women, their form inclegant, 540; destitute of mental cultivation, ib. et seq.; religion of the Greeks, 541; their avarice and impatience of sub- jection, ib.; the Troad, scepticism of the author concerning it, 542; qua→ lifications of the author as a literary traveller, ib.
Alexandrine recension MSS. comprised in it, 6.
American Unitarianism, 266, et seq.: palliation of the conduct of the Boston clergy in concealing their real sentiments, 267; Negation the characteristic of So- cinianism, as admitted by Mr. Wells of Boston, ib.; note, ib.; mode of propa- gating Socinian tenets, adopted by Ame- rican Socinians, 268; on the establish- ment of Socinianism in Harvard college, ib.; source of the dangers attending the increase of Socinian tenets, 269; de- ficiencies in the prayers at Harvard col- lege, (1813) 270; Mr. Belsham's re- marks on the impossibility of persons holding tenets diametrically opposite, worshipping in the same temple, 271; Pope's universal prayer used in public worship, ib.; the orthodox termed idola- ters by Dr. Freeman, ib.; spread of Socinianism in America attributed by its propagators not to the Bible, but to the writings of Dr. Priestley, 272; Chris- tian spirit of the American reviewer, ib. Analogy and experience, their diffe- rence, 120, 1.
Analysis and synthesis, (geometrical) de- fined, 123; illustrated, ib. et seq. Andalusia, its houses, &c. described, 452. Anderson's present state of the Russian empire, 373, et seq.; danger to be ap- prehended from the overgrown power of Russia, 374; character and exe- cution of the present work, ib. et seq.; appearance of Russia, 375, 6; various character of the inhabitants of the em- pire, 376; Mr. A.'s mode of treating the early history of the empire, brief, ib.; violent death of the emperor Paul described, 377.
Anster Fair, a poem, 125, et seq. in- quiry into the nature of the pleasures derived from the ludicrous, ib.; ori- gin of the ludicrous, 126; difference between the ludicrous and the simply humorous, ib.; requisites in the com- position of humorous poetry, 126, 7; Anster Fair, a humorous poem, 127; origin of the octave rhime, 127, 8; imagined origin of the present poem, ib.; 'the argument, ib.; extract, 129; close of the argument, 130; crowds flocking
to Anster loan, 131, 2; ushering in of the morning of the Fair, ib. et seq.; the sack-race, 132, et seq.
Apocalyptic dragon, &c. Clarke's dis- sertation on, 288, et seq.; Beast, what js designed by its number, 289; three ancient modes of numbering, ib.; ex- tract, 290; early Christians trifle on this subject, 291; mode in which the beast's number is to be found, 292; and language, ib.; names containing the number, ib.; author's objections to these names, 293; LUDOVICUS pro- bably the name, 294; Beast, its sym- bolic signification, 295; inquiry in regard to the kingdom containing the number, ib.; extract, the woman and dragon considered, ib.; its seven heads and ten horns, 297; and tail, 298; the Beast, 385; seven heads of the Beast, 386; their double signifi- cation, ib.; the horus, 387; the two horned beast and the image, 388; Mr. C.'s application of the number Six Hundred and Sixty-Six, 389, et seq.; the little horn, 391 Apostles, and the hundred and twenty disciples, were not baptized, 343 Armageddon, a poem, by G. Townsend, 392, et seq; character of the work, ib.; extract, 393; profaneness of the author, 394; apostrophe to the moon,
Aristotelian logic, its aim, as developed by Mr. Dugald Stewart, 121, et seq. Art of evading a charitable subscrip- tion, 170, et seq.; subjects treated of, 171; extract, ib.; additional hints by the reviewer, 172
Asbestos rocks, in South Africa, 309 Atheists, according to Drs. Gall and Spurz-
heim, and Mr. Forster, are devoid of the organ of veneration, 508 Austin on a new construction of a con- denser and air pump, 58
Baboos, or Indian money lenders, 328 Baptism of John not Christian baptism, 343
Battle of Waterloo, an historical record of the campaign of the Netherlands, 570. See Waterloo.
