Animals, affection between them, 246. Adams's Anecdotes, review of, 262. Advice, neglected, effects of, 278. Arts, hiftory of the, 288. Academy, Royal, reafons for its evi- dent poverty at the annual exhibition,
Athelftane, the fuppofed murderer of his brother, 311.
Albertus, Count of Moha, melancholy lofs of, 349. Anburey's Travels through the interior parts of America, extracts from,
Ackland, Lady Harriet, relation of her fufferings in America, 400, 402,
Affection, parental, extraordinary in- stance of, 442.
André, Major, particulars of his cap- ture and death, 444. Authors, put to flight in a whimfical
Alexei Michailovitfh, magnanimous refolution of, 452.
Arabs, Wild, names of their different tribes, 456. Curious method of milking their flocks, 457. Their ar-
tifice, 459. Their wars, 460. Singu- lar customs previous to a long jour-" ney, 462. Acts, Public, lift of, paffed in 1789, 509. B. Biography, Select, 17, 47, 89, 127,
172, 205, 248, 282, 313, 357, 388, 430, 467.
Benezet's account of Guinea, 27. Bavarians, their characteristic traits, 34. British nation, its strength and grandeur, 44.
Bohun-Upas, or poifon-tree of Java,
curious and interesting account of, 84. British linen manufactories, their failure 87.
Bolingbroke, Lord, extraordinary cir cumftance relative to him, 133. Beauty, Oriental, in extreme diftrefs,
Beauty, hiftorical leffon for its votaries, 238. Definition of it among the Moors, 457.
Botanic difcovery made in Sweden, ac- count of a, 246.
Blind man, curious account of one, 275. Ingenuity of one, 424.
Boydell's Exhibition, fome account of, 289.
Benevolence, its perils, 307. Brutes, fingularly noticed by the Nea- politans, 324.
Baths, hot, in the Hottentot country, wonderful effects of, 332. Bofhmen Savages, their remarkable conduct, 332.
Buffalo, wild, remarkable adventure with one, 334.
Bundling, a curious cuftom practifed in New England, 357. Battle, thoughts previous to one, 399- Pathetic defcription of the manner of collect
colleЯing the dead and wounded af- ter an action, 401.
Burke, Mr. remarkable expreffions of,
Baviere, Madame de, extracts from her,
Original Letters, 417. Bunker's Hill, fhort account of the battle of, 441.
Breasts, their fingular ufe among the Arab women, 464.
Battle of Hexham, the, a comedy, ac- count of, 470.
Benevolent Planters, a musical prelude, fome account of the, 470. Briffon's Narrative of his Shipwreck and Captivity, 471.
Buckingham, Marquis, refufal to tranf- mit the address of the Irish parliament to the Prince of Wales, 504. Bailey, Dean, and Mifs Catley, anec- dote of, 513. C.
Charles XII. of Sweden, anecdotes of, 3, 159, 160, 382, 499. Creichton, Captain, adventures of, 4. Cox, Mr. relates feveral Ruffian anec- dotes, 4, 5.
Chaltity, remarkable inftance of, 6. Carthage, foundation of, 12. Commercial treaty, thoughts on the, 14. Continental war, 15, 174. Charles II. fingular anecdote of, 40. Cambyfes conquers Egypt, 41. Charlotte, Queen, arrival of, in Eng- land, 51. Obfervations on the cha- racter of, 128. Addressed by the two houses to accept the care of his Majefty's perfon during his illness, 225. Her anfwer, 226. Her vifit to Covent Garden theatre, 257. Is appointed a council, 410. Criminals, condemned, deftroyed in a fingular manner by the Emperor of Java, 85.
Child of Nature, a new translation, fome account of the, 93. Conference between the Haufes of Lords and Commons, refult of the, 97. Condor, a monstrous bird of Peru, de- fcribed, 125.
Chefelden, Mrs. extraordinary opinion held by her, 132. Cook's River, account of the inhabi- tants of, 143.
Cookery, fingular fpecies of at Atoui,
Combat, defcription of an intended one between Henry Duke of Lan-
cafter and Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, 158.
Cuckoo, interefting particulars of that bird, by Edward Jenner, Efq. 168,
169, 170, 171, 172.
Coriolanus, revival of, at Drury Lane theatre, 176.
Craven's, Lady, Journey to Conftan- tinople, defcribed by herself, 177. Her interview with the King of Po- land, 181.
Cavern near the Sorgue, account of an unfathomable one, 178.
Coffack entertainment, defcription of one, 182.
China, anecdotes of the hiftorical ni- bunal of, 193. Singular state of medical knowledge in that country, 241.
Catinat, Marefchal, anecdote of, 197. Charter, the firft granted to the city of London by William the Conqueror,
Curfew, account of its first institution, 199.
Ceremony, religious, inftance of a cruel one, 200.
Coachman, humorous anecdote of one, 209.
Chimney-fweeper's apprentice, remark- able anfier made to Mr. Hanway by
Convict, uncommon efcape of one at Teneriffe, 217. Miferable fate of another, 260.
