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the plan of, not a selfish one, 270
not favorable to slavery, 271-
different motives for, 272-a favor-
ed experiment at first, 273- how it
became unpopular, 274 is not
dangerous to health, 277-employ-
ments of the colonists, 278- not a
failure, 279-aids the missionaries,
280 yet in its infancy, 281
martyrs in the cause of, 282- Ash-
mun's eminent services in, 284-
Buchanan's, 285- Lott Carey's,
287-its claims on public favor, 291
- a measure of emancipation, 292.
Combustion, effect of, on the air, 468.
Conant, Roger, the Old Planter, 245.
Condé, Lord Mahon's Life of Louis,
Prince of, reviewed, 119 - not so
wicked as "the Great" usually are,
120- his noble and ill-treated wife,
122 receives command of the
army, 123 — defeats the Spaniards
at Rocroy, 124 - joined with Tu-
renne, and defeats Mercy, 125-
private conduct and demeanour of,
126 engaged in intrigue and fac-
tion, 127 arrested and sent to
prison, 128 noble conduct of his
wife, 128- wars waged by her
for, 130 she goes to Bordeaux,
131- her noble demeanour, 132-
he is released and restored, 133.
unites with Spain, and wars against
France, 134-fights against Tu-
renne, 135 loses the battle of St.
Antoine, 136 - accused of a mas-
sacre, 137 defeated by Turenne,

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Dana, James D., The Zoophytes by,
reviewed, 211-introductory chap-
ters of, 214-cited, 219, 221, 223
extent and merits of his work,
224. See Zoophytes.

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Dark Ages, progress of society in the,
355.

Darwin on instinct confuted, 97, 113.
Davy, Sir H., failure of, in ventila-
tion, 467.

Decker, Thomas, the dramatist, quar-
rels with Jonson, 45, 47-fasci-
nating qualities of, 54- heedless,
sparkling, and fanciful, 55 - his
Virgin Martyr cited, 56— fine im-
aginations of, 57.

De Kay on the Devil-fish, 327.
Descartes on instinct, 92.
Devil-fish, account of the, 317-fish-
ing for, 319, 323.

Divines, old English, merits of the,
312-contrasted with the theolo-
gians of our day, 313.
Divinity, Dr. South's definition of,
294.

Don Juan, silly American imitation
of, 358.

Dramatists, the Old English, C.
Lamb's Specimens of, and W.
Hazlitt's Lectures on, reviewed, 29

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Ecclesiastes, G. R. Noyes's new trans-
lation of the, reviewed, 201-his-
tory and nature of, 208- - specimen
of, in the new version, 209.
Edward II., by Marlowe, quoted, 40.
Egypt, early standard of greatness in,
339.

Elizabeth, the drama in the age of,
29-brilliant period of, 30-great
activity of, 32.

Elliott, William, Carolina Sports by,
reviewed, 316-personal reminis
cences of, 317- -on Devil-fishing,
ib. cited, 319, 323, 325 - on
Drum-fishing, 327. -on Bass-fish-
ing, 329, 333.

English and Americans contrasted, 28
manners compared with French,

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172.

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Entomology, Kirby and Spence's
Introduction to, reviewed, 91.
Erasmus, elegance and taste of, 436
- did good service in the Reforma-
tion, 437.
Ethnography and Philology, by Hora-
tio Hale, reviewed, 211.
range
and definition of, 227- peculiari-
ties of Oceanic, 228-origin of the
Polynesian tribes, 230. See Hale.
Eucharist, institution of the, 390.
Evangelists, the, S. Greenleaf's Ex-
amination of the Testimony of, re-
viewed, 382-effect of their writ-
ings, if genuine, 385-compared
with the profane historians, 386-
supported by collateral testimony,
387 and by the testimony of
Paul, 388 - discrepancies in the
accounts of, 390-greater contra-
dictions among modern historians,
392- nature of their accounts, 395
- remarkable minuteness of, 396
wonderful character of the

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events narrated by, 398 n
therefore untrustworthy, 399
Paulus's mode of interpreting, 40
-Strauss on, 401-this theory r
futed, 492-different styles of, 40
- trustworthy, though they narra
miracles, 413. See Miracles.
Exploring Expedition, Scientific R
sults of the, reviewed, 211 - sil
parsimony of Congress in publis
ing the, ib. -the Zoöphytes, 2
-ethnography and philology, 22
Eyre on New South Wales, cited, 2

