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during the late Mahratta war, 528,

et seq. ; see India.
Boys's Tactira Sacra, 359, et seq. ; de-

sign of the present work, 359; advice
of the author to his readers, 360; his
chief object, ib. ; Bishop Lowth's
opinion of the origin of the parallel-
isms of the Scriptures, 360; and of
their great importance, 361 ; his de-
finition of parallelism, ib. ; the three
classes of them, ib. ; examples of
each, 361, et seq. ; example of the
introverted parallelism, 363; parallel-
ism not a peculiarity of Hebrew poe.
try, 364 ; considered by the author
as the key to the arrangement of the
Apostle's writings, ib. ; illustration,
ib. ; the author's high opinion of the
results to be expected from an at-
tention to the parallelisms of Scrip-

ture, 365, 6.
Brahmios, their influence the

minds of the Hindoos is diminishing,

64, 5.
Brazil, Beauchamp on the independence
of, 286, et seq.

travels in, 385, et seq. ; era of
the first settlement on the Brazil coast,
387; progressive improvement of the
colony, ib. ; causes of its late rapid
advance, ib. ; route of Prince Maxi-
milian, 389; route of Von Spix and
Martius, 389 ; voyage along the banks
of the Amazon, 390; seltlements on the
river, ib. ; Rio Negro, ib. ; extent of
their voyage up the river, ib.; descrip.
tion of a Brazilian forest, 391 ; animal
population of the forest, 392, et seq. ;
a plain in the province of Minas Geraes
described, with ils various animals, 394 ;
Mawe's character of the Indian, 395;
his general habits, ib.; description and
habils of the Paries, 397, et seq.; their
arms and huts, &c. ib.; prevalence of
cannibalism among them, 399; cha-
racter of the Botucudoes, 399, 400 ; their
general appearance, ib. ; further proofs
of the existence of cannibalism among
them, 401; remarks on the various
mutilations practised by the savage
tribes, 401, 2; the botoque, ib. ; con-
tents of Mrs. Graham's journal, 403 ;
her description of a Brazilian court craw-

ing room, 404.
Brown's exercises for the young, on im-

portant subjects in religion, 87.
Bryant, his opinion of alphabetical writ-

ing, 339; of the literature of the

Egyptians, ib.
Bull-fighe, description of one at Lima, 47,

Bullock's six months' residence and tra-

vels in Mexico, 140, et seq.; descrip-
tion of Vera Cruz, 140, 1; Xalapa,
141, 2 ; volcanic soil near Xalapa, 142,
3; Puebla de los Angeles, 143;
splendour of the high altar in the cathe-
dral, 143, 4 ; approach to, and des-
cription of Mexico, 144, 5; cast laker
of a colossal statue of the chief deity of
the Mexicans, 145, 6; bath of Monte-
zuma, 146, 7; pyramids of the sun and
moon, 147, et seq. ; tête in the Indian

village of Tilotepic, 149.
Burnet's, Bishop, history of his own time,

481, et seq.; history of the notes ap-
pended to the present volume, ib. ;
periods at which the bishop finished
the different parts of his history, 482;
remarks respecting the suppressed
passages, and inquiry into the cause
of their suppression, 482, 3; charac-
ter of Charles I. as given in a restored
passage, 484 ; its perfect consistency
with other passages in the printed
volumes, 485; change in Burnet's
political principles at a later period
of his life, ib. ; inquiry into the his.
torical veracity of Burnet, 487; his
conduct in the attainder of Sir John
Fenwick considered, 488; his total
silence respecting Locke, ib. ; in-
creasing merit and value of the bp.'s
history, 489; note of Lord Dartmouth
on the character of Burnet, ib. ; the pre-
sent editors' remarks on his lordship's
charge against the bishop's veracity, 450;
excelleut character of Burnet as a
bisbop and as a man of benevolence,
ib. ; specimens of the Dartmouth notes
on Mary, daughter of Cromwell, 491;
on Burnel, ib. ; on precedent, ib., church
property, 491, 2; archbishop Tennison,
492 ; creation of peers, ib. ; bishop Al-
terbury, 492, 3 ; conclusion of the editors'
preface, 493; two notes of Speaker Ons-
low on Burnet's preaching, ib. ; charac-
ter of Swift's notes, 494, 5; specimens
of them, 495 ; Speaker Onslow's charac-
ter of Swift, 497.

