AST-India, the trade carried
on there from Europe, vin-
dicated, 472. Antiquity of
that trade traced, 476.
ELECTRICITY, pofitive and ne-
gative, defined, 91.
EMBEZZLEMENT of public mo-
ney, how confidered in Ruffia,
149.
EPICUREANS, the abfurdity of
their notions, 390.
EPISTLES of St. Paul, the differ-
ent manner of reasoning in
them accounted for, 273.
EQUALITY among mankind not
hitherto attainable, 337. Not
intended by Nature, 338.
ERASMUS, cenfured by the coun-
cil of Trent, for a propofition
in baptifm, 197. His remarks
on the contefted text in St.
John, refpecting the Trinity,
200. His account of an an-
nual pagan rite continued
among the English in his time, HEA
at St. Paul's church, 202.
ESCHYLUS, fome account of, 7.
His improvements in tragedy,
291.
EVIL, enquiry into the reasons
of its existence, 440.
EURIPIDES, fome account of, 8.
'EXPOSITION of an obfcure text
in St. Paul, 410.
TEAD, chirurgical cafes of
wounds in, 276.
HEAT of Weather, poetical pic
ture of, 70.
HEATHEN Divinities, interpret-
ed, 117.
HEBREW Bible, number of let-
ters in it estimated, 15. Nu-
meral, how expreffed, 13.
Text of the Old Teftament,
the expediency of correcting,
HEMLOCK, its virtues enume-
rated, 285.
HERO, her fpeech to Leander
trandated, 132.
HEROES, ancient and modern,
how diftinguished, 456.
HERVEY, the Rev. Mr. James,
his character, 377. Verses on
his picture, 379:
HISTORIAN, ought to resemble
an epic poet, 519.
Nn a
HIS-
DEAS, fimple, how diftin-
guished from fentiment,
512.
IMAGINATION, the nature of,
366.
INFLAMATORY Disorders, re-
formed method of treating
them, 249.
IRELAND, plea in favour of the
Roman Catholics there, 136.
JAPANESE method of curing a
peculiar fpecies of cholic, 469.
Their method of curing the
fmall-pox, 471.
JEALOUSY, that paffion analyfed,
396.
JESUITS, great Traders and Fore-
ftallers, 45. The notoriety of
their traffic, 47. Sell cheese
by the pennyworth, 48.
fraudulent failure of their bank
at Seville, 49. Their Miffi-
onaries oppofers of conversion
to Chriftianity, and encourag-
ers of Idolatry, 50. Miffion-
aries of other orders fuppreffed
by them, 51. Pomp of a fef-
tival of theirs at Rome, 54.
Their polite manner of record-
ing their own history, 56.
JUSTIFICATION, reconciliation
of the feeming contrary ac-
counts of it, given by St. Paul
and St. James, 355.
EYSER, teftimonies in fa
vour of his remedy again
the venereal difeafe, 169.
KNOUTING, explanation of that
punishment, 149.
KNOWLEGE, ought to be com
municated gradually to the
mind, 349. How to be at
tained, 365. Relating to any
Being, refolvable into a know-
lege of its effects, 385.
ATIN Language, obferva-
tions on the arrangement
of, 312. Critical instances of,
313.
LATINISM and Gallicifm, invef-
tigation of, 311.
LAURENCE, St. miraculous ac
count of his thigh-bone, 322.
LAW of Nature, and that of Na-
tions, often mifunderflood,
104. Wolfius the first who
diftinctly understood them, 106.
Diftinguished, ibid. How lit-
tle refpected by the managers
of national concerns, 114.
-, Its intricacy accounted for,
183, 185. Definitions of,
186.
Law-Language, criticisms on,
238.
LAWS, caufe of the imperfection
of thofe of England, 394.
LEARNING, that branch of, con-
fidered by us as the principal,
which has been the object of
our study, 1.
LICIENSIS the conventual, droll
ftory concerning him, 198.
LIGHT, its power of action ab-
folutely unknown, 384.
LIGHTNING, cold fufion of me-
tals by it denied, 102.
LINNÆUS, his method of claf-
fing vegetables, 213.
LONGITUDE, new fcheme for
the finding, 164.
LOOKING-Glafs, furprizing story
of a retentive one, 407.
LUNACY, remarkable cafe of,
legally confidered, 451.
LUXURY, its effects on the Eng-
lifh form of government, en-
quired into, 25.
ACHIAVEL, his politics
M condemned, 73.
MAHOMMED, Condition of the
Roman empire when he ap-
peared, 259.
MALICE, a legal definition of,
447.
MAN of Confequence, recipe for
compounding, 66.
METEOR, account of an extra-
ordinary one, 102-
METHODISTS, religious Mounte
banks, 199.
MISSIONARIES, their difficulty
in making American Converts,
420.
MODERNS, the folly of their ad-
hering to the rules of the an-
tients, 372.
MONEY, its original ufe, 120.
the ancient and prefent
ftandard of, in England, 160.
Altering the nominal value of,
whether or not detrimental to
commerce, 161.
MUSES, addrefs to, 526.
Music, poetical difplay of its
effects, 65.
MARCUS Aurelius, his character NATION, the poffibility of
of Titus Antoninus, 504. His
reign characterised, 506.
MARY Queen of Scots, how the
letters which furnished the ac-
cufation against her were faid
to be found, 33. Reafons for
concluding them to be a forge-
ry, ibid. Unfair treatment of
her by Queen Elizabeth, 35.
Reply to Hume and Robert-
fon, relating to them, 38.
MASORA, what, 14.
MATHEMATICAL Knowlege, the
pride of the human mind,
363.
MATTER, its properties debated,
229. Its capability of think-
ing examined into, 368.
MEAD, Dr. his character, 304.
