Greek and not from the Hebrew, 293, | Brewster (Rev. John), Sketch of the His- 293-and that all modern European tory of Churches, 549. translations have been made from the Septuagint and Vulgate, 294-298-his slander of the English Universities dis- proved, 299, 300-and also his assertion that there was not a single critical He- brew scholar among the translators of the authorized version, 301-304-speci- mens of his blunders, 307-317-his utter incompetency for the task he has undertaken, 324, 325.
Belly and the Members, fable of, versified, 458, 459.
Belzoni (M.), assassination of, attempted
by two renegade Frenchmen at Thebes, 94-discovers the ruins of Bernice, 95. Bible, authorized translation of, tracts in vindication of, 287-when any transla- tion may be said to be made from the original, 291, 292-notice of English translations of it, antecedent to the pre- sent authorized version, 295-298- notices of the translators, 301-303- and of the instructions given to them, 305 306.
Bishop's Bible, notice of, 297, 298. Blackader (Colonel) remark of,
English army, under the Duke of Marl- borough, 22, 23-his reflections on the battles of Schellenberg, 25—of Blenheim, 27, and note-of Ramilies, 40-of Oudenard, 53-of Maplaquet, 60. Blenheim (battle of), 28.
Blow-pipe, structure of, 467-account of
its application to fusion, 468–471– analogy in its operations to the nature of volcanoes, 470, 471.
Bosset (Lieut. Col.), Proceedings at Parga,
111-his mistakes corrected, 115-his misconduct as governor of Parga, 129, 130.
Bourbons, policy of, considered, since the return of Louis XVIII., 196. Bowles (Rev. W. L.), on the invariable Principles of Poetry, 400-strictures on his hostility to Pope, 407, 408-on his definition of poetical execution, 409- and on his observations on the poetic character of Pope, 409, 410-Mr. Bowles's Invariable Principles of Poetry examined, 410, 411-vindication of the poet's private character against his as- persions, 412, 413-particularly respect- ing Pope's quarrel with Lady Mary Wortley Montague, 414-418-and with Addison, 419-421-his unjust charge against Pope for censuring Rowe, 421,
Bread, different sorts of, used by the Athe- nians and other Greeks, 246-248.
Burgess (Sir James), Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Bible, 287- his abuse of the Quarterly Review, 289 -specimens of his ignorance and un- fairness, 289-291-refutation of his assertion that Jerome executed his Latin version of the Old Testament from the Greek and not from the Hebrew, 293, 294-wilful blunder respecting the au- thorised translators of the Bible, 503 note, 305, 306, 307-examination of his misrepresentations concerning the Quar terly Review, 318-324-his plagia- rism, 321.
Caloyers or Greek monks of Salympria, account of, 343, 344-and of Mount Athos, 345-347.
Canada, advantages of, for emigration, over the United States of North America, 374, 375, 376-advice to persons emigrating thither, 377-importance of gypsum as a manure there, 378, 379-observations on the deeded lands, granted by govern- ment, 381-notice of the settlement of Perth, 382-state of the church in Up- per Canada, 383, 384-account of pro- posed improvements in its inland naviga- tion, 385, 386-objections to emigrating to this country considered, 390-not likely to be conquered by the United States of America, 390-means of ad- vancing the prosperity of this colony, 391-importance of diffusing informa- tion concerning it, ib. 592, 393-illus- trated by an estimate of expenses, 394, 395-what class of persons best for emi- grating, 396-400.
Chapels, private, cause of the increase of,
Châtelet (Marchioness du), origin of her acquaintance with Voltaire, 156, 157– her reception of Madame de Grafigny, 157--description of her apartment, 159 -her occupations, 160-prys into the letters of her visitors, 161-her barbarous treatment of Madame de Grafigny, 163, 164, 165.
