or Cochin-China, 89; the country seized by some Tonquinese rebels, ib.; Cam- bodia conquered by the same people, ib. ; great strength of the royal city of Hue, 90; the canal from Saigon to the Cam- bodia river, ib.; character of the Ona- mese, 91; description of their persons, ib.; their total want of cleanliness, ib. ; the city of Saigon, population, &c. 92; Christian population, 92, 3; their manufactures, &c. 93; religion, ib.; population of the whole empire, ib. description of the country, its pro- ductions, commerce, &c. 94; its im- proving condition under Bishop A- dran, ambassador from Louis XVI., ib.; the various works undertaken under his auspices, ib. Cochrane's, Captain, narrative of a pe- destrian journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, &c. 227, el seq. Coleridge, portrait of, 157, 8. Conversations, imaginary, of literary men, &c. by W. S. Landor, 211, et seq. Cowper, Lord Chancellor, his admirable conduct towards Richard Cromwell, 168. Cox's Horæ Romanæ, 71, et seq.; diffi- culties of St. Paul's epistles, from his peculiar style of writing, 71, 2; de- sign of the author, 72; specimen of the translation and notes, 73; comment on part of the thirteenth chapter, 74, 5.
Dante, his early life, &c. 391. Dante, M. Sismondi's remarks on his writ- ings, 203, 4; probable origin of his In- ferno, ib.
D'Arlincourt's Etrangére, 412, et seq.; consummate vanity of the author, 413, et seq.; specimen of his fine style of writing, 416; love communicated by electricity, ib. Dawson's nosological practice of physic,
&c. 458, et seq.; Mr. Lawrence's pro- position that insanity always proceeds from disease of the brain, considered and exposed by the author, 459, 60; re- marks on the subjects of hypochondrias, 461; they frequently attain a long life, ib.; instances from the ancients and mo- derns, ib.; distressing sensations occa- sioned by dyspepsia, ib.; difference of the feelings of the dyspeptic and the hypo- chondriac, ib.
Devotion, Mary Holderness's manual of, 568, et seq.
Dissent, the progress of, by a Non-con- formist, 371, et seq.; high tone of the Quarterly Review in an article on this subject, 371; its false statement, in reference to Palmer's Protestant dis-
senter's catechism, 371, 2; its illiberal attack on the author of Protestant Non- 'conformily,' 372; plan of Palmer's catechism objectionable, 373, 4; ob- ject of the Quarterly Reviewer, in the article on dissent, 374; unprovoked attack on the dissenters, 374,5; his mode of accounting for the diminished influence of the clergy, and accession to the dissenters, 375; the Noncon- 'formist's questions in reply, 376, 7; dissent proved to be necessary to the church, ib.; testimony of Dr. Chalmers that the dissenters are great moral bene- factors of their country, 377; re- marks on the reviewer's complaint that pecuniary speculation has min- gled itself with the religious zeal of the dissenter, 378, 9; the poverty of the benefices alleged by the reviewer to be one cause of the progress of dissent, 380; the superior liberality of opinion in word and practice, of the clergy, another cause of it, 381; his statement of the grievous sins' of the Methodists, 381, 2. Dunallan, a story, 462, et seq.
Dutch, illiberality of their policy in their colonial territories, 87. Dyspepsia, distressing sensations occasioned by it, 461; difference between the dys- peptic and the hypochondriac, ib. Education, national, pamphlets on, 97, el seq.; remarks on the éducation of the poor, 98; education cannot be a positive evil, 99; classification of the modern opinions respecting education, 99, 100; remarks on the New Lanark system, 101; Dale Owen on teaching children the doctrine of the depravity of the human heart, 102, 3; Jeremy Ben- tham's opinions on education, 104; his attempt to shew that the second commandment forbids the graphic art, ib.; explodes the ten command- ments, 105; questions intended to shew the absurdity of teaching children to be- lieve in and fear God, &c. 105, 6; many of the Roman Catholic clergy infidels at heart, 107; absurd reasoning of the popish priests of Carlow, ib.; extract from one of the Protestant clergy- mens' speech at Carrick, 109; Father M'Sweney's remarks on the indiscri- minate reading of the bible consider- ed, 109, 10; human teaching not des preciated by the friends of bible edu- cation, 110; Hooker on the suffici- ency of Scripture as a rule, &c. 111; the deterioration of our peasantry a.
