AB

BSOLUTION, facerdotal,
contrary to scripture, 430.
ACCELLARATION of the moon,
neceflity of making an allow-
ance for in calculating antient
eclipfes, p. 248.
ACCENTS, propriety and inci-
dental ufe of preferving the
profaic account of words in
English verfe, 151. Their mo-
dern ufe in the Greek language
cenfured as arbitrary, uncer-
tain, contrary to analogy, rea-
fon, and quantity, and as con-
tradictory to itself, 458. But
one in nature, viz. acute, 464.
Of lefs ufe in the Greek than
moft other languages, 461.
Depend partly on the natural
conftitution of a language, part.
ly on the temper of its speakers,
461, 462. None marked in
any Greek MSS. of 1000 years
old and upwards, 457. Not
generally written till after the
leventh century, ib. Neceffa-
rily lengthens the fyllable on
which it is laid, 459.
ADDINGTON, Dr. charged with

misbehaviour, 405.
AGRICULTURE and trade, plan

of a fociety for their improve.
ment, 149.

AIR, its refiftance to the motion
of projectiles very confiderable,
491.
AKINSIDE, Dr. extravagantly

praised, 455.
ALLITERATION, in poetry, fre-
quently used by the Anglo-Saxon
poets, 116. Use of it by the
Greek and Latin claffics feems
rather cafual than defigned, ib.
The reafon of its frequent
agreeable effect, 117. Cau-
tions with regard to the in-
dulgence and reftraint of it,
ib.

ANGLE, parallactic, new method
of finding it, 38.
ANIMALS,fmall ones more strong
and active than the large, 493.
ANTIMONY, butter of, Millar's
procefs for making, 307. Boer-
haave's procefs, 308.
APICES, duft of, not neceflary for
the production of fertile feeds,
387.

APOGEE, the moon's motion in
that point conformable to the
Newtonian law of attraction, 48
ARCHITECTURE, naval. See

SHIP-BUILDING.
ARDINGHELLI, Mademoiselle,
at fixteen years old, translates
Hale's Hamaftatics into Italian,

221.

ARTS, liberal and mechanical,
how diftinguished from the fci-
ences, 490.

B

BEAMS, of timber, their ftrength
as the cube of their depth, 492.
May be fuppofed fo large as
not to bear their own weight,
ib. In what form they will
equally refift in all their parts,
495.

BEGGARS, vagrant, abomination
of, 58. The reproach and
ruin of every country, 132.
Swift's fcheme for badging
them, 58.
BERKLEY, Bishop, executor to
Savifi's Vanela, 64.
BLACKLOCK, the blind poet,
Spence's account of him, 481
BLINDNESS, poetical complaints
of, and reflections on it, 483,
484
BOERHAAVE'S chemistry defend-
ed, 307.

BOLINGBROKE, Lord, fhews how
wrong notions and false princi-
ples are begot in the mind by
authority, 2. Bad confequen.

ces

ees of principles thus begot, ib.
Is of opinion that if men learn.
ed lefs, they would often know
more, 3. Alledges, that almoft
all the fons of Adam, fcholars,
and philofophers not excepted,
are guided by vulgar opinions,
ib.
Shews in what cafes au-
thority is to be relied on, 4.
Compares theology to Pando.
ra's box, 6. Shews how the
fyftem of natural religion con-
tained in the gofpel, has been
corrupted by divines, 7. Af-
firms that the gospel of Chrift,
and the gospel of St. Paul, are
different things, 9. Obferves
how neceffary it is to diftinguish
between what is really religion,
and what has been made to pass
for it, 13. Afferts, that the no-
tion of two diftinct and inde-
pendent focieties in the fame.
fociety, was broached by ec-
clefiaftical ambition, 14. Infi-
nuates, that the falvation of
fouls is rather the pretence than
the end of ecclefiaftical policy,
16. Points out the political
views of Conftantine, in the
eftablishment of christianity, ib.
Alledges, that the foul of man
has no affinity with the all-per-
fect Being, 88. Shews on what
foundation morality ought to
be built, 89. Gives his notion
of the true conftitution of hu-
man nature, 90, 91. Thinks
that the first principles of na-
tural religion want neither pa-
raphrafe nor commentary, 92.
Endeavours to prove, that po-
litical focieties grew out of na-
tural, 93-97. Shews, that the
jewish and christian difpenfa
tions have not reformed man-
kind, 99-104. Obferves, that
that the natural effect of the
gofpel has been defeated by the
manner in which it has been

propagated, 105. Alledges,
that reafon cannot decide for a
future ftate on principles of na-
tural theology, 106. Abuses
Dr. Clarke, 107, 108. De-
nies the doctrine of particular
providence, 110.

