Fontenelle, the French writer,
remarks on, 516. Foster, Mr., his tracts on Unita- rianism, 442 Fox, Charles James, and Burke, Edmund, anecdotes of those great men, 155. Eulogy on Mr. Fox, 215.
Fox, the whelps of that animal suckled by a terrier-bitch, 194. Deposits its young in the hol- low of a tree, 195. Fox-hunters, accommodated by landlords, to the prejudice of their tenants, 192. France, view of its literature during the 18th the 18th century,
514-531. Franks, character of, in the reign of Clovis, delineated, 484. Frere, Bartholomew, and Wil- liam, their Cambridge prize poems, 369. Friendly Societies, the benefits of, 276.
Fucus Banks, Menziesii, and Griffithsii, description of, 374. 376, 377.
tenax, description of, and its gelatinous qualities, as pre- pared by the Chinese, 378.
G
Gaelic poetry, two collections of, published by Gillies and Hill, 352. Game-laws, remarks on, 198. Gibbon, his Roman history trans- lated into French by Louis XVI. 466.
Gibson, Mr., on an extraordinary human fœtus, 271.
Gilbert, a French satirist, melan- choly fate of, 525. Gisborne, T., kis prize poem on Herculaneum, 364- Gladiator, dying, poetically deli- neated, 97. Signs used to cause his death or his preserv- ation, 544.
Gods, Nature of, remarks on a MS. on, found at Hercu-
laneum, 231. Compared with Cicero de Naturâ Deorum, 232. Gold, its price on the Continent discussed, 415. See Bullion. See Guineas.
Goodall, Jos. his Cambridge prize poem, 369. Government, its influence on the moral state of society, 249.
-, absurd ideas of the nature and origin of, by a French writer, 542. Granada, some account of, and of an attempt to ascend the Sierra Nevada, 261. Guineas, a light guinea proved to be worth more than a heavy one, 413.
Gypsum, its use as a manure dis- cussed, 431.
Macpherson, Sec Ossian. Madagascar, account of by Ro- bert Drury in 1713. repub-, lished and commended, 110.. Madras, government of, differ- ences between the members of, on military affairs, 107. Madrid, description and popula tion of, 123. Magnesia, See Brande. Mahogany, mode of cutting, &c. at Honduras, 392. Maintenon, Mad. De, corrected an- ecdote of, respecting a transla- tion of Thomas à Kempis, 464. Malby, Edward, his Cambridge
prize Ode, 370. Man, observations on his charac- ter, as affected by climate, 250. As displayed in the dif- ferent stages of savage life,253. Manilius, editio princeps, bought
by accident, 8. Manuscripts, Oriental, list of, 9. Markland, excellent remarks of,
on the want of diffidence and urbanity among scholars, 166. Marlborough, great Duke of, re- spect and cordiality of Prince Eugene towards, testified by the Prince himself, 540. Meanness, observations on, 331. Merida, fine Roman antiquities in that city, 120. Merinos, flocks of Spanish sheep, account of, 118. Mesta, explanation of the custom so designated in the province of Estremadura,in Spain, 118,161. Metals, Alkaline, exper. on, 265.
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On the metals of earths, 268. Methodists, Calvinistic, remarks on their tenets and conduct, 395
-400.
Metre, alteration of that of the psalms of Sternhold and Hop- kins, 304. Specimen of a - peculiar sort of verse, 305. Meursii elegantie Latini Sermanis,
that book really the produc- tion of Nicolas Chorier, 467. Milton's exordium to Paradise Lost trans, into Anglo-Saxon, 80.
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Names of trades, origin of, 307. Nitrogen, experiments on, 267. Norfolk, catalogue of insects found in, 33.
, the husbandry of that county stated, 432.
O
Orators, political, of France and England, compared, 531. Ordeals, among the Franks, in the
reign of Clovis, account of, 485. Orders in Council, their mis- chievous effects on the exchange. and the commerce of this coun- try, 290. Ossian, full investigation of the authenticity of the poems attri- buted to, 337-360. Oudenarde, battle of, described by Prince Eugene, 539.
