959. From A conftant Reader, relative to the omiffion of the register of magnetical inftru- ments, in the Philofophical Tranfactions, 360. From Ano- nymous, on the Athanafian creed, &c. 479. Corruption, political, the fource of flavery, 151. Courland, Duchefs of, chofen Emprefs of Ruffia, 508. In- trigues of her court, 509. De- poled by the Princefs Eliza- beth, 511.
Croix, M. De la, errors in his review of the conftitutions of Europe and America, correct- ed, 48.
Curates of the church of England, grievous ftate of, with refpect to their falaries, 399. Bishop of Landaff's advice to, 340.
Dafydd ab Gwilym, the Welsh poet, account of, and of his poetry, 69. Styled the Ovid of Wales, 71. The defign of tranflating his works recom- mended, ib.
Deane, Silas, fome account of his connexion with the government of the American States, 449. Denne, Rev. Mr. his letter on Canterbury cathedral, 430. Derby, town of, origin of its name, 429. County of, re- markable pits in, fuppofed to be remains of ancient British towns, 432. Devonshire, poems by gentlemen of that county, 90. Specimens of, by Mr. Hole, 91. From the Ode to Fancy, 92. Diffenters, not republicans, 178. Dutch, political intrigues and negociations of, relative to the late war, 531-545•
Education, fought for their chil- dren by the Seneca Indians, among the Quakers of Phila- delphia, 465.
Edwards, Rev. Mr. a zealous and able champion for Dr. Priest- Egypt, ancient monuments in ley, 209.. that country, 566. Egyptians, account of their an- cient customs, from Herodo- tus, 45.
Election of legal reprefentatives of the people, principles of, difcuffed, 143.
Electricity, good effects of, in a
cafe of paralytic affection, 249. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the
Great, afcends the throne of Ruffia, 512.
Engel, J. J. his excellent treatise on the art of theatrical imita- tion, 520. Equality,infociety, the general no- tion of, abfurd and visionary, 227. The meaning of the French, by that term, grossly mistaken, or wilfully misrepre- fented, ib. The word truly de- fined,ib. Farther explained, and justly illuftrated, 553. Equality in fact, diftinguished from equa- lity of right, ib. Abfurdity of the vulgar notion on this fubject advanced by the ene- mies of liberty, 554. This doctrine fully explained, ib. Evangelifts, the Four, M. Birch's new edition of, commended, 558.
France, the new conftitution of, its perfection doubtful, 51. Conduct of, vindicated against the aggreffions of the German Revolution potentates, 99.
there extolled, 169. Improv- ed condition of the people there, fince the revolution, 408. See alfo Maurepas, Baf- tile, and Affembly. Antiqui- ties of, 571. Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, eulo- gium on, 350. French, extraordinary effects of the late revolution on their condition and manners, 94. Their character contrafted with that of the English, 95. Cu- rious fpecimen of village-man- mers in France, 97. Their natural volatility faid to unfit them for a republican govern- ment, 322. Extenuation of their conduct with regard to the maffacres, &c. 323. Foulon, the French financier, sketch of his character, 169.
Gilly, Dr. his account of the good effects of electricity, in a cafe of paralytic affection, 249. Gough, Mr. his account of two ancient manfions in Northamp- tonshire and Dorfet, 430. His account of a Roman horologi- um, 434. of the old font at Eaft Meon, Hampshire, 435- Government, the principles of, investigated, 135. Changes in the form of, may be made, at pleafure, by the people, 141. General ideas of, on the prin- ciples of Locke, &c. 150. Common fources of, the refult of fraud, force, or accidents, 155. That of Great Britain praised for admitting (though
partially) a reprefentation of the people, 156. Leading prin- ciples of government ftated,
157. Governments ought to endeavour to prevent the ravages of con- tagious diforders, 493. Should encourage regular phyficians, &c. 494 Gracchus, Tiberius, particulars relative to his public conduct and views, 65. Gwyneddigion Society, defign of that inititution, 70.
have lain all that time in the mouth of a whale, 490. Jortin, Dr. abridged account of his life and writings, 413. A beautiful Latin infeription by him,tranflated by Mr. Merrick, 415. His death, 422. Journal de Trevoux, date of, and long continuance, 487. Iffs, account of an antique image of, 569.
Ivan III. Emperor of Ruffia, his imprisonment in the island of Ladoga, 517. Vifited there by the reigning Emperor Pe- ter III. ib. Affecting inter- view, ib. Juries, good remark on the rights and importance of, 458.
Liddel, Dr. Duncan, fome ac. count of, 102.
Liturgy, alterations of, in favour of unitarian principles, 286. Livy, the hiftorian, a fuppofed converfation with, 165. Lorraine, Claude, account of that great painter, 301. Luc, M. de, obtains the prize of Sir Godfrey Copley's medal, for his improvements in Hy- grometry, 135. Lycée. See Paris. Lyon, Rev. Mr. his observations on the ancient Portus Iccius, 428.
Mail Coaches, evils refulting from, on particular roads, 468. Maple-tree, account of the manu- facture of fugar from, in Ame- rica, 325. Marcus Flaminius, a Roman cha- racter, drawn by an English lady, 164. Maurepas, M. de, his curious ftatement of the commerce, revenue, and expences of the French government, in the early part of the prefent cen- tury, 498.
