Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy NevillNevill, Dorothy, Lady
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Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill
Nevill, Dorothy, Lady
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Macirone, Colonel, his steam car, 294
Mallock, Mr. W. H., a dog’s epitaph by, 232
Malmaison, Napoleon at, 84;
his gardener’s stories, 85, 87
Manning, Mr., his travels in the East, his passport from Napoleon I., and
the sequel in St. Helena, 93-94
Marble Arch, the, 164
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, tragedy of her fate, 82, 100 _et seq._
Marie Louise, Empress, a glimpse of, 81-82
Marlborough, Duke of (about 1770), his match with a running footman, 147
Mayfair, the original, abolition of, 152-153;
highwaymen in, 148-150
Melbourne, Earl of, and Lady Holland, 63
Menus, author’s collection of, 9, 10
Midhurst, its arms and associations, 277
“Midnight Review, The,” poem, by von Seidlitz, two versions of, 94 _et
seq._
Military prints, a pretty set, 215
Millais, Sir J. E., 190
Mitchell, General, Sir John, gift from, 235
Modane, instance from, of “English as she is wrote,” 129-130
Molesworth, Lady, 253
Monk, Bishop, and his wig, 268
Mount Street, bachelor abodes in, past and present, 157-158;
military associations of, 150;
its architecture, 141
“Mrs. Poodles,” a Siamese cat, 227
Munich in 1837, 121, 123
Munro of Novar, his eccentricities, 25, 26
Music halls, past and present, 252
Napoleon I., relics of, in England, 78, 80 _et seq._;
the invasion scare, as affecting East Anglia, 79-80;
his wives, 81;
portraits of, his attitude during Mass, 82-83;
his beliefs and superstitions, his love of church bells, 84;
at Elba, tales of, 85 _et seq._;
traces of, 88;
his power over men, a tale of, 90 _et seq._;
alleged visit to London, 94;
on the death of Marie Antoinette, 100
Napoleon III., in England, 306;
a portrait of, by Count D’Orsay, 190
Naundorff, the pretended Louis XVII., 115;
his descendants, 117
Needlework carpets, 50;
pictures, 204
Nelson, 180,181, 269-270
Nelthorpe, Colonel, permanent visitor at Wolterton, 46, 47
Nemours, Duke of, 204
Nevill, Miss Meresia, and the Primrose League, 19
New College, Oxford, dumb-bell machine at, 224
_Newcastle-upon-Tyne Courant_, antiquity of, 304
“Newman’s Greys,” at weddings, 11
Newmarket, 50;
Lord Orford’s Mecca, 55
Newspapers, 303 _et seq._
Nightcaps, Dr. Burney’s lines on, 269-270
Norfolk, advent of the railway, 292;
beliefs and customs, 313;
newspapers, early in the field, 303;
police first constituted, 292;
“squarsons” and their ways, 13
_Norfolk Chronicle_, age of, 303
Normandie, Duc de, Naundorff’s assumed title, 115
Northampton, two hanging stories of, 276-277
Norton, Hon. Mrs. (_née_ Sheridan), 14;
and the _Owl_, 17
Norwich, anti-catholic feeling in, 109;
hatred shown by, to Napoleon I., 79;
democrats of, 114;
Peace Society’s doings at, 47
_Norwich Postman_, antiquity of, 303
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