To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, fee the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
DULTERY, the den of, de-
scribed, 109.
ÆSCHYLUS, his dramas charac-
terized, 510.
AGRICULTURE, as yet but imper-
fectly known in England, 127.
Peculiar difficulties attending the
study and improvement of, 128.
Advantages of experimental
knowledge in, 133. A period-
ical publication of improvements
in farming recommended, 135.
Benefits probably resulting from
a performance of that kind, 136.
Model for recording experi-
ments, 243. Obfervations on
Scientific agriculture, 246.
AGUE, Jumping, curious account
of, 197.
AIR, experiments relative to, 161,
BAILLY, M. his memoir concern-
ing the diminution of the length
of the year, 497.
BARK, the best remedy for the pu-
trid and ulcerous fore throat, 30.
BARTHELEMY, Abbé, his remarks
on the number of pieces that
were customarily represented on
the fame day, on the Athenian
theatre, 527.
BASALTES of the ancients, inquiry
concerning, 499.
BATTEUX, Abbé, his memoir on
Aristotle's poetics, 524.
tragedy, 525. On comedy, ib.
His comparison of Epic poetry
with tragedy and history, 526.
BAUER, M. his memoirs of Wal-
lachia, 304.
BEWLY, Mr. his experiments on
pyrophori, 171.
BIBLE, Vulgate, account of a va-
luable manufcript of, 545.
BIRDS, anatomy of, memoir con-
cerning, 494. Surprizing ana-
logy between their forms and
that of the human species, 494.
BLOOD, observations and experi-
ments on, 341, 381.
BOEHME's acad. dissertations, 60.
Books, introduction to the know-
ledge of, by M. Denis, 303.
'BRAVERY distinguished from cơu.
rage, 201.
BRIDGE, remarkable one in Wales,
BRIEFE uber Russland, &c. 58.
BUFFON, M. his extraordinary
theory of the epochas of nature,
531.
BUTLER, his Hudibras, &c. ap-
preciated, 190.
AUCKLAND Castle, account of,
284.
AUSTRIA, essay on the hist. of, 52.
BAD company, great danger of,
CANALS, navigable, their great
importance to a country, 387.
Defects in the English system of,
and the remedy, pointed out,
388.
CAROLINA, South, extraordinary D'AzYR, M. Vicq, his memoir
story of certain fanatics there,
445. Curious account of a
congress held there with the
Creek Indians, 448.
CATALOGUES, descriptive and cri-
tical, of the writings of ancient
authors, their great use, 543.
CATECHISM of the church
England, history of, 209.
CHARLEMAGNE, observations on
his reign, 215-218.
CHRIST, his high character as a
preacher, 104. Critical account
of the duration of his ministry,
266. Obf. on his discourse on
the Mount, 270. On the trans-
actions of the day of his refur-
rection, 272.
CHURCHES, rise and progress of
their temporal jurisdiction, 520.
CONNOISSANCE de l'astronomie,
223.
CONSIGLIO ad un giovane poeta,
460.
CONVERSATION, critically investi-
gated, 47.
COPTIC language, an interesting
study, 560. Rudiments of, by
whom published, ib.
CORNISH MS. account of, 282.
COTILLON, objections to the in-
troduction of that mode of dan-
cing, in England, 115.
COURAGE diftinguished from bra.
very, 201.
COURTSHIP between the sexes
investigated, 421.
COWLEY, remarks on his poetical
character, 2-7.
COYER, Abbé, his observations on
England, 220.
CROWN, legislative power of, over
conquered countries, discussed,
177.
D'ALBON, Count, his discourses
concerning the government of
certain countries in Europe, 454.
D'ALEMBERT, his Eulogy of G.
Keith, Lord Marshal, &c. 299.
DAME Jenkins, her dialogue with
Eugenius concerning religion, 96.
DANCING, strictures on the diffe-
rent modes of, 115.
relative to the anatomy of birds,
494.