opinion, 266, 7; Dr. Barker's opinion of the origin of the Irish epidemic an- supported by evidence, 268; opinion of the medical officers of the Arist fever hospitals that continued fever, however originating, is capable of dif- fusing itself by a contagious influence under circumstances favourable for its spreading, ib.; instance in proof of this position, ib.; error of medical writers, in multiplying the species of fever, 537; important service per, formed by Cullen, in arranging the numerous species of fever, ib.; typhus considered by him and other medical writers, as a distinct genus possessed of a contagious character, ib.; the phenomena observed during the late epidemic not correspondent to his ar rangement, 538; the diversified cha, racter of fever is to be referred to certain contingent circumstances, ib.; diversity of opinion respecting the contagious nature of fever assuming the continued form, ib,; the plague a disease sui generis, ib.; extract from the evidence in proof of the dissemination of the late fever, by the agency of contagion, 539; the medical men, clerical visiters, nurses, &c, almost generally attacked by the fever, 539, 40; the evidence ad- duced in proof of the contagious na- ture of continued or typhus fever, conclusive, 541; the diffusion of fe- ver, as an epidemic, occasioned by a morbid poison, ib.; importance of the philosophic investigations of Dr. Haygarth, 542; beneficial effect of free ventilation, ib.; value of the present works, 543; great advan- tages derived from the formation of fever hospitals, ib.
likely to embrace a rational system 3o of faith,' 507; remarks on the let- ters addressed to Mr. Vidler, 508; subjects of the third volume, ib.; high merit of the letters on Sande- manianism, ib. ; subjects of the fourth volume, 509; of the fifth and sixth volumes, 510; his statement of the method he pursued in treating of the Apocalypse, ib. ; the seventh, eighth, and ninth volumes, 511; character of the author as exhibited by his diary, correspondence, &c. his re- marks on the effects of his labours in the missionary cause, 512; concluding ob- servations of his late venerable biographer, ib.
165; Chantrey's beautiful statue of lady Lucy Russel, ib.; observations on Bos- well and Johnson, 165, 6; the author's opinion of her father's life of Johnson, 166; its severity, ib.; weak conduct of Lord Mansfield during the riots, 167; anecdote of Sir William Jones, 167, 8; instance of the excellent feeling of Lord Chancellor Cowper, 168. History, English, Ellis's original letters, illustrative of it, 123, et seq.; Jiterary industry of the Anthor, 124; his de- sign in the present work, 125; correct historical information not to be attained from works of merely general history, ib. s great value of original letters of eminent persons, ib.; specimens of familiar let- ter writing not to be found earlier than the 15th century, 126; letter of Henry VII. respecting Perkin Warbeck, 127, 8; the character of Henry VIII. falsely estimated, 128; Sir Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey, 128, 9; Henry VIII. to Cardinal Wolsey, 129; Henry VIII. married to Ann Boleyn before his di- vorce was pronunced, 130; the burn- ing of friar Forest and of a wooden image, 130, 31; letter of the princess Elizabeth to Edward VI. with her por- trail, 131, 2; firmness of the princess Mary, 132; letter of queen Elizabeth to king James, denying her intention to sa- crifice queen Mary, 153; royal recipes for the gout, 134; letter of James 1. to his son Henry, on coming to assume the English crown, 134, 5; of Charles 1. to prince Rupert, 135; letter of Oli- ver Cromwell to Col. Walton, announcing the death of his son, ib. ; letter of James 11, respecting the duke of Monmouth, 137; from the chevalier St. George to his princess Clementina, ib.; history and disappearance of the Stuart pa- pers, 138; Ellis's original papers, il- lustrative of English history, &c.
character of More's Utopia, ib.; double effect produced by the Refor- mation on European governments, ib.; Sir J. Mackintosh's eulogy on Grotius's law of nations, ib.; Bucha- nan the first systematic assertor of popular right and representation, &c. ib.; occasion and effects of Hooker's ec- clesiastical polity, 142, 3; Hobbes as- serts the natural equality of man, his reason for it, 143; Locke and Paley on the social compact,' ib.; remarks of the author on their reasoning, 143, 4; strictures on his observa- tions, 144, 5; Sir James Mackintosh on the esprit des loix, 146; extract from the Theodiceé of Leibnitz, on the manner in which the existence of evil is reconciled with the doctrine of optimism, 147, 8; objections to the theory of optimism, 148; observations on them, ib.
Holderness's, Mary, manual of devotion, ,368, el seq.
Hoppus on the importance of an early
and decided attachment to the con- cerns of a future world, 269, et seq. Horæ Romanæ, by Robert Cox, 71, et seq.
