collections of ancient and foreign art in England, 401-415. See
Arts.
Ward, R. Plumer, on the Revolution of 1688, 415; character of the
work, ib.; Mackintosh quoted as to the right of resistance, 416, 417;
on reformatory revolt, 417, 418; mistakes the opinions of the Conti-
nuator of Mackintosh's Revolution for those of Mackintosh, 418-
421; charges he brings forward against Mr Hallam, 421, 422; exa-
mines Mr Fox's historical work, 423-425; duplicity and baseness of
General Monk, 425-427; animadverts on the fidelity of Burnett's
history, 427, 428; attacks Lord Russell, 428; defence of Lord Rus-
sell's conduct, 429, 430; ground on which the attainder of Lord
Russell was reversed by Act of Parliament, 430-434; conduct of
Algernon Sydney not defensible, 435.
Warburton, Bishop, character of, 507; attacks Whitfield, 507.
Wellington, Duke of, Gurwood's Despatches of the, 322.
Wesley's and Wilberforce's characters contrasted, 160; letter to Wilber-
force, 176.
Whewell's, Rev. William, Mechanical Euclid, 81; character of, ib.; his
remarks on the study of mathematics, 82, 83; attacks Professor Du-
gald Stewart's views on mathematical reasoning, 84; analysis of his
attack, 84-98; definition of some of the elementary principles of
mechanics, 98-100; of elementary algebra, 100, 101; on the logic
of induction, 102; his history of the inductive sciences, 274; his views
on sidereal astronomy, 292-294; compared with those of Comte,
294-301.
Whigs, claims of the, and Tories, 202-209. See Russell.
Whitbread, Mr, sketch of the character of, 37, 38.
Whitfield, Rev. George, Life and Times of the, 500-521; effect of his
labours on succeeding times, 521.
Wilberforce, William, life of, 142; early life, 142, 143; at Cambridge,
143, 144; elected member of Parliament for Hull, 144; early parlia-
mentary career, 144, 145; elected member for Yorkshire, 146;
religious feeling, ib.; sketch of his character, 147-151; sketch of
his labours for the abolition of the slave-trade, 151-157; his claim
disputed as the originator of the measure, 157-160; contrasted with
Wesley, 161; participated in every benevolent scheme, 161, 162;
publishes his Practical View of Christianity,' 162; its character,
162-164; influence he possessed as a public man, 164-168; with-
draws his aid from Pitt when the war with France was commenced,
168-170; his speech on the impeachment of Lord Melville, 170,
171; his diaries display great self-examination, 171, 172; sketch of
his domestic retirement, 172, 173; letter to one of his sons, 173;
familiarity with which Pitt and he lived together, 174; illustration of
Pitt's character, 176; letters from John Wesley, ib. ; note from Je-
remy Bentham, 176, 177; political anecdotes, 177; retires from Par-
liament, 178; his memoirs executed with ability, 179, 180; NOTE to,
relative to his marriage, 260.
York, character of the Duke of, 3-5.
Young's, Dr Thomas, subdivision of the sciences, 284.
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