Beast, its signification as a symbol,
Beauty and deformity, Mrs. Schimmel-
penninck's theory of the class fica- tion of, 543, et seq.; object of the au- thor, ib.; definition of beauty, B.; axioms expressing her notions, ib.; se cond and third species of beauty, 544; contrasts, ib.; objections to her
definitions of beauty, ib.; her style of enunciating her conceptions ambi- guous, ib.; inquiry whether some ele. ment of pleasure does not exist dis- tinct from the principle of associa- tion, 513; her generic terms inap- propriate, 546
Bees, a swarm of them attack and disperse Mr. Park's caravan, near Doofroo, in Africa, 217
Belsham, (Mr.) his opinion that persons of
opposite sentiments cannot worship in the same temple, 271
Bennet's sermon on the claims of Lon- don on the zeal of Christians, 510
on occasion of the death of
Joshua Walker, Esq. 510
on the influences of the Holy Spirit, explained and defended, 510 Bentley's epistle to Mill, its origin, 357
Berzelius and Marcet's experiments on
the alcohol of sulphur, or sulphuret of carbon, 62
Bethelsdorp in South Africa, Mr. Camp- bell's account of, 141; its dreary si- tuation, 142
Bible associations formed in Ireland and on the Continent, 303
Bible Society, third annual report of the Southwark auxiliary, 302, et seq.; Bible associations in Ireland, 303; on the Continent, ib.; statement of sub- scriptions and distributions, ib.; the poor not yet sufficiently supplied with bibles, ib.; labours of the Bible asso- ciations not temporary, 304; good effects already resulting from the So- ciety, 305
Blackburn, Mr. J., W. Hamilton's ser- mon occasioned by the execution of, 280, et seq.
Bonaparte's (Lucien) Charlemagne, a poem, 226, et seq.; subject of the poem, 228; its character, ib. et seq.; on the use of machinery in the Christian epic, 231; origin and progress of the poem, 232; invocation, ib.; Laurentia and her family described, ib.5 eulogy on monastic life, 234; Charles's visit to the tombs of his ancestors, 235; description of hell, 237, et seq.; Laurentia seeks an asylum in the court of Marsilius, 239 ; Lamentation of the priest for the death of Ronald, 364 5; the miseries of war, 365; Druids described, 366; the Huns. b. et seq.; reflections of the au- thor, 368; conclusion of the story, with extracts, ib et seq. Bourbons, their restoration principally effected by Protestant Powers, follow- ed by a sanguinary persecution
against the Protestants in the South of France, 618, et seq. Brande's additional observations on the effects of magnesia in preventing an increased forination of uric acid, with remarks on the influence of acids upon the composition of urine, 65 British and Foreign School Society, re- port of for 1815, 513, et seq.; its claims, 514; its design, as consider- ed in connexion with other societies, ib.; some account of Mr. Martin's school of Paris, 515; advanced state of public education in Holland, 517, et seq.; its origin, method of proceeding, schools, scholars, &c. ib.; reflections tending to excite attention to the subject of universal education, 519; some ob- jections noticed, 520
Buddle's first report of a Society 'for preventing accidents in coal mines, 578, et seq.; terrible calamities to which colliers are exposed, 579; modes tending to obviate the danger from inflammable gas, ib.; various modes of ventilation, 580; the most fatal effects attending an explosion in a coal mine, are occasioned by suffocation, 580, 1'; invention intended to remove the danger, ib.; steel-mill, its use, advan➡ tages, &c. ib.; important invention of Professor Davy, for securing the safety of the workmen in mines, (note) 582
Buonaparte Napoleon. See Giraud and Frenilly.
Burgundy, Duke of, his death, 104, 5 Bushmen in South Africa, throw their
children to the lions to save them- selves, 149
Butler's introduction to the mathema- tics, 264, et seq.; character and con- tents of the work, ib. Byron's, Lord, Hebrew melodies, 94, et seq.; Jephthah's daughter, ib.; the wild gazelle, 95, 6.