DE MALUS, M. his description
of the Mines in the Pyrenees
republished, 221.
DENIS, M. Aufschers der Garell.
Biblioth. &c. See Books.
DES ESSARTS, M. his historical
account of the tribunals of an-
cient nations, 222.
DESMAREST, M. his memoir on
the basaltes, Part III. 498.
DESPOTISM, less extreme in the
Oriental parts of the globe than
generally imagined, 553.
DIALOGUE between Dame Jenkins
and Eugenius, 96.
between Susanna and
Margaret, 97.
between John the Foot-
man and Clement, 99.
between an Eng'ichman
and a Frenchman, concerning
royal prerogative, 174.
between a bookfeller
and a Grubstreet writer, 468.
DICQUEMARE's astronomy, new
edition, 223.
DISCOURS politiques, bistoriques,
et critiques fur quelques gouverne-
mens de l'Europe, &c. 454.
prononcé dans l'Acad.
Françoise. See Ducis.
DoHM, M. his edition of Kæmp.
fer's Japan, from the original
MS. 145.
DONNE, Dr. a metaphyfical poet,
4. Specimen, ib.
DRAMA of the most ancient Greeks
characterized, 510. Their tra-
gedy philofophically eftimated,
ib. Their comedy, 511. Their
poetry under Alexander and the
Ptolemies, 512. Farther ac-
counts of, 524. See also ARIS-
DRESS, of a page in Queen Eli
zabeth's time, curious descrip-
tion of, 15.
DRYDEN, his merit as a prose wri-
ter confidered, 186. His letter
to his fons in confirmation of his
being addicted to aftrology, 187.
DUCIS, M. his oration in honour
of Voltaire, 220.
DUKE, his poetry briefly charac-
terised, 189.
DUMONT's inquiry into the admi-
nistration of lands among the
Romans, 219.
FARTH, new theory of the for-
mation of,
EDWARD (William) extraordi-
nary bridge built by him, 11.
ELECTRICITY, experiments to
shew the advantage of pointed
conductors, 401. The con
trary opinion maintained, 402.
Decifion in favour of the Frank-
linian construction, 406. Va-
rious experiments on the Ley-
den phial, &c. 407.
ELECTRICAL Conductors, the fu-
periority of those that are ele-
vated and pointed, proved by
experim. made in France,
490.
ELEPHANTS, bones of, and of
other huge Southern animals,
found in Siberia, 536-5510
ELOGE de Milord Marechal, See
D'ALEMBERT,
EPOCHAS of Nature, Buffon's ac-
count of, 531.
ERSTE Grundlehren des ietzigen
Europæischen Voelker rechts,
&c. 57.
ESSAL sur l'Hiftoire de la Maison
d'Autriche, 52
- fur la Jurisprudence Univer-
felle. See Tасов.
Sur l'Histoire des tribunaux,
. See DES ESSARTS..
ESTABLISHMENTS, religious, de-
fended, 324.
EVANGELISTS, critical account of
the latitude with which they use
certain forms of expression, 264.
EVENING, fonnet or, 75.
EURIPIDES, his dramatic compo-
fitions characterized, 511.
EXPERIMENTING in agriculture,
recommended, 128. Forms for
recording the farmer's experi-
ments, 246.
EZOUR Vedam tranflated, 500.
EZRA, his reformation of the Jew-
ish religion, 102. Curious ac.
count of his preaching, 103.
FARMING. See AGRICULTURE.
FAULKNER, George, his ac-
count of Sacheverel, 358.
FEMALE conduct, rules and obser-
vations relative to, 45.
FENTON, Elijah, his fanciful idea
of the periods of intellectual
growth and decay, 9.
FEUTRY, M. his Opufcula, 56.
FLINT-GLASS, inquiry into the
composition of, and the means
of giving it an higher degree of
perfection, 496.
