Chinese religious ceremonies, 40; inter nal state and regulations of the em- pire, 40, 1
Empaytaz, considérations sur la divi-
nité de Jesus Christ, 1. See Geneva ca- techism.
English at Naples, their amusements, 479 Erasmus's Enchiridion, Crowther's com- pilation from it, 366, et seq. Evangelical and orthodox, remarks on the use of these terms, 257 Evans's Old Man and his Granddaughter,
56, et seq.; remarks on the character of the piece, 57; the old man's certainty of his deceased granddaughter's happiness, 57, 8; mystical union between Christ and his Church, and the election of grace, illus- trated in the old man's account of his granddaughter, 58; remarks on the pe- euliar phraseology adopted by rising parties among Christians, 59; proba- ble cause of this adoption, 60; objec- tionable expressions of the author considered, ib.; vehicle of his senti- ments ill chosen, 61
Excitability of vegetable structure, diffi- cult of explanation, 266, 7 Experience, religious, seldom judiciously treated, 74; reasonableness of the doctrine of, 75; its nature, 76
and extracts from his letters, 44, et seq. Freeston's directions to travellers to Zion, 74, et seq. ; subjects considered, ib.; religious experience seldom judici- ously treated, ib.; reasonableness of the doctrine of religious experience, 75; nature of religious experience, 76; argument drawn from the design and constitution of the gospel, 76, 7; excellence of the Christian Scriptures, 77 Fuller, A. Ryland's life of, 181, et seq. Fuller, Dr. T., Broome's selections from
his works, 128, et seq.; his life, ib. ; li- terary character and style, 129; the faithful minister, ib. ; definition of fancy, 130
Geneva catechism, 1, et seq.; cause of the want of union among the various reformed communione, ib.; religious state of the continent laid open by the operations of the Bible Society, 3; effects of this society, 3, 4; preva- lence of Deism among the foreign re- formed churches, 4; Voltaire's and Rousseau's remarks on the state of religion at Geneva, 5; and note; doc trines of the new Genevese catechism, said not to differ much from Oster- vald's, ib.; extracts from both contrast- ed, 7; suppressions and substitutions of the New Catechism, in regard to the Holy Spirit, 8; its exhibition of justification by faith, 8, 9; summary of what this catechism does not teach, 9, 10; other methods adopted by the Genevese pastors, for the extirpation of the Christian doctrine, 10; promise exact- ed from all the candidates for the mi- nistry, 11; project for forming a pro-
testant Flowers of plants, 321; anomalies of,
Forgery, on the severity and inefficiency
of the laws in regard to it, 285 Formation of a protestant evangelical church on congregational principles, at Geneva, 12
Franklin, Benj. private correspondence
of, 433, et seq.; competency of the collection to afford a correct esti. mate of the writer, 434; deficiency of information respecting his real opi- nion of the French court and govern- ment, 435; remarks on his conduct and character, 436,7; his opinion of the English parliament and constitution, 438, 9; his political honesty, 441; et seq.; extract from a letter to an un- known political British agent at Brussels, 442, 3; the Doctor's mode of balancing arguments, or 'moral algebra,' 446; remarks on Dr. F.'s religious opinions,
evangelical congregational church at Geneva, 12; persecution of certain students at Geneva, 13; M. Mejanel's address to the Protestant mi- nisters, 15; congregational church formed, 15, 6; inquiry into the pro- bable causes of the deterioration of the Genevese church, 16; evil occa- sioned by a change in the style of preaching, 17; by making the Christian ministry an hereditary pro- fession, 18; and by the general adoption of the French language in the German courts, 20; divine dis- pleasure on account of the misim- provement of religious privileges, 21 Gibbon, Bishop Watson's letter to, 109. Governesses in private families, some re- marks on, 180
Gray's, Dr. sermon on the death of the Princess Charlotte, 281 Great Orme's head, 427
Guildford jail, 461, et seq.; its irons remarkably heavy, 462
Hall's sermon, occasioned by the death of the Princess Charlotte of Wales, *84, et seg.
