of criticism in matters of religion, 29. DARKNESS, remarkable inftance of, 213.
DAVAL, Mr. his account of the ..fun's distance from the earth, 417.
DAWES's account of the plague at Aleppo, 211.
performed by, 214. New experiments in, 261. ELOQUENCE, enquiry into the principles of, with regard to infpired writings, 120. Not effential to human fpeech, 124. This opinion controverted, ib, ENGLISHMEN, their literary character, 25.
EQUILIBRIUM, laws of, 265.
F.
DENMARK, account of a trange the tranfit of Venus expect
Mr. his account of
FER
"fect in that country, 244. DE SIND, baron, his celebrated remedy for the glanders, 188.DESOLATION, poetically defcrib
ed in 1769, 418. Of the eclipfe of the fun April 1st, 1764,
422.
I.
DEITY, will and power of, whether those terms have diftin&t meanings, 498, the note; alfo
ed, 300. DEVONSHIRE, earls and dukes of, --memoirs of that family, 32+
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38. Countess of, her character, 34. William, first duke of, his notable fray at the French opera, 36.
DIALOGUE on freedom of fenti
FERMENTATION of alimentary mixtures, obfervations and ex- periments on, 288-297- FITZGERALD, Mr. his method of leffening the friction of engines, 267. FRANCE fatirically characterized,
ment, 510.
-between a hermit and &c. 553. DOMINICANS, droll account of their quarrel with the Cordeli
203. FRANCISCANS, humourous account of their variance with the Dominicans, 219. FREE-Thinking, Chriftianity indebted to, for its establishment, 511. FRICTION of engines, method of leffening, 269.
ers, 219.
DRY Belly-ach, obfervations on, 184-187.
G. 1
DUCHALL, Dr. his amiable character, 278. His indefatigable induftry and application, 282. his account of
EORGE I. infolence of his
UNN, M. pulfo the planet GE German attendants, owing
moon's appulfe to Jupiter, 419. His refutation
of Mr. Weft's cenfure on Mer- cator's chart, 419.
E.
EARTH, Rafpe's theory of,
EARTHQUAKE, Weft-Indian, poe- tically defcribed, 111.
EDWARDS, Mr. his discovery re- lating to fhadows in water, 264 ELECTRICITY, remarkable cure
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to the fervility of the English courtiers, 502. GLANDERS in horfes, préfervative
electary for, 189.
GLASS, Mr. his account of the Canaries, 54. Journey up the Pike of Tenerife, 57. Affront- ed by an infolent friar, 69. GOLD-FISH increafe of, for the
table, recommended, 556.. GOSPEL, how and wherein liable to be mifreprefented, as a wicked book, 493:
GOSPELS, when, and in what or09 der
H
AMILTON, Dr. his demonftration of mechanic pow ers, 265. HARVEST, fome obfervations on the improper posture of mowers rectified, ib.
HEMLOCK, its medicinal virtue tried at Vienna without fuccefs, 55.0.
K.
FOS,
HENRY VII. the worft of princes, KAR not, the gardener, his ca
454.
HERVEY, lady Caroline, her pa
KINNERSLEY, Mr. his electrical experiments, 261.
KUSTER, his critical examen of Gronovius's edition of Herodetus, 462.
negyric, 205.
HIERRO, iland of, account of the wonderful water-tree thère, 62. HOLWELL, Mr. his apology for his tracts on Eaft-India affairs, 77
HORNSBY, Mr. his difcourfe on
the parallax of the fun, 427. HORSES, the refpect due from man to that noble animal, 189. Juft cenfure of a late flagitious horserace, ib.
HURRICANE in the Weft-Indies,
poetically defcribed, 110.. HUSBAND, in what cafes the act
of, legally binds the wife, 192. In what not binding on the wife, 1931 In what the husband bound by the act of the wife, 194. Wherein not, ib. HUSBANDRY, the New, advantages of, 45.
I.
ENNY Salisbury, her story, 475. JUSTING, Philofophically an vestigated, 433. IGNATIUS, remarks on his martyrdom, 244
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INDEPENDENCE negatively defined, 27.1° INFORMATIONS filed by the attorney-general, account of, 455. Judge Hale's opinion, as to their legality, ib. Their oppreffive tendency, ib. Dreadful to bookfellers and printers, ib. ISLANDS, theory of the formation of, 481. New ones, whence produced, 482. ITALY fatirically characterized,
203. JUDAS Iscariot, Our Saviour's choice of bim defendéd, 84: JURY, trials by, fife and progrefs ∙of, 454
L..
