old tower, 545; lucky omen, ib. ; St. James's church, 546; anecdote respect- ing the spire of St. Dunstan's, ib. ; Wren's last days and death, ib. : cha- racters of Vanbrugh, Gibbs, and Hawks- moor, 547; embellishments of the work, 548. Emancipation, roman catholic, remarks on, 194, 204, 5.
English character, observations on the, 237. Episcopacy, tendency of, to identify itself
with political rule, 54.
Erskine's essay on faith, 327, et seq.; divinity half metaphysics, 327; his- tory of controversy, 328; nature of the dispute about faith, 329; the dis- tinctions of theologians respecting differ ent kinds of faith deprecated, 330; ab- surd definitions of faith, ib.; faith de- nied by Mr. Walker to be an act of the mind, 331; illustration from a beg- gar's working by asking alms, ib.; con- tradictory representation of faith given by Mr. Carlile, 332; scriptural view of faith in Christ, ib.; what the gospel is, and not the mode in which we believe it, the point to be ascertained, 333; cha- racter of the author's work, ib.; moral operation of faith, 334; a defective view of truth the cause of the imper- fections of Christians, ib. ; a dead faith not a faith in the whole truth, ib.; faith of the metaphysician, the poetical believer, and the controvertist, examined, 335; phraseology unimportant, 337; no definitions given in scripture, ib.; technical definition of faith analysed, b.; faith an assent, in what sense, 338; assurance of faith, what, ib.; excellent remarks of Dr. T. Goodwin on assurance, 339; Boston's view of faith, ib.; defective statements some- times true in relation to opposite errors, ib.; Mr. Carlile's view of faith and repentance, 340; reluctance of men to submit to the Divine testimony, 341; warrant of faith not a subject for rational dispute, 342, Establishments, church, arguments for examined, 53, 59, et seq.; see Bristed, and O'Driscol.
evils inseparable from, 199.
Faith, definitions of examined, 330, 1, 337, 340; views of given by Boston, Goodwin, &c. 339; see Erskine. Fame, its unsubstantial nature, 347. Fifteen Years in India, 433, et seq.; or- der of Bonaparte against suicide, 434; travels of the writer, ib. ; sentiments
on approaching Calcutta, 435; import- ance of regimen to new-comers, 436; description of Calcutta, 436; high living at Calcutta, 438; state of the half-casts, 440; remarks on the policy of Leaden- hall street towards the natives, 441; British government unfriendly to evan- gelization, ib.; idol festivals at Calcutta, 442; prejudice against native converts, 443; the practice of suttee prevented by the Mahommedans, ib.; spirited conduct of colonel Walker in suppressing infanti- cide, ib. ; atrocities of the Brahmins coun- tenanced by the government, 444; Ma- hommedans more Christian in their policy than the British, ib,; present extent of the British dominions, ib.; po- pulation of Bombay, 445; account of the Parsees, ib.; account of the Arme- nians, 446; noble conduct of Surkies Joannes, ib.; consequences of the overthrow of the Peishwa, 447. Finch's elements of self-improvement, 371, et seq.; growing disrelish for mental application, 371; merits of the volume, 372; on scepticism and credulity, 373; on the will, 375.
France, court of, memoirs relating to the, 415.
travels in the south of, 399; see
Thiers. Franklin's journey to the polar sea, 521, et seq. polar regions sufficiently ex- plored, 521; object of the enterprise, ib.; cautious character of northern mari- ners in contrast with that of English sea- men, 522; critical state of the vessel in Hudson's straits, ib.; journey to Cumberland house, 523; magnetic island, ib.; Indian legend connected with lake Winipeg, ib.; extreme suf- fering of the Indians from disease and weather, 524; Indian conjuror, dis-, comfiture of an, 525; religious notions of the natives, 526; their opinions re- specting a future state, ib.; half-casts, 527; mode of travelling in snow shoes, ib.; description of the Stone Indians, 528; traditional origin of the Chipew yans, 529; portage of the drowned, origin of the name, 530; trying and hazardous circumstances of the en- terprise, ib. ; probability of a north-west passage, 531; sufferings of the ex- ploring party in returning to Fort En- terprise, 532; Dr. Richardson's narra- tive of the death of Mr. Hood, 535; singular mental effect of debility, 538; arrival at York factory, ib.; contents and embellishments of the volume, ib.
