ERRATA in this VOLUME. ' .

P. 144, 1. penult, for modes, read mode. — 209, 1. 8, for fill the unforced, read the fill unforced, &c. — 221, par. 2, 1. 13, 19; for ikan the frejini; read than the time present.

:::...: - 238, Art, 36, l. 1. for remonftranee read remontrance. ~ 352, par 4, 1. 2. for contrivance ng economy or the animal creation;

read contrivance or economy of the animal creation. - 377, par. 2, 1. 11, for bai taa sildon, cead but seldom.

393, Art. 24, l. 3, for recites in a plaintive yet Mandyar kind of ** -drollery, read in a plaintive Ryle, yet in a Jhandyan kind of

drollery. 479, In the account of Gordon's arithmetic, l. ult. for with us

they usually set to learn, read with us they are usually set to learn,

Ducis, M, L oration in honour ish religion, 102. Curious -ac-
of Volcaire, 20.

count of his preaching, 103,
Duke, his poetry briefly charac-' FARMING. See AGRICULTURE,
terised, 189.

- FAULKNER, George, his ac.
Dumont's inquiry into the admi- count of Sacheverel, 358.

niftration of lands among the FEMALE conduct, rules and obser-
Romans, 219.

vations relative to, 45.
FArty, new theory of the for. Fenton, Elijah, his fanciful idea
mation of,

of the periods of intelleclual
EDWARD (William) extraordie growth and decay, 9.

nary bridge built by him, 11. FEUTRY, M. his Opuscula, 56. .
ELECTRICITY, experiments to FLINT-GLASS, inquiry into the

shew the advantage of pointed. compolition of, and the means
conductors, 401. The con- of giving it an higher degree of
trary opinion maintained, 402. perfection, 496.
Decision in favour of the Frank- Foucher, Abbé, his Supplement
linian construction, 406. Va to his treatise on the Religion of
rious experiments on the Ley.. the ancient Persiaos, 529.
den phial, &c. 407.

FRIENDSHIP, the temple of, de-
ELECTRICAL Conductors, the fue fcribed, 109.

periority of chole that are ele. GALLOWAY, Mr. account of
vated and pointed, proved by him, and his evidence respect.

experim, made in France, , ing American affairs, 71.
- 490.

GAURAULT's account of the filver
ELEPHANTS,: bonęs •of; and of' : mine at Chitty in Nivernois, le-

other huge Southerr. animals, published, 221.

found in Siberia, • 586 551. GENEALOGIES of Matthew and
ELOGE de Milord Marechal.' See, Luke's Gospels harmonized, 263.
· D'ALEMBERT. S . GENERAL of an army, qualifica-
EPOCHAS of Nature, Buffon's ac t ions of a complete one, 202.
· count of, 531.

GENEVA, catalogue of the library
Erste Grundlehren des ietzigen there, 543.
· Europäischen Voelker rechts, Genius diftinguished from bright
&c. 57.

parts, 202.
Essai sur l'Histoire de la Maison GEORGICAL Society, plan for a
d'Autriche, 52

new one, 137,
sur la Jurisprudence Univer. Gober's ancient mineralogists of
fille. See IACOB.

France, 221.
sur l'Histoire des tribunaux, Gospels, Harmonies of, their uti,
&c. See Des Essarts. : li:y, 2;9.
ESTABLISHMENTS, religious, de- Gout, successfully treated by blis-
fended, 324.

rering, 206.
EVANGELISTS, criiical account of GREEKS, ancient, their poetry

the latitude with wbich they use philofophically invesigared, 510.

certain forms of expression, 264. Farther accounts of, 523.
EVENING, fonnet or, 75. . GRIFFITH, John, his ridiculous
EURIPIDES, his dramatic compo fanaticiim, 372.

fitions characterized, 511. GUTHRIE, Dr. his account of the
EXPERIMENTING in agricultore, means by which the Russians are

recommended, 128. Forms for preserved from the scurvy, 279,
recording the farmer's experie 410.
ments, 246.

HAIR-DRESSERS, their hurtful
Ezour Vedam translated, 500. practices with regard to the
EZRA, his reformation of the Jew Lady's heads, 63.

002

HALIFAX,

HALIFAX, his poeiry depreciated, Jefferys, Judge, anecdote relas 189.

cive to, 10. HALLER, Mr, his account of an ILIAD and Odyssey ftrangely syma

extraordinary pregnancy, 472. bolized, 483. The Heroes and HAYGARTH, Dr. his judicious Deities of, said to be allegori- hint relative to the exhibition of cal beings, ib. strong wort, as an antiseptic, Indians, Creek, noble speech of, 275.

at a congress held at Charles HEALTH, pious ejaculation to, Town, 449. 116.