Hall's voyage to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo Choo Islands, 513, et seq.; error in the hydrography of the Corean coast, 514; appearance of the natives, 515; coast fringed with in- numerable islands, 516, 7, arrival at Loo Choo Island, 517; visits of the na- tives, ib. et seq.; account of a coral rock, and of the coral worms, 520; Loo Choo villages, 521; Madera, a chief, 522; Loo Choo dance, 524, 5; visit from the prince, 525; ships quit the island, 526; religion of the Loo Chooers, 527; customs, &c. ib.
Hamilton, Mrs. memoirs of, by Miss Benger, 497, et seq.
Hanno, his voyage along the African coast, 300
Hereford jail, 466; the black hole, ib. Hertford jail, 465.
Hibernian Society, the London, great effi-
cacy of its measures exhibited, 124, et seq. Hindostan mode of communicating the small- pox, 139
Hindoo Rajah, by Mrs. Hamilton, charac- ter of, 506
Hoare's sermon on the death of the Princess Charlotte, 279, et seq.; ex- tract, 280
Horne's, the Rev. Melville, address to
the Jews, 568, 9; extract, 569 Howard, his great difficulties and discou- ragements, in his attempts to reform prison discipline, &c, 450; et seq. Hue's escape, at the attack on the Tuileries, 172; his condemnation, and subsequent adventures in a dungeon of the Hotel de Ville, 174
Humphries, Miss Emma, East's me- moirs of, 78, 9
Imprisonment, false notions in regard to
its true design, 452; seldom produc- tive of reformation, 459
Inability, moral and natural, distinctions be-
India rubber, composition of, 327 India bill, Dr. Watson's remarks on it, 226, 7
Instruction, domestic, its present low state among the dissenters, 156; pro- bable causes of it, ib.
Inquiry into the probable causes of the deterioration of the Genevese church,
Inquisition unmasked, 236, et seq. ; statė of Spain previous to the revolution, 237, 8; intolerance of the Cortes, in settling the religion of Spain, 240; inquisition declared incompatible with the constitution, ib.; character of the present work, ib. ; its leading sub- ject, 242; original establishment of this tribunal, ib.; its progress in dif- ferent countries, ib.; criminal code of the inquisition, 243; its method of proceeding, ib.; its antichristian spi- rit, 244, constitution of the inquisition, 245; meekness a characteristic of the Christian religion, 216; tendency of the inquisition to encourage hypocrisy, 216, 7; inefficiency of the inquisition to compel belief, 248; supposed remon- strance of an intended victim, 249; reli- gious rebellion in the Low Countries, 251; dismemberment of the seven United Provinces, ib. ; ignorance of the inquisi- tors, 348; agency of informers, 349; mode of inquisitorial arrests, 351; state of the dungeons, 352; examination of the accused, 353; sentence of torture, 354; three modes of torture, ib.; impiety of the inquisitors, 356; account of va- rious autos de fe, 357; burning of three Jews, 358; infamous conduct of Fer- dinand VII. to the Cortes, 360; indif- ference shewn by the British ministry to the restoration of the inquisition, 362; author's apostrophe on closing his work, 364
Ireland, chartered schools in; inquiry into the abuses of, 119, et seq. Irish language, attempt to eradicate it, in the reign of Henry the Eighth, 120 Irritability of certain plants, 264, et seq. Irons, use of in different jails very capri- cious, 466
Italian language, C. de Stendhal's remarks on, 483, 4
Jenner, history of his inquiries into the nature of the cow-pox, 143, 4 Jews, burning of three, at an auto de fè in Majorca, 358
Jews, Melville Horne's address to, 568, 9. Job, an African prince, interesting ac- count of him, 307.
