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, b.; 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 rection 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 to 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 it 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, 314; 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, el seg.
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, b.; 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, ib. et seq.
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, el 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, el 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-
Kaid, his powers and mode of adminis tering justice at Fez, 525
Kidd's observations respecting the natu
ral production of salt petre on the walls of subterraneous and other buildings, 511
Kidd's Sermons for the use of villages and families, 369, et seq.; author's style considered, 370; reflections on the prety of Abijah, ib.; on the prayer of Jesus on the Cross, ib.
Kiffin, Mr. W. biographical sketch of his life, 403, et seq.; see Wilson's his- tory of dissenting churches. Kirby's entomology, see Entomology. Klaproth's travels in the Caucasus, and
Georgia, 328, et seq.; formidable ex- tent and power of the Russian em- pire, ib.; origin of the expedition, 329; nature of the author's arduous duties, 330; general character and estimate of the work, ib. et seq.; reli gion, &c. of the Calinucks, &c. 332; description of the Kürdä or praying mill, ib. et seq.; other superstitious ceremo- nies, 334; Grandshuhr or master-book of the whole world, ib.; great preva- lence of priestcraft among them, ib.; doubtful nature of the author's reli- gious principles, 335; his statement of their morality, ib, et seq.; their mode of ordination for priests' orders, 336; ab- surd nature of their petitions, 337; superstitious observances among the Mon- gols, ib.; practise a kind of baptism, 358; mode of preparing for death, ib. ; general habits, &c. of the Tscherkes- sians, ib.; remains of Madshar, 339; great elevation of the Elbrus and Mqinwari mountains, ib.; supersti- tious opinion of the natives concern- ing them, ib. et seq.
Knowledge, Williams's moral tenden- cies of, 594,5
Konig on a fossil human skeleton from Guadaloupe, 505; not a fossil re- main, but merely an incrustation, 506 Kubla Khan, a poem, by S. T. Cole- ridge, 571
Kürdä, or praying mill, 332
Lalande fond of eating spiders, 582 Leaves, 399, et seq.; character of the poems, ib.; the child of love and genius,
400 Lecture on Skulls, see Headlong Hall. Letters from a gentleman in the north
of Scotland, see Highlands. Letter to Mr. Gisborne by one of the clergy, see Bible Society, 52 Lewis and Clarke's travels to the source of the Missouri river, 105, et seq.; see Missouri.
Lincoln, letter to the bishop of, on ac,
count of his attack on the British and
Foreign Bible Society, in his late charge to his clergy, see Bible Society. Little Davy's new hat, Bloomfield's his- tory of, 76, 7; extract, 77
Liturgy, Mr. Bugg's opinion of the re- strictive nature of its language, 436 Love and opportunity, a song, 380 Locusts, a flight of, described, 579. London Missionary Society, Dr. Brown's account of, 234; causes of their first misfortunes, ib.; instrumental in ex- ciling new energy into the other mission- ary societies, ib.
Low Countries, good policy of uniting them with the States of Holland, 352 Lunatic asylums, pauper, Tuke's prac- tical hints on the construction and economy of, 293, 301, et ssq.
Mc Lean, Mr. Archibald, his contro- versy with Mr. Andrew Fuller on faith, 485, et seq. Madhouses, reports, &c. respecting them, 293, et seq.; awful interest of the subject, ib.; inquiry if madness be curable by medicine, 294; opinion of practitioners on the subject, various, ib.: probable causes of this difference, 295; remarkable instance of alterna- tion in mental and bodily disease, 296; mental sanity frequently precedes the death of insane persons, ib.; inquiries in regard to a conciliatory mode of treatment, 297; extract from the Hon. H. Grey Bennett's evidence before the House, ib. et seq.; cases of Mrs. Stone and of Norris, ib.; statement of some particulars that have been beneficial in lunatic asylums, 300; inquiry in regard to exercise, ib. et seq.; defects in lunatic asylums, 301; Mr. Tuke's pro- posed classification of patients, 302; Mr. Bakewell's plan, ib.; an interest- ing case of apparently religious insa- nity, 303; the subject, in fact, a bold profligate, ib.; Mr. Bakewell's opinion in regard to supposed religi- ous maniacs, ib.; great credit due to him for his firm intrepidity in expo- sing the false assertions that religion is the frequent occasion of madness, 304; dependence on medicine in cases of insanity very small, 305; great necessity of county establishments, 306; probability of beneficial effects from the investigation, ib.
