Kant, Profeffor, his principle of the moral fenfe exploded, 539, 543. Kantelaar, M. his difcourfe on the influence and happiness of the fair fex, 500. His eulogy on the late profeffor Schultens, 502.
Kefman, M. his differtation on ma-
thematical ftudies, 565. Kok, Dr. his account of a cure of the paify, by the Rhus radi- cans, 545. Konynenburg, profeffor, his inquiry into the nature of the Old 'fef- tament prophecies, which have been applied to the Meffiah,526. Confiders them as relative only to the temporal affairs of the Jews, 528.
Kramer's Herman of Unna tranf- lated, 21.
an earthy fubftance found near the falls of Niagara, 571. MacDermot's MacDermot's ifland defcribed, 396.
Mack, Colonel, his hiftory, 472. Magnetic obfervations, 575. Mafkelyne, Dr. his liberal affift- ance toward the completion of Taylor's logarithms, 275. Mathematics, study of, much cul- tivated in Holland, 563. Great utility of, 564. Mills. See Waring. Monarchy, plan for a limited, in a new constitution propofed for France, 486.
Montefquicu, General, his inftru- mentality in compaffing the Jate revolution of Geneva, 580. Montgaillard, Count de, his cha- racter and account of himself difcuffed, 72. His account of the state of France, 73. His advice to the allies, in what manner to profecute the war, 78. His account controverted, 137. His continuation of the ftate of France, 413. to, 446.
Maral fenfe, principle of, difcuffed, 539. Profeffor Kant's notion of, exploded, ib. Morals, fcience of, investigated, 540.
Mufic. See Patterjon.
N Naville, M. his noble behaviour, when under profcription, in confequence of the late revolu- tion of Geneva, 383. Neceffity, philofophical, difcuffed, 129. Doctrine of, denied in fpeculation by the major part of mankind, but admitted by all in practice, 131. Netherlands, extraordinary culture of, 399.
Niagara, waters there, above and below the cataracts, of different qualities, 572.
Nobility, hereditary, prejudicial to fentiments of virtue and true patriotism, 498. Nuneham, the feat of Lord Har- court, fome account of, 366. O
October, month of, poetically de- fcribed, 103.
Olive-branch, Simon, his pleafant account of himself, and of the club, under the name of The Looker-on, 266. Ommeren, M. his elegy on the
late profeffor Schultens, 506. Oxford, univerfity of, greatly in- debted to King Alfred, 366.
Paine, Thomas, his objections to Christianity answered by Mr. Wakefield, 339. By Mr. Nafh, 342. By a layman, ib. Paley, archdeacon, his liberal fen- timents in regard to the spirit of reformation, 431. Palfy of the loins and lower
parts, how cured, 545. Paper, Chinefe manner of mak- ing large sheets of, 570. Patriotism, true, excellent remark on, 499.
Patterson, Mr. his explanation of a fingular phenomenon, 571. His invention of a new notation of mufic, 577. Peace, arguments for, with refpect to the prefent conteft with France, 549. Pellene, M. See Conftitution Fran- çoife.
People, plan for establishing and regulating the power of, in the projected new conflitution of France, approved by the late Queen, 488.
Petion, M. his opinion of the po- litical fate of France, in the time of Robefpiere's dictator- fhip, 198.
Philip V. of Spain, particulars re- lating to his memorable refig- nation, 191.
Piozzi, Mrs. her British fynony- my, extracts from, 249. 377. Plagiarifm, verfes on, 438. Poetical extracts in this vol. viz. from Darwin's Zoonomia, 13. Brydges's Poems, 103. Oram's Poems, 104. Sweets and Sor- rows of Love, 106. Essay on No- vels, 210. A Farewell Ode on a Profpect of Cambridge, ib. Pur- fuits of Literature, 211. Mrs. Piozzi's British Synonymy, 249. 377. Mrs. Radcliffe's Myfteries of Udolpho, 282. Hurdis's Tears of Affection, 312. The poems of Anna Maria, 352. Haller's poems, 390. Barbour's Bruce, 434. Ethic Epiftles to the Earl
of Carnarvon, 438. Poivre, M. le, his worthy cha- racter contrafted with that of Alexander the Great, 498. Poland, obfervations relative to the late revolutions in that country, 443. King of, miftaken in his political conduct, 444. Pompeii, & Herculaneum, defcrib- ed, 125.
Population, in America, inquiry concerning, 572.
Poor's rates deemed a premium on idleness, 296.