FOUCHER, Abbé, his Supplement
to his treatise on the Religion of
the ancient Perfians, 529.
FRIENDSHIP, the temple of, de-
scribed, 109.
GALLOWAY, Mr. account of
him, and his evidence respect-
ing American affairs, 71.
GARRAULT's account of the filver
mine at Chitty in Nivernois, re-
published, 221.
GENEALOGIES of Matthew and
Luke's Gospels harmonized, 263.
GENERAL of an army, qualifica-
tions of a complete one, 202.
GENEVA, catalogue of the library
there, 543.
GENIUS diftinguished from bright
parts, 202.
GEORGICAL Society, plan for a
new one, 137.
GOBET's ancient mineralogifts of
France, 221.
GOSPELS, Harmonies of, their uti-
lity, 259.
Gout, successfully treated by blif-
tering, 206.
GREEKS, ancient, their poetry
philosophically investigated, 510.
Farther accounts of, 523.
GRIFFITH, John, his ridiculous
fanaticism, 372.
GUTHRIE, Dr. his account of the
means by which the Russians are
preserved from the scurvy, 279,
410.
HAIR-DRESSERS, their hurtful
practices with regard to the
Lady's heads, 63.
002
HALIFAX, his poetry depreciated,
189.
HALLER, Mr. his account of an
extraordinary pregnancy, 472.
HAYGARTH, Dr. his judicious
hint relative to the exhibition of
strong wort, as an antiseptic,
275.
HEALTH, pious ejaculation to,
116.
HEAT, (animal) curious experi
ments and observations on, 378.
HELL-TORMENTS, doctrine of the
eternity of discussed, 120. Ex-
ploded, 12.2.
HENLEY, Mr. his electrical expe-
riments, 410.
HERETIC, St. Paul's meaning
with respect to, 123.
HERODOTUS, a reformer of an-
cient history, 523. Compared
with Homer, 524.
HERVEY, Mr. unites the flowers
of poetry with the thistles of
theology, 95.
HIGGINS, Bryant, on the use of
an amalgam of zinc, in electri
cal excitation, 407.
HIPPONE, city of. See LE
BLOND.
HISTOIRE naturelle, &c. du Ton
quin, &c. 54.
critique des opinions des
JEFFERYS, Judge, anecdote rela-
tive to, 10.
ILIAD and Odyssey strangely sym-
bolized, 483. The Heroes and
Deities of, faid to be allegori-
cal beings, ib.
INDIANS, Creek, noble speech of,
at a congress held at Charles-
Town, 449.
Oriental, curious ac
count of their sacred books, and
different sects of Brahmins, &c.
500.
INGENHOUSZ, Dr. his method of
procuring inflammable air from
vitriolic æther, 170. His in.
vention for lighting a candle by
electricity, 407. His experi-
ments to shew bow far the phe-
nomena of the Electrophorus may
be accounted for by Dr. Frank-
lin's theory of pofitive and ne-
gative electricity, 408.
INSURANCE, mercantile, plan re-
commended for instituting a
court of merchants, &c. for de-
termining difficult cases in, 423.
JOHN, the footman, his confer-
ence with Mr. Clement, on re-
ligion, 99.
-, St. his first Epistle ad Spar-
tos. meaning of, 546.
KÆMPFER's history of Japan,
new edition of, from the Au-
naturelle du Tuffilage,thor's original MS. 145.
८. 306.
HISTORY of the German empire,rious writings, 117.
HOLLAR, his view of St. James's,
&c. from the village of Charing,
HOMER, whimsical hypothesis re-
lative to, 483. A fabulous
being, ib. His writings symbo-
lized, ib.
HUME, David, his literary fame
ungeneroufly attacked by Lord
Monboddo, 195. Extracts from
his Dialogues on nateral Reli-
gion, 343. Cenfure of that
work, 354.
KEATE, Mr. account of his va-
KEITH, George, Lord Marshal of
Scotland, his eulogy, 300.
