Oliver Cromwell, his achievement at Gran-
Oratory, scarcely to be expected in per- fection in preachers, 855. Oriental literati, sceptical, 429. Originality in sermons, desirable, 603. Oxalic acid, Thomson on, 437. Oxford University, whether founded by Alfred, 314.
Oxygen, exists in all true alkalies, 352.
Painting, little progress of, in Russia,572. Paishwa, Lord Valentia's interview with,815. Paley, his eminent services, 1; eulogium of his Evidences, 2; sedateness and simplicity of his Sermons, 6; religious opinions, 8; ideas of Christ, 9; of salvation, 11; conversion and the in- fluences of the Holy Spirit, 13; his deficiency in practical religion, 539; his church preferments, 532; atten- dance at theatres, 533; anecdote of his father, 534; his amusements at school, ibid, his manners at College, 535; inci dent productive of his studious dispo- sition, ibid. further sketch of his bi- ography, 536; his opinion of subscrip- tion to the 39 articles, stated, 536, com- bated, 537-540.
Parish register, subscription of marriages in, whimsically described, 46. Patriot, character of a true one, 388. Patriotism,genu.ne. eujoined and inspired by Christianity, 388.
Paul and Silas at Philippi, on the charges brought against, 833.
Paul, emperor of Russia, anecdote of, 476. Pendulums, theorem for the length of,
414; observations on, from Lapiace, 884. Penitence necessary for all, 811. Pensions and sinecures without personal merit, a source of public calamity and disgrace, 73.
Persees in Bombay, a large part of the in- habitants, 821.
Persius, his distingui hing manner, 795; translations by Howes and by Drum- mond, 799.
Perthsire, places in, account of, 791. Peter the Great, Statue of, at Peters- burgh, 571.
Petrifaction, Parkinson's doctrine of, 718. Philadelphia agricultural society, revi- ved, 630.
Phosphorus, Davy's experiments on,760. Phoebe Dawson, Crabbe's story of, read to Fox on his death bed, 47. Physiognomy, consists in the expression of the countenance, 160.
Pike, Barber's recommendation of, op- posed, 96; comparison of it with the musquet, 210.
Plagiarism, gross instances of, 380, 484; accidental, in Campbell's Plea- sures of Hope, 519.
Ploughing without lands', 326. Poetasters, formal injunction against, on account of the high price of pa per, 189.
Poetry and prose have changed functi- ons, 650.
Poets should aspire to originality, 42; how they get into print, 365, 872; a comparison between their works and their lives, 393; should say little in their own persons, 948.
Politics, religious reflections upon, by Dr. Priestley, 842.
Polygamy, probable cause of the dispro- portion (if any) between male and fe- male births in Africa, 824; no such disproportion proved, ibid.. Polygonometry, theorems in, 414. Polypus, nature and cure of, 652. Polytheism, too complaisantly treated by Dudley, 148.
Popery bastening to final extinction, 206; Bonaparte its destroyer, 208; the grand object of James II. 646. Porson, Professor, his brilliant talents obscured by excesses, 487.
Potash, properties of its basis, 346; con- sidered as a metallic substance, and named potassium, 352; researches res- pecting, 758.
Practical sermons, what they ought to be, 368.
Prawn fishing described, 385. Preach ng, utility of, 1012.
Predestination, Dr. Ridley's view of, 177. Prison at Durham, its censurable state, 303. Pronunciation, the English like the Swe- dish, the Scotch like the German, 456. Prophecies, their accomplishment, 219; Faber's explanation of those relating to the restoration of the Jews, 221; his commentary on a passage in Deuterono- my, 223 its error exposed, ibid. many prophecies fulfilled by the establish- ment of Christianity, 226; the qualifi- cations requisite for writing upon them, 362; mostly applied to Bonaparte by Hioan, 363.
Provincial dictionary, difficulty of com- piling, 449.
Pulpit oratory of the English church, its excessive tameness, 620 ridicu-
lous criticisms on by Onesimus, 863. Puranas, extracts from a translation of, 845. Putrefaction, its office, in the circle of na- tural economy, 253.
Puritan settlers in New England, character of, 175.
Ridley, character of his writings, 176; his criterion of faith, 177; his view of pre- destination, ibid.
Righteousness and self-righteousness, distinc- tion between, 185.
Roads in America proposed, 675.
Recognitions of Clement of Rome, cre- dited by Jones, 725; proved spurious, 727.
Recollection in advanced life of youthful
impressions liable to double decep- tion, 165.
Red Sea, surveyed by Lord Valentia, 812, 829.
Redemption through Ghrist, explana-
tion of, 625; duty of the clergy to preach it, 468; absurd substitutes for it resorted to, 469. Refraction, extraordinary effect of, de- scribed by Dr. Vince, 1051. Religion, indifference towards, condemn-
ed, 290,767 ; of its technical terms, 334; essential nature of, 478; repre- sented as in a declining state, 616; the contrary maintained, 617; present state of in England, 619. Respiration, changes it produces in at-
mospheric air, and oxygen gas, 516. Restoration of the Jews, reasons for sup- posing it merely spiritual, 219, 220. Faber's opinion on, 221. miracles ren- dered necessary upon his scheme, 226. Resurrection of Christ, objections to the evi- dence of it, answered, 805.
Ride and tie, the phrase explained, 520. Rock Life Assurance Company, remarks on, 955.
