Aberdeen, plan for uniting the two colleges of, Vol. ii. p. 387.
Academy, royal, exhibition of pictures at, ii. 260.
Addison, Mr, vindicated from a charge brought against him, by
Pope, ii. 98. Remarks on his style, &c. ii. 100. His prose
works the best model of that kind of writing in our language,
ii. 148. Plan for collecting and publishing the prose works
of, at Edinburgh, iii. 1.
Eschylus, character of his works, i. 314. See Potter.
Affection, filial, a virtue which Virgil seems to take pleasure in
dwelling upon, ii. 130.
Alison, Rev. Archibald, author of an Essay on Taste,' i. 250.
America, South, where the most authentic documents relative
to its discovery and conquest are to be found, ii. 160.
Amwell, in Hertfordshire, curious artificial grotto at, ii. 217.
Angelica, figure designed by, intended to be prefixed to a new
edition of Dr Beattie's poems, ii. 243.
Anson, Lord, anecdote of one who had accompanied him on his
voyage round the world, ii. 188.
Anspach, Margravine of. See Craven, Lady.
Arbuthnot, Robert, Esq. account of, i. 34. ii. 32.
Arbuthnot, Mrs Andrew, sketch of her history, ii. 344. Is
comfortably provided for, by the bounty of Mrs Montagu, ii.
Arbuthnot, Dr, original picture of, bequeathed to Marischal
College, but never delivered, ii. 358. His character, ii. 362.
Ariosto, remarks on Hoole's translation of, ii. 311.
Armagh, university endowed at, by Archbishop Robinson, iii.
65.
Armstrong, Dr, character of, as an author, i. 203.
Artaxerxes, Metastasio's, translation of a passage from, i. 164.
Attachments of kindred, remarks on Dr Beattie's Dissertation
on, iii. 278.
Bannatyne Manuscript, Vol. iii. p. 233.
Barnard, Dr, Bishop of Kilaloe, iii. 112.
Bas-Bleu Society, circumstance to which it owed that appella-
tion, i. 271.
Bath, description of the city of, iii. 114.
Beattie, Dr James, birth, parentage, &c. of, i. 15. Receives
the rudiments of his education at the school of Lawrencekirk,
i. 17. Commences his academical course, i. 19. Is appoint-
ed schoolmaster of the parish of Fordoun, i. 23. His early
habits depicted, ibid. Obtains the patronage of Mr Gar-
den, (afterwards Lord Gardenstown,) i. 29. Is appointed
usher in the grammar school at Aberdeen, i. 31. Is advan-
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