=Non Mi Ricordo=, the usual answer of the Italian courier and other Italian witnesses when on examination at the trial of Queen Caroline (the wife of George IV.), in 1820. “Lord Flint,” in _Such Things Are_, by Mrs. Inchbald (1786), when asked a question he wished to evade, used to reply, “My people know, no doubt, but I cannot recollect.” “Pierre Choppard,” in _The Courier of Lyons_, by Edward Stirling (1852), when asked an ugly question, always answered “I’ll ask my wife, my memory’s so slippery.” The North American society called the “Know Nothings,” founded in 1853, used to reply to every question about their order, “I know nothing about it.” =Nona´cris’ Stream=, the river Styx, in Arcadia. Cassander says he has in a phial some of this “horrid spring,” one drop of which, mixed with wine, would act as a deadly poison. To this Polyperchon replies: I know its power, for I have seen it tried. Pains of all sorts thro’ every nerve and artery At once it scatters,--burns at once and freezes-- Till, by extremity of torture forced, The soul consents to leave her joyless home. N. Lee, _Alexander the Great_, iv. i (1678). =Nonentity= (_Dr._), a metaphysician, and thought by most people to be a profound scholar. He generally spreads himself before the fire, sucks his pipe, talks little, drinks much, and is reckoned very good company. You may know him by his long grey wig, and the blue handkerchief round his neck. Dr. Nonentity, I am told, writes indexes to perfection, makes essays, and reviews any work with a single day’s warning.--Goldsmith, _A Citizen of the World_, xxix. (1759). =Norbert= (_Father_), Pierre Parisot Norbert, the French missionary (1697-1769). =Norland= (_Lord_), father of Lady Eleanor Irwin, and guardian of Lady Ramble (Miss Maria Wooburn). He disinherited his daughter for marrying against his will, and left her to starve, but subsequently relented, and relieved her wants and those of her young husband.--Inchbald, _Every One has His Fault_ (1794). =Norma=, a vestal who had been seduced, and discovers her paramour trying to seduce a sister vestal. In despair, she contemplates the murder of her base-born children.--Bellini, _Norma_ (1831); libretto, by Romani. =Norman=, forester of Sir William Ashton, lord-keeper of Scotland.--Sir W. Scott, _Bride of Lammermoor_ (time, William III.).