Maillon, the celebrated preach- er, charged with having had a very unfcriptural connexion with a married lady, 497. Mayor of London, ordered by Queen Elizabeth's council to fupprefs difaffected publica- tions, 282. Menzikoff, the favourite of Peter the Great, his vile character, 506. Meets with the juft re- ward (after Peter's death,) of his rapacity, extortions, in- folence, and cruelty, 507. Merrick, Rev. Mr. his tranflation of a beautiful Latin infcription written by Dr. Jortin, 415.
Mirabeau, the elder, his charac- ter, 278. His fpeech to the French king, 279: Monboddo, Lord, his arguments to prove the fuperior excel- lence of the Greek language, 242. Refers its origin to the Sanferit, 243. Maintains that finging is more natural to man than speech, 244. Exempli fied in the Chinese, ibid. Monks, of La Trappe, their con- dition, rules, and manner of living, defcribed, 401. Morgan, Mr. his remarks on " &
brief examination into the in- crease of the revenue, &c. of Great Britain," 37. Motte, Countefs de la, fome ac-
count of her life, 179. Her unfortunate death, 183. Munich, Count, his great rife in the court of Ruffia, 510. His fall owing to the hatred which he drew on himself, by his info- lence and obstinacy, ibid.
Painting, extracts from a poem bearing that title, 299. The Spanish school of, characteriz- ed, 300. Italian school, ibid. English fchool commended, 484. Critical obfervations re- lative to the art of, 482-488. Paris, account of an inftitution in that city, for the diffufion of knowlege, 96.
Parma, rife and progrefs of the art of printing there, 564. Parr, Dr. his excellent remarks
on narrative and historical com- pofition, 302. On the im- provement of our civil and ecclefiaftical fyftems, 303. On the French Revolution, 307. On the arts of religious con- troversy, 309. His difpute with the Rev. Mr. Curtis, 467. Pegge, Rev. Mr. his illuftration of the name of Derby, 429. His obfervations on the paint- ings in Brereton church, 430. His account of the huntings of the ancient Britons, 434. His obfervations on an ancient font at Burnham-Deepdale in Nor-
folk, 434. Pen Park-hole, fome acc. of, 352. Peter 1. emperor of Ruffia, re-
markable anecdotes relative to, 500. His violence of temper, 501. His diflike of pomp and ceremony, 504. tiis bad qualities, 505.
Ode to the Spring, from Dyer, Peter Lil. emperor of Ruffia, his
humane and benevolent dif- His vifit to pofition, 516. Ivan III. in prifon, 517. His fhort reign, 519. Pindar, Peter, his beautiful verfes to a candle, 277. POETICAL Extracts in this Vo- lume. From Cumberland's Calvary, p. 2.-Dafydd ab Gwilym's poems, 71.-Poems by gentlemen of Devonshire, 91.-Golden's Triumph of Friendship, 105.-Reflections on Cruelty to the BruteCreation, ib. -May's Poems, 107.-Cow per's Tafk, 140.-Peter Pin- dar's Pair of Lyric Epifles, 214.-Dryden junior's Fla- gellation of the Whigs, 216.- Hoole's tranflation of Taffo's Rinaldo, 260-Dyer's Poems, 263.-Peter Pindar's Odes to Kien Long,275.-Harington's Nuga Antiqua, 284.-Paint- ing, a Poem, 299-Vir- ginius and Virginia, a Poem, 315.-Fate of Empire, a Poem, 329-Morning Walk, 330.-Chriftian's Revolution, a play, 332.-Reform, a farce, 324.-Sir Thomas More, a tra- gedy,387.-Mrs. Smith's Def- mond, 412.-Difney's Life of Dr. Jortin, 415.-Charlotte, or, a Sequel to the Sorrows of Werter, 442.-Peter Pindar's Loufiad, canto iv. 444.- Hold- er's Poems, 453.-An Effay on Man, 454-Philpot's Humi- lity, 455-Humility, a poetical Effay, ibid.-Spring in Lon- don, ibid.-Ingratitude, or Na- val Merit degraded, 456. Poggi, Mr. his admirable print
of the famous fortie made by the garrison of Gibraltar, 232. Polydipfia. See Thirst. Pompey's pillar, meafarement of, 567. Population, politically considered, 561.
Portrait painting, obfervations relating to the art of, 485. Price, Dr. his different plans for redeeming the national debt, 29. The weakest of them adopted by Mr. Pitt, ibid. Printing. See Parma. Prize Cause, remarkable deler- mination of, 115.
Quakers, commendable inter- courfe between those of Penn- fylvania and the Seneca Indi- ans, 465. Good effects to be ftill expected therefrom, 466. Quintus Flaminius, imaginary converfation with, 166.
Raphael, verfes in praife of his genius in painting, 299. Anec- dote relative to that great mafter, ibid. the note. Regulus, ftrictures on his charac- ter and conduct with respect to the Carthaginians, 74-- Rennel, Mr. obtains Sir Godfrey Copley's prize medal, for his
account of the rate of travel- ing with Camels, 135- Reprefentation of the people not the fole principle of any go- vernment in Europe, 156. State of the proportion be- tween the number of voters and members of Parliament, 222. See, alfo, 225. Revolution Society in London, their correfpondence with the National Affembly in France, ironically reprefented, 110. Revolutions, in civil focieties, unavoidable, at certain periods and under certain circum- ftances, 560.
Robertfon, Rev. Mr. relinquishes
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