Priestley, Dr. his defence of the authenticity of the Gospels, 15. Of the veracity of the Chriftian writers of the fecond and third centuries, 19. Mr. Evanson's letter to Dr. P.'s Young Man, 409. His contempt of fome part of Dr. P.'s defence of the Gofpels, ib.
Pruffia, King of, his dialogue (ex-
tracted from his works) between Pr. Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough, in the other world, 263.
Queen of France, her participation in a fcheme for a new French Conftitution, on a rational plan, 481.
R Religion, confidered merely in a political and temporal view, plan for establishing in France, 491. Rhus Toxicodendron, efficacy of, in paralytic complaints, 460. Radicans, pally cured by,
545. Rights of Man, fenfible defcrip- tion of, by a French writer, 483. Rittenhouse. See Lightning. Robert I. K. of Scotland, pathetic representation of his miferable death-bed repentance, 435. His death, and the forrows of his attending friends, 436. Roman characters, imagined con- verfations of, 419. See alfo Wilcocks.
Roman hiftory, partially written, and of evil tendency, 497. Un- favourable view of the charac- ter of the Romans, even in the Auguftan age, 567. Rofamond, the Fair, her unfortun. ate connection with King Henry difcuffed, 365.
Rutilius Rufus, characteristic ac- count of, 421.
Stanhope, Earl, his political con- duct queftioned, 95. Sugar, manufacture of in the W. Indies defcribed, 64. Sumach. See Toxicodendron. Sifs guards, in the fervice of France, defended, with regard to their behaviour on the fatal 10th of Auguft, 289. Switzerland, conjectures relating to the hills and valleys of, 125. Remarks on the political rela- tions between the Swifs and the French, 283.
Synonyms, English, critical dif cuffions of, 245. 371.
Tarleton, Col. his military exploits in America, 60.
Taxes, modes and effects of, con- fidered, 550. First principles. of taxation, 552. Fatal effects of falfe opinions on this fubject, 553.
Taylor's Logarithms, edited by Dr. Maskelyne, 271. Thames, river, fource and course of, 362. Its tributary streams, 363. Its junction with the Se- vern, by a navigable canal, ib. Thermometer, obf. relating to, 574. No country fo well calculated for thermometrical exper. and obf. as North America, 575. Thucydides, MS. of, in the pub- lic library at Caffel, 122. Tithes an injudicious kind of taxa- tion, 298.
Toleration, religious, fenfible re-
marks on, by a Fr. writer, 485. Toxicodendron, efficacy of, in the cure of paralyfis, &c. 460. See alfo Rhus. Trade, British, to the Eaft and
Weft Indies, comparatively efti- mated, 307. Tribunal, fecret, in Germany, ac- count of that horrid inftitution, 21. Proceedings in defcribed,
Wallbridge, canal navigation of, 363. War, abfurdity, injustice, and in- humanity of, 40. A fyftem of murder and theft, ib. Warlike fermons cenfured, 41.
prefent war between France and England, origin of, ac- cording to the ideas of Briffot, 455.
apparent objects and caufes of, 457. Reflections on, by a Batavian philofopher, 494. Means of putting an end to ⚫ the prefent ruinous war,' 549. Waring, W. his obfervations on water-mills, 377. Wesley, John, curious account of,
in his matrimonial connexion, 30. Strange effects of converfion among his followers, 31.
Charles, memoirs of, 159. His character and ministerial labours, 160.
Whitaker, Mr. remark on a paf
fage in his hiftory of Manchef- ter, 255. Whitworth, Mr. his plan for join- ing the Severn and the Thames, by a navigable canal, 363. Wilcocks, Mr. his Roman Con- verfations characterized, 420. His performance fomewhat fi- milar to the Anacharfis of M. Barthelemy, ib. Specimens of, 421. Hint towards the im- provement of his work, 427. Williams, Mr. his thermometri- cal observations, 574.
Dr. his magnetic obfer- vations, 575:
Wiftar, Dr. his obfervations on evaporation in cold air, 576. Women,faid to be lofing ground, in regard to their influence,and the respect heretofore paid to them by men, 501. This idea con- fidered, and an inference drawn, ib. Writers, polemical, cenfured for their intemperance, 252.
END OF VOL. XV. OF THE NEW SERIES.
254. Art. IV. 1. 9. for reflatas', r. teftata.
328, Art. 18. 1. 4. read thus: a fubftantive treafon by the ftatute 25 Edw. Ill.; a confpiracy, &c,; and in 1. penult, read Ed- ward III, 3d Inftitute, &c.
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