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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 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 Banksü, 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., his 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, 43 1.

H

Hamilton, Duchess of, letter to
from Mr. Pope, 60.
Harman, Mr., on the influence
of paper-issues on Exchanges,
293.

Haworth, Mr., on the rise, &c.
of entomology, 33-
Hayes, C., his prize Ode on the
death of Captain Cook, 366.
Henry, Dr., on varieties of Salt
of Soda, 269.
Herculaneum, MSS. found at and
Dissertations respecting, 225

-245.

History, claims of the English
and French writers in that de-
partment of authorship, 522.
Home, Mr., his case of a man
who died from the bite of a
Rattle-snake, 268.
Homer, editio princeps, Florence,
1488, copy of sold at an enor-
mous price, 6.

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-, remarks on, and on
Mad. Dacier's translation of,
505.507.

Honduras, Bay of, statistical ac-
count of, 390.
Horne Tooke, Mr., observations on
his etymologies, and on his

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Labour, the necessity of, or the
freedom from, their influence
on the state of society, 248.
La Mancha, brief account of
that province, 118.
La Motte, the French author,
remarks on, 516.
Lancaster, See Lell,
Land-holders, hints to, respecting
the depreciation of money,
301, 422. See Fox-hunters.
Land's End, in Cornwall, de-
scription of that point, 141.
Language, Scottish, remarks on,
and on its present decline as a
written tongue, 11-30.

,antient, of Cornwall,
observations on the remains of,

144.

French, its univer-

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Macpherson, See Ossian.
Madagascar, account of by Ro-
bert Drury in 1743, 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.
Malhby, 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.
On the metals of earths, 268.
Methodists, Calvinistic, remarks on
their tenets and conduct, 395

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Pacific Ocean, route to by the
Missouri and Columbia rivers,
329.

Painting, not known as an art be-
fore the time of Homer, 243.
Palissot, a French author, writes
satire to get rid of his bile, 526.
Paper-currency. See Bank.
Papyri, at Herculaneum, efforts
to discover. 226.

Park, James, his prize poem, 363.
Pearse, Mr., his evidence on the
issue of Bank-notes, 29.3.
Peg-tankards, an old species of
drinking-cup, account of, 308.
Pegge, Dr., character of, 302.
Persia, particulars respecting that
empire, 381-389.450-461.
Peter the Great, of Russia, his
character, 492.

Philosophy, remarks on English
and French writers on, in the
18th century, 529. See Plato.
Pindar, obs. on the unpopularity
of, in these days, 35.

Pitt, Mr., communication between
him and the Bank Directors
in 1795, 294.
Plane-tree, of vast size 452.
Plato, continued view of the life,
studies, and system of, 469-
482.511.
Plato. See Academy.
Poetry, of the French, in the
18th century, view of, 524.
Poor, good remarks on the ma-
nagement of the poor, 276.
Pope, Alex. remarks on his court-
ship of Miss Blount, and hither-
to unpublished compositions
by, in prose and verse, 51-63.
Population of Spain, the idea of
its decrease combated, 126.
Porson, Prof. his refusal to edit
Æschylus, 163. note.

Porteus, late Bishop, obs. on his
pulpit-eloquence, 281.
Portuguese, their present patriotic
enthusiasm, 257, 258.
Preaching, remarks on, 278.
Prostitutes, controversy respecting
a Penitentiary for, 218-222.

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.
Quh, observations on that combi.
nation of letters, 21.
Quhill, 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 who
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-
phical, in France, 521.
Romans, observations on

their
knowlege of the arts, &c. in the
first century of our æra, 242.
Rome, antiquities of, view of, 543.

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Sheeraz, particulars rel. to, 381.
Sicard, Abbè, account of his exa-
mination of his pupils, 131.

Sierra Nevada, or snowy moun-
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.

V

Valladolid, description of, 122.
Vanity, definition of, 333.
Vendome, Marshal, thwarted by
the Duke of Burgundy at
Oudenarde, 539.
Under the Rose, explanation of
that phrase, 306.
Universities, of Spain, lamentable

state of, 127, 161.
Voltaire, an impromptu by, 465.
Urine, See Brande.

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.

X

Valencia, province and city, sta- Xativa, in Valencia, tragical siege
tistical account of, 117.

of in 1706, 116.

END OF VOL. LXIII. OF THE NEW SERIES.

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