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.
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.
Cameron of Lochiel, character and defcrip- tion of, 345.
Campbell, Dr. defended by Mr. Keith, 224.
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.
philofopher contrafted with Vol-
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,
Country banks, the nature of explained,
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.
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.
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,
precautions relative to, 130, female, effay on, 288.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
Old Teftament, regle&t of, reprobated, 65.
Oriental literature, preface to a work on, 499-502
Overfeers, their negligence the real caufe of the increase of paupers, 72.
Paley's fyftem of morals, remarks on, 65—
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,
Provifions, dearnefs of, attributed to a de- creased population, 205.
Queen Anne's bounty, account of the dif- tribution of, 194.
Rebellion, hiftory of the, in Scotland, 338
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,
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.;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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