Keith's physiological botany, 259, et seq.; the systematical and analytical me- thods, 260; advantage of physiologi- cal pursuits, 261; analogies between the systems of nature considered, 262; discovery of Kepler's grand analogy, 263; correspondence be- tween the structure of a vegetable
and living animal, 264; irritability of Venus's fly trap, 264; of the moving plant of India, 264, 5; of yellow bal- sam, or touch me not, 265; of the common birth-wort, 266; difficulty of explaining the excitability of the ve- getable structure, ib.; on the influ- ence of temperature, humidity, and light, 166, 7; vegetable clocks, weather- gages, 268; purple side-saddle flower, ib.; Ceylon pitcher plant, ib.; vege- table compass, 259; remarks on a floral calendar, ib.; general contents of the present work, 313; definition of a plant, 314, 5; roots of plants, 315; trunk or stem, 317; leaves, 318; for- mation of nut galls, &c. ib; functions of leaves, as exhibited in the leaf of the pitcher plant, 319, 20; farina, or pollen, 320, 1; flowers of plants, 321; ano- maly of flowers, 322; examples of veiled receptacles, 322, 3; great fertility of certain plants, 323; bark of plants, 324 ; Du Hamel's experiment in regard to the formation of wood, 325, 6; bloom on plants, &c. resins, ib; vegetable wax, 327; caoutchouc, or Indian-rubber, ib. Kepler's grand law of planetary mo-. tions, &c. circumstance of its dis- covery, 263, 4.
King's Bench prison, Mr. Neild's ac- count of its abuses, 465. Kingston jails, Mr. Neild's account of, 462.
Leaves of plants, 318, et seq. Ledyard, the African traveller, 309. Lines on the death of the Princess Char- lotte of Wales, by the Rev. G. Croly, 579, el seq.
Lloyd's two letters addressed to a young
clergyman, 201; see Bible Society. Llyn, in North Wales, its desolate state, 420.
London and Paris, striking contrast be- tween them, both of a moral and political nature, 645.
London Hibernian society, great efficacy of its proceedings, 124; ils conduct highly approved by the Roman Catholics, ib.; further advantages derived from it, 125,
et seq. Lonsdale's, Lord, colliery, near White- haven, 429; neglect of the morals of the people, ib.
Loo-Choo islands, Hall's voyage to, 513, et seq.
Louis XVIth, his character, 171, 2, M. de Séze's defence of him at the bar of the convention, 172.
Low Countries, religious rebellion there under the Spaniards, 251.
Madera, a Loo-Choo chief, 520, et seq. Malthus on the operations of savings' banks, 83.
Marcet on calculous disorders, 270, et seq.; the four subjects of the present inquiry, 271; symptoms of the pre- sence of calculous concretions, ib. ; their chemical composition, ib. ; proposed classification of calculous concretions, 272; author's account of their several kinds and species, 272, 3; proposed mode of ascertaining the precise nature of the substance, 273; Dr. Austin's theory of calculous con- cretions, 274; his supposition that the operation for the stone proves often a radical remedy for the dis- ease, 275; inquiry into the remote causes of calculus, ib.; probable re- lation between calculous complaints and the functions of the skin, 275, 6; alka- line matter considered as a solvent of calculus, 276; case of lime water as a solvent, used by Bishop Newcomb, ib. ; inquiry into the effects of acids, on cer- tain kinds of calculi, 278; absolute ne- cessity of attending to the species of the calculous concretions in adminis- tering a solvent, ib.
Marron, M. the Parisian Protestant preacher, slight notice of him, 66. Marsden's narrative of a mission to Nova Scotia and Somer's islands, 570, et seq.; qualifications requisite fur a mis- sionary, 570; severity of the winter in New Brunswick, in 1805, 571, 2; persecution of Mr. Stephenson, a mission- ary, in the Bermudas, 572, et seq.; ar- rival and success of Mr. Marsden, 574; solicited by the blacks to teach them, 575. Marshall's, Mrs. sketch of my friend's family, 178, et seq.; hints in regard to • some present peculiarities of religious so- ciety, ib.; on governesses of families, 180.
Mejarel's address to the protestant minis- ters of Geneva, 15.
Memoirs of the unfortunate John Vartie, written by himself, 284, 290. Mirbel's definition of a plunt, 815. Missionary station, a desirable place for one offers itself in the Sandwich Islands, 168.
Mission to Nova Scotia and the Ber-
mudas, Marsden's narrative of, 570,
et seq. Modern policies, taken from Machiavel, Borgia, &c. 201, et seq.
