The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 181 pages of information about The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes.

The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 181 pages of information about The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes.

Frederick the Great
  and the Page, 61
  and the Soldier, 62
  and the Deserter, 62
  his Arguments, 62

French
  Curate—­Forgiveness, 39
  Peasant Girl, 45
  Officer in Flanders, 77
  Officer in Spain, 77
  Servant
    at Noyon, 95
    of La Vendee, 91

FRIENDS, 40

Gainsborough—­Picture of the Pigs, 6

Garrick and Rich, 33

Garrick and Sir J. Reynolds, 115

Gendarmes and Priest, 91

George
  I. and the Lieutenant, 121
  II.
    and the Dutch-Innkeeper, 64
    and the Court Martial, 122
  III. 
    —­Punctuality, 64
    Carbonel the Wine Merchant, 65
    The Horse Dealer, 66
    Memorial to a Servant, 66
    Treatment of a Caricature, 66
    and Lord Lothian, 102

Ghosts, 42

Gibbet, Sight of a, 117

Gin versus Drugs, 25

Glynn, Dr., and the Magpie, 12

Gonsalvo de Cordova, 119

Goldsmith’s Marlow, 32

Gooch, Sir W., and the Negro, 90

GRATITUDE, 40

Gregory, Dr., a Militiaman, 38

Granby, Marquis of, and the Lord-in-Waiting, 108

Grance, Count de, and the Cannon Ball, 112

Grenadier, French, 121

Grog, 103

Guise, Colonel, 24

H., Letter, Use of, 14

Haddock, Admiral, 102

Handel, 82

Hanging Judge, The, 73

Hanway, Jonas, and the Coachman, 107

Hawker, Colonel, and the French Officer, 77

Haydn, 84

Heavy Play, A, 28

Heber’s Palestine, 14

Henderson and the Actor, 113

Henri IV. and D’Aubigne, 40

HEROISM, 43

Hill,
  Sergeant, 75
  Rowland, 101

Hogarth—­Picture of the Red Sea, 9

Hood, Sir S., 57

HOSPITALITY, 48

Hough, Dr., and the Barometer, 114

Housemaid, Presence of mind of a, 92

Hulet, the Comedian, 31

HUMANITY, 51-57

Hume’s Speeches, 86

Huntly, Marquis of, and James VI., 95

Ice, Custom-house doubt, 70

IMAGINATION, 58

James I.
  and the Courtier, 38
  in Westminster Hall, 60
  and the Earl of Scarborough, 96

James IV. of Scotland and the Robbers, 92

John Gilpin, Origin of, 14

Johnson, Dr.,
  and the Hare, 49
  and Wilkes, 60
  and Lord Elibank, 60
  reply to Miller, 60

Judge, A Benevolent, 11

Kaimes, Lord, and the Sheepstealer, 75

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