of Christians towards Deists, cases of Hone and Carlile, difference between, 2; best method of counter- acting the spread of infidelity examin- ed, 3, et seq.; efficacy of miracles as evidence, 6; force of testimony, 10; on the culpability of scepticism, 13; allegations of our alarmnists, 16; im- policy of penal enactments in support of truth, 90; Mr. Roberts's arguments against pro ecutions for blasphemy, 21; moral advantages of poverty, 22; spi- rit of the times deprecated, 23. Fox, Rev. W. J. four letters to, 584; see Inquirer.
Francis, Sir P. sketch of his life, 390; letter to Burke, 391.
Genius, essay on, 65, et seq.; innate differences denied, 68; inequality in the distribution of good alleged to be incom- patible with the Divine beneficence, 69; fallacy of the argument exposed, 70; Sovereignty of the Divine beneficence the first great lesson of the creation. ibid.
George the third, character of, 487, 490.
Gipsies in Wallachia, state of, 371. Gray's, Dr. connexion between Jewish
and Heathen authors, 133, et seq.; nature and difficulties of the under- taking, 134; Septuagint, probable date of the, 137; Berosus, 139; on the belief of the soul's immortality among the heathen, 141; suicide deemed ve- nial by the heathens and certain Chris- tian fathers, 143; Sybilline verses, 144; Hesiod, 145; Homer, 146; policy of F. C. Julianus, 147; general re- marks on the work, 148.
Hall's (Robert) appeal on the frame- work knitters' fund, 75, et seq.; de- pression of the Leicester manufacturers, the causes of, 75; disadvantageous predicament of the labourer, when a di- minution of demand takes place, 78; alarming discontent and calamitous state of the lower classes, 79, 80. Hanbury's historical research concerning
the most ancient congregational church in England, 579; industry of the wri- ter, 579; sketch of Dr. Watson's fami- ly, ib.; fate of Dissenterism, 580. Hastings, Warren, his adininistration, 220, et seq.; character of, 234. Hawkins on unauthoritative tradition,
of the New Testament are conveyed, 150; its avantages, 151; author's ky pothesis as to the use of tradition, 152; previous instruction necessary in order to the appreciation of evidence, 153; Hooker on the reading of Scripture, 154; on catechisms, 155; parental tradition, 157; ecclesiastical traditions, 158; Bible Society controversy, 159; alleged obscurity of the apostolic epis- tles, 162; real use of tradition, 163. Hemans's tales in verse, 81, et seq.; Alaric in Italy, 81.
Hindus, chronology of, 99; government and laws, 101, 2; religion and man- ners, 104; astronomy, its pseudo-an. tiquity, 105; females debarred from education, 297; reverence for their teachers, 298; proposals for educat- ing, ib. mythology, 563; Brahmini- cal, Bouddhist, and Jaina sects, 564; horrible idolatry, 565; literature, 566. Hints for the improvement of early edu- cation, 185, et seq.; principles stated, · 186; injudicious modes of teaching ex- posed, 187: conclusion' of the work,
Hints on happiness, 293; errors and false reasonings of the writer, ib. Hone's case, considerations on, 1, et seq. ; and 593. Hooker, extract from, on the reading panegyrics on, of Scripture, 154; 247; character of his writings, 248, et seq.; extract on what the person of the Son of God hath attained by assuming manhood,' 256... Howard, lines on, 376. Hughes's sermon on the death of h. in. George III. 485, et seq.; character of the author as a public speaker, 485; eulogy on h. r. h. the duke of Kent, 485; moral disadvantages of high station, 486; character of the Iving, 487; privileges conceded to Dissenters during the late reign, 488; solemn admonition, 489. Halton, Mrs. nemoirs of, 387; last say- ings, 388.
Infidelity, best method of counteract- ing, 3, et seq.; its essential culpability, 13. Inquirer's, an, four letters to the Rev. W. J. Fox, 584, et seq.; case of Ely- mas stated, ib.; writer a bad reasou- er and not very orthodox, 591; his ex- postulation with Mr. Fox, ib. Inquisition, histories of, 464; origin of,
Ivanhoe, a roinance, 526, et seq.; its partial failure as an experiment, 526; the interest of history and that of ro- mance of opposite kinds, 528; Shaks- peare and the author of Waverley, 529; Ivanhoe neither romance nor history, 530; the tournament, 591; the siege, 534; the trial, 536.
Jackson, Gen. panegyricon, 178; his cru- elly, 288.
Jerusalem, sensations on the view of, 167; taken by the croises, 512; ca- pitulates to Saladin, 513; recovered by the Emperor Frederic II., 516; finally lost by the Christians, 517. Jews in Poland, description of, 427. Jolliffe's letters from Palestine, 164, et seq.; Tyre, 164; Lady Hester Stan- hope, 165; Sea of Galilee, ib.; Mount Tabor, 166; first view of Jeru- salem, 167 account of the Dead Sea, 169; Volney's misrepresentations exposed, 170; on the scene of the crucifixion, 170, et seq.; massacre at Jaffa, 173. Johnson's letters from the British settle- ment in Pennyslvania, 173, et seq.; object of the settlers, 174; remarks on Birkbeck's letters from Illinois, 175; preferable situation of Susquehanna, 176; perfection of the American navy, 177; General Jackson, 178; remarks on the impolicy of war between England and America, 179.
