atrocious behaviour at the trial of Louis XVI. 428; the author serves under Kellerinann, ib. ; is imprisoned with his father, brother, &c. at Mar- seilles, ib. his ludicrous character of the Prince of Conti, 428, 9; their terrors during their imprisonment, 430; narrowly escape being massacred in prison, 431; are released and embark for America, ib. Morell's Christian stewardship, 280, et seq.; era of the origin of dissenting colleges, 281; the first pastors of the dissenting churches, were university men, ib.; author's view of the sacred office of steward, &c. ib. ; its honourable nature, 282.
Morgagni on the seats and causes of disease, investigated by anatomy, 378, 9.
Mortimer's lectures on the influences of
the Holy Spirit, 154. et seq. Munter's narrative of the conversion
and death of Count Struensee, for- merly prime minister of Denmark, 570; character of the work by the late Mr. Rennel, the editor, ib. ; the count's declaration of his infidel creed, 571 ; ju- dicious conduct of Munter, 572; change in the conduct and religious opinions of the count, 573; his death, ib. Mutilations practised among savage tribes, remarks on them, 401, et seq.
Navy, Greek, Col. Stanhope's remarks on it, 478.
Now and Then,' by Miss Jane Taylor, 444, el seq.
Odeypoor, princess of, account of her tragi cal death, 128, 9. Onslow's, speaker, notes on bishop Burnet's preaching, 494; his character of Swift, 497.
Owen's strictures on the Rev. E. T. Vaughan's sermon entitled "God the Doer of all things," 508, et seq.
Parallelisms of the Scriptures, see Boy's Tactica Sacra.
Park's concise exposition of the apoca- lypse, &c. 339, et seq.; peculiarity of the author's mode of regarding the apocalypse, 340; his explanation of the pouring out of the sixth vial, 340, 41. Parry's journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage, &c. 98, et seq.; perilous navigation after leaving Winter Island, 98; dangerous situation of the Hecla, 98, 9;
various improvements, &c. adopted in fitting out the vessels for the voyage, 99, 100; the expedition leaves the Nore, 100; arrives at Resolution Island, ib.; Capt. Lyon's description of the Eskimaux, ib. ; their dancing, &c. 100, 1; accuracy of Capt. Mid- dleton's observations, &c. respecting Repulse bay, and Southampton Is- land substantiated, 101; Gore bay and Lyon inlet, 102; ships take up their winter station, 102; Capt. Parry's re- flections on his voyage up to that period, ib.; arrangements for passing the winter, ib.; beautiful appearance of the Aurora Borealis, 103, 4; first visit of the Eskimaux, 104; interesting descrip- tion of Iligliuk, a female Eskimaux, 105; the ships resume their voyage, 106; their access to the polar sea prevented by a barrier of old ice, ib.; take up their second winter quarters, ib.; further description of the Eskimaux, ib.; instances of their excessive gluttony, 108; their self complacency, ib.; their dexterity in managing their sledges and their dogs, 109; curious detail of their superstitions, 110, et seq.; appearance of the scurvy among the crew, 113; return of the vessels, ib,
Pharoahs, monuments of them, list of, 337.
Pindarrees, war against them, and their
complete dispersion, 342; see India. Plain in Brazil described, with the various animals that people it, 394. Poonah, its situation described, 349; see India. Preaching,
extemporaneous, Ware's hints on it, 282, et seq.
