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AIRNE, Mr. his electrical experi-
ments, 372. His invention of a
machine for ditto, ib.
NAMES, radical, from whence thofe in
the ancient mythology were compound-
ed, 170. Farther obf, on, 418-430.
NATURAL Hiftory, study of, recom-
mended, 250. Method of, ib. Au-

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thore diftinguished, on this fubject, RAT, Dr. his objection to inocula-

253.

NEGROES. See SLAVERY. See WES,

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P.

AINTERS, how far juftifiable in
their attempts to improve nature, 33.
PATAGONIANS, fome account of, 410.
Specimens of their language, 417.
PATRIOT, character of a true one, 299.
Falfe ones diftinguished into two claffes,
ibid.

PELHAM, late Mr. his character, 32.
PERRY, Mr. George, firft plans the hif-

tory of Leverpool, 231: The scheme
compleated by Mr. Enfield, ib.
PERSIAN, of Plautus, criticised, 3.
PLACEMEN and Penfioners, ill effects of
their fitting in parliament, 345-349
PLAUTUS, paffages in his comedies cri-
ticifed, 1-9.

POETRY, ancient English, curious fpe-
cimens of, 49-59: Connexion be-
tween Poetry and Mufic, 306. Union
of thefe arts in France, 384.
POLICY, civil, original fources of ex-
plored, 382.

POPULATION, remarks on, 378, 471.

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tion obviated, 43.

RICHARD, King of England, his com-
bat with the Soldan, how celebrated by
Robert de Brunne, 55.

ROMAN Hiftory, obf. on, 442.

Liberty, caufes of the deftruction

of, ib.
ROSMUNDA, of Ruccellai, a tragedy,
obf, on, 281.

ROTHESAY, town and caftle of, de-
fcribed, 453.

ROWLEY, Dr. his complaint against Dr.
Hunter, 395.

letter to the Reviewers con

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482.

his verses to his mistress,

SLAVERY, thoughts on the inhumanity
of, 234 Our colonies vindicated on
this fubject, 324. Farther accused,
487-488.

SMALL-POX, method of treating the
confluent fort, 44.

SOCIETY, Literary, at Leyden, prize
queftion of, for 1775, with directions
to candidates, 247.

for the encouragement of Paint-
ing, &c. at Leverpool, 482.

human, neceffarily produces le-
giflation, 382.

SPAIN, purchases Falkland's Island from
France, 415.

STAFFA, ftupendous rocky phenomenon
in that ifland, 454.

STANHOPE,

STANHOPE, Mrs. her apology for the
freedoms in Lord Chefterfield's letters,
33.

STATUTE VIII. of Queen Anne, re-
lating to literary property, fpirit and
operation of controverted, 83-87.
Farther arguments on, 203, 205.
STEEL, obf. on the various methods of
hardening and tempering, 125, vole.
STONE, artificial, 184.

SUN, obf. refpecting the light and heat
of, 319. Spots in, supposed to be ca-
vities, 369.

worship of, very general, in times
of higheft antiquity, 424. All the
gods of Greece originally one, and that
one, the fun, ib.

SWIFT, Dean, his bumorous verses on the
day of judgment, 35,

SWINTON, Mr. his account of an an
cient Quinarius, 377.

TA

T.

Asso, Lord Chesterfield's cenfure
of, 27.
TAXATION of the colonies, arguments
against, 350.

TELESCOPES, Dr. Wilson's improve-
ment of, 370.

THOMSON, verfes refering to his poetical
character, 342.

THUNDER, Curious effects of, 224.
THURLOW, Mr. Attorney, his argument
against literary property, before the
Lords, 204-206.

TORPEDO, experiments on the electric
property of that fish, 219.

TRAGEDY, general obfervations on the
different merit of, with refpect to the
different countries in which they are
produced, 282,

TREES, for timber, account of fome va
luable fpecies in South America, 413-
416.

TRELAWNEY, Governor, his good cha
racter, 131.

TROUT, a particular fpecies of, in Ire-
land, 376.

TURTLE, remarkable inftinct of that
animal, 434.

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ALLIERE, Duchefs de la, her de-
votions difcriminated, 485
VARELEZ, Lieut. bis obf. on the dif-
Farition of Saturn's ring, 371.

VERSES, to a Lady, by Mr. Richardson,
95. From Shakespeare, to his mif-
trefs, 482.

VIRGIL, in what refpects preferable to
Homer, 26.

VOLCANO, prodigious eruption of one in
South America, 414.
VOLTAIRE, Lord Chesterfield's letter
to, 24. His Siecle de Louis XIV. praif-
ed, 26. His Henriade praised, ib. His
Croisades and l'Efprit Humain com-
mended, 28.
VORTIGERN, King of Britain, his meet-
ing with the Princefs Rouwena, poeti
cally defcribed, in an old English rhyme
ing chronicle, 53.

