Baviad, 94-An Epistle to Mr. Wilberforce, 104. Pleasures of Memory, 121. Odes of Import- ance, by Peter Pindar, 210. Whitehoute's Ode to the me- mory of Sir Jahua Reynolds, 226. Stockdale's Poetic Views on the Banks of the Wear, 227. Banter's Epifle of Condolence to General Gunning, 228. Poeti cal Elays, &c. 234. Jerning- ham's Abelard to Eloifa, 310. Sonnets of Shakspeare, 333. Bowles's Monody at Matlock, 334. Discarded Spinfier, 335. Invitation, a Poem, ib. Cow- per's Tranflation of Homer, 434 -443. Mrs. Robinfon's Mo- nody on Sir Joshua Reynolds, 454. L'Avocat du Diable, 455. A Poem on Difcovery, 458. Chriflianity, a Poem,
459. Poetry, not tranflateable, 77. Preacher, a fashionable one de- fcribed, 110.
Price, Dr. his character, as a political Reformer, vindicated, 2131 Pfalms, different tranflation of
various paffages in, 45- Public Worship cefended, against the objections of Mr. Wake- field, by Dr. Difney, 33.
Rabies Canina, hints refpealing the nature and cure of, 141. Method of treating, 142. Ramsgate Harbour, great im- provement of, 109. Razoumouski, Count, his obfer- vations on the arenaceous parts of Switzerland, &c. 485. On the natural history of the circle of Bavaria, ib. On the falt- works of Bavaria, 486. On fofil wood, 487. On a new fpecies of flone, ib. On the formation of granite, ib. Read, Mr. Read, Mr. his meteorological journal, 56.
Reform, of the established church, plans of, 474-
Rennell, Mr. his eftimate of the rate of travelling, as perform- ed by camels, applied to the purposes of geography, 53. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, elegiac verfes in memory of, by Mr. Whitehouse, 226. His pic- tures appreciated, 404. Mrs. Robinfon's monody to his me- mory, 454.
Rhubarb, great importance and proper method of curing that root in this country, 224. Roman Catholics, of Ireland, their late application to the Legiflature, for relief, &c. de- fended, 343.
Ruffel, the poet, obfervations re- lative to that genius, 405.
Sackville, Lord George, obfer- vations on his character and conduct, as a public man, 407. Sage, M. his analysis of the prafius and chryfoprafus, &c. 513. Of the aerated ponde- rous fpar of Alton Moor, ibid.
Saguntum, theatre of, by whom defcribed, 296. Saugnier, M. his shipwreck and captivity, on the coaft of Af- rica, 560. His deliverance, 561. His fecond voyage to Africa, 562. Saxius, his learned work, Ono- mafticon Literarium, &c. com- mended, 552. Series, Infinite. See Vince. Servitude, in America, genuine account of the state of, 125. Sheep, the manifold ufes and ex- cellence of that animal, 329. Wool-trade fummarily exhi- bited, 331. Shrewsbury, George Earl of, his wife's unfavourable character,
Struve, Profeffor, his obferva- tions on M. Born's method of amalgamating gold and filver ores, 488.
Sugar, thoughts on the prefent high price of, 101. Hints for new regulations in the trade of, 102. Cafe of the fugar colo- nies, 215. Great prospect of receiving ample fupply of fu- gar from the Eaft Indies, 328. Sunday, arguments for and againft the fabbatical obfervance of, 355.
Suffex, Earl of, his complaining letter to Sir W. Cecil, 9. Swedenborgianifm, ftrange myfti- cifm of, 577.
Swift, Dean, not the author of the Tale of a Tub, 320.
utility of common fenfe, 407.
Talbot papers, where preferved, 2. Taunton, in Somerfetthire, hito-
rical notices relative to that town, 262. Test-act, history of, 412. Tingry, M. his analysis of the
6. His account of the hard-, his remark alluding to the fhips which accrued to him, from having the Queen of Scots in his cuftody, ib. Far- ther account of his loffes on that occafion, 7. Slave-trade, in Africa, how car- ried on, 89. Lord Mun- cafter's sketches of, 215. Sen- timents of a Weft-India mer- chant, relative to, 217. Opi- nions of other writers, 218. 446. Smeaton, Mr. his account of the late improvement of Ramfgate harbour, 109. Great import- ance of, to the public, ib. Smith, Dr. Edward, his botani- cal merit, 563.
Somers, Lord, faid to have writ- ten the Tale of a Tub, pub- lished as the work of Swift, 320.
Somnambulism. See Levade. Sparrow, Mr. his account of
cafes of extraction of the ca- taract, 157. His pleafant ftory of a woman who could not diftinguish a letter in a book,' 158.
Steam engine. See Cooke.
waters of Amphion, 489. Tippoo Saib, his military abili
Tranflation, of books, the prin ciples of, 361. Rules of, in- vestigated, 362. Chief diffi culty of, 368. Trinity, doctrine of, its general difbelief feriously lamented, 235.
Tunbridge water, chemical ana- lyfis of, 341.
Vander Meerfch, M. his excellent character, and eminent abili-
ties, 524. Van Hemert, Profeffor, his dif
fertation, which gained the Teylerian theological prize, 535-
Van Reenen, M. his journal of his travels in fearch of the wreck of the Grosvenor India- man, 421. Hardships and difficulties of this journey,
Villeneuve, M. his teftimony, re-
lative to the ftate of the na- tives of Africa, in their own country, 89.
Vince, Rev. Mr. his new method of investigating the fums of in- finite feries, 62.
Vines, the proper season for prun- ing, 489.
Vineyards of Baccharah defcribed, 428. Umfreville, Mr. his charges against the Hudson's bay com- pany refuted, 136. Unitarians defended from the charge of fuperftition, 375. Vos, M. de, his Teylerian Prize Differtation, 542.
Wake Robin, its medicinal vir- tues, 165. Wallis, Dr. John, particulars of his life, and eminent learning, 188. His character as a theo logian, 190. Waring, Dr. his paper on Infi- nite Series, in the laft volume
of the Philofophical Tranfac tions, 55:
Wafps, obfervations relative to the Natural History of, 484. Watson, Col. memoirs of his life, 325. His kill as a mathema- tician and engineer, 326. His · death, 327. William III. See Orange. Withering, Dr. his letter con- cerning the medical efficacy of the Digitalis, 168. Women, their fexual character and capacities vindicated, againft the prevailing prejudices of mankind, 199. The folly of the prefent mode of education, 200. The laws, with refpect to matrimony, highly injurious to the female character, 206. Plan for the improvement of female education, 207. Wool. See Sheep. Worcester, Earl of, his account of the ladies who attended the Queen of James the Firft, 10. Worcestershire. See Cookfey. World, antiquity of, greater than that of the human race, 15.
Young, Rev. Mr. his effay on the origin and theory of the Go- thic arch, 70.
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