tians, 570.

COMPACT, violation of, in what DEARTH, artificial, iniquity of,
relpect not destructive of its 429.
obligation, 134, 135.

Defamation, how far punish-
COMPOUNDING, and Decom able in England, 17.

pounding, what, $r...! DEMOSTHENts, his character and
CONCLAVĚ, at Rome, animofi conduct, 264, 265-271.

ties among the Cardinals there, DESAGULIERS, his hypothesis

at the election of a Pope, 620. for accounting for the ascent
CONFIRMATION, a Reply to a of vapours, 363...

Quære concerning it, 314. As DESCARTES, his opinion as to
practised in our church, tends the ascent of vapours, ibid.
to cherish false prelumptuous DESPOTISM, what, 220~222.
hopes, 315

Dew, drops of, on the leaves of
CONSCIOUSNESS, what, 45.

colewort, not in contact with
CONSISTORY, of whom compo-

the plant, 383.
.

DISSENTERS, of all denomina-
CONSTANTINI, a Pagan Empe tions, number of in London,
ror, his kindness to the Chris.

371.

DISTINGUISHINO, what, 51.
CONSTANTINOPLE, number of Divan, defcription of 137, Note.
people in, 28o.

Meaning of the word, ibid.
CONTEMPLATION, what, 46. Dropsy, Tweet oil a cure for,
CONTROVERSY, a religious one

276.
decided by King Ofwy, 579.

Druids, their conduct and in-
Copts, a remarkable convent of, fluence in religion and politics,
486.

568, feq.
CORRECTNESS, the term often" DRUMMOND, of Hawthornden,
misapplied, 61.

· his poetical character, 55..
CRITICISM, an enquiry whether Dydimus of Alexandria, his re-

the study of, has prevented the markable fagacity, 245.
appearance of any extraordi. Eeles, Henry, his attempt to ac-

nary poetical works, 62, feq. count for the ascent of vapours,
CRUCIFIXIon, the true time of 363

our Saviour's, endeavoured to Egypt, fome good accounts of,
be ascertained, 241-244.

in the Arabic language, 249.
CURCELLÆUS, his doubt con. Why a preference due to Mr.

cerning the omnipresence of Norden's, ibid. * Weather in,
God, 248..

261. Advice to travellers in,
CUSTOM, not to be pleaded in "353. Prefent civil government
favour of injustice, 622.

of, 358. Europeans, how de-
CYCLOPOEDIA, new edition of, nominated at Alexandria, 351.

censured for a particulat arti- ELDEN-HOLE, in the Peak, fome
cle, 626..

***

account of, 597, Note.
DS

ELECTRICITY, Profeffor Rich-
DANCINO, how improved, 109. man killed by, 278. Its pro-
DANIAL de Foe, account of a digious force, ibid. Difference

modern scribbler characterized between its effects and those of
under that appellation, 417–

lightening, ibid. feq. Leffens
418.

specific gravity; 366. The
DATURY, its meaning and uses, cause of the ascent of vapours,

of, 245:

364. The same with æther, Fans, of peacock's feathers, part

467. Very different from fire, of the Pope's parapharnalia, ac
** 468. Instances of its use in the

grand ceremonies,618.
art of healing, 562, feq. FATHERS, primitive of the church,
ELIZABETH, Queen, the death of greatly mistaken in fome of

an irreparable loss to Europe, their religious opinions, 81.)
214. Friendly intercourse be- ' FENTON, Ēlijah, observacions on
tween her and Henry the Great, his writings, 74., 3
209, seq. Grand design pro- Fire, differept from electricity,
jected between them, 214. 468.
ELOISA to Abelard, Pope's, criti: Flowers, and Vegetables, their
cised and commended, 75---77:

beauty and uses, 477, feq..?
ELOQUENCE, British, abuse of, Fluxions, Saunderson's, account
300-302.

J.: DEMC
EMBARGOs, discussion of their . Foetus, how nourished, 37863

compatibility with our consti- FOLARD's observations on the
tution, 528, feq..

importance of maintaining a
ENGLAND, number of inhabi strong marine force, 68, Note•

tants in, 378. Capable of main His remarks on the Roman
taining a third more than it at custom of fatyrising their Gew
present does, if duely cultivat nerals at their triumphant en-
ed, ibid. Annual increase of tries, 659, Note. His censure
people in, 379. A fee of the of the Duke of Marlborough
pa pacy, 584:

for his avarice, ibid. 5250095
ERASMUS, respectable mention FRANKLIN, Benjamin, his elec
of, 60.

trical experiments, 379, 380.
ETERNITY, of the world, a France, said to be as great a

Atrong philosophical argument loser by the capture of her ships
against it, 240.

