the farmers, 423; the agriculturist not the only sufferer of the country, ib.; mercantile distress, ib.; the pre- sent distress is common to all the in- dustrious part of the nation, 424; poverty the source of this general distress, 425; causes of this poverty, ib.; remedy, 426; remarks on the conduct of government in regard to its expenditure, 427
Dooraunee monarchy in Canbul, ac- count of its establishment, 460 Druids' circle at Stonehenge, poetical des- cription of, 474, 5
Duncan's essay on the nature of parish banks, &c. 509, 609, et seq. Durant's sermon on the best mode of preaching Christ, 174, et seq.; stale- ment of facts (in preaching) should be full and unequivocal, 174, 5. Durie, Mr. a native of Bengal, remark- able account of him, 563, et seq.
East India Company, contrast of the conduct of the Dutch and the British, in regard to the propagation of re- ligion, 229
Edgeworth's, Sneyd, memoirs of the Abbé Edgeworth, 173, 4 Egede, Mr. the Danish missionary, ac- count of his labours among the Green- landers, 233
Elbrus, a Caucasian mountain, its great height, 339; superstitions notions of the natives concerning it, 340 Eliot, his intrepidity and firmness in preaching among hostile Indians, 229, et seq.; his labours in translating the scriptures, 230; account of his successors, ib.
Elphinstone's account of the kingdom
of Caubul, 457, et seq.; British domi- nion in Asia beneficial to the na- tives, ib.; arrangements of the ob- jects of inquiry, ib.; divisions of sub- jects treated of in the work, 460; ac- count of the establishment of the Dooraunee monarchy in Caubul, ib. et seq.; their invasion of Persia, ib.; successful enterprises of Ahmed Shah, 461; intrigues of Futteh Khan, 462; origin of the mission, 463; its equip- ment, ib.; sands of Canound, 464; Singuana, &c. described, ib.; hills of shifting sand, ib.; distress of the party, 465; Bikaneer, ib.; character of its prince, ib.; Pooggul, 466; a mirage, b.; Moultan, b.; Soliman's throne, ib.; credulity of the natives, ib.; Calla-baugh, its remarkable situation, 467; Peshawer, 468; ridiculous cere- monies attending presentations to the
king, 469; audience given to the em bassy, ib.; magnificent appearance of the prince, 470; the monarchy in a declining state, ib.; Caubul seized by Shah Mahmood and Futteh Khan, ib.; dangerous predicament of the embassy, ib.; perverse adherence of the natives to old habits, 471; recal of the embassy, ib.; total defeat of the king, ib.; return of the party, ib; description of the Punjaub, 472; geo- graphy of Caubul, 556; population, 557; greatest height of the Hindoo Coosh chain, b.; triple chain of Soli- maun, ib.; description of the country round Peshawer, ib.; of the inhabitants, 558; tradition that the Afghauns are the descendants of the ten tr.bes, 559; extract, ib.; internal regulations of the Afghauns, 561; their manners, ib.; literary pursuits, ib.; poets, 562; religion, ib; trade, ib.; agriculture, ib.; government, ib.; remarkable ac- count of Mr. Durie, 563; Caufiris- tan, inhabited by the supposed des- cendants of the Greeks left there by Alexander the Great, 564
Embassy to Caubul, ceremonies attend- ing its presentation to the king, 469,
English historical writers, neither of the three, strictly speaking, an English- man, 18; their excellence in the art of writing history originated probably in a mixture of French vivacity and British gravity, 19
Entomology, Kirby and Spence's intro- duction to, 572, et seq.; prejudice against this and other similar studies, ib.; government alarmed in regard to the Hessian fly, 573, (note) study not to be confined exclusively to par- ticular objects, 574, et seq.; some ac- count of the authors, 576; contents of the work, 576; arrangements of subjects injudicious, ib.; transforma- tions of insects, 577; their enormous increase, ib.; destructive nature of some insects, 578; formica saccharivora, 579; flight of locusts, ib.; benefit derived from insects, 580; instances of it, 581; utility of insects as food, ib. et seq.; anecdote of James 1st. 583; appara- tus of the spider for spinning described, 584
Erghum, bishop, his great power, 454 Frror, its nature and influence, 538, 9 Established church, solid grounds on which it may apprehend danger, 58; declared by one of the clergy to be di- vided into the orthodox and the evangeli- cal parties, 60
Evangelical and orthodox clergymen,
their points of difference, 545 Evidence of a fact is either defective,
sufficient, or compelling, 184, et seq. the disciples had sufficient evidence of the resurrection, 185; inquiry into what constitutes sufficient evidence of a fact, 186; self-love or self-interest oppose the due impression of just evi- dence, 186
Exercise, Mr. Finch's estimate of its im- portance to insane patients, 300
Faith has for its object always some fact, 182; inquiry how this faith becomes praiseworthy, or the contrary, 183, et seq.; illustrated in the conduct of the disciples in regard to the resurrec- tion of Christ, 184; the truth and the belief of a fact different, ib.; evi- dence of a fact either defective, suffi- cient, or compelling, ib.; the disciples had sufficient evidence of the resurrec tion, 185
Faith, Mr. A. Fuller on the nature of,
481, et seq.; various controversies oc- casioned by Mr. F.'s strictures on it, 482, et seq.
