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Abernethy's reflections on Gall and Spurzheim, 551, et seq. Spurzheim vindicated from the imputation of sinister intention, 552; a liability to abuse no argument against the sys- tem, ib.; existence of instinctive pro- pensities in man undeniable, 553; organization a collateral cause of predisposition, ib.; yet not the sole cause of animal instinct, ib,; brutes capable of acquired habits, 554; a difference of adaptation in the organ a predisposing cause, ib.; organiza- tion a limiting, not a necessitating cause, ib.; predisposition easily con- querable by education and association, 555; reasons for believing that the per- cipient principle is modified by the brain, 556; argument fatal to materialism de- rived from the necessary unity of that which is perceptive, ib.; analysis of man, 557; craniology examined as a phy- siognomical system, ib.; objection to it as connecting moral predispo- sitions with the structure of the brain, 558; opposite opinions of Abernethy and Bichat as to the seat of moral dis- positions, ib.; the passions connected with the organic life, and health, ib. ; the head possibly an index to the whole organization, 559; general view of the craniological system, 560. Abipones, character of the, 458, et seq. Accum on brewing, 377; merits of the
treatise, ib.; antiquity of the art. ib. Accum on wine-making, 377. Address to separatists from the establish- ed church, 561, 572.
Africa, remarks on the exploration of, 249, 254, 434, 447; see Burchell, Campbell, Copland, Hutton, Ja- loofs.
Angelo, Michael, memoir of, 230. Annual obituary for 1821, 2, 186, el seq. ¿ royal details, 187; unfair memoir of the queen, ib.; hibernicisms of author's style, ib.; excessive panegy- ric on Hayley, 188; memoir of John Courtois, 189.
Ants, winged, description of, 360. Aquinas, Thomas, memoir of, 305. Arminianism, historical origin of in
England, 395; remarks on, 412. Ashantee, population, &c. of, 252. Asia Minor, geography of, 154. Aspland's character of Christ, &c. 333; character as a writer, 340.
Athenian currency, remarks on, 141. Atkinson's key to the Latin language, 254.
Augustine, character of as a theologian, 388.
Barrow, misstatements of respecling Africa, 509. Bateman, Dr., brief memoir of, 560; his obligations to Scott's Essays, ib.; his amiable character, ib.
Beef-lea, receipt for making, 95. Belsham's discourse on the creation,
333, et seq.; obligations of orthodoxy to his writings, 337; concedes the un- tenableness of the plenary inspiration of the scriptures, 338; claims Moses as a unitarian, 339; his criticism on Elo- him, ib. note; terms Trinitarianism apostacy,' 340; Mr. B. infallible,
Bennett on the support of the ministry, 266, et seq.; outline of the sermon, 566; appeal on behalf of ministers, 367; prolest against seal-rents, 368; responsibility of deacons, 369; remarks on the choice of, 370; the dissenting
ministry, an eligible, mode of sup- -port, 371; trading ministers, ib. ; in- Vstances of noble disinterestedness in ministers, 372; on funds for the re- lief of ministers, 373; inadequate sense of the claims of the ministry, ib.; system of voluntary contribu- tion the most legitimate and efficient, 374.
Bigland's history of Spain, merits of, 127.
Bible society, Dr. Luscombe's charge against, 463; see Owen's two letters. Blasphemy, on prosecutions for, 338, b423, 427.
Bloomfield's may-day with the muses, 1548, et seq.; estimate of author's po- retical talents, 548; argument of the poem, 549; extracts, 550. Bonaparte, anecdote of, 61. Borrenstein's easy method of acquiring Hebrew, 463.
Bosworth's Latin construing, 259; in- troduction to, ib.
Bradley's select British divines, 64, 74. Brewing, treatises on the art of, 377;
British reviewer's injudicious remarks on unitarians, 336.
Britton's antiquities of Lichfield, 446, 7; merits of the author's series, 446; Chantrey's monument, ib.; anecdote of bishop Hacket, 447• Browne, W. G. memoir of, 145. Buckingham's travels in Palestine, ], et seq.; topography of Palestine very imperfect, 1; use of such investiga- tions, 3; present aspect of Jerusalem, ib.; reflections on it, 4; account of author's previous adventures, 5; fe- male costume at Soor,7; state of Acre, 8; Sepphoruy, 9; Nazareth, ib; moun- tain of the precipitation, ib.; an- thor's flippant treatment of Dr. Clarke, ib.; Mount Tabor, 10; view from ditto, 11; Mount Carmel, 12; valley of the Shadow of Death, 13; Cæsarea, ib.; Joppa, ib.; character of the friars of the Latin convent at Jerusalem, ib.; imbecile legends of the sacred places, 14; demoralizing influence of the local superstition, ib.; "author's equivocal feelings at the sepul- Schre, 15; disgraceful transactions there, 16; objections to the supposed site of Calvary, 17; reflections on the moral character of the topographical en- thusiasm, 19; obscurity attaching to the southern boundary of the city,
Buonarotti, Michael Angelo, memoir of, .230.
