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ARDEN, English, tafte in,

Ggreatly improved in the pre-

fent century, 219.

Nature

chiefly consulted in, 221. False
tafte in, exemplified, 222, 224.
GENTLEMEN, of the country,
their difregard of independency
lamented, 507.
GERMANY, fome remarks on the
farming and husbandry in that
country, 575. Abfurdity of our
making it the feat of a war with
France, 576.
GIBRALTAR, account of a folid
piece of the rock of, lately blown
up, 184.
GLASGOW defcribed, 154.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE, account of

an epidem. fever in that county,
216. Effects of camphire and
calomel in, ib.

GOLD, coin, valuation of, accu-

rately investigated, 245.
GREEK church, refutation of the
ridiculous stories told of it, 136.
GROTIUS, his character, 484.

H.

TALE, Judge, his opinion con-

HENRY I. parallel between his cha

racter and that of Hen. II. 522.
HENRY II. undertakes and at-
chieves the conqueft of Ireland,
411. His reconciliation with
the court of Rome, 412. Flou❤
rifhing state of his affairs, 413.
Great reverse of, ib. His pil-
grimage to Becket's tomb, 414.
His exceffive joy at the defeat
and captivity of the King of
Scotland, 517. His merciful
difpofition ftrongly exemplified,
518. Scotland wholly fubmits
to him, ib. Terms of the fub-
miffion, 519. Censure of this
measure, ib. Parallel of his
char. with that of Hen. III. 522.
HEWSON, Mr. his experiments on
the blood, 422. Obf. on the
lymph, &c. 424. On the ftop-
ping of hæmorrhages, &c. ib.
HILL, Mr. his claim, as to the
first publication of the modern
theory of evaporation, 176.
Contraverted, ib.
HOPETON-HOUSE described, 155.
HORSEMANSHIP, principles of, 22.
Of breaking colts to the bit and
faddle, 25. Of the fnaffle, 27.
HORSLEY, Mr. his obf. on the

Newtonian theory of light, 430.
HOSPITALS, erroneous conftruc

tion and ill management of, 605.
HOVEN-CATTLE, methods of re-

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EALOUSY. See LovE.
JERSEY, iflanders, their op-
preffive government, 112.

Hcerning the office and power INDIA Company, its flender be-

of juries, 472, 473.
HAMBURGH, fome account of, 577.
HAMILTON, Mr. his journey to
Mount Etna, 177.
HANOVER, fome remarks on, by
an English traveller, 576.
HARRINGTON, Mrs. her propofals

for teaching geography, &c. 262.
HARTLEY, Dr.jhis obfervations on
man commended, 509.

ginning, and prodigious growth,
236. Its real conftitution, 238.
Its deviation into other views and
undertakings, foreign to its pri
mitive defign, 239. Evil con-
fequences of that deviation, 242.
INDIANS, of N. America, their
ceremonies at their adoption of
ftrangers, 58. Other particu-
lars concerning them, 59.

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Curious table to illuftrate this,
99. Moral reflections on, 390.
LIGHT, difficulties in the Newto-

nian theory of, confidered, 430.
LIZARD, fcaly, fome acc. of, 185.
LOVE and jealoufy, philofophi-
cally confidered, 386.
LOUGH Nefs defcribed, 150, 151,
Au defcribed, 152.
Lomond defcribed, 153.
LYNN, Mr. his history of a retro-
verted uterus, 47.
LYTTELTON, Lord, his history of
Henry II. characterifed, 526.

MA

M.

ACPHERSON, Mr. his in-
trod. to the hift. of England
refuted, 416. Abufive attack
of this writer cenfured, 460.
MADAN, Rev. Mr. his difinge-
nuous conduct with regard to
the memory of the great Dr.
Clark, 161.

MANCHESTER, formerly a Roman
ftation, 29. Antiquities difco-
vered there, 30. Rife and ori-
ginal conftruction of, 35. Re-
volutions of, 111.
MANNA-TREE, account of, 187.
MARATTI, Carlo, his pictures
criticifed, 480.

MARY, Queen, her cruel perfecu-
tion of her fifter Elizabeth, 550.
Conjectures as to fome fecret
causes of, ib.
MATHEMATICS, tracts relating
to, 71-74, 255, 536.

Law, feudal, inquiry into it, MATRIMONY, caules of the pre-

587. See CONSTITUTION.
LAWS, penal, British, neceffity of
moderating the rigour of, 470.
LEOFLING, the botanist, fome ac-
count of, 61.
LIBERTY, the natural birthright

of mankind, 579. Eftimate of
the nations which do and which
do not enjoy it, ib. The great-
eft part of mankind flaves, 580.
Equivocal liberty, 581.
LIFE, human, difference between
the ftate and duration of, in ci-
ties, and in the country, 98.

