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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
→→ (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
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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