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Maina, topography of, 140.
Mainotes, origin of, 139; character of,
140 et seq.

Mandingoes, character of the, 432.
Marriage, remarks on, 542.

Matter, known only by its properties,
493; life not a property of, 495; see
Abernethy and Lawrence.
Materialists, ancient and modern, cha-
racterized, 491.

May you like it, 514 et seq.; merits of
the work, 514; anecdote of the con-
version of a Jew, 515; childhood of
Charles Spencer, 515 et seq.; on Char-
lotte,' 519; the harebell, 520; the

captive lark,' 521.
Metaphysics, source of the difficulty in
entering upon, 531; practical impor-
tance of, 532, 3; connexion of with
theology deprecated, 199, 210.
Metrical epistles from Florence, 169 et
seq.: the passage of the Simplon, 169;
the waiting maid at Florence, 172; home
recollections, 173; reflections suggested
by Alpine scenery, 176,

Milman's martyr of Antioch, 232 et seq.;

Milton's defence of tragic poetry, 232;
on martyrdom as a theme for poetry,
233; on Shakspeare's historical plays,
ib.; character of the present poem,
234; argument, ib.; ill-managed dia-
logue, 235; cause of the author's fail-
ure in treating the subject, 236; apos-
trophe to the grove of Daphne, ib. ; prison
scene between Margarita and her father,
237; hymn, 240.

Ministers, duties of Christians to their,
544; remarks on the support of, 367,
$73.

Ministry, dissenting, not an ineligible
profession, 371; see Bennett.
Miracles, Hume's argument respecting ex.
posed, 323.

Missionaries, proceedings of, 254; 357

et seq.; 427; 451 et seq.; see Camp-
bell, Copland, Hutton, Quaker Mis-
sion.

Moors in Spain, benefits conferred by
the, 109,

Morrison's lectures on reciprocal obli-
gations, 538; et seq.; practical effects
of calvinism, 538; practical tenden-
cy the touchstone of principles, 539;
the sincere christian a good relative cha-
racter, ib.; unpopularüy of specific
practical preaching, 540; origin of a
distaste for practical preaching, ib.;
contents of the lectures, 541; on mar-
rying an unbeliever, 542; duties of a
people to their minister, 544; deadly ef-

fects of political party-spirit, 545; origia
and end of government, 546.
Naples, history of, 289 et seq.; see Or-
loff.

Necessity, definition of, 537; inquiry

into the doctrine of, see Copleston.
Newgate ladies' committee, labours of, 278;
refutation of mis-statement respecting,
$54.

Newman's sermon on the work of dea-
cons, 371, nole.

New South Wales, two voyages to, 348;
see Reid.

New Testament, inquiry into the books
of the, 310 et seq.; see Cook.
Normans in Italy, origin of, 296.
Novels, historical, remarks on, 437.

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Orloff's memoirs of the kingdom of Na-
ples, 289 et seq.; different modes of
writing history, 289; nature and ar-
rangement of the work, 290; objec-
tions to the detached distribution adop-
ted by Henry, and followed by the au-
thor, 291; Lord Bacon's remarks on
literary history, ib.; remarks of Schle-
gel on some literary histories, 292;
specimen of author's biographical cata-
logue, 293; Neapolitan history a deside-
ratum in our language, 294; early
history of Italy involved in obscurity, ib. ;
origin of the Norman power, 296;
character and political predicament of the
Spanish nation, ib.; resistance of the Ne-
apolitans to the attempt to establish the
inquisition, 297; jurisprudential his-
tory of Naples, 298; beneficial infin-
ence of the ecclesiastical power, ib.;
consolidation of the royal prerogative
under Roger, 299; state of the Nea-
politan provinces under the Suabian
line, ib.; beneficent policy of Frederic of
Suabia, 300; Anjou dynasty, 301;
disastrous introduction of the code of
Justinian, ib.; Arragon dynasty, ib.;
viceroyalty of Peter of Toledo, 302;
effects of the changes in the govern-
ment on the administration of the laws,
ib.; effects of vexatious monopolies
on the population, 303; accession of
Charles III., ib.; notice of Cassiodorus,
304; Thomas Aquinas, 305, Barlaam,
306; Sunnazarius, 307; Tasso, 308;
sonnets of Tasso neglected, 309; trans-
lation of a sonnet of Tasso's, ib.
Organization not the cause of life, 495;
a collateral cause of predisposition,
553; but not a necessitating cause,
554; see Abernethy and Lawrence.
Owen's two letters on the French Bible,

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Physiology, alleged to be the key to
morals, &c. by Lawrence, 483; see
Lawrence and Pring.
Portugal, early history of, 114.
Prayer, true nature and efficiency of,

415; see Copleston.

