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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.

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DULTERY, the den of, defcribed, 109. ESCHYLUS, his dramas characterized, 510. AGRICULTURE, as yet but imperfectly known in England, 127. Peculiar difficulties attending the. ftudy and improvement of, 128. Advantages of experimental knowledge in, 133. A periodical publication of improvements in farming recommended, 135. Benefits probably refulting from a performance of that kind, 136. Model for recording experiments, 243. Obfervations on Scientific agriculture, 246. AGUE, Jumping, curious account of, 197. AIR, experiments relative to, 161, 273. AMPUTATION of the extremities,

new method of performing, 493. ANCIENS Mineralogifles. See Go

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BAILLY, M. his memoir concerning the diminution of the length of the year, 497. BARK, the best remedy for the putrid and ulcerous fore throat, 30. BARTHELEMY, Abbé, his remarks on the number of pieces that were customarily reprefented on the fame day, on the Athenian theatre, 527.

BASALTES of the ancients, inquiry concerning, 499.

BATTEUX, Abbé, his memoir on Ariftotle's poetics, 524.. On tragedy, 525. On comedy, ib. His comparison of Epic poetry with tragedy and hiftory, 526. BAUER, M. his memoirs of Wallachia, 304.

BEWLY, Mr. his experiments on pyrophori, 171.

BIBLE, Vulgate, account of a va

luable manuscript of, 545BIRDS, anatomy of, memoir concerning, 494. Surprizing analogy between their forms and that of the human fpecies, 494. BLOOD, obfervations and experiments on, 341, 381. BOEHMB's acad. differtations, 60. Books, introduction to the know

ledge of, by M. Denis, 303. BRAVERY diftinguished from cou. rage, 201. BRIDGE, remarkable one in Wales,

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CAROLINA, South, extraordinary D'AZYR, M. Vicq, his memoir
relative to the anatomy of birds,
494.
DE MALUS, M. his description
of the Mines in the Pyrenees
republished, 221.

ftory of certain fanatics there,
445. Curious account of a
congrefs 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 of
England, hiftory of, 209.
CHARLEMAGNE, obfervations on
his reign, 215-218.
CHRIST, his high character as a
preacher, 104. Critical account
of the duration of his miniftry,
266. Obf. on his discourse on
the Mount, 270. On the tranf-
actions of the day of his refur-
rection, 272.
CHURCHES, rife and progrefs of
their temporal jurifdiction, 529.
CONNOISSANCE de l'aftronomie,
223.

CONSIGLIO ad un giovane poeta,
460.
CONVERSATION, critically invefti-
gated, 47.

COPTIC language, an interefting
tudy, 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 fexes
investigated, 421.
COWLEY, remarks on his poetical

character, 2-7.
COYER, Abbé, his obfervations on
England, 220.
CROWN, legislative power of, over
conquered countries, difcuffed,
177.

D'ALBON, Count, his difcourfes

concerning the government of
certain countries in Europe, 454.
1D'ALEMBERT, his Eulogy of G.
Keith, Lord Marthal, &c. 299.
DAME Jenkins, her dialogue with
Eugenius concerning religion, 96.
DANCING, ftrictures on the diffe-
rent modes of, 115.

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 bafaltes, Part III. 498.
DESPOTISM, lefs extreme in the
Oriental parts of the globe than
generally imagined, 553-
DIALOGUE between Dame Jenkins
and Eugenius, 96.

between Sufanna and

Margaret, 97.

between John the Foot-
man and Clement, 99.

between an Englishman
and a Frenchman, concerning
royal prerogative, 174.

between a bookfeller
and a Grubstreet writer, 468.
DICQUEMARE'S aftronomy, new
edition, 223.
DISCOURS politiques, hiftoriques,
et critiques fur quelques gouverne
mens de l'Europe, &c. 454.

prononcé dans l'Acad.
Françoife. See Ducis.
DоHм, M. his edition of Kæmp.
fer's Japan, from the original

MS. 145.

DONNE, Dr. a metaphyfical poet,
4. Specimen, ib.
DRALIA 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 alfo ARIS-

TOTLE.

DRESS, of a page in Queen Eli
zabeth's time, curious defcrip-
tion of, 15.
DRYDEN, his merit as a profe 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-

terifed, 189.
DUMONT's inquiry into the admi-
niftration of lands among the
Romans, 219.

EARTH, new theory of the for-

550

mation of,
EDWARD (William) extraordi-
nary bridge built by him, 11.
ELECTRICITY, experiments to
fhew 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 thofe 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, 536-551.
ELOGE de Milord Marechal, See

D'ALEMBERT,

EPOCHAS of Nature, Buffon's ac-

count of, 531.
ERSTE Grundlehren des ietzigen
Europæifchen Voelker rechts,

&c. 57.

