Belangen, briefly defcribed, 203. Birmingham riots, controverly relative 20, 237 349. Good fermen on, by Mr. Schol-field, 478.
Blane, Dr. his account of the Nardus Indica, 17.
Blood, procefs of the formation of, from food, 29.
Buffet, the celebrated French writer, de-
teftable for his bigotry, and perfecuting difpofition, 514.
Bradley, Mr. his pious memory extolled, as the founder of St. Edmund's church, in Dudley, 479..
Britons, the aboriginal, their rude man- ners poetically delineated, 399. Their martial chara&ter defcribed, from the fame poem, ib.
Bromfield, Dr. his cafe of a child born
with fymptoms of eryfipelas followed by gangrene, 424. Dr. Garthshore's fupplementary paper, on this fubje&t, 425.
Burke, Mr. his explofion of the French Revolution exploded, 93. Parallel between him and Mr. Fox in their late parliamentary conteft, ICO. Ta- tham's letters to Burke, on politics, cri- ticized, 381.
Cafles, Mr. his account of the fugar ant,
Champion, Mr. his account of the pro-
duction of ambergris, 139. Charles Vth of France, characterised, 147.
Cbeton, Richard Browne, Dr. his ac- count of a cafe of retroverted uterus, in which the paracentesis was fuccefs- fully performed, 424.
Cbrift, his advent preceded by great and peculiar events, 73.
Chriftians, their right, and even obliga-
ior, to judge for themselves in matters of religion, and alfo to communicate to others the refult of their free inquiries, 502. This right properly guarded, by juft diftinétions, 503.
Church of England justified, in regard to the relaxation of ecclefiaftical difci- pline, 476.
Coyle, account of, 28.
Clauffen, General, his eftablishment of
great and useful manufactories in Den- mark, 75.
Clayton's fermon, relative to the riot at Birmingham, and the controversy with him, in confequence of that difcourfe, 237. 239. 349, 350.
Company, Eaft India, general review of their affairs, 333.
Conflantinople, remarks on that empo- rium, 520.
Cooper, Thomas, Efq. his propofitions respecting the foundation of civil go- vernment, 183. His obfervations re- fpecting the history of phyfiognomy,
Cornish language, the ancient, nearly loft, 373. Curious account of, 374. Vocabulary of, 379.
Correspondence with the Reviewers, viz. T. Byerley, on canal navigation, 119. Philonomus, 359. P. Q. 360. Philo Africanus, on the flave trade, 480. Creeds, ought to be difmilled from our public forms of worship, 160. Cretins, of the Alps, account of thofe unhappy people, 573. The diforders, to which they are peculiarly fubject, explained, 574.
Crawford, Dr. on the properties of the muriatic barytes, 432.
Dalby, Mr. his remarks on General Roy's account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the diflance be- tween the meridians of the royal ob- fervatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined, 15. Day, Thomas, Efq. particulars of his life, 60. His literary productions, 61. His great political character and writings, 63. His death, by an un- fortunate accident, 68.
Death, natural mode of, mechanically explained, with respect to the human frame, 58.
Decan, [Eaft Indies,] political view of
De Lac, M. agreement between his prin- ciples and facts refpecting the theory of the earth, and those of other modern writers, 121. His fecond memoir, in the Philofophical Tranfactions on hy- grometry, 133.
Democritus, his ridicule of the actions of men, philofophically accounted for, 58. Demonology, medical, obfervations rela tive to, 189.
Denmark. See Clauffen.
Derby, account of the famous filk-mills there, 32.
Defpotifm, political, origin and progrefs of, 550. Its univerfal downfal pre dicted, 553. Recommended, 580.
Fancy, lines from an ode to, 441. Fawkener, Mr. his letter, on the pro- duction of ambergris, 138, Features, of the human countenance, the natural difference in, philofophically and anatomically difcuffed, 206. Ferriar, Dr. his account of an ancient monument in Huln abbey, Northum- berland, 187. His obfervations on the vital principle, ib. His eflay on popular illufions, and medical demo- nology, 189. On the dramatic writ- ings of Maffinger, 190. Fish-women, at Paris, their fingular ad-
drefs to the French bifhops, in the Na- tional Affembly, 509. Flacourt's account of Madagascar, when published, 556. Foede a. See Rymer.
Food. See Digeftion. See Chyle. See Blond.
France, the late revolution in, abfolutely neceffary, 91. The rectitude of that measure afferted, 93. Foreseen in 1639, 108. Dictated not only by a re- gard to the welfare of France, but by a Spirit of peace and good will to other nations, 302. Queen of, encomium on, 356. National Affembly praised for not establishing a democracy, 454 France not the natural enemy of the German empire, 485. Her conduct with respect to Alface vindicated, ib. Relation of various popular tranfac- tions which happened at Paris, in con- fequence of the revolution, 508. The King more a flave to his minifters, be- fore that event, than he has fince been to the National Affembly, ib. Franche Comté, account of, 203. Ro-
mantic fituations in, and natural cu- riofities defcribed, ib. Remarkable caverns, 204.