MININSKI'S Dictionary of the Per-
fian language, new edit. of, re-
commended to the encourage-
ment of the public, 89.
MIRACLES. See CHRIST.
MONEY, judicious obf. on, 243.
MOSSES, probable theory of the

formation of, in Lancashire, &c.
108. Their extraordinary burft
ing accounted for, 109.
N.
JEw Teftament, criticisms on
fome paffages in, 556-

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558,

NICHOLSON,

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RD of Caithness, a vast pro-

PETRARCH, his Laura, an elegy,
tranflated, 511.
PHILOSOPHY, its eulogium, 383.
Schools and univerfities not fa-
vourable to it, 384.

PLOUGHS, the utility of the feve
ral kinds of, difcuffed, 124.

Omontory in Scotland, de- POPULATION, in England, flate

fcribed, 149.
ORIENTAL literature, ftudy of ré-
commended, 37. The Perfian
tongue greatly used in India, 39,
Critical remarks on that lan-
guage, 40, 82-92. Farther
recommendation of, 89. Poetry
of the eastern nations commend-
ed, 509. Specimen of, tran-
flated, ib.
OTAHITEE, or George's Ifland,
account of the inhab. of, 205.
Their religion, 206. Their wo-
men, 207. Manufactures, 210.
P.

PAINTI

AINTING, true principles of,
475. Hiflory painting the
fame thing with Poetical, 478.
Of Colouring, 479. The Lan-
guage of painters, what, 481.
Great Style of, remarks on, 482.
PARABLE of the builder, juft obf.
On that of Dives and

on, 12.
Lazarus, 13.
PARTIES, whimsical fcheme for the

coalition of, 451.
PATAGONIANS, their
great ftature
exaggerated by voyagers, 180.
PATRIOTISM, modern, inquiry in-
to the true fpirit of, 441. Of
the ancients, ib.
PEOPLE, in England and Wales,
prefent number of, 103.
PERSIC, tongue, its general ufe in
India, 39. Strictures on that
Janguage, 41, 82, feq. Minin-
fki's dictionary of, recommend-
ed, 89.

PERTH, town of, defcribed, 52.

Its confiderable trade, 53.
PETASITE, its medicinal uses, 249.
PETITION of the Clergy, for re-

lief in the matter of subfcription
to the 39 articles, tracts relating
to, 63, 157.

of, inveftigated, 101. Effimate
of the prefent number of people
in this kingdom, 103.
PREACHING, abfurd abuses, in
practifed in Spain, 231, 432.
PRESSING, of Seamen, inquiry
into the legality of, 533.
PRIESTLEY, Dr. his exper. on

charcoal, 426. Investigations
relating to electricity, 427.
PROPHECIES, obf. on the inter-
pretation and application of,
393. The true way of reafoning
on the fubject, 396. Prophecies
relating to the Christian church,
485-494-
PROPHETS, Jewish, their language
and ftyle explained and illuftrat-
ed, 486.
PROSECUTION of felons, &c. great

defect of our laws and cuftoms
in relation to, 474.
PROVISIONS, obf. on the present
dearness of, 620.

R

R.
ASPE, M. his differtation de
modo marmoris albi proda-

cendi, 182.
REVELATIONS, book of, its lan-
guage and ftyle illuftrated, 488.-
RICHARD, the Monk, his curious

itinerary of Roman Britain, 30,
By what means preferved, 31.
ROMANS, in Britain, their grand
military roads, 31. Their fum-
mer camps, 33. Number of
their troops in Britain, 34. -
conomy of their government
here, 105. Influence of their
manners on the conquered Bri-
tons, 108.

ROME, ancient buildings of, deli

neated by M. Defgodetz, 140.-
RUSH, Dr.his acc. of the utefulnes

of wort, in the cure of ulcers, 47.
RUSSIANS,

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SCOTLAND, travels in, 49. Stone
hedges in, 50. Spirit of plant-
ing diffused throughout that
kingdom, ib. Farther account

TURKISH Capt. affect. ftory of, 139.
TURNIP, different kinds of, re.
commended, 119. Method to
preferve from the fly, ib. Cul-
ture of, for feeding cattle, 120.
TURNIP-ROOTED Cabbage con-
demned, ib.

ULCERS.

U.

See ELSE.

W.
ALDO, Mr. his commentary

of, 142. Highlands described, Won the Liturgy, 565.

143-154.
SCOTS, their entire fubjection to
Henry II. King of England, 518.
Terms of their fubmiffion and
fealty, ib. Remarks on, 520.
SERRANUS, Joannes, fome account

of him, and his Gr. poems, 544.
SILVER, ftan. of inveftigated, 244.
SINKING Fund, curious remarks
on, 403. A different fcheme
propofed, 531.
SLAVE-TRADE vindicated, 541.
Cenfured, 542.

SOCIETIES for providing annuities
for perfons in age, &c. fevere
ftrictures on, 103.
SOLIMA, an oriental eclogue com-
mended, 509. Specimen of, ib.
SUBSCRIPTION to the 39 articles,
remarks on, and centure of, 63.
Tracts on, 465, 545, 611.
SWINTON, Mr. his obf. on an
inedited Greek coin, 421.

T.

AITI. See OTAHITEE.