Moore's history of the small-pox, and of vaccination, 134, et seq.; small-pox unknown to the ancients, 131; our first accounts of it occur in Arabian wri- ters, ib,; inquiry concerning the coun- try where it originated, ib.; its ex- istence in China at a very remote period, 136, 7; and in Hindostan, 137; rea- sons for its appearing so late in western countries, ib. and of its being found in Arabia, 178; visits Europe, the British islands, and America, ib. ; inquiry into the discovery of inocula. tion, 139; known and practised early among the Chinese, ib.; their mode of communicating the malady, ib.; mode practised in Hindostan, ib.; its progress in England and in Europe very slow, 140, 1; Small-pox Hos- pital built, ib.; inoculation recom- mended by the London College of Physicians, 141; its rapid progress in England under the Suttons, 142; Spain has suffered less than other countries from small-pox, 143; mortality from small-pox progressively on the in- crease prior to the introduction of vaccination, ib.; progress of Doctor Jenner's inquiries in regard to vacci- nation, 143, 4; on vaccination, as a security against small-pox, 145; re- marks on the alleged tendency of vaccination to leave bad humours behind it, 146, 7; inquiry how far vaccination is a preventive of small- pox, ib.; author's comparative estimate of failures between the two kinds, ib.; some objections stated, 148; vaccina- tion should be considered as a suffi- ciently safe preservative against the small-pox, 150.
Morrell's sermon on the death of the
Princess Charlotte, 283, 4, extract, ib. Moutiers, valley of, account of a se-
cluded anabaptist society there, 71. Murray's historical account of disco- veries and travels in Africa, 297, et seq.
Merthyr Tydvil, canal of, 341.
Neild's, Mr. visits to various prisons, 454, et seq.
New Brunswick, severity of the winter there in 1805, 571, 2. Non-conformity, Wilks's sermon on, 489, et seq. Nut-galls, formation of, 319.
Ogané, a pagan chief of Benin, his power somewhat resembles that of the Pope, 303.
Old man and his granddaughter, 56, et seq. Orthodox and evangelical; remarks.on present use of the terms, 257. Ostervald's catechism compared with the modern Genevese, 6, 7, et seq. O'Sullivan's agency of Divine Provi- dence, 42, et seq.; author's own account of his plan, 43; difficulty of the sub- ject, 44; the doctrine of Providence and its particularity, a subject of pure belief, and not known from actual ob- servation, 45; irresistible proofs of the being and attributes of the Deity, 46; difficulty of the subject, as con- nected with combined agency, ib.; development of the author's intentions, 47, 8; inefficiency of his reasoning, 49; his anticipation of the general pre- valence of the established church, 49, 50; his remarks on the periods of the reformation and revolution, 51; objec- tions from the author's considering the temporal state of the nation, to the neglect of the spiritual, ib.; from his failing to exhibit the aspect this nation, under all its changes, presents to the world at large, ib. et seq.; from his too sanguine estimation of the present state of christian pro- fession, 54; from his insufficient re- ference to a brighter age, ib.; Bishop Butler on the relations existing among individuals, 55.
Paris, a poem, 579, et seq.
Parys mountain, desolate state of the country around it, 425; description of the copper mine, ib.
Pays de Vaud, great attention to the edu- cation of its youth, 70, 1.
Persecution of certain candidates for the ministry at Geneva, 13. Pestalozzi's mode of teaching the Swiss peasantry, 509, et seq.
Phraseology, peculiar, adopted by rising
parties in the church, reflections on, 59, et seq.; differs both in words and style from the scripture, ib.; causes of it, 59, 60.
Pitcher plant, functions of its leaves, 319, 20.
Pitcher plant of Ceylon, 268, 9. Plant, definition of, 314, 5. Plumptre's three discourses on the
duties of mau to the animal creation, 576, et seq.; on the employing of cattle on the sabbath, 577; cruelly inflicted on animals, by the prevailing modes of conveying them to markets, 578. Pollen, or farina of plants, 320, 1.
