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thor's affectation of oriental learning
exposed, ib.; description of the angel,
31; Eblis, 33; song to love, 34.
Cromwell, Oliver, Dr. Owen's first in-
terview with, 113; appoints Dr. O.
one of a committee to report what are
fundamentals in chistianity, 117;
panegyric on by Dr. Owen, 118;
charged with discarding the Indepen-
dents, 119; the first who effectually
chastised the Highlanders, 238; his
introduction into parliament, 306;
skill in training his troop, 309;
speech in the debate on the self denying
ordinance, 311; negotiates with the
king, 319; incurs the suspicion of
the army, 321; review of his con-
*duct up to the death of the king, 323;
his usurpation a necessary measure,
ib.; speech on the reciprocal powers of a
a protector and parliament, 324; view of
his scheme of government and public
character, 325.

--, Richard, Owen not concerned
in his deposition, 120; see Orme's
memoirs of Owen.

Cromwell's Memoirs of the Protector and
his Sons, 297, et seq.; plan and me-
rits of the work, 297; the merits of
the civil contest not affected by the
character of Charles or of Cromwell,
298; Hume's work more drama
than history, ib.; liberty dependent
on the equipoise and independence of
the legislative and the executive, ib.;
on the causes which led to the power
of the commons, and the first diffe-
rences with the crown, 299; Sir Ro-
bert Philips's statement of grievances,
300; how religion first mingled itself
in the discontent of the commons,
ib.; the real puritans few, ib.: state-
ments of Sir B. Rudyard and Mrs.
Hutchinson respecting the misappli-
cation of the term to Episcopalians,
301; on the circumstances which led
to the establishment of presbyteri-
anism, 302; lord Falkland's speech
against the prelates, 303; Rapin's
division of the commons into state pu-
ritans and religionists, inaccurate,
304; patriots who went over to the king,
305; introduction of Cromwell into
parliament, 306; Hume's account
of the parliamentary leaders, ib.;
presumption that Cromwell had form-
ed no ambitious scheme at the time
of passing the Remonstrance, 308;
Cromwell's skill in disciplining his
troops, 309; complex character of
the religious soldier, ib.; origin and

real object of the self-denying ordi-
nance, 310; speech of Cromwell on the
occasion, 311; necessity and conse-
quences of the measure, 315; vague
and loose representations of Rapin and
Hume respecting the Presbyterian
and Independent factions, examined,
314; the Independents not republi-
cans, 315; Hume's concession in favour
of the Independents, 316; intrigues of
the Scotch party, ib.; violent conduct
of the parliamentary leaders towards
the army, 317; origin of the council
of adjutators, 319; Cromwell's ne.
gotiation with the king, ib.; infatu-
ated conduct of Charles, 320; his
haughty rejection of the terms offered by
the army, ib.; the army jealous of
Cromwell, 321; circumstances which
led to the seizure of the king and
purging of the parliament, 322; re-
view of Cromwell's share in the trans-
actions, 323; his usurpation a ne-
cessary measure, ib.; speech on the re-
ciprocal powers of a protector and a
parliament, 324; what Cromwell's
scheme of government wanted, 325;
danger of invading the property or
religious rights of the sabject, 326.

Culloden, battle of, 252.
Cumberland, duke of, dishonourable
conduct of, 251, 254.
Cunninghame's Apostacy of the Church
of Rome, 133, et seq.; latitudina-
rism in reference to Popery too pre-
valent, 1343 church of Rome idola-
trous, 135; prayer to St. Catherine, ib.;
reformation of the church of Rome
hopeless, 136.

Dante, prophecy of, 526.
Debt, duty of abstaining from, 578.
Defence of British and Foreign School
Society, 290; see British and Foreign
School Society.

Desnitzki's Four Discourses, 441, et seq;
contents, 442; true nature of the ca-
tholic church, ib.; inefficacy of out-
ward baptism, ib.; the baptism of John
and that of Christ discriminated, 443;
the unregenerate incapable of good works,
ib.; salvation by faith, 444; Christ
praying for his disciples and not for the
world, ib.; state of the Greek church,
445.

