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Langworthy, Mr. his invention of
prepared anti-corrofive or blanch-
ed iron, 295. Importance of
this discovery, 296.
Lauderdale, Earl of, obfervations
refpecting his oratory and writ-
ing, 159:

La Vendée, curious account of the
war in that part of France, on
the fide of the royalifts, 508.
Their amazing fuccefs, for a
time, against the republicans,
509. Difappointed in their
hopes of fuccours from England,
510. Immenfe loffes of both
parties, 512. Account of the
Chouans, 513.
Lever, Sir Afhton, account of the
present state of the museum ori-
ginally formed by him, 47.

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Coloured prints engraved from,
defcribed by Dr. Shaw, ib.
Lever, observations on the funda-
mental property of that engine,
with a proof of the principle
affumed by Archimedes, 59.
Light, curious experiments for
meafuring the comparative in-
tenfities of, 135.

Lille, Abbé de, his poetic talents
highly commended, 536.
Lindsay, Mr. account of the ger-
mination and raising of ferns
from the feed, 267. Of his
cultivation, from the farina, of
Lycopodium cernuum, &c. 270.
Linné, Sir Charles, his birth and
education, 2. His early im-
provements in botany, 4. His
travels, ib. His opponents and
literary contefts, 6. Obtains a
profefforship at Upfal, 7. His
moft capital writings, 9. Ho-
nours paid to his memory, 11.
Lushington, Mr. extract from his
impreffive fpeech at the India
Houfe, on the formidable power
of France, 91.

M

Map of England, a valuable one,
from actual furvey, recom-
mended, 177.

Marius, Caius, poetical picture
of, 14.
Markwick, Mr. account of a grub

mischievous to the wheat, 266.
Martin, Mr. account of the prin-
cipal dies used by the North

American Indians, 194.
Mary, Queen of Scots, her cha-
racter defended, 278.
Matter, nature and powers of,
confidered, 251.
Medway, river, picturefque views
on, 65.

Milton, his private character in-
veftigated, 122. Apology for,
in anfwer to Johnson's objec-

tions, 124: Beautiful edition
of his poetical works, 125.
Mirabeau, fome particulars rela-

tive to the life and death of that
extraordinary person, 527.
Mocking thruth defcribed, 48.
Monarchies and ariftocracies fa-

vourable to men of letters, and
why, 550. The reafon not ho-
nourable to the latter, ib.
Montgaillard, Count de, his opi-

nions relative to the affairs of
France, and the war, 98.
Moore, Mr. his improvement on
the idea of ftandards for weights
and meatures, 53.

N

Necker, M his abilities uncandidly
reprefented, 537:
Nella Rajah, a Hindoo tale, 569.
Neuwied, principality of, under
the government which excludes
the inhuman principle of war,
556.

Newton, Rev. T. his own account
of his treatife on the conic fec-
tions, 390.
Numa Pompilius, poetical portrait
of, 13.

Opium, its nature and properties,
69.

P

Pagoda, remarkable one in the
country of the Gentoos de-
fcribed, 26.
Pallas, Prof. his account of the

different kinds of sheep in
Ruffia, 40. His travels tranf-
lated into French, 482. De-
scription of the white crane, ib.
Of the people named Tudes,
483. Of the Oftiacs and Sa-

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Pitt, Mr. confidered as holding
in his hands the fate of Europe,

541.
POETICAL EXTRACTS in this
vol. viz. from Jephfon's Ro-
man Portraits, 13. Lady Bur-
rell's Thymbriad, 38. Dr.
Armstrong's works, 73. The
Ilero, a poem, 106. War, a
poem, 107. Three Pindaric
Efays, 108, The Volunteer
Laureate, 109. Elphinften's
Literary Correfpondence, 152.
Prefton's Poems, 166. Thel-
wall's Poems, 226. Bidlake's
Poems, 256. Sketch from the
Landfcape,318. Colman's Moun-
taineers, a play, 442. Llan
gunnor Hill, a poem, 461.
Sonnets, by a lady, 463. Che-
renfi's

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renfi's Ode fur la Guerre, 464.
Walks in a foreft, 583.
Polyanus, fame account of that
antient writer, and of his work
entitled Stratagems of War,
573.

Priestley, Dr. fome parts of his
Philofophical Lectures criti-
cifed, 274.
Defended, by a

Correfpondent, 358. His dif-
courfes on the Evidences of
Religion, 383.

Prophecy, modern, 219 344. 467.
Pruning. See Bucknal.

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fpecies of Paffiflora, 265.
Spring, early appearances of, ia
foreft-fcenery, 583.

R

Rats, account of an extraordinary
kind, in Ruffia, which inhabit
the fields, and are extremely
numerous, 485. Their won-
derful induitry and, fagacity,
486.
Raynal, Abbé, his history of the
Indies depreciated, 536.
Repartees, inftances of farcaftic

among the antients, 581.
Reprefentation, parliamentary, just
remarks on, 549.
Revelation of St. John, comments
on, 149. Outline of a com-
mentary on, 456.
Rittenhoufe, Dr. method of find-
ing the fum of the feveral
powers of the fines, &c. 192.

Raf, Dr. cafe of tetanus, fuc-
cefsfully treated, 532.
gular cafe of fmall-pox, 533.

S

Sin-

Salt-fprings and lakes, in the
neighbourhood of the Cafpian,
491. Some of them inex-
hauftible of falt, ib.
Savage, heroic fpeech of an old
one to his fon poetically exhi-
bited, 168.

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Timber, for thip-building, gloomy
profpect of the want of, in this
country, 173. Propofal for
preventing, 174. Method of
curing timber, 176.

V

Venice, account of the manner in
which the Gondolieri there fing
the flanzas of Taffo, 419.
Vince, Mr. on the fundamental
property of the lever, 59.

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Vine, methods of cultivating in

Italy, &c. 502.
Voyages of difcovery in America,
enumeration of, 19.

W

War, horrible effects of, 554.
Contrafted with the happy
condition of a German prin-
cipality in which the arts of
peace are alone cukinated, 556.
The folly as well as inhumanity
of war expofed, 573.
Stratá-
gems in, no better than cheat-
ing and treachery, ib.
Warburton, Bp. his birth and edu-

cation, 323. Obtains the rec-
tory of Brand- Broughton, 324.
Commencement of his literary
career, ib. His marriage, 325.
His learned labours, 326. His
death, 327. His character, ib.
Watt, Mr. his pneumatic appa-
ratus, with directions, &c. 220.
Windham, Hon. W. charged with

want of temperance in his pub-
lic conduct, 204. Defended,
340.
Woodward, Mr. account of two
new British Fuci, 265.. Of
British ftellated Lycoperdons,
266.
Wyvill, Mr. his refpectable cha-
racter as a political reformer,
262. His collection of politi-
cal tracts commended, 263.

.X.

Xenophon, ftory of the Thymbriad,
from his Cyropadia, 37. Spee
cimen of Lady Burrell's tranfla
tion, 38.

---, defence of the Athenian
democracy, 403.

Y

Yellow bark, inquiry into the me
dical efficacy of, 181.

END OF VOL. XVI. OF THE NEW SERIES,


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