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959. From A conftant Reader,
relative to the omiffion of the
register of magnetical inftru-
ments, in the Philofophical
Tranfactions, 360. From Ano-
nymous, on the Athanafian
creed, &c. 479.
Corruption, political, the fource
of flavery, 151.
Courland, Duchefs of, chofen
Emprefs of Ruffia, 508. In-
trigues of her court, 509. De-
poled by the Princefs Eliza-
beth, 511.

Croix, M. De la, errors in his
review of the conftitutions of
Europe and America, correct-
ed, 48.

Curates of the church of England,
grievous ftate of, with refpect
to their falaries, 399. Bishop
of Landaff's advice to, 340.

Dafydd ab Gwilym, the Welsh
poet, account of, and of his
poetry, 69. Styled the Ovid
of Wales, 71. The defign of
tranflating his works recom-
mended, ib.

Deane, Silas, fome account of his
connexion with the government
of the American States, 449.
Denne, Rev. Mr. his letter on
Canterbury cathedral, 430.
Derby, town of, origin of its
name, 429. County of, re-
markable pits in, fuppofed to
be remains of ancient British
towns, 432.
Devonshire, poems by gentlemen
of that county, 90. Specimens
of, by Mr. Hole, 91. From the
Ode to Fancy, 92.
Diffenters, not republicans, 178.
Dutch, political intrigues and
negociations of, relative to the
late war, 531-545•

Education, fought for their chil-
dren by the Seneca Indians,
among the Quakers of Phila-
delphia, 465.

Edwards, Rev. Mr. a zealous and
able champion for Dr. Priest-
Egypt, ancient monuments in
ley, 209..
that country, 566.
Egyptians, account of their an-
cient customs, from Herodo-
tus, 45.

Election of legal reprefentatives
of the people, principles of,
difcuffed, 143.

Electricity, good effects of, in a

cafe of paralytic affection, 249.
Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the

Great, afcends the throne of
Ruffia, 512.

Engel, J. J. his excellent treatise
on the art of theatrical imita-
tion, 520.
Equality,infociety, the general no-
tion of, abfurd and visionary,
227. The meaning of the
French, by that term, grossly
mistaken, or wilfully misrepre-
fented, ib. The word truly de-
fined,ib. Farther explained, and
justly illuftrated, 553. Equality
in fact, diftinguished from equa-
lity of right, ib. Abfurdity
of the vulgar notion on this
fubject advanced by the ene-
mies of liberty, 554. This
doctrine fully explained, ib.
Evangelifts, the Four, M. Birch's
new edition of, commended,
558.

France, the new conftitution of,
its perfection doubtful, 51.
Conduct of, vindicated against
the aggreffions of the German
Revolution
potentates, 99.

there extolled, 169. Improv-
ed condition of the people
there, fince the revolution,
408. See alfo Maurepas, Baf-
tile, and Affembly. Antiqui-
ties of, 571.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, eulo-
gium on, 350.
French, extraordinary effects of
the late revolution on their
condition and manners, 94.
Their character contrafted with
that of the English, 95. Cu-
rious fpecimen of village-man-
mers in France, 97. Their
natural volatility faid to unfit
them for a republican govern-
ment, 322. Extenuation of
their conduct with regard to
the maffacres, &c. 323.
Foulon, the French financier,
sketch of his character, 169.

Gilly, Dr. his account of the
good effects of electricity, in a
cafe of paralytic affection, 249.
Gough, Mr. his account of two
ancient manfions in Northamp-
tonshire and Dorfet, 430. His
account of a Roman horologi-
um, 434. of the old font at
Eaft Meon, Hampshire, 435-
Government, the principles of,
investigated, 135. Changes in
the form of, may be made, at
pleafure, by the people, 141.
General ideas of, on the prin-
ciples of Locke, &c. 150.
Common fources of, the refult
of fraud, force, or accidents,
155. That of Great Britain
praised for admitting (though

partially) a reprefentation of the
people, 156. Leading prin-
ciples of government ftated,

157.
Governments ought to endeavour
to prevent the ravages of con-
tagious diforders, 493. Should
encourage regular phyficians,
&c. 494
Gracchus, Tiberius, particulars
relative to his public conduct
and views, 65.
Gwyneddigion Society, defign of
that inititution, 70.

have lain all that time in the
mouth of a whale, 490.
Jortin, Dr. abridged account of
his life and writings, 413. A
beautiful Latin infeription by
him,tranflated by Mr. Merrick,
415. His death, 422.
Journal de Trevoux, date of, and
long continuance, 487.
Iffs, account of an antique image
of, 569.

Ivan III. Emperor of Ruffia, his
imprisonment in the island of
Ladoga, 517. Vifited there
by the reigning Emperor Pe-
ter III. ib. Affecting inter-
view, ib.
Juries, good remark on the rights
and importance of, 458.

Liddel, Dr. Duncan, fome ac.
count of, 102.

Liturgy, alterations of, in favour
of unitarian principles, 286.
Livy, the hiftorian, a fuppofed
converfation with, 165.
Lorraine, Claude, account of that
great painter, 301.
Luc, M. de, obtains the prize of
Sir Godfrey Copley's medal,
for his improvements in Hy-
grometry, 135.
Lycée. See Paris.
Lyon, Rev. Mr. his observations
on the ancient Portus Iccius,
428.

Mail Coaches, evils refulting
from, on particular roads, 468.
Maple-tree, account of the manu-
facture of fugar from, in Ame-
rica, 325.
Marcus Flaminius, a Roman cha-
racter, drawn by an English
lady, 164.
Maurepas, M. de, his curious
ftatement of the commerce,
revenue, and expences of the
French government, in the
early part of the prefent cen-
tury, 498.