Burchell's travels in Southern Africa, Vol. I. 505, et seq.; earthquake at Cape-town, 506; author's journeying arrangements, ib.; flippant reflections on witnessing the evening worship of some Hottentot Christians, 507; author's inconsistency exposed, 508; singular diversion of the natives, ib.; author's ex- posure of Barrow's mis-statements, 509 ; insidious imputations on the mission- aries, ib.; antidote to serpent poison, 511; description of the sea-cow, ib.; South African belle, 512; kraal of half-famished Bushmen, ib.; au- thor's disagreement with the mission- aries, 513.
Burder's mental discipline, 96, el seg.; remarks ou self education, 96; de- sign of the work, 97; recommenda- tions of, 98; importance of assiduity exemplified in ministers, ib.
Bushmen, affecting description of some, 362,512.
Byron's, lord, Cain, 418, et seq.; an- thor's probable motives in the publi- cation, 419; the poein not profane, ib.; profaneness of Don Juan, 423; author's ironical apology, ib.; difficulty of bringing home blasphemous in- tention, ib.; obscenity the worse of- fence, 424; essential impiety of the poem, 426; see Southey's vision.
Caen, description of, 49. Calvary, objections to the supposed site of, 17; true situation of, 25. Calvinism, T. F. Dibdin's sneers at, 46; the most philosophical system, 213: Bp. Horsley's caution respecting, 392; inseparably connected with vital re- ligion, 396; its moral tendency illus- trated by historic testimony, 416; and by facts, 538; see Copleston, Hill, Tomline. Calvinistic, meaning of the word, 388; sense of the 39 articles, 390.
Calvinists, historical testimony in favour of, 416; hyper, protest against, 418; see Copleston. Camel, description of the, 156. Campbell's travels in South Africa, 357, et seq.; general character of the work, 357; conference with king Ma- heebe, 358, 9; religious knowledge displayed by Munameets, 359; winged ants, 360; anecdote of the king of Mashow, ib.; South African beau, 361; peculiarity in the law of succession among the Marootzees, ib.; domestic accommodations of the people, ib.; affecting state of the Bootshuana Bush- men, 362; character of the king of the Wanketzens, 363; enlightened native chief, 364; native converts, ib. ; effects of the mission in civilizing, 365; combat with a lion, ib.
Card on the Lord's supper, 465, et seq.;
author's view of the eucharist, 465; Matthew Henry's view of the ordi- nance, ib.; no connexion between the Zuinglian notion and socinianism, 466; author's misrepresentation of Hoadley, ib. note; injudicious mix- ture of politics with the discussion, 467; dangerous notions of the high "church writers, ib.; moral fitness of sacramental institutions, 468; no pro- mise of pardon annexed to them, ib. ; language of church catéchism equivocal, 469; opinions of apostles alone im- portant, ib. ; the sacrament inefficacious without faith, 470; Dr. Bell's excellent sentiments, ib. ; author's dangerous no- tion of the eucharist as a viaticum, 471; making up' criminals for execution, ib.; Calvin's deprecation of the po- pish doctrine of the sacraments, ib. ; pernicious influence of the church doctrines, 472; remonstrance of the petitioners for a revision of the liturgy in 1661 on this head, ib. Cassiodorus, memoir of, 304, Catullus, character of as a poet, 522, 526, et seq.; description of nuptial ce- remonies by, 130; see Lamb.
Cause and effect defined, 535. Charles V. character of, 120. Chaucer, remarks on, 130, 524. Church of England calvinistic, 390, 393; nonconformity to, vindicated, 561, et seq.
Ireland, deplorable state of,
Scotland, secular character
of, 215. Clare's village minstrel and other poems,
31, et seq.; distinguishing character of Clare's poetry, 31; notice of his history. 32; effusion' to his father, 33; visit to John Clare, 34; village min- strel,' character of, 36; portrait of Lubin's childhood, ib.; lament over enclo- sures, 40; the last of March,' 41; the ants,' 43; 'noon,' 44; twilight, ib. summer tints,' 45; early spring,' ib. Contingent, definition of, 537;-events not less certain than predicted events, 403.
Cook's inquiry into the New Testament, 310, et seq.; design and character of the work, 310; outline and contents, 312; first principles of the inquiry, 314; on interpretation, literary and practical, 315; is a right interpretation attainable? ib.; on the proper mode of studying the N. Test. 317; authenticity and genuineness distinguished, 318; internal evidence supplied by the style of the writers, 319; the authority of the books not weakened, had they been anony- mous, 321; alarms as to corrections of the text unreasonable, ib.; simplicity of the style of the evangelists, 322 improbability that the testimony should be false greater than that the miracle should be true, 323; causes of unbe lief, 324.
Copland's history of Madagascar, 447, et seq.; progress of African discovery, 447; character of Radama, king of Ova, 448; abolition of the slave trade in Madagascar, history of, 449; con- ditions of the treaty with Radama, 450; anecdote of the king, 451; his recep- tion of a missionary, ib.; enlightened policy of Radama, 452; practices and rites of the Madagassees, ib.; the Madagasses not of Jewish origin, 453; different castes, ib.; probable origin of the various races, 454; works on Madagascar, ib.; extent of the island, ib.
