Custom, singular, of forming female
circles at Geneva, 270. Cuthbert, Saint, his rea on for female exclusion from all places of worship accounted for, 139.
D'Alembert, excellence of his Discourse
on the Encyclopedie, 450. Death, a profane apostrophe to, 52. Delaney, Dr. his opinion of the nature of original sin, 240.
Deluge, objections of Mr. Pinkerton to the, 257.
Dessalines the most proper opponent of Buonaparte, 32.
Depravity, French, abominable instances of, 480.
Disasters at sea, probability of averting many, 305.
D'Oubril, M. observations on the nature and execution of his mission to Paris, 408. Dramatist, irascibility of a, in conse- quence of the rejection of one of his pieces, 424.
Draper, Lieut.-Col. his reasons for pub- lishing his Address, 288.
Durham, inquiry into the treachery of, 309, 314.
Eden, the nature of man in the garden of, 254. Education, respective advantage of a public and a private, 36.
its increased expence a reason for decreasing the number of clerical students, 443.
physical, of children, disserta- tion on the, 479. lection, reflections on the late parlia mentary, 335.
lection, review of the doctrine of, 238. lizabeth, the, account of the proceed- ings respecting that ship and her cargo,
Ims, inpropriety of cutting them, 326. ngland, its duty to keep a watchful eye on the colonies of Portugal, 35.
-, state of its revenue, &c. in Mr. Pitt's administration, 91.
-, necessity of being an armed na- tion, 96.
nthusiasm, religious, necessity of dis- arming its hostile efforts, 101. piscopalians and Puritans, erroneous statement respecting, 423. pitaph, Gray's, in Latin, 331.
mendation for the restoration of the present rotten fab: ic of society, 118. Etruria, honourable conduct of the Queen of, 275.
Evaporation, ingenious remarks on, 382. Evils, minor, specimens of, in a satirical respect, 307.
Excommunication, some particulars rela- tive to a late, 63.
Faëry Queen, Spenser's, general remarks on, 5; allegory of the character, 6. Fame, posthumous, declamation on the insignificance of, 433.
Fatalism, the fashionable religion of the Par sians and of the armies, 165. Females, their exclusion from all places of worship dedicated to St. Cuthbert, 159; punishment of two for profaning this custom, 140.
Ferney, account of an excursion to, 270. Fish, astonishing number of, reported to
exist near the shore of Amsterdam Island, 124.
Fitz-James, the Duke of, sale of his estate during the Revolution, 165. Fitzherbert, Mis. remarks on the reports of her third marriage, 192; impro- priety of her attachment to the Prince,
Flitch of bacon, origin of its distribution as a reward for connubial affection,
Forgiveness of injuries strongly enforced by the Holy Founder of our religion, 199. Fox, Mr. observations on the political conduct of, 220; outlines of his cha- racter by Kersaint, $97.
Fouché, account of this devil in human shape, 167.
France, her advantageous treaty with the King of Cochin-China, 136; her im politic conduct to America after the American war, 465.
varieties f characters produced in France by the Revolution, 470. state of religion in the southern parts of, 168.
--, striking proof of its misery, 460. Franciscans, in Cochin-China, account of the order of, 25.
Free will, ingenious remarks on man's,
quality, perfect, its foolish recom-
French Government, nature of its present
Frenchman, atrocious anecdote of a, 32. Fullarton, Col. remarks on his ostenta-
tion, 199; censured for a pamphlet written and disseminated in Trinidad, 200; his conduct towards the rebellious Polygar chiefs, 202; his concurrence on the first Proclamation after his arri- val at Trinidad, 173; his neglect to consult Commodore Hood on the oc- casion, 173; his appointment as joint Commissioner proved, 174; his recur- rence to retrospective matters, con- trary to his instructions, 175. Funchal, the capital of Madeira, de- scribed, 25.
Galgacus, his address to his soldiers com- pared with that of Catiline, 16.
Gall, Dr. remarks on his craniology,
Garrow, Mr. his extraordinary assertion on the trial of Col. Picton, 282. Geneva, attachment of its inhabitants to the ancient Government, 269; singu- lar custom prevalent in that city, 270. Gibbon, anecdotes relating to that histo- rian, 272.
Gleig, Dr. avows himself to be author of the letter of Gregor Mac Nab, 318; his apology for it, 319.
God, necessity of resignation to the will of, 145.
Goths, asserted to be of the same nation with the Scythians, 257; futility of this hypothesis, 258.
Grattan, Mr. strictures on the political character of, 69.
Guilt, its future punishment regulated by the different degrees of the present,
Holland, influence of the Revolution on the morals of the people in, 155. Hood, Commodore, points at issue in the contest with Col. Fullarton, 178. House of industry at Limerick, lamentable account of the, 59.
House of Commons, extent of its legal power, 401.
