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Roscius, Young, account of, 363

-- -- his earnings, 367

-- -- first appears, 364

-- -- in London, 365

-- -- his popularity, 367

-- -- in Scotland, 364

-- -- sketch of, 363

Rothschild, his life and adventures, 96

Rowlandson, the caricaturist, 474

-- and Gilray, the caricaturists, 339

Royal Society Club, H. Cavendish at, 133

Rundell, Philip, his great wealth, 102

Ryland, the forger, and Blake, painter, 340

Sandwich Islands, King and Queen of, their visit to England, 57

Scotch ladies, singular, 70

Scott, Mr. John, in Parliament, 549

-- Sir Walter, and Monk Lewis, 420

Scottish marriage law, 65

Sedan, ride in, 548

Seven Dials, what became of them? 309

Shakespeare Monument, George IV. and Elliston, 402

Shark story, by Monk Lewis, 422

Sharp, the engraver, fanaticism of, 189

Sibly's work on astrology, 139

Sicilian boy calculator, 490

Sidi Mohammed and Hindustanee cookery, 113

Skeffington, Sir Lumley, his amateur acting, 36

-- -- -- his lines to Miss Foote and Madame Vestris, 38

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