Copleston's inquiry into the doctrine of necessity, 385, et seq. ; character of the author, 385; 1. historical question— its comparative non-importance, 386; Augustine not the first to disturb the church with controversies, ib.; Luther a follower of Augustine, 388; mean- ing of the word calvinistic, ib. ; various acceptation of calvinist, 389; the re- formers calvinists, 390; real object of r. rev. refuters of calvinism, ib.; 39 articles speak the sentiments of calvinists, ib.; Bp. Horsley's rebuke of declaimers against calvinism, 392;
synod of Dort, in what sense calvinis tic, ib.; English deputies to, 393; the main dispute respected justifica- tion by faith, 394; origin of the rise of arminianism in the English church, 395; calvinism inseparably connected with spiritual christianity, 396; pro- bable effects of author's work, 397;— 2. metaphysical question-outline of author's argument, 397; Mr. Daw- son's axioms examined, 398; fore- knowledge and expectation confound- ed by the author, ib.; origin of our belief in the divine prescience, ib.; ob- jections to the representation, 399; real basis of our expectation of fu- ture events, ib.; origin of our ideas of the divine prescience, 400; con- nexion between divine prescience and the course of events, 401; infallible fore-knowledge proves nothing, ib.; in what sense fore-known events are ne- cessary, 402; predicted events not more certain than contingent ones, 403; author's statement of the doctrine of philosophical necessity, 404; inde- cency of his imputation on calvinists, ib.; fatalism not destructive of all motive, 405; fatalism confounded by the author, with a knowledge of things as fixed, ib.; fatalism the doctrine of providence ill-understood, 407; fore- knowledge not destructive of holy mo- tive, 408; good actions affirmed to be less laudable in proportion as they are biassed, 409; absurdity of the doctrine that a bias destroys freedom, ib.; supposed incongruity of divine pre- science and humau free-agency, 410; opinions of Tomline, Descartes, and Leibnitz, ib.; dilemma stated by Tucker, 411; free-will defined and reconciled with a universal provi- dence, ib.; author's erroneous views of providence, 412; arminian notion of free-will incompatible with free- agency, ib. ;-3. theological question -admission of quarterly reviewer as to the innocuous nature of calvinism, 413; author's erroneous notions on prayer, 414; alleged unreasonableness of ascribing uniform efficacy to prayer, ib.; true nature, eud, and efficiency of prayer, 415; practical importance of the doctrine of predestination, 416; historic testimony in favour of the moral tendency of calvinism, ib.; dissenters satisfied with the 17th arti- cle, 417; protest against hyper-cal- vinists, 418; God's purpose not caused by fore-knowledge, ib,
Craniology unfavourable to the hypothe- sis of the materialist, 501; liability to abuse no objection against, 559; ob- jections to as a system, 557; see Aber- nethy.
Deacons, remarks on the duties and choice of, 369, el seq.
Decrees of God, abp. Leighton's lecture on, 72; see predestination.
Diaz, John, narrative of the assassination of, 123.
Dibdin's bibliographical tour, 45, et seq.; literary character of the author, 45; merits of Mr. Lewis as a draftsman, 46; author's malicious sneers at cal- vinism, ib.; description of the abbey of St. Ouen, 47; archbishop of Rouen, 48; rue de Robec in Rouen, ib. ; de- scription of Caen, 49; * the duel,' 50; author's narrow escape, 52; origin of his turning bibliographer and divine, ib.; French barristers, 53; Falaise,_ib.; description of the boulevards of Paris, 54; portrait of M. Chardin, 55; festi- val given by the author in honour of the Roxburghe club, 56; Strasburg cathe- dral, 58; anecdote respecting the surren– der of Strasburg, 59; interview with Schweighauser, 60; anecdote of Na- poleon and Lasnes, 61; polite conduct of the Vienna literati, 62; 'most sump- tuous copy of a printed book in the world,'63; merits of the decorations, ib. Dissent no schism, 564, 5; not merely tolerated, 569.
Dissenters vindicated from the charge of being bad subjects, 567. Divinity, on the study of, 194, 202; see Hill.
Dobrizhoffer's account of the Abipones, 455, et seq.; account of the work and its author, 455; specimen of Gas- conade, 456; author's inefficient de- fence of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 457; acoustic phenomenon in the rocks near Cordoba, ib. ; herb of Paraguay, 458; character of the Abipones, ib.; as- scendancy of jugglers over the natives, 459; laws and manners of the people, ib.; mode of warfare, 460; astonish- ing rapidity of their movements,461; his- tory of Ychoalay, 462, depopulation of the Guarany lions, ib.; estimate of the labours of the Jesuits, 463. Dort, synod of, notice of proceedings of the, 392.
Dromedary, description of the, 156.
Easy method of acquiring Hebrew, 463;
tabular arrangement recommended, ib.
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