as Great Britain by the lofs of
Ethe, or Mores, among the an-

Minorca, 409. 1
tient painters, requisite to all FRENCH, character of, 458. Cau-
Professors of that art, 163 tion against, 459.
164:

FULLER 8-EARTH, a particular
ETHICS, advantages of studying, fortof, found near Aleppo,

499, seq.
Eyil, physical, whether it pre-

ponderates in the world or not, GAMING, a passion for it, parti-
557-561.

cularly detrimental to a Mini-
EXAMPLES, too many of, rather fter of state, 105.

perplex than explain a rule, 538. GEORGE I. King of England, in-
EXPERIENÇę, necessary to com ftrumental in the promotion of
plete a surgeon, 514.

a certain Cardinal, 6zo.
Ex Ports from Jamaica, where- GINGER, method of cultivating

in they consist, and valuation and curing, 332-337. Bora-
of, 34, feq.

nical characters of, 335. s
F

Good, moral, enquiry whether
FANCY, the productions of, whe it preponderates in the world,

ther less powerful than those of 551-555
nature in moving the passions, Gospels, the three first, could
65.

not be composed till after, or

about

Its uses, 142.

trymen, ibid.

about the year fixty, 148. Twice in danger of being af
GOVERNMENT, best form of, faffinated, 99, 102. Stabbed
221, feq.

by Ravaillac, 215. His cha-
GRAMMATICAL Quantity, from

racter, 215.
whence derived, 110. HIEROGLYPHICS, whence, 112.
GRAND design, projected be Egyptian observations on, 263,

tween Henry the Great, and feq.

Queen Elizabeth, 214. HISTORY, antient and modern,
GRANITE found in uncommonly advantages of being well ac-

large masses in Egypt, 252, quainted with, soi, 5o2. How
345, 347

we ought to forn Qur judg.
GRAPHIC-ARTS, in a more im ment concerning it, 565, 566.

proved ftate at present than HOBBES, the purel Englih wri-
formerly, 162. Of advantage ter in the reign of Charles II.
to manufactures, 163. Defici 57. This affertion controvert-
ency in them not owing to any ed, ibid.
want of genius in our coun HOGARTH, the celebrated pain-

ter, his contempt for copiers,
GRAVITY, reflections upon, 238 285
-240. Specific, leffened by HORACE, remarks on his imper-
electricity, 366.

fections and excellencies 57
GREAVES, Mr, bis account of -59.

the Egyptian pyramids con-: HOTEL-DIEU, at Paris, regula-

troverted, 258, 260, 262. tion of, commended, 456.
GRECIAN Writers, though some HUMAN Nature, in a fate of

times of polite literature, 62. wildness, described, 107-109.
GREEKS, their learning, 281.

Its ftructure remarked upon,
GRONOVIUS censured, 222. 217*
GUISE, Dake of, deserts the HUMMING-BIRD, description of,

league, and makes his peace 343
with Henry the Great, 101.

I
Their first interview after- JAMAICA, quantity of improve.
wards, 102. Dutchess of, her able land in, 32. Exports from,
character, 101.

34. feq. Imports thither, and
H Н

from whence, 36. Revenues,
HARRINGTON's Oceana recom. 41, seg. Salary of the Gover
mended, 218.

nor of, 42. Inhabitants of cha.
HEARING, method proposed to racterised, 42.
restore, 375

JANISSARY, remarkable story of
HEAT, whether that of the fun,

one, 352.
is most intense at the equator, James II. King, remains unbu-
or at the tropics, 480,feq. Cau ried, 456. Why, 457.
ses of Heat and Cold, 478. feq. IDOLATRY, enquiry into the o-
Why they do not increafe and

rigin of, 3.30--333-
decrease regularly, as the sun JEROM, cenfure of, 81,

approaches, or departs, 479. what, see CHRYSOSTOM.
HENBANE-SBed, white, uncom- Jasuits, accused of a plot a-
effects of, 389.

gainst the life of Henry the
HENRY the Great, his accession, Great. Banished the kingdom
97. Changes his religion, 98. of France, but re-established

there

there at the instance of the

K
Pope, 163.

KENT, kingdom of, how con-
Jewish traditional books, a re verted to Christianity, 537:

mark concerning them, 131, Relapses from Christianity,
seq.

575, seq.
IMAGINATION, what, 46, 47. KEPLER's problem, what, 386.
INFANTRY and Cavalry, of mu. KBYSLER, John George, hiş

tual assistance to each other, birth and education, 604.
405

Commences his travels in the
INFIDELITY, the common peo capacity of Tutor to two

ple, as well as the better fort, young Noblemen, ibid. His
infected with it, 483.

learned acquaintance, 605.
INN-KEEPERs, chargeable with Honours paid him in England,

the goods of their guests, 17, ibid. Account of his writings,
feq.