Free-will, remarks on, 32, et seq.; 375. French's munusculum juventuti, 173, et seq.; character of the work, 173; rebuke of learned ladies, 174; fable of the wolf and the lamb, ib. Fuller's child's scripture examiner, 186, et seq.; specimen, 187.
Geology, mineral and mosaical contrast
ed, 37, st seq.; see Penn. Gisborne's essays, 217, et se .; character of the writer, 217; contents, ib.; duty of studying the prophecies, 218; different ends to be answered by prophecies, ib.; grand design of the Old Testament predictions in general, 219; specific design of a particular class of literal predictions, 220; on the study of the Apocalypse, ib.; practical end of New Testament prophecies, 221; author's view of our Lord's prediction in Matt. xxiv., 222; interpretation of verse 33, ib. ; author's solution unsatisfactory-true explanation suggested, 223; on the phrase, the kingdom of God, 225; import of the figurative language of the prediction, 226; analysis of the essay on mutual recollections in the future state, ib.; objections to the doctrine answered, 227; future happiness cannot depend on ignorance or forgetfulness, 228; practical application of the subject, 229; question relating to the perpetuation of friendships examined, 231; indecency of inveighing against calvinistic tenets, 232.
Glen's journal of a tour to Karass, 180, et seq.; situation of the colony at Karass, 180; advantageous position for opening an attack on Islamism, 181; circular letter from Mecca, ib.; conversation with a Cabardian Mussulman, ib.; Islamitic legend respecting the escape of Christ, 183; concurrence of Mahommedans and Socinians, ib.; importance of the Arian testimony to the authenticity of the New Testament, ib. ; timid and diffident tone of the author in reference to Mahommedism unadvisable, 184; symptoms of the approaching fall of Islamism, 185; notice of the mountain tribes of the district, ih.; the Cabardians formerly Christians, 186. Goodisson's Ionian Islands, 457, et seq. ; merits of the work, 457; degraded character of the Ionian Greeks, 458. Greece, apostrophe to, 345; rising com. merce of, 403.
Infidelity, nature and tendency of, 533, et seq.; see Thomson. India, travels in, 433, et seq. Indians, North American, remarks on, 90,1; peculiar claims of the Indians on British benevolence, 90; not incapable of civilization, ib.; their destruction effected by the policy of Europeans, 91; efforts making in America for their melioration, ib.; anecdotes of, 487, et seq.; 524, et seq. ; see Franklin and James. Innes's sermon on the doctrines of grace, 567-9; evil tendency of two oppo. site errors in preaching, 567; on the proper mode of preaching the doctrines of grace, 568.
during the year, 489; Indian card- parties, ib. ; effects of intoxication on the Indian, 490; treatment of their sick, ib.; religious sentiments, 491; hospitality, 492; mild treatment of captives, ib. social and domestic habits, ib.; can- nibalism not practised by them, 493; history of the abolition of human sacrifices among the Pawnees, ib. ; degraded state of the Kaskaias, 495; description of the red river Indians, 496; singular ves- pers of the Osages, 498; probable origin and numbers of the several tribes, ib.; singular custom among the Omawhaws, 499; visit to a Cherokee set- tlement, ib.; geography of the basin of the Mississippi, 500; sources of the four rivers supposed to be in the same plain, ib.; character of the region westward of Council Bluff, 501; geological cha- racter of the rocky mountains, ib. Johnson's further reasons for dissent, 91, et seq.; the author a plain man, but stout polemic, 91; his refutation of Mr. Sykes's charge against Dissenters of breaking the laws, 92.
