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SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF THE BRITISH REVIEW.
EGINA Statues, the, 297.
Ethrioscope, 345.
Ali Pasha, his Serai at Ioannina, 306, 307-ditto at Prevesa, 302-his extortions, 303-Mr. Hughes's visit to, 303-his history, 310-attacks the Suliotes, and repulsed, 312-blockades Suli, 312-his cruelty to the inhabitants, 313-claims Parga, 316– his character, 319-advantages resulting from his government, 319. Arabs, fraudulent character of, 247. Aristophanes, Mitchell's Translation of, 50-Brunck's edition, 51—an entire translation not to be wished for, 52— not generally studied at the Universities, 53-his grossness not altogether owing to the public taste, 56-his satire not corrective. 58-St. Chrysostom's predilection for, an imposture of Aldus, 62-excuse for his impurity, 63 -the Clouds a gross caricature of Socrates, 67-failure of that piece, 78character of his dramas, 82— insurmountable difficulty of translating, 83-the invocation to Peace in the 'Acharnians,' 56.
Athenians, their licentious taste, 57tyranny of their democracy, 60their passion for defamation, 81-singular sacrifice of the modern Athenian women, 295.
Athens, 287-the Parthenon, 288-the Erectheum, 292-the temple of The- seus, 292-dance of Derwisches in the Tower of the Winds, 293. Atmometer, 345.
Attorney-General, his speech, 18. Authors, profligate, the enormity of their offence, 326.
Barometer, indications of the, 351. Barristers, privileges and obligations of, 14. Belzoni (G.), Narrative of the Operations and recent Discoveries in the Pyramids, &c. &c. 230-account of, 230-constructs an hydraulic machine for the Pasha of Egypt, 231, 233-departs for Thebes, 234-visits
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the Temple of Tentyra, 234-lands at Luxor, 236-his adventure in a cave at Gournou, 237-arrives at Ombos, 239-embarkation of the bust of Memnon, 240-proceeds to Upper Egypt and Nubia, 241-discoveries at Thebes and Carnac, 242-explores the sepulchres at Gournou, 244, 246 -researches, 247-discovers a colossal head, 250-obliged to suspend his researches, 251-temple in Nubia, 251-tomb of Psammethis, 253-examines the Pyramids, 253-discovers the site of Berenice, 257, 258-never refers to the Scriptures, 259-has done little for natural history, 259. Benson, (Rev. C.) The Chronology of our Saviour's Life, or an Inquiry into the true Time of the Birth, Baptism, and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, 389 -commendations of the work, 418. Berenice, ruins of, 258.
Biblical criticism should be rendered as popular as the subject will permit, 420. Bishops, caution necessary in selecting, 7.
British Review, independence of the, 2,324.
Brougham (Mr.) 13, 14—the impolicy and erroneous principles of his speeches, 15.
Burke (E.), 461-his disapprobation of the French Revolution, 500. Bute (Lord), 369-disliked by George II. 376.
undramatic Bysshe Shelley, 380- nature of the subject, 381-the plot, 381-borrible and monstrous charac- ter of Cenci, 382-difference be- tween this and other tragedies founded on similar circumstances, 385-defective in its structure, as a drama, 386.
Charlotte, the Princess, 336. Chatham (Lord), unfavourable portrait of, by Earl Waldegrave, 362-letters from, to his son, 469. Cheops, pyramid of, 256. Chronology of the Scriptures, publica- tions on, 389-the creation, 391- method of reckoning time, used by the Hebrews, 393-deluge, 394-de- scendants of Ham, 395-predictive chronology, 397-discontinuance of Hebrew dates during the residence of the Israelites in Egypt, 399-the temple founded, 400. Amalekites, 401-Philistines, 401-Manetho, 402 difficulties Eratosthenes, 403
caused by the prep osterous dates as- signed to the epoch of Sesostris, 404 -Volney's charges against Christian chronology, 404-Sesostris' expedi- tion, 405-simplicity of the chrono- logy of the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, 408-chronology of Ptolemy, 409-Cyaxares or Ahasue- rus, 411-charge against the prophe- cies of Daniel, 413-chronology of the Bible safe from the attacks of infidels, 416-chronology of the New Testament, 418-merits of Mr. Benson's work, 418, 421-Biblical criticism, 420-the futile reasonings of those who attack revelation, 421. Cleon, character of, 59.
Climate, 339 of London, 346. Cockerell (Mr.), discovers the entasis in
the columns of the Parthenon, 294- the Ægina statues excavated by him, 296.