Majolo, the, a tale, 77, et seq.; reflec- tions on acquired knowledge, &c. 78; character of the Majolo, 79; the Majoli, who they are, ib.; appearance of the Majolo, ib.; character of the indi- genous music of mountainous countries,
80; character seldom understood by an estimate of the qualities of the mind, 81; illustrated in the (imagined) character of Don Lopez, ib.; Majolo's reasons for thinking the life of a merchant the most preferable, 82; his first efforts to obtain literary eminence detailed, 82, 3; con- cluding remarks on the character of the work, 84
Mandan Indians, 117; their tradition of
their remote history, 117
Mant's, Dr. two tracts, on regeneration
and conversion according to the sense of holy scripture, and the church of England, 429, et seq.
Medicine of the Mandans, an American tribe, its singular meaning, 118; medicine stone, 119
Meeting-houses, evils likely to result from their being made subject to pa- rochial assessments, 494, 5
Memoirs of lady Hamilton, 284, et seq.; see Hamilton.
Mirage, account of one in Caubul, 466 Messiah, bishop Horsley's opinion of the origin of the prophecies among the heathen concerning him, 152, 3 Messiah, the only safe basis on which passages from the old testament can be applied to him, 27
Methodist (Wesleyan) missions in the
West Indies, 234; in the island of Ceylon, ib.: conversion of a Budha priest, ib.
Middle class of society, its rise and great national importance, 213; not known in France, 214, 217
Military influence, its danger, as illustrated in the conduct of the French soldiery, 68 Milbank Penitentiary, its probable evil tendency, 613
Ministers of the church, Wilks's essay
on the conversion and unconversion of, 538, et seq.; see Wilks.
Missionary exertions, encouragements for prosecuting them, 225 Missions, Brown's history of, 223; el seq. See Brown.
Missouri river. Lewis and Clarke's travels to the source of, 105, et seq.;, impor- tance of the expedition, ib.; reflections on the influence of vastand antecedent- ly unexplored regions on a philosophi- cal and imaginative spirit, 107; descrip- tion of the parly, 109; nature of the anticipated difficulties, ib. et seq.; ob- stacles from the extreme rapidity of the current and treachery of the bank, 110-1; description of the Osages, ib.; their own account of their descent from a snail, ib.; general appearance of the country, 112; extensive ancient
burying grounds of the Indians, ib.; ravages of the small pox among the Mahas, effects of their de- spair, ib.; death of Sergeant Floyd, ib.; remarkable bends in the river, 113; Ottoes and Missouri Indians, ib.; effects of a hurricane, ib.; Staitan or Kite Indians, ib.; notice of some natural curiosities, ib.; remarkable re- gular mound, ib.; water of the rivers rendered deleterious by the great quantity of copperas, &c. in its bank, ib.; Sioux, a numerous and powerful tribe, ib.; determined conduct of some associated young and brave men in this tribe, 115; description of some an- cient fortifications 116; the Ricka- ras, ib.; reject the use of spirituous liquors, ib.; Mandans and other tribes, 117; Mandans, tradition of their origin, 117, 118; remarkable circumstance in their religion, 118, 119; barbarous revenge of a Minnetaree chief, 119; in- tense cold of the winter, 120; vol- canic appearances, 121; sharp and dangerous encounter with a bear, 122; singular mode of procuring buffaloes, 123; perilous situation of the Capt. L. and one of his men, ib.; discover the summits of the rock mountains, ib.; Capt. L. arrives at the first cataract,ib. extent, &c. of the various falls, 125; cataracts described, ib.; danger of Capt. C. and others from the effects of a heavy rain, 126; destruction of the buffa- lues at the falls, ib.; their immense breeds, ib.; remarkable mountain ex- plosions, ib.; Capt. L. surprized by a bear, 127; the party pass the gates of the rocky mountains, ib.; arrive at the three forks,' 128; Shoshonee Indians, their actions, &c. 128, 129; cross the mountainous track, ib.; ar- rive at the Columbia river, 130; dis- cover the Pacific ocean, 131; customs, &c. of the Indians on Colombia, a river, ib.; return of the party, 132 Mongols, religion, &c. of, 336, et seq. Monitor, weekly, 174
Moorish school at Fex, 529
Morell's studies in history, vol. 2. His- tory of Rome, 170, et seq.; best mode of making history the vehicle of moral and religious instruction, 171; con- version of Constantine, 172; reflections on it, 173
Morris's memoirs of the life and wri- tings of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, 478, See Fuller
Mound of the little devils, 113; Indian tradition concerning them, 114
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