Fontenelle, the French writer, remarks on, 516. Fox, Charles James, and Burke, of Clovis, delineated, 484. Fucus Banksii, Menziesii, and tenax, description of, and G Gaelic poetry, two collections of, Gibson, Mr., on an extraordinary choly fate of, 525. laneum, 231. Compared with Goodall, Jos. his Cambridge absurd ideas of the Gypsum, its use as a manure dis H Hamilton, Duchess of, letter to Harman, Mr., on the influence death of Captain Cook, 366. History, claims of the English Homer, editio princeps, Florence, remarks on, and on non- Labour, the necessity of, or the freedom from, their influence on the state of society, 248. La Mancha, brief account of that province, 118. La Motte, the French author, remarks on, 516. Lancaster, See tell, Land-holders, hints to, respecting the depreciation of money, 301, 422. See Fox-hunters. Land's End, in Cornwall, description of that point, 141. Language, Scottish, remarks on, and on its present decline as a written tongue, 11-30. antient, of Cornwall, observations on the remains of, 144. French, its univer4 sality asserted and denied, 530. Lanterns, feast of, among the Chinese, resemblance of that ceremony to the shews at Eleusis, 68. Latakia, sad state of that city after the earthquake of 1796, 460. Law, Grecian, Roman, Feudal, and Canon, notes respecting, 445. Liberty, necessary to the advance. ment of society in virtue and in the arts, 249. Libraries, principal, in England, belonging to private persons, notices of, 3. Light of Nature, that phrase explained, 397. Lightning, effects of in the death of two lovers, related in a letter from Mr. Pope, 56. Linen-Books, used by the antients as materials for writing, observ ations respecting that fact, 244. Lips and Eyes, a poetical jeu d'esprit by Carew, 74. Lisbon, murderous fury of the mob of, 257. Literature, view of its progress in France during the 18th century, 514-531. Log, improved, for measuring ship's way, 86. London, poetic farewell to, in 1715, by Pope, 51. Lonsdale, J., his prize Ode, 366. Louis XVI. said to have translated Gibbon's Roman History, and published it under a fictitious name, 466. Macpherson, Sec Ossian. in that city, 120. -400. Metre, alteration of that of the psalms of Sternhold and Hopkins, 304. Specimen of a - peculiar sort of verse, 305. Meursii elegantia Latini Sermanis, that book really the produc tion of Nicolas Chorier, 467. Milton's exordium to Paradise Lost trans. into Anglo-Saxon, 80. Mimics, and Moralists, when introduced and when abolished, 437. N the husbandry of that county stated, 432. 0 reign of Clovis, account of, 485. Orders in Council, their mis. chievous effects on the exchange. Ossian, full investigation of the P Pacific Ocean, route to by the Missouri and Columbia rivers, 329. Painting, not known as an art be efforts fore the time of Homer, 243. Palissot, a French author, writes satire to get rid of his bile, 526. Paper-currency. See Bank. Papyri, at Herculaneum, to discover. 226. Park, James, his prize poem, 363. Pearse, Mr., his evidence on the issue of Bank-notes, 293 Peg tankards, an old species of drinking-cup, account of, 308. Pegge, Dr., character of, 302. Persia, particulars respecting that empire, 381-389. 450-461. Peter the Great, of Russia, his character, 492. Philosophy, remarks on English Plato. See Academy. 