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Kaffer tribes, mode of life, i. 392.

i. 396.

commerce of, i. 393.

› government of, i. 394.

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description of their persons, i. 397.

Keswick, description of, i. 248-53.

Kidgell, (Rev. Mr.) letter to, ii. 197.

King and Queen of Prussia, anecdote of, i. 345.

King of Prussia's present to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, ii.
280.

L.

Laconic epistle from a Norwich comedian who had taken French
leave of his wife, ii. 225.

reply to an impertinent question, ii. 165.

letter from Queen Elizabeth, ii. 301.

Lancastrian school at Florence, beneficial results from, ii. 283.
Latimer, (Bp.) extract from a sermon of, i. 233.
Laughing and weeping philosophers, ii. 87-89.
mania at Petersburgh, ii. 210.

Laws, ancient, respecting drunkenness, ii. 57.

Leading-strings, an article translated from a Paris paper, ii. 113.
Left leg, luxury of a, i. 322.

Letter addressed to the English Bishops on their voting with ad-
ministration, i. 43.

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from a sailor at Ipswich, to his friend in London, ii, 103.
from a love-sick printer to his mistress, ii. 272.

from a patient to his apothecary, ii. 340.

Letters of advice from various parts, ii. 151.

Liddell (Sir Thos.) and Mr. Lambton, laconic epistles from, ii. 335.
Lincolnshire grazier, amazing weight of a, ii. 101.
ox, astonishing size of a, ii. 102.

Lines extempore on the camp in Bloomsbury Square. i. 13.
on the death of the Regent of France, 1753, ib.
on the impending force against this country, i. 22.

on inclosing a lock of hair in the coffin of a mother, i. 64.
on presenting the freedom of Bristol, in a gold box, to
Chief Justice Pratt, i. 66.

sent to a gentleman with some writing-paper, i. 68.
impromptu from Anacreon Moore to the people of Phila-
delphia, i. 74.

on the much-lamented death of Mrs. Blunt, i. 85.

Lines to the Right Rev.

from the Dead,” ib.

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on his "Admonitions

Lines to Mr. Hart, on his dancing academy for grown gentle-
men, i. 85.

to a delightful village, i. 86.

on Miss Rhoda Delaval, eldest daughter of Sir John Hus-
sey Delaval, Bart. i. 91.

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to a lady who sent a clergyman her compliments on the ten

of hearts, and the lady's reply, i. 92.

by Addison, not printed in his works, i. 105.

on Disappointment, i. 106.

on the suppression of the Chaplains' table at St. James's, i.
113.

on Spilsby poor-house bill, i. 139.

on the new Leicester sheep, i. 141.

found in a wretched garret in Glasgow, i. 145.

on resignation, i. 247.

to Mr. Gaylard, on his nuptials with Miss Darby, i. 281.
on old age, i. 283; ii. 81.

to be met with in some old translations of Æsop, i. 284.

on the sudden and much-lamented death of Sir John Par-
nell, i. 343.

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addressed to a set of bad ringers, i. 351.

to a very homely but vain young lady, i. 367.

on seeing the supposed ashes of a British chief disturbed in
an ancient barrow, i. 398.

written by Gen. Fitzpatrick, ii. 63.

to Lucinda, on a sprig of diamonds in Celia's hair, ii. 82.
on a late contest at Cambridge, ib.

to Mr. Dyer, on his poem, entitled "The Carnation," ii. -85.
on seeing Miss Crop in the rooms at Weymouth, ii. 1-56.
on Miss M-th, ii. 160.

to the author of "Modern Dress," by a Lady, ii. 208.
addressed to Katharine II. ii. 226.

addressed to John Wilkes, Esq. ii. 228.

found in one of the cells of old Bedlam, ii. 290.

in answer to an enquiry how a person had slept, ii. 309.
against Life, ii. 328.

for Life, ii. 329.

Lithuanians, curious customs and superstitions of, ii. 360.
Lloyd, (Nathaniel) lines copied from the will of, i. 17.
Loch-Long, description of, by S. Rogers, &c., i. 366.
Lost affections, how to be regained, i. 235–27.
Longevity, instances of, i. 322.

Lottery puff about dreams, i. 342.

Louis XIV., remarkable anecdote of, i. 123.

XV., instance of the mildness of his authority, i. 124.

Love, query in, answered, i. 245.

Love, a poetical effusion, by Lord Byron, i. 282.
an idea of, from a Greek poet, i. 410.

Lovemore, character of, ii. 160.

Lowe, (Sir Hudson) hoax upon, i. 374-76.

M.

Mad Bess of the Coterie to mad Tom of Bedlam, a poetical
epistle, ii. 218.

Song, by Mrs. Opie, is 365.

Madras, description of a ball given át, ii. 143—6.

Malta, account of, i. 55.

Maltese, dress of the, i. 56.

women, description of, i. 57.

marriages of, i. 58-62.

Manners, visible degeneracy of, i. 39.

Marriage, authentic and singular instance of, i. 65.

--, ceremony, objection to the, i. 227.

act, how treated at Compton, near Salisbury, ii. 149.

Martyn (Johnny) of Norwich, his humorous speech after the
Mayor's dinner, i. 288.

Martyr, grave of a, i. 151.

