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 Alacrity, the cultivation of it the source of personal and social pleasure, ii. 347.

Albion in lat. 3°, account of the friendly inhabitants found there by Drake, vi. 367.

Alexandrian library, its loss lamented, iv. 343.

Aliger, his character, iii. 434.

Allen, Mr. of Bath, praised by Pope in his satires, viii. 297.

All's Well that Ends Well, observations on Shakespeare's, v. 160.

Almamoulin, the dying speech of Nouradin, his father, to him, iii. 71. his thoughtless extravagance, 72. the excellent advice which the sage gave him,74.

Altilia, her coquetry described, iii. 352.

Amazons, observations on the history of the, iv. 407. old maids in England most like Amazons, 408.

Amazons, of the pen, iv. 110.

Ambition, generally proportioned to capacity, vi. 275. a quality natural to youth, ii. 174. the peculiar vanity of it in the lower stations of life, 315, 316. a destroyer of friendship, iv. 217. characterized, i. 73.

America; Taxation no Tyranny, or, an answer to the resolutions and address of the American congress, 1775, vi. 224. considerations on the Indians granting their lands to foreign nations, vi. 114. difficulty of ascertaining boundaries, 115. the power of the French there, 1756, 125. colonies first settled there in the time of Elizabeth, 127. colony first sent to Canada by the French, 129. the first discovery of Newfoundland by Cabot, and the settlement from thence to Georgia considered, 138. the encroachment of the French on our back settlements examined, 140.

Amicus, his reflections on the deplorable case of prostitutes, iii. 8.

Amoret, lady Sophia Murray celebrated by Waller under that name, vii. 181.

Amusements, by what regulations they may be rendered useful, ii. 420.

Anacreon, ode ix. translated, i. 138.

Anatomy, cruelty in anatomical researches reprobated, iv. 200.

Andrew's, St. account of the city of, ix. 3. the ruins of the cathedral, ibid. account of the university, 4. expense of education there, 5.

Angelo, Michael, observations on his style of painting, iv. 385.

Anger, the necessity of checking and regulating it, ii. 50. a tumultuous and dangerous passion, derived from pride, 52. exposed to contempt and derision, ibid. the pernicious effects of it, 53, 54.

Animal food, on the choice and rejection of various sorts of, ix. 57.

Anningate and Ajut, the Greenland lovers, their history, iii. 368-375.

Anoch, account of, ix. 31. consists only of three huts, ibid. account of the land-*lord and his house, 32.

Anson, lord, little advantage to have been expected, had his voyage succeeded to the extent of his wishes, vi. 183.

Anthea, her disagreeable character, ii. 166.

Antony and Cleopatra, observations on Shakespeare's play of, v. 170.

Application, desultory, injurious to our improvements in knowledge and virtue, iii. 125. active and diligent, strongly enforced by a view of the shortness and uncertainty of human life, 134.

Arbuthnot, Dr. with Pope, supposed to have assisted Gay in writing Three Hours after Marriage, viii. 64. sketch of his character, viii. 295. the first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus published by him, in conjunction with Pope and Swift, 298.

Arcades, written by Milton about 1637, vii. 72.

Archery, the importance of, in former times, vi. 508.

Arches, considerations on elliptical and semicircular, which is to be preferred, v. 303.

Architecture, the degenerate state of, at Rome, v. 307.

Argutio, his character, ii. 135.

Aristophanes, licentiousness of his writings exorbitant, v. 367. the only author from whom a just idea of the comedy of his age may be drawn, 369. history of, 370. Plutarch's sentiments upon, ibid. justification of, 379.