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A Sermon occafioned by the Death of the Rev. A. Booth. Preached in Little Prefcot Street, Goodman's-Fields. By J. Dore; and a fhort Memoir of the deceased, incorporated with the Addrefs delivered at his Interment, in Maze Pond. By J. Rippon, D. D.

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The Importance of Right Sentiments concerning the Person of Chrift, a Sermon. Preached at Effex Street Chapel, April 10. 1806, before the London Unitarian Society, for promoting Chriftian Knowledge, and the Practice of Virtue, by the Diftribution of Books. By T. Belfham.

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The beneficial Effects of Chriftianity on the Temporal Concerns of Man; proved from Hiftory and from Facts. By the Right Rev. B. Porteous, D. D. Lord Bishop of London. Forty Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects, felected from the Works of the Rev. Dr. S. Clark. By the Rev. S. Clapham, M. A. 8 yol. 9s.

The Condition and Duties of a tolerated Church; a Sermon preached in Bishop Strachan's Chapel, Dundee, on Sunday, Feb. 9. 1806, at the Confecration of the Right Rev. D. Sandford, D. D. to the Office of a Bishop in the Scotch Epifcopal Church. By the Rev. J. Walker, A. M. 18. 6d.

A Sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in the Cathedral Church of St Paul, on Thurfday, May 5. 1805. By the Rev. C. Barker.

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A Sermon preached in the Church of St. Martin in the Fields, Weltminster, before the Governors of the Benevolent Inftitution, eftablished for the Purpose of delivering Poor married Women at their own Habitations, on Sunday, March 9. 1806. By G. J. Huntingford, D. D. F. R. S. Is. 6d.

An Address to the lower Class of his Parishioners, on the Subject of Methodism, from the Minister of their Parish. By the Author of a Letter to a Country Gentleman on the fame Subject.

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A Serious Call to the Chriftian World, to confider the prefent State of the Jews; with fome Thoughts on the Prophecies of Daniel and St. Paul. By a Member of the Church of England.

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Select Paffages of the Writings of St Chryfoftom, St. Gregory Nazianzen, and St Bafil; from the Greek. By H. S. Boyd. 28. 6d. A Third Part of Notes on the Revelation of St John, compared with itself and the reft of Scripture, By Butt. 18.

An Affectionate Addrefs to the Parishioners of Blackburn, on the Inftitution and Obfervance of the Sabbath. Published for the Benefit of the Sunday Schools in Blackburn. By T. Starkie, M. A.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

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A Voyage to Cochin China, in 1792-3, containing a General View of the Valuable Productions, and the Political Importance of this flourishing Kingdom, &c. To which is added, an Account of a Journey, in 1801 and 1802, to the Refidence of the Chief of the Boofhuana Nation. By J. Barrow, Efq. 4to. 31. 128. 6d,

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INDEX.

A

Academy, royal, unpromifing condition of, 216.

Africa, inhabitants of, contrary to the example of every other country,
more civilized in proportion to their distance from the coast, 439.
Alembert, M. d', account of, 355.

America, North, various unfuccefsful attempts to civilize the Indians
of, 443-reply of one of them who had been questioned concerning
the attachment of his countrymen to a favage life, 444-Quakers
the only perfons who have attempted their civilization in a rational
manner, 445.

Anatomy, definition of, as applied to the arts of defign, 367.
Antique fculpture and painting, remarks on, 367.

Arctopus echinatus, defcription of, 69.

Auftria, fketch of her fituation relative to France at the commencement
of the late war, 192.

B

Barroloos, a numerous and civilized African tribe, 441.

Barrow's account of a journey in Africa, 432-motives of the expedi
tion, ib.-character of the Dutch boors at the Cape, 433-ill fuc-
cefs of the miffionaries among the Hottentots, 434-account of the
Boofhuanas, 437.

Barry's, Dr, hiftory of the Orkney Islands, 87-general view of the
fituation, foil, climate, &c. of these islands, ib.-geographical de-
fcription, 89-conjectures concerning their earlieft inhabitants, 91-
natural hiftory, 102-population, 103-agriculture, commerce, and
manufactures, 104-fisheries, 106.

Beacon of Maracaibo, a curious phenomenon, 381.

Bell's effays on the anatomy of painting,-a work of this kind hitherto
much wanted, 365-the author's definition of anatomy as applied to
the arts of defign, 367-objections to the ftudy of the antique, ib.
-remarks on fome of the peculiarities of the brutal and human phy-
fiognomy, 370-what the chief ingredient in human beauty, 372-
of the vifible figns of the paffions, 373- of the fkin and veins, 376.
Bentley, Dr Richard, characteristical sketches of, 109.
Black, Dr, difcovers the existence of latent heat, 139.
Bosjefmans, an African tribe, wretched condition of, 435.

Britain,

Britain, means for increafing her internal refources, 135-propofal
for rendering her an entrepôt of grain, 136.-

British iflands, fome particulars of the manners, manufactures, &c. of
the inhabitants of, at the end of the fifth century, 241.

