though without acknowledgment) by Sir Henry Ellis, in Bonn's recent edition of Brand'sPopular Antiquities. This operation took place early in the present century, and is interesting from its being, perhaps, the last attempt on record, and also from the circumstance of the writer himself having been one of the juvenile leaders in the daring adventure, 'quorum pars magna fuit.'—Ed.
17Lucifer matches were then unknown.—Ed.
17Lucifer matches were then unknown.—Ed.
18Varieties of Literature, vol. i. p. 299.
18Varieties of Literature, vol. i. p. 299.
19Chi compra ha bisogna di cent' occhi; chi vende n' ha assai di uno.
19Chi compra ha bisogna di cent' occhi; chi vende n' ha assai di uno.
20E meglio esser fortunato che savio.
20E meglio esser fortunato che savio.
21Butta una sardella per pigliar un luccio.
21Butta una sardella per pigliar un luccio.
22Seeantea.
22Seeantea.
23Il cane scottato dell' acqua calda ha paura poi della fredda.
23Il cane scottato dell' acqua calda ha paura poi della fredda.
24The Duc de Rochefoucault.—'On peut être plus fin qu'un autre, mais pas plus fin que tous les autres.'
24The Duc de Rochefoucault.—'On peut être plus fin qu'un autre, mais pas plus fin que tous les autres.'
25Chartres.
25Chartres.
26Poco e spesso empie il l' orsetto.
26Poco e spesso empie il l' orsetto.
27Chi te fa piu carezza che non vuole, O ingannato t' ha, o ingannar te vuole.
27Chi te fa piu carezza che non vuole, O ingannato t' ha, o ingannar te vuole.
28This word comes from two Italian words,banco rotto—broken bench. Bankers and merchants used formerly to count their money and write their bills of exchange upon benches in the streets; and when a merchant or banker lost his credit, and was unable to pay his debts, his bench was broken.
28This word comes from two Italian words,banco rotto—broken bench. Bankers and merchants used formerly to count their money and write their bills of exchange upon benches in the streets; and when a merchant or banker lost his credit, and was unable to pay his debts, his bench was broken.
30Philosophical Transactions, vol. ix. p. 440.
30Philosophical Transactions, vol. ix. p. 440.
31Tutte le volpi si trovano in pellicera.
31Tutte le volpi si trovano in pellicera.
32Assai ben balla a chi fortuna suona.
32Assai ben balla a chi fortuna suona.
33Odi, vedi, taci, se vuoi viver in pace.
33Odi, vedi, taci, se vuoi viver in pace.
34La vita il fine,—e di loda la sera.Compute the morn and evening of their day.—Pope.
34La vita il fine,—e di loda la sera.Compute the morn and evening of their day.—Pope.
35Vien presto consumato l' ingiustamente acquistato.
35Vien presto consumato l' ingiustamente acquistato.
36I fatti sono maschii, le parole femmine.
36I fatti sono maschii, le parole femmine.
37Phil. Trans.vol. ix.
37Phil. Trans.vol. ix.
38These facts are mentioned in Sir William Hamilton's account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—SeePhil. Trans.1795, first part.
38These facts are mentioned in Sir William Hamilton's account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—SeePhil. Trans.1795, first part.
39La mala compagnia è quella che mena uomini a la forca.
39La mala compagnia è quella che mena uomini a la forca.
40Pescar col hamo d' argento.
40Pescar col hamo d' argento.
41Their whole study was how to please and to help one another.
41Their whole study was how to please and to help one another.
42This was about the close of the last century.
42This was about the close of the last century.
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Minor punctuation errors corrected without notice.
Words spelled multiple ways are left as in the original.