The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld

104, 138, 189, 201 253 255
    Unseen University, 29, 30, 36, 39, 81, 93, 187-90
    and women, 23
    Archchancellorship, 81, 135
    Ceremony of the Keys, 187-8
    compost heap, 96
    eccentricity in, 135
    faculty members: Chair of Indefinite
    Studies, 87, 171-2; Lecturer in
    Recent Runes, 141, 171, 188, 271;
    Reader in Esoteric Studies, 135;
    Senior Wrangler, 172, 188, 189, 190
    Hex, 170
    housekeeper (Mrs Whitlow), 93, 189-90
    Old Tom, 78
    relations with Patrician, 141, 270-1
    students, 141, 170, 173, 188, 270-1
    tax status, 94-5
    teaching at, 141
    Tower of Art, 133
    See also Bursar, Dean, Librarian,
    Library, Ridcully, Rincewind,
    Stibbons, wizards
    V
    vampires, 95, 103, 160-1, 195-8
    Count and Countess Notfaroutoe, 95
    Count de Magpyr, 195-8
    Countess de Magpyr, 196, 198
    Vlad de Magpyr, 196, 198
    Verence II (formerly the Fool), 51-4, 120
    Vetinari, Havelock, Lord (Patrician of Ankh-Morpork), 46, 66, 87, 95, 130, 160, 161, 177, 178, 179, 202, 224-5, 280, 291-95
    andVimes, 71-2, 159, 161, 177, 178, 279
    appointments to see, 137, 207-8, 291
    art criticism, 276
    as pet-owner, 46, 292-3
    as student, 233
    characteristic gestures, 14, 130, 291
    choice of vocabulary, 66, 161, 293
    diplomacy, 141
    Guilds’ opinion of, 161
    interview techniques, 14, 66, 82, 125, 136, 177, 201, 267
    on citizens’ shortcomings, 128
    on dungeons, 71
    on freedom, 210, 267
    on mime artists, 67
    on pizza, 161
    on public interest and the free press, 210
    on the nature of evil, 71-2
    political acumen, 138, 268
    principles of government, 46, 67, 71-2, 133, 137, 210, 292
    tyranny in practice, 94-5, 137, 225, 268, 271, 293, 294, 295
    villainy, types of, 39
    inherent in Grand Vizier, 58
    Vimes, Sir Samuel, 67-71, 125-30, 159-62, 178, 180-3, 202-3, 231-3, 235, 275-80
    and alcohol, 128, 202
    and personal organizer, 159
    and Vetinari, 159, 161, 177, 178, 279
    blackboard monitor, 277
    dictums of, 161-2, 178
    family life, 180, 277-8
    knighthood, 181-2
    on democracy, 202
    on diplomacy, 202, 256
    on policing, 233, 276-7
    on sherry, 178
    on socio-economic unfairness, 125
    taste in boots, 125
    taste in food, 69, 127, 277, 278
    taste in uniform, 231, 293
    Vetinari on, 71-2
    William de Worde on, 208
    Vimes, Lady Sybil (nee Ramkin), 69, 125, 180, 202, 203, 278, 279, 280
    vocabulary
    dangerous, 113, 207, 217
    objectionable, 173, 208, 209
    Tiffany Aching on, 247, 249
    See also punctuation, spelling, Vetinari vote, the, 40, 202
    W
    war, 177, 182
    Cohen on, 145
    paintings of, 234
    results of, 86, 134
    War, 48, 217
    War, Mrs, 217
    Watch, the, 66, 69, 155-6, 269, 275, 276-7, 294
    Night Watch, 232
    procedural techniques, 159-60, 162, 178, 179-80, 202, 231, 233, 279
    traditions of, 180
    uniform, 293
    See also Angua, Colon, Detritus,
    Ironfoundersson, Nobbs, Vimes
    wealth
    accumulation of, 125
    measures of, 33, 125, 193, 202
    See also money
    Weatherwax, Mistress Esmerelda
    (Granny), 27-30, 51, 53, 101-7, 117, 118, 119, 149-56, 197-8, 262, 263, 283-4
    Borrowing 117-18, 262
    encounters with Death, 150-2, 193-4
    healing skills, 101-2, 103, 149-52, 193-4
    infallibility of, 27, 28
    on baths, 104
    on books, 27, 283
    on hair care, 155
    on hats, 106, 154
    on imitations, 51
    on nudity, 27, 102
    on progress, 107
    on sin, 197-8
    on things foreign, 102, 104
    on witches, 250, 263
    use (or not) of witchcraft, 27, 29, 51, 104, 261, 262
    Weatherwax, Lily, 105-6, 107
    Wen the Eternally Surprised, 213, 215, 216
    werewolves, 159, 183
    See also Angua whale, caged, 65
    whiskey: Bearhugger’s, 68; C. M. O. T.
    Dibbler’s, 128
    Willikins, 275
    witches
    black (Black Aliss), 149, 248, 283
    cackling, 283
    Miss Level, 261, 262
    Miss Perspicacia Tick, 247-8
    Miss Treason, 284
    Mrs Earwig, 283
    Omnians and, 197
    respect commanded by, 27, 103, 262
    sabbats, 101-2
    suspicion and hostility towards, 52, 149, 247, 248
    Tiffany Aching on, 247-8, 259
    use of Borrowing, 117-18
    use of magic, 261
    witch’s cottage, 27, 120
    Witch Trials, 263
    See also Aching, Garlick, magic, Nitt, Gytha Ogg, Weatherwax
    wizards, 27, 45, 82, 92, 137, 188, 190, 224
    and demons, 75
    and food, 96, 224, 271
    and gods, 92
    and the Patrician, 94-5, 141
    appearance of, 27, 137
    attachment to life, 21, 28
    competitiveness of, 45, 92
    Cutangle, 30
    Esk on, 30
    fondness for occult display, 39, 75
    Greyhald Spold, 21
    Igneous Cutwell, 35, 36, 37-8, 39
    research, 188
    Ridcully on, 141
    robes, 93
    Windle Poons, 93-4, 95, 96
    See also Unseen University
    women
    abilities, 29
    as ladies, 290
    at disadvantage in careers, 22
    Cohen on, 20
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