Farmers, inquiry into their present dis- tressed state, 420, et seq. Fecundity of insects, 577
Fez, description of, population, &c. 528; its mosques very numerous, 529; place in one of them for the wo- men to attend at public prayers, ib. Fortifications, ancient American, des- cribed, 115; their extensive magni- tude, 116; one mound covered with cotton trees, ib.; France, deplorable state of its present
moral condition, 210; was never really a commercial country, 214 Freedom of the press, its tendency to preserve true patriotism, 215 French mobs, their rate of hire, 70 French patriotismn prior to the revolu- tion, its nature, 215; English patri- otism contrasted with it, ib. French Protestants resolutions, &c. re- lative to the persecution of, extracted from the proceedings of the Protes- tant dissenting ministers, 177, et seq.; the details not of doubtful authority, ib.; conduct of the dissenting minis- ters on the first rumour of the perse- cution, 178; letters purporting to have been written by the French cler- gy to the English dissenting ministers, written merely to allay the suspicions of the French police, ib.; insuperable difficulty of forming a just estimate of the internal state of France, 179
Fuller, Andrew, Morris's memoirs of the life and writings of, 478, et seq.; early years of Mr. Fuller, ib.; his settlement at Soham, 479; change in his religious views, ib.; removes to Kettering, ih.; becomes secretary to the baptist mission, ib.; arduous na- ture of his labours in that office, ib.; statement of his last moments, 480; controversy on faith, 482; crude objections of Mr. Button and Mr. Martin, ib.: faith and repentance the gift of God but the duty of man, ib.; objections of Mr. Dan. Taylor, ib. et seq.; Mr. F. a firm believer in the doctrine of personal election, ib.; the provision made by the death of Christ, of two kinds, 485; Mr. D. Tay- lor's system inefficient, ib.; objection of Mr. A. Mc Lean; ib.; its nature, ib.; second objection of Mr. A. Mc Lean, 487; controversy on the Sys- tems compared,' ib.; some objec- tions against it examined and refuted, 488; Mr. Hall's remarks on the manners and character of Mr. Fuller, 489; Mr. Morris's sketch of his minis- terial talents, 490; concluding re- marks, ib.; et seq.
Gandshuhr, or miraculous pillar of re- ligion, 334
Gardanne, general, his embassy to the court of Persia, 463
Gass, Patrick, his unsatisfactory narra- tion of the expedition to the source of the Missouri, 106
Gates of the rocky mountain, Captain- Lewis and Clarke's passage up the Missouri, through them, 127 Geneva, Sismondi's considerations on, 94, et seq.; probable evil that would arise from its annexation to the Hel vetic league, 95; its importance as an enlightened Protestant continental state, 96; belongs morally to England, ib. Georgia, Klaproth's travels in, 328, et seq.
