Bartholomew St., its massacre never re- probated in any public form by the Catholic Church, 155-6 Bellingham not insane, 50 Ben Lomond, view from, 593
Bennet's account of the island of Te- neriffe, 565, island of volcanic origin, 566, ascent of the mountain, ib. descrip- tion of it, ib.
Beresina, narrative of repassing it, 628, 634, et seq. the work intended to de- feud Ad. Chichagoff, ib. difficulties of his situation, ib. his slow move- ments, 635, suspicious aspect of the narrative, ib.
Berger's mineralogical account of the isle of Man, 559
Berneaud's voyage to the isle of Elba, 301, et seq. description of the island, 302-3; derivation of its name, 503; population, ib. mode of making wine, ib. spotted spider described, 304; arti- cles of commerce, 305; tunny fishery, ib. diseases, with their causes, ib. its political history, ib. et seq.; its origin considered, 307, climate, ib. hermitage of Monte Serralo, 308
Biblical criticism, its proper object, 80; its advantages 82, and extract 83 Bishop of London's charge to his clergy, 522; et seq. his sketch of the character of the late bishop, 522-3; contents of the Charge of a twofold nature, ib.; the bishop's remarks on Unitarianism,524; complexion of the charge wholly po- litical, ib. et seq. its determined hosti- lity to the Dissenters, 525; preju- dice of the clergy against Dissenters educational, 526; their wilful igno- rance in regard to Dissenters, ib. cir- cumstances tending to bias the super- ficial inquiries of the clergy in regard to the opinions of nonconformists, 529; the numerous monthly publi cations afford an easy mode of sounding their real principles and of detecting their alleged malignant hos- tility to the establishment, 530; the opinion of many Dissenters, that the ecclesiastical hierarchy of England, will be involved in the downfall of mystical Babylon, no proof of active hostility against the Church, ib.; Dis- senters bound in justice to themselves, candidly but firmly to avow their sen- timents, 530
Blagden's appendix to Mr. Ware's paper on vision, 262 Bloodhounds imported into St. Domingo from Cuba, 493, festival held by the Whites on the first day of trial, ib.
Brande's additional remarks on the state in which alcohol exists in fermented liquors, 259
Breche de Roland, the line of separation between France and Spain, 214 Bridge's treatise on mechanics, 308 Brook's lives of the Puritans, 113, et seq. claims of the real benefactors of mankind seldom acknowledged by their descendants, ib.; the puritans entitled to the veneration of poste- rity, 114; short account of the work 115; author's design, ib., futility of persecution, 116; a persecuting Christian minister, a dreadful charac- ter, ib, the attempt to establish uni- formity of religion the occasion of great cruelty, 118; puritans, their scruples defended, ib.; anecdote of Charles 5th, 119, Axton's examination before bishop Bentham, 119, et seq., Merbury's examination, 121, authori- tative letter from Elizabeth to the bishop of Ely, 123; query concern- ing the conduct of the persecuting bishops, 124; Humphrey's complaint to secretary Cecil, 125; Church in dan- ger, its causes stated, ib.; question if civil magistrates should provide reli- gious instruction considered, 126, et seq.; if Christian governors should provide it, 128; consequences at- tendant on the assumption of this question, 129; first reformers up- justifiable, 130; anecdote of Henry the VIII'sjester, ib.; origin and progress of religious liberty in England, 266; cause of Henry the Eighth's defec- tion from the Papal court, ib.; as- sumes the supremacy, ib. supremacy of a layman resisted by the clergy, 267, excommunication in the Eng- lish Church, not the act of the clergy, 267; established church not entitled to the epithet Apostolical, ib.; Henry murders both Protestants and Papists, 267; enacts the bloody
statute,' ib. accession of Edward the VI., b.; cruelty of Cranmer, ib. progress of the reformation, ib.: disputes concerning clerical vest- ments, ib.; rise of nonconformity to the rites and ceremonies of the Es- tablished Church, ib.; accession of Mary, ib.; martyrs burnt in Smith- field, &c. ib.; many English flee to Franckfort, 269; rise of the Puri- tans, ib,; accession of Elizabeth, ib.; act of uniformity, 270, of supremacy, ib.; court of high commission, ib. ; Puritans separate from the National
Church, ib.; assemble at Wands- worth, ib.; Brownists the precursors of the Independents, 271; Elizabeth condemns some of the Brownists to death, 271; earl of Cumberland's testimony of their loyalty at the place of execution, ib.; accession of James I. ib.; his intolerance, 272; contemptible conduct of the two bishops, 272; puritans again quit the kingdom, ib.; first independent church in England, ib.; accession of Charles I, ib.; cruel sentence passed on Alexander Leighton at the insti- gation of Laud, 273; long parlia ment, ib.; Presbyterians gain the as- endency, 274; are enemies to the rights of conscience, ib. ; accession of Charles II., ib.; act of unifor- mity', and ejection of two thousand ministers, ib.; pers cution of John Penry, in the reign of Elizabeth, 274; his execution, 277; visit of Lord Burleigh to Barnard Gilpin, 279; libe- ral conduct of Mr. Batchelor, licenser of the press in 1643, ib.
