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proofs of bias in the translator, 519;
author's notions of a purgatory, 520.
Bible, the, Alexander's new version of,
376.

Society, Norris's charges against
the, exposed, 75, et seq.; see Schole-
field.

Bible teacher's manual, 188, et seq.; im-
portance of a literal acquaintance with the
Scriptures, 189.

Biblical illustrations, 171; see Belsham,
Burder, Gisborne.

Body and Soul, 283-5; objections
which lie against religious novels, 283;
avowed object of the author to coun-
teract evangelical religion, ib. ; carica-
ture of certain gloomy religionists, ib. ;
establishments rest on an alliance be
tween religion and the world, 284; ri-
baldry and profaneness of the author,
285.

Bonaparte, memoirs of, 113, 313; see
Napoleon.

Bonar's observations on the conduct of
Judas Iscariot, 87, et seq.; the tract
recommended by Dr. Doddridge, 87;
exceptions to its statements as regard
the views of Judas, 88; Macknight's
remarks on the probable motives of the
traitor, ib.; Bishop Porteus's view of
the case, 89; true explanation of his
conduct, ib.

Bore, the, phenomenon of, 51.
Borrenstein's tables of the Syriac and
Arabic characters, 285.

Bracebridge Hall, 233, et seq.; effect
produced on the public by the Sketch
Book, 233; author's farewell to England,
234; comparative merit of the pre-
sent work, 236; English scenery, ib. ;
remarks on the English character, 237;
Dame Heyliger's shop, 239; her son
Dolph, 248; his introduction to Dr.
Knipperhausen, 241; a rainy Sunday at
an inn, 242; the rookery, 243.
'Brown's memoirs of Hervey, 456, 7;

character of Hervey's writings, 456;
his want of success as a preacher, 457.
Bowles's grave of the last Saxon, 562,
et seq.; notice of author's controversy
with Lord Byron, 562; author's son-
nets, ib.; want of compresion the
fault of his blank verse, 563; the
present poem a failure, ib. ; song of
the spirits, ib.; speech of Edgar-Atheling,
564; defects of the story, 565; even-
ing scene, ib.; song, 566.
Bowring's details of an arrest, &c. 548,
et seq.; grounds of the decision of the
English government, 548; opinion of

French counsel, ib.; the principle of
non-interference unsound, 549; conse-
quences of the alien bill, 550; its opera-
tion distinguished from Mr. Bowring's
case, 551.

Bristed on the Anglican and Anglo-
American churches, 53, et seq.; real
nature of the point at issue relative to
church polity, 53; episcopacy dis-
relished if divest of power, 54; cha-
racter of Wilks's "correlative claims
and duties," ib.; importance of the in-
quiry to America, 54; pedigree and
early life of the author, ib.; bishop
Mant the head of a school rebellion, ib.;
reasons for not entering the church, 56;
bishop Warburton's theory of alliance, un-
scriptural, ib. ; test and corporation acts
impolitic, 57; present state of the Ameri-
can episcopal church, 58; character of
the author's performance, 59; state of
the Irish church an argument against
church establishments, ib.; more evange-
lical piely out of, than in the church of
England, 60; obligations of society to
English dissenters, 61; the Anglican
church a persecutor of evangelical religion,
62;
"Christian observer's" apology for
the act of uniformity exposed, 63; infi-
delity in England prevalent before the
French revolution, 64; moral effici-
ency of an establishment to be exa-
mined apart from the religious insti-
tutions independent on it, ib.; com-
plaints of pious churchmen on the subject
of patronage an argument against church
establishments, 65; case of Thomas Scott,
ib.; numbers of clergy in America,
66; question of supply and demand
in respect to religions instruction, ib. ;
episcopal church of America the least effi
cient in the country, 67; reasons for not
wishing the subversion of existing esta-
blishments, 68.

Burder (H. F.) on the attributes, 351, et
seq.; the Divine attributes not suffici-
ently dwelt on by modern divines,
352; advantages of preaching in a
series, 353; merits of the volume, ib. ;
nature of future blessedness and prospect
of the impenitent as arising from the
eternity of God, 354; Divine patience
illustrated in reference to idolatry, 356;
Divine sovereignty, ib.

Burder's (Sam.) oriental literature, 170,
et seq.; verbal coincidences often mis-
taken for legitimate illustration of
Scripture, 171; instances of critical
trifling, ib.; on the phrase daughter
of Zion,' 172; illustration of Psalm xlv.

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6, ib.; other exceptionable illustra-
tions, 173.

Butler's, Bishop, definition of piety ex-
amined, 106.