Geography of Caubul, 556 Gibbon's miscellaneous works, 1, et seq.; character and estimate of the author's letters, 3; Gibbon less irreligious than Hume, 4; the subject of his history possesses advantages superior to those of his two competitors, ib. et seq.; his long hesitation in regard to the choice of his subject, 6; great ad- vantage possessed by the historian of his own times over other historical writers, 7; nature of Voltaire's, &c. historical attempts, ib.; other advan
tages of Gibbon over Hume and Ro- bertson, 8; his ardour and perseve- rance, ib.; extract, ib.; difficulty of the historian to arrive at truth, 10; two leading features of his history stated, 12; inferior to Hume and Robertson in historical painting, ib.; its causes endeavoured to be accounted for, 13; some remarks on Gibbon's manner in regard to notes, ib.; notes unknown to the an- cients, ib.; sanctioned by our three great historians, 14; character of Mr. G.'s notes, ib.; objections to them, ib; Mr. G.'s style considered, ib.; character of Hume's style, 15; Ro- bertson's, ib.; art a prevalent feature in Gibbon's style, ib.; deficient in con- cealing it, ib.; followed Tacitus as his model, ib.; his style to be justly ap- preciated must be studied, ib.; many objectionable peculiarities of his style adduced, 16; extract, illustrative, ib.; peculiar construction of Gibbon's pe- riods, 17; instances, ib.; his gallicisms comparatively few, 18; two particu- lars in which these three historians remarkably agree, ib. et seq.; their excellence as historians dependent probably upon an admixture of the French and English character, 19; neither historian ever wrote poetry, ib. poetry incompatible with the eloquence essential to historical com- position, ib.; Gibbon's style approxi- mates too closely to poetry, and that of the worst kind, 20; two exception- able features of Gibbon's history, 180; reviewer's confession of his former infidelity, ib.; Gibbon's scepticism pervades his work on the Decline and Fall, 181; instances from the present work, ib.; inquiry into the nature of religious doubting, 182; man, praise or blame-worthy in proportion as his conduct proceeds from the heart, ib.; fact always the objects of faith, ib. ; man required to believe not to comprehend, for his salvation, ib.; inquiry how this faith becomes praiseworthy, and the contrary, ib.; nature of faith, ib.; on the unbelief of the disciples in regard to the resur.. réction of Jesus Christ, ib.; evidence considered as being either defective, sufficient, or compelling, ib.; in- quiry into what constitutes sufficient evidence, 186; self-love the great ob- stacle to the reception of just evi- dence, ib.; absolute indifference not the proper state for the accurate dis- crimination of truth, ib.; hardness of
heart the true source of the unbelief of the disciples, 187; import of the term, hardness of heart, ib.; its scrip- tural import different from the gene- rally received meaning, 188; the scepticism of Hume and Gibbon, ori- ginated in hardness of heart, in the scriptural sense, ib.; Hume and Gib- bon passed through life comparatively free from trouble, 190; the stimulus of hope necessary to excite man tu con- stant exertion, ib.; men in elevated life, not feeling the want of religion, inquire not into its evidences, 191; inquiry into the origin and into the nature of the faith of the general body of the clergy, 192, et seq.; inefficacy of mere clerical faith, 193; unbelief the prevailing disease of human na- ture, 194; investigation into the causes of the exemplary lives of our most noted infidels, and of Gibbon, 195; some other circumstances tend- ing to strengthen unbelief, &c. 196; causes of the luminous views of reli⚫ gious truth, as exhibited in the writ- ings of bishop Horsley, and other such writings, 197; Dr. Robertson possessed at least clerical faith, ib; Mr. Gibbon's propensity to indelicacy in his quotations, its causes investi- gated, 197, et seq.; Gibbon more inge- nuous than Hume who was less inde- licate, 198; his character artless, ib.; scorned to conceal the real propen- sities of his heart, ib.; Dr. Robertson's writings perfectly free from indelicate allusions, 199; some objections against destroying any of the writings of Mr. Gibbon, 199, et seq.; advan- tages that may be expected from studying the springs and motives of so extraordinary a mind as Mr. Gib- bon's, 200
Gisborne's letters to the bishop of Glou- cester, on the subject of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 53, et seq.; see Bible Society.
Glover's thoughts on the character and tendency of the property tax, &c. 417, et seq.