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Habit, power of mental, 104.
Hale, Horatio, Ethnography and Phi-
lology by, reviewed, 211-personal
introduction of, 225-excellence
of his style, 226-portion of the
globe examined by, 227-on the
duel among the Oceanic tribes, 229
-on the Oceanic languages, 230
- on the origin of the Polynesian
tribes, 230 comparative Polyne-
sian grammar by, 231 - peculiari-
ties of the dialects, 232-vocabu.
laries by, 233- on Vitian poetry,
234 - on the Oregon languages,
235.
Hazlitt, William, Lectures on Drama-
matic Literature by, reviewed, 29
- remarks on Heywood by, 67 –
on G. Chapman, 69 - -on Massin-

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ger and Ford, 83. See Dramatists.
Hebrew poetry, translations of, 202 —
the rhythm and divisions need to
be followed, 205.
Henry VIII., Luther's controversy
with, 448.

Hereditary rank, rise of respect for,
344 in Rome, 345- succeeded
by the desire for wealth, 346.
Heywood, Thomas, the dramatist, 67

his English Traveller cited, 68.
Higginson, Francis, Journal of, 243.
History, Dr. T. Arnold's Lectures on
Modern, reviewed, 334.

History, profane, no better supported
than sacred, 387-discrepancies in,
391 -cause of these contradic.
tions, 394.

History, use of, by the novelist, 379.
Hobbes, Thomas, translates the Iliad,

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ford, reviewed, 149 how the
translation of, was published, 153 —
difficult to reproduce the old effect
of, 155 numerous versions of,
156-translated into hexameters in
Blackwood, 157-Chapman's trans
lation of, 158 - Thomas Hobbes's,
159-Pope's, ib. - Cowper's and
Sotheby's, 160-Munford's ver-
sion compared with these, 161.
Hopkins, Dr., of Newport, suggested
the colonization of colored persons,
270.

Howell, sketch of Ben Jonson by, 50.
Hydra, propagation of the, 217.

I.

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Imitation, unconscious, 107.
Indians,the American, Travels among
and Plans for preserving, by T. L.
M'Kenney, reviewed, 481- how
treated by the government, 482 —
efforts to promote the welfare of,
483-origin of, 485-curious cos-
mogony of, 486 treatment of,
by the early colonists, 488 — J.
Mede's theory of the diabolical ori-
gin of, ib. capable of moral and
religious culture, 489-story illus-
trating the bravery and humanity
of, 491-plan for the permanent
benefit of, 494. See M'Kenney.
Indians, treatment of the, by Massa-
chusetts, 256,

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Inductive Sciences, Whewell on the,

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Indulgences, sale of, 442.
Instinct and intellect compared, 91
- unsatisfactory theories of, 92
the causes of, inexplicable, 93
distinguished from automatic mo-
tions and appetites, 94 Galen's
experiment on, 95 - definition of,
69-cannot be improved or educat-
ed, 97-in many cases, transcends
reason, 98-limited to a few ends,
99 inflexible, 100 - compared
with a machine, 101 - slight varia-
tions of, 102-called innate habit,
104 unconscious in its opera-
tions, 105-improvable through
imitation only, 107-feats of train-
ed animals not due to, 108 - pos-
sessed in different degrees, 109 —
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without delay, 110-the human
mind absolutely devoid of, 112 —
alleged instances of human, ex-
amined, 113 — universal in ani-
mals, 115-probably never united
with reason, 116-contrasted with
reason, 117-forms no part of the
brute's individuality, 118.
Intellect, human, distinguished from
instinct, 91 the ultimate cause
of, unknown, 92-pure and un-
mixed, 95, 116-often inferior to
instinct, 98 pliability and uni-
versality of, 100-habits in, 104
requires time to learn the use of
vision, 110 - never aided by in-
stinct, 112.

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Intellectual greatness, regard for, 349

- inferior to moral excellence, 350
-must be succeeded by love of
moral excellence, 351.

Iron Mask, Lord Mahon on the, 141.

J.

Jackson, Gen., views of, respecting
the Indians, 482.

Jesus, The Life of, by Strauss, re-
viewed, 382 - Messianic anticipa-
tions of, 402-the childhood of,
403- his first visit to the temple,
404 name of, how used, 423,

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Job, translations of, 203 different
versions of, compared, 204.
Johnson, Dr., his affair with Chester-
field, 191.

