vourable estimate of the piece, ib.
Ideas, theory of, unfounded, 132 Insanity, Hill's essay on the prevention and cure of, 59, et seq.; its frequent occurrence, 40; asserted by the au- thor, to be always founded on cor- poral disease, ib.; its proximate cause, 47; its hereditary nature, 48; treatment, preventive and curative,ib., detection of pretenders to madness, 53-4
Instinct of animals a law of nature, and
not an exertion of the reasoning prin- ciple, 327
Interpretation of the Bible, Dr. Marsh's course of lectures on, 79, et seq.; of words, 84
Keith's geometry, 174, el seq. Kidd, on the mineralogy of the neigh- bourhood of St. David's, Pembroke- shire, 560
Kohlmeister and Kmoch's voyage from Okkak to Ungava Bay, 1, et seq.
Labaume's narrative of the campaign in Russia, 628, et seq., character of the work, 629, state of the French army on crossing the Niemen, ib. battle of Ostrowno, 630; admirable or- der of the Russians, 630; error of Buo- naparte, 630; destructive battle of Malo- Jaroslavitz, stern indifference of Buona- parte, 632; dreadful extremity of the French army in its retreat, 633; horrid catastrophe at Liudoui, 633
Lathorn Hall, siege and defence of, 592-3 Laud, his cruel persecution of Alexan- der Leighton, 273
Leftley's poems, 623, et seq., decline of
his health, with his character, 624, in- cantation to the tooth-ach, 625-6 Lent, all food rigorously prohibited till after sun-set during its continuance, in Abyssinia, 420
Letters from a lady to her sister, du- ring a tour to Paris, in the months of April and May, 1814, 73-4; appear-
ance of Louis XVIII., at the Cathedral of Notre Dame described, ib. L'Hôpital, Butler's essay on the life of, 148, et seq.
Liadoui, dreadful catastrophe of the French sick and wounded there, 633
Liberty, Hunt's descent of, a mask, 517; definition of a mask, ib.; subject, 517; extracts, ib., et seq.; song of peace, 520; welcome of Ceres, 521
Linley's poems, 627-8
Lord of the Isles, a poem, by Walter Scott, 469, et seq; sketch of the poem, 470, et seq.; extracts, 472 Lunatic asylums, abuses and evils of, 49, melancholy instance of, ib.
Mac Culloch, on certain products ob- tained in the distillation of wood, with some account of bituminous substances, and remarks on coal, 558; on the granite Tors of Cornwall, 559; Loggingrock, ib.; cheese-wring, 560; on the vitrified forts of Scotland, 562; on the sublimation of Silica, 564; on the junction of trap and sand- stone, at Stirling Castle, 568: miscel- laneous remarks accompanying a ca- talogue of specimens, 573; on several parts of Scotland that exhibit quartz rock, &c. 573, isle of Rum, ib.; Craig of Ailsa, ib.; Arran, 574; Portsey, ib.; Crinan, ib.; on Staffa, 576; on vegetable remains found in Chalce- dony, 576
Madras and China, Wathen's voyage to, 447, et seq.; Conjeveram, 449; Vish- nou's temple, ib.; temple and carri- ages of Seeva, 451-2; Chinese tem- ple and holy pigsty, 455; British in- tegrity, its estimate in China, 457 Maladelta, one of the Pyrenean chain, re- flections occasioned by the desolate ap- pearance around it, 213 Malo-Jaroslavitz, destructive battle of, 632, Buonaparte's stern indifference on view ing the field of battle, ib.
Malumpava or Elephant tree, 227 Man disqualified by sin for the full en- joyment of the beauties and blessings of nature, 13, et seq.