Cannibalism, its prevalence among the

Botucudoes, in Brazil, 399, et seq.
Cape Coast, progress of the schools at

that place, 276.
Caraites, account of them, 269.
Cary's birds of Aristophanes, 217, et

seg. ; great difficulties attending the
translation of Aristophanes, 218, 19;
character of his comedies, 819; plan
of' the Clouds,' 221 ; magnifieence
of the Athenian theatrical spectacles,

221; materials of the modern drama, Pharaohs, 337; Ikose of the Greek and
222; peculiarities of the ancient Roman epoch, ib. ; the author's opi-
drama of Athens, 223 ; character of nion of the African origin of the lite-
the author's translation, 224; Massin- rature and the religion of the Egyp-
ger, a model of comic versification, 225; tiaus, ib. et seq. ; monuments of Nubia,
difficulty of translating the jeux d' 337; of Ethiopia, ib. ; probability of
esprit, &c. of Aristophanes, 226, et the Asiatic origin of the Egyptian
seq.; the Clouds' not written to defame literature, &c. 338 ; Egypt peopled
Socrates, 228; reasons for excluding from Arabia, ib. ; the Pyramids free
Aristophanes's writings from our seats from hieroglyphics, probable reason of
of literature, 228, 9; remarks on his it, ib. ; first Hebrew letters probably
licentiousness, 229; secluded life of formed by Moses, from Egyptian
the Athenian ladies, ib.; Schlegel's signs, 339; Bryant's opinion of al-
character and outline of the Birds,' phabetic writing, ib. ; and of the lite-
230, et seq. ; analysis of scene the rature of the Egyptians, ib.
fourth, act the first, 232,3; objection Characters, Roman, Bingley's biography
to the substitution of English analo-

of, 84, et seq.
gies for certain peculiar Greek words, Charles I., character of, as exhibited in
233; extracts from the · Birds, 234, a restored passage of Burnet's own
&c.

"times,' 484.
Catton's eternity of divine mercy esta- Church, Greek, state of il, 478.

blished, and unconditional reproba- Cleveland, Mr., monument raised to his
tion discarded, 558, et seq. ; remarks memory by the governor general and coun-
on Dr. Clarke's position that mercy cil of Bengal, 538.
was not an attribute of the Deity be- Cochrane, Lord, appointed to the com-'
fore the fall of man, 558; the doctrine mand of the Chilian navy, 46 ; admi-,
of unconditional reprobation held only by Table instance of his intrepidity at the
the antinomians in the present day, 559; heud of some British seamen, in the port
the author's reasons for discarding this of Calluo, 46, 7.
doctrine, ib.

Coke, Sir Edward, his character, 195, 8.
Caxton, the first printer in England, Cole's philosophical remarks on the the-
370.

ory of comets, 423, el seq. ; great una
Chalmers's sermons, preached in St. certainty in regard to the accuracy

John's, Glasgow, 154, el seq. ; cha- of astronomical calculations, 424 ; re-
racter of Dr. Chalıners's sermons, marks on the danger apprehended by
156; remarks on the appropriate style some astronomers, from the expected
for sermons, 156, 7; topics of Dr. near approach of one of the comets
C.'s present series of discourses, 159; to the earth, ib. ; author's opinion
introductory remarks to a sermon on pre- that comets make the whole range of
• destination,' 159, 60; on the sin a- the universe, 425 ; accounts of some
gainst the Holy Spirit, 162, 3; remarks comets, ib. ; calculations tending to shew
on Dr. C.'s mode of treating this sub- that they move in hyperbolas and nol in
ject, 163, 4 ; exordium to the discourse ellipses, 426; the author's remarks on
on ihe reasonableness of faith, 153, el light considered, ib.
seg. ;

the materialism of the new Comets, Cole's philosophical remarks
earth, 105, el seq.

on the theory of, 423, et seq.
Champollion's hieroglyphic system of Companion, library, by the Rev. T. F.

the ancient Egyptians, 330, el seq. ; Dibdin, 417, et seq.
design of the author, 330; examina. Conti, character, &c. of the prince of, 428,
tion of his mode of applying his alpha- 9.
bet, ib. ; objections to it, 331, 2; his Coquerel's tableaux de l'histoire pbilo-
alphabet applied to the cartouches, sophique du Christianisme, ou études
332, 3; his formation of the word Psama de philosophie Religieuse, 1, et seq. ;
mus, 333; Ramses the Great, 334 ; comparison between the present age
the author's system a true one, 335; and that wbich preceded the Refor-
real cause of his failure, ib.; Persian mation, 2,3 ; Europe not more effec-
epoch of hieroglyphics, ib. ; tbe al- tively christianised than Asia, 3, 4;
phabet, 336; author's superior quali- great moral changes among mankind
fications in regard to hieroglyphical have not been produced by human
learning, ib. ; the monuments of the agencies designedly direcled to the