Jonson, Ben, character of, 43
strong and thoroughly English, 44
-incidents in his life, 45 - quar-
rels with his compeers, 46 — his
Poetaster, ib.- Shakspeare acts
in his plays, 48- his misfortunes,
49-his appearance when old, 50
-convivial and corpulent, 51-
proud and honorable, 52-dra-
matic characters of, 53-cited, ib.,
54.

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Justification by faith, Luther's dogma
of, 444.

K.

Kendall, Duchess of, mistress of
George I., 177.

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Land, early ownership of, 19- in
New South Wales, 20.
Law always behind justice, 13.
Lawyers, Whewell on the morality
of, 7.

Lecture-rooms, ventilation of, 476.
Lexington, dispute about the battle
of, 393.

Liberia, the colony at, 269-not a
failure, 279—a starting-point for
the missionaries, 280 fever not
alarming in, 283 - Ashmun's ad-
ministration of, 284 - T. Buchan-
an's, 285-a better home than
Boston for negroes, 289. See Col-
onization.

Library of American Books, trashy
works in the, 359.

Life of Jesus, by Dr. Strauss, re-
viewed, 382. See Strauss.
Longueville, Duchesse de, escape of,
129.

Louis XIV., treatment of the Iron
Mask by, 141.

Lover's Melancholy, by J. Ford, cited,

87.

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protests against indulgences, 442
intrepidity of, 443-excommu-
nicated, 444-personal appearance
of, 445-conveyed to Wartburg,
446 his letter to the Elector of
Saxony, 447- has a controversy
with Henry VIII., 448-republican
opinions of, 449 perplexities of,
450 places religious character
above doctrine, 451-annoyed by
the excesses of his followers, 452
-marriage and private life of, 453

death of his daughter Made-
leine, 454 bold counsels of, 456
- reproaches Duke George of
Saxony, 457-resists popular ten-
dencies, 458-opposes the union of
religion and worldly policy, 459-
thinks the end of the world is nigh,
460 dreariness of his closing life,
461 — death and last will of, 462
-manly character of, 463- merits
and infirmities of, 464-burlesque
imitators of, 465.

Lyly, the old English dramatist, 35.

M.

Mahon, Lord, Chesterfield's Letters
edited by, reviewed, 166.
Mahon, Lord, Life of the Great Condé
by, reviewed, 118-treats of an
interesting and instructive subject,
121-judicious, but prosy, 122.
charges a great crime upon Condé,
136 his theory respecting the
Iron Mask, 141-clears the fame
of the Princess of Condé, 144.
See Condé.

Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and
Fletcher, 78.
Marlborough, the old Duchess of, 180.
Marlowe, Kit, the dramatist, 36

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wild and colossal genius of, 37-
his Tamburlaine cited, 38-best
plays of, 39-his Edward II. cited,
40- - Faustus by, 41.
Marriage contract, Whewell on the, 9.
Marston, John, the dramatist, 63

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quarrelsome and satirical, 64
powerful and gloomy, 65-cited,

ib.

Massachusetts, Alex. Young's Chron-
icles of, reviewed, 237-frankness
of the old annalists of, 238-rich-
ness of the early chronicles of,

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86.
Mazarin, Cardinal, appoints Condé to
the command, 123 - becomes jeal-
ous of him, 126-imprisons him,
128cruelty of, at Bordeaux, 131
- releases Condé and fawns upon
him, 133-dies with a lie in his
mouth, 140.
Mecca, the Holy City of, 498- Mo-
hammed propounds his claims in,
503 his flight from, 506.
Mede, Joseph, theory about the origin
of the American Indians by, 488.
Medina, character of the city of, 505

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the people of, embrace Moham-
med's doctrine, ib. - receives Mo-
hammed in triumph, 510.
Melancthon, the representative of the
Protestants, 455.

Messiah, anticipations of a, by the
Jews, 402, 412.

Michelet, Life of Martin Luther by,

reviewed, 433- allows Luther to
tell his own story, 438- his work
fragmentary and ill-arranged, 463.
See Luther.

Middleton, Thomas, the dramatist,
71-rambling and fanciful, 72.
Military skill highly prized in the
early ages, 340-especially in
Rome, 342-and among the north-
ern nations, 343-displaced by
regard for hereditary rank, 344.
Mills, Sam. J., a pioneer of coloniza-
tion, 271, 282.

Milton's fury in controversy, 297.
Mind of man unlike instinct, 91. See
Instinct.

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