Rock mountains, traversed by Lewis and Clarke, 116, 119; their great elevations, volcanoes in them, 1053. Roggewein, mis-statement of the voy- age of, 788.
Russia, mock discharges of ordnance there, how effected, 574; servitude of the boors, 575; appearance of the country in twinter, ibid. some remarkable cus- toms, 576; costume, 573; manners, ibid. beauty of the women, 572; chan racteristic aspects of its different races, 573.
Sacrament, zeal of the Scotch peasantry in attending it, 305.
Salt, Mr. his visit to Abyssinia, 934. Saragossa, female heroism at the siege of,
286 : Palafox's memorable answer to a proposal for capitulation, ibid. Saturn, new irregularity observed in its figure, 511. Savages of Van Diemen's land, account of a family of, 981; their huts, 983. Schuyler of New York, memoirs of the family of, 167.
Scotish dialect, its fitness for poetry,
406 : circumstances tending to de- preciate it, 447; revived in the pre- sent day, ib. should be called Caledo- nian, 448; whether a dialect or a language, 449; not derived from the Anglo-Saxon, 454; boundary of the Scotch and English language, 455.
Scots, of Gothic not Celtic origin, 451. Scripture, figurative language of, 772. Scripture, critical philology of, too
little attended to, 24; character of the authorised version, 25; previous translations, 26; names of the trans- lators appointed by James I. ibid. authorised version not in every instance correct, 30 ; a faithful and well-con- ducted revision desirable, 31; inquiry into the character of the received text, 32; how to produce a true copy, 33; how interpolations have arisen, 243; James's translators could not possess an exact text, 38; no ground of alarm about the certainty of, ibid. the au- thorised English version respectable and faithful, 39; (See Testament, New) Ward's errata of the Protestant bible exposed by Dr. Ryan, 97; Wrang- ham's proposal concerning a correct- ed English version, 143; history of its division into chapters and verses, 330; that division injurious, ibid. their language become familiar and vene- rable, 333; translation of them in India going on, 136, 434. Sea-blubber described, 813. Seed, change of, supposed not necessary to prevent degeneracy, 637. Seiks, renounced the Brahminical sys- tem, 425; their fundamental tenets, ibid.
Separatists, acknowledged to do good, yet condemned, 499; reflections on the increase of, 500; political qualities attributed to, 505; retort upon the high church party, 506. (See Esta- blished Church.)
Shamrog, the wild trefoil, its reputed magical virtues, 457.
Sheep, smearing them in the north an immemorial custom, 283; substitutes for tar for this purpose proposed by Mr. Bakewell, ibid. sheltering them in win- ter recommended, 284. Siller-gun, shooting for, a custom at Dumfries, 488.
Soda, properties and nature of the basis
of, 349; considered as a metallic substance, and named sodium, 352. Sound, Danish coast of, described, 476. Solids of greatest attraction, Playfair's paper on, 1045.
Socinians, their applause of the ، Bar- rister' a proof of weakness and de- gradation, 182; their misrepresenta- tions of the orthodox, 185, 374, 742. Spanish revolution, 201; on the sup- port of popery implied in assisting the Spaniards, 203 ; differe it from the French revolution, 211; previous state of Spain, 213; incalculable miseries for an inadequate object, 214; Wordsworth on, 750.
Spherical excess, how ascertained, 413, Spleen, on the structure and uses of, 434; facts relative to, 435; not es- sential to life, 436.
Spontaneous production, absurdity of, exposed, 636.
St. Neot, his claims to be considered as the brother of Alfred, 310; deri- vation of his name, 311; useful ex- ercise of his ecclesiastical influence, 313; his place of sepulture disputed,
Stage, Plumptre's arguments for, re- futed, 103.
Stocks, prices of, explained, 90. Stomachs of different animals, 127 ; summary of principal results, 128. Strange, Rev. T. account of, 962. Strength of different races of men, ex- periments on, 996; greater in civi- lized than savage life, ibid. Subsistence, articles of, distinguished from ordinary commodities as to the policy of regulating the trade in, 50; different opinions on this point, 51. Subsistence, national, dependent upon the state of industry in general, 57; in- creased by arts and manufactures, 61.` Sulphur, experiments on, 759. Sydney, Algernon, the charge against him of receiving a bribe from France, 647; Rose's arguments to obviate the charge, 648.
Tam-o-Shanter, criticism on, 407; ex- tract from, ibid.
Tangents, on a property of, 442. Taranta, pass of, in Abyssinia, 917. Testament, New, (See Scriptures) first edition of, 35; Griesbach's last edi-. tion has a just title to be received as a standard text, 39; critical study of recommended, 342.
Improved Version, obser- vations on the text it adopts as a basis, 236; principal instances of va- riation from the authorised, 238; critical examination of those instances, 243, 250; omissions not warranted by MSS. 250; observations on its distribution and punctuation, 329; rendering of peculiar terms, 333; many renderings very objectionable, 335, 340; style criticised, 341; notes, intended to reconcile Scripture with Socinianism, marked by anxiety, credulity, and dogmatism, 342. Tigre, in Abyssinia, visit to the governor of, 921; conference with, and cha- racter of, 922; his military review, 924. Timbuctoo, of the trade to, 769; ac count of, 770.
Zante, poetical description of, 669; cur- rants, its principal production, 670.
Tithes, oppressive mode of gathering in Ire- Zoophytes, fossil, their componentparts,
Tooke's philology censured, 259.
711; different species of, 712, et seq. nomenclature of, improved, 715.
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