Princep's political and military trans- actions of British India, under the ad- ministration of the Marquess of Hast- ings, 342, &c.; See India. Printing, reflections on the art of, 368,
Printing, despatch in, curious account of,
Prior's life of Burke, 312, et seq.; cha- racter of Mr. Burke's writings, 314; his early life, ib. ; extract from Shackle ton's account of him, 313, 14; enters Trinity college, Dublin, 315; his im- pressions on first coming to London, 316, et seq.; his vindication of natural so- ciety,' 318, 19; Dr. Johnson's estimate of his essay on the sublime, &c. 319; accompanies single-speeched Hamilton to Ireland, 320; his attachment to chil- dren, 320, 21; receives a pension,
321; rupture between him and Hamilton, ib.; meanness of Hamilton, and fate of the pension, 321, 2; state of politics and parties at this period, 322; he patronises Barry, the painter, 323; becomes secretary to the Marquis of Rockingham, and takes a seat in the Commons' House, for Wendover, ib. ; Dr. Johnson's opinion of his rising po- litical character, ib. ; his admirable ad- vice to Barry, 324, et seq; proof of his tolerance on matters of religious belief, 327; he introduces Dr. Priestley to the privy council chamber, 328; his scanty income and rigid economy, 328, 9: death of his son, and consequent de- cline of his own health, 329; his death, ib.; his letter to the hereditary prince of Wurtemburg, with present of his letter on a regicide peace, 329, 30. Prophecy, Keith's sketch of the evidence of, 185, et seq.
there, 276; remarks on the unhealthiness of the climate, 277. Slaney's essay on the beneficial direction of rural expenditure, 464, et seq.; contents of the work, 464, 5; remarks on profitable and beneficial expendi- ture, 465; the rich should not seek out profitable channels of expendi- ture, ib.; expenditure in farming, by the rich, for profit, not beneficial to the community, 465, 6; on forest trees, and those which are not indige- nous to Britain, 406; different effect between the building of new cottages, and the improving of old ones, 467; evils to the peasantry from the bad state, of the foot paths, 467, 8; proper side of the road for making foot paths, 468; neces- sity for providing regular employment for the poor, 468, 9; great importance of small loans to the poor, 469; amuse- ments for the poor, 470; on sunday sports, 470, 1; duty of the magistrate to put down open buying and selling on the Christian Sabbath, 471, 2; the author's excellent remark on the peasant's garden, 472; capability of the wealthy manufacturer to promote the comfort and melioration of the poor, 473; means possessed by the members and hearers of Christian societies, ib.
Review, North American, its high character, Slave, the, and other poems, 187, et seq.;
Rhine, its appearance at Leyden, 564. Riego's last military operations, Mat- thewes's account of, 381, et seq. Romaine's life, walk, and triumph of faith, with introductory essay, by Dr. Chalmers, 541, et seq.
Sabbath, a, among the mountains, a poem, 85. 6; extract, 86.
-, Christian, duty of the magis- trates to put down buying and selling on that day, 471, 2. Sacrifices, bloody, admitted by the Hin- doo system, 71.
Say on the rise, progress, and probable results of the British dominions in India, 528; see India.
Scriptures, Hebrew, as they existed in
the time of our Saviour, received the sanction of his authority, 216. Serenade, a poem, 569.
Shecarries, a low Hindoo caste, employed in catching birds, and wild animals, 556, 7. Sherwood's, Mrs., bible teacher's ma-
nual, Part III., &c. 376, et seq: ex- tract illustrative of the plan of the work, 377.
Sierra Leone, improvement of the colony
Slave-trade, as still carried on by the
French, Spanish, and Portuguese, horrible details of it, 278.
Society, a native missionary, at Seram- pore, 63; Hindoo literary, at Calcutta, 63, 4.
Society, Parisian, its general effect on the English visitants, 451.
Soirées, Parisian, mode of conducting them, 449, 50.
Spix's travels in Brazil, &c. 385, et seq.; see Brazil.
Sports, field, sketches of, in India, 553,
Sports, sunday, for the poor, remarks on them, 470, 1. Stanhope's, Col. Leicester, Greece, in 1823, 24, 475, et seq.; see Greece. Stanzas on visiting Cowper's garden and summer-house, at Olney, 446, 7. Stewardship, the Christian, Morell's dis-
course on the nature of it, 280, et seq. Stonard's commentary on the vision of Zechariah, the prophet, 406, et seq.; political complexion of some late ex- positions of the prophecies, 406; spirit of the present work, 407; parts of the prophecies treated of by the author, 407, 8; nature of the vision, 408;
the author's explanation of the horse- men and horses, ib. ; the objects of their mission, 409; view of the future state of human affairs, from the prophecies of Da- niel, ib.; the number of the angelic troops, &c., ib.; explanation of the colour of the horses, 410; and of the concluding part of the vision, 411; the second part of the prophet's vision considered, ib.; the four horns, &c. explained, 412; some discrepancies in the author's in- terpretation, ib. ; the third part of the vision, 413; the fourth part consider- ed, ib.; introductory paragraph explana- lory of this part, ib.; the fifth part, consisting of the golden candlestick and the olive trees, 414; the author's general view of the several represen- tations of the vision, 415; the women with wings, explained, ib.; the four chariots with coloured horses, 416. Strafford, Earl of, baseness and impolicy of King Charles's abandonment of him,
198. Struensee, Count, Munter's narrative of his conversion and death, with intro- duction and notes, by the late Dr. Rennel, 570, et seq.