- , Oriental, curious ac. Heat, fanimal) curious experie count of their facred books, and

ments and observations on, 378. different sects of Brahmins, &c. HELL-TORMENTS, doctrine of the '500.

eternity of discussed, 120. Ex- INGENHOUSZ, Dr. his method of ploded, 122.

procuring inflammable air from HENLEY, Mr. his ele&rical expee vitriolic æther, 170. His inriments, 416.

vention for lighting a candle by HERETIC, St. Paul's meaning ele&ricity, 407. His experiwith respect to, 123.

ments to shew how far the pheHERODOTUS, a reformer of an- . nomena of the EleEtropborus may

cient history, 523. Compared be accounted for by Dr. Frank with Homer, 524.

lin's theory of positive and new Hervey, Mr. unites the flowers, gative electricity, 408. .

of poetry with the chistles of INSURANCE, mercągtile, plan retheology, 95.

::.. commended for inftituting a Higgins, Bryant, on the use of... Court of merchants, &c. for de.

an amalgam of zinc, in electri....teraniog difficult cafes in, 423.

cal excitation, 407. : : JOHN, the footman, his confere HIPPỌNE, city of. See Lg : once wich:Mr; Clement, on rem BLOND.

:: ligioni; 99.2... HISTOIRE naturelle, &c. du Ton , St. his first Epiftle ad Spar. quin, &c. 54.

tos, meaning of, 546.. critique des opinions des KÆMPFER's history of Japan, anciens, 55

> new edition of, from the Au- naturelle du Tullilage, thor's original MS. 145. . &c. 306.

Kente, Mr. account of his va.. HISTORY of the German empire, rious writings, 117. 59.

Keitil, George, Lord Marshal of HOLLAR, his view of St. James's, Scotland, his eulogy, 300.

&c. from the village of Charing, LABYRINTH, the famous one at 13.

Lemnos, no traces of now reHomer, whimsical hypothesis re m aining, 484.

lative to, 483. A fabulous LA SERKĘ, his hiltorv of the en. being, ib. His writings fymbo- try of Mary de Medicis into lized, ib.

England, 12. HUME, David, his literary fame LASSONE, M. De, his new obser:

ungenerously attacked by Lord vations on the analysis of cryl Monboddo, 19;. Extracts from tals of verdegris and salt of lead, his Dialogues on natural Reli &c. 495. On some new phegion, 343. Censure of that nomena produced by different work, 354.

saline mixtures, 496. | 4ÇOB 00 universal jarifpra LEAR, King, and his three Daugh, cence, 222.

iers, an old play, on whick

Shakespeare

Shakespeare founded his tragedy MACQUER, M. his inquiries con,
on the same subject, extract cerning the composition of fint-
from, 296.

. : glass, 496. i
Le Beau, M. his memoirs rela. MAGNET. See Monnier,

ting to the Roman legion, 528. MAHOMET, curious Latin poem in
LE BLOND, Abbé, bis account of honour of, 547.

two Imperial medals of the city Mansfield, Lord, his opinions
of Hippone, 528.

with respect to the power of the
LE BRUN, remarks on his man. crown over conquered countries

ner of painting, with respect to discussed, 177–179.
the disposition of light and MANUSCRIPTS, general account
shade, 19.

of those in the library of Gene.
LEIPsic, academical dissertation va, 543.

concerning the literature of, 6oMARTANO, Dr. his observations
Leith, Sir Alexander, his trial on the scurvy, 412.
for felony, 393.

MASERES, Baron, his arguments
Lemnos, isle of. See VOLCANO. in opposition to Lord Mansfield's
See LABYRINTH.

opinion relative to the power of
LEO X, Pope, more worthy of a the crown in Canada, 172-180.

crown chan a mitre, 522.. MEASURES and Weights. See
Le Roy, M. his memoir on the Scotland.

form of elect. conductors, 491. Medals of Hippone, 528."
LETTER, curious one from a Scotch MEMOIRES Historiques et Geo
warrior, 16.

graph. sur la Valachia, &c. 304.
LETTRES d'un voyageur Anglois, MEMOIRS, astronomical, by feve-
462.

ral members of ihe French aca-
LESLIE, Sir John, his extraordi- demy, 497–498. **

Dary epistle to Sir Thomas Rid- MERIAN, M. his differtation on
dle, 16.

the influence of the sciences on
LIBÉRTY, religious, spirited re- poetry, 509.
marks on, 101.