Good's translation of the book of Job, 132, et seq.; Mr. G's eulogy on the book, 133; states to be a regular epic poem, 134; its supposed scene, ib.; its divisions, ib.; the subject, ib.; according to Mr. G. ib.; and Mr. Scott, ib.; on the author and era of the poem, ib. et seq.; objections, ib. et seq.; doctrines of the book of Job, 136, et seq.: remarks on the doctrine of angels, 137; on the resurrection,
138; commencement of the poem, 139; extracts from Mr. G's translation and critical remarks on them, 139, et seq.; extracts from the notes, 148, et seq.; errors of the press, &c. noticed, 150; see correspondence.
Government, true nature and extent of its interference in regard to religion, &c. 218; remarks on its late enor- mous expenditure, 427, et seq. Greeks, tradition of a country inhabited
by the descendants of those settled in the east, in the time of Alexander, 564 Greenlanders, account of the first fruits of the Moravian missions among them, 224, 5; the Christian Greenlanders in 1750, 232
Griffin's memoirs of Captain James Wilson, 275, et seq; chief subjects of the narrative, 276, et seq.; account of his conversion, ib, et seq. Gunpowder, a solitary discovery, its cause according to lord Bacon, 256 Gurney's serious address to the clergy, 84, et seq.; reflections on the taking of the priestly office, 85; striking instance of ignorance in a Christian reviewer, 86
Hall, Robert, his expression of his great veneration, for the late Rev. Andrew Fuller, 489
Hamilton, Lady, memoirs of, 284; her personal qualities, 285; her infe- rior origin, 286; her residence with Mr. Greville, 287; marries Sir William Hamilton, ib.; her influence over lord Nelson, ib.; becomes a vo- luntary spectator of the execution of the unhappy Carraccioli, 288; her anx- iely on account of her daughter, 288, 9; lady H. not concerned in the publica- tion of lord Nelson's letters, ib. Hardness of heart, inquiry into its scrip-
tural meaning, 187, et seq.; Dr. Ro- bertson's misapplication of the term, 189
Hartgill, Mr. and his son murdered by
lord Stourton and his four sons, 457 Headlong Hall, 372, et seq.; a humour- ous piece, ib.; description of the cha- racters, ib. et seq.; extracts, conversa- tion on modern picturesque gardening, 374; between a deteriorationist, and a perfectibilian, 375; on the nature of disinterestedness, 376, et seq.; Cranium's lecture on skulls, 378; his practical in- · ferences, 379; love and opportunity, a song, 380
Heathen, propagation of Christianity
among them since the Reformation, 223; see Brown. Hebrew scriptures, difficulty in regard to interpreting them, 22; new me- thod of interpretation, ib.; third me- thod followed and perfected by Schul- tens, ib.
Hessian Fly, alarm occasioned by the fear of its being brought into the king- dom, 573, (note)
Hewling, B. and W. grandsons of Mr. Kiffin, their execution, 407
Hill's, the Rev. Rowland, religious free- dom in danger, 493, et seq.; era of the enactment of the poors' rates, ib.; evils that may be expected from tax- ing places of worship, 494; import- ance of the question, 495; Mr. Van- sittart's bill of last sessions misunder- stood, ib.; distressing case of a con- gregation at Worcester, 496; libera- lity of the congregation at Surrey chapel, ib.; attempt to tax Surrey chapel adverse to the great majority of the inhabitants, and to the parish officers, 496, (note.)