Preaching, practical, remarks on, 540.
Predestination, a fact antecedently to
Revelation, 200; practical importance
of the doctrine of, 416; not caused by
the Divine foreknowledge, 418; see
Hill's lectures, and Copleston's in-
quiry.

Priestley, epitaph on, 492; opinions of

respecting mind and matter, 496.
Pring's general indications relating to
organic life, 481 et seq.; character of
the work, 484; definition of truth, 485;
author's atheistic creed, 486; address
to nature, ib. ; author's sanity vindi-
cated, 487; his notion of organic
spirit more rational than that of the
organologist, 504; see Lawrence.
Prison discipline, third report of the
society for the improvement of, 274
et seq.; foreign operations of the so-
ciety, 274; female philanthropist at
Turin, 273; exemplary conduct of Pere
Joussony, ib.; trades and occupations
introduced into English prisons, ib. et
seq.; labours of the Newgate ladies'
committee, 278; state of prisons in Ire-
land, 279; objects and views of the so-
ciety, ib.; cases of offenders restored to
Society, 280 et seq.; true philanthropy
universal in its operation, 283.
Profaneness, true nature of, 419.
Providence, doctrine of vindicated and
explained, 407, 412.

Quaker mission to the Jaloofs, account
of a, 427 et seq.

Quarterly reviewers, remarks of on cal-
vinism, 413.

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Reformers, the, sentiments of, 390.
Reid's two voyages to New South Wales,
&c. 348 et seq.; the object of transpor-
tation rarely attained, 348; dreadful
abuses connected with the present
system, 349; effect of the prevailing
notion that the convicts are irreclaimable,
350; case of the Lady Shore trans-
port, ib.; evils arising from the defective
regulations of convict ships, ib. ; success
of the plan adopted by author, 352;
refutation of the mis-statement respecting
the female convicts sent from Newgate,
354; shocking state of the gaol and fac-
tory at Sydney, 355; objections to the
publication of libertine confessions,
357.

Report of the committee for promoting
African instruction, 427 el seq.; bear-
ing of quakerism on missionary ex-
ertions, 427; origin of the project,
428; proficiency of pupils in trans-
lation, 429; Waloofs and Mandingoes,
430; description of the island of St.
Mary's, ib.; notices relating to the Ja-
loofs, ib.; character of the Mandin-
goes, 432; Mahommedan converts, ib. ;
African gipsies or Laoobies, ib.; other
castes, ib.; image worship, 434; address
of the committee, ib.

Retrospection, a tale; see Taylor.
Revelation, necessity of, 205.

Romans, sketches of the manners of the,
128 et seq.

Rouen, description of, 48.

Sacraments, remarks on the, 468 et
seq.

Sannazarius, memoir of, 307.

Scott's Essays, anecdote illustrating their
value, 560.

Scripture antiquities, Jones's, 167.
Scriptures, the, Horne's introduction to,

75 et seq.; see N. Test.

