to cross the desert, ib.; situation, &c. of Wassanah, a large city in the in- terior of Africa, 83; description of the king, ib.; probability of the Niger's being connected with the Congo river, ib.
Rhodes's Peak scenery, 530, et seq.;
remarks on graphic illustrations of descriptive tours, &c. 533; desolation of the village of Eyam by the plague, 535; Christian heroism of the clergy- man and his wife, ib. ; perilous situa- tion of a miner, 536. Roberts's manual of prophecy, 384, et seq.; his application of certain pas- sages from Daniel, 386; on the measur- ing of the temple of God, 387; on a passage from the Apocalypse, 388, 9. Robson's sermons, extracts from, 305; his
examination before the committee of
the house of commons, ib. Rogers's Human Life, a poem, 218, et seq.; character of the "Pleasures of "Memory," b.; defect of the pre- sent mode of writing, 219; character of Dr. Young's poetry, ib.; opening of the poem, 221; picture of childhood, 222, 3; the lover's evening walk with his mistress, 223; recollections of St. Anne's hill, 224, 5; old age, 225, 6. Roby's lectures on the principal evidences
of revealed religion, 259; epitome of the course of lectures, 264, 5. Ross's translation of the fifth sermon of Sadi, 433; extract, 433, 4.
Salt's account of the caves in Salsette, 428, 9.
Salvation of man, Dr. Law's sermons on the scriptural doctrine of, 36; et seq.
Sartine, M. de, minister of the French
marine, anecdote of, 330.
Satire, as a supposed means of virtue, considered, 57.
Scandinavia, Dr. Clarke's travels in, 509,
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before the university, 151; subjects of the sermons and quotation, ib. Sermons, Small's, to young people, 259, et seq.
Sherlock, Bishop, on natural religion,
Shipwreck of an American brig, Riley's account of, 64.
Sieyes, Abbé, his character, 332, et seq. ; composes a new constitution by order of Bonaparte, 233, 4.
Sinners, the enticement of, Thomson's two discourses to warn the young against, 259, et seq.
Slavery in the American states, 155. Small's sermons to young people, 239, et
seq.; subjects treated of, 262; On spiritual peace, 262, 3.
Sonnet writing, essay on, 473; extract, 475, et seq.
Spence's, Elizabeth, letters from the Highlands, 479; interesting account of Christian Milne, ib.; popularity of Dr. Chalmers, at Glasgow, 480. Staël, Mad. la Baronne de, sur les prin- cipaux evénemens de la revolution Françoise, 201, et seq.; the present work more suited to the English than the French public, 202; deteriorated state of the French press since the revolution, 203; unabated vigour of the English press, from the time of the civil wars, ib.; French Encyclope- dists, decay of thier fame, 204; their works read only for their licentious- ness, 208; cause of the decay of literature in France, 206; state of literature under Bonaparte, 208: on the influence of the infidel writers, 209; Voltaire, remarks on his mental baseness, 210; impar- tiality of the present author, 210, 11; her qualifications, ib. ; the leading ob- jects of the present work, 212; character of M. Necker, 213, et seq.; his great susceptibility to public opinion, 216, 17; his later conduct opposed by the popular party, 218; accused of empiricism, 317, et seq.; constantly opposed the financial schemes of the National As- sembly, 319; depressed state of his mind on his return to the ministry, 320; labours to establish the English constitution in France, 321; the Queen in favour of this measure, ib.; utter futility of the scheme exposed, 322; remarks on the establishment of re- publicanism in America, 323; grand error of the French legislators, 324, et seq.; M. Necker retires to Coppet, 327; the French enter Swisserland, 827,
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8; Mad. de Staël's concluding remarks on her father's political character, +328; administration of M. de Maurepas, 329; he proposes to Louis XVI. to no- minate Necker to the finances, ib.; geo- graphical knowledge of M. de Sartine, minister of the murine, 330); character of M. de Calonne, 330, 1; Abbé Sieyes, 332; composes a new constitution by order of Bonaparte, 333, 4; Count de Mirabeau, 334, et seq; his death, 337 ; remarks on his orations, &c. 339, cha. racter of Louis the Sixteenth, 340; of Marie Antoinette, 341; king and royal family compelled to quit Versailles, 341, et seq; his calmness under the most ap- palling circumstances ib., cruel treatment of the king on his trial, 344; character of Bonaparte, 491, et seq; hypocrisy and immorality the leading features of his system, 493, et seq.; author's opinion of the first measures of Louis XVIII, 496; and of the persecutions of the pro- testants in the South of France, 497, 8; assertion of the Ultra-royalists, that the French were not made to be free, exposed, 498,9; difference between the English and the French, as capacitated for the enjoyment of liberty, 500; author's representation of English manners, 500, 1; whether England will ever lose her political liberty, 501, 2. Staunton's, Sir George, translations of two Ch nese edicts, relating to the condemnation of certain persons con- victed of christianity, and of certain magistrates, 426, 7.
