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Swiss and Switzerland. General history
of the Swiss Republic, 98-Geographical
description of Switzerland, ibid.-Ac-
count of Switzerland while a province of
Germany, 9-Arbitrary conduct of
Albert the First towards the Swiss, 107
-Despotism of the governors which he
placed over them, 109-Particulars of
a conspiracy, the result of that despo-
tism, 111-Number of Swiss nobility
sacrificed to avenge the death of Albert,
who was assassinated by his nephew,
117-Conduct of the Swiss to his suc-
cessor, 118-Their courageous opposi-
tion to, and defeat of, Leopold, 121-
Confederation of the Swiss states, 123-
Disquieted in their liberty by the house
of Austria, 126-Their confederation
augmented by the alliance of Lucerne,
128-By that of Berne, 133-By that
of Zurich, 143-By that of Glaris, 147
-By that of Zug, 147-Enter into a
treaty with Rodolphus and Leopold,
sons of Albert, 152-Farther particulars
of the alliance of Berne to the confede-
ration, 153-Statistic account of Switzer-
land, particularly its money, 466.
Sybaris, critical remarks on the number of
its inhabitants, 80-Account of ancient
Sybaris, 313.

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Theatre, Greek, by Brumoy, 581.
Thrasymenus Lacus, 265.

Thurlow, lord, letter to, 626-Letter by,

627.

Tiber, river, described, 265.

Tibur, town of, 288-Nature of its stone,
301-Singular house of Adrian there,

302.

Timavus, account of its streams and foun-
tains, 347.

Toggenbourg, his generous conduct to the
Swiss, 120-Taken prisoner, and cut
afterwards into a thousand pieces, 140.
Transpadana, province of, 250.
Tree, genealogical, from Adalbert to
George the Third, 169.

Tusci, villa of Pliny, described, 265.
Tusculum, 288-Proceedings of the in-
habitants of, to Camillus, 302.
Tyrtæus, fragments of, 581.

V.

Vadimonium, lake, 264.

Vassal, duties of, under the feudal system,

88.

Velia, ancient Greek town, account of,

314.

Velleius Paterculus, mistake in Vossius's

Life of, respecting a defeat of the Ro-

mans, 519.

Veneti, their origin, 345.
Venetia, 346.

Venusia, 323.

Verona, 349, 350.

Vertot, historical errors committed by him
pointed out, 520.
Vestini, 333.
Vesuvius Mons, 296.
Vetulonii, 259.

Vibo Valentia, 316.

Vincent, Dr., letter by, to lord Sheffield,
on the circumnavigation of Africa by the
ancients, 505-Letters by, to Mr. Gib-
bon, 669, 670.

Virgil, chronology of his Æneid, 71-Re-
marks on several passages of his Georgics,
382, 385.

Volaterra, 258.
Volsci, 291.

Voltaire, his defence of the marriage of
Mademoiselle, from the examples of
Roman emperors, refuted, 559-His
Dialogue between Marcus Aurelius, and
a Recolet friar, 562-Erroneous in re-
jecting the famous inscription respecting
the date of Christianity in China, ibid.

-Commends Racine and Corneille for
not showing contempt for the Jewish
nation, 559-Falsely ascribes immoral
views to the author of the Provincial
Letters, ibid.

U.

Umbria, province of, 339.
Umbria cis Apenninum, 340.
Umbria trans Apenninum, 340.

W.

Walpole, Horace, his Historical Doubts
respecting Richard the Third examined,
156-Hume's reply to his doubts, 162
-Inaccurate in his account of the tour-
nament between earl Rivers and the
great Bastard of Burgundy,569.-Letters
by, to Mr. Gibbon, 602, 604.
War, has its rights as well as peace, 50.
Warton, Dr., errors of, pointed out, as to

the time in which Pericles and Apelles
lived, 565-Letter by, to Mr. Gibbon,
601.

Way, Gregory Lewis, letter by, 678.
Werner, young Swiss, his heroic conduct

in a conspiracy to obtain freedom for
his country, 112.

Weingarten, monk of, his chronicle of the
lords of Altdorf, 178.

Weights, measures, and money of the an-
cients, dissertation on, 406, 442.
Whitaker, letters by, to Mr. Gibbon, 587,
595, 596, 597, 598,

Wines, ancient, of Italy, 299.
Witikind, alliance of the Este Guelphs
with, 183.

Wolfenscheissen, his attempt on the chas-
tity of the wife of a Swiss peasant, 110.
Worship, Pagan and Catholic, conformity
between, 547.

X.

Xenophon, account of, 43-His Cyropædia,
considered, 44-Translation of his Cy-
ropædia by Spelman, 582.

Y.

Yezdegerd, era of his reign, 17.

Z.

Zarina, queen of the Saques, account of,

32.

Zug, joins the Swiss confederation, 148.
Zurich, its origin, 133-Revolutions in its
government, 136-Conspiracy of its
exiles, 140-Joins the Swiss confedera-
tion, 143-Wars with Austria, 144.

THE END.

T. DAVISON, Lombard-street,

Whitefriars, London.

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