Sikes's dialogues, 561 et seq.; christian's "
liberty of choosing his teacher the hing-
ing point of the dissenting controversy,
561; counter hypothesis, 562; divine
commission of the parish priest, ib.; dif-
ference between Mr. Sikes and Mr.
Simeon, 563; those who leave their

parish to attend another church as bad as
dissenters, ib.; separatists not schis-
matics, 564; schism in an establish-
ment inevitable, 565; good christians
bad churchmen, ib. ; dissent no schism
proved by analogy, ib.; the bishop's
authority not from the Lord, but from
the king, 566; the mahommedan
priest appointed by the same power,
567; an honest dissenter not a good sub-
ject, ib.; reasons of the favour shewn
dissenters by George III., 568; the
dissenter's privilege of breaking the
laws examined, ib.; dissent not mere-
ly tolerated, 569; dissenters not re-.
quired to go to the king's church, ib. ;
the ordained and the licensed teacher
on the same footing as to legitimacy,
ib.; the whole kingdom supplied with pro-
per teachers, 570; author's misrepre-
sentation of St. Paul's language, 571;
'Judas to be reverenced,' ib.; a mi-
nister not to be rejected for vicious cha-
racter, ib.; author's abuse of gospel
preachers, 572.

Sismondi's Julia Severa, 436 et seq.; au-
thor's literary character, 436; apology
for the work, ib.; alliance of history
and fiction discordant, 437; Ivanhoe
instanced, ib.; application to the pre-
sent story, 438; merits of the work,
439; sketch of the tale, 440 et seq.;
portrait of heathen sybil, 441; scene be-
tween Felix and Lamia, ib. ; portrait of
Volusianus, 442; character of Julius
Severus, 443.

Sketches of the manners of the Romans,

128 et seq.; the national manners not
to be ascertained from their historians,
but from their poets, 128; ancient
rate of travelling, as deduced from
Horace, 129; Chaucer, Rabelais,
and Horace compared as historians
of manners, 130; nuptial ceremonies
described by Catullus, ib.; design and
authorities of the present work, 131; its
merits, 132; a Roman toilette, 133;
Roman gluttony, 136; Roman slave-
trade, 137; gladiators, ib.

Slave trade, abolition of in Madagascar,
449.

Smith's (Dr. J. P.) missionary sermon,
notice of, 121.

Soul, immateriality of the, proved, 496,
505, 557; see Abernethy and Law.

rence.

Southey's vision of judgement, 418 et
seq.; profaneness defined, 419; the
poem essentially profane, 420; com-
parison between Southey and Dante,

ib.; vulgarity of the poem, 421;
unconscious profaneness of Mr. S. ac-
counted for, ib.; analogy of author's
offence to that of Hone, 426; see By-
ron's Cain.

Spain, Liagno's history of, 105 el seq.;
see Liagno.

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Spanish nation, character of, 296; Pro-
testants, extermination of, 121.
Spitalfields act, defence of the, 242.
Steven on the state of Ireland, 159 et
seq.; benevolent zeal of the author,
159; remarks on the crisis of affairs in
Ireland, 160; laudable conduct of the
drapers' company, 161; author's con-
fidence in the Irish, 162; appeal to the
government from a catholic barrister, ib. ;
deplorable state of the Irish Protestant
Church, 163; efforts of the Romish
priests to stop the progress of education,
164; eagerness of the children to ob-
tain instruction, 165; peculiar claims
of the Hibernian school society, 166.
Stevenson's scripture portraits, 271 el
seq.; effect of the habit of reading the
scriptures as a school exercise, 271;
merits of the work, ib.; general charac-
ter of Christ as a teacher, 272.
Strasburg, Dibdin's visit to, 58.
Students' manual, 94; specimen and re-
marks, ib.

Sumners's memoirs of Mrs. Barfield,
375; character of the deceased, ib.

Tar-springs of Zante, description of,

142.

Tasso, notice of, 308; sonnet from, 309.
Taylor's elements of thought, 531 et seq. ;

true source of the difficulty in enter-
ing upon metaphysical studies, 531;
complex ideas incapable of definition,
ib.; nature of the work, 532; 'true

logic' and true metaphysics' vindi-
cated by Dr. Watts, ib.; importance
of an acquaintance with the topics they
embrace, 533; analysis of the work,
554; illustration of a complex abstract
idea, ib.; cause and effect, explanation
of the terms, 535; definition of power,
536; on the term contingent, ib.; ne-
cessity defined, 537; recommendations
of the work, 538.

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→→ (Mrs.) retrospection, a tale, 260
et seq.; merits of author's style, &c.,
260; impression left by the present
tale, 261; the story, ib.; the mother
in law, 262; a life of ease, 264; change
of residence, 265; Richard's return,
266; effects of temper, 267; author a
friend to matrimony, 270.