Campaign of Paris, in 1814, by Gi- raud, 196, et seq; fatal error of Buo- naparte in the campaign of 1813, ib.; error repeated in 1814, 197; Allies enter France, ib.; Buonaparte defeat- ed at Rothieu, ib.; profits by the er- ror of the Allies, ib.; captures a Rus- sian corps, ib.; drives Blucher back, 198; gains farther successes, and tears the treaty of Chatillon, ib.: defeated at Laon, 199, throws him- self into the rear of the Allies, ib. ; battle and capitulation of Paris, ih. et seq.; anecdotes of Buonaparte, ib. Campbell's travels in South Africa,
135, et seq.; origin of the expedition, 136; summary of his proceedings, ib.; stay at Cape-town, 137; visit to Ba- vian's Kloof, ib.; public worship on ac- count of the termination of the old, and beginning of the new year, ib.; com- mencement of the journey to Be- thelsdorp, 138; difference between an African and a European climate, ib.; equanimity of the Hottentots under the different states of climate, ib.; necessity of the mind's being systema- tically educated, to enjoy with cor- rect feelings the beauties of nature iu its varied exhibitions, 139; insen- sensibility of the Hottentots towards even the majestic in the natural world, 140; their stoicism in regard to disappoint- ments, &c. ib.; arrival at Bethels- dorp, 141; census of the inhabitants, ib.; appearance of the settlement, 142; alleged indolence of the Hottentots principally owing to the Dutch boors, ib. and extract; author's estimate of the religious and moral state of the settlement, 144; Gonaqua nation extinct, ib.; surprising strength of the buffalo, 144, 5; singular encounter between a sleeping Hottentot and a sleeping lion, ib.; dangerous attack upon two lions, 146; remarks on the author's reflections on the uninhabi- ted wastes of Africa, ib.; extract from a Hottentot sermon, 148; partiality of lions for Bushmen, 149; its cause, ib.; party cross the Orange river, ib.; arrival at Lattakoo, 150; mauners, &. of the people, 151; hints to the managers of the opera, ib.; extreme noi- siness of the natives, 153; employments of the queen and princesses, 154; their opinion of the origin of mankind, 155; arrival of the king, ib.; success of the enterprise, ib.; population, &c. of the city, 156; author's opinion in regard to a missionary experiment there, 157; Wanketzeens cruel and treacherous, 306; travellers meet with lions and giraffes, 308; excessive indolence of the Hottentots, 309; asbes- tos rocks, ib.; children in South Africa exposed to innumerable dangers from scorpions, venomous flies, &c. 312; death of Mrs. Sass, ib.; serpents abundant after rain, ib.; Vaillant soundly drubbed by Mrs. Vandervesthuis, 313; Vail- lant's account of the Hottentots de- clared by Mr. Campbell to be very cor- rect, ib.; heat of the weather, ib. Cannibals, a nation of, supposed to ex-
ist to the south of Sego, in Africa
Carpe Diem, or the true policy of Eu-
rope at the present juncture, with regard to France, 421
Cataracts of Gothen, 24; of Halfslund,
Chalmers on the evidence and authority of the Christian revelation, 37, et seq. deep interest of the subject, ib.; impure nature of the Christian sys tem, as adopted and authorized by popes and emperors, ib.; origin of the inquiry, into the evidence and authority of the Christian faith,' ib.; value of Mr. Chalmers's work, ib.; lowest degree of evidence requi- site to command the assent of con- science in favour of Christianity, 39, et seq.; on an inquirer's forming a de- cision in regard to the question, whe- ther Christianity be the religion which merits his confidence, 40; Mr. Chal- mers's modest claims, 41; positive proofs in favour of Christianity abun dant, ib; on ascertaining the true state of the fact, 42, 3; the truth and authority of the Christian reli- gion dependent on the reality of cer- tain events, 43; difficulties in the way of forming an unbiassed judge- ment in regard to testimony, 44 ; ten- dency to prefer heathen to Christian testimony, 45; extract from Mr. C. on this subject, ib. et seq.; internal marks of the truth of the New Testament, 47, et seq.; strength of the testimony of the original witnesses, 49; extract, 50; futility and delusive nature of the objection drawn from the rejection of Christianity by the Jews, 51; on the objection that Christian miracles are not attested by heathen writers, 52; on the objections of sceptical Geologists, 53; the author's remarks on the infidel's objections from internal evidence, ob- scurely expressed, 54; character and estimate of the treatise, 55, 6 Charitable subscription, art of evading one, 170, et seq.; subjects of the trea- tise, 171; additional bints, 179 Charlemagne, or the Church delivered, a poem, by Lucien Bonaparte, 996, et seq.; the subject, 228; character of the work, b.; author's remarks on the machinery of a Christian epic, 231; invocation, 232; description of Laurentia and her sons, ib.; eulogy on monastic life, 234: Charles visits the tombs of his ancestors, 235; description