Manuscripts of the books of Scripture, their various readings, 81
Marboré, one of the Pyrenees, picture of, 213
Marsh's course of lectures on the in- terpretation of the Bible, 79, et seg.; biblical criticism, its true object, 80; no book of Scripture extant in the author's own hand writing, ib.; form
in which the Scriptures existed pre- viously to the invention of printing, ib.; manuscripts differ in their read- ings, 81; benefits resulting from bibli- cal criticism, 82: extract 83; inves- tigation of single words, ib.; Dr. Marsh, an advocate for the revision of the com mon version, 84; rules for the interpretation of words, ib.; literal and figurative use of words, 85; alle- gory, its definition, 86; the Pope's su- premacy declared in the first chapter of "Genesis,86; remarks on allegorizing texts,
Mary 1st, state of religion during her reign, 267
Mask, what it is, 517
Mathematical tables, by the Rev. W. A. Barker, 291-3
Mechanics, Bridge's treatise on, 308 Memorial on behalf of the native Irish,
607, et seq.; good effects of the Gaelic schools, 608; advantages of teaching the Irish in their own tongue, 609; Dr. Johnson on circulating the Scriptures, 610
Memory, causes of a bad one, 142 Merbury Francis, his examination before Bishop Aylmer, 121, et seq. Mercury, table of its transits, 392
Mesuril, on the East coast of Africa, manu- factory of M nioca there, 224 Military despotism, its demoralizing influence. 540
Mind, its faculties not proportionate to the size of the brain, 334 Miscellaneous papers of John Smeaton, 298, et seq. titles of the papers 299 Mont Perdu, the highest eminence of the Pyrenean chain, 212
Monte Serrato, its hermitage decribed,
Moon-light, a beautiful description of, from Southey's Roderick, 365 Moral emancipation must precede poli- tical freedom, 541
Moral evil, its tendency to perpetuate its own existence, 537; and to para- lyze the mass of the people in regard to virtuous feeling, 538 Moravians, the public opinion of their mode of christianizing the Heathen, founded upon deficient information,, 1, et seq.; their mode not different from that of other missionaries, 8; eleven brethren slain by the Indians, 11; fail in their first attempt to settle at Labrador, 12; form settlements at Nain, Okkak, and Hopedale, 13; specimen of a Moravian missionary, 157
More's (Mrs. H.) essay on the character and practical writings of St. Paul, 433; el seq.; chief difficulty of a writer on Christian morals, ib.; minds of various orders have respectively their appropriate scenes of action in their attempts to improve moral society, 435; causes that have tended to esta- blish the popularity of Mrs. More as a Christian Moralist, ib.; deficiency of her earlier writings in regard to Christian doctrine, 436; general cha- racter of her writings, 437; Author's views in treating on the character of St. Paul, 437-9; sketch of the contents, 438, et seq.; estimate of Pagan morality, ib; superiority of the Christian scheme, 439; on St. Peter's remark-that St. Paul's epistles contain things hard to be understood, 439, epistles of St. Paul, of equal authority with the other scriptures, 440; distinction in regard to the cha- racter of Jesus Christ as exhibited in the Gospel, and in the Epistles, ib.; in- stance of an incautious mode of ex- pression, ib; remarks on the Gospel con- sidered as being merely a scheme of words, 412; tendency of the doctrine of the Cross to raise the tone of moral obli- gation, 443; obedience requires not only motives, but inclination and power, 443; Paul's conduct in regard to ecclesiastical dignity, ib.; philosophy hostile to Chris- tian toleration, 444; evils incident to somnolence of character, 445, Author's reflections on the speculatists of the Ger- man school, ib. Mrs. More and Ma- dame de Stael contrasted, 446; St. Paul's heavenly mindedness, 600; on 'the love of money,' ib. et seq.; de- ceptive nature of the principle, ib. the conduct of man in his reception of the Gospel, 603; God, the fountain of our mercies and virtues, ib.; on prayer, 604; Mrs. More's patriotism, 605; ENGLAND, remarks on her claims to having evan- gelized the heathen, &c. 606, estimate of Mrs. More's work, 607 More's (Mrs. Hannah) sacred dramas, 404
Mosambique, some account of the Por- tuguese slave trade at that place, 224, el seq.