Testimony, remarks on, 323.
Theology, danger attending the study of,
195; hints towards a scientific system
of, 201.

Thoughts on secret prayer &c, 181; re-
marks on religious fasting, ib.
Time's Telescope for 1822, 177.
Tithes, remarks on, 168.
Titsingh's illustrations of Japan, 324 et
seq.; jealous policy of the Japanese
attributable to the Papal missionaries,
324; not irrational, 325; account of
the present work, 326; double govern-
ment of Japan under the daïri and
the djogoun, ib. ; fortitude of Tchouya
and other conspirators, 327; dexterity of
the public executioner, 328; tragic affray,
ib.; assassination of a djogoun by his
wife, 329; Japanese poets, ib.; volca-
nic eruptions, 330; privileges enjoyed
by certain classes of being their own exe-
cutioner, ib.; Japanese festivals, 331;
singular mode of interment, 332.
Tomline's (bp.) refutation of calvinism,
character of, 212, 390, 392; opinion
on free-will, &c. 410.
Tragedy, Milton's remarks on, 232.
Transportation, evils of the present sys-
tem of, 349; see Reid.

Trinitarian controversy, review of, 87,

209; importance of, 347; see unitarian.
Tucker on the incongruity of the doc-
trines of free will and predestination,
411; on the equivocal language of the
Church catechism, 469.
Turkey, present state of, 138; see Wal-
pole.

Turkmans, description of the, 150.

Unitarian sermons by Fripp and others,
333 et seq.; unitarianism not on the
increase, 333; vituperation depre-
cated, ib.; circumstances of Mr.
Fripp's change of sentiment, 334;
remarks on the statement, 335; Bri-
tish reviewer's misrepresentation of uni-
tarian tenels, 336; impolicy of such a
mode of attack, ib.; orthodox Christi-
anity under obligations to Belsham,
338; the plenary inspiration of the Scrip-
tures (according to Belsham) un-
tenable, ib.; Belsham, Bellamy, Car-
lile, ib.; Moses claimed as a unitarian,
339; on the plural form of certain

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Hebrew words, ib. note; the Jews in-
sulted by being considered as trinita-
rians, 340; character of Aspland's
writings, ib.; reasonings of unitari-
ans reducible to three heads, 341;
1. those founded on exceptionable
statements, ib.; 2. truths held in
common, 342; Mr. Fripp's propositions,
344; 3. bold mis-statements, 345;
St. John a heretic and innovator, ib.;
freeness of redemption not invalidated
by its being purchased, 346; proper
application of the term purchase, ib.;
importance of the controversy, 347.

Valley of the shadow of death, 13; of
Jebosaphat, 25.

Vinci, Leonardo da, memoir of, 226.

Walpole's travels in the east, &c. 138 et
seq.; obstacles encountered by travel-
lers in Turkey, 138; stationary con-
dition of the arts, &c. under the Otto-
man government, ib.; plan and con-
tents of the work, 139; origin of the
Mainotes, ib.; topography and govern-
ment of the Maina, 140; religion and
domestic character of the people, ib. ;
Athenian currency, 141; remarks on
the rudeness of the Attic silver coin, ib.;
description of the tar-springs of Zante,
142; analysis of, 143; present state
of Lemnos, ib.; ruins of Nicopolis,
144; botanizing on ruins, ib. ; former
state of Zante, ib.; memoir of W. G.
Browne, the traveller, 145; description
of the Turkmans, 150; rencounter be-
tween a pseudo-mussulman and a der-
wish, 152; merits of Col. Leake's
communications, 154; imperfect state
of our knowledge of Asia Minor, ib.;
summary of our present information re-
specting its geography, 154; on the camel
and dromedary, 156; remarks on the
Elgin marbles, 157, R. P. Knight's
scepticism as to their being the work
of Phidias, unreasonable, ib.; merits
of Mr. Wilkins's dissertation, 158.
Washbourn's hymns adapted to family
worship, 256 et seq.; specimens, 256-8.

Zante, former state of, 144; tar-springs
of, 142.

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