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Strachan's early history of Algebra, 286. Study, the, echo of, 487, 8.
Swisserland, invasion of, by the French, 327, 8.
Takhtalu, Mount, its height, 548. Tarver's Dictionnaire des verbes Fran- çois, 572, 3.
Thomson's two discourses to the young, against the enticements of sinners, 259, et seq. Thornton's sermons on the most impor- tant duties of the gospel, 376, el sey. ; subjects of the varioas discourses, 377; on the intercession of Christ, 377, 8. Thurtle's (Miss) history of France, 481, et seg.
Tithe-proctors, in Ireland, their tyranny, 48, 9.
Tithes, one cause of the poverty of the Irish, 48.
Touch, the Royal,' virtue of, 280, et seq.; ceremonies used for healing, 281. Tour, picturesque, through France, Switzerland, &c. in 1816, 378, il seq.; author's route, 382; a French kuchen, 383; scenery of Vaucluse, 383. Traducteur, by M. Merlet, 572, 3. Travels in Scandinavia, by Dr. Clarke, 509, el seq.;
Trent, decree of the council of, on the necessity of invoking sa nts, 308. 9. Trolhætta, falls of, 514; freak of the late king of Sweden ut these falls, ib.
Vagrants, present state of the law in regard to, 239.
Vaucluse, description of its scenery, 383. Vendéens, les jeunes, par feu Mad. Ber- nard, 393.
Virginians, their character, 158. Vision of Daute, 556, et seq. Voltaire, base conduct of, in regard to the protestunts, 209, 10.
Walpole, Sir Rob. anecdotes of, 91, et seq. Warner's epistolary curiosities and ori- ginal letters, 573. et seq.; letters of Dr. Cheyne to Richardson, 576, 7; historical Armenian account of Ameen, the prince, 578; his letter to the Earl of Northumberland, on his unhappy situation, 579, 80.
Taurus, Mountains of, their elevation, Warren's, Captain, account of observa- 548.
Taylor's annals of health and long life,
Taylor's, Mrs. correspondence between a mother, and her daughter at school, 1. 394.
Taylor's, Mrs. reciprocal duties of pa- rents and children, 394, et seq.; fatal mistake of parents who foster a party spirit in their children, 395; nature of bigotry, ib; importance of young persons ac quiring a general knowledge, 397, 8. Terra Australis, Fiinders's voyage to, 359, et seq.
Theatrical critique, 473, 477, 8.
tions taken near Fort St. George, for determining the obliquity of the eclip- tic, 288.
Wassanah; a large city of central Africa, its situation, &c. 83; descrip- tion of the king, ib.
Wener, Lake, 514. Wesley's, Charles, sermons, 150, et seq. Wessenberg, Baron, proceedings of the
papal court against him, to prevent his succeeding to the see of Constance, 462, et seq.
Wheat, stocking of, as practised in Ireland,
Wilson's, Daniel, sermons, 226, et seq. ; titles of the several discourses, 227; on preaching the doctrine of the Cross, 228; its tendency to counteract human pride. 228, 9; excites the contempt of nominal Christians, 229; on having the Son, 230, 1; on the influence of the world, 231, et seq.; on the supply of the spirit of Christ, 234, 5.