Dissenters, Wix's Address to, 90; New-
ton's Apology for, ib.; backward to
oppose the Education Bill, 195; μτο-
test of against it, 216; influence of in
Parliament diminished, 218; vindi-
cated from the calumny of the Chris-

:

Fraser's Tour through the Himala
Mountains, 68, et seq.; peculiar na-
ture of the Ghoorkha war, 68; origin
and history of, 69; offair of April
15, 1815, 70; determined conduct of

the garrison of Kalunga, 72; extraordi-
nary sort of shower-bath at Bahun, 73;
migration of a chain of caterpillars, ib.;
description of the mountain tract,
74; catapulta, ib.; interview with
Kirtee Rana, ib.; integrity of a Ku-
nawur merchant, 75; popularity of the
English among the Ghoorkhas, 76;
accident in passing the river Touse by a
bridge of ropes, 77; legend of the
dewtas or genii, ib.; description of
Gungotree, 78.

French, the, character of, 137; conju-
gal infidelity of, 138; not truly polite,
ib.; indifference of to objects of anti-
quarian interest, 174; vandalism of,
176; climate of not favourable to
consumptive patients, 531; judica-
ture, system of, most defective, 534.
Fuseli's Lectures on Painting, 126, el
seq.; character of the author as an
artist, 126; as a writer, 127; sketch
of his first three lectures, 128; the ma-
chinery of epic poetry not mere abstrac-
tions, 129; remarks on composition,
130; Michael Angelo and Raffaelle
discriminated, ib.; author's sceptical
inuendo respecting miracles exposed,
ib.; Correggio only the greatest of
machinists, 131; Julio Romano, Van-
dake, and Rembrandt contrasted, ib.;
on chiaroscuro, 132; Annibale Ca-
racci, 133.

Garden, a, the purest of pleasures,

166.

Geology a romantic science, 430; see
Macculloch on Rocks.

George the second, portrait of, 420.
George the third, youthful character of,
40, 428; stanzas on the death of, 159.
German language, richness and power
of, 558.

-

literature, valne of, 557.
Ghoorkhas, the, origin of the war with,
69; popularity of the British among,
76.

tian Remembrancer, 365; vindicated
from the charge of being ecclesiastical
malcontents, 564.

Dissent, beneficial operation of, 572; prin-
ciples of, 447.

Divinity of Christ, scripture testimonies
to, 384, et seq.; see Sinith's Scrip-
ture Testimony.

Doge of Venice, the, lord Byron's,
518.

Edinburgh Reviewer, statements of,
examined relative to Education re-
turns, 200, et seq.; charges of, against
the British and Foreign School Society
repelled, 290.

Edmeston's Anston Park, a tale, 280,
et seq.; reason that novels have a bad
name, 280; qualifications of the au-
thor, ib.; modern symposium, 281;
'the box of relics, 283.

Sacred Lyrics, 545, et seq.;
devotional poetry averages as high as
other poetry, 545; lines to a descend-
ant of Bishop Hooper, 546; reason and
the passions, 547; to the memory of a
sister, 548.

Education Bill, Observations on the,
193; see Brougham.

Evils of, 578.

Egypt, Belzoni's travels in, 489; see
Belzoni.

Emigrants, cautions to, 475; see Ca-
nada.

Enthusiasm, religious, supposed dan.
gers of, 3; true cause of the prejn-
dice against, 16; vindication of, 23.
topographical, elevated

character of, 395.
Establishments, religious, importance
of, 276, 579.

Euripidis Opera omnia, 342, et seq.;
Æschylus and Sophocles characte-
rized, 342; merits and defects of En-
ripides, 343; notice of former con-
mentators, ib.; recommendations of
the edition, 344.

Erits of Education, 578.

Ewing on the Duty of abstaining from
Debt, 578; beneficence of lending,

ib.

Fairies, Oriental, or dewtas, 77; re-
marks on tales of, 472.

Faith, its nature analysed, 16, 149,
444.

Female writers, remarks on, 42, 393.
Fitzralph, Primate of Ireland, some account
of, 514.

Fox, lord Holland, character of, 424.

Gipsies, Italian, 54.
Good works, their proper place in the Chris-

tian system, 443.
Grahame's, Maria, Three Months near
Rome, 42, et seq.; description of Poli,
43; Polese schools, 44; poetry of the
modern Romans, 45; Guerrino Mes-
chino, 46; extract from the Maggio

،

Romanesco, 47; 'Will of the abbate
Veccei, 48; Roman bagpipers, 50;
influence of national music, 16.; civi-
lization a foe to the romantic, 51;
predatory habits of shepherds, ib.; Ro-
man banditti, 52; Italian gipsies,
54; Palestrina, 54; indications of vol-
canoes in the Campagna, 55; Bp. New-
ton's opinion that the predicted des-
truction of Rome will be accompanied
with volcanic phenomena, 56.

