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Almighty, objection to the limitation of the
period of his works, 85.

Animal heat, obfervations on the different
theories respecting, 243.

Arabic numerals, on their introduction into
England, 352.

Atheist, poetical account of the death of
the, 137.

awy, reflections on the meaning of that
word, 86.

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Blagdon Controverfy, farther particulars re-
fpecting the, 300-308.

a Jacobinical writer
on the, expofed, 428-444.
Blood, opinions refpecting its circulation,
and its importance in the animal econo-
my, 466-468.

Boatmen of Finland, their skill and intre-
pidity, 388.

Bonaparte, account of, in a new biography,

with anecdotes and remarks, Hotage

Bullocks, highly fattened, a

to the community, 37.
Burke, poetical addrefs to, 133.

C.

HIV.C

Cameron of Lochiel, character and defcrip-
tion of, 345.

Campbell, Dr. defended by Mr. Keith, 224.

309-329.

proof of his misreprefenta-
tion of the fentiments of antient writers,
378.
Character, account of a very fingular, refid-
ing at Stockholm, 248.

Charles, Prince, account of, and the motives
which induced him to vifit Scotland in
1744, 844.
Chemistry, prefent ftate of, and its great
utility to mankind, 161; a very useful
work on, recommended, 162.

Children, confequences of exceffive indul.
gence of, 124.

Chronological table, account of one on a
new plan, 402.

Chrift, convincing proof of his foreknow-
ledge, 175.

how made unto us and fanctifica-
tion, 375.

Chriftian Obferver, account of, and obje&s
of its founders, 99.

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Coals, neceffity of impofing a duty on those
exported from the united kingdoms, 204
Colonial produce of Great Britaina, table of,
477.

Colonies, remarks on the ftate of the, and
on the work of Raynal, 475.

the Weft India, obfervations on
their importance, and on the conduct to
be pursued towards them, 270.
Colpeper, T. account of, 353.
Commercial enterprizes, account of fome
ftriking, undertaken by different ancient
nations, 400.

Commodities, how affected by paper credit,
266,

Commonwealth, a well regulated, not to
be found in the hiftory of Athens or La-
cedemon, 121–123.

Confcience, curious illuftration of, 80.
Coxe, Mr. cenfured by a modern traveller,

256.

Country banks, the nature of explained,

265.

Credit, commercial, origin of, 260
Crocodile not the Leviathan, 522.
Cyclopædia, the new, inveftigation of its
principles, 181; the cloven foot difco.
vered, 183; remarks on the parts fup-
pofed to be written by the editor, 183-
190.

D.

Deift may have juft notions of the Deity,
and whence derived, 174.

Dogs, defcent of all fpecies proved to be
from one genus, 89.

Drummond, Mr. defended against the at-
tack of a modern hiftorian, 348.

E.

Earth, fubftance of the, divided into feven
genera, 90.

Economics, definition of the term, 241.
-Education, an important deception in,
pointed out, 42.

- a proper, its effect on females,

54.

precautions relative to, 130,
female, effay on, 288.

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Egypt, Gen. Reynier's account of the late
war in that country, 489.
England, defcription of her extent of colo-
nial poffeffions, 477.

English language, its excellence, 43.
Entertainments, account of the moft gene-
ral in Sweden, 250.

Efcape, fingular, of a gentleman condemned
to death by the French Military Tribu
'nal, 398.

Examples bad, in the Old Teftament, men-

tioned only as hiftorical facts, 175.
εκκλησία, difcuffion of the true meaning of
this word, 215, £16.

F.

Finland, method of travelling over the gulf
of, 379.

Flights of fanaticism, an account of that
poem, 134.

Fluids of the human body, defcription and
definition, 464.

Forbes, Duncan, account of, and the mea
fures pursued by him at the time of the
rebellion, 342, 343.

Formality of the Swedes, accounted for, 251.
Fox, Mr. his affertion on the death of the
duke of Bedford examined, 82.

a new character of, 297.
French fleet, account of the appearance of
one on the English coast, in 1586, a fact
not mentioned in history, 234.

people, just description of their pre-
fent ftate, 204.
Furnaces, obfervations respecting the heat
of, 93, 94; account of a man inftanta
neoufly confumed in one, ib.

G.

Gafeons, obfervations on their moral cha
racter, 496.

Geneva, defcription of, 212.
God, a modern author's opinion of, 86.

the origin of, difcovered by a French
philofopher, and to what attributed, 96.
-'s ancient people, account of the pro-
mifed converfion of, 373.

Grain, fcarcity of, to what attributed, 289.
Grandeur, human, on the perishable nature
of, 338.

Grammar, letter on, 289.

Grammars not fo important as oral instruc»
tion to youth, 43.

Grafs, beft method of converting into til-
lage, 283.

Grazing experiments, doubts as to the uti-
lity of, 37.

Gold coin, its chief use in commerce, 262;
how it may be raised above its value, 265

Haller,

M.

Haller, Mr. his anfwer to a letter of Vol-
taire, 474.

Harpur's (Sir W.) public school at Bedford,
increase of the revenues of, 47.

Heat, the natural, of the human body, its
degrees, 470.

Henry VIII. motives which ftimulated him
to opprefs the clergy, 190.
Highlanders, their characteristic prudence,
&c. defcribed, 345.

Highlands of Scotland, a modern account
of, 389.

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Hiftorian, requifites of the, 22.

Hiftory, advantages of, and neceffity of
purfuing it regularly, 117.
Hiftorian, a partial one examined and ex-
pofed, 144-151.

