land, attacked, in regard to
his account of Queen Mary,
475. Additions to that hiftory,
published separately, for the
ufe of the purchafers of former
editions, 506. Curious account
of Knox the reformer, extract-
ed from those Additions, ib.
Robilcund, ftate of that country,
396.

Roman Catholics of Ireland, con-
troverfy relative to, now fub-
fifting in that country, 75.
414. 417.

See Mangel

Root of Scarcity.
Wurzel.
Roy, Maj. Gen. his arrangements
for meafuring the diftance
betw. Greenwich and Paris, 180
Royalty Theatre, literary contefts
concerning, 161.

Rub, Dr. cure of a tetanus, 358.

SALTED with fire, meaning of

that expreffion, 511.
Saturn. See Bugge.
Sauffure, M. de, his theory of
meteorology refuted, 117, &c.
Account of his afcent to the
top of Mont Blanc, 532. Ob-
fervations made by him on
the fummit of that high moun-
tain, 538.

Say, Benjamin, on a fpafmodic

affection of the eyes, 361. ›
Scepticism, the folly of, 571.
Scott, John, the poet, fome ac-
count of him, and, of his writ.
ings, 25. His critical effays
on English poets, 26.
Scrope, Dr. his concern in the pub-
lication of Clarendon's State-
papers, 50.
Scrophula, not always the cause of

fwelled glands, 307..
Scythians, or Goths, origin of, 318.
Seneca, his Epiftles, tranflated by

Dr. Morell, 13. The differ-
ent tranflations of them, 14.
Senfibility, poetic addrefs to, by
Mrs. Yearsley, 486.
Series. See Waring.

Sextius, Quintus, particulars of
his life and writings, 598.
Anecdotes of his followers, 599,
His works, 600.

Sheep, live, obfervations relative
to the clandeftine exportation
· of, 71.

Shooting, verfes on, 491.
Silk-worms, how to be managed
in cold feafons, 466. Moft
proper food for, 467.
Sims, Dr. on deafnefs, 359.
Singing, in divine worship, the
practice of, defended, 509.
Sinking fund, confiderations on,

302. How applicable for dif
charging the national debt,303,
Smeaton, Mr. defcription of an
engine for drawing water out
of mines, 466.
Societies, the mechanifm of, 127,
265.

for the encouragement of
rural economics, promoted by
the great in France, but only
by private perfons in England,
and why, 581.
Society, origin of, 19.
Socion, a follower of the philofo-
pher Sextius, 599.

Spafm, an extraordinary one de-
fcribed, 361.

Stage, act for licensing, its hiftory,

60.

Subm, M. de, his correfpondence
with the late K. of Pruffia, 595.
Death-bed letter from, 596.
Sun, its nature falfely investi-
gated, 310. Supposed to be
like a great kitchen fire, 311.
Its light neceffary for producing
dephlogisticated air, 338.
Superftition, one means of fub-
jecting and enslaving mankind,
332.
Surgeons, military and naval, their
qualifications, 218.

in the navy, their fitua-
tion compaffionately reprefent-
ed, 412.
Surgery, the prefent ftate of, 306.
Bad ftate of, in the navy, 412.
Swallows, their torpid ftate dur-
ing winter, 540.
Swayne, Mr. objects to Mifs
Rhodes's management of filk-
worms, 467.
Swinging, its effects in curing
confumptions, 327. Cafes of
cures by, ib. Deemed empi-
ricifm, 328.

Syria, Volney's travels into, 592.
His account of the Druzes
there, ib. Extent and popu-
lation of that country, 593-
Ruins of Palmira, ib. Prefent
ftate of commerce there, 594.
Great privileges of the Franks,
ib.

TAMERLANE the Great, his

Political and Military Infti-
tutes tranflated into French,
577.

Templars, Knights, account of

their diffolution, 285.
Theatre, act for licensing, origin
of, 60.
Thompson, Sir Benj. experiments
on the production of dephlo-
gisticated air, 337. Refutes Dr.
Ingenhoufz's fyftem, 338.
Thomjon's Seafons, ftricture on, 30.
Thunder-form, a remarkable one
defcribed, 344. Obfervations
on it, 345.

Toleration afferted and recom-
mended, 453.

