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FALLOWING, of ground, advan-
tages of, 257.

DALSTON, family of, in Cum- FARM, proportional one described,

berland, its pedigree, 351.
DELISLE, M. his new maps of
Georgia, Armenia, Babylonia,
&c. 524.

DE RE RUSTICA, that publica-
tion cenfured, 478.
DISSENTERS, their right to a full
and free toleration maintained,
190-194.
DOG-FISH defcribed, 398.

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54-60.

FARMING affairs, 54, 162, 230,
257, 303, 378, 388, 448,
477.
FEVER-FEW, fweet, its medicinal
virtues, 414.
FLUIDS. See BORDA.
FORESIGHT. See

MENT.

PRESSENTI-

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racters of their different tribes,
559.
GOLDSMITH, Dr. remarkable in-
accuracies in his life of Lord
Bolingbroke, 109.

GOOCH, Mr. his account of a re-
markable feparation of the scarf
fkin, 213.

GOULARD, M. his doctrine in re-
fpect to the faturnine applica-
tions in furgery, &c. contefted,
486.
GREEKS, modern, ftill refemble
their ancestors in their great love
of their country, 505. Inftances
of, 506, feq. Their adherence
alfo to the old cuftoms of their
country, 513. Manners of their
ladies, ib.
GROUND, how to lay out, agree-
able to the modern tafte in gar.
dening, 346.

H.

the Perfian poet, fpe-

cimen of his works, 427.
HAMILTON, Mr. his account of
a late eruption of Vesuvius, 201.
HARTE, Mr. his agricultural wri-
tings extolled, 239.
HEAT, general effects of, enume-
rated, 155
HEBERDEN, Dr. his obf. on the
number of inhabitants in Ma-

deira, 139, 140. On the d f-
ferent quantities of rain which
appear to fall at different heights
on the fame ground, 331.
HEROD'S cruelty in the flaughter
of the infants, critical remarks
on, 296.
HEWSON, Mr. his account of the
lymphatic fyltem in fish, &c.

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ancient, their
ftrong attachment to liberty,
177. Their regulations of go-
vernment, &c. ib.

JEBB, Rev. Mr. his apology for
his lectures, 82.

JEWS, conformity of their customs

with thofe of the negroes, 550.
ILLINOIS, their country described,
Government of, 11.
INFIDELITY abounds in France,
533-536.

10.

INOCULATION, of the fmall-pox,
a great cause of the late increase
of inhabitants in London, &c.
15.

JOHN, King of England, his con-
tefts with Philip of France, &c.
575. With his English barons,
576. With the Pope, ib.

his bad character, 577,
JOHNSON, Dr. Samuel, attacks Ju-
nius, 330.

JONES, William, Efq; his demon-
ftration of a law of motion, in
the cafe of a body deflected by
two forces, tending constantly
to the fame point, 135.
IRON. See LANE.
JURIES, trials by, the great bul-
wark of the English conftitution,
124.

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LANDE, M. de la, his memoir on
the theory of the planet Mercu-
ry, 521.

LANE, Mr. his account of the fo-
lubility of iron in fimple water,
by the intervention of fixed air,
323.

LAWS, in terrorem, cruelty and in-
justice of, 188.
LEAD, preparations of, their ufe
in furgery, 485.
LEGARD, Sir Digby, his account
of the drill hufbandry criticifed,
480.

LEIBNITZ. See BEGUELIN.
LIBERTY, ftrong attachment of
the ancient inhabitants of the
north of Europe to it, 177.
LIEUTEAUD, his fvnopfis, propo-
fals for a tranflation of, into
English, 496.

LIFE, the expectation of, in re-
fpect to annuities, calculated,
136.
LIGATURE of the artery.

See

AIKIN. See BROMFIELD.
LIGHTNING, methods for fecuring
churches, &c. from damage by,

320.
LISLE, Mr. his book of hufban-

dry animadverted on, 234.
LISTER, Dr. his book of fhells
improved in a new edition,
484.

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538.

MAHOMET, a quack, 531.
MAINTENON, Madam, account of
her theatrical exhibitions at St.
Cyr, 62.
MANSFIELD, Lord, free expoftu-
lation with, 35. His fpirited
fpeech in defence of toleration
and religious liberty, 190. See
more of him under CAMDEN.
MANUFACTURERS, British, their
diffolutenets, 14.