accomplishment of them, 4, 5; the 308 ; genuineness of the Trachiniæ
obvious duty of Britislı Christians, in doubtful, ib.; Pbilocteles the most
the present day, 5, 6; remarks as to perfect of the author's tragedies, ib. ;
the probable mode of benefiting the circumstances of the pieces, and er-
really pious in France, 6,7; duty of tracts, 308, et seq.
the agents of British religious socie- Daniell's meteorological essays and ob-
ties, in their intercourse with the servations, 133, et seq:; prognostics
pious agents of foreign societies, a- of Theophrastus, 133, 4; meteorology
mong the Romanists, 7,3; timidity assumes the character of a science by
of the author in his mode of treating the labours of Saussure, De Luc, &c.
his subject, 10, 11; his objection to 134; important atmospheric observa.
one of the fundamental regulations of the tion of Pliny, ib.; anthor's experiments
Bible Society, 12, 13; plan recommended to elucidate the relation of air to
by the author, in distributing the Sacred vapour, ib.; apparatus used for ob-
Scriptures, 13; a sect in France who taining with accuracy the dew point,
follow the opinions of Mad. de Stael, 135; description of the author's hygro-
14; opinions of this sect, ib ; pro- meter, 135, 6; mode of using it, 136;
bable advantages that would result its npplication to the purposes of a weather.
from disseminating a concise history glass, 137, 8; best hours for making
of the church in that country, during diurnal observatioos, 139; other sub-
the last seven centuries, 16.

jects treated of by the author, ib.
Cottle's strictures on the Plymouth An- Dartmouth's Lord, noles, on Burnet's his.
tinomians; see Antinomians.

tory of his ozon lime, 489. 491.
Cromwell, Godwin's remarks or his charace Dekban, new arrangements of its terri-
ter, 204,5.

tories, after the late wir, 356, see
Crowther's critical dissertation on Acts India.

xvii. 30. 452, el seq.; the author's opia Dibdin's library companion, 417, et seq. i
nion of the meaning of the pressage, 452; his statements of the merits of his
his inference, 452, 3; the tendency of own book, 417; anecdote of Mr. Up-
the passage a plea for Christian mis-

cott and the Evelyn lellers, 418. 9.;
sions, 453.

Evelyn's Kalendarium discovered, 419;
Cunningham's sermons, 154, et seq.

author's remarks on Robert Hall, and
Customs, female, in India, of colouring their the Eclectic Review, 419, 20; his high
nails, teeth, &c. 557.

eulogy of Hyde, lord Clarendon, 421;

proofs of the talent of his lordship for
Dale's tragedies of Sophocles, translated ready invention, 422; the author's esti-

into English verse, 299, el seq. ; Æs. mate of Chamberlaine's portraits from
chylus the father of Greek tragedy, Holbein, 422 ; reason for supposing that
289; character of his genius and some of them are faithless, 423.
composition, 290; contrast belveen Drawing-room of the Brazilian court,
Eschylus anıl Sophocles, 290, 1; origin description of one, 404.
&c, of Sophocles, 292; character of Dubois, the Abbé, Townley's answer, and
his plays, ib.; the translator's prefatory Hough's reply to his letters, 61, et
remarks on the dipus Tyrannus, 293, 4; seq. ; remarks on his position that God
improbability in the plot of this piece, bas predestinated the Hindoos to eter-
not noticed by the translator, 295 ; pal reprobation, 62 ; native missi-
monostrophies of this piece, ib. et seq. ; onary society at Serampore, 63 ;
the translator's criticism on the Edipus Hindoo lilerary society al Calcutta, 63, 4;
Colonens, 299, 300; account of the proofs that the influence of the Brah-
death of Edipus, 300; choral odles of mins over the minds of the Hindoos is
the Coloneus, 301, 2 ; translator's prefa. diminishing, 64, 5; religious preju-
tory remarks to the Electra, 302, 3; plot dices of the Hindoos shown to be not
of the Choephoræ of Æschylus, 30+; insurmountable, 65; female infanti-
falalisin the moral sentiment of the cide abolished without producing any
Greek tragedies, 305; the doctrine of davgerous commotion, ib.; Hindoo des
Dicé, or the retaliation of punishinent votees forbidden to drowon themselves, ib. ;
for crime, another character of the Brahmins erecuted by the British magis
Greek tragedies, ib. ; invocation of E- tracy, for erciting disturbance, 65, 6 ;
lectra, 306, 7; her remonstrance to her Brahmins and Pariahs stand in the Ime
sister, 307, 8; character of the Ajax, and march logether, 66; two instances

