S.

Sacheverell (Dr.) account of his trial,
374-
Sailing-barrows, account of, from Van
Braam, 245-reafons for fuppofing
it falfe, ib.

Saint Guerdun's Well, a poem, extracts
from, 477-

Saints, account of two, ordained at
Lady Huntingdon's chapel, 358.
Sandwich Islands, their appearance def-
cribed by Captain Vancouver, 139.
Savage life, the caufe of its profligacy
investigated, 141.

Schifms, remarks on the increase of,
451-notice of a new periodical pub-
lication, intended to combat its
growth, 452.

Sermons, obfervations on their utility,
308.

Servus, the former meaning of that
word in England, 431.
Shakespeare's plagiarisms detected by
Mr. Chalmers, 390.

Smith (Charlotte) character of her
Sonnets, 29.

Snakes, account of two curious ones

feen in Devonshire, 474
Society for propagating the Gospel at

home, proceedings of, 342-344.
Socrates, deduced, from reafon only,
the neceflity of revelation, 283.
Sommerville (Dr.) his defcription of
the Battle of Blenheim deficient in
animation and intereft, 34-not fuf-
ficiently particular in defcribing the
ftate of Scotland previous to the Uni-
on, 35-his account of Dr. Sache-
verell not given with judgment and
temper, 373.

Song on Lord Howe's Victory, 488.
Sovereignty of the People, French de-

finition of, difcuffed and condemned,
265-267.

Southey (Mr.) ftrictures on his Joan of

Are, 120-probably infpired rather
by a feditious, than a poetic, fpirit, in
the choice of his fubject, 121-his
fable as well as fubject exceptionable,
ib.-quotations from his poem, 122

his defcription of a king, 124-
deems harfhnefs of verfification ef-
fential in a long poem, 127-infected
by the black letter mania, ib--See
Eclogues, his character as a poet,

128.

Southwark, account of an ancient
monaftery there, 429.

Stavorinus's Voyages to the Eaft-Indies,
account of the history, object, and
plan of that work, 268.

Stanzas from Bishop's Odes, 333-
Stroud, the inhabitants of, curfed with
tails, for docking St. Thomas à
Becket's horie, 165.

Stuart (Mr.) affidavits in vindication
of his public and private character,
238.
Summary of Politics-French defeated
by Suwarrow, and expelled the Mi-
lanefe, 107-French expelled the
Engadine, by Bellegarde, 107-
Shameful neutrality of the King of
Pruffia, ib.-French envoys affatuin-
ated at Raftadt, 08-acts of the
Directory and Councils, 109-pro-
ceedings in America, ib.--ambaf-
fadors appointed to treat for peace
with the French, 11c-furrender of
Pefchiera, and the Caftle of Milan,
231-Intrigues of the Aulic Council
of War, 232-defeats of Maffena
in Switzerland, ib.-itate of the in-
terior of France, 233-internal state
of America, 235-domeftic affairs,
236-Libel on Mr. Horne Tooke,
237-important defeats oftheFrench
in Italy, 489-furrender of Turin,
Alexandria, and Mantua, 490-fur-
render of the Caftles of Ovo, Niovo,
and St. Elmo, ib.-remarks on the
conduct of the Swifs, 491-Buona-
parte defeated before Acre, 492-
infurrections in France in favour of

monarchy, 494-American intelli-
gence, 495.

Sunday Schools, the policy and expe
diency of, doubted, 320.

Swift (Dean) his opinion of Socrates,
applied in anfwer to a queftion con-
cerning the loyalty of Proteflaut
Diffenters, 90.

T.

Theatres, London, their ftate at the
end of the fixteenth century, 388.
Tooke (Mr.) in his diverfions of Puricy,
boafts his own fuperiority in know-
ledge of languages to Dr. Johnson, 9
-afferts Dr. Johnfon to be the worst
poffible authority on alletymological
fubjects, 10-his derivations of pre-
pofitions and adverbs, ib.-his cri-
ticifm on Johnfon's explanation of
the words down and adown, 13-the
Doctor's book (in Mr. Tooke's opi-
nion) a difgrace to the country! 14
-Mr. Tooke's derivations of down
and adown, 15-adverbs continued,
377-his triumph over Junius, Skin-
ner, and Johnton, in treating of the
words much, more, and moft, 379-

Van Broam's Embaffy to China, con
tradictions in the narrative expofed,
243-from the internal evidence of
the work, fuppofed to be a compila-
tion from other writers, 244.
Virgin of the Sun, analyfis of, and
fcenes from, 439-446.
Volney's fatement of the origin of
fanaticifm and falfehood, reproba-
ted, 46-his prediction of a general
revolution, and the deftruction of
Christianity, 580.

Votary of Wealth, fcenes from, 302,
303.

Voltaire's efforts to promote the Anti-
Chriftian confpiracy, defcribed, 504
-affifted by Frederick II. king of
Pruffia, D'Alembert, Diderot, &c.
504-

W.

Wakefield's, Gilbert, ignorance of the
Greek language, and inif-tranilations
of the New Testament, expofed, 60.
Walker's, John, Elements of Geogra-
phy, Review of, reviewed, 323-the
author, a Quaker, thinks the ladies
ought to make love, ib. -avows his

of England wait to be courted, ine
ftead of pioutly declaring their tender
affections; and thinks it a matter
rather wonderful, that marriage con-
tinues to be reputable. 328-the
work highly praited by the Monthly
Review, 331-333-
War with France, the abfolute neceffity

of the, proved by Mr. Marth from
inconteftable authorities, 513-518.
Wells, Helena, authorefs of ufeful in-
ftructions for young females, 317-
the flyle occafionally ungrammatical,
318-her novel called the Step-Mo-
ther praifed, 421.

Wefley and Whitfield, their printed
Sermons different from what they
preached, 350.
Whale-Fishery, Captain Colnett's def-
cription of its centre, 410.
What is She? a new comedy, praised,
151-fcenes from, ib.-153.
William the Conqueror, mifreprefented
by every British hiftorian, 432.
Williams, Mifs, fketch of her charac-
ter, 30-out-helened by Mary Hays
in republican ardour and high-toned
philofophy, 35.
Wollaston, Rev. Mr. protefts again
the expediency of Sunday fchools,
319-322-
Wolftonecroft, Mary, was a fworn
enemy to blushes, 28-poetical apof• "
trophe on her attempting to drown
herfelf, 34-ketch of her character,
32-was the governess of the daugh
ter of Lord Kingborough, ib.
Women, Egyptian, their mode of

blacking their eye-brows, 569.
Wrangbam,Mr.See Monthly Reviewers.
Wyvill's Seceffion Vindicated, account

of, 359-fays the feceffion of oppo-'
fition is defenfible on conftitutional
principles,ib.-attempts to make the
people diffatisfied with the war, and
prophecies the final fuccefs of the
French, 360-complains of age and
infirmity, but fays nothing about
Betty Codlin, 360.

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