ESSAI fur l'Hiftoire de la Maifon
d'Autriche, 52

fur la Jurifprudence Univer-
felle. See JACOB.

Sur l'Hiftoire des tribunaux,
&c. See DES ESSARTS.
ESTABLISHMENTS, religious, de-
fended, 324.
EVANGELIST&, critical account of
the latitude with which they use
certain forms of expreffion, 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-

FA

ish religion, 102. Curious ac
count of his preaching, 103.
ARMING. See AGRICULTURE.
FAULKNER, George, his ac-
count of Sacheverel, 358.
FEMALE Conduct, rules and obfer-
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
compofition of, and the means
of giving it an higher degree of
perfection, 496.
FOUCHER, Abbé, his Supplement
to his treatife on the Religion of
the ancient Perfians, 529.
FRIENDSHIP, the temple of, de-
fcribed, 109.
GALLOWAY, Mr. account of
him, and his evidence refpect-
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 mineralogists of
France, 221.

GOSPELS, Harmonies of, their uti-
lity, 259.

GOUT, fuccefsfully treated by blif-
tering, 206.

GREEKS, ancient, their poetry
philofophically investigated,510.
Farther accounts of, 523.
GRIFFITH, John, his ridiculous
fanaticifm, 372.

GUTHRIE, Dr. his account of the
means by which the Ruffians are
preferved from the fcurvy, 279,

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HALIFAX, his poetry depreciated, JEFFERY'S, Judge, anecdote rela-

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HIGGINS, Bryant, on the ufe 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

anciens, 55.

&c. 306.

naturelle du Tuflage,

tive to, 10.

ILIAD and Odyffey ftrangely fym-
bolized, 483. The Heroes and
Deities of, faid to be allegori-
cal beings, ib.
INDIANS, Creek, noble speech of,
at a congrefs held at Charles
C Town, 449..

-, Oriental, curious ac-
count of their facred books, and
different fects of Brahmins, &c.

500.
INGENHOUSz, Dr. his method of
procuring inflammable air from
vitriolic æther, 170. His in
vention for lighting a candle by
elearicity, 407. His experi-
ments to fhew how 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 inftituting a
court of merchants, &c. for de-
termining difficult cafes in, 423.
JOHN, the footman, his confer-
ence with Mr. Clement, on re-
ligion, 99.

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St. his first Epistle ad Spar-
tos. meaning of, 546.
KEMPFER's history of Japan,

new edition of, from the Au-
thor's original MS. 145.
KEATE, Mr. account of his va-

HISTORY of the German empire,rious writings, 117.

59.
HOLLAR, his view of St. James's,

&c. from the village of Charing,

13.
IIOMER, whimsical hypothefis re-
lative to, 483. A fabulous
being, ib. His writings fymbo-
lized, ib.

HUME, David, his literary fame
ungenerously attacked by Lord
Monboddo, 195. Extracts from
his Dialogues on natural Reli-
gion, 343. Cenfure of that
work, 354.

J

KEITH, George, Lord Marthal of
Scotland, his eulogy, 300.
LABYRINTH, the famous one at

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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 obser-
vations on the analysis of cryf-
tals of verdegris and falt of lead,
&c. 495. On fome new phe-
nomena produced by different
faline mixtures, 496.

ICON on univerfal jurifpru- LEAR, King, and his three Daugh-
dence, 222.

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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.

LESLIE, Sir John, his extraordi-
nary epifle to Sir Thomas Rid-
dle, 16.
LIBERTY, religious, fpirited re-

marks on, 10l.
LIGHT, its effects on water, evin-
ced by experiments, 168.
LIVER, obf. on the fituation 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.
LOBSCHRIFT auf Winkelman, 223.
LONDON (Old) views of, in cu.

MACQUER, M. his inquiries.com
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
difcuffed, 177-179.
MANUSCRIPTS, general account
of thofe in the library of Gene
va, 543.

MARTANO, Dr. his obfervations
on the fcurvy, 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 Hiftoriques et Geo-

graph, fur la Valachia, &c. 304.
MEMOIRS, aftronomical, by feve
ral members of the French aca-
demy, 497-498-

MERIAN, M. his differtation on
the influence of the fciences on
poetry, 509.
MEYER, M. his letters concern-
ing Ruffia, 58.

MICHAELIS, Dr. his account of
the angy na 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 ftrange

MINES, accounts of those in France,

221.

rious ancient drawings, 13.
Lowтн, Bishop, poetical compli-hypothefis relating to, 192.
ment to, 334-
LULLIN, Amadeus, fome 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 fcurvy, 276.
MAGI, their vifit to the Holy Fa-
mily, critical account of, 263.

MON BODDO, Lord, his fingular
hypothefis 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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