Convicts, at Port Jackson, fome of them return to their old practices, 223. Tried and executed, 223. Charlemain, melancholy destiny of his fucceffors, 236. Horrid punishments in his reign, 244.
Courage, ftriking inftance of, 238. Cowper, Lord Chancellor, a faying of his, 240.
Canary birds, hints for improving their breed, 247.
Caravan, curious ceremony on the de- parture of one for Mecca, 281. Cicifbeifm, curious inftance of, related by a married lady, 296. Conjugal difputes in Italy, humorous termination of, 297.
Cook, Captain, eulogium pronounced on him at Florence, 300. Complaifance, fingular inftance of, 309. Cowardice, remarkable inftance of, 312.
Curiofity, natural, feen by Mrs. Piozzi at Milan, 326. Caffres, their hofpitality, 336. Cattle, fingular method ufed in Caffra-
ria, of calling them together, 337. Camelopardalis, defcription of, 341. Chriftina, Queen of Sweden, fingular anecdote of, 347-
Chastity, curious way of preferving it among the Hottentots, 350. Confett's Tour through Sweden, Swe-` dish Lapland, Finland, and Den- mark, account of, 370. Commodus, the Life of, 402. Caufe of his profligacy, 404. His atchiev ments in the amphitheatre, 405. Poifoned by Marcia, 407. Condé, Prince of, anecdote refpecting the, 425.
Catley, Mifs, Memoirs of, 482, 513. Cromwell, Oliver, anecdote of, 493. Comet, Dr. Herfchell's obfervations on a, 499.
Chatterton, Gregory's Life of, 511. Council, Privy, lift of the, 531.
Dramatist, the, an account of, 292. Diftrefs, parental, occafioned by an eruption of Mount Vefuvius, 305. Death, the event of, treated in an uncommon manner by the Italians, 323.
Dahomans, history of the, 364.
Denmark, Prince of, anecdotes relating to the, 382, 494.
Dervifes, Turkish, their character, 387. Dungeon, defcription of a horrid, 390. Defpot, Oriental, fingular fate of, 493. Declaration, candid, whimsical effect of, 498.
Defenfive alliance, treaty of, between the Kings of England and Pruffia, 504.
Frederick II. of Pruffia, anecdotes of, 8, 25, 26. Condefcenfion of, 250. Admirable difpofitions of, previous to the battle of Sorau, 256. Con- tradiction of a report propagated in his disfavour, 282. Anecdotes of, 329, 382.
France, fituation of, previous to the revolution, 14, 46. Popular com motions in, 125. Change of the miniftry, 126.
Filial piety, remarkable inftance of, 36. Florentine family, misfortunes of, 73. Fenelon, Archbishop, tribute to the memory of, 115.
Floyd's, David, bold fpeech to King James, 116.
Francia, Francefco, the painter, anec dote of, 116.
Furs, method of purchafing, on the north-weft coaft of America, 139. Froft, hard, account of the, 148. 32
Falfe Appearances, a comedy from the French, fome account of, 256. Faro Table, an altered play, fome ac- count of the, 256.
Festival, held at Conftantinople on oc- cafion of the act of circumcifion on the fon of a noble, fome account of a, 279. Cruel facrifices in honour of, 369.
Farm-Houfe, a new comedy, fome ac-
Fracas, between the Duke of York and Colonel Lenox, connected account of, 301.
Fafhion, the prejudice of, 306. Francis I. of France, unconimon order of, 347.
Furniture for a palace, horrid fpecies of, 370.
Fleury, Cardinal, anecdote of, 382. Female heroifm, inftance of, in a French woman, 425.
Fordyce, Dr. anecdote of, 425. Frogs, adventure of an army of, 442. Family Party, a new farce, critique on the, 469.
Fontenelle, anecdote of, 494. G.
Greek, modern, fpeech of a, 6. Gordon, Mrs. in danger of committing a woeful mistake, 9. Greeks, progrefs of the, in arts and fciences, 13. Subdued by Philip of Macedon, 41. George the Third, memoirs of, 17, 89. First speech to the Privy Coun- cil, 18. Subftance of his firft fpeech to parliament, 19. Indifpofition and recovery, 128. Propofition for veft- ing the care of his perfon in her Ma- jefty, till the re-establishment of his health, 145. Excurfion to Wey- mouth, 372.
Generality, uncommon inftance of, 39. Germans, general character of the, 80. Georgian fatellites, difcovery of, by Dr. Herfchell, 164. Their diftance, fituation, &c, afcertained, 167. Gypfey, anecdote of, 209.
Greek prieft, anecdote of a, 239. Gonzaga, Livia, ftory of her modefty,
Henry IV. of France, escapes a plot to deprive him of life, 10. Anecdous of, 115, 262.
Hiftorian, Universal, 10, 41. Haftings, Mr. impeachment of, 45- Habit, force of, 75.