Tongues, the gift of, as spoken of
in Scripture, not speaking in
languages, but in tones, 510.
Trials, remarkable, in Scotland,

213.

Trinity, doctrine of, abfurdly in-
troduced into a Preface to Ari-
ftotle's Poetics, 3.
Trooftyk, M. on the nature of
different aeriform fluids, 528.
Turnips, how cultivated in Nor-
folk, 93.
Tythings, hundreds, and counties,
their first institution, 112. The
utility of the divifion, 113.
Tytler, Mr. his hiftorical

re-

fearches in favour of Mary
Q. of Scots, commended, 475

VANITY of Human Wifbes, a

poem, by Dr. S. Johnfon,
fhort account of, 135.
Vapour, how converted into rain,

117. Produces different kinds
of aeriform fluids, 121. Is the
cause of heat in the lower re-
gions of the atmosphere, 125.
Vegetables, obfcurity of their dif

tinguishing characteristics, 469.
Endowed with perception, ib.
Venereal difeafe, its hiftory, 317.
Firft cured by quickfilver, ib.
Different methods of treating
it examined, 318.

Verfes to Mira, on her wedding-
day, 446. See also Reviewers.

on a young divine, who was
made the fport of fome frolic-
fome ladies, 494.

Verftap, M. his prize differtation,
fhewing that true philofophy
has no tendency to undermine
revelation, 523.
Vineyards, recommended for cul-
ture in England, 503.
Virtue, philofophically confider-

ed, Dr. S. Johnfon's idea of, 65.
Virtue and Ornament, an ode, by
Dr. James Fordyce, 371.
University, hints for the improve-

ment

ment of, in refpect of educa
tion, 277.

Volcano in the moon defcribed,
346.
Volney, M. fets out for Egypt in
1782, and arrives at Cairo, 589.
Refides fix months among the
Druzes, ib. Proceeds through
Syria, &c. 590. His curious
account of the hot winds of the
defart, ib. Detail of occur-
rences in Egypt, 591. Re-
markable hofpitality of the
Druzes, 592. His account of
the ftupendous ruins of Pal-
myra, 593. Of the prefent
commerce of Syria, 594. Pe-
culiar advantages allowed to
the Franks, ib.

Vofmaer, M. defcription of the
mermaid of Haarlem, 527.
Voyages in the Northern Seas,
Forster's account of, 290. See
alfo Discoveries.

WARING, Profeffor, on infi-
nite feries, 178.
Water, transformable into air,
126. Heat of, when boiling,
altered by the mixture of dif-
ferent fubftances, 554. See alfo
Vapour.
Wax, Grecian method of paint-
ing in, 463.

Webb, Mr. his reafons for think-
ing that the Greek language

publication of the Inftitutes
of Timur, 578.
Willis, Mr. method to prevent
retorts from breaking, 462.
Winds, hot and poisonous, in Egypt,
defcribed, 590.

Wine, remarks relative to the
Portugal wine trade, 405.

, English, the growth of, re-
commended, 503.
Wines, imported, late act relative
to, dangerous to the liberties
of Englishmen, 83.
Witch, the expence of burning
one in Scotland specified, 216.
Wollafton, Mr. his obfervations
on a comet, 177.
Wood, Mr. account of the differ-
ent editions of his Hiftory of
Oxford, 287. The fum paid
to him by the university for his
original copy, ib.

Wool, obfervations relative to
the illicit exportation of, 71.
Coarfer in warm than in cold
climates, 206. How diftin-
guished from hair, 207.
Wounds, their treatment in gene-
ral, 218. Different kinds of,

219.

YEARSLEY, Mrs. the poetical

milk-woman, her character
and conduct vindicated, 485.
Specimens of her 2d volume
of
poems, 486.

nefe, 330.

his verfes to Mira on
her wedding-day, 446.
Wheat, method of fetting, inftead
of fowing, 98.
White, Dr. confecrated Bishop of
Pennsylvania, 86.

White, Profeffor, concerned in the

Expoftulation with, on account
of his bigotted attachment to
Popery, 53.

Young, Mr. attacks Sir Ifaac New-
ton's doctrine of vis inertia,
239. Remarks on his Letter
to the Reviewers, 422.