THE ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM; OR, PORTFOLIO OF, ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS: COMPRISING LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND GOVERN- TITLES, DIGNITIES, AND INSIGNIA. MENT. ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE. MUSIC, PAINTING, AND ENGRAVING. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE DRAMA. PARLIAMENT, LAWS, AND PLOTS. UNIVERSITIES AND RELIGIOUS SECTS. REMARKABLE CUSTOMS, &c. &c. SEASONS, MONTHS, AND DAYS OF THE ETYMONS OF WORDS AND TERMS, &c. SEAS, ISLANDS, CITIES, TOWNS, COLLEGES, CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF LONDON AND ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS; ITS WARDS AND COMPANIES; INNS OF COURT AND CHURCHES ; PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE: R. GRIFFIN AND CO., GLASGOW; AND J. CUMMING, Dublin. 1830. INTRODUCTION. To collect into a focus, a series of Origins and Etymologies, that lay scattered through various Publications, ancient and modern;-to place within the reach of all, what hitherto could only be procured by the few;-to instruct the rising generation,-to amuse the curious of all ages, and to save trouble to the antiquary, a mass of interesting and instructive matter, has been concentrated within the small compass of this volume, and which, the Compiler unhesitatingly submits to the Public, with the conviction, that should it be found below their praise, it will, nevertheless, remain undeserving of their censure. |