Church, state of, in Canada, 383, 384. Churches, want of in North America, 550, 551-want of them in London in the reign of William and Mary, 563-ot Queen Anne, 553-deficiency of them at present, in England, 553, 554-evil consequences of this want, 554. 559- influence of the church on the peasantry, 558-motives that anciently promoted the erection of churches, 559, 560— liberality
liberality of James I. in erecting churches | in Scotland and Ireland, 561-outline of the Act of Parliament for building new Churches, 565, 566-Dr. Franklin's opinion on building churches, 566-spe-| culative impiety, circulated through the press, a reason for the erection of them, 567-St. Paul's, the first church erected in Britain, 582-beauty of the English churches, 583--the retaining of pews in them, defended, 584, 585-the propriety| of decorating them with works of art considered, 586-592. Churchill, the poet, anecdote of, 433. Churchill (Lord). See Marlborough. Church-yards of the metropolis, observa- tions on, 559-simple expedient for pre- venting the robbery of graves in, 559
Clare (John), Poems, descriptive of Rural Life, 166-biographical notice of him, 166-171-specimens of his poems, ib. 172-comparison of him with Burns and Bloomfield, 173-concluding advice to him, 174.
Clarke (Dr. E. D.), on the Gas Blow-pipe, 466-origin and progress of his discove- ries, in the art of fusion, 467, 468-ac- count of his mode of using the blow- pipe, 468-470-on the analogy in its operations to the nature of volcanoes, 470, 471-remarks thereon, 473. Clergy, of modern Greece, wretched state of, 342-of England, duties of, before the Reformation, 553-their influence after that event, 554-why they cannot have the same influence now, in large parishes, 564-real causes of their dimi- nished in fluence, 580-increased facili- ties given to produce qualified ministers,
Clubs of the Athenians, notice of, 270. Colonies, in a more immoral state than their mother countries, 552. Comedy, early, of modern Europe, stric-
tures on, 474, 475-principles of the Aristophanic comedy, 475, 476. Commerce of modern Greece, notice of, 335 ---causes of the stagnation of commerce in Germany, 450.
Confectionary of the Athenians, 249. Cooks (Greek), account of, 249-253- notice of the fraternity of, at Athens, 253, 254.
Coray (Μ.), Ελληικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, 136. See Greek Language.
Course of the Niger. See Niger. Coverdale's Translation of the Bible, notice of, 296.
Coxe (Rev. Wm.), Memoirs of John Duke
of Marlborough, 1-strictures on his re-
Duigenan (Dr.), vindicated from the charges of Mr. Edgeworth, 517. Dutch, noble reception of the Duke of Marlborough by, 15-vacillation of the Dutch government, 12, 13—their crooked policy impedes the plans and progress of the Duke of Marlborough, 17-and also the misconduct of their generals, 18— interpose additional difficulties in the Duke's way, 35, 36.
Duval (Amciury), Exposé des Faits sur la Cession de Parga, 111-falsehood of his statements, 127. 133 note.
Edgeworth (R. L. Esq.), Memoirs of, by himself and his daughter, 510-anec- dotes of his ancestors, 511-514-his lax notion of the degrees of kindred, be- tween whom marriage may be contracted, 512-sundry improbabilities in his nar- rative pointed out, 513-birth of Mr. Edgeworth, 510-anecdote of his early years, 514-his mock marriage, 515- falsehood detected in his account of it, 516-and in his statement relative to a college-examination, 517, 518-his first marriage, 518, 519-attempts at tele- graphic
graphic apparatus, 520-remarks on his claim to the invention, 521, 522—is re- called from France by the death of his wife, 526-becomes acquainted with Miss Honora Sneyd, 527-whom he marries, 529-retires into Ireland, 530
-state of that country, 531-vacillating conduct of Mr. Edgeworth, 532-letter of Dr. Darwin to him, ib.-curious blun- der of Miss Edgeworth relative to the meaning of the term decade, 535-death of Mr. Edgeworth's fourth wife, 536- his fifth marriage, ib.-rebellion of 1798, 537-temporizing conduct of Mr. Edge- worth, ib.-its effects to himself, 538- strictures on his conduct in parliament, relative to the Union of Ireland with England, 540, 541-and on his experi- mental method in education, 541, 542- last hours of Mr. Edgeworth, 543-- reasons for inferring his disregard of Re- velation, 543-548-concluding stric- tures on the memoirs, 548, 549-notice of Mr. Edgeworth's Essay on the Con- struction of Roads and Carriages, 96. 98. -he recommends some degree of curva- ture in laying out roads, 102- his opinion of the inefficacy of convexity, in laying out roads, 103--advises the materials to be broken small, 104-his mode of form- ing roads on unsound sub-strata, ib. Edinburgh Review, falsehoods of detected, 135, 136.
