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Son, unnatural conduct of one to his father, in confining
him in chains as dead, 129. His merited punishment ib.
Stonehenge, short description of, 157.

Sorcerers, their abundance in the Morea, 209.

Spartans, the models which inspired Apelles and Phidias, 207.:
Spencer, Sir Hugh, account of the execution of, $76.
Stennis, account of the standing stones of, 158.

St. Franciscan convent, curious chamber, ornamented with
human bones there, 30.

Storm at sea, poetical description of a, 97.
Street preachers, Neapolitan, account of, 247.

Tacitus, remarks on his energetic historical style, 22.
Taste, its superiority to fashion, 70.

Tiger, his cowardly and treacherous disposition, 141. Their
favourite haunts, 149. His mode of seizing his prey, 143.
Seizure of a man by one, 144. Suggestion respecting any
check to their increase, 146. Are occasionally caught in
traps of wood, 147. Will not touch any thing but of its own
killing, 148.

Trenck, Baron, cruelty of his confinement in the citadel of
Magdeburg, 59. His liberation at the solicitation of Maria
Theresa, 60. His decapitation at Paris, under Robcs-
piere, 61.

Trianon, attachment of the late Queen of France to this
place of retirement, 160. Account of the twelve rustic
habitations, and their inhabitants, supported by the
queen, 160.

Turks, their treatment of their prisoners, 54.

Types, importance of their discovery and utility, poetically
described, 2. Their influence on literature, liberty, jus-
tice, &c.

Transmigration after death, belief of by the negroes, 399.
Traps for catching tigers, description of, 148.

Vaccination, its introduction among the savage nations, in
South America, 193.

Vice, its insinuating qualities ably pourtrayed, 10.

Vice, reflections on, 391

Viees, crimes, and self-defence of several of the principal, 184.
Viceroy of Ireland, his style of living, 183.

Voyage of discovery, expedit, sent out by Alexander on a, 108.
Vicar, his recommendation to govern the passions, 320. Irri-
tability of, 321.

Water colours, unequalled excellence of the English artists
in this species of painting, 167,

Westminster Abbey, critical remarks on, 42.

Wives, an object in marrying three, 140,

Women, Greek account of them, according to the districts,
207. Faults, 208.

J. G. Barnard, Printer, Snow Hill,

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