Madness, religious, curious state- ment relative to, 280. Insanity.
Maher, Mr. on the culture of sea-
kale, 269. On the early pur- ple-brocoli, 273. Malays, successfully trained as soldiers at St. Helena, 33. Malta, particulars of the history of, and its connection with England, 395, &c. Marocco, empire of, various par- ticulars relative to, 188-203. A letter from the Emperor to the British King long unan- swered, because it could not be translated, 198. Mathematicians supposed not to be good logicians, 418. Maxims, said to be Persian, spe- cimens of, 544. Medulla Spinalis of quadrupeds, account of a canal in, 359. Merchants, young, obs. on the edu- cation of, and their progress in the counting-house, 217. Mercury, course of, recommended 7
to the European who visits the West Indies, as a preventative of the yellow-fever, 206. Methodists, the treatment of, with levity reprehended by Bp. Pa- ley, 55.
Milton, undervalued by Bp. War- burton, I. note.
Mollusca, marine, a new genus of, described, 118.
Money, origin of the invention of, 504. Question of the legality and rate of interest on, discus- sed. 505. Montesquieu, President, two origi nal letters of, 491. His cele- brated work protected by the Duke de Nivernois, 511. Monte Video, account of, 92. Monument of London, remarks on, 263. note. Moore, Sir John, eulogy on by the Commander in chief, 70: Particulars of his campaign in Spain, from his own journal, 72-84. Obs. on his character, 315. Curious anecdote rel. to, 318. Obs. on his conduct, pre
con. 327-329. Moors of Barbary, domestic man- ners of, 196.
of Grenada, historical par- ticulars and character of, 535, 536.
Morocco. See Marocco.
Moses, comparison of, with Christ, 378.
Napoleon, Emperor, be-praised by the French literati, 521, 522. Nectarines Peaches growing to- gether, account of, 173. Newgate, its bad accommodations for prisoners, 26.
New Testament, obs, on the dia. lects occurring in, 286. Newton, Sir Isaac, interview of the Abbé Alari with him, 458. Niemeyer, Dr., his work on edu-
cation praised, 518. Nivernois, Duke de, his amiable character
Ogilvie, Dr., anecdote of, 18. Omnipresence of God, beautifully illustrated, 127. Onion, Spanish, on the manage-. ment of, 275. Onomatopea, or process of forming words imitative of the things which they express, account of a dictionary of such words, 484. Opium, cultivated by Lord Egre-
mont for medical purposes, 143, Oratory, remarks on the charac- teristics of British and French public speaking, 243-245. Orbit of a revolving body disturbed by other bodies, on the mode of determining its position,529. Orders in council, speech on, 440. Ossian, opinion of Dr. Warburton
Ox, of the Sussex breed, describ. ed, 144 Important remark on working oxen, 145. Oxford, Earl of, said to have been the real writer of Robinson Crusoe, 220.
—, arguments relative to his supposed treachery to- wards Queen Anne, 460-462.
Pardons from the court of Rome,
sold in reams, 379. note. Parliament, extraordinary instruc- tions for oratory in, 347. Parson. See Clergyman. Peaches and nectarine growing one branch, instances of, 273. On varieties of, 276. Perth, description of,, 16. Pestilence of the 14th century, me- lancholy picture of, 541.
Pharmacopaia, remarks on altera- tions made in the last Edin- burgh edition of, 304. Phthisis, mode of treating that disease by a physician of Wilna,
Picts, supposed to be Caledonians, 175. Farther remarks on, 176, 177. 181. Pillar-towers, description of those antient buildings, 262. Pinkerton, Mr., his inquiry into the history of Scotland cha- racterized by Mr. Chalmers, 179.
Plants, tender, hints on inuting
them to our climate, 269. Plate, river, account of, 88.
Pond-fish. See Fish. Poor, interesting view of their earnings, and their expenditure, 146.
of Scotland and of Ireland, Poor-rates, in Sussex, and gene- comparison between, 18.
rally, serious increase of, 141. i Population of the empire of Ma-
Portuguese, their national charac- ter unfavourably represented, 313, 314.
Potassium and Ammoniac, experi- ments on, 356. Potatoe, obs. on the introduction of, into England, 268. On va- rieties of, 271.