606. Further anecdotes con-
INOCULATION, not practised by cerning him, ibid-608.

the Turks. 281. Whence de- KINDRED, nearness of, no ob-
rived, ibid. Answer to an ob stacle to matrimony, under the
jection to, 396, feq. Reflec Old Testament dispensation,
tions on some late attempts for 176-183. Nor under the
a chirurgical monopoly of, New, 184, feq.
541, seq.

Kings and Queens betake them-
INSTINCT, what, 49.

selves to monasteries, 580.
JOB, book of, Bishop of London's Why, 583. Become Generals

differtation upon it considered, of religious Orders, 584.
123-125

KIRBY, Joshua, his Perspective
JOHN, St. design of his gospel, commended, 288.

his personal character, 150 KNOWLEGE, manner in which
152.

it is acquired, 564, feq.
Joseph, his Well, in Egypt, de KNUPHIS, temple of described,

scribed, 354, feq. his granary, 415 Explanation of the
355.

word, ib. note.
IRELAND, number of in habitants

L
in, 378. Capable of maintain- LANGUAGE, how invented, and
ing three times the number it improved, 107-112.
does maintain, ibid.

LARCENY, what, and how

pun.
TRON-ORE, account of a moun-

ishable in England, 15.

Latin, who the first English-
IsOPERIMETRICAL problems, man that wrote in chat lan

general rule for folving, 272. guage. 581, seg.
ISRAELITES, their manner of Law, (Jewish) Bishop of Lon.

living, marriages, education of don's account of the particu.
children, religion, &c. 323– lar end and design of it con-
329.

sidered, 125-127.
JUDGING, what, 51.

LAWRENCE, Archbishop of Can-
JUROR, what damages are reco terbury, flogged by St. Peter,

verable against one who re 576.
ceives a bribe for a verdict, 18. LEGATEE, whether, and under
REV, 1756.

Y y

what

tain of, 273

of, 549.

what circumstances, his tefti- MALLET, his poem of the Hermony concerning a will can

mit, vindicated, 55.
be admitted by the law of MAMMI'LLARIANS, an account

England, 12, seq.
LETTERS, how invented, 112. MAPPs, original ones, few of,

the Author of four to in the Turkish dominions, 228. the People, excused of propa- MARK, St. account of his Gorgating falfhoods, 411. Self

pel, 150. condemned, 418.

MARRIAGES, what sort are forLIME-WATER, instance of the bidden in Scripture, 183. How

efficacy of, in the cure of Dy affected by Civil Law, 225. senteries, 391.

Mars, orbit of, elliptical, 386. Light and Colours, Melvil's MATERIA Medica, animadverobservations on, 382.

fion on the exuberance of, 204: LIGHTNING, method of pre. MATHEMATICS,

attainable venting, or weakening the

without the sense of fight, 245. stroke of, 380.

MATRIMONY, when, and in LITERATURE, Itate of, in Tur what manner, it may be vakey, 281.

lidly contracted, according to Locke, Mr. advantages of ftu the law of England, 10, 11. dying his Essay on the Human

Recommended, 174. Understanding, 499. Defend- Matthew, St. account of his ed against Condillac, 113.

Gospel, 149
LONDON, estimate of the num- MEMNON, famous flatue of,

ber of its inhabitants, in 1716, where, and how seated, 489.
613. Of the number of cat. Opinion of its vocal power ex-
tle killed in that city, for pro-

ploded, 490 visions, in one year, 614.

MEMORIAL, substance of the LONGINUS, the observations of, Saxon to the States of Hol.

too general, and his method land, relative to the Prussian too loose, 59.

invasion of that Electorate, Love, that passion not naturally 635, feq. Pruflian, in answer

treated by most of the Poets, thereto, 336–338. Another 477, seq.

in vindication of the King of LUCIUS, the first Christian Prussia's conduct, from the acKing of Britain, opens a cor

cusations of Saxony, 641respondence wich the Bishop 643. And a third, describing

the dangerous designs of the Luke, St. account of his Gof courts of Vienna and Saxony, pel, 150.

againit Prussia, 643_-651. Lycoperdon, recommended as Memory, what, 46, seq. a ftyptic, 277

Methodists, their preaching LYCURGws, oblervations on his

cencured by Dr. Warner, 483. laws, 545-548.

MILITIA, objections to the late
M

bill for, 415. Another plan MAGNESIA, process for prepar

for establishing, 416. ing, 387. Medical qualities MILITARY Discipline, several of, 388.

obfervations on, 404-407. MAHOGANY, natural History

Writers, several men. 8

tioned,

1

of Rome, 570.

1

of, 337.