of hel, 237; Laurentia at the court of Marsilius, 239; priest's lamentation over Ronald. 364, 5; war, some of its miseries portray d, 365; description of the Drunds, 366; Huns described, and the r encampment, th. et seq.; reflec- tions of the author, 368; conclusion of the story, and extract, ib. et seq. Chatillou, treaty of, torn by Buonaparte in a moment f success, 199 Chincough, D: Watt on the history, nature, and treatment of, 487, el seg.; fever constantly attendant on the disease, 488, belong to the order of inflammatory affections, ib.; varieties of the fever, ib. et seq.; report of an ex- amination of subjects who fell victims to it, 490; summary of our actual knowledge of the disease, 492; measles more fatal since the preva- Jeuce o vaccination, 493; result of the Glasgow tables of deaths, ib.; si- milar result afforded by the London bills of mortality, 494; Dr. W.'s opmon that the increased mortality from the measles is in consequence of the partial extermination of the small pux, ib.; different result from the observations of Dr. Stanger, ib.; farther results requisite to form just conclusions on the subject, 495 Christian baptism instituted subse- quently to the eucharist, 343 Christian Courtesy, a sermon, by Mr. Knight, 511, 12; address to ministers and students, ib. Christiana, description of, 26 Christian revelation, Chalmers on the evidence and authority of, 37, et seq.; Christianity under the popes and em- perois impure, ib.; use and tendency of freedom of inquiry, 37, 8; effi- ciency of Mr. Chalmers's work, ib.; the least preponderance of evidence is binding, 39; e sential difference between contradiction and difficulty, 40; on forming a decision on the question, Whether Christianity be that system of religion which de- serves confidence, ib.; aim of Mr. C. in writing this treatise, 41; plea of a deficiency of evidence in regard to the truth of Christianity ill founded, ib.; remarks on ascertaining the true state of the fact, 42; truth and au- thority of the Christian religion de- pend on the reality of certain events, 43; difficulties in deciding on testi- mony under certain circumstances, 44; general tendency to prefer hea- then to Christian testimony, 45; re-
marks of Mr. C. on this subject, ib.; on the internal marks of truth in the New Testament, 47, et seq.; strength of the testimony of the original wit- nesses, 49; extract, 50; objection drawn from the rejection of Christi- anity by the Jews, delusive, 51; re- marks on the objection that the Chris- tian miracles are not attested by heathen writers, 52; remarks on the objections of sceptical Geologists, 53
Church delivered, a poem, by Lucien Bonaparte. See Bonaparte.
Claims of London on the zeal of Chris-
tians, a sermon, by Mr. Bennet, 510 Claims of the Established Church. See Established Church.
Clanny on the means of procuring a
steady light in coal mines, without the danger of explosion, 65 Clarke on the apocalyptic dragon, 288, et seq.; what is intended by counting the number of the beast, 289; modes of numbering prevalent in ancient times, ib.; extract, 290; trifling of the early Christians in this respect, 291; author's inquiries as to the mode, and language in which the num- ber is to be sought, 292; instances of names supposed to contain the number, ib.; objections by the author, 293; some reasons in favour of its being LUDOVICUS, 294; signification of the symbol Beast ib; inquiry into the king- dom containing the number, 295; extract, ib.; the woman and the dra- gon considered, ib.; seven heads of the dragon, 297; ten horns, ib.; and tail, 298; the beast considered, 385; author's opinion, ib.; the seven heads of the beast, 386; their double mean- ing, ib.; ten horns of the beast, 387; two horned beast and the image, 388; author's application of the number SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, 389, et seq.; and of the little horn, 391 Classical studies, great advantages resulting from commencing them by reading the best poels, 409
Clwyd, the vale of, or Cona, a poem,
588, et seq.; the tale, ib.; extracts, ib.
