his church preferment, 352. Studies phyfic, and is admitted a licentiate of the college, ib. Commences practice, practice, 353: Enters zealously into political contests, and is regarded as a diftinguished champion in the cause of freedom, ib. His death, ib. His writings, 354. Inclosure of common fields, &c. defended, as tending to the pro- motion of agriculture, &c. 74. Indifference, addrefs to, by Mrs. Yearfley, 487. Infanity, fome remarkable cafes of, 217. The caufes of, invefti- gated, 305.
Johnson, Dr. S. his cenfure of Milton's Lycidas controverted, 26. Unfavourable idea of the Dr. as given by Sir John Haw- kins, 56. The tranflator of Lobo's voyage to Abyffinia, 59. His notion of virtue, and the moral fenfe, 65. ftriking remark on the fplendor of Gray's odes, 157. manner of writing compared with that of Lord Chesterfield, 458. Johnstone, Dr. James, on the by- drophobia, 360.
Dr. Edward, on the angina pectoris, 361. Ireland. See Monks. See Roman Catholics. Traveller's direc- tory through that country, 84. Mufic of Ireland hiftorically and critically difcuffed, 426. Irene, a tragedy, by Dr. S. John-
fon, fome account of, 135. Isaiah, vii. 1—16, that fingle prophecy, Behold a Virgin, &c.' adduced as, alone, a complete proof of Christianity, 267. Ifland's defcribed by old geogra- phers not to be found at pre- fent, 299.
KEATE, Mr. his poem on his lofing a law-fuit, 195.
Turns vexation into merri- ment, ib.
Keralio, Mademoiselle de, pub- lishes the lives of celebrated French-women, 548. And of Elizabeth Q. of England, 561. Knox, the famous reformer, why a bad historian, 473. Curious account of him, when in the pulpit, 506.
Köhler, M. his obfervations on the tranfit of Mercury, 178.
LAMBERT on hydrodynamics,
Lande, M. de la, his account of a voyage through Hudfon's Bay into the Pacific Ocean fuppofed fabulous, 301. Langlès, M. his French verfion of the Inftitutes of Timur, 578. More free and paraphraftic than that of Major Davy and Profeffor White, ib. Speci- mens of, 579. Languages, the Greek and Latin fuppofed to be derived from the Celtic, 22. This hypothefis refuted, 25.
Lavoifier, M. his antiphlogiftic doctrine refuted, 529. See Acids.
Lentz, Mr. his prize differtation, fhewing that true philofophy has no tendency to undermine revelation, 518.
Lettfom, Dr. on the mangel wur-
zel, 166. On the palpitation of the heart, 358. On lignum quafiæ, 359. On the hydroce- phalus, ib. On tranfplanting teeth, 362.
Levi, Mr. David, a Jew, an fwers Dr. Priestley's letter to the Jews, 418. Replied to by Dr. Priestley, ib. Libertine compared with the hy- pocrite, 452.
Lill, Dr. Van, cures an encysted tumour on the patella, by an application of colophonia, &c. 527.
AGNETISM, tefts of, 341. See brass. See compafs. The beft methods of communicat- ing it, 342. Several experi- ments concerning it, 343. Mangel Wurzel, account of, 166. A fpecies of beet, 167. Fur- ther account of, 582. Pecu- liarly ufeful as food for cattle, ib. Produce of crops efti- mated, 583. Marshall, Mr. his plan for ob- taining an accurate knowledge of provincial practice in English agriculture, 90. His account of the Norfolk prac- ice, ib. His minutes of par- ticular facts, &c. 91. His fteady purfuit of his plan for acquiring agricultural know- ledge, 102.
Mary Queen of Scots, reafons why her hiftory is obfcure, 472. The faults of hiftorians who have written her life, 475. Her letters to Bothwell fictiti- ous, 476. Her trial at York, ib. At Westminster, 478. Mafkelyne, Dr. on the latitude and longitude of Greenwich, 179. See Cafini,
Mauduit, M. his generalfhip in the action at Red Bank, 41. His humanity to Col. Donop,
Measure, an univerfal one de- fcribed, 379. How obtain-
able without a ftandard, 380. Medical Society, account of its inftitution, 357.
Mercury. See Köbler. See Quick- filver.
Mermaid of Haarlem defcribed,
Metals, their calcination and re- duction, 210.
