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Bonaparte, pleasing anecdote of,

399.

Borderers, English and Scotch,

preserve a remnant of past ani-
mosities, 205.

Botany Bay. See Wales, New
South.

Bouro, monks of that monastery
described, 172.
Brazils, picture of the Indian in
habitant of, 426. Salt-trade
of, ought to be made free, ib.
Brinkley, Mr. on the orbits of
bodies having two apsides, &c.
180. On portions of a sphere,
183.
Brissot, said to have negociated
with Louis XVI. for the pre-
vention of the insurrection of
the 10th Aug, 250. Charges
of venality advanced against
him doubted, 251. His anti-
monarchical declarations, 470.
Brissotins, character of, by M.
Bertrand, 246.

Bristol, account of two excellent
schools at, 201.

Browne, Dr. on the Vicar's
Cairn, 195. On antient trum-
pets, 196.

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Sir W. his happy reply
to the epigram on the universi-
ties of Oxford and Cambridge,
338.
Brunswick, Duke of, his mis-
taken conduct in his campaign
against France, 471.

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sending a present of books to
the University of, 338.
Camus, M. his report on a plan
for engraving on glass plates,
538.
Capoutan Pacha, character of, 132.
Carriages, antient, of Eastern
countries, remarks on, 60.
Charcoal, observations on, 531.
Charleville. See Tullamore.
Chenevix, Mr. on sulphuric acid,

77.

Cherbourg described, 401.
Cherson described, 36.
Churches, absurdity of making
them the repositaries of the
dead, 401.

, improperly constructed
with respect to the arrange-
ment and form of the pulpit,
&c. 306.

Climate, Montesquieu's system
respecting its effects contro-
verted, 427.

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See Cultivation.
Coffin bong, of the horse's foot,
its connection with the crust,
account of, 366.
Coimbra, University of, the cos-
tume of its members, 172.
Collin Harleville, M. eulogy on
MM. Le Blanc and Desmoustier,
533 His poem, Melpomene
and Thalia, 539. His poeti
cal dialogue on comedy, ib.
Commerce, system of, rem. on, 23.
Commune of Paris. See Paris.
Constantinople, ceremonies of dip-
lomatic audience at, 39.

, its population, 117.
Trade of, remarks on, 120.
Convention, of France, its triumph
over Robespierre, 475. Its
termination, 477.

Corn laws, their impolicy repre-
sented, 390.

Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico,
complaints against, 275. His
scandalous execution of Guati.
His character,

motzin, 276.

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Egyptians, manners of, disgusting
to Europeans, 494.
Engraving. See Glass.
Equality, the supposed doctrine of,
depicted, 312.

Erskine, Hon. Henry, his imita-
tion of the Idyllium of Mos-
chus on the death of Bion,
136. His imitation of Horace,
137.

Estates-man, a singular and valu-
able character, existing in
Westmoreland and Cumber-
land, 207.

F

Fashion, votaries of, in London;
their mode of life, 45.
Fishers, their barbarity reprobat-
ed, 390. note.

Floriana, or suburbs in Malta,
described, 80.

Fools or buffoon, anecdote of

one, 200.

Fortification, particular species of;
recommended, 129.
Fourcroy and Vauquelin, MM. on
urinary calculi, 527. Nat. Hist.
of urine, 531.
France, fevolution in, remarks
on, 25, et seq. 245, et seq.
466. et seq.

present condition of,
generally stated, 402.

and Denmark, their con
nection in the 12th century;
536.
Friendship, beautiful verses on, by
Wm. Cowper, 235.
Froissart, the historian, anecdotes
of, 177.

Frome, in Somersetshire, its fa
mous wool manufactories, 198.

G
Gas, carbonic acid. See Austin
Geddes, Dr. his intrepid theolo

gical character, 377.
German writers, remarks on their
style, 194.
Gibelin, M. on the Borghese Gla-
diator, 539.

Naz

Gibraltar

Gibraltar, want of discipline in
that fortress, 128. Á garri-
son-library laudably kept there,

ib.

Gipsies of Siberia described, 19.
Girondists, or Brissotins, charac-
terized, 246.

Gladiator. See Gibelin.
Glan, mines of, memoir on, 76.
Glass plates proposed as a substi-
tute for copper, in engraving,
538.

Globe, primitive state of, facts
relative to, 73:

God, the derivation of that word
discussed, 378.

Gold, mine. of, discovered in Ire-
land, particulars respecting,
388.

Gomara's hist. of the conquest of

Mexico, strictures on, 274.
Gout, new medicine for, account
of, 87.
Greeks, modern, their mode of
killing partridges, 123. Of
Tenedos, characterized, ib.
Of Scio, 124.

antient, the sources of
their superior attainments, 415.
View of their arts, religion, in.
stitutions, &c. ib. 416.
Guillotine, a merciful mode of ex-
ecution, 396.

Gustavus II. of Sweden, his as-
sassination a fatal blow for the
French Royalists, 249.

H

Habit, its dominion over animals
and vegetables exemplified,
411. Its influence on sensa-
tion, perception, &c. 458.
Hall, Sir J. controversy with Mr.
Kirwan on the Huttonian
theory of the earth, 71.
Handkerchief, the ceremony of
throwing, by the Grand Sig-
nor, stated not to exist, 117.
Havre-de-Grace, scene at an Inn
there, 395:
Hauterive, M. his work on the
French Republic answered, 22.
3

Hayley, Mr. his first interviews
with his Brother Bard, Cow-
per, 240.