C

Canal between the North Sea and the Baltic, projected, 133.

Caracas. See Depons.

Carpathian mountains, general obfervations on the nature of, 85.
Carron, iron works, account of, 251.

Carthaginians, great naval expedition undertaken by, at a very early
period, 239.

Caffiterides, tin trade of, at firft engroffed by the Phenicians, 239-fup-
pofed to be the fame with the Scilly islands, 240.
Christianity, historical view of, &c. 272.

Circles, druidical, fuppofed to have ferved as aftronomical obfervatories,
as well as places of worship, 95-defcription of a remarkable one in
the ifland of Lewis, 96.

Citrus, fruit of fpecies of, frequently represented in Chinese drawings,

72.

Clerk, Mr, his claim to the merit of the discovery of the plan of break-
ing the enemy's line in naval engagements fupported, 126.
Coal-pits, hint of a method of extinguishing fires in, 84.
Conflantinople, what the cause of the great frequency of fires at, 38.
Creoles of Terra Firma, account of, 383.

Cromwell, great fkill of, in forming troops, 306.

Crufades, benefits that have been derived from them, 400.

Cumberland's, Mr, Memoirs, public expectation rather difappointed in,
107-authors diffuaded from writing the history of their own lives,
108-birth and parentage of Mr Cumberland, 109-is indebted for
the most valuable part of his early education to his mother, 110-
at twelve years of age compofes a drama, 111-impreffion made
upon him by Garrick in the character of Lothario, ib.-is entered of
Trinity College, Cambridge, 112-Specimen of the difquifitions in-
troduced into the prefent volume, ib.-is appointed private fecretary
to Lord Halifax, 114-character of Bubb Doddington, 116-ob-
tains the office of Crown agent for Nova Scotia, and marries, 118—
character of the celebrated Single-speech Hamilton, ib.-of George
Faulkner, 119-the author is appointed fecretary to the Board of
Trade, 120-picture of a native Irish baron, 140-of the Irish cha-
racter in humbler ftation, 121-characters of Garrick and Soame
Jenyns, 122-anecdote of Foote, 123-character of Goldsmith, ib.
-of Dr Johnfon, 124-anecdote of Admiral Rodney, 226-the
author goes on a private miffion to the court of Spain, 127-retires
to Tunbridge on the demolition of the Board of Trade, ib.
Cuftonboufe entries, real state of commerce not to be inferred from,
246.

Cyclamen, Europæum, defcription of, 71.

Dantzic,

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Dantzic, method in which grain is conveyed to, 131-account of the
warehouses in which it is depofited, 132.

Death, remarks on the representation of, in painting, 374.

De Lille's tranflation of Milton, 167-difficulties to be encountered in
a French translation of that work, 168-ftyle of the author more
congenial to that of Thomson or Cowper, than of Milton, 169-ex-
tracts from compared with the original, 173.

Denmark, advantages fhe has derived from the wars in which the reft of
Europe has been lately engaged, 133.

Depons's voyage to South America, 378-part of the country treated
of hitherto little known, ib.-account of the author, and divifion of
his work 379-difcovery and conquest of the eastern part of Terra
Firma, and defcription of the country, 380-population, manners,
and cuftoms, 382-Indian population, 387-Civil and military
government, 388-Ecclefiaftical establishment, 390-agriculture, 391
-commerce, 392-finances, 395-topography, ib.-obfervations on
the ftate of the Spanish colonies, 397.

Dermody, Thomas. See Raymond.

Defpair, defcription of that paffion, 375.

Deffalines, extracts from his proclamation, after being chofen Governor-
General of Hayti, 63.

Doddington, Bubb, (Lord Melcombe) account of the character and pe-
culiarities of, 116.

Dolignou, Mr Stephen, the inventor of a highly improved kind of weav-
ing machinery, 245.

Druidical circles, form and ufes of, 95.

Dryanobalanops, mistake of Dr Gaertner refpecting, pointed out, 73.
Dryden, extract from his tranflation of the Satires of Juvenal, 171.
Ducks, curious method of catching in the lake of Maracaibo, 381.
Dutch boors at the Cape, character of, 433.

Dutens-Memoires d'un voyageur, &c. Account of the author, 345
-fuffers repeated disappointments in his amours, ib.-vifits England,
and returns again to his father's houfe, where he is feized with a
dangerous illness, and is taught religion by his fifter, 346-revifits
England, and is engaged as a tutor to a young gentleman, 347-is
obliged to quit his fituation, from a deaf and dumb fifter of his pupil
having conceived an inclination for him, 348-accompanies Mr
Mackenzie Stewart to Turin, 349-anecdotes of the Duke of Marl-
borough and Prince Kaunitz, ib.-is left chargé d'affaires at Turin,
350-anecdote of Sterne, 351-the author, from disappointment,
refolves to enter upon a retired and philofophic course of life, 353

but is enticed from his retreat, by hearing of Lord Mountftuart's
appointment to be Refident at Turin, and accompanies his lordship
thither, 354-account of D'Alembert, 355-the author's profound
veneration for men of high rank, 356.

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