Edrisi's African Geography, of little value,
Education, progress of, among the modern
Greeks, 358, 359-strictures on the ex- perimental method of education, 541,
Egyptians, custom of, at feasts, 278. Elgin marbles, depositing of, in the British Museum, proved to be a national ad- vantage, 591.
Elmes (James), Letter to Lord Liverpool
on New Churches, 549-his proposal for improving their architecture, 586, 587. Emigrants to Canada, advice to, 377. Emigration, expediency of, as a relief for distressed population, considered, 387, 388-expenses of emigration to Canada, 394, 395.
England, why disliked by the French, 177 -impressions of an Englishman at Paris, 178-contrast between them in speaking. of their respective countries, 180, 181— difference in their intellectual endow- ments, 181-134-influence of history and political circumstances on their cha- racters, 184-186-reason why the French find it difficult to form just ideas of England, 187-190-curious blunders
and misrepresentations concerning it, 192-194. 196, 197-will not be im- poverished by transfer of capital to the other side of the Atlantic, 388, 389- population of England before the Refor- mation, 557.
Eugene (Prince), concerts the plan of a campaign with the Duke of Marlbo- rough, 21-participates with him in the battle of Schellenberg, 25-of Blenheim, 28-manœuvre of, at the battle of Oude- nard, 53-bis indignant remark on the treachery of the English ministers, 65— defeats the French in Italy, 41-is re- called by the Emperor of Gerniany, 63. Exports and imports of Van Diemen's Land,
Fenelon (Archbishop), noble conduct of the Duke of Marlborough to, 63.
Field (Dr.), eulogium of, on the English Bible, 303, 304.
Fish, account of the different sorts of, eaten by the Athenians, 256-259-instances of their love of fish, 259, 260. Fishmongers (Athenian), notice of, 261,
Flanders, account of the Duke of Marlbo- rough's campaign in, 36, 37-movements of the French under Villeroy, 39-they are defeated at the battle of Ramilies, 40 -its brilliant results, ib. 41-Marlbo- rough commences a new campaign there, 51-battle of Oudenard, 53-Lille be- sieged and captured, 54-56-Ghent, invested, 57-the French again defeated at the battle of Maplaquet, 59, 60— Mons captured, 61-a new campaign commenced there, but terminated by the ignominious peace of Utrecht, 63-65. Flowers, used by the Athenians at their feasts, 264, 265.
Fontaine's Fables, translated, 455-charac- teristic of his poetry, 455-excellence of his narrations, 456-and characters, ib. 457-design of the translator, 457-spe- cimens of his translations, with remarks, 458-465.
Forbin (Count) Voyage dans le Levant, 83 -succeeds Denon in the custody of the Museum, ib.-embarks at Marseilles, ib. -arrives at Athens, 84-specimen of his mawkish declamation there, ib.- blunders of his, corrected, 85-his foolish sneer on English and German artists, ib. -his vanity mortified by the popularity of the English, 86-misfortunes that befel the Count at Constantinople, ib.-com- mercial meanness of the Count, 87-his ignorance exposed, 88, 89-and false- hood, 90, 92-arrives at St. Jean d'Acre, 88-traverses
88-traverses Palestine, ib. 89-arrives at Cairo, 90-deterred from visiting Up- per Egypt by dread of the English, 91, 92-his abuse of Mr. Salt corrected, 93. Franklin (Dr.) reproof by, of the American convention, for their disregard of the Deity, 551, note-his sentiments on build- ing new churches, 566. Free-thinking Christians' conference, insti- tuted, 574-questions proposed for dis- cussions 574, 575-their tenets, 575- utterly subversive of Christianity, 575, 576-blasphemous handbills, 576-acti- vity of their agents in circulating infidel tracts, 576, 577.