et seq. Coal mines, Buddle's first report of a society for preventing accidents in, 578, et seq.; dreadful accidents in- cident to colliers, 579; various modes of obviating the danger from inflammable gas, ib.; on ventilations, 580; suffocation subsequent to explo- sion, the principal occasion of the fatal accidents in coal mines, 580, 1; at-
tempts to obviate its effects, ib.; use of the steel-mill, ib.; a security lan- thorn, lately invented by Professor Davy, (note) 582
Coal mines, Clanny on the means of procuring a steady light in, without the danger of explosion, 65 Cobbin's statement of the persecution of the Protestants in the south of France, since the restoration of the Bourbons, 618, el seq; conduct of the French Protestants on the restoration of the Bourbons, 618: sanguinary acts of the Papists, 619; thirteen Protestants killed by one assassin, ib.; conduct of the Duc d'Augou- leme unsatisfactory, (note) ib.; at- tempt on the life of General De la Garde, ib.; petition from the perse- cuted Protestants coldly received, and not replied to, by Louis XVIII, 620; extract from a letter by M. Desmont, senior pastor of the Church at Nisms. ib.
Cobbold's, El zab th, victory of Water- loo, 570; extract, 577
Cona, or be y le of Clwyd, a poem, 588, et seq.; the tale, ib,; extracts, ib.
et seq. Congo river See Zaire.
Cooper's practical sermons, 609, et seq.;
style of composition adapted to ser- mons peculiar, ib.; practice of ac- commodating the words of Scripture to foreign purposes injudicious and dangerous, 610; the example of Jesus Christ binding on his followers, 611; conduct of Jesus Christ toward the indi- vidual considered, 612; on mercy, its true nature, &c. ib.
Coquettes, paradise of, a poem, 86, 7 Corps des Patineurs, 26
Cracknell's recommendatory preface to Dr. Jennings's Scripture testimony,
Crocodiles, numerous in the Gambia, 217; Isaaco, Mungo Park's guide, seized by one, 220
Dacoity, its practice in India, 320; cruel revenge of two condemned da- coits, 332
Davy's further observations on a new detonating substance, 68; experi-
ments and observations on the sub- stances produced in different che- mical processes ou fluor spar, 71 Davy's la thorn for obviating the danger from explosions incoal mines, (note) 582
Delinquency, moral, its certain aud
only corrective, upon the principles of craniology, 509; see Forster's sketch
Desmont M. senior pastor of the church at
Nismes, extract from a letter of his, 620 Despotic government established in Nor-
way in accordance with the wishes of the people, 36
Despotic government, its demoralizing tendency, and causes, ib.; charac- ter of Buonaparte's despotism, 404 Dewar's sermon at the Gaelic chapel, 300 et seq; deficiency of religious in- struction in some districts of Scot- land, ib.; and extract ib.; destitule state of Iona, 301
Display, a tale by Miss Jane Taylor,
158. et seq.; inquiry into the differ- ence between a novel and a tale, ib.; requisites for writing a tale upon cor- rect principles, ib; instances of suc- cess, ib. et seq., defects and excellen- cies of Miss Edgeworth as a writer of moral tales, 159; desin of the pre- sent work, b.; descriptive portraits of the characters 160) et seq.
Display, the chief feature of the Pari- sian character, 407 Dissertations and letters by Don J. Ro- driguez, Chevalier Delambre, Baron de Zack, Dr. T. Thomson, Dr. Gre- gory, &c. tending to impugn or to de- fend the trigonometrical survey of England and Wales, by Col. Mudge and Capt. Colby, 505, 6 Discourses, practical, by Mr. Paterson, 378; object of the writer, ih.; cha- racter of the discourses, 379; objec tionable expressions, 381, el sq.; false taste of the Author, 383 Dodsworth's historical account of the episcopal see, and cathedral church of Sarum, or Salisbury, 434, et seq.; na- ture of the assoc at ons awakened by contemplating our Cathedra! Churches, ib. et seq.; number of the plates, ar- tists, &c. 437; author's performance descriptive of the plates, ib; contents of the first part, ab, conduct of the ecclesiastics during the reign of Stephen, 439; Dr. Duppa alledged to have es- sisted in the composition of the EIKON BASI- LIKE, ib.; contents of the second part, 439, et seq.; Old Sarum cathedral founded by Osmund, 440; character of Osmund, ih.; extensive and remarkable grant of John to the clery, of Old Sarum described, and the remord of the citizens, ib.; commencement of Salisbury cathedral, 441; indulgences granted, in aid of the building, 440, si-
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