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A Tribute in Memory
of, reviewed,
Georgiana, or Anecdotes of George III.
reviewed,

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Geology,..18, 119, 247, 314, 414, 497,
591, 720, 804, 924
217

George the Third, Memoir of,

472

469

372

of Benjamin West,
of Adam Mond, a Miser,
of the Duchess of Kent,
of Five Royal Dukes,
of Five Princesses..
Meteorological Phenomena,.
Methodism in England and Ireland,.
Mildew in Wheat, Queries on,..
Missionary Intelligence,
Missionary Meetings,
598 Missions to the Cape defended,
896 Monument-Hallelujah Victory,.
398 Moralizer, No. 1..

702

No. 2.
No. 3.

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Godliness, the Mystery of, reviewed,..
Gods formerly worshipped in Britain, 522
Grattan, Death of the Right Hon. Henry, 570
Greek Testament not in every House,.... 337
H.
Hamlet, historical Coincidences respect-
ing,
Happiness, Remarks on,
Hatred, Workings of,
Heathen, Salvation of the,.
Hell, Descent of Christ into,...... 180, 703
Help to Extempore Prayer, reviewed,
Highlands, Pedestrian Tour in the,
History, singular piece of,
History of Edward,.
Horæ Britannicæ, reviewed,........ 67, 150
Horses, Cruelty to,.
625
Hueine, Missionary Intelligence from, 59
Human Mind, on our Ignorance of the,
393, 489, 585
Hunting Vicar, &c. reviewed, .1045
I. & J.
Jerusalem, the Fall of, reviewed,....458, 539
Jesuits, Abominations of the, reviewed,.. 950
Jews, political Probabilities of the Resto-
ration of the,
Illiberality of Expression,Observations on, 89
Illustration of Deut. xix. 21.
Immanuel's Crown, reviewed,
Immaterial and Immensely,
Imports and Exports,..103, 200, 295,
391, 487, 583, 679, 775, 871, 967, 1063
Inaccuracies in "Evening Amusements," 35
Inscription on a Pillar.
758
958
816
K.
Kent, Memoir of the Duke of......189, 230
Memoir of the Duchess of,..
L.
Lancaster, Adkins, review of his Memoir, 72
Language of Paradise, Remarks on the,.. 65
Latimer, Bishop of, and his Family,.... 601
Lazarus, Replies to Queries on the Soul of, 827
Lectures on Practical Religion, review-
ed,
174, 259
Leigh, Dr. Anecdote of,........
603
Lightning, Deaths by,
324
Literary Intelligence, 388, 677,774, 966,1058
Love, Power of,

628

822
467
652

on a Stone,
Invective, a singular,

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Louis XII. Anecdote of,

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398

604

Machinery, on Complex,
514
Man, Wisdom of God in the Formation
of,
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Marriage Ceremony, Reply to a Query on, 535
Mary, Queen of Scots,..

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Matter, on the Substratum of,.
Mechanical Inventions,

976
845
187

Memoir of the Duke of Kent,
of George the Third,.
of James Watt,

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217
378, 447

556

969

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Occurrence, Extraordinary,
Oxford, Fire at Magdalen Hall,.
Oxygen, Answer to a Query on,

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531

828

962

59, 615, 656
383, 580, 655

202

480

670

921

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.1043 Morris Dance, Reply to a Query on,.... 494
9,998
-Observations on Ditto, .. 715
62 Mosaic Account of the Creation,........ 415
400
N.
Narrative, Interesting,... .....681, 777
Natural History, curious Fact of, .... 125
Newly discovered Continent, .674, 755
New South Wales, Letter from,........ 37
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P.

Pacific Ocean, Missionary Intelligence
from the,

656

338
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Paradise, Remarks on the Language of,.. 65
Pardon, not an Acquittal,.
Participles, Critical Remarks on, ......
Pedestrian Tour in the Highlands,. 9, 998
Peking Gazette, Extract from the, .....1021
Petition of the Passive Participle,...... 895
Plantagenets, singular History of the, .. 62
Poetry,..74, 185, 258, 267, 355, 525,
641, 737, 865, 963
Poor, on the Means of employing the, 577, 647
Pope, Mr. Religious Sentiments of,
Popery, Historical Facts respecting,.. 46,
133, 210, 308

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988

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Q.
Quarterly Review, Remarks on the,.... 201
Queries,...97, 216, 277, 353, 366, 367,
484, 676, 736, 773, 843, 958, 962
Queries, replies to, 77, 94, 146, 271, 347,
411, 494, 496, 510, 535, 538, 572,
652, 674, 702, 770, 825, 843, 899, 1024
Queries, Mathematical,..387, 484, 579,

734, 865, 959
Queries, Mathematical, solved,..25, 385,
580, 602, 650, 862, 864, 959, 1057
R.

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Saxon Superstitions,
Scriptures, necessity of studying the,...
Seal of Queen Caroline,
Sedition, Conspiracy, and Treason,
Sermon by J. Stanley, reviewed,
Sheffield Park, a Poem, reviewed,
Ship's Pump and Purifying Syphons, 187
Sketches of Sermons, reviewed,.. .1039
Sonship of Christ, on the Eternal, 96, 141, 242
South Wales, New, Letter from,
Southey's Life of Wesley, reviewed, 475,
546, 759
Sponsors, Reply to a Query on, .. 538, 899
Stage Coach, The,..

87

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297

Steam Apparatus for Copperplate Print-

ing,
Story, a true one,

Strictures on the "Abode of disembodied

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1046

Study and Learning, Queries on,

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Spirits"

on an Answer to a Question on
the Catholic Claims,

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ries on,
Substitutes for Yeast,.
Substratum of Matter,

Superstition in the Fifteenth Century
Surnames, Reply to a Query ou,

Replies to Que-

92
800

361

638

216

510

881

845

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891
78

Vindication of the Catholics,
965
W.
481 Wales, New South, Accounts from,
850
statement from, cor-
854

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257 Zeno, Anecdote of,.
830 Zimmerman, Anecdote of,

Y.
Yeast, Substitutes for,.......
York, Death of the Duchess of,
Z.

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V.
Vegetables, on the Formation of, .... 809
Ventilating Houses, a simple Method of, 842
Venus, Phenomena of,.
66, 624
Villager's Lay, a Poem,..74, 267, 355,
525, 642, 867
943, 1016

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rected,

735

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Watt, James, Biographical Sketch of, 378, 447
Watts, Dr. Unitarianism of,
823

94

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Weight of Cattle, Answer to a Query on
the,...
Wesley, Southey's Life of, reviewed,
475, 546, 759
Wesley, Striking Observation of Mr..... 754
750
Wesleyan Methodist Conference,
-Doctrines, Reply to a Query on,
827
West, Benjamin, Memoir of,
Wheat, plan of setting by Dibbling,
Wilkins, Anecdote of Bishop,
Will, Determination of the,
Wisdom,

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556
730

603

348

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of God in the Formation of
Man,

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LIST OF THE PLATES.

IN NO.

IN NO.

18. George the Fourth, to face the Title,
12. Loch Lomond,..

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13
189

17. Benjamin West,
17. Autograph of Henry Grattan,.

13. Duke of Kent,.

19. Queen Caroline,

14. George the Third,..

217

16. Duchess of Kent,.

22. Fac-Similes of the Boodhu Priests, 279 20. The five Royal Dukes,
15. James Watt, Esq.
378 21. The five Princesses,.
England's Brightest Gems; or, an Account of the Anniversaries of Benevolent Institutions,
for 1820, may be bound up in this Volume.

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881
743

91
603

COL.
556

570

681
1014
1051
1053