Locke, Mr. his philofophical wri- MANURES, lift of, 258.

tings extolled, 280.
LOGIC, obf. on, 282.
LONDON, calculations of the num-
ber of the inhabitants, 137.
Critical obf. on the public build-
ings of, 280.

Louis, the Fat, rivalship between

him and Henry of England,
568.
Louis, the Young, (King of

France) his contests with Henry
King of England, 569. Re-
flections on his character, 570.
Louis, Prince, fon to Philip, King
of France, his expedition to
England, and defign upon the

MATTHEW, St, authenticity of the
ift and 2d chapters of his gof-
pel, difputed, 293.
MAYER, Profeffor, his tables of
the moon's motions, &c. pub.
lifhed here by authority, 214,
284-290.
MERIAN, M. his enquiry into the

comparative duration and inten-
fity of pleasure and pain, 547-
MILTON, his political writings
extolled, 335.
MONADES, of Leibnitz, curious

account of the nature of, 445.
MONKEY, a fingular one defcribed,
207.

MONTESPAN,

O.

MONTESPAN, Mad. de, curious

ftory of her parting from Louis
XIV. 61.

MOOR-PARK defcribed, 346.

MORTAR, recipe for making it OCTAVIUS, Cæfar, his cha-

impenetrable, 479.

MOTION, a particular law of, de-
monftrated. See JONES.
MOULT, Mr. his method of pre-
paring Salep from the root of the
orchis, 205.
MOUNIER, M. le, his new method
of afcertaining the quantity of
the horizontal refraction, 523.
MOUNTAINS, produced by vol-
canos, 201.

Music, ingenious enquiry into the
theory of, 551.

N

N.

ABI EFFENDI, a Turkish
poet, his fenfible obf. on
poetry, 429. His excellent
verfes on the fpring, 430.
NARSETES, the famous eunuch
and warrior, his rife at court,
and progrefs in the armies of the
Emperor Juftinian, 103.
NEEDHAM, Mr. his curious fyf-
tem relating to microscopical
animalcules in vegetable and
animal infufions, 208. HIS
conjectures on a fuppofed con-
nection between the hierogly-
phical writing of ancient Egyp-
tians, and the characteristic wri-
ting of the Chinese, 318.
NEGROES, their customs compared

with thefe of the Jews, 550.
NEWTON, his phyfical principles
reconciled with the metaphyfics
of Leibnitz, 545..
NOLLET, Abbé, his account of
fome new hydrostatical pheno-
mena, 518.

NUMA, his quackery applauded,
531.

racter

charge of cowardice, 8. See
more of him under AUGUSTUS.
ODE, Perfian, tranflated, 427.
OIL, made from American ground-
nuts, fome account of, 206.

from beech-maft, 537.

OPTICS, curious memoir on, by
M. L. Euler, 541.

ORCHIS, how to prepare for falep,

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P.

AIN and pleasure compared,
with respect to their different
intenfities, &c. 548.

PAINTING, ftudents in, directions
to, with regard to the imitation
of the ancients, 377.
PAPER, a natural fort, found at
Cortona, 206.

PARABLES, the mode of inftruc-
tion by, confidered, 440.
PENAL laws, ftrictures on the fe-
verity of those which affect the
lives of criminals, 85. Princi-
ples of, investigated, 444.
PERSIAN ode, 427.
PERSIANS, modern, fome account
of their manners, by a late tra-
veller, 159.

PHILIP I. King of France, his
bickerings with England, 567.

II. his contefts with the
King of England, 570.
PHILOSOPHER, dialogue between
one and a Whig, 39.

PHILOSOPHER, character of a real RASPE, Mr. his differtation on the

philofopher, 584.
PHYSICIANS, chiefly abound in
great cities, and why, 530.
PINS, extraordinary cafe of three
fwallowed by a girl, and dil-
charged at her fhoulder, 211.
PLANTS, elementary nourishment
of, 256.

PLEASURE compared with pain,
in respect of duration and inten-
fity, 547.

PLUTARCH, his character as a phi-
lofopher, 2. His amiable be-

4.

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ALEP, how to

ponevolencer, not deftitute of the vehetable prepare, from

tafte, 429.

country, 205.

POMPEY, his chara&er, 7. Ex- SARUM, Old, fome account of,

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