Wix on the expediency of a council of the
churches of England and Rome being held, to accommodate religious differ- ences, &c. 301, et seq.; various official stations of the author, 301; church of England declared by Mr. Wix to acknowledge the authority of the church of Rome, 303; extracts from the articles, ib.; the author's proposed union not to extend to schismatics, 304; extracts from Robson's sermons, 305; his examination before the par- liament house, ib.; church of Eng land essentially indebted to tradition, 306; author's remarks on popish infal- libility, 307; asserts that the church of Rome should not make concessions, ib.; his fallacious mode of reasoning, 307, 8; denies that the council of Trent insists on the necessity of invok- ing the saints, ib.; decree of the council on this subject; ib. et seq. ; extract from "Popery the religion of "heathenism," showing that prayers to saints &c. are relies of beathen idolatry, 310, et seq.; the church of England said not to deny the authority of the pope, 313; rejected state of all dissenters, from this proposed union, 314; author's denunciation of the bible society, 315; his eulogy on charity, 441, et seq.; remarks on his forty pages of extracts and autho- rities, 442, et seq. ; character of Collier, 444; Thorndike, ib. ; bishop Montagu, b.; bishop Cosin, 445; Dr. Grabe, ib.; Dr. Bramhall, 446; Dr. Hammond, ib,; bishop Forbes, ib.; Dr. Sherlock, ib.; Fleuri,447; Drs. Hickes, Cave, and Waterland, ib.; Dr. Bing- ham, 448; Mr. Campbell, ib.; Dr. Brett, ib.; Dr. Dodwell, ib. ; author's excellent rule for attaining uniformity of faith, 450; his mode of treat- ing transubstantiation, 452; extract from " Popery the religion of hea- "thenism," ih.; on prayers to angels and departed saints, 455, et seq.; on bowing before a crucifix, habitual signing with the cross, and other prac tices generally deemed superstitious, 456, et seq.; festival held annually at Rome, for sprinkling horses and asses
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with holy water, 458; author's`re. marks on a reference to early opi nions and practices, 458. 9; reveries of some of the early fathers, viz. Augustine, Bede, Basil, Origen, Cyril, 460, et seq; author denies the church to be the antichrist of scripture, 581; and that the Latin service is intended to keep the people in igno- rauce, 582; thinks the Romish service grand and captivating, 583; again denounces the association of church- men and dissenters, 584; Pinkerton on the evil effects of popery in Spain and Portugal, 585; present state of France under popery, 586; exclusion system of Mr. Wix, and that of the church of Rome, compared, 589, 90; bull of the present pope against the bible societies, 591; English popish priests forbid the reading of the pro- testant version of the bible, 592, et seq.; members of the bible society do not associate to make converts of one another, 597; union of the two churches offers a grand specific against the evil of evangelical chris- tianity, 599; inquiries for the consi- deration of certain ministers of the establishment, ib. et seq.; probability of a separation of some German states from the Roman see, 602: inquiry as to the author's opinion concerning the catholic claims, 604; the Church of England three fourths popish, 605; amiable temper of the present pope questioned, 606;' note; bishop Hal on a general council, 608. Wright's philosophy of Elocution, 389, et seq.
Wrede acco..nt of the festival of Ma- mangom. 425.
Wynne's, Mr. farm near Sligo, 51.
Yanar, or volcanic flame, description of its appearance, 548. Yeates's Indian church history, 250, et seq.; the "Acts of the Apostles," exhibits examples for all christian churches, ib.; author's fanciful parallel between the christian church and the Jewish polity, 252; his absurdities exposed, 253; instances of his care- less writing, 254, his extracts from the Syrian records not worthy of cre dit, 255; relations of the Syrian and Chaldean writers, 255, 6; author's account of the state of the Malabar christians in the fifteenth century, 257; letter of a Syrian bishop to a patriarch of Antioch, 258.
Young's, Dr. poetry, character of, 219.
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