Homer, account of, and the age in which

he lived, 452; comparison of the Ger-
man and English translators of his works,
456-461.

Horace, inftance of acute criticism on one
of his odes, 279.

Human nature, true character and effential
doctrines of, 53.

Hurd, Bishop, and Father Catrou, extraor-
dinary coincidence between, 277.
Hypothefis and induction, what, 4.

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Old Teftament, regle&t of, reprobated, 65.

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Oriental literature, preface to a work on,
499-502

Overfeers, their negligence the real caufe of
the increase of paupers, 72.

P.

Paley's fyftem of morals, remarks on, 65—

66.

Pall, a remarkable one at Dunstable, 48.
Pamphile, at Weftminster fchool, affer-
tion refpecting, in the Anti-jacobin Re-
view, confirmed, 63.

Paper credit, confequences of, 261.
Paupers, caufe of their great increase, 72.
Perception, modern definition of, exa-
mined, 2.

Percival, his character by Dallas, 53.
Poets, fpecimens of re'emblance between
fome ancient and modern, 277.
Poetry, The Wild Rofe Bud, 289.
Poor, Mr. Dudley's account of, the present
ftate of, 70.

Prefs, remarks on the liberty of the, in
Sweden, 254.

Pfalms, fpecimen of a new version of the,

300.

Provifions, dearnefs of, attributed to a de-
creased population, 205.

Q.

Queen Anne's bounty, account of the dif-
tribution of, 194.

R.

Rebellion, hiftory of the, in Scotland, 338

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Seven, peculiar circumstances refpecting
that number, 90.

Shadrach, Mefheck, and Abednego, argu-

ments to prove that they might have
been preferved by natural causes, 93.
Sheep fat, the value of only imaginary, 37.
Signifcar, an ifland in Sweden, account of,
381.

Silfverfkielm, Baron, a disciple of Mefmer,
account of, 383.

Skeleton, account of a curious one filled

with lead, found at Newport Pagnel, 51
Skin, the human, its form, &c. described,
470.

Slave trade, remarks on by a French writer,
477.

Solids of the human body, doctrine of, 465
Solomon's Song modernized, 74; known
to be the fountain of Moravianism, ib.
Sorrow, the most bitter d fcribed, 15.
Spanish women, account of, 498.
Spoon, curious anecdote respecting a filver
one, 383.

Statutes, in certain inftances not obligatory,

64.

Stewart, house of, reflections on its pecu
liar misfortunès, 338.
Stonehenge, account of the fall of fome
fiones at, 236.

Style defective in learned authors, not un-
common, an inftance given, 268.
Subjects, proofs that they cannot poffels
the power of fovereignty, 138.
Subftances, natural, new divifion of, 90.
Suicide, contemplation of a faint reípect-
ing, 78, 79.

Sufferings in the future world, description
of, 451.

Summary of Politics.-Reafons of the Edi-
tor for fufpending his obfervations, 330;
folemn advice to Englishmen, ib.; first
confequences of the peace, 331; majo-
rity in favour of minifters probable caufe
of, ib.; fuccefs of the diffenters in the
late election, 332; difgraceful elections
in different parts of the country, ib.;

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thofe of Norwich, Herts, and Middlesex,
particularly noticed. 332, 333; ftrictures
on the character of Sir F. Burdett, ib.;
remarks on the conduct of the king's
banker, ib.; on the fingular conduct of
feveral great and illuftrious perfonages,
834; character of Sir F. Burdett's com-
mittee, 335; Mr. Byng's duplicity cen-
fured, ib.; a fingular pamphlet, on the
confulfhip for life, noticed, 336; teft
proposed by a candidate for the reprefent-
ation of London, ib.; question respect-
ing the capability of Mr. Combe, for a
feat in parliament, ib.

Style, remarks on, 504; difficulty of claf-
fifying, 508.

T.

Tetrao urogallus, account of that bird, and
manner of catching it, 385.dra
Tithes, plan propofed by a clergyman, in
lieu of, 285.

Tooke, the Rev. J. H. Efquire, his opinion
of ordination, 420.

Traveller and his companion, account of,
510.

Travelling, remarks on, 247.

Travels, books of, remarks on their utility,
494.

V.

Vafe, account of a curious one dug up a

Adrian's villa, and purchased by the
late Duke of Bedford, 48.

Vibrations, remarks on the theory of, 5, 6.
Vice, the greatest juvenile, importance and
difficulty of reftraining it, 125.

Virtue, neceffity of never trufting it to the
affections, 55.

Virtue or Vice, confpicuous, in proportion
to the eminence of station, 33.

a new definition of illuftrated, 12.
Vincent, Dr. cenfured by a layman for his
attack on the Bishop of Meath, 60.
Vitality, to what referred, 466.
Voice, the caufe of in animals, 469.,,
Voltaire, his conduct in his old age, 472;
chriftian philofopher contrafted with him,

473.
Universities, German, fome account of the,
463.

W.

Wages, confequences refulting from the ge
neral increale of, 71.

War in Egypt, Reynier's account of it, 489.
Wilkes, Mr. account of the proceedings
against him, 26.

Wifdom, how made unto us by Christ, 376.
Women of Spain, defcription of, 498.

, corruption of, by the French Revo-
lution, 128.

Table of the Titles, Authors' Names, &c. of the Publications reviewed
in this Volume, including bath the Original Criticism, and the
Reviewers Reviewed.

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