Yeomen of his Guard, from its Institution, A. D. 1485; 1791."
[55] Had Mr. Pegge lived to have completed his whole design, the
Title would have run thus: "_Hospitium Regis_; or, a History of
the Royal Household, and the several Officers thereof, principally
in the Departments of the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole. Collected and
digested by Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A."
During the remaining period of his life, Mr. Pegge amused himself
in preparing several other Numbers of his "Curialia" for the press;
the materials for which, and also his "Anecdotes of the English
Language," he bequeathed to Mr. Nichols; who printed "The Anecdotes
of the English Language" in 1803. This Work having been noticed
with much approbation in the principal Reviews, and very favourably
received by the Publick at large, a Second Edition (corrected and
improved from his own detached MSS.) was published in 1814. To this
Edition was added, "A Supplement to the Provincial Glossary of
Francis Grose, Esq." compiled by Mr. Pegge.
In 1806 Mr. Nichols published Two additional Numbers of the
"Curialia:"