Bruce, his name intimately connected
with Abyssinian history, 219; Salt's estimate of his merits and faults, 219; his fame as an Abyssinian traveller, &c., equalled only by Mr. Salt, 220; his caves of the Troglodytes fanciful, 234
Butler, Bishop,his remarks on objections
against the Divine government, 343 Butler's Essay on the Life of l'Hôpital, 148, et seq.; reflections occasioned by considering a highly exalted indivi dual, as contrasted with the million of unworthy inferiors around him, ib. et seq.; Ximenes compared with l'Hôpital, 150; short sketch of l'Hô- pital's life, 151, et seq.; parliaments of France, 152; integrity of l'Hôpital, 152; his endeavours to restrain po- pish bigotry, ib. et seq.; religious liberty the sole object of the Hugue- nots, 154; massacre of St. Bartho- lomew never reprobated by the Ca- tholic church, 156;
its hatred against heretics still furious, and cruel, and persecuting, ib.
Catacombs of Paris, 553, mansions of the dead not secure from French imperti- nence, ib. Cathedral churches of Great Britain, Storer's history and antiquities of, 378, et seq.; era of their erection, ib.; list of the Cathedrals treated of in this volume, 379
Charles II., state of religion in his reign, 274
Charles V., acknowledges the folly of attempting to produce uniformity of sentiment, 119 Cheese-wring, 560
Chili, its national congress abolishes the Slave Trade, 314.
Chinese temple or sty for holy pigs, 456 Christian character, Wardlaw's remarks on,377
Christian experience, its estimation in the opinion of Socinians, 376 Christian minister, reflections on the character of a persecuting one, 117 Christian philosophy, principles of, 505, et seq.; qualifications requisite in a Christian philosopher, 506; inquiry into the principles that form the science of Christian philosophy, 507; differs from the philosophy of the Heathen schools, 508; first, in the nature and extent of the knowledge it imparts, 509; secondly, in its morality, 510; morality of the hea- thens as exemplified in their prac- tice, 511; change of nature essen- tial to the practice of Christian mo- rality, 512; Christian philosophy differs from the peculiarities of mo- dern philosophers, 513; Christian philosopher should study the doc- trines of natural religion, 513; cau- tion in regard to the mode of treat- ing other principles of natural reli- gion, ib.; reflection on the value and transitory nature of time, 514-5 Christian polemics, inquiry into the
cause of the rancour and fierceness they sometimes exhibit, 357 Christians and Heathens, their conduct contrasted, 492
Civilization considered by the Moravi-
in regard to the character and opini- ons of dissenters, 529 Colquhoun on spiritual comfort, 294, et seq.; experimental religion, seldom treated of, ib. ; causes of it stated, 295; object of the treatise, 296, its ef- ficiency, 297
Common Version of the Scriptures, Dr. Marsh, a friend to the revision of, 84 Conjeveram, 449, temple of Vishnou, ib.; of Seeva and his carriages, 451-2 Consumption pulmonary, Southey's ob- servations on, 181, symptoms of a scrophulous tendency, 183, tubercles as connected with consumption, 185, contagious, 189, preventive treat- ment, 190; debility its chief cause, : 200 Consumption, Sutton's letter to the Duke of Kent on it, 181 Controverted points in divinity, lity on, impracticable, 351 Conybeare on the origin of a remark- able class of organic impressions, occurring in nodules of flint, 571 Conybeare's memoranda relative to Clovelly, North Devon, 576 Craniology. See Spurzheim. Creature worship, its origin, 15 Cross-Bath Guide, 397; extract, ib. Cross, the doctrine of, its tendency to raise the tone of moral obligation, 443
Davy, on a new detonating compound,
Delambre's astronomy, 384, et seq.;
estimate of Lalande and Vince's works, ib.; object and plan of the the present work, 385, et seq., contents of the first volume, 388; remarks on various formulæ, ib.; mode of de- ducing the precession, 389; the - daily position of the sun, 390; in- genious mode of computing the cir- cumstances of eclipses, 391, table of the transits of Mercury, 392; of Venus, 393; contents of the third volume, 393, rule for the determination of Eas- ter, 394-5, estimate of the abridge-> ment of the work, 396; excellencies of the treatise, ib.; his admirable candour, ib.