Gustavus the third of Sweden, death of,

36.

Haldane's Letters to a Friend, 146: the
possibility of men's 'making a righ-

teousness of their clear views, 151;
contents of the letters, ib.
Hamilton, count, merit of his fairy
tales, 473.
Hardwicke, lord, character of, 427.
Hartford's Letter to the Bishop of Glou-
cester, 273, et seq.; fatal tendency of
our domestic policy, 237; merits of
the letter, 274; distinction between a
house of peers and an aristocracy, ib.;
true dangers of the church, 276; vindi-
cation of the people from the charge of
disloyalty, 277.

Himala mountains, description of scenery
in the, 74; see Fraser.
History of England, by Morell, 453;
Stories from, 458; see Cromwell's
Memoirs, Johnstone's Memoirs of
the Rebellion, Orme's Life of Ower,
Waldegrave's Memoirs.

Hodgson's Sacred Leisure, 545; poems
of Abel and Jonah, 550; prayer of
Jonch, 551; the temptation, 553; ar-
raignment before Pilate, 553; Oh,
'what is the joy, 556.

Horsley's, Bp. Biblical Criticism, 56,
et seq.; remarks on the mode in which
the Bp.'s works have been edited, 56;
objectionable principles of the Bp.'s
criticism, 57; criticism on Judges xx.
58, ib.; ditto on Gen. xxv. 8, 58;
ditto on Gen. xxxv. 15,59; Gen. xxxvii.
13, 60; Gen. xlvii. 4, ib.; Numbers
πίν. 32, ib.; 1 Sam. x. 25, ib.; criti-
cism on Isaiah vii. 14-16, 61; speci-
mens of translation, 64, et seq.; dis-
senters compared to the rams and he-
goats of Ezekiel (xxxiv. 17), 64;
translation of the last words of Moses,
64-7.

Horticulture, history of in England,

168.

Huber's Natural History of Ants and
Bees, 352, et seq.; on the reason of
animals, 354; discoveries of Francis

Huber relative to the bee, 355; mur-
derous combat of rival queens, 355;
exceptionable nature of certain de-
tails, 16.; merits of the work on ants,
356; architectural skill of the mason-
ant, ib.; anecdote illustrative of their
mode of intercommunication, 357; con-
nexion between the ant and the puce-
ron, 358; predatory habits of the
rufescent ant, ib.; slave trade car-
ried on among auts, 359.

Ice-blink, description of the, 227.
Independents, conduct of during the inter-
regnum, 120; statements of Rapin
and Hume respecting, examined, 314;
Hume's concession in favour of, 316.
Indians, Roman Catholic missions
among, 483.

Infidelity on the decline in this country.
4; religion in no danger from, 163.
Inglis's Importance of Establishments,
579; author's mistakes corrected,
580.

Instinct of animals, 354; of the aut,
356, et seq.; of the bear, 230; of
caterpillars, 73; of the whale, 228.
Intolerance, history of, 79; see Clarke.
Ireland, remarks on the decline of, 509;
alleged immorality of the ancient clergy,
512; Lingard's view of the causes
retarding its civilization, 513.

Italy, state of, 413; prospects of, 418;
climate of, remarks on, 531.

Johnson's Translation of Huber on
Ants, 352, et seq.; see Huber.
Johnstone's Memoirs of the Rebellion in
1745-6, 237, et seq.; the author a
specimen of the military Jacobite gen-
tleman, 238; sketch of the state of
parties in Scotland prior to the Re-
bellion, ib.; state of parties in Eng-
land, 239; misrepresentations of the
author of Waverley, 240; account of
the chevalier de Johnstone, 241; em-
barkation and arrival of the prince,
242; conduct of sir John Cope, 243;
character of lord George Murray,
244; tory loyalty, ib.; rout at Pres-
ton-pans, ib.; the invasion of Eng-
land determined on, 245; consterna-
tion of the English, 246; retreat of
the invading army, 247; singular mode
of skirmishing during retreat, 248;
cruelty of the prince in leaving a de-
fenceless detachment behind him at
Carlisle, 249; battle of Falkirk, ib.;
anecdote of the prince of Hesse, 250;
defeat of lord Loudon by a blacksmith
at Moy, ib.; duke of Cumberland

recommends the English officers to
break their parole-reply of sir P.
Halket, 251; battle of Culloden,
252; pusillanimous conduct of the
prince, 253; barbarity of the duke
of Cumberland, 254; devoted loyalty
of Roderick Mackenzie, ib.