Swift's notes on Bishop Burnel's history of his own times, 495, 6; character of Swift, by Speaker Onslow, 497.
Talnier, fort of, circumstances connected with the storming and surrender of it to Sir John Hislop, 580, 1. Taylor's Calmet's dictionary of the holy bible, 454, et seq.; great improve- ments in the present edition, 454, 5; contents of the respective volumes, 456.
Jane, contributions of Q. Q. to a periodical work, &c. 432, et seq.; probability of the lasting fame of many modern writers for children, ib.; unprecedented success of the poems, hymns, &c. written by the present author and her sister, &c. 432, 3; remarks on her pieces in the 'associate minstrels,' ib.; Display, a tale, 434; essays in rhyme on morals and men, ib.; origin of the present papers, ib.; their character, ib.; the discontented pendulum,' 435, 6; 'moral,' 437; the philosophical scales,' 437, et seq.; moral,' 439; how it strikes a stranger,' 440, et seq.; now and then,' 444, et seq.; on visiting Cowper's gar- den and summer-house at Olney, 446, 7. Testament, New, the books of it actually written by the Evangelists and the Apostles, 210.
The discontented pendulum, 435, et seq.; moral, 437.
Thugs, a predatory people of central India, description of them, 118.
Tour, horticultural, through Flanders, Holland, and France, by a deputation from the society, &c.; great atten- tion to arboraceous decoration' in the Netherlands, 560, 1; character of the Antwerp journal, 561; prevalence of popish superstition at Antwerp, ib.; pri- vileges of the stork, in Holland, 562; present state of the Dutch Tulipoma- nia, 563; bronze statue of Erasmus, ib.; the palm of Clusius at Leyden, 564; appearance of the Rhine at Ley- den, ib.; the Stadt-house at Amsterdam, 564, 5; description of the Jewesses, at Amsterdam, on a fair day, 565; remarks on the present state of the embankments, &c. in Holland, 566. Townley's answer to the Abbé Dubois, &c., 61.
Traveller, the modern, 150, et seq.; cha- racter and plan of the work, 151; con- cluding remarks upon Palestine, 151, et seq.; execution of the work, 153.
Universities, American, compared with the Scottish, 83.
Valparaiso, bay of, 41. Vaughan's Sermon on " God the Doer of all things,' 508, et seq.; see Antinomi- anism.
Vera Cruz, description of it, 140, 1. Wallace's memoirs of India, 528, et seq. ; see India.
Ware's hints on extemporaneous preach- ing, 282, et seq.; extemporaneous preaching distinguished from unpre- meditated preaching, 282; preaching without premeditation a temptation to in- dolence, 283; evil consequent on the practice of reading sermons, 283, 4; language the last thing the spectator should be anxious about, 284, 5; extem- poraneous speaking objected to only in the clerical profession, 285; au- thor's rules for acquiring a habit of extem- poraneous preaching, ib.
Wars, British, in India, sketch of, 116, 7. Werninck's translation of sermons on
practical subjects, by some eminent French and Dutch protestant minis- ters in Holland, 154, et seq.; the editor's remarks on the various authors, 179; de- sign of an intended work on the history of the mental and moral development of
mankind, by Dr. Muntinghe, 179; sub- jects of the collection, 181; illustra- tive extracts from the different writers, 181, et seq.
