"Whether as an Antiquary, a classical, poetical, and historical Critick, a Biographer, or Enquirer into the Beauties and Niceties of Grammar and Languages, we find everywhere that Dr. Pegge's remarks are not only striking and useful, but original; and, in this last respect, we have little hesitation in preferring the _Anonymiana_ to the greater part of the Works of this description, which have been lately published, either at home or abroad. There is scarcely a taste among the various divisions of human liking, that will not find something appropriate and gratifying. It would be impossible to withhold, in these times of levity, just praise from a Work that so ably combines 'light reading' with 'serious thinking.'" _Gent. Mag. 1809._ ANECDOTES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and it's Environs; whence it will appear, that the Natives of the Metropolis, and its Vicinities, have not corrupted the Language of their Ancestors. By SAMUEL PEGGE, Esq. F.S.A. Second Edition, enlarged and corrected. To which is added, A SUPPLEMENT to the PROVINCIAL GLOSSARY of FRANCIS GROSE, Esq. 8vo. Price 12s. boards. *** The Provincial Glossary may be had separate, Price 3s. Printed at the VOTES Printing Office, King Street, Westminster, _By Nichols, Son, and Bentley_. * * * * * Transcriber's note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs. Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times; Regal, Noble, Gentilitial,, by Samuel Pegge