the most valuable, erroneous, 1009; character of Newton. See Newton. -Evelyn's description of what it
ought to be, 1113 Russians, Dr. Clarke's Picture of the. overcharged, 1084
Sacrifice. See Atonement.
Salaries, in what light to be considered, 87
Salvation, of Jesus Christ and of him only, 824
Sardinia, picture of, 787
Scamander-eloquent description of the sources of the, 1095
Scenery, influence of, on the imagination, 568
Scotch labourers, remuneration of, 702; catalogue of, 698
Scotland, origin and progress of the Re- formation in. See Reformation, Scottish Hospital, historical sketch of, 427
Selden, Aikin's Life of, 200 et seq.
Self Control, a novel, strictures on, 612 et seq.
Sepulchre Holy, account of the, 1101 Seriousness, importance of, in perform- ing the duties of public instruction, 676
Sermons, a formal and mechanical me- thod in, to be avoided, 675; compa- rison of modern with those of the last century, 625; ought not to be recited, 807; reflections on their enormous accumulation, 413; examination of certain pleas frequently urged for print- ing them, 415, 804
Serpents, curious account of catching them in Nicobar, 801
Shells, various classifications of, 368 Shipwrecked persons, Manby's Essay on
the preservation of, 1288; description of his interesting inventions, 1289 Shoes, the criterion of a gentleman, 388 Sicily, remarks on the state of, 734, 5; exemption of articles of luxury from taxation, 735
Simson, Dr., Trail's account of the Life and writings of, 1131 et seq; biogra- phical outline, 1132, 35; examina tion of his works, 1137 et seq. Slave trade, Gaisford's Essay on the good effects of its Abolition, 501, et seq; ruinous condition of the West India Islands, 505; expensiveness of slaves, 506; comparatively small measure of efficient labour that can be extorted by the whip, 507; fourteen years the average term in which a stock of slaves may be supposed to perish, 507; remedial suggestions, 507, 508
Socinianism, reasons for not embracing, it, 850 Socinians, propriety of this appella- tion to denominate the abettors of the simple humanity of Christ instead of the deceptive term, Unitarians, 187 Song writing, Aikin's Essays on, 910; its peculiar province, 913; classification of Songs, 915; curious notions of Mr. Plumptre on this subject, 917 Sounds, beauty and solemnity of, 130 Spirit, agency of, something more than mere persuasion, 488; yet not com- pulsory, 1045; tests by which it may be known, 1045 Springs, warm, 574-579
in Sumatra and Iceland,
Stael, Mad. de, Sketch of her literary career, 311
Steele, Sir Richard, epistolary corre- spondence of, 295; specimens of the trifling nature of the greater part of it, 296-7; Lady S. unjustly cen- sured by Mr. Nichols, 298 Strafford, remarkable for sagacity, de- cision, and daring impetuosity, 515; extracts from his letters, 519; Wel- don's delineation of his character, 712 Stratification of Derbyshire. See Der byshire.
Sulphur, mountains of, in Iceland, de-
scribed, 130; and of Montserrat, 1209 Sulphur springs, description of, 579 Sumatra, Marsden's history of, 290, et seq.; natural productions, population and customs, 292-95
Sunday parties, discountenanced by Bishop Porteus, 765
Superstition, an agent of indefinite power, 330; Bryant's historical view of, 333
Superstitions of the Highlanders, 138 Surfs, enquiry into the cause of, 292 Sylva, Evelyn's, a Discourse on forest
trees, 1109;this book one of those that fix an epoch in the sciences to which they relate, 1109; biographical sketch of its author, 1109, et seq.; abstract of the work, 1115, et seq.; notice of the editor, 1120
Tarsus, excision of the, described, 904 Taste, the delicacy of not destroyed by habits of criticism, 95
desirableness of its cultivation in subordination to more important pursuits, 357
Alison's Essays on the nature and principles of, 126, et seq.; an in- judicious fondness for simplicity ma- nifested by most writers on this
subject, 1127; analysis of Mr. Alison's work, 123, el seq.; the qualities pro- ducing the emotion of taste distin- guished from the faculty receiving them, 128; illustrations of his theory that the sublime and beautiful objects affect us solely, as they excite a train of associations, 129; Sounds, 130; colours 133; forms, 134; invention of Thyme and measure, 137; proportions of the human frame, 140; objections to Mr. A.'s hypothesis as unnecess- arily complex, and as denying any in- trinsic beauty in the qualities of mat- ter, 142, 3
Travels, books of, thoughts on the ac- cumulation of, 114; qualities which are requisite to give them permanent interest, 116
Temper, trials of, compared to insect tormentors, 991
Terebinthine vale, correspondence of its present appearance with the Scrip- ture record, 1103 Terracottas, Ancient, Coombe's descrip- tion of, 1206
Traditions Jewish, in the authority of, 1125
Transportation,-radical and incurable defects of this practice, 82; vices and misery of the transit, 1179 Travelling, reflections on, 1053' Trees. See Sylva.
Triads Welsh, their probable date, 1154; and historical authority, 1162 Trinidad,-Dr. Nugent's visit to the Pitch lake of, 1257
Triangle, the area of a rational right angle, cannot be equal to a square, 348 Trigonometrical Survey, carried on by Col. Mudge, and Captain Colby, ac- count of, 233, et seq.; contents of the six sections into which the work is divided, 2268; table of the latitude, lon- gitude, and altitude of all the emi- nences in Great Britain exceeding 2000 feet, 229; singular coincidences in the results afforded by Triangula- tion and the base line, 230; disgrace. ful misrepresentations of the Survey by the Monthly Review, 232, et seq. Turkish Army, remarks on the, 740 Turks, ravages of the, exaggerated, 1089; their system of police in the Morea,
Unitarian, deceitful use of this epithet
by modern Socinians, 187 United Brethren. See Moravians. Usher, Aikin's Life of, 269; comparison of Usher, with Selden, 269, et seq; his- tory of his Treatise on the Power of the Prince, 270; his remarkable industry and attainments in early life, 271; his opposition to an enlarged toleration of the Irish Catholics, 273
Vanilla,-mode in which it is collected, 593
Vera Cruz, principal objects of expor- tation from that port, 599
Veins, in mineralogy discriminated from Faults, 829; manner in which the Ore and Spars are lodged in them, 834 Vermes, considered under their gene- ra, 366
Virtue and vice, contrasted, 920
War, Muller's Elements of the Science of, 71, et seq.
Waynflete, Bishop, Chandler's Life of 387, et seq.
Wishart, trial and execution of, 40, 41 White, Ebenezer, Select Remains of 1059, et seq.
Whitfield, Memoirs of the Life of, 1232; the wonderful effects of his discourses not to be accounted for by human causes, 1222; estimate of his intellec- tual endowments, 1233; unparalleled display of energy and nature in his oratory, 1235; instances of his un quenchable zeal, 1238
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