Joyce on love to God, 97, et seq.; merits of the work, 97; recommendations of the subject, 98; author's design, ib. ; analysis of the principle of love to : God, 99; Edwards's definition of vir- tue objectionable, ib.; Dwight's defi- nition of love erroneous, 100; benevo- lence not the highest virtue, ib.; goodness the object of love, 101; gra- titude an essential element of love to God, ib.; speculative complacency in ideal perfection distinguished from love or virtue, 103; on the Platonic doctrine of moral beauty, ib.; abstract qualities not the object of affection, 104; Bp. Butler's definition of piety radically defective, 106; necessary connexion of piety and happiness, 107; character of Howe's "Blessedness of the Righ- teous," 108; a sense of dependence on God an element of blessedness,' 109; love a source of highest feli- city,' 110; argument for the inspi ration of the Scriptures drawn from the Christian scheme of morals, 111, Judas Iscariot, remarks on the probable
motives of, 88, et seq.; see Bonar. Justification, nature of, 394. et seq.
Karass, missionary station at, 180. Kruitzner, a tale, 148.
Las Cases, journal of, 113, et seq. ; 313,
et seq.; pedigree of, 133; character of as a biographer, 313; see Napoleon. Lee's, Miss H., tale of Kruitzner, merits of, 148; fine passages from, 149, 153. Letter from a condemned criminal to a sur- geon, 361.
Lorenzo de' Medici, Roscoe's illustrations of, 1, et seq.
Louis XV. Anecdotes of, 415, et seq. XVI., character of, 425. Love, a poem, see Elliott; apostrophe to, 346; Bonaparte's opinion of, 132; na- ture of, 100.
to God, analysis of, 99, et seq.; see Joyce.
Loves of the angels, see Moore.
Magee's, archbishop, primary charge. 244, et seq.; reflections on his lord- ship's elevation to the primatial dig- nity, 244; solemn appeal to his clergy, ib.; oppressed and persecuted state of the national clergy in Ireland, 246; the national church hemmed in between a church without religion and a body of churchless religionists, 247; author's eva- sive attempt at explanation examined, 248; the presbyterians not without a church, 249; the charge examined as respects the independents, ib.; appa- ratus for evangelizing Ireland recom- mended by the archbishop, 250. Mahommedanism, remarks on the pre- sent state of, 181, et seq.; spread of accounted for, 452.
Mahommedans, conduct of, compared
with Christians, 444, 450. Mant, bishop, anecdote of his early life, 55. Martyn, Henry, results of the labours of, in Persia, 293.
Mecklenburg, letters from, 250; see
Millhouse's poems, 258, et seq.; sonnet to gold, 258; to a daisy, ib.; on a ca- vern, 259; to time, ib.; biographical notice of the author, ib. Mississippi, geography of the region watered by the, 500. Missouri, progress of colonization on the banks of the, 483.
Indians, physiological character of, 486. Montgomery's songs of Zion, 160, et -seq.; design and peculiar qualifica- tions of the author, 160; psalm cxxii. 161; psalm xlvi., ib.
Moore's loves of the angels, 210, et seq.; objections to the subject, 210; absurdities of the machinery, 211;
profaneness of the poem, 212; author's supposed reformation of morals, 213; his excellence as a song-writer, 214; tinsel character of the present poem, ib.; love of Zaraph and Nama, ib.; com- parison of the poem with lord Byron's heaven and earth,' 216; exquisite allusion to the loves of angels in para- dise lost, 217.