LAND, manner of recruiting
when worn out, 95. LANDHOLDERS, not aggrieved by the land tax at 4 s. in the pound, 75.
LANGUAGE, that of the apoftolie writings cenfured and defended, 119. Its rudeness no objection to its divine infpiration, ib. This notion controverted, 120. feq. Character of an infpired language, 128. Law, reflections on the profeffion of, in regard to public liberty, 459.
LAWS, merely political, how far
a man has a natural right to break them, if he chufes to fuffer the penalty, 504, the note." LAWYER, the principal men in
parliament on conftitutional debates, 459. LAYMAN, his peculiar theory of religion, 226.
LIBELS,
MA
ACKNIGHT, Dr. his ac- count of Christ's burial controverted, 359. MAGIC, natural, the effects of, how easily mistaken for miracles, 500. MAGISTRATE, civil, how far he ought to interfere in fuppreffing bad books, 503; and in what manner, 504, 505.* Not to in- terfere in the province of the clergy, ib.
MAHOMET's fleeve, 512. MANURES for land, various forts of, 41.
MARRIAGES among the Jews of Barbary, how folemnized, 163. MATRIMONY, scheme for encour- ing, 79... MEANNESS perfonified and poeti- cally characterised, 202. MEASLES, Convertible into the
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fmall pox, 446.
A.
MECHANICS, Curious remarks in, 222, 26. MECKLENBURGH, family of, its
connection with the throne of Ruffia, 309.
MEDICINE, requifites for a pro- found skill in, 551. Advice to ftudents in, ib.
MIND, the various operations of confidered, 1-21. MIRACLES, Rouffeau's opinion of, 498. Their reality not to be determined by the human capa- city, 499. Pretended miracles, or natural magic, various ways of performing, ib. MODERATION, ftriking arguments for, 543: MONASTERIES in England, fpe- cious account of the national ad- vantages accruing from them, 139. Extravagant reprefenta- tion of the national misfortunes and guilt incurred by diffolving them, 140. These pretences refuted, ib.
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MORO, abbé, his theory of the earth, 484.. MOTION, laws of, 265. Whether they could have been made dif- ferent frem what they are, 523. Deducible frem one fimple prin- ciple established by Newton, 524. MOUNTAINE, Mr. his defence of
Mercator's chart, against Mr. Weft's pofthumous work, 421. MOWERS of grafs, &c. an im- provement in the posture in which they ftand to their work, recommended, 43.. MOWING Wheat recommended, 45.
Musk and Cinnabar, propofed to be one of the beft medicines for the bite of a mad dog, 472. MYSTERIES, Chriftian, the com-
mon fubjects of ftage-plays in the 13th and 14th centuries, 217. Droll anecdotes of, 218.-
N
EGROES, poetical intercef fion in their behalf, 116. Their dances defcribed, 117. 002
OPERAS,
P.
PAPISTS, their religious belts,
of whatever kind, never to be countenanced by proteftants, 532. Prefer infidels to here- tics, 533. PARALLAX of the fun, determined from obfervations of the late tranfit of Venus, 425. Dif courfe on this fubject, 427. ! PARENTS, fuch as traffic with the honour and virtue of their chil dren, ftigmatized, 203. PASTURES, Artificial, what, 41. PEMBERTON, Dr. his difcourfe
on the Locus for three and four lines, recommended, 427. PERCEPTION philofophically con- fidered,. 15.
PHILOSOPHERS, apology for fuch whofe fentiments do not coin- cide with Chriftianity, 29. their zeal for truth confidered, 506. Ought never to interfere in theological fub-
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POLYPUS in the Nofe, how form ed, 546.
POLYCARP, remark on his martyr. dom, 243.
PRIESTS, their domineering fpirit pointed out, 408. Their per- fecution of a modern sceptic a- nimadverted on, 409. PRIMO-GENITURE, fucceffion in, bad effects of, 151.
