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Bonaparte, his auxiliary measures,
in manifestoes, speeches, pro-
clamations, &c. for prosecut-
ing his views of hostility against
other states, 544
Borgia, Cæsar, and Lucretia, re-
marks on their characters,

119, 120.

Bowl, silver, Anacreon's ode on,
translated, 438.

Brande, Mr. on guaiacum, 337-
Brighton, analysis of a chalybeate
spring at, 427.
Brinkley, Mr. obs. on the priority
of his method of correcting
Douwe's rule for finding the
latitude, 136. 447.
Brooke, Mr. author of Gustavus
Vasa, description of his house,
and of a visit to him, 218.
Buée, M. on imaginary quanti-
ties, 342.

Burdett, Sir Francis, strictures

on his conduct, 327.
Burges, Sir J. B. poetical address

to, 180.

Byblis and Caunus, Ovid's story
of, translated, 409.

C

Calculi, obs. on their formation,

&c. in the human body, 290.
Campbell, Dr., his conveyance of
seeds from the East Indies, 368.
On reciprocal importations of
E. and W. Indian plants, 373.
Cancer, conjectures respecting,
107-109.

Carlisle, Mr. on the muscles of

fish, 337
Carpio. See Lope.
Carrington, Lord, his speech on
quitting the chair of the Board
of Agriculture, 347, 8.
Cartwright, Mr. on salt, as a ma-
nure, 371.

Castel Gandolfo, the residence of
the popes, account of, 29.
Catinat, Marshal, intrigues to su
persede him in the command of

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D'Annel, M. on the management

of forests, 368.
Davy, Mr. on the analysis of
soils, 370.

Decision of character, remarks and
anecdotes relative to, 244.
Defence, national, hints relative
to, 356. 446.
Delambre, M. his culogy of M.
chain, 528.

Demon of Socrates, remarks on,
383.

Desmarest, M. strictures on his
hypothesis respecting basalt,
289.

Diet, of Sweden, in 1738, reflec.
tions on its proceedings, 464.
That of 1756, 466.
Differences, partial, on the calcu
Tus of, 534:

Dillon, Sir John, his trans. of a
Memoir on forests, 368.
Dog-star, rising of, its influence
on agriculture, according to
the philosophy of the Greeks,
184.

Dora Riparia, course of that ri-

ver, and the numerous streams
and canals connected with it.
498.
Dragooning expeditions, against
the protestants, their deep
stain on the memory of Louis
XIV. 476. 538.
Drama, of Italy,criticisms on, 22.
Drummond, Dr. archbishop of

York, character of, 93.
Drunkenness, charm against, 185.
Duration, remarks on, 298.

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On the condition of the
370.
poor, 371.

F

Fath, obs. on the profession of,
in general society, 305.
Farming, in America, discoura
ging account of, 44.
Fish, muscles of, lecture on, 337.
Florence, manners and customs at,
described, 142.

Flowers, wild, which yield honey,
poetically described, 314.
Fontenoy, battle of, gallant conduct
of the British there, 465.
Forbes, SirWm. his first acquaint-
ance with Dr. Beattie, 3.
Forests, memoir on the manage-
ment of, 368.

Fox, Mr. verses on his death, 101.

His character to be venerated
by all friends of freedom, 319.
Calumniated, 326. His decease
lamented in the pulpit, 336.
446.

France, revolution in, good obser
vations on its pre-disposing
causes, 190. On the senti-
ments produced in England by
that event, 192. Said to have
been minutely foretold by Ca-
zotte, 456.

G

Gamut, in music, origin of the
names of the notes in, 53.
Gases, on a mode of transferring
them over water, 287.
Gentiana Acaulis (Linn.) found

near Haverford West, 312.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, his chro-
nicle not a fabrication, 284.
George III. his conversation with
Dr. Beattie, 6.

Gibbon, Mr. anecdotes of, during

his residence at Lausanne, 163.
Gompert, Mr. on the solution of
series by a method of differ-
ences, 346.
Gospels, harmony of, discussions
respecting, 248, &c.
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Images. See Erasmus.

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Insects of Asia, nat. hist. of, 359%
Invalids, attractive retreat for, at
Massa, near Pisa, 141.
Ireland, statistical remarks rel. to,
222. Various remarks respect-
ing its history, 262-271.
Iron, carbonate of, proposed as a
remedy for cancer, 210,
Irrigation, improvements effected
by, 368.

It and that, those words etymo-
logically discussed, 395.
Italy, remarks on the drama and
the poetry of, 228, 229. Na-
tives of, the authors of many
of the discoveries of the 15th
and 16th centuries, 232.
Julius II. character of that pon-
tiff, 123.

Justin Martyr, obs. on his cita-
tions from the Old Testament,
and from the Απομνημονευμάλα
των Αποστόλων, 252.

K

Kentucky, particulars relative to
that state, 277-279.
Kilkenny, statute of, reflections
on, 269.

Kirwan, Mr. on space and dura-
tion, 296. On the state of
the weather at Dublin, 299.
Knight, Mr. on the vegetation of
On the primeval language, 303.
seeds, 3,8.