Highlands, letters from, 236, et seq.; in- terest excited by the Highland cha- racter, 237; military reverses of the Highlanders during the early part of the last century attended with the decay of their peculiar customs, &c. ib.; testimony of Dr. Johnson, 238; remote date of their letters, ib.; their information unsatisfactory, 239; the author's qualifications examined, ib.; style of the work objectionable, description of the Highlanders, 241, et seq.; intellectual superiority of the Highland mountaineers over the English peasants, 245; Scotch cookery, 246; the author's offensive description of Highland scenery, 248; similarities and variations in Alpine scenery, ib.; Ben Nevis, the highest point of the Highlands, ib.; character of the Alpine scenery of Scotland, 250; effects of grand scenery on the hu- man mind and feelings, ib. et seq.; on the Highlander in particular, 251, et seq.; the author impeaches the hos- pitality of the Highlanders, 252, 3; change in the Highland character of a highly beneficial tendency, 254 Hindoo Coosh, highest elevation of this range of mountains, 557
History, importance and advantages of stu- dying it, 595
Home on the influence of the nerves
upon the action of the arteries, 515 Home's account of the fossil remains of
an animal more nearly allied to fishes than any other classes of animals, 514
Home's observations on the functions of the brain, 506
Hooker on the nature of sacraments,
439, et seq.; on the necessity of bap- tism, 442 Hooper's advantages of early piety, 590, 1
Horsley's, bishop, book of psalms, 20, et seq.; his diversified qualifications, ib.; considered as a theologian 21; announcement of his posthumous papers, ib.; difficulties in regard to interpreting the Hebrew scriptures, 22; new method of interpretation, ib.; a third method adopted by Schul- tens, ib.; the psalms are applied chief- ly to the Messiah by bishop H. 23; principle of his application stated, ib. et seq.; his arguments, 25; general re- marks on the subjects of the psalms, 26 objections to the bishop's hypothesis, ib. et seq.; bases which may justify the application of certain passages of the old testament to the Messiah, 27; versions of certain psalms by Dr. Horsley and by the Reviewer, 28, et seq.
Horsley's, bishop, nine sermons, 151, et seq.; prophecies among the heathens concerning the Messiah, their origin according to bishop Horsley, 152, 3; objections, ib.; means by which those prophecies were preserved among them, 154; the evidence of the fact of our Lord's resurrection, 155; applica- tion of the expression some doubted, ib. et seq.; extract in answer to unbelievers in the resurrection of Christ, 157, 8; Christ had no residence on the earth after the resurrection, ib. ; his subse- quent appearance said to have been miraculous, ib.; on the sufficiency of scripture, 158
Hume, his irreligion far exceeded Gib-
bon's, 4; his history indebted for its chief interest to its being national, 5; Gibbon and Hume not endowed with the talent of rapid elocution, 6; cha- racter of Hume's style, 15, 17; never indulged in any poetical attempt, 19; less indelicate in his writings than Gibbon, 198
Hunt's story of Rimini, a poem, 380; et seq.; character of the poem, narra- tive, ib.; tale objectionable, 381; a spring morning, ib.; various extracts,
Indelicacy, Mr. Gibbon's propensity for it in his quotations and allusions con- sidered, 197; Hume less indelicate than Gibbon, 198; Dr. Robertson's writings perfectly free from this charge, 199
Independents, first church of, in Eng- land, 402
Infallibility, Romish, considered, col- lective infallibility, 323
Influence of vast and antecedently un- explored regions on a philosophic and imaginative spirit, 107
Inquiry into the causes of the exem.
plary lives of some of our most noted infidels, 195, et seq.
Insanity, remarkable instance of its alter- naling with bodily disease, 296; its fre- quent cessation previous to the ap- proach of death, 296
Insects, transformations of, 577; their surprising fecundity, ib.; destructive nature of some species, 578, 9; flight of locusts, ib.; benefits derived from in- sects, 580; extract, 581, 2; considered as articles of food, 581, et seq.
Jacob, Joseph, short sketch of his life, 586; strict laws adopted in his church, 586, 7; extracts from two remarkable sermons of his, 587, et seq.
Jacobins, their state under Bonaparte, 69 James I. begs the loan of a pair of silk stockings, 583
Jefferson, Madison, Gallatin rivers, what and where, 128 Jewel, bishop, his character, 455 Jews, after the captivity, supposed to have settled in Afghaunistan, 560, et seq.
Jews, miserable state and cruel usage of at Morocco, 527
Job, J. M. Good's translation of the book of, 132, et seq.; see Good. Johnson, Dr. his remarks on alpine sce- nery, 248, 9
Jonah, a poem, by J. W. Bellamy, 289, et seq.; extract, 290
by E. Smedley, 291, et
seq.; extract, ib. Journal of Llewellyn Penrose, a seaman, 395, et seq.
Kaaba (El), or the House of God, at Mecca, description of, 535; the black or heavenly stone, ib; ceremony of wash- ing its floor, 536
Kaïd, his powers and mode of adminis
tering justice at Fez, 525
Kidd's observations respecting the natu-
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