_Nancy_ (_Miss_), Mrs. Anna Oldfield, a celebrated actress, buried in Westminster Abbey. She died in 1730, and lay in state, attended by two noblemen. Mrs. Oldfield was buried in a “very fine Brussels lace head-dress, a new pair of kid gloves, and a robe with lace ruffles and a lace collar.” (See NARCISSA.) =Nancy Dawson=, a famous actress, who took London by storm. Her father was a poster in Clare Market (1728-1767). Her easy mien, her shape so neat, She foots, she trips, she looks so sweet; I die for Nancy Dawson. =Nancy of the Vale=, a village maiden, who preferred Strephon to the gay lordlings who sought her hand in marriage.--Shenstone, _A Ballad_ (1554). =Nannic=, deformed brother of Guenn, and her darling. He is versed in all manner of auguries and much feared and consulted by the peasants on this account.--Blanche Willis Howard, _Guenn_. =Nannie=, Miss Fleming, daughter of a farmer in the parish of Tarbolton, in Ayrshire. Immortalized by R. Burns. _Nannie (Little)._ “This world, whose brightest day Seems to us so dreary, Nannie found all bright and gay, Love-alight and cheery, Stayed a little while to play And went home unweary.” Elizabeth Akers Allen, _Poems_ (1866). =Nan´tolet=, father of Rosalura and Lillia-Bianca.--Beaumont and Fletcher, _The Wild-Goose Chase_ (1652). =Napoleon I.=, called by the Germans “Kaiser Kläs” (_q.v._). “M” is curiously coupled with the history of Napoleon I. and III. (See M.) The following is a curious play on the word Napoleon. Napoleôn apoleôn poleôn oleôn leôn eôn ôn _Napoleon_ _Apollyon_ _cities_ _destroying_ _a lion_ _going_} _being._ _about_} That is: Napoleon Apollyon is [_being_] a lion going about destroying cities. _Chauvinism_, Napoleon idolatry. Chauvvin[TN-28] is a blind idolater of Napoleon I., in Scribe’s drama entitled _Soldat Laboureur_. =Napoleon III.= _His nicknames._ ARENENBERG (_Comte d’_). So he called himself after his escape from the fortress of Ham. BADINGUET, the name of the man he shot in his Boulogne escapade. BOUSTRAPA, a compound of Bou[logne], Stra[sbourg] and Pa[ris], the places of his noted escapades. GROSBEC. So called from the rather unusual size of his nose. MAN OF DECEMBER. So called because December was his month of glory. Thus, he was elected president December 11, 1848; made his _coup d’état_ December 2, 1851; and was created emperor December 2, 1852. MAN OF SEDAN. So called because at Sedan he surrendered his sword to the king of Prussia (September, 1870). RATIPOLE, same as the west of England RANTIPOLE, a harum-scarum, half idiot, half madcap. THE LITTLE. Victor Hugo gave him this title; but the hatred of Hugo to Napoleon was monomania. VERHUEL, the name of his supposed father.