Henry IV. of England, copy of the will of, 157.
Hanway, Jonas, Esq. memoirs of, 15%, 205.
Hide and Seek, a dramatic piece, fint account of, 176. Fate of, 215. Houfhold officers, influence which they formerly poffeffed, 194. Haram, Royal, at Conftantinople, de- feription of the, 195.
Horfes, diftreffing fate of fome in ones, 235.
Highlander, fimplicity of a, 236. Hume, Mr. anecdote of, 239, 311. Hough, Dr. anecdote of, 277. Howe, Lord, anecdote of, 277. Half an Hour after Supper, a fmal
dramatic piece, some account of, 295. Horfe-race, account of a whimsical on at Florence, 300.
Hottentots, remarkable domestic ec-
nomy of, 340. Some account of, 350. Hortenfius, a Roman orator, pofelic an uncommon ftrength of memor 349.
Heads, human, appropriated to the pur pole of decking an African palce, 368. Henrietta-Anne of England, intere ing particulars relative to the de of, 379.1
Hell Gates, fome account of, 445- Haunted Tower, a comic opera,
Mr. Cobb, fome account of, gos. Harley, Mr. first appearance of, « Covent Garden theatre, 502. Haftings, Mr. fpeech of, before is Judges, 507.
Hofpitals, Royal, and other puba: Charities, lift of the, 530. 1.
offer Prince of Wales the title of Prince Regent, 503. Infolvent act paffed on his Majesty's acceffion, 21.
Jefus Chrift, birth of, 43. Justice, inftance of an impartial act of, 76. Inftance of a rigid act of, 455. Iron, mass of native, found in South America, account of a, 81. Iron tree, found in South America, 84. Ireland, improvements in, 89. Impoftors, a comedy by Mr. Cumber- land, account of the, 129. Indian chief, fingular character of an,
Indian female, fenfibility and affection in an, 253.
Indian method of trafficking, 163. Barbarity, 223. Johnfon, Dr. circumftances tending to fhew that he poffeffed a narrowness of mind, 174. Anecdotes of, 194. His appeal on behalf of the women on the town, zc5. Infatuation, dismal effects of, 200. Jordan's, Mrs. performance of Sir Harry Wildair, 214. State of a difference between her and the ma- nager, 214. Jacklon, Port, chofen for the convict fettlement, 221. Governor Philip's vifit to the inland country, 259. Indictment, the river Meander in lonia,
in certain cafes, liable to an, 243. Ingratitude, fingular inftance of, 310. Infenfibility, uncommon cafe of, 343. Joice, Margaret, of Ireland, patriotilm of, 349.
Imagination, force of, 384, 418. Irishman, anecdote of, 397. Spirited
conduct of two chieftains, 418. Inhumanity, instances of, 450. Iron Mask, man with the, fome ac- count of, 495.
King's Phyficians, examined before the Privy Council, 53. Second ex- amination ordered, 106. Kangaroo, fome account of the, 204. Kean, Mr. fome account of his first performance at Drury Lane theatre, 320.
Knights, of various orders, list of, 529.
Legislature, British, defect in the, 52. Lavater, Mr. the celebrated physiog- homist, anecdote of, 78. Lempriere's Bibliotheca Claffica, re- view of, 94.
Light's fhort account of the Prince of Wales's Inland, 96. Liberty, thoughts on, 126. Leeds, Duke of, fingular origin of his family, 134.
Lip-pieces, account of, used by the female Indians, 140. Letters, affecting, 198. Loraine, Cardinal de, anecdote of, 233. Livy, fate of the loft books of, 236. Laws of war, before the fixteenth cen- tury, favage ftate of the, 245. Linen, remarkably fcarce in the time of Charles VII. of France, 245. Little Hunchback, a farce, fome ac- count of, 256.
Latimer, Bishop, anecdote of, 276. Lionefs, account of the death of a, 333-
Laplander's domeftic economy, defcrip- tion of, 371.
Lanfdown, Marquis of, and a Farmer, anecdote of, 384.
Logan, a Mingo chief, remarkable and affecting fpeech of, 422. Lake, bituminous, account of, in the ifland of Trinidad, 427. Laws, fingular, 450. Lunatic, artifice of a, 452. Lieutenants, in England and Wales, names of the, 530.
M. Moderation, inftance of, 34. In a Prince of the Franks, 245. Want of, 348.
Manners and Customs of the various inhabitants of the world, 34, 39, 79, 117, 156, 160, 183, 241, 243, 279, 295, 324, 350, 385, 397, 426, 456, 475.
Macedonian army, defcription of, 41. Moluc, Muly, bravery of, 77. Mansfield's, Earl of, refignation of the
chief justiceship of the King's Bench, 87. Anecdote of, 383. Monfey, Dr. death, and other parti- culars of, 112, Sketch of his life and character, with anecdotes of perfons of the first rank, connected with him, 130.
Marlborough, late Duchefs of, anec- dote of the, 131. The great duke, anecdote of, 197. 322
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