PRINCES, their piety often fatal to their fubjects, 506, the note. PRIVILEGE of parliament, extent Cand limits of, 456. PROSPECT, Weft Indian, poeti- cally described, 115. PSALMANAZAR, George, his at- count of himself, 364, feq. His laft will, 365. His birth and education, 370. Begins his im- postures abroad, 377. His con- nection with Innes, 444. Ar- rives in England, 447. Pub-- lishes his famous hiftory of For- mofa, 449. Studies at Oxford, 450. Farther adventures, 451. Turns author by profeffion, 452. Engages in the Univerfal Hif tory, ib. His penitence, 453. PUTREFACTION, experiments re- lating to, 293.
Q
UADRUPEDS, their characte- riftic properties, 548.
L
R.
PIPA of Surinam, account of, 520. R poftulation with, supposed,
EFORMERS from ex-
on the part of the papifts, 409.. REINHARD, Mr. his enquiry into 1 the laws of motion, -522. RELIGION, the Chriftian, import-
PLAGUE, account of the late dreadful 'one at Aleppo, 212. Remarkable inftances of perfous etcaping the infection, 213, 214. PLAYS, licenfing of, an execrable fcheme, 247. By whom pro- jected, ib. POLE, cardinal, his good charac- ter, 131. His family, birth, &c. 134. Is elected to the pa- pacy, but is thrown out again,
ance of a good hiflory thereof, 408. Account of a late work of that kind, 409. RESIDUAL Analyfis, its prefer- ence to the doctrine of Fluxions, &c. 91. Not fuperior to the duxionary Calculus, 93.
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RHA-
RHAZES, memorable faying of his, concerning phyficians, 551. ROSELLE, marquis de, ftory of,
515. ROUSSEAU, Mr. his inconfiftency in pretending to be a Christian, $489, 491. His natural difpofi- "tion ftrongly tinctured with fin- gularity, &c. 492. His notion of miracles, 498. RUM, poetical encomium on, 115. RUSSIAN empire, fucceflion and
claims to, on the demife of Pe-. ter the great, 308. Confequent revolutions thereon, 309-316.
S.
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SAFF
AFFRON, fee Colchicum.. ST. CHRISTOPHER, island of defcribed, 107.
SCHOOL-Boy, his bon mot, on Ba-
laam's afs, 544. SCOTLAND, kings of, their al- lowance when they came to London, 217. SEA-Scurvy, new medicine for the cure of, 297. SEEING, that faculty philofophi- cally confidered, 8. SEMI-Virgilian Husbandry, what,
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SOCIETY, Royal, cenfured for their conduct relating to their Philo- fophical Tranfactions, 205. Ac- cufed of pretending to prophe- cy, 207. Charged with timi- dity, and a falfe veneration for great names, ib.
100.
SENTIMENT, freedom of, affert- ed, in a dialogue between an English lord, and a Portuguese count, 510. SHADOWS, of things floating in water, fingular difcovery relat ing to, 264. SHORT, Mr. his determination of the difference of longitude be- tween the royal obfervatories of Greenwich and Paris, 422. Se- cond paper on ditto, 425. SHOWER, poetical defcription of one in the Caribbee iflands,
SONG of Solomon, a paftoral dra- ma, or defcription of a real, marriage in feven eclogues, 162.. Objections to this opinion an- fwered, 165. Commentary on the third eclogue, 167. New tranflation of ditto, 168. An- notations, 169-
SOUL, its fpirituality philofophi cally confidered, 29, Its union with organized bodies confider- ed, 540. SPAIN, fatirically characterized,
717
203..
SPEECH, origin of, in general,
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429.
SPY, an abfurd title for books,
534
STAR-Chamber, its origin, 454. STIRLING, Mr. his account of a remarkable darkness in Ame- rica, 213.
STONE, Mr. his account of the cure of agues by, the bark of the willow, 215. STYLE, figurative, entirely found-
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ed in nature, 122. SUN, diftance of, from the earth, 417. Eclipfe of, Ap. 1, 1764, account of, 422. Parallax of, determined, 424. Difcourfe on the parallax, 426. SURINAM, toad of, fome account of, 530.
T.
T
ALIESIN, the famous Welsh bard, account of, 23. Spe- cimen of his poetry, 24.. TENERIFE, its famous pike de- fcribed, 57: Moft proper place in the world for an obfervatory, 62.
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