TTALBOT, Mifs, fpecimen

of her talent for poetry, 392.
TECKEL, Mr. his obf. on the in-
fenfibility of tendons, 45.
TEETH, human, procefs of the
formation of, 603. Transplant-
ing of, 604.

TENDONS, obf. on their infenfibi-
lity, 45.

THOMSON, Dr. his account of a
fatal effufion of blood into the
pericardium, 45.

TUMOR, incefted, in the orbit of
the eye, cured by Meff. Brom-
field and Ingram, 47.
TURKISH fleet deftroyed by the
Ruffians, 138.

WA

WALES, Mr. his obf. made in a
voyage to Hudson's Bay, 184.
WARBURTON, Bp. his inftitution
of an annual lecture on the com.
pletion of fcrip. prophecies, 393.
WATSON, Dr. his account of a
fuppofed hydrocephalus inter-
nus, 45.

WHEAT, remarks on the feveral
kinds and culture of, 121.
WHITAKER, Mr. his inquiries into
the ancient history of the Britons,
416. See alfo MANCHESTER.
WHITEFIELD, his oratorical flou.
rifhes, curious fpecimens of, 226.
WHITELOCKE, Ld. Commiflioner,
his refpectable character, 591.
Sent ambaffador to Sweden, 593.
Arrives at the court of Queen
Chriftina, ib. Defcription of
that princefs, 595:
595. Ceremo-
nies at his first public audience,
ib. His converfation with Chrif
tina, relating to Cromwell, 597.
She reveals to him her defign of
abdicating the crown, 598. His
advice to her, on that occafion,
and pertinent ftory of an old
gentleman, 600.

WILMER, Mr. his account of the
good effects of dividing the apo-
neurofis of the biceps muscle, in
a painful lacerated wound, 45.
WINN, Capt. his experiments on
lightning, 429.

WOOLCOMB, Mr. his account of
a mortal wound by gunshot, 422.
WORKHOUSES, hints for their im-
provement, 504.
WORMS, three kinds pernicious to
corn, 125. How to destroy, ib.

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YOUNG, Arthur, his abfurd
attack on the Monthly Re-
viewers expofed, 169.

YOUTH, of the prefent age, their
ignorance of religious matters
reprefented, 499. Plan for their
better inftruction, 501.

INDEX to the Remarkable Paffages in the FOREIGN
ARTICLES Contained in the APPENDIX.

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B.

AXER, Mr. describes an infect, fup-
pofed to be the fame with the plant
tremella, defcribed by Adanson, 675.
BAROMETER, new exper. on, 683.
BARTOLI, his coloured drawings of an-
tiquities, 630, 644.

BEAUSOBRE, his reflections on the na-
ture of obfcure ideas, 673.
BEGUELIN, M. his application of the
principle of a fufficient reafon to the
laws of mechanics, 672.
BERNOULLI, M. his curious queftion in
political arithmetic, 673. His obf. on
the ecliples of the 1ft and ad fatellites
of Jupiter, 674.

BITAUBE, M. his difcuffion of the

question whether the multitude are
competent judges of eloquence, 674.

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ALEMBERT, M. his inquiries re
lating to optic glaffes, 678.
DAMPS, in mines, curious obf. on, 684.
DIVORCE, antiquity of, 651.
DOLLAND, M. a famous telescope of his,
excelling all his others, 679.
DUTCH, their contefts with the English,
relating to their Eaft India trade and
fettlements, 638.

E.

CLIPSES, new analytical obf. for

Bon, Chev. de, his memoir on the E calculating, 676.

refiftance of fluids, 678.

BUACHE, M. his curious maps of the EDUCATION, of a prince, an over-reli-

bafon of the Seine, &c. 677.

CAL

C.

ALVIN, John, his fevere punishment,
in the other world, for burning Ser-
vetus, 662.

CAMERA obfcura, curious obf, on the
pictures formed in, 671.
CAOUTCHOUC. See MACQUER.
CATS held in religious eftimation by the
Egyptians, 652. Story of a Roman
who had the misfortune to kill a cat
in Egypt, ib.

CAYLUS, Count, his birth and educa-
tion, 641. His great military charac-
ter, 642. His travels in the Levant,
ib. His paffion for antiquities, 643.
Applies himself wholly to the fine arts,
ib. His zeal and activity as an acade-
mician, 644. His difcovery of encauf-
tic painting, 646. His vaft collections
of antiques, 648. His death, ib.
CHABERT, M. his operations in furvey-
ing the coafts of the Mediteranean,677,

gious one not conducive to the happi-
nefs of a people, 652.

of a counfellor. See JESUIT.
EGYPTIANS, their religious veneration
for cats, 652.

ELOQUENCE, the multitude not compe-
tent judges of, 674. Nor of the fine
arts, ib.

ENCAUSTIC painting. See PAINTING.
See CAYLUS.

ENGLISH, their trade and commerce for-
merly managed altogether by Jews and
other foreigners, 635. Begin to exert
themselves in the reign of Elizabeth,
637. Eftablish a trade to the E. Indies,
638. Their contefts with the Dutch, ib,

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