Powell, Sir John, anecdotes of,
Price, Dr., remarks on his doc-
trine of annuities, 410. Prisoners, strictures on the deten- tion of, after a grand Jury has thrown out the bill of indict- ment, 24
Prisons of London, observations on, 26. Procession, religious, in Spain, in- voluntarily participated by a British officer, 316. Prodigal Son, parable of, well il- lustrated, 124.
Punishments, legal, and capital, excellent obs. on by Dr. Parr, 230.
Rape, or Brassica napus, a variety of, much recommended, 270. Readings, various, of the Scrip- tures, obs. on, 289. Religious madness, curious state-
ment respecting, 280. Repentance, excellent obs. on, 124, Revolutions, in states, view of their influence on liberty, commerce, and civilization, 475-477- Rhubarb, cultivated by Ld. Egre- mont, for medical uses, 143. Robinson Crusoe, adventures of, said to have been written by, Lord Oxford, 220. Romans, forcing-houses of, obs. on,
274. Rome, court of, and papal church, corruptions of, 379. Curious anecdote of the sale of pardons, ib. note. Rome and Constantinople, reflec- tions on the empires of, after the death of Constantine the Great, 539. Romney, George, particulars of his life, 338-345- Ronsard, the old French poet, his poetic address to the Lark, 486.
Roots, on the origin of, 361. Rousseau, remarks on, by Dr. Warburton, 9.
Sailor, old, poetically described as watching his former ship coming to Deptford to bebroken up.36. Saint Domingo, description of an earthquake in, 532. Fertility of that island, 533. Saint-Helena, statistical and des-
criptive particulars of, 29-33. Salisbury, Mr., on the Tuberose,
270. On the Dahlia, 272. On nectarines and peaches produc ed on the same branch, 273.
Salt-mines of the Tyrol, description of, 479.
Saxons, obs. on the state of archi- tecture among, 259, &c. Scepticism, seientific, poetically described, 103.
Schism, view of arguments against, 371. Scotland, migrations to, from Eng- land, in an important degree, about the twelfth century, 182, 183.
Scott, Dr. John, account of, 298. Scott, Mr.Walter, observations on his poetical compositions, 234, 235.
Scriptures, study of, many and great requisites for, 184. 290. Various readings of, 289. Sea-Kale, on the culture of, 269. Seriousness in religious matters recommended by Archdeacon Paley, 54.
Sewell, Mr., on the Medulla Spi- nalis of quadrupeds, 359. Sheep, the greasing of,recommend- ed for their wool, and the neces- sity of sheltering them, 384. Ship, coming to Deptford to be broken up, poetically describ- ed, 36.
Simpson, Mr. on the Burr-knot apple, 273:
Slaves, traffic in, from the interior of Africa to. Marocco, and treatment of, 201. Snake. See Boa. Somerville, Lord, his remarks on wool, 382.
Sonnet, pleasing, on retrospection, 436. Spain, account of the English campaign in, under Sir John Moore, and of the inadequacy of the Spanish Patriots to sup. port their cause, 72-84. Far- ther observations, 315. 327- 329. Spaniards of St. Domingo, their idleness and consequent po- verty, 533.
Spunging-Houses, regulations of, Utrecht, peace of, particulars con-
Steel. See Iron. Stone. See Lithotomy. Strawberries, on the management of, 271. Improved culture of the Alpine species, 276. Stylites. See Symeon. Sugar, experiments on the appli- cation of, as food for cattle, 223.
Sulphur, experiments on the ana- lysis of, 357
Sussex, agricultural particulars of that county, 138–147. Sweden., See Gustavus. Swift, Dean, accused of Deism, and defended, 464. Symeon Stylites, observations on his extraordinary mode of life, 264. Synchronisms, or chronological arrangement of events in all ages and nations, 537.
Thurlow, Lord, anecdotes of, as a lover of the arts, 241.
Troughton, Mr., on dividing in- struments, 363. Tuberose, on the culture of, 270. Typhus, mode of treating that fever by a Physician of Wilna, 499.
Tyrol, interesting and sublime scenery of that country, 478. Account of its salt-mines, 479. Of the lake Konigssée, 480.
Vines, method of stopping their bleeding, when pruned, 273. Voltaic apparatus, on the con- struction of, 356. Voltaire, his intention of dedicat- ing his Henriade to Lord Bo. lingbroke, 453.
nected with that event, 460.
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