Byron's, lord, 'heaven and earth,' notice
of, 216; exhausted appearance of the
author's mind, ib.

Werner, 136, 148, et seq. ;
his lordship's public character con-
trasted with that of lord John Russell,
136; argument of the poem, 148;
merits of Miss Lee's original, ib.;
dialogue between Werner and his wife,
149; remarks on the character of
Werner, 153; injudicious deviations
from Kruitzner,' ib.; fine apostrophe
to a diamond, 154; the poem a confir-
mation of the opinion that the author
has not the dramatic faculty, 155.

Calvinism, tendency of, vindicated from

Dr. Copleston's charges, &c. 22, 261;
indecency of inveighing against, 232.
Campan's, madame, memoirs of Marie
Antoinette, 415, et seq.; licentiousness
of the court of France under Louis XV.,
415; anecdote of the seduction of mile.
de Romans, 416; atrocious abduction of
mile. Tiercelin, 417; absurd etiquette of
the princess's toilet, ib.; character of
Marie Antoinette, 418; account of
mad. Campan, 419; description of
the four daughters of Louis XV., ib.;
eliquette of their daily interviews with the
king, 420; dexterity of the king in break-
ing eggs, 421; author's first introduction
to the king, ib.; sequel to the history
of mad. Campan, ib.; ominous cir-
cumstances connected with the life of
Marie Antoinette, 422; affecting anec-
dote, 423; fatal influence of the abbè
de Vermond, ib.; first appearance at
court, of the dauphiness, 424; death of
Louis XV., ib.; description of Louis
XVI., 425; remarks on author's apo-
logy for the queen's levity of conduct,
ib.; anecdote of the queen's milliner,
426; man with the iron mask, ib. ; in-
fluence of the Polignac family, 427;
anecdote of Gluck and Vestris, ib.; anec-
dote of Necker, 428; disastrous choice
of the archbishop of Sens as minister,
429; anecdote of the queen, ib. ; conduct
of the court at the commencement of
the revolution, 430; noble conduct of
Barnave, ib.; grossness and weakness
of the king, 431; storming of the
Tuileries, 432.

Carlile's sermons on repentance and
faith, 327, et seq.; author's illustration
of Mr. Walker's sophism, 331; his own

view of faith contradictory, ib.; cor-
rectness of his representation of the
efficacy of faith as derived from the
truth it introduces into the soul, 340;
his distinction between faith and belief
inadmissible, ih.; reluctance of men to
submit to the Divine testimony, 341; con-
tents of the volume, 342..
Carrington's banks of Tamar, 459; lines
on Christmas Morn, 465; author's ac-
count of his circumstances, 467; the
holiday, 468; scenery of mount Edge-
cumbe, 469; ship-launch, 470; scene on
the Tamar, 471; tower near the Weir,
472; merits of the poem, 473.
Chateaubriand, character of, 321.
Churches, remarks on the architecture
of, 544, et seq.;

Clarke's history of intolerance, vol. ii.,
450, et seq.; contents and character of
the work, 450; respective inconsistency
of Mohammedans and Christians, ib.;
mahommedism more Christian than
popery, 451; spread of mahommedism
to be accounted for only on this prin-
ciple, 452; Christianity innocent of
sanctioning intolerance, 453; protes-
tantism not the originator of heresies, ib. ;
schisms quite as numerous before the
reformation, 454; scriptural nature of
keresy and schism, ib.; heresy and
schism equally chargeable on national
and sectarian churches, 455.
Collet's relics of literature, 357, et seq.;
the nonsense of one age the wisdom of
another, 357; toleration, an American
apologue, 358; the snow-spirit, a poem,
360; character of Wilmot, earl of
Rochester, ib,; letters to his lady, 361;
letter from a condemned criminal offering
to sell his body, ib.; manuscript diary,
1772, 4, 362; we have a Douglas yet,'
364.
Confessions of an opium-eater, 366, el
seq.; character of the work, 366; re-
cords of opium-eaters, 367; early
history of the author, ib.; origin of his
contracting the habit, 368; his absurd
denial of the intoxicating power of
opium, ib.; case of a surgeon, 369;
case of an old whiskey drinker, ib.;
author's own case examined, 370; ef-
fects of the practice on the consti-
tution, ib. ; immoral tendency of the
work, 371.
Copleston's remarks on objections to his
inquiry, 18, et seq.; state of the con-
troversy, 18; author charged by Mr.
Grinfield with eating up his words respect-
ing archbishop King, 19; his attempt to
account for the morality of predestinarians

