ign of Queen Anne, ib.;
union between them and literary periodicals, opinions expressed on,
ib.

NEWTON, remarks on, iii. 413.

NICCOLI, Nicholas, founded the first public library in Italy, i. 4.

NICKNAMES, use of, practised by political parties, iii. 80;
instances of many, 81-89; serve to heat the minds of the people, 83;
of various Parliaments, 85; effect of, on ministers, 89.

NOBILITY, conduct of kings towards, ii. 11, 12.

NOBLEMEN turned critics, pair of anecdotes concerning, i. 131.

NOMINALISTS and Realists, i. 312.

NOSTRODAMUS, consulted by Catherine de' Medici, i. 279.

NOVELS, the successors of romances, i. 450; Adam Smith's favourable
opinion of, ib.

NUMERICAL Figures, of Indian origin, i. 276; introduction of Arabic,
277; Roman, ib.; origin of Roman, ib.; falsification of Arabic, 278.

OBSCURITY, in style, taught by a professor, i. 401; Lycophron
possessed this taste, 402; defence of, by Thomas Anglus, ib.;
Gravina's observations on, ib.

OLD AGE, progress of, in new studies, i. 98; remark of Adam Smith,
on resumption of former studies in, ib.

OLDYS, a literary antiquary, iii. 493; caricature of, by Grose, 495;
released from the fleet by the Duke of Norfolk, and made Norroy King
at Arms, ib., and note; author of the anacreontic, "Busy, curious,
thirsty fly," 496; placed in the library of the Earl of Oxford, 497;
his integrity, ib., and note; his literary labours, 497-499; his
life of Rawleigh, 499; history of his two annotated copies of
Langbaine, 502; fate of his MSS., 503; his diaries, 504; his
readiness to aid others with his knowledge, 506; his Dissertation on
English Poetry curtailed by the bookseller, 507; extracts from his
diaries, 508-511; his intended Life of Shakspeare, 509; anecdote of
him and Pope, 511.

OLIVETAN Bible, iii. 155.

OPINIONS, suppressed, modes of expressing them in ancient and modern
times, iii. 150; in the Saturnalia, ib.; by carvings and
illuminations, 152; preceding the Reformation, 153; instance of the
Olivetan Bible, 155; by medals and prints, 156.

ORCHIS, Bee and Fly, i. 245.

ORDEALS, i. 161-166.

ORDINARIES, the "Hells" of the 17th century, ii. 165; description of
the arts practised at, 165-167.

OROBIO, his description of his imprisonment in the Inquisition, i.
167.

ORTHOGRAPHY of proper names, ii. 261; of