Hazel, character and description
of that tree, 209.
Head-ache, sick, not arising from
bile, 369. Cause of, ib..
Henry VII. chapel of, in West-
minster Abbey, architectural
observations on, 296.
Hesketh, Lady, letters to, from her
relation Cowper the poet, 232.

234.
Halloway, near Bath, the ren-
dezvous of beggars, and the
nocturnal retreat of the poor
labouring asses, 197.
Horace, imitated by Mr. H. Er-
skine, 136.

Hume, Mr. remarks on some of
his sceptical positions, 184.
Huntingford, Dr. his character of
Mr. T. Warton, 341.

I and J
Jardinière, la belle, Raphael's
picture, account of, 524.
Jassy, in Moldavia, short acc.
of, 34.

Try-sea, general remarks on, 8, 9.
Jehovah, that term discussed,380
Jews of Asia, their character

more unfavourable than that
of their brethren in Europe,
116.
Ignorance the mother of devotion !

that absurd idea examined, 335.
India, the nature of landed pro-
perty discussed, 236 et seq.
Infidel authors, succession of, in
England, during the 18th cen
tury, 283.

Infidelity of Spanish wives, anec-
dotes of, 268. 271.
Influenza, as it appeared in Bath,
history of, 443.

Invasion of England by France,

mode of fighting to be adopted
in that case by the British
troops, 542, et seq.
Irkutsk, in Siberia, some account
of, 3.
Justiers

Justice, officers of, in Portugal,
anecdote of, 173.

K

Kamsin. See Sirocco.
Kamtshatka, earthquake at, de-
scribed, 18.

Killarney, tour on the lake of,

385. Chace of the deer on its
banks, 386.
Kirwan, Mr. on the Buttonian
theory of the earth, 71. On
the primitive state of the
globe, 73. On the declivities
of mountains, 74. Chemical
and mineralogical nomencla-
ture, 75. On the weather in
Dublin, 76. Remarks on
Hume, 184. On the varia
tions of the atmosphere, 188.
Knowlege, the diffusion of, its
happy effects, 416.
Knox, Mr. on calp, 76.

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for improving the metropolis,
297, 298.

Long Story, that poem of Gray
in danger of being made to an
swer its title, 363.

Louis XVI. anecdote of, 248.
His unsuccessful negociation
with Brissot, 250. His letter
to the King of Prussia, sug-
gesting the plan of a congress
of powers against France, 462.
His affecting speeches to the
Abbé Edgeworth, 472.
Luneville, curious congress at,
consisting of dethroned kings,
princes, &c. 485.

M

Macri, account of antiquities in
its neighbourhood, 130.
Madrid, description of, 265.
Maestricht, caverns near, account
of, 460, 461.

Malta, description of, 78, 129.
Of the inhabitants, 83.

the right of the English
government to retain that island
asserted, 431.

Mammoth, tusks of, found in Si-
besia, 9-

Man, corpse of one found in the

caverns near Maestricht, 460.
Marat denounced as a Royalist,
and his memory dishonoured,
475.
Mary, pathetic lines addressed
by Cowper to Mrs. Unwin
under that name, 242.
Maseres, Baron, his liberality of
sentiment and of purse, in li-
terary patronage, 263. Letter
from, to the Reviewers, 446.
Mason, Mr. his letter to Mr. War-
ton, on being charged as the
author of the Heroic Epistle to
Sir Wm. Chambers, 339.
May, the month of, its superior
charms poetically depicted,
363.

Meleager, obs. on a statue of, 517.
Melpomene and Thalia, a poem,
539.

Memory,

Memory, its powers metaphysi.
cally considered, 455, 456.
Messina, Bp. of, inquiries con-
cerning, 537.
Metals, precious, constantly flow.
ing into this country, 314.
Metaphysicians, French, imper-
fectly acquainted with English.
writers of that class, 449.
Meteorological observations, 77.
Milk, variations of, discussed, 530.
Milton, poetical description of
that sublime Bard, 440.
Mind, its various characteristics
in human beings specified and
defined, 451..
Minister, qualifications for a
Prime Minister of this country,
after the resignation of Mr.
Pitt, 436.

Moles, as mentioned in Scripture,
account of, 62.
Money, paper, of the Orientals,
dissertation on, 535.
Mongez, M. on the costume of

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P

Palm, new genus of, 530.
Paradise, state of man in, re-
marks on, 381.

the Persians, 533.
Monks of Bouto described, 172.
Monsieur and Citoyen, dialogue on
those words, 539:
Monuments, committee of, in
France, institution and meri-
torious exertions of, 512. Mo-,
numents of Eloisa and Abe-
lard, 518.

Morris, the late Mr. of Pierce-
field, tribute to his memory,
358.
Moschus, idyl of, imitated by Mr.

H. Erkine, 136.
Moses, supposed to have availed
himself of the tide, in his pas-
sage of the Red Sea, and of a
thunder storm in the awful ap-
pearance of Mount Sinai, 384.
Mountains, declivities of, essay
on, 74.

Mynach, the falls of, described,
356.

N

Napthali mentioned in Gen. xlix.
21. explained, 58.

Paris, horrible situation of, in
Sept. 1792, 252.

approach to, described, 397-
Hints for the use of strangers
in that city, 398, 399-

commune of, its terrible
power and influence, 469.471.
Parmentier, M. on the variations
of milk, 530.

Partridges, mode of killing, among
the Greeks, 123.

Patterson, Dr. his meteorological
observations, 77:

Pearce, Dickey, a buffoon, anec.
dote of, zoo.
Persians, costume of, inquiries
concerning, 533.
Peyre, M. on the French national
library, 535.

Pharsalia, translation of, 539.
Pichegru, General, unfounded
accusation against, 477-
Pindary reflections on, 538.

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