Napoleon memoirs, 113, et seq.; 313, et seq.; origin of the memoirs, 113; ac- count of Las Cases, 114; specimens of his conversations with his master, ib.; impolitic conduct of Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo, 116; anec- dotes of his early life, ib.; character of his mathematical master, Patrault, ib.; early attachment, 117; gains a prize essay at the academy of Lyons, 118; commencement of his career at the siege of Toulon, ib.; absurd conduct of Cartaux, 119; conduct of Napoleon in the affair of the 13th Vendemiaire, 120; his successes in Italy, 122; his ambition first kindled at Lodi, ib.; revolution of the 18th Brumaire, ib.; I policy of the first consul, 123; charac- ters of his chief partisans, ib.; cha- racter of Sieyes, 124; his prospectus of a new government, 125; over-ruled by Napoleon, 126; unworthy jealousy manifested towards Moreau, ib. ; his narrow escape at Toulon, 127; anec- dotes of his generals, 128; of the council of stale, 129; his command of temper, ib.; the Robespierres, ib. ; prodigious exertions of Napoleon, 130; sentimental emotions awakened by a dog on the field of battle, 131; his opinion of love, 132; vulgar-minded abuse of Mad. de Stael, ib.; pedigree of the count, 133; his opinion of St. Pierre and Vertot, ib. ; anecdole of Gar- nier, 134; character of the continen- tal armies, ib.; of the three sovereigns, 135; estimate of the historical value of the volumes, ib.; impression pro- duced by Las Cases's continuation, 313; risks run by Napoleon, 314 ; plan sketched by Napoleon of his intended proceedings after the battle of Waterloo, 315; character of Talleyrand, 316; Na- poleon's hopes of possible liberation, 317; ̧ character of M. de Narbonne, ib.; minute attention of Napoleon to domestic economy, 318; anecdote of the Persian ambassador, 319; characters of the French marshals, ib.; marshal and madame Soult, ib. ; imperial comments on the book of Joshua, 320; narrow escapes,
ib.; circumstances which led to the treaty of Leoben, 321; character of Chateaubriand, ib.; danger of per- mitting the clergy to inherit, 322; Na- poleon's deliberate anger, ib.; his senti- ments on religion, 323; self-righteous vindication of himself, ib.; character of the Directory, 324; imperial puns, ib.; conduct of the emperor in his cabinet, 325; remarks on the battle of Waterloo, ib.; remarks on the use of ar- tillery, 326; Murat a dandy, ib.;
of marshal Lannes, 327.
Negro slavery, tracts on, 570. Norris, H. H. compared with Carlile, 87; see Scholefield.
Novels, religious, remarks on, 283.
Oases, description of the, 156. O'Driscol's views of Ireland, 193, et seq.;
paramount interest of the state of Ire- land, 193; emancipation not a pana- cea for its disorders, 194 ; misguided zeal of the no popery alarmists, ib.; protestant dissenters not implicated in the Catholic question, ib.; the test act not designed originally to exclude them, 195; why the dissenters need not look for relief, 196 ; character and contents of the work, 197; Ireland made papal by the English, 198; anomalous character of the church of Ireland, ib.; evils inseparable from es- tablishments, 199; enormous wealth and inefficiency of the Irish church, ib.; fraud and oppression practised in building useless churches, 200; civilizing efficacy of spires, ib.; the protestant clergy not desirous of reclaiming the people, ib.; evil tendency of the present ecclesiastical policy, 201; papal cha- racter of the protestant establishment, 203; horrible nature of the penal laws of Ireland, ib.; true light in which to view the catholic question, 204; pro- bable influence of emancipation on the catholic gentry, 205; necessity for ply- ing moral means of counteracting popery, instead of penal measures, ib.; demoralizing tendency of the Ro- mish superstition as now taught by the priests, 206; popery not to be feared, 207; apostacy of the Irish presbyte- rian church, 208; patronage enjoyed by covert socinianism in Ireland, ib. ; true character of socinianism, 209; regium donum, 210.
Opium, baleful effects of, 370, 1; see confessions of an opium eater. Oriental literature, see Burder.