MEYER, M. his letters concern-
Light, its effects on water, evin- ing Russia, 58.

ced by experiments, 168, Michaelis, Dr. bis account of
LIVER, obs. on the situation of the angyoa polyposa, 222. *

jo its natural state, 491. The MILTON, particulars of his life,
growth of, not proportionable 81. His education, 82, Com-
to the other parts of the body, nences teacher of the clasics,
492. Changes its situation in &c. 83. His political charac
different attitudes, ib.

ter, 86. His poetry, 87. His
LOBSCHRIFT auf Winkelman, 223. religion, 89. Critical remarks
LONDON (Old) views of, in cu. on his poems, 90.

rious ancient drawings, 13. Mind, Lord Monboddo's strange
Lowth, Bishop, poetical complia hypothesis relating to, 192. .
ment 10, 334.

Mines, accounts of ihose in France,
LULLIN, Amadeus, some account 221.

of that eminent divine, 545. MONBODDO, Lord, his fingular
LYCOPHRON the poet characteri. hypothesis of mind, 192. His
"zed, 513.

unhandsome attack of the lite-
MACBRIDE, Dr. remarks by, on raiy fame of David Hume, 195.
We the efficacy of wort, as a re. His account of the Jumping
medy for the scurvy, 276.

Ague, 197. His , extravagant
MAGI, their visit to the Holy Fab admiration of Aristotle and an
mily, critical account of, 263. ciens metaphysics, 198.

Monner

MONNET's Systein of Mineralogy, OTHMAN Lillus Anconitanus, hi
219.

remarkable epic poem in prail
MONNIER, M. his memoir on the of Mahomet, and his great ex

variations of the magnet, 489. ploits, 547. :
On horizontal refractions at lun- OTWAY, his poetry cenfured, 189,
setting, 497. On Saturn's Ring, PAros, ille of, described, 481.
498. On the variations in the Antiquities ihere, ib.

obliquity of the ecliptic, ib. Pascal, Blaise, his great charac
Moreau's moral political dire "ter for wit and learning, so

courses on the government of Account of a complete edício
France, 214.

of his writings, 507.
Moser's principles of the law of Perlix, S:ephen, his strange
nations, 57

account of the English, 12.
MOSQUITO thoie, country and in- PERNETY, Dom. his memoir

habitants of, described, 473. concerning the influence of na-
MOUNTAINS, new theory of the tural causes in the mind of
criginal formation of, 550.

man, 508.
MUSGRAVE, Dr. his argument in PERSECUTION, religious, account

favour of Mr. Wilson's electrical of a late instance of, in Ireland,
experiments, and blunt conduc- 443.
tors, 402.

PERSIANS, ancient, remarks on
NAIRNE; Mr. his electrical ex- their religion, 529.
periments, 401.

PHILIPPA, Queen, her oratorical
NATURE, wonderful changes of, address to King Edward, in fa-

in the earliest ages of the world, vour of the burghers of Ca-
532; -

lais, 438.
NATURAL causes, their influence PhiLOSOPHERS, of ancient Greece,

on the mind of man, 508. their great contempt for poetry,
NAVIGATION, several important 512,

observations relative to, by Mell. PHILOSOPHY, natural, experi.
- De Borda, Pingre, and De Ver ments relating to, 162.
dun, 498.,

PHILOSOPHICAL investigations,
Navigations, inland. See CA how to be conducted, 559.
NAL.'

Philoxenus, Bishop, his Syriac
Necker, M. De, his natural hif- version of the gospels, 36.

tory of the Tussilago and Peca- Pigeons, numerous catalogue of
vites, 306.

the forts, 66.
Nerler abbey, descript, of, 14. PILEUR d' Apligny, M, le, his
NICANDER, the poet characterised, treatise on colours and colour-
513.

ing, 55
Nouvelles Obf. sur l'Angleterre. Plato's lo, an excellent French
Sie COYER,

translation of, 528.
recherches sur la science des PLANTS, experiments on, relative
Medailles, &c. See Sivry to the properties of the air, 165.
NOUVEAU Systeme de Mineralo. Poetry, facred, why generally

gie. See MONNET. i unsuccessful, 8.
ORGANS, use of, in churches,

Of the ancient Greeks,
when first introduced in this the repository of their wisdom
country, 399, 480.

and philosophy, 509. Their
ORIENTAL legislation less desporic only means of recording history,

than is generally supposed, 553. 523. Its abuse of history, ib.
ORIGINALS, literary, rare pro. Ports, metaphyfial, an account

ductions, 117. The Seasons of ot, 2.
Thomsor, an original, 118.

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