18th century, view of, 524. Poor, good remarks on the management of the poor, 276. Pope, Alex. remarks on his courtship of Miss Blount, and hither. to unpublished compositions by, in prose and verse, 51-63. Population of Spain, the idea of its decrease combated, 126. Porson, Prof. his refusal to edit Eschylus, 163. note. Porteus, late Bishop, obs. on his pulpit eloquence, 281. Portuguese, their present patriotic enthusiasm, 257, 258. Preaching, remarks on, 278. Prostitutes, controversy respecting a Penitentiary for, 218-222. Proportion of, who are reclaimed at the Magdalen, 220, note. Psalms, of Sternhold and Hopkins, the metre of not originally arranged as it now stands, 304Pseudonymous works, curious particulars respecting, 462—469. Q Quakers. See Barnard. Qub, observations on that combi. nation of letters, 21. Qubill, until, etymology of, 19. R Raikes, Darell, and Bosanquet, M. M. their opinion on the state of exchange, 293. Ramsden, R., ode by, 369. Rattle-snake, case of a man who died by its bite, 268. Reason, gospel of, founded on Platonism, remarks on, 477. Rebellion of 1745, related in Latin prose, 48. Rennell, J, his prize ode, 371. Robinson, Hon. F., ode by, 365. Romances, political and philosophical, in France, 521. Romans, observations on knowlege of the arts, & c. in the first century of our æra, 242. Rome, antiquities of, view of, 543. S their Saguntum, remains of, 115. Salamanca, account of that city, 121. Its university, 161: Salt of Soda, analysis of, 269. Savages, observations on various nations of, 253. Schutz, his disingenousness as commentator on Eschylus reproved, 170. Scorpions, account of, 456. Scottish Language, See Language." Scrofula, remarks on, 91-94: Scudery, Madlle. de, her Artamenes published anonymously, 463. Sea-sickness, observations on, 264. Segovia, description of, 123. Shakspeare, a French critic's remarks on, 526. Sheeran, Sheeraz, particulars rel. to, 381. Sicard, Abbè, account of his examination of his pupils, 131. Sierra Nevada, or snowy mountain, attempt to ascend it, 261. Sinclair, Sir John, formerly an enemy but now a friend to the Bank suspension-act, 299. Skrimshire, Mr., on insects, 33. Smith, Rev. Sydney, strictures on his preaching, 280. Robert, his prize ode, 362. Smyth, J. H., his Cambridge prize ode, 369. Society, moral progress of, affected by certain principles 246. Those principles discussed, ib. 251. Soliloquy in Hamlet travestied into a song, 325. Spaniards, view of their character and habits in humble life, 259. Stage, dramatic, history of 437. Stammering, observations on, 132. Sternhold and Hopkins, their psalms differently arranged as to metre, 304. Straw, used as a covering in winter, 161. Succession, war of, detailed by Prince Eugene, 536. T Talavera, account of, 124. Tomline, W. E. P., his prize ode on the Duke d'Enghien, 370. Trades, origin of names of, 307. Turks, defeat of by Prince Eugene, in 1697, described by him, 534. Turner, Mrs., an unfeeling mother, story of, 425.. Tweddell, J., his prize poems, 364, 368. V Valladolid, description of, 122. Vanity, definition of, 333. Vendome, Marshal, thwarted by the Duke of Burgundy at Oudenarde, 539. Under the Rose, explanation of that phrase, 306. Universities, of Spain, lamentable state of, 127, 161. Voltaire, an impromptu by, 465. Urine, See Brande. W Wales, Prince of, his laudable patronage of efforts to discover MSS. at Herculaneum, 227. Walpole, Mr, on Campania felix, 239 On the knowlege of the Romans respecting the Greek language and the arts, in the first century, 242. On Herculanean MSS., 244. On inscriptions there, &c, 245. Warburton, Bishop, quoted and defended, for his remarks on the Eleusinian Mysteries, 64. 73, On the Platonic philoso phy, 480. Warrior, Greek, costume of, 438. Water, its agency in the mutations of the earth's surface, 497. Watling-street, curious account of the meaning of that name, 30. Wharton, Mrs. Margaret, her excentric character, 428. Whitmore, Mr., his evidence on Bank notes, 293, 295, 296. Williams, Dr., his hypothesis on moral evil controverted, 222. Wolfe, General, particulars of his last moments, 153. Wollaston, Dr., his Croonian lecture, 264. Worming, of dogs, acc. of, 195-7Worthington, Mr., characterized as a preacher, 282. X Valencia, province and city, sta- Xativa, in Valencia, tragical siege tistical account of, 117. of in 17c6, 116. END OF VOL. LXIII. OF THE NEW SERIES, Strahan and Prefton, Printers-Street, London |