MEASLES, Cautions in the ma-
nagement of, 281.
its being united again
its own intereft, 29. Charac-
teristics of a powerful one, 75.
Sign of its decay, 76.
NATIONS, independent, their
natural equality afferted, 107.
NATURAL Children, tendernefs
of the Scottish law toward
them, 194
Religion, the foun-
dation of all herefies, 142.
NATURALIZATION, univerfal,
propofed, 154..
NEEDLE, magnetic, obfervations
on the diurnal variation of, 95.
The caufe fuggefted, 96.
NEGRO, extraordinary change in
the colour of one, to white,
NERVA, Emperor, his character,
498. Inftances of his mild-
nefs, 499.
METAPHYSICIANS, why in no NOVEL-writing, an examination
PAUL, St. his different manners
PORTUGUESE, caufe of the de-
cline of their East-India trade,
478.
PRAYER, why exercised in the
name of Chrift, 359.
PRESS, confequences refulting
from the liberty of, 379-
PRINCES, thofe of former ages
greater adepts in fcience, than
thofe of modern times, 394.
PROJECTORS, apology for, 487.
Scheme for a college of, 490.
PRUSSIA, King of, his prayer in
behalf of Poets, 227.
PUBLIC Virtue, in extremes, a
private vice, 133-
UEBEC, the method of liv-
of reafoning in different places, Quing there, 419.
accounted for, 273. Expofi-
tion of an obscure text in,
410.
Picrs Wall, lamentation on the
demolition of it, 126.
PEOPLE, number of upon the
globe computed, 78.
PERRON, Cardinal, an everlast-
ing talker, 198.
PERSEUS and Andromeda, in-
terpretation of that fable, 141.
PHILOSOPHY, no lefs in need
of restriction within the bounds
of probability than Poetry,
338. One of its nobleft pur-
pofes, 339. Enquiry into the
cause of its prefent difrepute,
393, 395. Its dignity, 434.
PHYSICAL Knowlege, its vague-
nels, 362. Method of en-
larging it with certainty, 381.
PLATO, fome account of his life,
346. His reflections on the
government of Athens, 347.
Defence of his republic, 351.
POLISHED Planes, curious re-
marks on the reflection of light
from, 387.
REDOUBTS, their preference to
Lines of Circumvallation in
fieges, 152.
REMORSE, an evidence of Free.
agency, 439.
RESIDENCE of the Clergy, ob-
structions to, 252.
RETIREMENT, a recommenda-
tion of, 69.
RIDICULE, the proper applica-
tion of, 319.
RICHES and Honour, destructive
to genius and learning, 490.
ROMAINE, Mr. his definition of
Gofpel, 307. His defcription
of the Godhead, 309.
ROMANS, evidences of their to-
tal depravity under their Em-
perors, 498.
ROUSSEAU, M. comedy in ridi
cule of, 320.
RUSSIA, Computation of the
inhabitants in, 401. The an-
cient obfcurity of, 519.
AMARITAN Pentateuch, fu-
perior to the Hebrew text,
SAXE, Marshal, reciprocal blun-
ders between him and the D-
of C, laft war, 151.
SCARLET colour, its efficacy in
the cure of the small-pox,
471.
SCHEMERS, apology for, 487.
A college for, projected, 490.
SCHOOL-Boys tranfgreffing their
bounds, verfes on, in Latin
and in English, 246.
SCOTTISH Law, recommended
to the study of English Law-
yers, 178.
SCRIPTURES, inftances of varia-
tions in the different verfions
of, 17, 21,
SEEDS, method of preferving,
for growth, 99.
SELF-murder, how confidered in
common law, 444. In civil
law, 446.
SEPTUAGINT Tranflation of the
Scriptures, its authority vindi-
cated, 139.
SHAKESPEAR, his neglect of uni-
ties, apology for, 372, 374.
abfurdities in him noted, 463.
SILK-worm, new fpecies of, 96.
SILVER, in what light to be con-
fidered in trade, 474-
SLAVERY, the unlawfulness of
holding any perfon in fuch a
ftate, 192.
SLOANE, Sir HaNs, his method
of living in his decline of life,
303.
SMALL-pox, efficacy of the co-
lour of fcarlet in the treatment
of this diforder, 471.
SOCIETY, the origin of it traced,
179. The progrefs of dedu-
ced, 182, Scheme of, for
uniting all the nations in the
world, 340. Conjectural bad
confequences, from a perfect
fyftem of 344.
SOCIETY for the encouragement
of arts, foundation of, 431.
SOIL, none too bad for improve-
ment and vegetation, 508.
SOLILOQUIES in modern tragedy,
their fuperiority in comparison
with the ancient chorus, 4.
SOPHISTS, character of those
Philofophers, 349. Obferva-
tions on Socrates's manage-
ment in difputing with them,
350.
SOPHOCLES, fome account of, 8.
The first who bestowed white
fhoes and stockings upon Tra-
gedians, 294.
SPANISH Formality, ridiculous
inftances of, 77.
SPHINX, how expounded, 141.
STANISLAUS, King of Poland,
his oppofition to infidelity,
389.
STATESMEN, thofe beft entitled
to the favour of heaven, who
beft confult the happiness of
the people, 23.
STOCKINGS, black and white,
curious electrical experiment
with, 93.
STOICAL Principles, fallacy of,
187.
STRELITZES, Ruffian foldiers,
terrible fedition among, 401.
SUBORDINATION, the obliga-
tions to, confidered, refpecting
Rulers, from whom a people
have forcibly obtained redress
of grievances, 24.
SUSPICIOUS Hufband, criticism
on that comedy, 465.
TALMUD, what, and when
published, 19.
TASTE, an enemy to genius, 375-
TAXES,
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