Dissenters, should candidly but firmly avow their sentiments, 3
Elizabeth, her letter to the bishop of Ely, 123, state of religion during ber reign, 269, et seq.; condemns some : Brownists to death, 271, execution of John Penry, 274
Epiphanius and Jerome, their opinion of the Hebrew Gospel, as stated by Dr. Lawrence, (note) 373 Epistles of St. Paul, of equal authority with the other Scriptures, 440
Essays, moral and religious, by W. Potter, 516
European outrages against Africa, com-
pared with the Algerine piracies, 496 Eustace's letter from Paris, 74, et seq. ; disorganized state of France after the revolution, 75; ils scenery, 76; po- verty, ib.; and causes, 77, character of the modern Parisians, ib. ; causes of its deterioration, ib.; protestantism in France, 78; result of the French revo- lution, 79
Evangelical hope, Tyerman's essay on, 401, et seq.
Evil, (moral) of slavery, 538, of igno- rance, ib.; of war, 539 Excommunication in the English Church, not the act of the clergy, 267
Excursion, part of a poem, to be called the Recluse. See Wordsworth's Ex- cursion
Face, its measure not indicative of the
Fallacies of the senses, 135-6 Fish, a peculiar kind used by some African fishermen for catching tur- tles, 227; an immense shoal of dead ones, 229
Flowers of spring, description of, 518 France, its disorganized state, 75; its scenery, ib.; poverty, 76; effects of the revolution on the French character, 77 ; causes of its deterioration, ib.; progress of protestantism in France inconsider- able, 78; results of the revolution, 79 French, their conduct contrasted with that of the English, in regard to the article in the treaty of peace, concerning the Slave Trade, 494-5 Fry's Sick Man's Friend, 209
Gala oxen, their enormous horns, 405 Gall, Dr. Physiognomical System, see Spurzheim.
Geological Society, transactions of 558,
et seq. on certain products obtained in the distillation of wood, with some account of bituminous substances, and remarks on coal, ib.; mineralo- gical account of the isle of Man, 559 on the granite Tors of Corn- wall, ib.; on the mineralogy of the neighbourhood of St. David's, 560; account of the brine springs at Droit- wich, ib.; on the veins of Cornwall, 561; on the fresh-water formations in the Isle of Wight; and observa- tions on the strata over the chalk in the S. E. of England, ib., on the vi- trified forts of Scotland, 562; on the sublimation of Silica, 564; on the specimens of Hippurites from Sicily, 565, account of the coalfield at Brad- ford, near Manchester, ib. ; account of the island of Teneriffe, ib.; on the junction of trap and sandstone, at Stirling Castle, 568; on the eco- nomy of the mines of Cornwall and Devon, ib.; on the origin of a re markable class of organic impres- sions, occurring in nodules of flint, 571; description of the oxyd of tin, &c., 571; on some new varieties of fossil alcyonia, 572; miscellaneous re- marks on a catalogue of specimens:- remarks on several parts of Scotland which exhibit quartz rock, and on the nature and connexion of this rock in
general, 573; notice relative to the geology of the coast of Labrador, 575; memoranda relative to Clovelly, North Devon, 576; on Staffa, ib. ; on vegetable remains preserved in chal- cedony, ib.; on the vitreous tubes found near to Drigg, in Cumberland, 576 Geometria legitima,by Francis Reynard, 174-7, et seq.
Geometry, plane, Keith's elements of, 174, et seq.
Gilfillan's essay on the sanctification of the Lord's-day, 515 Gias, torrent of, 557
Gogue, prophecy of Ezekiel concerning, See Penn's prophecy.