Jussieu, outlines of the botanical sys-
tem of, 538.

Kildare, earls of, anecdotes respecting two,
516.

Kingdom's America and the British Co-
lonies, 475; recommendation of the
work, 479; author's explanation of the
preference given by British emigrants to
America, 480.

Lawson's Orient Harping, 178; charac-
ter and plan of the poem, 178; self
immolation of Hindoo widow, 179; tem-
ple of Kalee, 180.

Lay, Benjamin, memoir of, 278.
Liberty, civil, on what its existence
depends, 298; religious, ill under-
stood, 81.

Linnæus, remarks on the system of,
535, 544.

Liturgies, advantages of examined,
446, et seq.

Lloyd's Desultory Thoughts in London,
&c., 326, et seq.; literary character
of the author, 326; ode to the genius
of Shakspeare, 329; to my children,
330; lines expressive of a morbid love
of solitude, 332; a thirst for fame not
incompatible with this morbid feeling,
333; merits and defects of author's
poetry, ib.; the spell unravelled,
335; argument of the desultory
thoughts, 339; the feeling of remorse
a proof of our probationary agency,
340; scene near the lake of Winander-
mere, 340.

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Nugæ Canoræ, &c. 326, et seq.
Localization, importance of, in minis-
terial labours, 574.

Macculloch on Rocks, 430, et seq.;
geology a romantic branch of antiqui-
ties, 430; nature of the work, 431;
tabular view of author's system, 432;
exceptions against his nomenclature,
433; and arrangement, 434; doubt-
ful signification of the word stratum,
436; evil of a too exclusive attention to
minutio of arrangement, 437; cor-
rected tabular view, 438; transition
class of rocks demolished by the au-
thor, 439.

Macgill's Letters to a young Clergyman,

263, et seq.; character of the work,
263; dangers attendant on the early pe-
riods of a minister's career from elevation,
264; on affectation in a preacher,
266; eminent men more commonly
characterized by their extrinsic pecu-
liarities than their real qualities, 267;
merry-andrew preachers, ib.; importance
of minor pastoral duties, 268; danger
of being too much in public life, 269;
dangers of indolence, ib.; ministers
peculiarly liable to spiritual indiffer-
ence, 271.

Matthews's Diary of an Invalid, 528,
et seq.; author's flippancy reprobated,
528; absurd criticisms, 529; reflec-
tions at Rome, 530; climate of Italy
not fit for invalids, 531; anecdote of
Murat, 532; public execution, 533;
wretched system of French judicature,

534.

Methodists, remarks on the ridicule of,
13; efficient cause of the effects of their
preaching, 23.

Minister, the Christian, duties and
dangers of, 264; see Macgill; impor-
tance of study to, 562.

Miraculous conception, evidence of the,

378.

Morell's Studies in History, 453, et sen. ;
defective nature of school histories,
453; merits of the work, 454; com-
mencement of the civil war in Scotland,
ib.; reflections' on the civil war in Eng-
land, 456.

Murat, anecdote of, 532.
Music, influence of, 50.

Newcastle, the duke of, his character, 422.
Newton's Dissenter's Apology, 90, 1.
Normandy, Tours in, 137 and 171; see
Stothard and Turner.
Novels, remarks on, 280.
Nubia, Belzoni's travels in, 489; see Bel-
zoni.

Nunnery at Ploermel, visit to a, 143.
Nympholepsy, account of, 152.

Observations on Mr. Brougham's Edu-
cation Bill, 193, et seq.; extracts, 214,
et seq.; see Brougham.
Ogres, the, of the sixteenth century,
472, et seq.; remarks on fairy tales,
472; merit of Count Hamilton's
fairies, 473; nature and merits of the
work, 474.

