A HAND-BOOK INDEX
TO THE
WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING REFERENCES TO THE
PHRASES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, SONGS,
PARTICLES[*], &c., WHICH ARE USED OR ALLUDED TO BY THE
GREAT DRAMATIST.
BY
J. O. HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.R.S.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY J. E. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.
1866.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, 1820-1889.
A hand-book index to the works of Shakespeare.
Reprint of the 1866 ed. published by J. E. Adlard,
London.
1. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dictionaries,
indexes, etc. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Lan-
guage--Glossaries, etc. I. Title.
PR2892.H34 1975 822.3'3 75-144630
ISBN 0-404-03057-2
Reprinted from an original copy in the collections of the University of Oregon Library.
First the edition of 1866, London
First AMS edition published in 1975
Manufactured in the United States of America
AMS PRESS INC.
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003
PREFACE
The invaluable works of Twiss and Clarke do not preclude the necessity of another comprehensive Index to the writings of Shakespeare. Neither of those books contains any references to the words which occur in the Poems, a circumstance which causes in itself a great inconvenience to the student; and in addition to this drawback, there are numerous important allusions in the works of the great dramatist which are necessarily left unnoticed by a mere verbal index.
The present index, which I began to compile for my own private use many years ago, was so useful in its manuscript form, it appeared to me that a small impression of it would be acceptable to a few earnest students. It must be borne in mind that many of the explanations have been inserted hastily, without a view to publication. In short, this work is simply a copy of a manuscript compiled for private use, and must be accepted with all the crudities attending such a volume.
The paginal references, excepting where otherwise noted, are adapted to the variorum edition of 1821, that of Malone revised by Boswell in 21 vols.
J. O. H.
No. 6, St. Mary's Place,
West Brompton, near London;
October, 1866.
CONTENTS
PAGE
1. INDEX, A to Z 1
2. ACTORS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS 3
3. PLANTS, TREES, FLOWERS, AND FRUITS 374
4. PLAY-HOUSES 376
5. PROVERBS 390
6. SONGS AND TUNES448
7. SOURCES OF PLOTS 455
8. ENGLISH LOCALITIES 545
9. LONDON 547
A SHAKESPEARE INDEX.
A.
-- (a) "A goodly portly man, and a corpulent," First Part of Henry the Fourth.
-- (b) This particle[*] omitted in exclamatory passages, e.g., "What dish o' poison," Twelfth Night; "What fool is she," Two Gentlemen of Verona; "What night is this," Julius Cæsar, &c., but note on in Two Gentlemen of Verona.
-- (c) "Poor a thousand;" a poor thousand. As You Like It.
-- (d) Understood. "I am dog," Twelfth Night.
-- (e) He. Much Ado about Nothing.
-- (f) "Such a worthy a mistress," Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Aaron.
-- A Moor. Titus Andronicus.
Abate.
-- (a) To cast down or deject the mind. Coriolanus, 149.
[*] i.e. article; e.g. a, an, the. [F. L. R.]
A Hand-book Index to the Works of Shakespeare, including references to the phrases, manners, customs, proverbs, songs, particles[*], &c., which are used or alluded to by the great dramatist.
By J. O. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S.
London: Printed by J. E. Adlard, Bartholonew Close.
1866.
First Internet Edition
Rutgers University Libraries
PR2892.H34 1975
Omnipædia Polyglotta
Francisco López Rodríguez
[email protected]
[email protected]