Nain, a Moravian settlement formed there, by Jens Haven, 13 Narrative of repassing the Beresina, 628
Native Irish, memorial of, 607, et seq.; good effects of the Gaelic schools, 608; advantages of teaching the Irish
in their native tongue, 609, letter of of Dr. Johnson, on circulating the scrip- tures, 610-11
Natural Philosophy, advantages derived from the study of it, 483
Natural Philosophy, Playfair's outlines
of, 480, et seq.; Dynamics and its sub- divisions, 481-2; advantages arising from the study of this science, 483; phy- sical astronomy, 484; on the gravi- tation of bodies, 485; disturbing for- ces of the planets, 487; gravitation a proof of the original existence and con- tinued operation of a designing agent, 488; obliquity of the ecliptic, ib.; theo- rems of Laplace, 489; probability of a more general principle than the law of gravitation, 490
Needles, fatal consequences to the work- man, in that part of the manufacture called dry grinding, 189
New covering to the velvet cushion, 595, et seq.; its character, 596, et seq.; the story with remarks, 597; death of the Vicar, 599
Negres, de l'interêt de la France à l'egard
de la traite de; par J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi, 65
New mathematical tables, by P. Barlow, 291, et seq.
Nonconformist's remains, sermons com- piled by Richard Slate, 86, el seq. Nonconformity to the rites and cere- monies of the established church, its rise, 267
No salvation out of the Church, M. Gre- goire's remarks on it, 548
Obedience, Christian, requires not motives, but inclination and power, 443 Okkak, journal of a voyage from, to Ungava Bay, by Kohlmeister and Kmock, 1, et seq.; Moravians, their high estimation in the opinion of the world, ib.; its causes explained, 2; the public opinion founded on false principles, 3; mode pursued by the Moravian missionaries in their at- tempts to convert the Heathen, ib.;
extract from Spangenberg', 4; 'Johannes's account of his conversion,' 5; first mode practised by the Mora- vians to convert the Greenlanders un- successful, 7; a different mode adopt- ed, 8; their plans not different from those of other missionaries, ib.; civi- lization considered by the Moravians as subsequent to conversion, 9; * se- cond extract from Spangenberg,' ib. el seq.; ' eleven brethren killed by the Indians,' 11; present appearance of
the later missions, not justly to be estimated by a contrast with the ad- vanced state of the Moravian mis- sions, 12; failure of the Moravians in their first attempt to settle in La- brador, ib.; Jens Haven renews the attempt and forms a settlement at Nain, 13; a second formed at Okkak, ib.; a third at Hopedale, 13; speci- men of a Moravian missionary, 157; state of the Labrador mission in 1812, ib.; extracts from their Periodical Accounts: elative to the settlement at Nain,' 157, et seq.; ' at Hopedale', 159, et seq.; situation of Okkak and Ungava Bay, and course of the voy- age,' 160; extracts from the journal, 161; mountains of Nachvak, 163; Es- quimaux mode of catching salmon-trout, 164; address of an Esquimaux to his countrymen, 165; Esquimaux feast, 166; remarkable elevation of the tides, 167; extent of their voyage, 170; South river, ib.; Kohlmeister's address to the natives, 171; style and character of the work, 172; general success of the mission, ib.; appeal to the Chris- tian public on the embarrassments of the Moravian funds, 173
Oliver Heywood, short account of him, 89; extract, ib.
Organs, their situations and external marks according to Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, 468
Original lines and translations, 619, et seq.; extracts, 620-1 Ostrowno, battle of, 630
Oxen, Abyssinian custom of cutting the flesh from them while living, 417-8; Bruce's account wantonly false, ib.
