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mber, ii. 373. GLOVES, supposed to be mentioned in the 108th Psalm, i. 235; account of, by Xenophon, ib.; mentioned by several ancient writers, ib.; use of, universal in the 9th century, 236; regulations concerning, ib.; employed on great and solemn occasions, such as investitures, ib.; Abbots forbidden to use, ib.; blessing of, 237; deprivation of, a mark of degradation, ib.; challenging by, ib.; used for secret correspondence, ib., note; use of, in carrying the hawk, 238; formerly forbidden to judges, ib.; singular anecdote concerning, ib.; ancient, in the Denny family, 239. GLOVE-MONEY, i. 238. GOFF, Thomas, a tragic poet, specimens of his works, ii. 42. GONDOLIERS of Venice, description of their chanting the verses of Tasso and Ariosto, i. 388. GOUGH, the antiquary, anecdote of, iii. 319. GRAY, loss of his MSS., ii. 451. GROTIUS, account of his life and studies, i. 129, 130. GRUB-STREET Journal, extract from, ii. 492; its authors, ib., note. GUELPHS and Ghibellines, iii. 89. GUEUX, iii. 81. GUIBERT, foretold the French Revolution, iii. 300. GUICCIARDINI, his history posthumous, iii. 180; first editions of his works castrated, ib.; continuation of his history by Adriani, ib. GUILT, trials and modes of proof of, in superstitious ages, i. 161-166. GULLIVER'S Travels, account of the first edition, i. 320, note. HAIR, early taste in the colour of, ii. 33, and note. HALIFAX, Marquis of, his MS. memoirs suppressed, ii. 447. HALL, Bishop, his belief in witches, iii. 293, and note. HALLEY, anecdote of his perseverance and sagacity, iii. 411. HAMILTON, Elizabeth, her projected series of comparative biography, iii. 424. HANS CARVEL, origin of Prior's story of, i. 111. HARDI, a French tragic author, ii. 41. HARLEQUIN, his Italian origin, ii. 117; turned into a magician by the English, ib.; the character essentially Italian, 118; treatises written on it, 121; a Roman mime, ib. and note; his classical origin, 123, note; his degeneration, 125; his renovation under the hand of Goldoni, ib.; improved into a wit in France, ib. HARTLIBB, Samuel, a collector and publisher of manuscripts on horticulture and agriculture, ii. 153. HARVEY, his discovery of the circulation of the blood, iii. 412. HAZLERIGG, Sir Arthur, "an absurd bold man," a violent leader of th
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