Gospel, its reasonableness not, in the first instance, the ground of its autho- rity, 370 Gravitation, a proof of the original ex- istence and continual operation of a de- signing agent, 488; probability of a law still more general than gravitation, 490
Grecian fables, origin of, 32
Greenlanders, their infants, on the ' death of their mothers, sometimes 'buried alive,' 10
Gregoire, M. on the Slave Trade, 490, el seq.; Buonaparte abolishes the Slave Trade in France, probably from po- litical not humane motives, 491: the greatest good frequently produced by the vilest instruments, ib.; conduct of some Heathens and Christians con- trasted, ib.; Christians import blood hounds from Cuba into St. Domingo, for the destruction of the negroes, 493; attempts in Paris to stigmatize the English in regard to their motive in advancing the abolition of the Slave Trade, ib.; privateers fitted out to prosecute the trade, 494; conduct of the French and English contrasted, in regard to the obnoxious article in the late treaty, 494-5; author's remarks on the sixth resolution of the Abolition so- ciety of June, 495; remarkable de- claration of two Roman Pontiffs against the Slave Trade, ib.; pretext of reasons of state considered, ib. ; excellent remarks of the author, ib.; European outrages against Africa compared with the Algerine piracies, 496; plausible claims of a modern Genseric, founded upon existing encroachments on the right of the subject, 496-7; effect of the ob- noxious article in the treaty of peace on the Haytians, ib.; tendency of mo ral evil to perpetuate its own exist,
ence, 537; and to paralyze the mass of the people in regard to all virtu- ous feeling, 538; moral evil of slavery, ib.; of ignorance, ib. ; of war, 539; demoralizing influence of military despotism, 540; moral emancipation must precede political freedom, 541, prospect of brighter days for poste- rity, 542; enlightened views of the au- thor in regard to liberty, 543; his re- flections on catholic emancipation, 544; invidious tendency of national distinctions on account of religious opinions, 545; author's remarks on the plea of the Coronation Oath, 546; his PREDICTION in regard to the papacy, 547; he disclaims the mere personal infallibility of the pope, 547; coinci- dence between the reasoning of the author and that of the Parisian Sun- hedrim, ib.; M, Gregoire's opinion upon a civil establishment for a particular mode of public worship, 548; his attempt to evade the charge of no salvation out of the church,' ib.; reflections on the pre- sent state of Europe in a moral view, 549
Habits, inquiry if they become auto- matical, 139
Haven Jens forms a Moravian settle- ment at Nain, on the coast of Labra- dor, 13
Heathens and Christians, their conduct contrasted, 492
Henry VIII., his jester's advice to him, 130; state of religion during his reign, 266
Heroic poem to be popular, must be a national one, 354
Hierarchy of England, probability of its being involved in the downfall of mystical Babylon, the opinion of many, 550
Hieroglyphic writing not conducive to the invention of Letters, 85 Hill's essay on the prevention and cure of insanity, 39, et seq.; deep interest of the subject, ib. et seq., its fre- quent occurrence, 40, materiality the prominent feature of the essay, ib.; author's assertion that insanity is al- ways founded on corporeal disease, ib.; source of the error of the mate- rialists, 41; division of the subject, 42, author's first proposition controverted by his own statement, 43; inconsistency of his remarks, 44; the two states of Sthenia and Asthenia, 45; his defini- tion of madness deficient, 46; time unnoticed by the insane, ib.; proximate
cause of insanity, 47; on the here- ditary nature of the disease, 48; the preventive and curative treatment of the complaint, ib.; abuses and evils of lunatic asylums, 49; melancholy il- lustrative incident, ib.; on the preven- tion of insanity, ib.; decisive symp. toms of actual madness, 50; Bel- lingham not mad, ib.; remarks on al- leged irresistibility in regard to crimi- nal acts, 51; medical management of the insane, 52; ouutious conduci ne- cessary in regard to insane convalescents, 53, on the detection of pretenders to madness, 53-4; extract; ib.; literary character of the work, ib. Hippopotamus, account of a vain altempt to kill this animal by shooting at it, 413
Hogg's Pilgrims of the Sun, 280, et seq., poetry not estimated by its intrinsic qualities, 281; analysis of the poem and extracts, ib., el seq. Home's description of the
glands and gizzards of the Ardea Ar- gula, the Casuarius Emu, and the long legged Cassowary, from New South Wales, 259
Home's experiments to ascertain the co- agulating power of the secretion of the gastric glands, 261; on the tusks of the Narwhale, 264 Hopedale, on the coast of Labrador, Moravian settlement formed there,
Hopkinson's religious and moral reflec- tions, 399, et seq.; specimen of the wri- ter's incoherent style, 400; his false doc- trine, 401
Horner's account of the brine springs at Droitwich, 560
Horsley's, Bishop, caution to opposers of Calvinism, 339
Huguenots, religious liberty their sole object, 154
Hull on the doctrine of atonement, 621, et seq., reflections on the death of Christ, 622
Human mind, Stewart's philosophy of, 130, et seq.
Humphreys, on a new variety in the breeds of sheep, 260
Hunter's opinions respecting some dis- eases, Abernethy on, 586 Hunt's Descent of Liberty, a mask, 517, et seq., definition of a mask, ib.; sub- ject of the piece, 517; and extracts, flowers of Spring, description of, 518; extracts, 519; fourth song of peace, 520; chorus in welcome of Ceres, 521; fa
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