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