Kennicott's, Rev. B., analysis of Hooker's fifth book, 246, et seq.; limited use of such analyses, 246; Hooker pane- gyrized by Pope Clement VIII. 247; James II. converted to popery by the
ecclesiastical polity,' 248; spirit of liberty in Hooker's writings, ib.; symbolizes with the papists, 249;
claims of our mother the church,' 250; popery compatible with the spi- rit of liberty, 253; character of Hooker's writings, 254; specimen of author's analysis, 255; extract from the original, liv. 256. Kennicott's, Dr. criticisms examined, 59, 551.
Kent, duke of, eulogy on, 485.
Letters from Palestine, see Jolliffe and Palestine.
Letters from Pennsylvania, see John-
tive of its claims to be regarded as a true church, 462; histories of the inquisition by former writers, 464; nature of the present history, ib.; origin of the inquisition, 466; speci- men of Dominic de Gusman's more lenient decisions, 467; establishment of the in- quisition in Spain, 468; Torquemada, the first inquisitor general, 469; suc- ceeded by Deza, 470; administration of Ximenes de Cisneros, 471; and Cardinal Adrian, ib.; of Alphonso Manrique, 473; history of Eugene Torralba, 474; history of Juan Perez de Saavedra, the false nuncio, 476; persecution of Carranza, 477; his- tory and real character of Don Carlos of Austria, 479; infernal proceedings of the holy office, 480.
Mill's, J. British India, 97, et seq.; ex- aggerations of preceding writers, 97; Hindu chronology, 99; institution of caste, 100; government, 101; laws, 102; taxation, 103; religion and manners, 104; arts and literature, 105; astronomy, its pseudo-antiquity, 105; invasion of India by Mahmood, 107; anecdote of the invader, ib.; sub- sequent dynasties, 108; origin of the East India company, 109; its demo- cratical constitution, ib.; Labourdon- nais, 111; Dupleix and Lally, 112, S; Calcutta taken by Suraja Dowla, 218; exploits of Clive; 218, 9; anecdote of Mirza Shemseddin, 220; presidency of Vansittart, 220; return of Clive to India, 222; his character, ib.; adroit self-exculpation, 223; career of Hyder Ali, ib.; financial predicament of the company, 224; new parliamen- tary regulations, ib.; their inadequacy exposed, 225; administration of War- ren Hastings, 226; Rohilla war, ib.; Rajah Nuncomar executed, 227; affairs in Carnatic, 228; Col. Wilks's history, ib.; plunder of the Begums, 233; character of Hastings, 234, 5; Fox's India bill, 236; establishment of board of control, 237; adminis- tration of Cornwallis, 238; judicial reforms, 239; author's reflections on the general character of the East India Company's government, 241; siege_of Seringapatam, 242; character of Tip- poo, 243; administration of Marq. Wellesley, 244; character of the work, 245.
Mill's, C. History of the Crusades, 497, et seq.; plan of the work, 499; causes of the Crusades, ib. : councils of
Necker, Monsr. & Mde. portraits of, 260, 1.
No Fiction, a narrative, 276, et seq.; extracts, 279, et seq.
Ottoman empire, policy of, 371, weak- ness of, 430.
Painting, English and French schools of, compared, 385.
Palestine, letters from, see Jolliffe; re- flections on visiting, 167.
Parga, a poem, 194; anecdote, ib; stan- zas, 195.
Pickering's vocabulary of American- isms, 356 et seq.; distinction between written and conversational language, 356; Fox's reverence for Dryden's au- thority, 357; philological innovations, 358; American use of the word 'balance, 360; caucus, ib. ; various americanisms, 362, et seq. Plague, the, 431.
Pola, views of the antiquities of, 44; amphitheatre, 47.
Poland, state of, prior to the partition, 424; see Neale.
Poles, character of, 425.
Poor laws, letter on, 295; suggested
improvements in, ib;. abuse of, 581. Poor, the, less liable than the rich to
the contamination of infidelity, 22; sufferings and claims of, 79; mis- representation of, 296; entitled to legislative protection, 454, 461; im- proved disposition of, 491. Pringle's autumnal excursion, 481, et seq.; description of Teviotdale, 481; extract, 482; the wreath,' 483. Prosecutious for blasphemy &c., inex- pediency of, 20, et seq.; and 593.
marriage of the Prince of Orange, 208, 9; interview between Lord Rus- sell and Rouvigny, 210; vindication of Lord Russell's conduct, 211; opposite political views of the Whig and Tory parties, 213; remarks on the conduct of the Whigs at this crisis, 215; triumph of the High Church party, and per- secution of Dissenters, 216; death of Lord Russell, ib.; remarks on his character, 217.
Russell, Lady Rachael, some account
of the life of, 341, et seq.; her charac- ter, 341; merit of her letters, ib.; extracts, 342, et seq. ; private memoran- dum, 345; parentage, &c. ib.; her con- duct after the murder of her husband, 346: letter to the Duke of Bedford, ib. ; deference paid to her after the Revo- Jution, 347; death, 348.