letters from a lady to her sister during a tour to, in April and May 1814, 73-4
Parkinson, on the specimens of Hippu- rites from Sicily, 565
Pass, a terrific one, from Albinen to the baths of Leuck, 557
Paul, St., Mrs. More's essay on the character and practical writings of, 433, et seq.; her views in writing the present work, 437-8; contents, 438, et seq.; estimate of the Pagan morality, ib.; superiority of the Christian scheme, 439; St. Peter's remark, that the epistles contain things difficult of comprehension, 439; epistles of equal authority with the other scriptures, 440; character of Jesus Christ, as exhibited in the gospel and
episties, ib.; the gospel as a scheme of morals, 412; doctrine of the cross, its tendency to raise the tone of moral obliga- tion, 443; obedience requires not only motives, but inclination and power, 443; Paul took no ecclesiastical dignity, ib.; philosophy hostile to Christian toleration, 444; somnolence of character, its evils, 445; remarks on the German school, ib.; St. Paul's heavenly minded- ness, 600; on the love of money, de- ceptive nature of the principle, ib.; God the fountain of our mercies and vir- tues, ib.; on prayer, 604; character of the work, 607
Peace, song of, in the mask, 517; see
Hunt's Descent of Liberty Penn's prophecy of Ezekiel concerning Gogue, 91, et seq.; prophecy, become more clear as its accomplishment ap- proaches, 62; permanent peace for Europe not yet to be expected, 93; Gog, and the land of Magog, 95; Author's application of these names, 96; design of the work, 97; inquiry into the title of the prophecy, 98; nations signified by its names, ib.; in- vading army, its native regions, 99; Gogue, its particular application, 101; prophetic signification of Jeru salem and Israel, 103; declaration of the prophets, considered as threefold, after St. Augustine, 104; geography of the prophecy, 106; extract, ib.; objec- tions to the Author's system, 106-7; general remarks, 108
Penry, John, his persecution and execu- tion in the reign of Elizabeth, 274 Periodical Accounts of the Moravians, extracts from', 157, et seq. Personality, its import as applied to a dis- tinction in the Divine essence considered, 243; scriptures assert the fact, without explaining the mode, ib.
Phillips on the veins of Cornwall, 361 Phillips's description of the oxyd of tin;
of the primitive crystal and its modi- fications: including an attempt to ascertain with precision the admea- surement of the angles, &c. 571 Philosophical poem on man, nature, and society; see Wordsworth's Ex- cursion
Philosophical transactions of the Royal
Society of London, for 1813, Part I., 253, et seq.; on a new detonating com- pound, ib.; observations relative to the near and distant sight of differ- ent persons, 255; Bakerian lecture; on the elementary particles of certain crystals, 256; on a substance from
the elm tree called ulmin, 257; on a method of freezing at a distance, 258; description of the solvent glands and gizzards of the Ardea Argula, the Cassuarius Emu, and the long legged Cassowary, 259; on the state in which Alcohol exists in fermented liquors, ib.; on a new varietyin the breeds of sheep, 261; experiments to ascertain the coagulating power of the secretion of the gastric glands, 261; Blagden's appendix to Mr. Ware's paper on vision, 262; method of drawing extremely fine wires, 263 ; description of a single lens microme- ter, ib., on the tusks of the Narwhale, 264
Philosophy, Christian, principles of, 505; Christian philosopher, qualifications requisite to form one, 506; inquiry into the principles that form the sci- ence of Christian philosophy, 507; differs from the philosophy of the hea- thens, 508; in regard to its extensive knowledge, ib.; and its morality, 510; heathen morality exemplified in their practice, 511; practice of Christian morality requires a change of nature, 512; Christian philosophy differs from modern philosophy, 513; reflec- tions on the value and swiftness of time, 514-5
Philosophy, its hostility to Christian tolera- tion, 444
Philosophy of the human mind, by pro- fessor Stewart, 130, et seq.; see Stew-
Pilgrims of the Sun, a poem, by Mr Hogg, 280; et seq.
Pius V., his opinion of what are called rea- sons of state, 495 Playfair's outlines of natural philoso-
phy, 480, et seq.; contents of vol. 1, 481; Dynamics, ib; its subdivisions, - 482; advantages of the science of Natural Philosophy, 483; vol. 2, devoted to astronomy, 483, et seq.; physical as- tronomy, 484; on the gravitation of bodies, 485; on the disturbing forces of the planets, 487; gravitation a proof of the original existence and continual super. intendence of a Designing Agent, 488; on the variation of the obliquity of the ecliptic, ib.; theorem of Laplace, 489; vacillation of astronomers on this subject, ib.; probability of the existence of a more general principle than the law of gravitation, 490
Poaching, caution against abetting it by purchasing game, 499; evils of it, 500
Poems by Leftley, 623, et seq.
Linley, 627, et seq.
