B. Bacon, ideas of, on the value of biography, I. 5. structed, 31 note. on the neglect of states to the subject of edu- cation, 36 note. 270 note. on cleanliness, 55 note.. on sacred learning, 99 note. on insincerity in matters of religion, 206. on the effect of lucre on the pursuit of know- on the practice of things just, regardless of consequences, 302 note. on penal laws, 311 note. Backhouse, rev. Mr. instance of the credulity of, I. 120. Badcock, rev. Mr. dishonest in his conformity to the church, parody by, 207. conduct of, as a reviewer, 252. Bagot, bishop, Dr. Enfield's character of, I. 552. Bailey, rev. Mr. reasons of, for not desiring church prefer- Ballad, celebrated one in the Spectator, by whom written, I. 161. Bampton Lectures, I. 207. Baptism, Treatise on, I. 233, 456, 466. designed for heathen converts, not for the children of Christian parents, 434. syllogism on, 458. Baptism, arguments in favour of, answered, 460. Barbauld, Mrs. 1. 83, 222. Barclay, Mr. M. P. one of Wakefield's sureties on his liberation from prison, II. 264. Barclay, Robert, tendency of the writings of, I. 418, 436. Barrington, lord, censures those writers, who put on the guise of knowledge, to serve party views, I. 288 note, -- charges the great with the practice of raising a Bath Guide, lines from Anstey's, I. 97. Beadon, bishop, eloquence of, when public orator at Cambridge, excuses himself from bearing testimony to the charac- Beccaria, deems the practice of nations no justification of the Beddoes, Dr. recommends the equal apportionment in schools. 'Bedford, character of the late duke of, II. 77. - visits Wakefield in his imprisonment, 150. contributes to his subscription, 157. letter from him, ib. Belsham's Answer to Wilberforce cited, II. 110 note. Benevolence, admirable trait of, I. 50. amiableness of evangelical, 256. Bennet, bishop, his regard for Wakefield, I. 106. popular effect of the extempore preaching of, 200. force and excellence of his writings, 71, 267 note, 351. Berdmore, rev. Samuel, character of, as a schoolmaster, I. 24. Bible, many extraordinary occurrences in, not to be understood in their full latitude, II. 28 note. Purver's translation of, I. 444. Blacburne, archdeacon, a sermon on moderation highly com- instances given by, of the persecuting character of Blackstone, sentiments of, respecting the punishment of death, estimate by, of the number of actions deemed by the laws of England worthy of death, 311. Blair, rev. Dr. his Lectures on Rhetoric censured, I. 497. Boileau, lines from, on the effect of diffidence in an orator, Boldero, rev. Dr. anecdote of, I. 80. Books, from what motives generally read, I. 157. scarcity of such as lie out of the track of common multiplicity of, read by Wakefield, injurious to him, 445. Boswell, James, university of Oxford how denominated by, Bowles, lines from, on acts of charity, I. 265. on contrition, II. 248. Braithwaite, rev. Mr. refuses church preferment from motives of conscience, I. 116. Brandreth, Dr. I. 211. Brewood school, I. 175, 371, 374. Browne, Dr. prize medals, at Cambridge, given by, I. 90. Brunk, disparages Vauvilliers, and slyly steals from him, II. 439. Bryant, Jacob, Esq. Letter to, concerning his Dissertation on the War of Troy, II. 101. Burdon, William, Three Letters by, to the bishop of Landaff, Burke, Edmund, Letter by, to a Noble Lord, II. 70. character of, as a writer, 71. his pension, why disapproved of by his political oppo- Burt, Robert, great intimacy between, and Wakefield, I. 474. C. Cadell, Mr. bookseller, I. 528. II. 59 note. Caligula, liberal spirit of, in refusing to listen to informers, Campbell, Dr. thinks the cause of religion injured by rigorous Cambridge, university of, commended, I. 59, 149, 353. number of degrees formerly obtained at, di- minished, 102. defects of, specified, 150, 151. propriety of establishing theological lectures at, discussed, 163. liberal regulations of the press belonging to, 279. Careless, Mr. I. 175. Carey, Dr. literary obligations of Wakefield to, II. 100. his regard for Wakefield, 189 note. Castyl, Polyglott Lexicon by, preferable to Buxtorf's, I. 101. note. Catullus quoted, on laughter, 153. Charity, virtue of, described, I. 74 note. acts of, immortal, 265. an excellent subject for a pathetic discourse, 395. letter on subscription, 172 note. MS. tract on capital punishment, 318 note. nothing more injurious to the cause of, than a 26, 330. II. 13. what part of the Jewish ritual abolished by, 411. Spirit of, compared with the Spirit of the Times, striking features of, 111. cultivation of letters will never be subversive of, 317* note. See farther Gospel and Religion, Chriftians, primitive, stedfastness of, I. 523. distinction between, and those of after times, in the object of their sufferings, 524. Church of England, association for the reform of, I. 127 note. one of the crying sins of, I. 479. service of, why attended by Wakefield in his imprisonment, II, 273, Chrysostom, Dio, Select Essays from, translated by Wakefield intended preface to the work, II. 190,231 note. I. 6. |