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the work, 1; degraded state of the
Spanish nation prior to the Revolution,
2; party bias too apparent in the his-
torian, 4; Jacobins and Royalists, 5;
circumstances attending Bonaparte's
invasion of Spain, 6; embarkation of
the Prince Regent of Portugal, 7; mas-
sacre of Madrid, 8; atrocities and death
of the canon Calvo, 10; French soldiers
poisoned by laurel water, 12; the French
repulsed at Manresa by a drummer, 13;
battle of Baylen, ib.; siege of Zara-
goza, 14; author's strange remarks on
the faith of the patriots, 16; insurrec-
tion in Portugal, 17; account of the
Sebastianists, 18; affair of Vimeiro
and convention of Cintra, 19; battle
of horses, 20; review of events pre-
ceding the battle of Corunna, 21; 'a
civilian ill qualified to write a military
history,' 22.

Speeches before the presbytery of Glas-
gow, 467-9.

synod of Glasgow
and Ayr, 562; see M'Farlane.
Spain, interest attaching to the history
of, 1; war in, Southey's history of
the, 1, et seq.

Stothard's memoirs, 310, et seq.; cha

racter of the elder Stothard as an ar-
tist, 310; circumstances which led
to the development of Italian art,
311; biographical notice of Charles
Stothard, 312-17; his melancholy
death, 318.

Test-act, its pernicious influence, 54;
application for the repeal of, 57.
Theology, remarks on the study of, 29;
see Ranken.

Tithe, nature of the grievance attaching
to, 355, et seq.; a tax distinguished
from a test, 356.

Translation, remarks on the proper test
of, 442-457: process of, into Chi-
nese, 454.

Translations, biblical, history of, 446,

et seq.

Tread-mills, objections to considered,
549, et seq.; see Hippisley.
Turk, the, compared with the Greek,
263.

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Ward, Mr., defended from the calum-
nies of Abbé Dubois, 301, et seq.
Wellington, duke of, Napoleon's estimate
of, 503.

Winds, theory of, 391.

Woodley's view of the Scilly islands,
371, et seq.; results of the exertions
made for the relief of the islanders,
371; importance of the Cornish fish.
eries, 372; remarkable local attach-
ment of the inhabitants, ib.; state of
morals among the Scillonians, 373;
non-existence of antiquities accounted
for, ib. ; effects of the action of the sea,
374; Mr. Whitaker's theory as to the
Silurian Lyonois examined, ib.; the
islands formerly united, 376; their cli-
male, ib.

Woods's two years' residence in Illinois,
529; candid statement of the author to
emigrants, 542.

Young's account of hieroglyphic lite-

rature, 481, et seq.; merits and ob-
ject of author's volume, 481; ac-
count of the Rosetta inscription, 482;
difficulties to be surmounted in de-
ciphering it, 483; claims of the au-
thor to precedeuce in discovery, 484;
summary of ascertained facts, 485; his
complaint against M. Champollion,
486; blunders of the French savans,
487; see Champollion.

Zaragoza, siege of, 14.

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the work, 1; degraded state of the
Spanish nation prior to the Revolution,
2; party bias too apparent in the his-
torian, 4; Jacobins and Royalists, 5;
circumstances attending Bonaparte's
invasion of Spain, 6; embarkation of
the Prince Regent of Portugal, 7; mas-
sacre of Madrid, 8; atrocities and death
of the canon Calvo, 10; French soldiers
poisoned by laurel water, 12; the French
repulsed at Manresa by a drummer, 13;
battle of Baylen, ib.; siege of Zara-
goza, 14; author's strange remarks on
the faith of the patriots, 16; insurrec-
tion in Portugal, 17; account of the
Sebastianists, 18; affair of Vimeiro
and convention of Cintra, 19; battle
of horses, 20; review of events pre-
ceding the battle of Corunna, 21; ‘a
civilian ill qualified to write a military
history,' 22.

Speeches before the presbytery of Glas-
gow, 467-9.

synod of Glasgow
and Ayr, 562; see M'Farlane.
Spain, interest attaching to the history
of, 1; war in, Southey's history of
the, 1, et seq.

Stothard's memoirs, 310, et seq.; cha.
racter of the elder Stothard as an ar-
tist, 310; circumstances which led
to the development of Italian art,
311; biographical notice of Charles
Stothard, 312-17; his melancholy
death, 318.

Test-act, its pernicious influence, 54;
application for the repeal of, 57.
Theology, remarks on the study of, 29 ;
see Ranken.

Tithe, nature of the grievance attaching

to, 355, et seq.; a tax distinguished
from a test, 356.
Translation, remarks on the proper test
of, 442-457: process of, into Chi-
nese, 454.

Translations, biblical, history of, 446,
et seq.

Tread-mills, objections to considered,
549, et seq.; see Hippisley.
Turk, the, compared with the Greek,

263.

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Ward, Mr., defended from the calum-
nies of Abbé Dubois, 301, et seq.
Wellington, duke of, Napoleon's estimate
of, 503.

Winds, theory of, 391.

Woodley's view of the Scilly islands,
371, et seq.; results of the exertions
made for the relief of the islanders,
371; importance of the Cornish fish-
eries, 372; remarkable local attach-
ment of the inhabitants, ib. ; state of
morals among the Scillonians, 373;
non-existence of antiquities accounted
for, ib.; effects of the action of the sea,
374; Mr. Whitaker's theory as to the
Silurian Lyonois examined, ib.; the
islands formerly united, 376; their cli-
mate, ib.

Woods's two years' residence in Illinois,
529; candid statement of the author to
emigrants, 542.

Young's account of hieroglyphic lite-

rature, 481, et seq.; merits and ob-
ject of author's volume, 481; ac-
count of the Rosetta inscription, 482;
difficulties to be surmounted in de-
ciphering it, 483; claims of the au-
thor to precedence in discovery, 484;
summary of ascertained facts, 485; his
complaint against M. Champollion,
486; blunders of the French savans,
487; see Champollion.

Zaragoza, siege of, 14.

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