Comedy, old Greek, its grossness, 56
characterized, 81-its anomalies, 82. Constitution, British, its first germs not to be precisely defined, 40-its pro- ogressive improvement, 41. Cope (Sir John), commands the army against the Pretender, 109—is de- feated at the Battle of Preston Pans, 111 and escapes to England, 113. Country, State of the, 1-the Queen, 2— her case, 4-appearance of the times, 5-the clergy and church, 6-purity in the hierarchy and church recom- mended, 7-dangerous influence of libels, 8-the disaffected attack the
constitution through the crown, 9— the King's political conduct, 9-slan- ders against him, 10—the whig oppo- sition, 10- uncharitable censures against the private feelings of the so- vereign, 11-peculiar and critical state of affairs, 12-impolicy of de- magogues of rank, 13-speeches for the Queen, 13-the Queen's replies to addresses, 26-letter to the King, 29 -the Liturgy question, 30-Address from the King to his People, 33— declaration of the people of England, 37-British constitution, 40-whig- gism, 42-representation of the coun- try, virtual, if not proportionate, 46 -cheering views for the future, 47. Cumberland (Mr.), his attack upon So- crates, 65-his translation of the Clouds commended, 85.
Currants, cultivation and preparation of, 279.
Cyaxares or Ahasuerus, 411. Cyrus, 409.
Dale (Thomas), the Outlaw of Taurus, a Poem; to which are added Scenes from Sophocles, 422. Dance, Arabian, at Meimond, 241-of Derwisches at Athens, 293.
Daniel, his Visions asserted by infi- dels to have been written after the occurrence of the predicted events, 413. Declaration of the People of England to the King, 1.
Delphi, description of, 282-temple of Apollo at, 285-Stadium at, 287. Denman (Mr.), 16-quotation from his speech, 18.
Denon's opinion of the architecture of Tentyra, 236.
Differential thermometer, 343. Dionysius, the dog-sophist, 309. Dodwell (Edward), Classical and Topo- graphical Tour through Greece, 269 fidelity of his drawings, 277-his sensations on first viewing Greece, - condemns the spoliation of 1.278 Athens,289-his remarkson the scalp- tures in the British Museum, 291. Dramatic Poetry, 381, 439-the French school of, 440-the peculiar interest requisite to, 442-theory of the source of the pleasure afforded by tragedy, 444.
Eratosthenes, his catalogue of the The-
ban kings, 396. Euripides, unjustly satirized by Aris- tophanes, 78-defended from the animadversions of Schlegel, 79—ex- ceptions urged against, by Mr. Mit- chell, 80-enthusiasm of Milton for, 80-testimony of Valknaer in favour of, 81.
· Faber (G. Stanley), his remarks on the Pyramids of Cephrenes, 230. Forbes (John), Observations on the Cli-
mate of Penzance and the District of the Land's End, in Cornwall, 337. Fourmont (Abbé), his destruction of ancient inscriptions, 299.
Fox (C. J.), 459-461-his coalition with Lord North, 480-his opinion on the influence of the Crown, 486- his India Bill, 487-his triumphant majorities, 489-bis dexterity in op- posing Mr. Pitt at the commence- ment of his administration, 494-ul- timately foiled in his attempts, 496- his admiration of the French Revo- Jution, 500-bis inconsistency in com- mending a speech of Mr. Burke's, pointing out the atrocity of that very Revolution, 501.
Francis (Dr.), his Watson Refuted: being an Answer to the Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters to the Bishop of Llandaff, 389-his impiety and ignorance, 414. Frederic the Great, destitute of feeling, 91-his duplicity towards Voltaire, 92-his character as given by Mr. Standish, 93-his abominable cyni- cism, 97.
Freethinking Christians, 180.
French Drama, its principles, 440. French Revolution, 501.
Genesis, particularly offensive to infi- dels, 390-attacked by them, 393. George II., a marriage intended by him for his grandson, 372-his extreme dislike of Lord Bute, 376-and of Lord Temple, 377-his difficulty re- specting an administration, 378. George III., his letter to Mr. Pitt, 491. George IV., his character as a monarch,
9 inconsistency of the Whig Oppo- sition towards, 10. German Philosophy, leading affectation of, 78.
criticism, errors of, 79. Unitarian's De-
Gosnell (Mr.), his " Examination of the various Texts of Scripture, &c." 180.
Gospel, peculiar doctrines of, 149. Government, ancient ones defective, 48 when it may be opposed, 49. Gournou, the burial-place of Thebes, described, 244-manners of the in- habitants, 246-Fellahs of, 247. Greece, Dodwell's Tour; and Hughes's Travels in, 269 associations at- tached to, 270-modern language of, 271 ancient usages still extant, 272 -character of the modern Greeks, 273-political situation of, 274- Zacyuthus (Zante), 278-discoveries in the Ionian Islands, 280-dinner at the Bishop of Salona's, 280-Del- phi, 281-Parnassus, 284-temple of Apollo, 285-palace of ditto, 286— Athens; the Parthenon, 288-temple of Theseus, 292-dancing Derwisches, 293-the Stadium on the Ilissus, 295 -Sunium, 296-Ægina, 296-sta- tues, 297-Tempe, 298-Sparta, 299
-Prevesa, 300-Nicopolis, 301- Ioannina, 306, 309-capricious ty- ranny of Ali Pasha, 306-his history, 310 Suliot Republic, 311-Parga, 315-customs of the modern Greeks, 320-their literature, 320. Greek Stage, 82.