W.

WFranklin, concerning the elec-

ALSH, Mr. his letter to Dr.

tric property of the Torpedo, 219.
WEDDERBURN, Mr. his pleadings be-
fore the house of Lords, in the great
cause of the copy-right of authors, 2051
208.
WESLEY, Mr. his letter to the Re-
viewers on the negro-trade, 488.
WILLES, Judge, his opinion relative to
literary property, 83, 206

WILSON, Dr. Alexander, his obf, on the
folar spots, 368. His improvement in
the cross-wires of telescopes, 370.

Mr. his ebf, on Mr. Henly's
electrical experiments, 379.

Dr. Andrew, his inquiry into the
circulation of the blood, 399.
WILTON, critical obf. on fome of the
ftatues and bufts there, 34.

WINN, Mr. his remarks on the Aurora
Borealis, 375.

WOMEN, their natural right to the ad-
vantages of a learned education afferted,
388.

Y.

YARUARU, an extraordinary amphi

bious animal in South America,
fome account of, 414.

YATES, Judge, his opinion against the
common law right of authors to the
copies of their own works, 85. On
the queftion of perpetuity, 89.
YOUNG, late Sir Wm. his character, 31.

INDEX

ARTICLES Contained in the APPENDIX.

A.

BSTINENCE from food, extraordi.

A Bary infance of, 551.

ETHER, Marine, difcoveries relative to
the production of, 545.
AIR, its near affinity with fire, 521.
ALEXIS, fon to Peter the Great, incurs
his father's difpleasure, 494. His fail -
ings, 495. Efcapes to Vienna, 497.
Returns to Mofcow, and fubmits to the
Czar, ib. Is brought to trial, and con-
demned, 498. His death, ib. His
adberents punished, ib.
AMIOT, Father, his account of the cold
in China, 552.

ANTHEAULME, M. his obf. on the me-
thod of grinding and polishing object-
glaffes of telescopes, 553.
AURORA BOREALIS, found emitted by,
552.

B.

AUME, M. his experiments on the

B decompofition of vitriolated tartar,

by the nitrous acid alone, 549.
BORMES, Baron de, his improvements in
the production of æther, 546.
BUFFON, Mr. his vifionary theories in
philofophy, 519-521. His fanciful
fpeculation on air, ib. His experiments
to ascertain the progrefs of heat in bo-
dies, 522. His obf, and exper. on pla-
tina, 524. His improvements in the
construction of burning glasses, 527—
533.

BURNING Glaffes. See MIRRORS.
BUTTER FLY. See MULLER.

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ANGUAGE, origin of, 508. In
what refpect it may be faid to pro-
ceed from the Deity, 509.
LAPUCHIN, Abraham, brother to the
Emprefs Eudoxia, his difgrace, 498.
Is condemned, 499. His horrid pu-
nishment, ib.

LE FORT, the favourite of Peter the
Great, foments the differences between
his mafter and the Emprefs Eudoxia,

492.

M

M.

ARCORELLI, M. his account of
an extraordinary involuntary ab.
ftinence, 551.

MENZIKOFF, Alexander, becomes the
favourite of the Czar, Peter the Great,
493. Procures his mafter a new mif-
trefs in the perfon of the celebrated
Catherine Alexiewna, ib. Foments the
differences between his mafter and the
Czarewitz, 494. Is appointed Regent
in Peter's abfence from Ruffia, 496.
His devotion te the Emprefs Catherine,
500. His ambitious views to raise his
family to the throne, 501. Is recon-
ciled to the unfortunate Eudoxia, and
delivers her from prifon, 502.

MERCURY,

MERCURY, different methods of com-
bining with iron, and of rendering it
foluble in water, 547.
MESSIER, M. his account of the found
emitted by an Aurora Borealis, 552.
MIRRORS, burning, and LENSES, CU-
rious improvement in the conftruction
and use of, 528.

MOENSEN, Ann, becomes miftrefs to Pe-
ter the Great, 490. Refuses to marry
him, and he abandons her, 492..
MONTAIGNE, Michael de, his charac-
ter, 504. His journal of his travels
into Italy, 506.

Moon, experiments to try whether it

tranfmits heat or cold to the earth, 532. MORVEAU, M. his experiments on platina, 525.

MULLER, Mr. his account of a non-
defcript butterfly, 55%.
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ALAIE, M. de, begins the Hiftory of the Troubadours, which M. Millot finishes, 558.

PEKIN, experiments on the degree of cold there, 552.

PETER, the Great, Emperor of Ruffia,

marries Eudoxia Faderowna, 490. Falls in love with another lady and refolves on a divorce, 491. Marries Catherine Alexiewna, 493. Difinherits and condemns his fon Prince Alexis, 497. His great improvements of his empire, 539. His difpute with the Q of England, 540. Firft ftiled Emperor, by the English, ib. His campaign on

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