- - [219 His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of parliament on Friday the The addrefs of the house of Lords. of the house of Commons. [220 221 A proclamation, for putting the laws in execution against foreftalling, re- Order of council laying an embargo upon ships laden with corn. of council probibiting the diftilling from wheat, &c. - 225 ibid. of council laying an additional embargo upon fhips laden with corn. [228 -- - [230 [232 The Earl of Hertford's Speech to both houfes of parliament, at Dublin, Jan. 7. [234 CHARACTERS. Memoirs of Madam Pompadour, written by herself. Characters of the American French, of the Caribbees and the negroes in the Characters of the Emperor Charles the 5th, and his fen Philip the ad ef 30 33 Animod verfins on the principal follies of the English. The life of Samuel, Baron de Pufendorff. An dccount of the life and writings of George Buchanan. The Life of the famous Sir Francis Walsingham. Some curious farticulars of the life of Mr. Wycherley the poet. Some account of the life of the celebrated Matthew Prior, Efq; the life of the late Mrs. Cibber, the celebrated actress. Abort a count of Arthur, Count Lally, Knight of the order of St. Lewis, So Some account of Captain Glajs, who was murdered by ruffians on board 100 Sandwich. --- Character of Clemwell, with a parallel between Lim and Montrejs. 85 88 NATU NATURAL HISTORY. An account of the cafe of a young lady, who drank fea-water for an inflam- An account of the cafe of an extraneous body forced into the lungs. Some curious particulars relative to Spain. An account of a small ferpent found in a hen's egg. An account of a very fingular phænomenon feen in the difk of the fun. Account of a furprifing hot wind which blows in Arabia. Curious extracts from the Travels of Dr. Haffelquist, viz. ANTIQUITIES. Extract from Voltaire's Philofophy of Hiftory. Of the customs and opinions of almost all the ancient nations. Of the coffins anciently used, and the method of embalming amongst the Egyp- tians and Jews; with fome remarks on the fepulture of our Lord. The antiquity and duty of saying grace before and after meat confidered. USEFUL PROJECTS, &c. Some account of a difquifition on medicines that diffolve the ftone; in which 159 A letter from the Dean of Kildare on the fame. An excellent receipt for preventing the flies damaging the feeding leaves of MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. Reflections on the general principles of awar; and on the compofition and charac ters of the different armies in Europe; by a general officer, who jerved je- Of the title of Defender of the Faith, &c. from the fame. The effects of habitual mifery, exemplified in the life of a difabled foldier. 197 Copy of a letter from the Duchess of Cleveland to King Charles II. Original letter, Jaid to be wrote by Lady Mary Wortley Montague, from Conftantinople, to a Venetian nobleman. The hawthorn-bower, a fong, by J. Cunningham. The ant and caterpillar, a fable, by the fame. Content, a paftoral, by the fame. Ode for his Majefty's Birth-day, June 4, 1766. POETRY. An epifle from the celebrated Abbé de Rancé, to a friend; written at the abbey of La Trappe. Paraphrafed from the French of Monfieur Barth, by Daniel Hayes, Efq; The Hermit, a ballad, written by Dr. Gildjmith. The birth of fashion, a specimen of a modern ode. Prologue to the Clandeftine Marriage, written by Mr. Garrick. Prologue to the Double Miftake, Spoken by Mr. Smith. Epilogue, Spoken by Mifs Wilford, in the character of Lady Louifa. Epigram, to Mr. Derrick, by David Garrick, Efq; for his Majefty's Birth-day, performed at the caftle of Dublin, 4th of June. The Shepherd's life preferred, imitated from the Greek of Moschus. Prologue, Spoken by Mr. Powel, and faid to be written by Mr. G- The sheep and the bramble-bufh, from Mr. Cunningham's poems. A receipt to make L'eau de Vie, by the late Mr. Charles King, the defire of a lady. 260 ibid. 262 written at 263 Prologue to the Earl of Warwick, written by Mr. Colman, Spoken by Mr. Benfley. on the 258 259 264 Epilogue, written by Mr. Garrick, Spoken by Mrs. Yates. 265 266 found hanging upon a tablet, in the temple of Venus, in Lord Jersey's wood, at Middleton Stony; by Mr. Whitehead. 267 ibid. 268 Tranflation of them. The invitation. An Account of Books publifhed in the Year 1766. The hiftory of Greenland, by David Crantz. Swift's pofthumous letters, by Mr. Hawkefworth. On the genius and evidences of Christianity, by Alexander Gerard. |