Griesbach, his edition of the New Tes- tament does not materially affect the received text, 162-not favourable to Unitarianism, 163.
Ham, his family, 395-the founder of Thebes, Theis, and Memphis, 395. Harral's Henry VIII. and George IV.
Herodotus, his error respecting the
Egyptian mode of embalming, 247. Hexameters, English, 321-not adapted to our language, 322-prior experi- ments with, 327.
Historical Dramas and Novels, difference between, 218.
Horne (Mr.), The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity briefly stated and de- fended, 137-his defence of the text of the Three Witnesses, 166. Howard (Luke), The Climate of London deduced from Meteorological Obser- vations, 337-his merits as a meteoro- logist, 346-analysis of his work, 347 -proposes a new division of the sea- sons, 348 combats Dr. Hutton's theory of the causes of rain, 355- his theory of winds and weather, 359. House of Commons, 46.
Hughes (Rev. T. Smart), his Travels to Sicily, Greece, and Albania, 269- indulges in sentiment, 274.
Humboldt, his generalization of facts relative to meteorology, 341. . Hutton (Mr.), objects to prayer to Christ, 160.
Hygrometer, 343-Leslie's, De Luc's, Daniels', 344.
Infidels, attend Unitarian places of worship, 185.
Innovation, political, hazard of, 479. Instruments, meteorological,Mr. Leslie's Description of, 337, 343-improve- ments in, contemplated, 342 -dif- ferential thermometer, pyrometer, photometer, 343-hygrometer, 344 athrioscope, atmometer, 345. Ioannina, Ali Pasha's Serai at, 302- the city, 306, 309.
Johnstone (Chevalier de), Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745-1746, 106- account of the author, 106-his in- competence to the office of Historian, 107 throws no new information on the subject of the Rebellion, 107— his auto-biographical details inter- esting, 108 reasons assigned by him for the failure of the rebellion, 126 -his opinion of the Pretender, 128 -his personal adventures, 129-his concealment at Cortachic, 130-his escape over the Frith of Tay, 132- his asylum at Lady Jane Douglas's, 135 leaves England, 136 expe- rienced great fidelity from those of the opposite cause, 137. Ithaca, its situation doubtful, 277.
Kenilworth, a Romance, 216-tedious; founded on an anecdote in Miss Ai- kin's Elizabeth, 217-historic ro- mances, how to be constructed; dis- tinction between them and historic dramas, 218-incongruous character of Leicester; the character of Eliza- bethdrawn correctly, 219-that of Amy the prominent defect of the work, 220-many passages, exhibit great genius, 226-precipitancy of the author's composition, 229. King, the, Letter to, 29—legality of his interference with the Liturgy con- sidered, 32.
Law, English, its excellence, 50. Lead, extreme scarcity of in Egypt, 248. Leslie (John), Description of Instru-
ments designed for improving Meteo- rological Observations, 337. Letter from the King to his People, 1- its spirit, 29.
Liturgy, question respecting in the Queen's case, 30-courtly formality of, 31. Liverpool (Lord), his speech, 23,526. Locke, his notions on the origin of ci- vil government condemned by Mr. Pitt as dangerous, 467-his Essay, caution necessary in studying, 468. Loudon (Lord), and 1500 men; defeated at Moy by the stratagem of a black- smith, 121.
Mahommed Ali, anecdotes of, 231. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, &c. 439-modelled upon French princi- ples, 440-analysis of the plot, 443— defect in the subject, 443-the cha- racter of Angiolina, 447-the Pro- phecy of Dante, 451-the stanza in- judiciously chosen, 451.
Marshall (Mr.), his scepticism, 149. Marsham (Sir John), his Chronicus Ca- non, 395.
Mathematical studies, value of, 466. Memnon (Bust of), account of its em-
barkation at Thebes for Cairo, 240. Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745-6, 106 -errors corrected by the Editor, 127.
from 1754 to 1758, by James Earl Waldegrave, 362-value of the work to the student of this period of our history, 380.
of the Right Hon. William Pitt, by Bishop Tomline, 452. Meteorology, publications on, 337-the science still in its infancy, 337-its progress within late years, 337-ac- cumulation of materials for the for- mation of a future theory, 338-defi- nition, object and utility of the sci- ence, 339-the study recommended, 340-certainty of its principles, 341- its importance to agriculture, &c. 341 its future progress anticipated, 341-indebted to the labours of Hum- boldt and Leslie, 342—various in- struments, 343-projection of cold, 345-want of some specific institution for the promotion of this science, 346 -Mr. Howard's work, 346-tempe- rature, 347-alteration in the divi- sion of the seasons proposed, 348— temperature of London, 348-of large towns, 249-cycles of temperature, 350-mean temperature in the vici nity of London, 351-mean height of the barometer, 351-winds, 352- rain, 353 influence of winds on rain,' 354-causes of rain, 354-influence of the moon on the weather, 356-of its declination on rain and temperá-
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