1

THE

CONTENTS.

F THEOLOGY, or the ExIST-

ENCE of a DEITY,

Page 1

Of ETHICS, or MORALITY, 13

Of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, 29

Of JUDAISM, or the RELIGION and STATE

of the JEWS,

51

Of MAHOMETANISM, or the LIFE,

RELIGION, and POLITY of MAHOMET,

89

71

Of PAGANISM, or the DIVINITIES of the

HEATHEN, and the WORSHIP paid to

them,

Of MYTHOLOGY, or an EXPLANATION

of the Fabulous HISTORIES of the HEATHEN

GODS and HEROES,
113

Of LANGUAGE and GRAMMAR in

general, and particularly that of the ENGLISH

TONGUE,

133

Of RHETORIC and ORATORY, or the

ART of Speaking with ELOQUENCE and

PERSUASION,
163

Of LOGIC, or the Art of REASONING, 193

Of

Of METAPHYSICS or ONTOLOGY, or the SCIENCE of BEING abftractedly confidered,

Of the ART of POETRY,
Of CRITICISM,

227

253

277

Of GEOGRAPHY, or a DESCRIPTION of the Globe of LAND and WATER, 297 of CHRONOLOGY, or the DOCTRINE of TIME, Of HISTORY, and the ORIGINAL of NATIONS and KINGDOMS,

337

361 Of PHYSIOLOGY, or NATURAL PHI

LOSOPHY,

401

431

Of BOTANY or PHYTOLOGY, or the DOCTRINE of VEGETABLES, Of ANATOMY, containing a brief Defcription of all the Parts of an HUMAN BODY, 453. Of PHARMACY, or the Art of compounding MEDICINES,

Of CHYMISTRY,

491

513

Of PHYSIC, or the THEORY of MEDICINE and DISEASES,

523

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