Portuguese, account of their early in- tercourse with Africa, 302, el seg. Powhellin, poverty and good conduci of its people, 430, 1.
Prayer, considered in regard to the antinomian system, 415. Prayers for the family, Smith's course of, 151, et seq. ; utility of forms, 157. Preaching, Stillingfleet's remarks on,
Priestholme, isle of, 426.
Prison discipline, Buxton's inquiry into the effects of, 451, et seq. Protestant cantons of Switzerland more civilized than the Roman Catholic, 66; a Romish priest's explanation of its cause, ib. Protestant preachers at Paris, lax style of their preaching, 66. Punishments, capital, 284, el seq.; great multiplicity of crimes deemed capital, ib.; comparative rarity of the inflic- tion of the sentence, 285; severity in regard to forgery, ib.; inefficiency of capital punishments to lessen parti- cular crimes, ib.; evil tendency of frequent executions, 286; rigour exer- cised in Bank cases of forgery, 288; capital punishments in regard to boys, 289; case of Vartie, 290. Punishment, the present mode of, the source of great evils, 452.
Puigblanch's inquisition unmasked, 236. Purton's botanical description of British
plants in the midland counties, 159, et seq.; his description deficient, 160; omissions, ib. ; account of fungi, 161.
Records, Christian, 373, el seq. Reform, evil consequences occasioned by the prejudice entertained against it,
Reform, parliamentary, 233, et seq. Religio Clerici, 370, et seq.; an imita-
tion of Dryden's Religio Laici, 371. Revolution in France, authentic me- moirs of, and of the sufferings of the Royal Family, 170, et seq.; Louis XVIth's declaration of the integrity of his conduct as King, 170, 1, ruinous measures of his predecessors, 171; character of Louis XVIth, 171, 2; M. de Seze's defence of his conduct at the bar of the convention, 172; Hue's rela- tion of his escape from the assault at the Tuilleries, ib.; description of the King's sleeping-room at the Temple, 173; cou- demnation of Hue, who is saved by the interference of a municipal offi-
cer, ib.; his adventure in the dungeon at the Hotel de Ville, 174; his interview with the ferocious Chaumelle, 175; Si- mon's cruel treatment of the Dauphin, 176; Dauphin's wretchedness and death, ib.
Richmond's, the Rev. R., sermon at the opening of a Roman Catholic chapel, 376.
Rome, Naples, Florence, by Count de Stendhal, 474, et seq. Roots of plants, 316.
Rope-bridge, near Holyhead, 424. Rousseau's remarks on the pastors of the Genevese church, 5, note. Royal Family of France, authentic ine- moirs of their sufferings, 170, et seq. See Revolution. Ryland's life of Fuller, &c. 181, et seq. ; Dr. R. the only proper person to be the biographer of Fuller, ib.; his re- marks on the personal failings of Mr. F. 183; the present selections from Mr. F.'s writings, &c. highly judicious and characteristic, 184, 5; agitation of The Modern Question,' 185; exercises of Mr. F.'s mind during the earlier years of his life, 186; joins a baptist society at Soham, 187; chosen pastor, ib.; involved in the controversy concerning the duty of all men to whom the gospel is preached, to believe, ib.; origin of his work-The gospel of Christ wor- thy of all acceptation,' 188; strong ground on which the practical point stands, that it is the duty of Christian teachers to address the gospel to sin- ners, ib.; evil consequence of Christian teachers being fettered in their dis- courses, by maintaining a pervading logical consistency, ib,; methods of the maintainers of strict systems of Christian doctrine, 189; distinction be- tween moral and natural inability, 190, 1; the subject connected, imme- diately, with the origin of evil, ib.; lasting disadvantages experienced by Mr. F., occasioned by the peculiarities of the first stage of his studies, 192; his great strength of understanding, 193; his severe habitual jealousy of his motives of action, 194; his uni- form inflexible maintenance of the moral law as a rule of life, &c. ib. ; biographer's cautions in regard to the acknowledged failings of good mer, ib. ; extract from Mr. F.'s journal, 195.
Sabbath, a day of rest for animals, 577.
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