Poems by Susannah Wilson, 501, et seq.; her origin and station of life, 502; ex- tracts, ib. et seq.
Pope, the personal infallibility of, indig- nantly disclaimed, by M. Gregoire, 547
Pope's supremacy taught in the first chapter of Genesis, 86
Portugal, evils in regard to the slave trade arising from the treaty with it, 310 Portuguese, extent of their jurisdiction on the east coast of Africa, 226 Potter's essays, moral and religious, 516
Precession, mode of deducing it, 399 Pretenders to madness, on the detection of, 53-4, extract, ib.
Priestley, Dr., indebted to his education among Calvinists for some of his best principles, note, 237; acknowledges that Calvinism is favourable to dévo- tion, 2, ib.
Primary visitation sermon by Dr. Whi- taker, 336, et seq.; polemical ranceur, inquiry into its causes, 337; Dr. Hors- ley's advice to the opponents of Calvinism, 339; peculiarities of Calvin's system, given by Dr. W. ib.; his remarks on them illogical, ib. et seq.; his canon of criticism exposed, 340, et seq.; his statement of Calvin's tenets inaccu- rate, 342; his opinions respecting the human will examined, 345; he cautions against preaching Calvin's pecu- liar doctrines and thereby raising the • demon of assurance,' 347; see Whi- taker
Protestantism in France, its progress incon- siderable, 78
Pulo Penang, its great beauty, 453; danger from the Malays, 454 Puritans, Brooks' lives of, 113, et seq.
their rise, 269; separate from the national church, 270 Pyrenees, Ramond's travels in, 211, et seq.
Ramond's travels in the Pyrenees, 211,
et seq.; Mont Perdu, the highest emi- nence of the chain, 212; reflections on the desolate appearance from Maladetta, 212; picture of Marboré, 213; Come- lie, ib., et seq.; Breche de Roland, line of separation between France and Spain, 214
Reason the standard of revelation, con- sequences of admitting it, 370 Reasons of State, Pope Pius 5th's illustra- tion of them, 459
Recherches experimentales sur l'eau et le vent, 298
Reflections, religious and moral, 399, et seq. Religious instruction, whether it should be provided by civil governors, 126; and by Christian magistrates, 128 Religious liberty in England, its origin and progress, 266, el seq.
Reynard's geometria legitima, 174-7, et seq.
Roderick, a poem by Southey, 352, et seq; estimate of Mr. Southey's poems, 353: Southey's poems less popular than Scott's, causes of it, 354; in- terest of the poem weakened by ac- cidental circumstances, 356; sketch of the fable, 357, et seq.; extracts, ib.; see Southey
Roman Pontiffs, declarations of two, against the slave trade, 495
Romans ix. and 5., Wardiaw's remarks on, 251
Rooms, objections against the English mode of warming them, 194 Russian campaign, Labaume's narrative of, 628, et seq.
Russians, manners and habits of the lower classes, contrasted with English habits, 191
Sacred Dramas, by Miss Hannah More, 404
Salter's Angler's Guide, 616, et seq.; de-
fence of angling, 617; character of the work, &c. 618
Salt's voyage to Abyssinia, 218, et seq.;
Bruce, estimate of his merits and failures in regard to his description of this country, 218, and extract; his fame still almost unrivalled, 220; Mr. S.'s dedication to the REGENT, 221; Elephant point, 222; whales numerous in Sofula bay, 223; Mosambique, ib.; manufactory for manioca at Mesuril, 224; slave trade at Mosambique, ib.; extract, 225; reflections on Mr. S.'s remarks, ib.; extent of the Portuguese jurisdiction on this coast, 226; the Ma- hooa, 227; Malumpava or Elephant tree, ib.; fish used to catch turtle, ib.; Marati pirates, ib.; immense shoal of dead fish, 229; remarkable appearance of the sun, occasioned by refraction, 229; Aden, ib.; the Dumhoeta, their manners, &c., 231-2; moving sands, 233; meets Mr. Pearce at Massowa, 234; Bruce's caves of the Troglodi. tes imaginary, ib.; interesting scene (at Dixan) in the interior of Africa, 235; Galla oxen, their enormous horns,
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