Frederic II. late king of Pruffia, his poft- humous works tranflated by Holcroft, 324. General contents of the vo- lumes, ib. Charader of the tranfla- tion, 328. An impreffion of the ori ginal works reprinted in England, from the Berlin edition, 329. Fungi, claffed (as food) with animals,
Germany, political conftitution of, remarks on, 484. Wretched ftate of the people, under fome of its princes, 485. All its diflinct governments defpotic, and likely to continue fo, 487.
Gera, account of that people, from He- rodotus, 404.
Gibbon, the hiftorian, charged with dif- ingenuity, with respect to religion,
Government, of the different states of Europe, &c. obfervations on, 482. Mankind, in general, ignorant of the true principles of government, 483. Greece, origin of the drama, among the ancient Greeks, 84. Their philofo- phy investigated, 361. The famous queftion, whether they entertained any notion of a Trinity of perfons in the Divine nature, difcuffed, 363. Gum, elaftic, fome account of, 561. Gunning, Mile, controversy concerning her correspondence, &c. 356. Gun-powder, its property of explosion ex- plained, 573.
Guthrie, Dr. his obfervation on the con- gelation of mercury, 79.
Haflings, Mr. his excellent imitation of Horace, 22.
Hay, the caufe of its fweating explained, 572. Cautions to be used in cooling a heated hay-rick, ib.
Haydn, frictures on his mufical compo- fitions, 199.
Haygarth, Dr. his defeription of a glory,
Hemert, Profeffor, his Teylerian prize differtation, on natural and revealed religion, 501.
Henry, Mr. his obfervations on the bills of mortality for Manchefter, &c. 184.
Herodotus, his character as an historian, 241. Specimen of Littlebury's tranf lation of, 242. Of the new tranfla- tion, by Mr. Beloe, 244. Of Mr. Beloe's notes, ib.-251. Farther ex- tracts from Mr. Beloe's tranflation and notes, 404. Mr. B. intimates his defign of tranflating Plutarch's tract on the malignity of Herodotus, and the Abbé Geinoz's reply, 410.
Herfchel, Dr. his obfervations on the pla-
net Saturn, and the rotation of its ring on an axis, 12. On nebulous ftais,
Hefe-Homburgb, hiftorical account of the princes of, 527. Remarkable cha racter of Frederic II. 528. Account of many uncommon mifchances that befel him; all of which he furmounted by his wonderful fortitude and bravery, 529. Heffan foldiers, their wretched fubjection to the arbitrary difpofal of their def- potic princes, 485. Inftanced in their being fent to fight the Americans, with whom they had no quarrels, ib. Hindoos, their general, and refpectable, character, 10, 11. Explanation of the feveral eras in ufe among them, 14. Hiftory, general oblervations on the com- pofition of, 72. Applied to Mr. Gib- bon, 73.
Holland, obfervations with refpect to the
government of that country, 490. Late difturbances there, fee Man- drillon.
Home, Mr. his account of a child with a double head, 19. Hope, ode to, 285.
Horace, B. II. ode 16. imitation of, by Governor Haftings, 22.
Horn, See Excrefcence. Hottentot, ftory of one who relapfed to the favage ftate, after having received an European education, 562. Hurricane, dreadful one defcribed, 557- Hutton, Dr. his theory of the earth,
ftrata, &c, remarks on, 122. Similar in fome parts, to that of Buffon, ib. Hutton, Mr. W. his account of himself, and of the Derby filk-mills, 32. Hydrophobia, cafe of, 432. Hygrometry, fecond paper on, in the Pbilofophical Transactions, by De Luc, 133.
Januarius, St. pleafant ftory relative to the famous miracle performed on his blood, 205.
Jay, Mr. the American ambasador to the court of Paris, his firm and manly conduct, in oppofition to the duplicity of M. Vergennes, the French mini-} fter, 537.
Ice-cellar, a remarkable natural one, in Franche Comté, defcribed, 203. Felgerfma, M. his Teylerian prize dif
fertation, relative to natural and re- vealed religion, 504.
Jefuits, remarks on the profound policy of that order, 205.
Indies, Eaft. See Alexander. See Me- gafikenes. See Turks. See Hindoos. See Decan. See Company. Inflammation, Specific diftinctions of, 430.
Intolerance, in religious matters, excellent obfervations on, 259-266.
Ile de Sable defcribed, 559. Affecting ftory of tome unfortunate people ship? wrecked there, ib.
Juries, their right of judgment, in cafes of libel, investigated, 336. Afferted, as being as competent to decide on the whole of the charge, as in other crimi- nal cafes, 337, 338.
Learning, &c.- rife and progress of, in
Afia Minor, 152. Leopold II. the prefent Emperor of Ger- many, his pacific difpofition, and mild and praife-worthy principles of govern- ment, 567. Blameable conduct of the Netherlanders toward him, 580. Lewis VI. of France, characterized as a devotee, and a dishoneft man, 147. XI. characterized, 148. -XIII. his vile character, ib.
- XIV. a coloffus of tyranny, 149. 316. Libel, publications relative to the laws concerning, 336.