BORLASE, Mr. his account of
the Sylley ifles, 243.
BOTANY, the moderns excel
more in the curious than the
ufeful part, 412.

BRINE, Mr. charged with main-
taining abfurdities, 477.
BRITAIN, the effect of its con-
ftitution on the genius of the
people, 148.

BULL, Bishop, his fevere reflec-
tion on immoral ministers, 442
C
CADENUS and Vanea, Swift's
poem, its publication fhocks the
author and Stella, 63.
CAMDEN, his annals of Queen
Elizabeth, wherein defective,
241.

CARBUNCLES, peftilential, how
cured, 219.
CARTARET, Lord, remarkable
compliment paid him bySwift,
59.
CASSITERIDES of the Greeks,
our Sylley ifles, 243.
CEBES, a great coincidence be-

tween fome of his fentiments,
and others in the fcriptures,
506. His table a valuable
compendium of ethics, 508.
CEREMONIES in behaviour trou
blefome, humourous inftances
of, 76.

CHARLES VIII. king of France,
invades Italy, 20. Conquers
Naples, 23--28. His death,
153.

CHAUCER unhappily confidered
rather as an old than a good
poet, 119.
CHEMISTRY, falfely reprefent-
ed both by its admirers and

op-

oppofers, 299. Of the greatest
ufe in phyfics, 300. Why for-
merly productive of errors, ib.
Rational theory of, what, 301.
Difference between_operations
and processes, 302. The know-
ledge of an operation, how ac-
quired, 303. The practice
carried into theory, what, ib.
An operation of, how deduced
from proceffes, ib. The know-
ledge of the theory of, in what
it confifts, 304.
CHINESE curiofities. See IN-

CARVILLE.

CHRIST, his true and proper di-
vinity afferted, 51. In what
fenfe the creation of the world
is afcribed to him, 52. Where-
in his incarnation confifts, 53.
377- His coequality with the
father difproved, 36, 127.
CHRONOLOGY, ufefulness of,
380.
CICISBEI, gallants to married
ladies in Italy, 200.
CLOUDS, whether electrified po-
fitively or negatively, 417.
COAL-MINES, poetical defcrip-
tion of, 487, feq.
COLDEN's defence of Franklin
against Noilet,
COMPANIES, exclufive, injurious
to commerce, 163.
CONVERSAZIONE, at Florence,
account of, 199.
CORPORATIONS, their effect on
trade, 161.
COVENTRY, Countess of, ftupid
verfes to her, 399.
CREED, the Athenian, 291.

· Athanafian, repugnant to
the fcriptures, 255. Its diction
and manner of inftruction dif-
approved, ib. Places the fal-
vation of men upon an erro-
neous foundation, 253. Is in-
ferior in dignity and antiquity
to the Nicene creed, 255.
CUDWORTH, Dr. his notion of
VOL. XI.

the Lord's fupper difprov'd,

441.

D

DELANY, Dean, 61--73--405--
406--409.
DISPENSATION, the peculiar de-
fign of it pointed out, 333.
DIVERSIONS, public, hurtful to
industry, 145.

Doc, funeral of one described,
498.

DRUIDS, faid to have received
the patriarchal religion from
the Phænicians, 86. Monu-
ments of, in Sylley, 244
DRUMMOND, Alexander, efq; his
converfation with a nun, 199.
Describes the ceremony at a
young lady's taking the veil,

202.

DUELS, folly and guilt of, 133

---137.
DUELLERS, why ought to be to-
lerated, 76.

E
ECLIPSE of the fun, that foretold
by Thales terminates a war be-
tween the Medes and the Ly-
dians, 274. Coftard's calcula-
tion of that eclipfe, 246. Stuke-
y's calculation thereof, ib. Pli-
ny's error in determining it,
248.
Clemens Alexandrinus
mistaken in fetting its time, ib.
and Sir Ifaac Newton, ib.
ECLIPSES, geometrical conftruc-
tion of, ufeful 38.

EGYPT, never subject to the I-
raelites, 196.
ELECTRICITY, See NOLLET.
ELEGY, in a country church-
yard, preferred to the beft
piece of the kind in Ovid, Ti-
bullus, &c. 425.
ELIZABETH, queen of England,
preferves a good understanding
with Pope Sixtus V. 362. feq.
ENTHUSIASTIC Credulity, force
of, 192.
EUSTACE, lady, 70.