Meteorology, new theory of, 116. Mid-day, within the Tropics,
poetically defcribed, 284. Millar, Mr. the late bookfeller, ftory of, with refpect to his final payment to Johnson, for the copy of his Dictionary, 59. Milton, his Lycidas defended against Dr. Johnson, 26. His Samfon arraigned, and vindi- cated, 67. His treatise on education not favourable to do- mestic tuition, 276. Written to recommend academies, ib. Minerals, obfcurity of their dif criminating characteristics, with respect to vegetables and ani- mals, 469. Mines, defcription of a machine for draining them, 466. Monkhouse, Dr. publishes the third volume of Clarendon's State-papers, 50.
Monks, their first establishment in Ireland, 285. Sources of their wealth, ib. Mont-Blanc, unfuccefsful at- tempts to reach its fummit, 124. The temperature of the air on its fide, 125. Suc- cefsfully afcended by M. de Sauffure, 532. Particulars of his journey, 538. His meteo- rological obfervations made on the fummit, ib.
Mcon. See Herfchell. See Vel- Merality
Morality and politics, their pro- per connection, 586. More, Mr. his account of an earthquake in the north of England, 346. Morgan, Mr. his prize differta- tion, fhewing that true philo- fophy has no tendency to un- dermine revelation, 508. Far- ther account of that work, 513. Morley, Mr. his letter to Lord Hyde, 53.
Mofes, his adventure with the daughter of Raguel, pious de-
clamation on, 12.
Mufic, parochial, remarks on the abufes of, 250. Remedies for, propofed, 251. Ancient Irish mufic difcuffed, 426.
-, defcription of a machine for enabling blind people to write and read mufical notes, 465. See alfo Arteaga. Mylne, Mr. on a red earth from Jamaica, as a fubftitute for Terras Puzzolana, 468. NEWFOUNDLAND, value of our fisheries there eftimated, 405. Newton, Sir Ifaac, his doctrine of vis inertiæ defended, 239. Nile, river, fource of, difcovered, 134.
Nobility of England, many of
them celebrated for their learn- ing and literature, 232. Norfolk, account of the husbandry and agriculture of that county, 90. County workhouse there commended, 236.
, incredible damage done to the farmers in that county, by the game preferved in kept
OGLE, Thomas, on an enlarged heart, 360.
Old Maids, at what period of life does this denomination take place, 222. Situation of old inaids confidered, 223. Their credulity, 224. Their curiofi- ty, ib. Their affectation, 225. Envy and ill-nature, 226. Their ingenuity, 227. Patience, ib. Charity, 228. State of old maidifm in the antediluvian world, ib.
Opera, Italian, revolutions in that fpecies of the drama, 545. Ornithology, books on it imper- fect without characteristical dif- tinctions, 391.
PAINTERS, what they ought to imitate, 205. Painting, not merely an imita- tive art, 204.
in wax particular-
ly defcribed, 463. Palmyra. See Volney. Papifts, to be refifted by Proteft-
ants, but not perfecuted, 251. Parahelia and halos defcribed, 347.
Parkhurst, Mr. cenfured by Dr. Priestley, 152. His mode of reasoning on the doctrine of the Trinity, 173.
Parliament of England. See No- bility. See Commons. Peas, method of fetting, by means of the dibble, as practifed by the Norfolk farmers, 98. Pegu, that kingdom described, 205. Pendulums, obfervations on, 379. The true length of one vibrat- ing feconds, 383. Pens made of quills, fuppofed to
be used by the Romans, 541. Perfian poetry. See Hafez. Philofophy, true, has no tendency to undermine revelation, 508. 513. 518. 523. Phlogifton, what, 207. The hif- tory of, ib. Doctrine of phlo- Tt 4 gifton
gifton confirmed, 522. Me- thod of determining its quan- tity in different kinds of air, 551 Phosphorus, the acid of, examined,
its prefence in fea-wa.
ter, 526. Planets, primary, the variations of their motions, 555.. Politics, only a branch of mora- lity, 587. Poor, in England, their alarming increase, 236. The legal pro- vifion made for them faid to exceed the revenue of many princes, ib. Eftimate of its amount, ib..
thoughts on the increase of the poor's rates, 322. Hints toward a remedy, ib. Pope, Mr. his Windfor Foreft cri- ticized, 27:
Popery, remarkable attachment of the royal house of Stuart to that religion, 52. The tenets of, juftified, 414. Potatoe, the culture of, recom- mended to the Norfolk farm- ers, for their cattle, 94. Prayer, in verfe, compofed by an uneducated mechanic, 159. Prayer, public. See Liturgy. Price, Dr. his Arian hypothefis controverted by Dr. Priestley, 151.