Library, public, at Geneva, easy access to, 170. Thofe of England difadvan- tageously mentioned, in respect of the difficulty of admiflion to them, ib. Liege, the Prince bishop of, his inconfift- ent and capricious conduct, in regard to his late difpute with his fubjects, 215.
Life, of man, mechanically described,
Lightning, account of fome extraordinary effects of, 18.
Lincolnshire, management of the poor in that county, 232. Lion, of Numedia, pompously defcribed, 274. Great dread of, by all other animals, 275.
Lloyd, General, his military view of the
natural fituation of the King of Pruffia's dominions, 443. His rules and obfervations refpecting warfare in general, 444. Lombe, John, account of his acquiring the knowlege of the construction of the Italian filk-mills; and of the erection of thofe at Derby, 33. Poi foned by the Italians, 34.
William, fucceeds his brother Jobn in the property of the Derby silk- milis, 34.
-, Sir Thomas, becomes proprietor, and obtains a parliamentary premium, ib.
Madagascar, various accounts of, 556, the last, by Abbé Rochon, fuppofed to be the beft, ib. General defcription of the inland, its foil, productions, &c. 560. Prodigious variety of its vege- tables, 561. Favourable character of the inhabitants, ib. Singular privi- lege of their kings, 562. Their reli- gion, ib. Agreeable character of their women, 563 Unfuccefsful attempts of the French to enflave them, ik.
Hints intended for the advantage of this noble island, 566.
Madog, ab Owen Gwynned, difcovers, and fettles in, America, 300 years be→ fore the time of Columbus, 468. Maintenon, Madame, anecdotes of, from the cradle, 310. Suffers great hard- fhips in her infancy, 311. Married to Lewis XIV. 312.
Manchefter, obfervations on the bills of mortality for that town and for Salford, 184, Mandrillon, M. account of his political
operations in Holland, &c. 516. Dif appointed in his views of being able to accommodate the late mifunderstand- ing between the States and the Stad- tholder, 517.
Maple, fugar furnished in great abundance from that tree, in America, 542. Su- perior advantages of making fugar from maple, rather than from the cane, ib. Negroes not wanted in the procefs, ib. Marriage, a defcription of, among the ancient Greeks, 87.
Marsden, Mr. his explanation of the
feveral chronological eras in ufe among the Hindoos, 14..
Martyrdom, of the first Chriftians, its effects on the unconverted world, 69. Mafinger, his dramatic writings recom- mended, 190.
Maury, Abbe, glance at his character, 514.
Mayow, the famous chemift, his useful difcoveries, 544. Megaftbenes, one of Alexander's officers, publishes an account of India, 6. Mercury. See Guthrie.
Mirabeau, M. De, his great abilities and fingular character, 575. His ftriking general obfervation on establishments of national religion, 576.
Miffionary, French, bis infolent behaviour to a king of Madagascar, 565. How, defervedly, though feverely, punished,ib. Mufic, vocal, critical obfervations relative to, 196.
inftrumental, frictures on the pre- fent flate of, in this country, 198. Myfore, the country of Tippoo Saib, account of the moft important local circumstances of, 331.
Mysteries, facred, of the ancients, remarks and anecdotes relative to, 259.
National income and expenditure of Great
Britain, prefent comparative ftate of, 234.
Negroes, remarkable difference in the character and conduct of those who are free, in North America, compared with those who are held in flavery, 341. Netherlands, Aufirian, caules of the dif- turbances there, 580. Netley Abbey, an ode, 144.
Newton, Sir Ifaac, much chemical know- lege contained in his works, 545. Nobility, great difference between the ftate and circumftances of that body in France, and in England, 512. Norway, character and prefent condition of the peasantry there, 73.
O'Donnel, Mr.Cafe of hydrophobia, 432. Ovid, bis epiftle from OEnone to Paris, new translation of, 457.
Paine, Thomas, controversy occafioned by
his celebrated pamphle', 353. Palibotbra, great extent of that city, 6. Pallas, Dr. his experiments in order to ascertain the degree of heat in animals, during their torpid state, 79. Palmyra, reflections by feeing the ruins of, on the spot, 548.
Parian Chronicle, controversy relative to, continued, 410. & feq.
Pearson, Mr. his obfervations on the ufe
of opium, in the venereal difeafe, 425. Pennfylvania, the farmers, &c. of, de- fcribed, as in their cut-fet in cultivating that country, 185.
Percival, Dr. his inquiry into the prin- ciples of taxation, 181. Perfecutions, Chriftian, mafterly sketches
of, from the time of Conftantine, 263. Pbilofopby, of ancient Greece, investi- gated, 363.
Phyfiognomy. See Cooper. See alfo Fea-
Picter, Profeffor, his confiderations on the convenience of measuring an arch of a meridian, and of a parallel of latitude, having the obfervatory of Greenwich for their common interfection, 133. Pigott, Mr. his determination of the longitudes and latitudes of feveral places near the Severn, 12. Plague, dreadful ravages made by that diffemper in Barbary, 277. Remark- able instances of, ib.
Reformation, Proteftant, from the church of Rome, a great benefit to the Chrift- ian world, 52. Respiration, account of, 570,
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