Human capacity, its limits defined, 451. Hume, Mr. censured by Dr. Beattie, 44. Husbandry, statement of the present sys- tem of, in Bengal, 72. Hydrophobia occasioned by the bite of enraged men, 126.
Jacobinism, its prevalence still main- tained, 377.
Javanese, inquiry into the benevolence attributed to them, and to all Hindoos,
Jefferys, Mr, general remarks on the publications of, 186; source of his mis- fortunes, 187; his complaints against Government, 190; remarks on his bankruptcy, 197.
Innocence, no protection from the viru- lence of party rage, 481.
Insanity alleged as a palliative for literary incapacity, 292.
Inscription, specimen of a modern in the cathedral at Exeter, 51. Intelligence, literary, 448.
Intelligencies, their division into direct and compound, 450.
Intoxication, fatal effects of, propensity of literary men to it, 89.
Intrigue, certainty of its final detection and exposition, 442.
Invasion, the possibility of its taking place considered, 95.
Investigation, the delicate, observations respecting, 104.
Irish, superstitious credulity of the pes santry, 55.
Iron mine, account of the only one in Portugal, 489.
Judgment, the last, conditions on which the tenor of our sentence will depend,
Jugurtha, his device in attacking the army of Metellus, 18.
Julian, the Emperor, inconsistent opi- nions of the Edinburgh Reviewers re- specting the writings of, 455. Justification by faith, the opinion of the Church of England respecting it proved to be Lutheran, 355.
Knowledge, and its three grand divisions, ingenious chart of, 456.
Learning, asserted to be prejudicial to society, 123.
La Trappe, account of the monks belong- ing to the convent of, 54; founder of the order, 54.
Legislator, qualities requisite in a, 375. L'Esprit, tolerable inquiry into the na- ture of, 477.
Leslie, his conversation with the Duke of Norfolk respecting Mary Queen of Scots, 316.
Letter, consolatory, admirable specimen of a, 49.
Levy en masse, dangerous consequences of the, 96.
Lewis XIV. trait of generosity in, 59. Lewis XVI. comparison between him and Charles I. 395.
Ladies, their licentiousness at Rio de Ja- neiro censured, 29.
at Rome, unfavourable account of the, 278.
Lambeth Palace, brief description of its interior, 426.
Liberty, French, specimen of, 157. Lines on "a blighted Rosebud," 231. Literature at Naples, remarks on the state of, 278.
Liturgy of the English Church, its excel- lencies, 418.
Lombard, his doctrine of grace by no means injurious, $48.
Luther, his opinion respecting the con- gruity of merit, 350. Lyons, disposition of its inhabitants to royalty, 269. M
Macgregors, libel against the, 310. Mac Nab, Gregor, the letter of, declared to be a libel, 312; the author after- wards discovers himself, 318.
Madeira, observations on the clergy at,
Madness, chiefly owing to intense think- ing, 205; its cure, 208. Malouet, M. revolutionary tergiversa- tion of, 161.
Man's free agency discussed, 455. Manure, animal, its preparation from human bodies recommended, 119. Mars, ingenious observations respecting the use of this word in the Italian and Latin, 7.
Mary Queen of Scots, remarks on the authenticity of her letters, 308, 315. Massacre of the priests at Paris in Sep- tember, 395.
Mayor, Lord, wonderful sagacity of a, 402.
Melville, Lord, impropriety of the pre- mature Addresses against, 402. Members, extraordinary kind of, in a former House of Commons, 436. Merit, human, ingenious remarks on, 347, et seq.
Metellus, history of the battle fought be tween him and Jugurtha, 18. Middlemen, sentiments on the, 56. Milton, his reply to the Duke of York,
Mind, human, division of the powers of the, 453.
Ministers of the Church, their duties considered, 420.
Ministry, political derangement of seve- ral members of the present, 206.
miserable state of public affairs on their appointment denied to have existed, 406.
Mitford, Col. his remark on the pro-
pensity of Englishmen to abuse their own climate, 840.
Monk, observations on his restoration of King Charles, 228.
Monuments, public, inquiry into the ap- propriation of the subscriptions for erecting several, 322.
Mulberry, its culture in Bengal, 77. Murdin, his authority in respect to the letters of Mary Queen of Scots, 309,
Paradise, nature of the covenant with man in, 244.
Paris, extortionate price of apartments for the English at, 367.
remarks on the alterations pro- duced on the morals of the people at, in the course of thirteen years, 165. Parma, the Duke of, probability of his
death being occasioned by poison, 274. Patriots, the Dutch, instance of their barbarity, 159.
Paull, Mr. his conduct in respect to the charges against Lord Wellesley, 372. Peace, observations on the one concluded after the American war, 46.
its conclusion at present impoli-
tical to England, 214.
the first propositions relative to, made by Mr. Fox, 412. Pelagius, his doctrine on the subject of original sin, 253.