Parsees, account of the, 445. Penn on the mineral and mosaical geo- logies, 37, et seq.; merits of the work, 37; geological view of the creation in opposition to Newtonian principles, 38; curious apology of De Luc for not using the word created, 39; com- munity of system in the three king- doms, 40; use and formation of bone, ib.; the bones of the first man not formed by ossification, 41; first for- mation of wood not by lignification, ib.; inference respecting the first for- mation of rock, 42; first formations re- ferrible to Divine power as their efficient cause, 43; remarks of geologists re- specting the changes subsequent to first formation, ib.; author's reading of Gen. i. 2., 44; on the logical force of the Hebrew conjunction,ib.; Herschel's opinion respecting light as independent of the sun, 45; meaning of the term, day, ib.; notion of a chaos not scrip- tural, ib.; the seas formed by a disruption of the earth's surface, 46; agency of volcanic expansion, ib.; sun and moon not created on the fourth day, 47 sentiments of Bacon respecting creation and providence, ib.; geological opi- nions respecting the deluge, 48; the earth destroyed at the deluge, ih.; formation of the second earth, 49; volcanic origin of basaltic rocks in Scotland, 50; author's conclusions contrasted with those of the mineral geologists, ib.; coincident opinion of the French Encyclopedists, ib.; means by which organic remains have been transferred to different climates, 51; phenomenon of the bore, ib. ; calcula- tion of sir R. Phillips respecting the future submersion of England, 52; Brydone's false assertion respecting vegetable strata between beds of lava, refuted, ib.; query respecting antedi. luvian rivers, ib.; proposed correction of Gen. ii. 11-14., ib. Persia, Travels in, 289, et Porter.
Persian history, remarks on, 298. 'Phillips, Sir R., notion of respecting the
future submersion of England, 52. Platonic doctrine, remarks on the, 103. Popery, present character of, 206. Porter's travels in Georgia, &c. Vol. II. 289, et seq.; travelling in Persia, 289; character of the scenery and cli- mate, 290; author's gorgeous style, 291; holy village of Saieds, ib.; mountain tribes, ib.; success of Capt.
Hart in disciplining a native regiment, 292; remarkable death of Baharam the Fifth, ib.; results of Henry Martyn's labours, 293; account of Ecbatana, ib.; tomb of Solomon's son, 294; view from mount Elwund, 295; sepulchre of Esther and Mordecai, 296; Hebrew in- scriptions, 297; Sassanian coins, 298; cause of the chasm in Persian history, ib.; temple of Diana at Kangavar', 299; description of Kermanshah, 300; Bagdad, ib.; Turkish poor- laws, 301; ladies of Bagdad, ib.; remarks on the exploration of Baby- Jon, 302; Birs Nimrood, 303; sub- terranean passage in the Kasr hill, ib.; Erech mentioned by Herodotus, 304; striking fulfilment of prophecy in the present state of Babylon, ib.; Babylonian bricks and remains, 305; tomb of the prophet Daniel, 306; remains discovered by Major Men- teith at Susa, ib. ; tomb of Ezekiel, 307; naphtha springs at Kirkook, ib. ; account of the Courds, 308; Per- sian gipsies, ib.; Armenian antiqui- ties at Eski Julfa, 309; ancient ceme- tery, ib.; the seven churches, 310; am- bition and idolatry the parents of ar- chitecture, 312.
Preaching, directions for acquiring the art of, 282; remarks on, 567. Presbyterians, state of in Ireland, 208; vindicated from the charges of Abp. Magee, 249.
Prophecy, duty of studying, 218; grand design of, 219; see Gisborne. Purgatory, Socinian doctrine of, 520. Pyrenees, travels in the, 399; see Thiers.
Recollections in the future state, remarks on, 226.
Relics of literature, 357, et seq. Revolution, French, anecdotes of the, 123, et seq.; see Campan and Na- poleon.
Rochester, Wilmot, earl of, letters from, 361.
Rocky Mountains, geological character of, 501. Roscoe's illustrations of the life of Lo- renzo de' Medici, 1, et seq.; charge against M. Sismondi, 5; character of the volume, 16; alleged insufficiency of M. Sismondi's authorities, 17; trans- lation of a poem by Lorenzo, 18. Russell's, lord John, Don Carlos, 136, et seq.; shallowness of comparative criticism, 136; contrast between the public character of lord J. Russell
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