of widows saved from burning by
British interference, 66, 7; account of
some further innovations upon ancient
usages, 68, 9; excellent anecdote of
Swartz, 73 ; proceedings of the Roman
Catholic missionaries, ib. and note ;
Hindoo system admits of bloody sacrifices,
71 ; specimen of a translation of the bible,
according to the laste of the Abbé Dubois,72,
el seg: ; further exposure of the Abbė's
calumnies, 74; state of the schools
for Hindoos, ib; the propagation of
Christianity in British India, an impe-
rative duty on the East India Company,
75, el seg.; testimony of the author
in reference to the practicability of
the conversion of the Hindoos, in op.
position to the opinion of the Abbé

Dubois, 78.
Duncan's Travels through part of the

United States and Cavada, in 1818,
and 1819, 79, et seq. ; result of his ob.
servations, 19; the two most formidable

evils wilh which America has to contend,
• 80; demoralizing influence of the slave
system, on the whole population among
which it prevails, 80, 1 ; evil of universal
suffrage, 81; author's opinion of the
cause of the general inferiority of Ame-
rican literalare, Sc. 82; characler of the
North American review, and of the sci-
entific journal, 83; American unicera
silies successful rivals of the Scotch, ib.;
Tare instances of despatch in printing,
84.

racter of the common-wealth's-men, 194,5;
Sir Edward Coke, 195, 6 ; fippancy of
Mr. Hume's remarks on Hampden,
Pym, &c. 196,7; his charge against the
parliamentary preachers disproved, 197 ;
character of Hampden, ib. ; baseness
and impolicy of Charles's abandon.
ment of Strafford, 198; Mr. Fox's re-
marks on Strafford, ib.; author's
opinion of Archbishop Laud, 199;
author's account of the independents,
200; on the different forms of church
government, 201, 2; further account of
the independents, ib. ; on Erastianism,
202, et seq.; characters of Fairfax and

Cromwell, 204, 5.
Government, Church, Godwin's remarks on

different kinds of, 201, 2.
Graham's, Maria, journal of a Voyage

to Brazil, 385, el seq.
Greece in 1823 and 1824, by Col. L. Stan-

bope, 475, et seq. ; the author goes to
Greece as agent of the Greek com.
mittee, 475; state of parties in Greece,
476; leaders of the three parties, and
their characters, ib. ; account of the exe.
cutive body, 477; the legislative body, ib. ;
prefects, ib. ; primates, 478; state of the
Greek church, ib. ; the author's remarks

on the Greek navy, 478.
Guttemburgh, junior, the inventor of
printiog, 368.

senior, produced the first
printed book, 368.

Earth, the nero, Dr. Chalmers on the male-

rialism of il, 166, et seq.
Egyptians, ancient, their hierogl: phic

system, &c. 330, et seq.; see Cham-

pollion, &c.
Erastianism, remarks on, 202, et seq.
Expenditure, rural, Slaney's essay on

the beneficial direction of, 464, et seq.

Fairfax, Lord, Godwin's character of,

204, 5.
Footpuths, evils felt by the poor, from the

bad state of them, 407; footpaths should
be made on the north or the east side of

The roar, 468.
Forest, Brazilian, description of one, 391 ;

the animal population of it, 392.
Gambold's works, with introductory essay

by Thomas Erskine, 541.
Garden, the peasant's excellent hint con-
• cerning it, 472.
Godwin's history of the common-wealth

of England, &c. 193, el seq. ; cha-

Hall's extracts from a journal written on

the coast of Chili, Peru, and Mexico,
in the years 1820, 21, 22, 40, et seq.;
object of the voyage, 41; appearance
of Cape Horn, ib. ; Bay of Valparaiso,
ib. ; state of political feeling among the
lower orders of the Chilians, 42, 8c. ex-
pedition from Buenos Ayres against
the royalists of Peru, 44 ; character of
San Martin, 44, 5; batile of Maypo,
and restoration of independence to
Chili, 45; San Martin appointed to com-
mand the liberaling army of Peru, ib. ;
Lord Cochrane appointed to the com-
mand of the Chilian navy, 46; ad-
mirable intrepidity of some British seamen
under his lordship, in the port of Callao,
46, 7; description of a bull-fight, at
Lima, 47, 8 ; anecdole illustrative of the
progress of education in this country, 48;
slight sketch of the character and

conduct of Iturbide, 49.
Hampden, his character, 197.
Harris's natural history of the bible, &c.