LABYRINTH, the famous one at
Lemnos, no traces of now re-
maining, 484.
LA SERRE, his history of the en-
try of Mary de Medicis into
England, 12.
LASSONE, M. De, his new obfer-
vations on the analysis of cryf-
tals of verdegris and falt of lead,
&c. 495. On some new phe-
nomena produced by different
faline mixturės, 496.
on univerfal jurifpru- LEAR, King, and his three Daugh-
ters, an old play, on which
Shakcipeare
Shakespeare founded his tragedy
on the same subject, extract
from, 296.
LE BEAU, M. his memoirs rela-
ting to the Roman legion, 528.
LE BLOND, Abbé, his account of
two Imperial medals of the city
of Hippone, 528.
LE BRUN, remarks on his man-
ner of painting, with respect to
the disposition of light and
fhade, 19.
LEIPSIC, academical dissertation
- concerning the literature of, 60.
LEITH, Sir Alexander, his trial
for felony, 393.
LEMNOS, ille ot. See VOLCANO.
See LABYRINTH.
LEO X. Pope, more worthy of a
crown than a mitre, 522.
LE ROY, M. his memoir on the
form of elect. conductors, 491.
LETTER, curious one from a Scotch
warrior, 16.
LETTRES d'un voyageur Anglois,
462.
MACQUER, M. his inquiries con.
cerning the composition of flint-
glass, 496.
MAGNET. See MONNIER.
MAHOMET, curious Latin poem in
honour of, 547.
MANSFIELD, Lord, his opinions
with respect to the power of the
crown over conquered countries
discussed, 177-179.
MANUSCRIPTS, general account
of those in the library of Gene-
va, 543.
MARTANO, Dr. his observations
on the scurvy, 412.
MASERES, Baron, his arguments
in oppofition to Lord Mansfield's
opinion relative to the power of
the crown in Canada, 172-180.
MEASURES and Weights. See
SCOTLAND.
MEDALS of Hippone, 528..
MEMOIRES Historiques et Geo-
graph. fur la Valachia, &c. 304.
MEMOIRS, astronomical, by seve-
ral members of the French aca-
LESLIE, Sir John, his extraordi-demy, 497-498.
nary epifile to Sir Thomas Rid-
dle, 16.
LIBERTY, religious, spirited re-
marks on, 101.
LIGHT, its effects on water, evin-
ced by experiments, 168.
LIVER, obl. on the situation of,
in its natural ftate, 491. The
growth of, not proportionable
to the other parts of the body,
492. Changes its fituation in
different attitudes, ib.
LQBSCHRIFT auf Winkelman, 223.
LONDON (Old) views of, in ca.
rious ancient drawings, 13.
LowTH, Bishop, poetical compli-
ment to, 334-
LULLIN, Amadeus, some account
of that eminent divine, 545.
LYCOPHRON the poet characteri-
zed, 513.
MACERIDE, Dr. remarks by, on
the efficacy of wort, as a re-
medy for the scurvy, 276..
MAGI, their vifit to the Holy Fa-
mily, critical account of, 463.
MERIAN, M. his dissertation on
the influence of the sciences on
MEYER, M. his letters concern-
ing Russia, 58.
MICHAELIS, Dr. his account of
the angyna polypofa, 222.
MILTON, particulars of his life,
81. His education, 82. Com-
mences teacher of the claffics,
&c. 83. His political charac-
ter, 86. His poetry, 87. His
religion, 89. Critical remarks
on his poems, 90.
MIND, Lord Monboddo's strange
hypothefis relating to, 192.
MINES, accounts of those in France,
MONBODDO, Lord, his fingular
hypothesis of mind, 192. His
unhandsome attack of the lite-
rary fame of David Hume, 195.
- His account of the Jumping
Ague, 197. His extravagant
admiration of Aristotle and an-
cient metaphyfics, 198.
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