French defeated at the battle of Schellen- berg, 24, 25-of Blenheim, 28—of Ra- milies, 40-of Oudenard, 53-of Ma- plaquet, 59, 60-why the French dislike England, 177-contrast between them and the English, when speaking of their respective countries, 180, 181-difference between the intellectual endowments of the two nations, 181-184-influence of history and political circumstances on their respective characters, 184-186- why the French find it difficult to form just ideas of that country, 187-190- strictures on the modern French glory, 194, 195.
Funeral ceremonies of the modern Greeks, 349.
Fusion. See Gas Blow-pipe. G.
Gas Blow-pipe, origin and progress of dis- coveries with, in the art of fusion, 467, 468-Dr. Clarke's mode of using it, 468| -470-analogy in its operations to the nature of volcanoes, 470, 471. Geneva version of the Bible, notice of, 297. Germany, estimable character of the inha-
bitants of, 435-why they are attached to secret societies, ib.—the real design of| such societies, 436-description of a Ger- man inn, 438, 439-and of the scenery on the Rhine, 439-440-constitution and proceedings of the secret tribunal, 441, 442-forest of Odenwald, described, 442, 443-observations on the German courts, 443-especially Weimar and Stuttgardt, ib.want of discipline the cause of the irregularities of the German Universities, 446-the professors there, dependent on the students, 447, 448— evils of the subdivision of property, 449 causes of the stagnation of German com- merce, 450-political state of Germany, 451-453-public journals there on the increase, 453-curious blunder in one, 453, 454.
Godolphin (Lord Treasurer), created al
peer, 46-his observations on the Em- peror of Germany's conduct, 48-his dis- interestedness, and death, 67.
Grafigny (Madame de), Vie privée de Vol- taire et Madame du Châtelet, 154-bio- graphical notice of her, 155-account of her reception by them, 157-description of her apartment, 159, 160-and of their commmon pursuit, 160-her reflections on the misery of Voltaire and Madame du Châtelet, 162-their cruel treatment of her, 163-165-her death, 165. Grece (C. F.) Facts and Observations on Canada, &c. 373-character of his work, 375-on the comparative advantages of Canada and the United States of North America for emigration, 376-advice to emigrants, 377-on the use of gypsum in agriculture, 378, 379.
Greece (Modern), account of, and of its in- habitants, 325-its physical geography, 326, 327-population, 327-mountains, ib.-plains, 328-climate, ib. 329-pro- ductions, 330-334-account of the Vlaki or migratory shepherds, 334-commerce, 335-character of the Greeks of the continent, 336-especially of Ali Pasha, ib. 337-the Albanians, 337-and the Mainiotes, 338, 339-notice of the dis- trict of Maina, 339, 340-character of the modern Athenians, 340, 341- wretched state of the inferior Greek clergy, 342-character of the Archbishop of Larissa, 343-account of the Caloyers of Salympria, 343, 344-—and of the mo- nastery of Mount Athos, 345, 346, 347 -attachments of the modern Greeks to the superstitious ceremonies of their an- cestors, 347-their nuptial ceremonies, 348-funeral rites, 349-- amusements, 350-the Romaika or circular dance, 350, 351-dances of the Albanians, 351 -attachment of the women to the bath, and its effects on their constitutions, 352 general character of the modern Greeks, 353, 354-their habitations and domestic arrangements described, 354-356- state of literature among them, 357- progress of education among them, 359. Greek language, causes of the preservation of, for so many centuries, 137–141— alterations effected in it by the Macedo- nians about the time of Alexander, 141 -at what period most pure, 141, 142- structure of the Greek of the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, 142, 143— instances of the declining purity of the Greek language in the first ages of the Christian church, 143-145-particu- larly in the sixth century, 145-changes in the terminations of Romaic Greek
words, 146, 147-the affinity of the Romaic Greek to the Hellenic, why greater than the affinity of the Italian to the Latin, 147-this affinity illustrated by examples, 147-149-strictures on the pronunciation of certain Greek let- ters, 149-151-and on the accentual mode of reading and speaking, 151–153 -the reason why there are no standard works in the Romaic or modern Greek, 154.