, prophecies that reli- gious reformation will keep pace with other improvements, 378. Priestley, Dr. his controverfy with Dr. Horne, 150. With Dr. Price, 151. With Mr. Park- hurst, 152. With various other opponents, 418. His opinions relative to the green substance in ftagnant water refuted, 339. Provost, Dr. confecrated Bishop of New York, 86. Pruffia, late king of, the author of his own history, 505. The Berlin edition of his works an- nounced, 583. Particulars re-
Puzzolana, a substitute for, 468.
QUAKERISM vindicated, with
refpect to religious principles and practice, 422. Quakers, of America, ungrate- fully reprefented by the Mar- quis de Chaftelleux, 39. Quickfilver first used as a specific in the venereal disease, 317. Different forms of, recommend- ed, 318.
RAIN, the formation of, explain-
ed, 116. 119. 126. Rawdon, Lord, his fentiments with respect to the laws of ho- nour, 504. Razoumousky, Count, on the phof-
phoric light of fea-water, 526. Red Bank, in America, fort of, unfortunately attacked by the Heffians, 41.
Retorts, how to prevent their cracking, during chemical ope- rations, 462. Revelation and philofophy recon-
cileable with each other, 513. Revenue of the crown, whence derived, 257 Landed reve- nue, how diftinguished from the King's private property, 259. Value of, in Great Bri- tain, 263. Reviewers, verfes to, 375. 493. Rhodes, Mifs, on the manage-
ment of filk-worms, 466. Ob. jections to, 467. Ripley, James, the learned hoft- ler at Barnet, 390. Robertfon, Dr. his Hiftory of Scot-
SALTED with fire, meaning of
that expreffion, 511. Saturn. See Bugge. Sauffure, M. de, his theory of meteorology refuted, 117, &c. Account of his afcent to the top of Mont Blanc, 532. Ob- fervations made by him on the fummit of that high moun- tain, 538.
Say, Benjamin, on a fpafmodic affection of the eyes, 361. Scepticism, the folly of, 571. Scott, John, the poet, fome ac- count of him, and of his writ- ings, 25. His critical effays
English poets, 26. Scrope, Dr. his concern in the pub- lication of Clarendon's State- papers, 50. Scrophula, not always the cause of
fwelled glands, 307. Scythians, or Goths, origin of, 318. Seneca, his Epiftles, tranflated by Dr. Morell, 13. The differ ent tranflations of them, 14. Senfibility, poetic addrefs to, by Mrs. YearЛley, 486. Series. See Waring.
Sextius, Quintus, particulars of his life and writings, 598. Anecdotes of his followers, 599. His works, 600.
Sheep, live, obfervations.relative to the clandeftine exportation of, 71.
Shooting, verfes on, 491. Silk-worms, how to be managed in cold feafons, 466. Moft proper food for, 467. Sims, Dr, on deafness, 359. Singing, in divine worship, the practice of, defended, 509. Sinking fund, confiderations on,
302. How applicable for dif charging the national debt,303, Smeaton, Mr. defcription of an engine for drawing water out of mines, 466. Societies, the mechanism of, 127, 265.
for the encouragement of rural œconomics, promoted by the great in France, but only by private perfons in England, and why, 581. Society, origin of, 19, Socion, a follower of the philofo- pher Sextius, 599. Spafm, an extraordinary one de- fcribed, 361.
Stage, act for licensing, its history,
Stahl adopts the doctrine of phlogiston, 207.
Stanhope, Earl, remarks on a thunder-ftorm, 344• Stone in the bladder, cured by fixed air, 360. Strahan, Mr. biographical ac- His eminence count of, 370.
as a printer, 371. His friend- fhip with Dr. B. Franklin, 372. Strata of the earth at Bofton in
Lincolnshire, 347-
Stuart, family of, remarkable proof of their attachment to popery, 52.
Dr. Gilbert, his history of Mary Queen of Scots de- fective, 475.
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