Maillon, the celebrated preach-
er, charged with having had a
very unfcriptural connexion
with a married lady, 497.
Mayor of London, ordered by
Queen Elizabeth's council to
fupprefs difaffected publica-
tions, 282.
Menzikoff, the favourite of Peter
the Great, his vile character,
506. Meets with the juft re-
ward (after Peter's death,) of
his rapacity, extortions, in-
folence, and cruelty, 507.
Merrick, Rev. Mr. his tranflation
of a beautiful Latin infcription
written by Dr. Jortin, 415.

Mirabeau,

Mirabeau, the elder, his charac-
ter, 278. His fpeech to the
French king, 279:
Monboddo, Lord, his arguments
to prove the fuperior excel-
lence of the Greek language,
242. Refers its origin to the
Sanferit, 243. Maintains that
finging is more natural to man
than speech, 244. Exempli
fied in the Chinese, ibid.
Monks, of La Trappe, their con-
dition, rules, and manner of
living, defcribed, 401.
Morgan, Mr. his remarks on " &

brief examination into the in-
crease of the revenue, &c. of
Great Britain," 37.
Motte, Countefs de la, fome ac-

count of her life, 179. Her
unfortunate death, 183.
Munich, Count, his great rife in
the court of Ruffia, 510. His
fall owing to the hatred which
he drew on himself, by his info-
lence and obstinacy, ibid.

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Painting, extracts from a poem
bearing that title, 299. The
Spanish school of, characteriz-
ed, 300.
Italian school, ibid.
English fchool commended,
484. Critical obfervations re-
lative to the art of, 482-488.
Paris, account of an inftitution
in that city, for the diffufion
of knowlege, 96.

Parma, rife and progrefs of the
art of printing there, 564.
Parr, Dr. his excellent remarks

on narrative and historical com-
pofition, 302. On the im-
provement of our civil and
ecclefiaftical fyftems, 303. On
the French Revolution, 307.
On the arts of religious con-
troversy, 309. His difpute
with the Rev. Mr. Curtis, 467.
Pegge, Rev. Mr. his illuftration
of the name of Derby, 429.
His obfervations on the paint-
ings in Brereton church, 430.
His account of the huntings of
the ancient Britons, 434. His
obfervations on an ancient font
at Burnham-Deepdale in Nor-

folk, 434.
Pen Park-hole, fome acc. of, 352.
Peter 1. emperor of Ruffia, re-

markable anecdotes relative to,
500. His violence of temper,
501. His diflike of pomp and
ceremony, 504. tiis bad
qualities, 505.

Ode to the Spring, from Dyer, Peter Lil. emperor of Ruffia, his

humane

humane and benevolent dif-
His vifit to
pofition, 516.
Ivan III. in prifon, 517. His
fhort reign, 519.
Pindar, Peter, his beautiful
verfes to a candle, 277.
POETICAL Extracts in this Vo-
lume. From Cumberland's
Calvary, p. 2.-Dafydd ab
Gwilym's poems, 71.-Poems
by gentlemen of Devonshire,
91.-Golden's Triumph of
Friendship, 105.-Reflections on
Cruelty to the BruteCreation, ib.
-May's Poems, 107.-Cow
per's Tafk, 140.-Peter Pin-
dar's Pair of Lyric Epifles,
214.-Dryden junior's Fla-
gellation of the Whigs, 216.-
Hoole's tranflation of Taffo's
Rinaldo, 260-Dyer's Poems,
263.-Peter Pindar's Odes to
Kien Long,275.-Harington's
Nuga Antiqua, 284.-Paint-
ing, a Poem, 299-Vir-
ginius and Virginia, a Poem,
315.-Fate of Empire, a
Poem, 329-Morning Walk,
330.-Chriftian's Revolution,
a play, 332.-Reform, a farce,
324.-Sir Thomas More, a tra-
gedy,387.-Mrs. Smith's Def-
mond, 412.-Difney's Life of
Dr. Jortin, 415.-Charlotte, or,
a Sequel to the Sorrows of
Werter, 442.-Peter Pindar's
Loufiad, canto iv. 444.- Hold-
er's Poems, 453.-An Effay on
Man, 454-Philpot's Humi-
lity, 455-Humility, a poetical
Effay, ibid.-Spring in Lon-
don, ibid.-Ingratitude, or Na-
val Merit degraded, 456.
Poggi, Mr. his admirable print

of the famous fortie made by
the garrison of Gibraltar, 232.
Polydipfia. See Thirst.
Pompey's pillar, meafarement of,
567.
Population, politically considered,
561.

Portrait painting, obfervations
relating to the art of, 485.
Price, Dr. his different plans for
redeeming the national debt,
29. The weakest of them
adopted by Mr. Pitt, ibid.
Printing. See Parma.
Prize Cause, remarkable deler-
mination of, 115.

Quakers, commendable inter-
courfe between those of Penn-
fylvania and the Seneca Indi-
ans, 465. Good effects to be
ftill expected therefrom, 466.
Quintus Flaminius, imaginary
converfation with, 166.

Raphael, verfes in praife of his
genius in painting, 299. Anec-
dote relative to that great
mafter, ibid. the note.
Regulus, ftrictures on his charac-
ter and conduct with respect to
the Carthaginians, 74--
Rennel, Mr. obtains Sir Godfrey
Copley's prize medal, for his

account of the rate of travel-
ing with Camels, 135-
Reprefentation of the people not
the fole principle of any go-
vernment in Europe, 156.
State of the proportion be-
tween the number of voters
and members of Parliament,
222. See, alfo, 225.
Revolution Society in London,
their correfpondence with the
National Affembly in France,
ironically reprefented, 110.
Revolutions, in civil focieties,
unavoidable, at certain periods
and under certain circum-
ftances, 560.

Robertfon, Rev. Mr. relinquishes

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