454, et seq.; remark on the arrangement

" old

of the work, 456; on Adam's naming 171; concluding appeal in a sermon on a
the animals, 456,7; difficulties on this general fast, ib. et seq. ; on the man who
subject examined, ib. ; on the Mosaical hath not made God his strength, 173, el
distinction of animals into clean and seq. ; extract from a sermon on an
unclean, 459; the author's opinion of the disciple," 175, 6.
immediate and primary intention of the Hinton's biographical portraiture of the
law, ib. el seq. metrical catalogue of the late Rev. J. Hinton, 266, el seq. ; local
birds forbidden to be ealen, 462 ; diel of peculiarilies attaching to Oxford, as the
John the Baptist, 463; author's mistake station of a dissenting church, 267 ;
respecting the dromedary, ib.

state of the church when Mr. H. under-
Heber's whole works and life of Jeremy took the charge, ib. ; his slalement of the

Taylor, 17, et seq.; arrangement, &c. result of his practical labours afler a
of the present work, 18; some re- ministry of thirty-six years, 268 ; une-
marks on the Rey. H. K. Bonney's quivocal indications of his genuine
life of Jeremy Taylor, 18, 19; cha- spirituality, 269; difficulties occa-
racler of Dr. Rowland Taylor, the martyr, sioned by the constitution of the
20, 21; Jeremy Taylor enters as a college church as being composed of persons
sizar, 21; great change that has taken differing on the subject of baptism,
place in respect to the intervals between 270, 71; remarks on the subject of
the domestics and the other members of a strict communion, 272, 3; hostility
family, 21; author's remarks on some from persons inimical to evangelical re-
questions connected with the dissenting ligion, 273, 4; couruge of Ms. Hinton
controversy, 22, et seq. ; objections to in a case of imminent danger, 274, 5.
his statements, 24,5; letter of Jeremy • Historyes of Troye,' tbe first book
Taylor to Evelyn, on the death of two printed in the English language, 370.
children, 25, 6; on Jeremy Taylor as Holtein, Chamberlain's portrails from, rear
a writer, 26; objections to the pre- son for supposing that some of them are
sent arrangement of his works, 26,7; faithless, 422, 3.
character of his life of Christ, 27; Horo, Cape, its appearance, 41.
proved not to be a translation of a Hough's reply to the letters of the Abbé
foreign work, ib, ; his quaint description Dubois, &c. 61, et seq.
of the journey of the Virgin Mary to • How it strikes a stranger,' 440, et seq.
see her cousin Elizabeth, 28; on the Hyde, Lord Clarendon, proofs of his talent
names of Jesus, 28, 9; his work en- for ready invention, 421,
titled, Christian Consolations, 29, 30; Independents, Godwin's remarks on them,
character of his sermons, 30; author's 201,2.
remarks on the style of preaching ut, and India and the Malwa, &c. 115, et seq. ;
prior to the time of Taylor, 30, 1; Tay- remarks on the two different systeins
lor's sermons deficient in regard io of administration, lately in operation
clear views of evangelical doctrine, in British India, 115 ; basty sketch of
31; extract illustrative of his wild, excur. the Brit sh wars in India, 116, 17;
sive style, 31, 2; just sarcasm of Dr. descriplion of the Thugs, a predatory people
South on his style, 32, 3; literary of central India, 118; provinces de
character of South, 33; Taylor's er- scribed by the author, 119; extent of
ordium to his sermon on the validity of a Malwa proper, ib.; its history and ge-
death-bed repen kance, 33, 4; contro- ography, &c. 120; singular history of
versy between Taylor and Jeanes, 35; Madhajee Sindia, ib., et seq.; Dowlet
his casuistical writings, ib. ; abuse of Row Sindia, 122 ; family of Holkar,
auricular confession, 36; character 122,3; admirable administration of
and style of his casuistical writings, Ahalya Baée, a female, 123, el seg. ;
37, et seq. ; his remarks on probable account of Jeswunt Row Holkar, 125,
arguments,' 38; author's opinion of his the period of trouble, 127; Ameer Khan,
• Ductor dubilantium,' 39.

leader of the Pindarries, 127,8; tragi-
Hervey's Australia, &c. 567, et seq. ; cal dealk of the beautiful princess of
extract, 568,9; the serenade, ib.

Odeypoor, 128, 9; administration and
Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, see Cham- death of Toolsah Baée, 129; short ac-
pollion, &c.

count of the Puar family, 130; origin
Hill's, Rev. Noah, sermons, 154, el seq. ; and history of the rajahs of Bhopal, ib.

the author's remarks on preaching, 170; el seq.; Zalim Singh, regent of Kotak,
subjects of the present series of discourses, 132,3; texture of the Anglo-Indian go-

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