Mary (Queen) and the Cruickston yew, ii. 38-40.

a song, to the tune of an Irish air, i. 360.

Masked ball at the Opera House, account of a, ii. 147.
Masquerade anecdote, i. 194.

dress, singular circumstances attending a, i. 201.

May Day, stanzas on, ii. 401.

Medical preface, extract from a, ii. 216.

Melancholy catastrophe, i. 235.

occurrence, i. 133.

Member of Parliament, billet from a, i. 259.
Merman, account of a, i. 131.

Method of building walls in India, i. 112.

Micoo, (The) or four-fingered monkey, description of, i. 187.
Midsummer Noon, a song, ii. 84.

Miller (Mr. Oliver) verses and scripture sentences copied from
the tomb of, i. 51.

Minerals discovered in Ireland, ii. 325.

Ministry pay little regard to the honour of their sovereign, i. 11.
Mistake arising from deafness, i. 317.

Misunderstanding of words, i. 119.

Mode of punishing libellers in Russia, ii. 326.

Modern head-dress, humorous description of, ii. 171.

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Reformers," a song for, by Peter Pindar, ii. 308.

Molesworth (Vicountess Dowager) distressing and fatal fire at
the dwelling of, ij. 96.

Monumental writing, new specimen of, in an epitaph on a Vicar
of Brentford, ii. 307.

Moon, effects of the, on various classes of society, humorously
described, ii. 153.

Morning, description of, i. 192.

-- paper, singular expression in a, ii. 143.
Moving mountain, near Namur, ii. 298.

"Mournful Interview," pathetic lines occasioned by a well-
known circumstance relative to the late Princess Amelia,
i. 134.

Murder, trial of a captured Negro for, at Sierra Leone, ii.
63-81.

by poison, ii. 99.

of an Irish pedlar, ii. 119.

at Irish-town, account of a, ii. 183.
confession of, ii. 212.

an affecting account of a very singular one in the island
of Guernsey, ii. 255–64.

of Kotzebue, ii. 355.

Music, power of, in soothing mental irritation, i. 132.

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---, in assisting the memory, i. 362.

My Daughter," stanzas so called, i. 407.

N.

National honour, spirited assertion of, by Commodore Bowles,

ii. 32.

Negro girl, advertisement for the sale of a, i. 97.

singular generosity of a, i. 219.

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blunder, ii. 382.

Nelson, (Lord) lines on the funeral procession of, i. 78.

column erected to the memory of, by the citizens

of Glasgow, ii. 83.

New invention for blind persons, ii. 347.

school for females to learn to talk, ii. 303.

Years' gift, origin of, i. 276.

Newton, (Sir Isaac) anecdote of, i. 12.

Nightingale in Scotland, ii. 342.

Novel robbery, ii. 28.

Notice against book stealing, from an American paper, ii. 395.

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O'Brien, (Mr.) advice to, ii. 156.

Odd family, singular circumstances attached to one, ii. 215.

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Ode, performed in commemoration of the death of Lord Nelson,
i, 327.

on hearing of an insurrection against the French in Swit-
zerland, i. 350.

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for the New Year, 1810, i. 363.

for the New Year, 1765, ii. 116.

to Scandal, by R. B. Sheridan, ii. 362.
Old words with new acceptations, ii, 310—14.

Olivayrez, Minister to Philip IV. of Spain, anecdote of, i. 53.
Opium, from Porto Santo, qualities of, i. 323.

Orator Hunt, arrogance of, ii. 182.

Order of the Garter, curious anecdote respecting the, i. 125.
Outrage committed on the corpse of the Duke of Devonshire by
the custom-house officers, ii. 209.
Oxfordshire Nancy Bewitched, a ballad, i. 30.

P.

Palmer, (Sir T. Bart.) death of, ii. 253.
Parga, description of, ii. 300.

Paris, tour from Devonshire to, i, 260-76; palace of the petit
Trianon, i. 260; St. Rocque, i. 263; Hotel des Invalids,
i. 263; the Opera, i. 266; revolutionary agents, i. 267,
Cherbourg, description of, i. 269; consular procession,
i. 270; 10th of August, i. 271; the two lovers, an affecting
tale, i. 272; Museum of French monuments, i. 274.
curious particulars relative to, ii. 314.

Parish priest, description of a, ii. 24.

Parrot (Professor) new filtering machine of, i. 49.

Pasquin's lines on the Doctor's Administration, ii. 139.

Patriotic Fund, address delivered in behalf of, ii. 213.

Peasant boy and a Member of Parliament, ii. 37.

Pentheny (Augustine, Esq.) the Irish miser, interesting particu
lars of, i. 149-51.

Perry (Mr.) the comedian, anecdote of, i. 291.

Peruke-makers, company of, their petition to his Majesty to en-
courage their manufactures by wearing a wig, ii. 163.

Peter Bell burlesqued, ii. 47---9.

--, real, extracts from the, ii. 49---53.

Peter the Great, justice of, i. 323.

Petrifaction of an animal discovered near Whitby, ii. 335.
Petrowitz, (Paul) Great Duke of Russia, anecdote of, i. 234.
Philosophical historian put to the test, ii. 363.

Pictures and statues, catalogue of, intended for the decoration of
a certain edifice, ii. 107.

Pinkard, (Dr.) admirable remarks of, on hydrophobia, i. 403.

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