Peter Pindar, censured for the immo- rality of his writings, 80.
Philosophism, modern, ridiculous speci- . men of, 119.
Philosophy, the new French, introduced at Batavia, 124.
-, advantages derived from it in a state of wretchedness, 392.
instructive survey of its
principles, 456. Phoenicians, their superiority in naval affairs to the Greeks, 430. Phraseology, reflections on the propriety of altering the ancient, 2. Physicians asserted to have the most op- portunities of acquiring knowledge of Society, 114.
Police, the French, its vigilance, jea-
lousy, and severity, in Holland, 154. Politicians, why more liable to mental derangement than other men, 205. Poor's-rate, remarks on propositions for reducing the, 111.
Poplar-trec, the, why best adapted to represent French liberty, 359. Portalis, his letter to Lewis XVIII, on the state of France, 167.
Portugal, transfer of its Government to the Brazils considered, 34; its trade to England, 34.
Press, the correction of public abuses its duty, 79; its freedom now existing only in England, 223.
Priestley, Dr. his delight in controversy, 40; contrast between him and Dr. Beattie, 41.
Prince of Wales, instance of his munifi-
cence in sending a gentleman to Por- tici, 268.
Princes, necessity of their discharging every religious, moral, and social duty, 297; their immoral conduct ought to be laid open to the world, 377. Proselytism, general remarks on the spi- rit of, in Ireland, 65.
Profanation, horrible picture of public, in Holland, 155.
Prussia, strictures on her late political conduct, 211.
publication of her Manifesto
against France, 224.
omission and neglect of ber
Regimen, dietetic, curious prescription for a, 116. Religion, natural, its insufficiency philo- sophically proved, 48.
its influence on social order considered, 62.
-, present inattention to the per- formance of duties of, 444.
Christian, its beneficial conse- quences to man, 452.
its union with reason produc- tive of the most lovely effect, 452. -, revealed, its necessity pointed out, 452, 454. Review, Edinburgh, characteristic marks of the, 434.
Revolution, French, profound remarks on the, 46.
Righteousness, original, observations on the phrase, 251.
Rio de Janeiro, beauty of its scite, 27; abundance of the clergy there, 29. Rousseau, the last moments of, 360. Lumination, human, curious account of an instance of, 53.
allust proved not to have been so pro- fligate and abandoned as described by Le Clerc and others, 429; his bust evidently a forgery, 429; asserted to be obscure, 433.
-, peculiarity of his style and man- ner, 12; difficulties attending a trans- lation of his work, 13.
avages, ingenious reflections on the manner of converting them to Christi- anity, 30.
axon Architecture, its origin in Eng- land, 496.
ave-trade, necessity of justice attending its abolition, 303.
unson Agonistes, just observations on the merits of, 230.
Pythians, asserted to be another term for Goths, 257.
hoolmen, their opinion respecting me- rit different from that of the Reformers, $349.
a-bath, impropriety of its indiscrimi- nate use, 306.
cretary of State for the War Depart- ment, political derangement of the, 207. If-examination, great advantages de- rived from, 437.
nsations, proved to be the principles of our intelligencies, 450.
rmons, English, comments on their ge- neral character, 143; qualities requi- site in good, 144.
elton, Captain, declaration of, 176. ht, original and important observa- tions on, 887.
Sin, original, remarks on the doctrine of, 239, 255.
Solitude, picture of, 392.
Spenser, reasons for supposing him to have been poet laureat, 3; inquiry into the state of his circumstances at the time of his death, 4. Spirit, the Holy, co-operation of its grace necessary to man for his salvation, 148. Stage, keen satire on the, 86; its present degraded state, 425.
Stenography, defence of Nicholson's sys- tem of, 329.
Steuart, Dr. his statement of two ancient naval expeditions, 430.
Students, clerical, their present decrease, 442; causes, 443, et seq. Strength, interesting observations on ani- mal, 383.
Sugar, probable result of its culture in Bengal, 76.
Superstition, singular instance of, 52.
Theatre, its entertainments, if well con- ducted, eminently rational and moral, 145.
Thrashing, manner of performing it in West Devon, 51.
Thornton, Col, W. the revisor of the an- cient militia laws, 358.
Thornton, Col. his introduction to Buo- naparte described, 353.
Thucidydes, opinion of Cicero, and others, respecting his writings, 432. Translators, their want of justice in the description of battles and seiges in the Roman and Greek classics, 17. Travels, modern, observations on, 39. Tobacco, proposal for its culture in Ben- gal, 73.
Treaty between Lewis XVI. and the King
of Cochin-China, statement of thè, 131. Tree of liberty, nature of the respect
shewn it at Rotterdam, 158.
Truth, importance of an inquiry into its principles at the present era, 451. Todd, Mr. censured for some of his notes on Spenser, 11.
Turin, account of the city of, 273. Turon Bay, importance of its situation, 136.
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