Okeley's Letter to Southey, 1.
O'Nial, anecdotes of the house of, 509.
Orme's Memoirs of Dr. Owen, 105, et
seq.; biography useful as rectifying
the general statements of history,

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105; national character never dis-
played to grander advantage than du-
ring the civil war, 106; parentage
and early life of Dr. Owen, 107; his
settlement at Coggeshall, 109; his
sentiments on church government,
ib.; defence of toleration, 110; be-
comes an Independent, 111; remarks
on his sermon before the parliament
after the death of the king, 112; his
first interview with Cromwell, 113; is
sent to Ireland as chaplain to Crom-
well, ib.; remarks on his accepting
the deanery of Christ church, 114;
unsettled state of the university, 115;
testimonies in favour of Owen's con-
duct as vice-chancellor, 116; his pru-
dent conduct, 117; returned as mem-
ber for Oxford, ib.; appointed to re-
port as to fundamentals in religion,
ib.; circumstances alleged to have
occasioned his loss of Cromwell's
friendship, 118; calumny respecting
Owen's share in deposing Richard,
119; Owen's disclaimer of any share in
political transactions, 120; his conduct
during the interregnum, ib, his pub-
lications, 122; attacked by Parker
and Vernon, ib.; interview with the
royal brothers, 123; second marriage
and death, 124; person and charac-
ter, 125; merits of the volume, ib.
Owen, Dr. John, Memoirs of the Life of,
105, et seq.; see Orme ut supra.
Oxford University, state of, during the
commonwealth, 115.

Painting, Fuseli's lectures on, 126; in-
susceptible of description, 406.
Parochial system, inherent defects of
the, 208, 209; 366,370.

Pastor, duties of the, 263; the choice
of on the part of the people, a funda-
mental article of dissent, 566.

Pastoral life not favourable to innocence,
57.

Patrick, St., his existence controverted,
504; memoir of, 506.

Patronage, evils of present state of, 115,

565.

Payne's Remarks on the Moral Influence
of the Gospel, 146, et seq.; theologi-
cal error has frequently its origin in a
dread of the opposite extreme, 146;
origin of Sandemanianism, ib.; San-
demanian faith defined, 147; spiritual
religion at a low ebb among the Sande-
manians, 148; on the scriptural idea
of faith, 149; faith cannot have a
meritorious property, 150.
People, the, vindication of, 277.
Pelham, Henry, character of, 427.

Philadelphia Register, reply to an arti
cle in the, 279.
Phillips's Pomarium Britannicum, 166,
et seq.; a garden the purest of plea-
sures, 166; lord Bacon's idea of a
garden, 167; history of English hor-
ticulture, 168; on the decay of seve-
ral kinds of apples, 169; on wines,
170; vine tea and vinegar, 171; the
lemon an antidote to opium, ib,; oak-
tables, ib.

Pike's Persuasives to Early Piety, 375.
Pitt, earl Chatham, character of, 426.
Plain Englishman's Plain Thoughts on
Brougham's Education Bill, 209;. can-
did concessions, 210; objections to sub-
stituting the force of law for the influence
of opinion, ih.; objections to ex-officio
paupers in the persons of pensioned school-
masters, 372; remarks on Mr. Brough-
am's inconsistency, ib.
Plutarch, remarks on his character, 1.
Poetry, remarks on, 181, 259, 262, 284,

327,545; address to, 258.
Poets, many who have never penned,' &c.,
260, 527.

Polar navigation, dangers of, 222, 226;

see Scoresby.
Polese schools, 44.
Poli, description of, 43.
Polwhele's, Rev. Mr., republication of
Bishop Lavington on Methodism, 28;
malignity of his temper, ib.
Popery, latitudinarianisın in reference
to deprecated, 134; its natare un-
changeable, 136.

Poussin, Gaspar, genius of characterized,

530.

Prayer, extemporaneous, advantages of,
451; the Lord's, opinion examined
as to the iterated delivery of, 448.
Preaching, evangelical, vindication of,
568; of the Methodists, effects of,
23; practical, remarks on, 99, 266.
Presbyterianism, how established in
England, 302.

Presbyterian party, its origin and cha-

racter, 302, 315, et seq.
Preston pans, battle of, 244.
Prosody, Greek, Elements of, 165.
Protestant chapel at Rome, 417.
Providence, doctrine of, vindicated, 21.
Puritans, meaning of the term in the
reign of Charles I.

Quakerism no foe to poetry, 181.
Queen, the, of Great Britain, pamphlets
respecting, 273.

Raffaelle, character of his genius, 150,

408.

Richmond, duke of, eulogy on, 482.

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