L

La Harpe, M. biographical par-
ticulars, of, 450. His account
of his conversion, 454, 5. His
confession of faith, 456. His
Apology for Religion, 457-
La Lande, M. on the passage of
Mercury over the Sun, 533-
On the opposition of the planet
Pallas, 54

Language, primeval, essay on, 303.
Leapers, a new species of French
troops, account of, 73.

India, late war in, remarks on its Le Gendre, M. on the distance of

origin and causes, 153.

the Moon from the Sun, 532.

Leo X. particulars of the life and
character of that eminent pon-
tiff, 115-127. 225-240.
Little, Mr. on the specula of re-
flecting telescopes, 292.
Lope de Vega Carpio, particulars

of his life and writings,83-90.
Louis XIV. memoirs of, written
by himself, 469. His instruc-
tions to the Dauphin, 470-
474. His character amply dis
cussed, 475-483. His re-
marks on the kingly office, 481.
His summary of preparations
for the campaign of 1672,
483. Successfully opposed by
William III. of England, 512.
Lucas, Mr. on the introduction

of the Teak-tree into Barba-
boes, 368.
Luke, St. argument concerning
the preface to his Gospel, 255.

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Massa, a town near Pisa, inviting
account of, as a retreat for in
valids, 141.
Meadowbank, Lord, on manures,
372.
Michain, M. historical notice of,
528.

on the comet of 1793,
and on the occultation of of
Scorpion, 534-
Medici, family of, popular out-
rages on their fall from the go-
vernment of Tuscany, 117.
Melville, Lord, the House of
Commons urged to rescind
their resolutions against him,

441.
Menacane, or Titanium, account
of, 288.

Mendoza de Rios, M. his letter to
the Reviewers, 447:
Mercury, the cause of a peculiar
eruptive disease, 110. Descrip-
tion and cure of the complaint,

ib.
the planet. See La Lande.
Messier, M. on comets and
eclipses, 533, 534. On the
planet Pallas, ib.
Micrometer measures,obs, on, 291.
Mind, human, the utility of its
labours not always to be esti-
mated by their immediate fruits,
235.

Miracles, extract from a sermon
on, 306.

Mitchell, Mr. on a new semi me-
tallic substance, 288.
Moira, Countess dowager of, her
excellent advice to a young
li-
terary protégé, 1; 6.
Montolieu, Madame de, anecdotes
of, 164.

Moon, various methods of clear-
ing the moon's distance from
the effects of parallax and re-.
fraction, 129, &c. Formula
for reducing its apparent into
true distances, 532.
Muscles of Fish, lecture on, 337.

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Oak, European, very perishable
at Barbadoes, 369.
Ohio, particulars rel. to that river,

and the neighbouring country,
&c. 275. See Ships.
Oldham, specimens of his trans-
lation of Ovid's Byblis and
Caunus, 409.

Opium, preparation of described, Popes, country residence of, at
Castel Gandolfo, described, zg.
The Palazzo Chigi, 31.

160.

P

P, Count, a German noble-
man, anecdotes relative to, 169
Pallas, the planet. See La Lande.
See Messier.

Paring and burning, observa-
tions on, 263.
Participles, their origin and for-
mation, 392, &c.
Pasture. See Tiliage.
Patrick, St. doubts respecting his
very existence, 282.
Percussion, force of, lecture on,
341.

Persecution, religious, reflections
on, 48. Cruelties committed
in France, 56. Supposed to
have taught civil liberty to the
Puritans, 57.

Peter, Czar of Russia, his visit
to France, and political in-
trigues, 54.
Petrarch, remarks on his passion
for Laura, 9.
Philip 11. of Spain, his great
power and possessions, 511.

V. of Spain, his indolent
character, 539. Abdicates the
throne, 542. Resumes it, $43.
Piedmont, hydrographical view of,
495-501.

Plague, at Marseilles, dreadful ac-
count of, 199.
Plane-tree, occidental, of im-

mense size, in America, 276.
Plants, rare, of England and
Wales, register of their places
of growth, &c. 308.
Plato, his philosophy examined as
it respected polytheism, 384.
Po, the prodigious rapidity of
that river, at Turin, 497. Dif
ficult navigation of, 506.
Poets of Italy, remarks on, 228.
Pompeii, remarks on, 167.
Pontano, academy of, some ac-
count of, 116.

Pope and the Devil, poetic dia-
logue between, 435.

remarks on the form of
papal government, and various
popes particularized for their
great qualities, 114. See Ju-
lius. See Leo.

Potatoes. See Curwen. See Cates.
Power, balance of, in Europe,
brief sketch of, from 1700 to
1801, 512.
Preaching, in America, picture
of, 45.

, remarks on the art of,

374-
Press, British, in India, severe
restrictions on, 3.2.
Preston, Mr. on the polite arts,
as connected with political cir-
cumstances, 299.
Friestley, Dr. historical notice of,
529. His philosophy cele-
brated, and his polemics ceu-
sured by his French eulogist,
530.

Prophecy, remarks on, in sermons
on that subject, 146–150.
Prostate Gland, small lobe of,
hitherto unnoticed, account of,
340.

Prudence, poetic dialogue with,

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Racine, his trifling pension from
Louis XIV, 481.
Religion, inattention to its dic-

tates eloquently lamented, 243,
Its influence on civil society,
dissertation

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