White on the state of British India; see India.
Widows, Hindoo, two saved from burn-
ing, by British interference, 66, 7. Williams's dictionary of all religions and religious denominations, &c. 380, et seq; improvements of the present edi- tion, 380, 1.
Wilson, the artist, Wright's life of, 498,
Wolferstan's enchanted flute, and other poems, and fables from la Fontaine, 543; the grasshopper und ant, 544; town and country mouse, 544, 5; the rats in council, 545, 6; the jug and kettle, 547, 8; two views of the same subject, 548, et seq.
Eugenia, a poem, 543; ex-
tracts, 552. Wolf's missionary journal, &c. 238, et seq.; identity of the present race of the Jews and Arabs with their early ancestry, 238, 9; strong attachment of the Jews to the land of their fathers, 239; little interest felt by Christian nations towards the Jews, ib.; true cause of the oppression exercised to- wards the Jews, during seventeen cen- turies, 240; inquiry into the truth of the observation, that of all religions, Judaism is the most rarely abjured, 241; the natural obstacles to the con- version of the Jews greatly diminished, ib.; the corruption of Christianity the greatest obstacle of the present day to their conversion, ib.; the Jewish po- pulation chiefly resident in popish, pagan, and Mahommedan countries, 242; author of the present work a Jewish convert, 243; remarks on the prejudice entertained against Jewish converts, ib.; character of Mr. Wolf, ib.; his early instruction in all the Jewish ceremonies, 244; result of a conversation with a Lutheran, when only eight years old, 245; subsequent unsettled state of his mind, and his entrance into the Romish church, 245, 6; account of F. Schlegel, 246, 7; state of religion among the papists of Hungary, 247; author's in- teresting interview with Count Stolberg, 247, 8; detail of the circumstances that attended his journey to Rome, and during his residence there, ib.; is dismissed by the pope and sent back to Vienna, ib.; his perplexed situation, 249; enters a popish convent, 249;
quits it and goes to London, 249, 50; studies the oriental languages at Cam- bridge, 250; sails to Palestine, ib.; his conversation with a Jewish gentleman at Gibraltar, 251, 2; his declaration of his faith in the presence of several rabbies at Grand Cairo, 254, 5; account of Mo- hammed Effendi, 255; Mr. Wolf's conversation with a Romish priest in a Maronite convent on Mount Lebanon, 256, et seq.; his conversations with the Jews at Jerusalem, 258, et seq.; Rabbi Mendel's gloss on Isaiah, 53-8, &c. 258, 9; state of the Jewish popula- tion in various parts of the world, 260, 1; Polish Jews at Jerusalem,.261, 2; account of the Caraites, 262; the Beni Khaibr, 262, 3; no Jews in Cyprus, reason of it, 264; further details of Jewish population, general remarks on the present state and prospects of the Jews, 264, 5.
Worthington's, Hugh, sermons, 154, et seq.
Wright's life of Richard Wilson, Esq. R. A. 498, et seq.; remarks on the alleged neglected condition of the fine, arts in England, 498; causes of the prosperous state of painting, &c. in Italy, 499; difference in respect to England arising from climate, light, internal construction of rooms, &c., ib.; great demand for the productions of living artists when consonant with English habits, 499; instance in Mr. Haydon, of great powers remaining unrewarded, 500; the author's mis- conception of the success of Mr. Hil- ton, ib.; cause of the failure of his Comus, ib.; superiority of the British school over the continental artists, 501; comparative estimate of Bri- tish sculptors, 501, 2; whimsical ac- count of a German artist in ardent pursuit of nature, 502; early life and studies of Wilson, ib; cause of his attending to landscape painting, 504; admirable libe- rality of a French artist, ib.; further account of Wilson, bis studies and death, ib.; his personal appearance, 504, 5; indiscretion of his biographer, 505; character of Wilson's powers as a painter, 506; his poverty, 507; his convivial habits, 508.
Xalapa, city of, 141; volcanic soil around it, 142.
Zachariah, the prophet, Dr. Stonard's commentary on his visions, 406, et seq.
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