Proportion of, who are reclaimed at the Magdalen, 220, note. Psalms, of Sternhold and Hop- kins, the metre of not originally arranged as it now stands, 304. Pseudonymous works, curious par- ticulars respecting, 462-469.
Quakers. See Barnard. Qub, observations on that combi- nation of letters, 21. Ruhill, until, etymology of, 19.
R
Raikes, Darell, and Bosanquet, M. M. their opinion on the state of exchange, 293. Ramsden, R., ode by, 369. Rattle-snake, case of a man whó died by its bite, 268. Reason, gospel of, founded on
Platonism, remarks on, 477. Rebellion of 1745, related in Latin
prose, 48.
Rennell, J., his prize ode, 371. Robinson, Hon. F., ode by, 365. Romances, political and philoso-
their
phical, in France, 521. Romans, observations on knowlege of the arts, & c. in the first century of our æra, 242. Rome, antiquities of, view of, 543.
S Saguntum, remains of, 115. Salamanca, account of that city,
121. Its university, 161. Salt of Soda, analysis of, 269. Savages, observations on various
nations of, 253. Schutz, his disingenousness as commentator on Eschylus re- proved, 170. Scorpions, account of, 456. Scottish Language, See Language." Scrofula, remarks on, 91-94. Scudery, Madlle. de, her Artamenes
published anonymously, 463. Sea-sickness, observations on, 264. Segovia, description of, 123. Shakspeare, a French critic's re- marks on, 526.
Sheeran,
Sheeraz, particulars rel. to, 381. Sicard, Abbè, account of his exa-
mination of his pupils, 131. Sierra Nevada, or snowy moun-
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tain, attempt to ascend it, 261. Sinclair, Sir John, formerly an enemy but now a friend to the Bank suspension-act, 299. Skrimshire, Mr., on insects, 33. Smith, Rev. Sydney, strictures on his preaching, 280. -, Robert, his prize ode, 362. Smyth, J. H., his Cambridge prize ode, 369. Society, moral progress of, affected by certain principles 246. Those principles discussed, ib. 251. Soliloquy in Hamlet travestied
into a song, 325. Spaniards, view of their character
and habits in humble life, 259. Stage, dramatic, history of 437. Stammering, observations on, 132. Sternhold and Hopkins, their
psalms differently arranged as to metre, 304.
Straw, used as a covering in win- ter, 161.
Succession, war of, detailed by Prince Eugene, 536.
T Talavera, account of, 124. Thoughts, by Mr. Pope, 54. Tinea Capitis, obs. on, 204. Toledo, that city described, 125. Tolmen, in Cornwall, account of, 137.
Tomline, W. E. P., his prize ode
on the Duke d'Enghien, 370. Trades, origin of names of, 307. Turks, defeat of by Prince Eugene,
in 1697, described by him, 534. Turner, Mrs., an unfeeling mo- ther, story of, 425. Tweddell, J., his prize poems, 364, 368.
W
Wales, Prince of, his laudable pa-
tronage of efforts to discover MSS. at Herculaneum, 227. Wa'pole, Mr, on Campania felix, 239 On the knowlege of the Romans respecting the Greek language and the arts, in the first century, 242. On Herculanean MSS, 244. On inscriptions there, &c, 245. Warburton, Bishop, quoted and defended, for his remarks on the Eleusinian Mysteries, 64. 73. On the Platonic philoso phy, 480.
Warrior, Greek, costume of, 438. Water, its agency in the mutations
of the earth's surface, 497. Watling-street, curious account of
the meaning of that name, 30. Wharton, Mrs. Margaret, her ex-
centric character, 428. Whitmore, Mr., his evidence on
Bank notes, 293, 295, 296. Williams, Dr., his hypothesis on
moral evil controverted, 222. Wolfe, General, particulars of his last momenta, 153. Wollaston, Dr., his Croonian lec- ture, 264.
Worming, of dogs, acc. of, 195-7. Worthington, Mr., characterized as a preacher, 282.
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Valencia, province and city, sta- Xativa, in Valencia, tragical siege tistical account of, 117. of in 17c6, 116.
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