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21; his explanation unsatisfactory,
22; author convicted by Philalethes
of inaccuracy respecting the arminian
divines, 23; logomachy between Dr.
C. and Mr. Grinfield, ib. ; metaphor and
analogy distinguished, 24; author's dis.
tinction inaccurate, 25; extract from
bishop Brown on analogy, ib.; recapi-
tulation of objections to author's phi
losophy, 26; his account of the man-
ner in which we arrive at the idea of
prescience incorrect, ib.; expectation
not prescience, 27; necessity of what
is certainly future, ib. ; prescience not
destructive of motive in holy natures,
28; vulgar sophism examined, that
Divine predestination supersedes moral
agency, 29; what liberty is necessary
to a moral agent, 31; opinion of the
assembly of divines respecting free-
will, 32; cilation from Diderot on philo-
sophical necessity, ib.; fallacy of his
argument, 33; remarks of bishop
Horsley on necessity and final causes,
ib. Dr. C. a superficial theologian,
36; calvinism truth ill-stated, 37.
Crayon, Geoffrey, effect produced by
his sketch-book, 233; see Bracebridge
Ilall.

Creation, geological history of the, 46; see

Penn-

Cruelty, cursory remarks on the evil of,

177, el seq.; atrocious barbarity of
Smithfield drovers, 177; treatment of
animals a criterion of character, 178:
cruelty proceeds on the belief that brutes
do suffer, ib.; importance of the act
for prevention of cruelty, ib.; home
missionaries called for, 179.

Deluge, geological opinions respecting
the, 48.

Dissent, Johnson's reasons for, 91..
Dissenters, obligations of society to, 61;

not guilty of breaking the laws, 92; not
implicated in the catholic question,
194; vindicated from archbishop Ma-
gee, 249.

Downe's letters from Mecklenburg, 250,
Set seq.; merits of the volume, 250;
curious blunders, 251; scene near Rat-
·zeburg, ib.; description of the castle of
Schwerin, 252; Lubeck, 253; shop-
keeping at Luberk, ib.; the druid's altur
near Albersdorff, 254; royal antiquarian-
ism, 255; account of the Probsteiers, ib.;
legend of the Verwellenhoff estate, 257;
visit to Klopstock's widow, 258; son.
net, ib.

Driscol's Ireland, see O'Driscol.
Druid's Altar near Albersdorff, 254.

Eccelino III., life and death of, 10—16.
Edineston's Sacred Lyrics, third set,
277; hymn on the Divine Omnipresence,

ib.
Edmonstone's, sir A., journey to the
Oases, 155, et seq.; author's discovery
of a fourth oasis, 455; his refutation of
M. Drovetti's counter claim, 156; geo-
graphy of the oases, ib. ; climate, soil,
and productions, 157; taxation, 158;
reflections suggested by the discovery,
ib.; ancient necropolis of El Cargé, 159;
the oases places of Christian exile,
ib.; their probable origin, 160.
Edwards's tour of the Dove, 459, et seq.;
reviewer's apology to the rivers, 459;
apostrophe to waler, 460; address to the
Dove, 461; millenarian oak, 462; cot-
ton mill on the Dove, ib. ; scenery of the
peak, ib.; inaccuracy of Walton respecl-
ing the disappearance of the river, 464;
concluding stanzas, ib. ; sonnet,' easter,
465.

Elliott's love, a poem, 342, et seq.; on
the love of fame, 343; war among the
poets, Byron, Bowles, &c., 344; au-
thor's invective against lord Byron, ib. ;
apostrophe to Greece, 345; address to
domestic love, 346; effects of agricul
tural improvements in the country, 348;
the magdalene, 349; autumn flowers,

350.

Elmes's lectures on architecture, 270, et
seq.; difficulty attending the specific
application of general principles of
art, 270; character of the work, 271;
author's hypothesis, that the arch was
known to the Egyptians, baseless, ib. ;
importance of a knowledge of construction,
272; errors of modern builders, 273;
respective character of Greek and
Roman architecture, ib. ; round tower
at Monasterboice, 274; estimate of Eng-
lish architects, ib.; Waterloo bridge,
ib.
Elmes's memoirs of Wren, 539, et seq.;
plan of the memoirs injudicious, 539;
disadvantage of an exclusive study of
Roman models, 540; early genius of
Wren, ib.; iuvention of the barometer,
to whom attributable, 541; circum-
stances which led to his public em-
ployment, 542; plan of Wren for im-
proving the banks of the Thames, ib. ;
author's criticism on the new lower of the
royal exchange, 543; the monument not
unsafe, ib.; church of St. Mary-le-bow,
ib.; description of the interior of St.
Stephen's, Wallbrook, 544; comparative
merits of the two models for St. Paul's,
ib.; expedients used in removing the

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