Gypsum, importance of, as a manure, 378,
Hadji Hamet, route of, through the interior of Africa, 231, 232. Harley, intrigues of, against the Duke of Marlborough, 49, 50-dismissed from the ministry, 51.
Haydon (B. R.) on new churches, 549-
his proposal for decorating them with paintings, 587-observations on it, 588 -592.
Haygarth (W. Esq.) Greece, a poem, 325. Hebrew literature, proofs of the cultivation of, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. 299-303.
Hellenic language, cultivation of, extending,
Herodotus, veracity of, established, 96. Highways, importance of, on canals, 97-
Hope, verses on, 169. Horses, number of, kept by the principal coach-proprietors in and near London, 99, 100.
Howe (Michael), the Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's land, account of, 81-83.
Ibn Batouta, an early Arab traveller, notice of, 239-outline of his route, 239, 240. Impropriations, notice of a society for pur- chasing them, in the reign of Charles I. 561, 562.
Inns of Germany, described, 438, 439. Infidel tracts, circulated with activity, 576, 577.
Inland navigation of Canada, improvements in, 385, 386.
Jacob (William), View of the Agriculture,
&c. of Germany, 434-character of his work, 435. See Germany.
James I., liberality of, in erecting churches in Scotland and Ireland, 561. James II., noble conduct of Lord Churchill to, 3-his reflection on being forsaken by his children, 9.
Jerome, vindicated from the charge of having made his Latin translation of the Old Testament from the Greek and not testimonies to the bad state of the roads from the Hebrew, 292-294. near London, 99, 100-improvements of Jerusalem, Fall of. See Crowne, Milman— certain roads, 100, 101-curved roads (city of), poetically described, 204. recommended, 102-too great a convexity Jews, situation of at the siege of Jerusalem, the prevalent fault in forming roads, 103 198, 199.
-their materials ought to be broken Johnson (Charles, Esq.) testimony of to small, ib. 104-suggestions for improving the bad state of the roads near London, roads on unsound bottoms, 105-best 99.
mode of keeping roads in repair, 106-Josephus's History of the Jewish War, re- partial paving recommended, 107-sug- gestions for improving highways, 108-Journals (public), of Germany, notice of, first, the appointment of county or district surveyors, ib.-secondly, the union of several trusts within ten miles of London, ib. 109-thirdly, the combining all the existing highway laws into one code, 109 -benefit of a general commutation for statute labour, ib.-cause of the defec- tive state of parish roads, and its remedy,
Hill (Abigail), intrigues against her bene- factors the Duke and Duchess of Marl- borough, 49, 50.
Hobart Town, in Van Diemen's Island, ac- count of, 75, 76. Hodgskin (T.) Travels in the North of Germany, 434-character of them, 436, 437.
Holland (Dr.) Travels in the Ionian Isles, &c. 325.
Kotzebue, immoral tendency of the dramas of, one cause of his assassination by Sand, 447-his assassination vindicated by Professor Krug, 445, 446.
Larissa (Archbishop of), character of, 343. Latin language, changes in, in the early ages of the Christian æra, 145, 146. Launceston, in Van Diemen's land, notice of, 76.
Life, verses on, 169, 170. Literature, state of, among the modern Greeks, 357, 358.
Liturgy, importance of reading it impres sively, 558.
Lonsdale (Lord), munificent donation of,
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