Line 2326.- Let it outcry the boy at Philip's ear.' It is said, that PHILIP of MACEDON, father of ALEXANDER the Great, employed a boy to admonish him every morning of his mortality in these words- PHILIP, thou art a man!' Line 2425.-When time, like him of Gaza in his wrath,' &c. Alluding to SAMPSON's taking away the gates of the PHILISTINES. See Judges XVI. 29, 30. The allusion here is not improper in itself; but I cannot altogether admire it as a final conclusion of the NIGHT THOUGHTS; which, instead of opening into eternal day, abruptly close the subject in universal midnight.' The Reader, however, who has perused the work with a taste for serious reflection, and has condescended to take these remarks with him as a guide, will not close the work without confessing, that among all the Author's blemishes he has found a great variety of beauties, uncommon originality of thought, many passages of the true sublime, and, above all, the finest moral sentiments, and the most interesting religious truths; may they rest with all their just and infinite importance on our minds! END OF THE NOTES. INDEX. THE FIRST FIGURES REFER TO THE NIGHTS, THE OTHER TO THE LINES. A. ADDRESS, or Apostrophe, to Death, Night 1, Line 205. To the great and indolent, 2. 234. To man, respecting his instability of Adjuration, solemn, the Author's, by night, addrest to Lorenzo, 9. 2093. Age and Disease, the harbingers of Death, 3. 487. Aged, the, less heedful of Death's approach than the young, 5. 606. Ajax, the story of, alluded to, 3.271. On aged trees, 4. 111. On time, 2. 139. On Altamont, the death of, 5. 434. Ambition and Avarice, the influence of, 6. 221. 399. True, described, Angels, half their joy derived from friendship, 2. 577. Analogy, man's surest guide, 6. 734. And men, com- The war of, 7. Annihilation, the absurdities and horrors of, urged, 7. 844. Art the bad effects of, 5. 43. And genius, inadequate to the attain- Arts, human, surpassed by Nature, 9.916. Astrology, true, what it is, found out, 9. 1047. Avarice, furnishes an argument of immortality, 7. 444. Author, the, his disappointments, 4. 60. His prayer for himself, 9.2309. B. Balchen, Admiral, his unhappy fate alluded to, s. 172. Belshazzar, the history of, in Dan. v. 5. alluded to, 2. 412. Blest, the, see the works of creation in their due proportion, 8. 30. C. Caution, frequently betrays men into danger, 1. 272. Christian, the dignity of a, 4.788. Compared to a ship at sea, 8. 1081. Christ, his crucifixion described, 4. 245. His life, death, and ascen- Chesterfield, the Earl of, complimented, S. 1266. Clouds, a fine description of them, 9. 554. Complaint, the, of a good man, on the supposition of no future exist- Competence recommended, 6. 506. Conscience, the treachery of, 2. 256. Notices our thoughts as well as D. Time's daughters, 8. 113. Darkness. See Silence. 1. 114. Heinousness of violating, 3. Death, proprietor of all, 1. 205. Sudden and unexpected, the danger Death-bed of friends, a fine description of the, 5. 496. Of the just, Deception, defeats its own power, 8.357. A contempt of, recommend- Deity. See Address. Deluge, the, and conflagration of all things, described, 9. 137. Devil, the, his sentence, what, 9. 275. Devotion, the daughter of Astronomy, 9. 770. Dial, the language of a, 2. 409. Directions, for self-examination, 9. 1439. Necessary to remove gloom and melancholy, 8. 737. Discontent, man's, a proof of immortality, 7. 29. Disease, Death's harbinger, 3. 487. Attacks the temperate and volup- Disobedience to the command of God, in what case recommended, Diversions censured, 2. 60. Dreams, a proof of the soul's immortality, 1.98. Duration, necessary to the bliss of an immortal being, 8. 1340. E. Earth, the region of melancholy, 1. 115. The comparatively small Earthly bliss, the instability of, 1. 180. Endymion, his story alluded to, 9. 542. Epitaph on the human race, supposing there is no future state, 7.833. Evening, fine description of a summer's, 2. 685. Evils, natural, are benefits, 9. 389. Experience, its language, 2.381. The corrector of human pride, 5. F. Faith, disarms death of its terrors, 4. 722. And reason, the relation Fame, the fondness for, disavowed by man, 7.342. Condemned, 5. 2. Fear of a future state, a proof of its reality, 7. 1320. Firmament, what it is, 9. 1034. Florello, his story, 8.245. Folly, subject to misery, 8. 391. And wisdom contrasted, 8. 916. Free-thinking, true, defined, 7. 1222. Friend, the bosom of a, finely described, 2. 519. Friends, real, the value of, 2. 461. 510. What makes them miracles on Friendship, the benefits of, 2. 463. Directions for preserving, 2. 563. Future state, a good man's complaint, supposing there is none, 7. 653. Gaiety, its instructions, 5.779. G. Genius and art insufficient to the acquision of true greatness, 6. 259. Glory, true, wherein it consists, 8.431. God, erroneously defined by infidels, 4. 225. Proved to be a Spirit, 9. of, vindicated, 9. 370. Denied, creates innumerable mysteries, 7. Gold, where it glitters most, 5.966. Eagerness of mankind to acquire, Good man, the, exposed to trials in this life, 8. 1045. Characterized, Grave the, a description of, 1. 116. 2. 361. 3. 255. Of a friend, the Great, the, their mistaken notions of friendship, 2. 542. See Address. Grief, the proper school of wisdom, 5. 253. H. Happiness, earthly, its insufficiency and emptiness, 1. 274. Present, 1022. Happy man, who is truly a, 8.935. Health of the mind, what it is, 8. 924. Heaven, the favours of, their nature explained, 1. 329. Heavens, starry, questions suggested by a view of the, 9. 1273. Hell described, 9. 185. 2404. Homer and Milton, a panegyric on, 1. 450. Hope, the different kinds of, described, 7. 134. 1445. A proof of im- 7. 1454. False, its dictates, 7. 1446. Hours, past, the wisdom of talking with them, 2. 376. Humility, the praise of, 8. 475. I. Icarus, the fable of, alluded to, 5. 243. Idleness, the bane of the soul, 2. 163. True, its benefits, See Allegory. Ills, proceed from man alone, 9.444. The intent of, 9.493. Infancy described, 8. 252. See Man. Infidel, an, the most frantic of mad-men, 7. 201. Wretched state of 7.904. Infidels, their pretensions to philanthropy rejected, 8. 695. Satan's In what Infidelity, the cause of, 7. 1190. The real existence of, denied, 9. 1416. Innocence, not dependent on fortune for joy, 8. 1024. Inscription on those who believe the doctrine of annihilation, 7. 833. |