Sabbath, wisdom of the laws respecting the, 454. Saussure's Mde, de, sketch of the cha- racter, &c. of Mde. de Stael, 257, et seq.; general character of the vo lume, 258; portrait of Madame Nec- ker, 259; youthful character of Mde, de ~Stael, 260 ; · Mons. Necker, 261'; re- marks on the publication of private correspondence, 262; first marriage of Mde. de Stael, 263; her sentiments on education, 264; second marriage, 265; her religious opinions, 266; influence of her writings on society, 268; affi- nity between genius of the highest order and the spirit of liberty, 269. Septuagint, probable date of the, 137. Sismondi's, M. de, new principles of political economy, 305, el seq.; pre- vailing disinclination to abstract re- searches, 306; qualifications of the author, 307; origin of the work, ib.; opposite errors of the advocates of equal rights and the abettors of aris- tocratical principles, 309; the mercan- tile system, 311; system of the econo- mists, 312; system of Adam Smith, ib.; modification of Dr. Smith's system held by the author, 313; view of the origin of wealth, 314; error of re- garding consumption as a power illimi- table, 315; three sources of wealth, 316; distribution of wealth into fixed capital, circulating capital, and revenue, 317; a nation may expend too much or too little 318; opposite evils of an excessive and an inadequate national capital, 319; causes of present distresses, 321; tes- timonies to the over-stocked state of the foreign market, 322; erroneous position
of Mr. Ricardo, that annual p.. tion is the same thing as annual reve- nue, 323; the proprietorship of the soil a concession on the part of society, 446 under what circumstances beneficial, 447; different systems of cultivation, ib.; moral advantages of the patriarchal system, 448; gradual substitution of the slave-system, 451; system of half fruits, 452; necessity of legislative interfe- rence on behalf of the poorer classes, 454; instanced in the laws respecting the sabbath, ib.; state of the Austrian peasantry, 456; old farming system, 457 system of large farms, ib.; disastrous progress of agricultural mo- nopoly, 459; state of things in the Campagna di Roma, 460; claims of the labourer, 461
Slavery in America, apology for, 414, "^et seg.
Slave-system of cultivation, its ruinous ope ***ration, 451.
Smith's, Dr. J. P., scripture testimony to the Messiah, Vol. I, 540, et seq.; profound learning and metaphysical subtilty not necessary to determine "the question, 540; proper office of biblical criticism, 542; indirect me- thod in which the doctrine is taught in the scriptures, ib.; cautious pro- ceeding of the present writer, 543; the proofs adduced from the O. T. not the whole of the testimony they furnish, 544; on the primary design of the prophetic testimony, 545; the N. T. the proper source of direct evi- dence, 547; plan of the work, ib.; and criteria laid down, 548; the Adam from above,' 550; remarks on author's view of the passage after Kennicott, 551, et seq.; remarks on 1 Chron. xxii. 9, 553; on Job xix. 23-7, 555; author's note, 556'; re- marks on Psalm xlv. 6, and Heb. i. 7, 8, 558; on Isa. vi. 1-5, 560; on the formula, "in order that," ib.; on a certain style of expression employed by the sacred writers in reference to J. C., 561; amiable spirit of the present author, ib.
tian fathers, 143; dissuasion from, 571.
Sunderland's, lady, letters to lord Hali- fax, 348.
Taylor's, Mrs. family mansion, 348, et seq.; character of the author's writings, 349; outline of the tale, ib.; cha- Tacter of Mrs. Parkhurst, jun. 350; of Miss Vincent, 352; conversion of Mrs. Parkhurst, 354.
Taylor's, Miss Jane, preface to a mo- ther's journal, 180.
Testimony, force and province of, 10, 149, 153.
Tit's compendium of Greek verbs, 64. Tories, sentiments of, 213; conduct of, 216.
Tradition, it supposed province, 152; pa- rental, 157; ecclesiastical, 158; its real use, 163; see Hawkins. Turkish government, weakness of, 364, 430, see Wilkinson and Neale. Tuscarora Indians, a sabbath among, 287; character and wrongs of the North American Indians, ib. ; speech of an Indian sachem, ib.; cruelty of General Jackson, 288; visil to a Tusca- Tora stalion, 289.
Uxbridge, history of, 379; see Redford.
Valpy's school Virgil, 80.
Wallachia, history of, 365; constitution
of, 366; character of the boyars of, 367; oppressed population of, 429. Walsh's appeal from the judgements of
Great Britain respecting the U. S. of America, 401, et seq.; unanimity of Englishmen in their jealousy towards America, 401; inquiry into its cause, 402; different character of Mr. Walsh and Mr. Bristed as writers, 405; absurd recriminations on the part of Mr. Walsh, 407; jealousy of the transatlantic colonies manifested by the Stuart governments, 408; character of the first colonists, 409; the Ameri- cans are of noble descent, 410; ad- mirable nature of the Pennsylvanian constitution, 412; negro slavery in the U. S., query, the actual measure of blame resting upon the Americans, 413; summary of the author's apo- logy for the existence of slavery in
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