FAITH

F

FAITH and repentance, effential
conditions of acceptance, 254-*
333.
FERDINANDO, king of Naples,
his character, 18. Hiftory of
his grandfon, 30, feq. Cha-
racter, 193.
FLEET, a grand fhew of, exhibi-

ted by Sir John Norris, 201.
FLORA Sibirica. See Gmelin.
FLORENCE, revolution at, 25.
FLUID, electric, a quantity of it
diffused through this globe, 418
Why more of it contained in
one fort of matter than another,
ibid.
FRANCE, benefits accruing to,
from foreigners travelling thi-
ther, 142. Her method of
feducing other countries to fol-
low her fashions, 143. The
high intereft of money there a
difadvantage to her trade, 147.
FRENCH academies, aukward imi-
tations of the English, 146.
FUND, finking, its effects confi-
dered, 166. feq.
leq.
G
GMELIN, his treatife of the flora
Sibirica, account of, 215.
GoD, his moral attributes, in
what manner to be ascertained,
266. The father the one, and
only true God, 54, 256. Alone,
felf-exiftent, and independent,
55, 127. Fear and love of
God defcribed, 335.
Good manners, Swift's definition
of, 75.
Good fenfe, the principal foun-
dation of good manners, 76.
GREEK accents. See ACCENTS.
language, early taught in
English fchools, 392.
GUICCIARDINI, his knowledge
of mankind, 37. Diftinguished
for defcribing characters, 194.

H

77.

HOLIDAYS, number of, in France

destructive to commerce, 145,
HUMILITY admirably pour-
trayed, 130, feq.
HYPOTHESIS, to explain by what
means the clouds become ne-
gatively electrified, 418. Ma-
terial objections to it, 420.
I

JAMES, apostle, new interpreta-
tion of a paffage in his writings,

322.
JEALOUSY, Stella's verses on, 63,
feq.
INCARVILE, father, his letter to
C. Mortimer, concerning fun
dry Chinese rarities, 226.
INSECTS, caufe of, the luminous

appearance in fea-water, 417.
INVERNESS, the poverty of its

inhabitants, 343-
JOHNSTON, Mrs. the Stella of

Dean Swift, her death, where-
in peculiarly unhappy for the
Dean, 68.
IRELAND, the focieties there for
the advancement of trade com-
mended, 149.

IRISH, how they corrupt each
other in London, 317.
JUSTICE, fteady adminiftration

of, in several inftances, 278.
JUSTIN Martyr, his notion of the
trinity inconfiftent with the A-
thanajian scheme, 374, feq.

K
KETTLEWELL, Mr. the editors
of his works cenfured, 330.
KINNERSLEY'S obfervations on
electricity, 420.
KNIGHT ERRANTRY, fpiritual,
inftitution of, 446, seq.
L

LADIES of Florence, fome account
of, 199, feq. Of modern Cy-
prus, defcription of, 210.
LAW, in general, definition of,
294.

LEARNING, its influence on re-

velation, 439.
LETI, Gregorio, his life of Sixtus
V. cenfured by Mr. Farne-
worth, 269. Wrote a life of
Queen Elizabeth, 371.
LIFE, fenfual, its defcription and
confequences, 503, feq. Stu-
dious, its devotees described,
404, feq. Virtuous, the diffi-
culty and beatitude of attain-
ing, 506, feq.
LIMBORCH, his commentary on
the Acts, and Epiftles to the Ro-
mans and Hebrews, recom-
mended, 255.
LIMIT, a certain one not to be
exceeded with regard to mag-
nitude, 493.
LOGARITHMIC curve, a pillar in
the form of, equally strong in
all its parts, 495.
LONGITUDE to be found by a
correct theory of the lunar
motions, 38.
LORD's fupper, the true nature

of that inftitution fhewn, 442
Not a feast upon a facrifice, ib.
LOYOLA, Ignatius, his birth and
family, 446. The occafion

MACHINE, animal, a steam en-
gine, 155.

MACHINES, two principal pro-
blems neceffary to explain the
doctrine of, 469. Useful ob.
fervations on, ib. feq.
MAGNITUDE. See Limit.
MANETHO's dynalties, fucceffive,
not collateral, 196.
MARRIAGE, definition of, 298.
That of perfons related in the
collateral line unlawful, ib Of
a mixed nature, 440 Account
of a grand one at Venice, 200:
MAYO, Mr. the author of the

difputations concerning the
Meffiah, 315.
MEDICINE, would be ufelefs if
mankind were traly virtuous,
240.

MERCHANDISE, Contempt of, a
falfe and pernicious principle,
424.
MERCHANTS of the greatest im-
portance to a state, 423. All
men are merchants, ib. feq.
MESSIAH, a character which pro-
perly belongs to our faviour,
314, 315. The evidence of
this from miracles and prophe-
cy, ib.

INISTERS, immoral, the treat-
ment due to them, 444.
MONTAGUE, Lady Mary Wort-
ley, 210.
MOON, Sir Ifaac Newton's theory
of, defended, 40. Her motion