Howell's characters of Theophrastus,
from the Greek, &c. 449, et seq. ; cha- racter of the adulator, 450; defective state of the text of Theophrastus, and difficult task of the translator, 451; imitators, &c. of Theophrastus, ib. ; merit of the notes, ib.; strictures on ⚫ phraseology, 452, 3,
Howison's foreign scenes and travelling
recreations, 563, et seq.; importance of Havana as a port, ib.; remarks of Mr. Robinson, on the supposition of the occupation of Cuba by the British, 564, 5; it would eventually fall under the control of the United States, 564; necessity for East and West Florida be- ing occupied by the United States, ib.; pre- sent dependence of Havana on the United States, 565; observations of Mr. Poin- selt on the same subject, 565,6; system of piracy practised at Havana, and coun- tenanced by the public authorities, 566, 7; situation, commerce, &c, of Havana, 567; character, &c. of the priests, 568; depraved state of society at Havana, ib.; frequency of assassinations there, ib.; prevalence of yellow fever, 569, 70; ils proximate causes not correctly aster- tained, 570; the present political situa- tion of Cuba remarkable, 571; descrip- tion of sun-set al sen b. the appear. i
Improvvisatori, history and character of, 482, et seq.
Ingram's translation of the Saxon chro- nicle, 54, et seq.
Ireland, Bible society in, 61, et seq.; ecclesiastical emancipation the real object of the Irish Roman catholics, 61; the priests the chief exciters of the clamour for emancipation, 62: popery set up again in almost every country of Europe by the British go- vernment, 63; the true cause of the danger arising from popery, ib.; the policy of perpetuating the restrictions and disqualifications of the Roman catholics, the real question before the nation, ib.; original design and failure of the test act, ib. ; the church of Rome in Ireland not to be trusted with political or ecclesiastical power, 64; is incapable of alliance with a pro- testant government, ib.; the Orange faction the most formidable enemy of the protestant religion in Ireland, 65; reasons for wishing the abrogation of the remaining penal laws of Ireland, 66; ecclesiastical power an engine of mischief, ib. ; not acknowledged by the English constitution, ib.; the Ro- man catholic not always necessarily an abettor of his own church, 67; inconsistency of British policy \to- -wards Ireland, ib.; approaching eri- sis in the affairs of Ireland, 68; ferocious conduct of the papists at the Carlow bible society, ib. et org. ; two ways of proceeding in regard to Ire- land, 70; popery must be destroyed by the bible, 71.
Iturbide, late emperor of Mexico, his military transactions and abdication, 290; his return to Mexico, capture, and execution, 293; character of, &c, 294; see Mexico,
herself before Pope Clement VI., and is declared above suspicion, ib.; she recovers her throne, and is crowned queen of Naples, 407; death of the king, ib.; is advised by her council to marry a third time, ib.; receives a · present of two vanquished knights, ib.; her generosity to them, 408; character of Charles of Durazzo, 409; the queen marries her fourth husband, 410; op- poses the elevation of Pope Urban VI., ib.; he declares the deposition of the queen, and transfers her crown to Durazzo, ib. ; capture and imprison- ment of the queen, 411; her conduct during her captivity, ib.; is strangled by order of Durazzo, ib.
Jones's Greek and English lexicon, 532, et seq.; the author's reasons for attempt- ing to explain the Scriptures, 533; ex- tract from a laudatory letter from Dr. Parr, ib.
Jones, Sir William, anecdote of him on his first appearance in the court of King's Bench, 167.
Jongleurs, the allendants of the Trouba- dours, account of them, 389, 90. Juarros's statistical history of the king- dom of Guatemala, 289, et seq.
Kinghorn's considerations addressed to the Eclectic reviewer, in defence of those who maintain that baptism should precede communion, 431, et seq.; conduct pursued by the Eclectic review, on the subject, &c. of baptism, prior to the publication of Mr. Hall's
Terms of Communion,' 431, line of conduct adopted by the E. R. upon the appearance of that work, justified by Mr. Hall's own statements, 432; fundamental principle of Mr. H. in regard to terms of communion, ib.; argument of Mr. Kinghorn in reply, 433, 4; statement of Mr. Jerram that Mr. Hall makes an exception in favour of the established church considered, ib.; Mr. Hall's own words on this point, 434, 5; Mr. Howe's defence of occa sional communion with the church of England, 436; his reasons for the dis, senter's not constantly communing with it, 436,7; the reasoning and the practice of churchmen, in regard to communicating, &c. inconsistent, 437; the Eclectic Reviewer's reasons for not going to the establishment, in reply to Mr. Kinghorn's question, 437, 8; the Puritans and the ejected mi- nisters held the lawfulness of commu-
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