Sacrifice, Oblation, Terms abus'd by the Story, of a Quack, 223. of an Enthufiaft,
Papis

245

Vanity, a Source of falfe Judgment
Vapours, of their Formation and Afcent,
173

Vaucanfon, Inventer of curious Machines,
159. Approv'd by the Academy of Sci.
ences, 166. Letter concerning his Duck,
ibid.
&c.
Velocity, various, of the Air in Flutes,
Caufe of the Variation of Sounds, 165-6
Tefalius, erroneous in Anatomy, 354, &c.
Via Regia, the Highway to Heaven
Vibrations of the Air, by their Slowness or
Quickness,determine Tones in Flutes, 159
Victory not fo joyful to a King, as to a pri-
vate Perfon

174

Wall, Dr, Paffage from his Hiftory of In-
fant-Baptifm
84
Warburton, Rev. Mr, commended, 87.
Obfervations on his Sermon at Bath, 169.
Letter to him, in Defence of Dr Grey,
His Interpretation of Abraham's
offering up fast, defended, 176. Ob.
jections to his Faft Sermon
Wesley, Rev. Charles, Encomium of his
6
Praying and Preaching

221.

323

Wharton, Advocate for Non-Refidents, 38
Wbifton, afcribes the Deluge to a Comet, 78
White, Rev. Mr, on his Controverfy with
a Diffenter, 349. On a Paflage in his
Defence
352
Whitefield, Rev. Remarks on his Conduct
and Writings, 5, 7, 10, 11, 2251 Vin-
dicated, 11, &c. His Preaching com-
par'd with Long beard's, 94. Strange Ef-
fects of his Sermon on Pentecoft, 98,
Refembles the Quakers
Whiteness of Skin, how caufed Fol. 36
Whitgift, Archbp, his Teftimony of Mr

Fox

225

105 Wickliffe, vindicated from being an Anabaptift, 104, 115. His Opinions condemned by the Council of Conftance, 108. By Archbp Arundel, 113. His Opinion of Baptifm Will not free

114

198

Willis, feveral Hypothefes of his, in Ana353-6 tomy, purely imaginary Wind, how modify'd by human Organs, 160 159 Wind Inftruments, Remarks on 354 Winflow, a prime Anatomilt Wood, Antbony, his Character of Mr Fox, 15 15. Charges him with a Falfity, 107 Virgil, his Account of Polyphemus, 55. Of Words ufed metaphorically, lofe not their the mifchievous Effects of Comets, 6. proper Meaning Of the State of Suicides, 72. Of the Worship, with my Body I thee, in the Mar130 Sterility of falt Lands riage Ceremony, explained Virtue, Inability to practife, inconfiftent with the Glory of God, Xanthus, a fpeaking Horfe in Homer 171 Vifcera, elementary Glands of, imagina y, Xenophon, Dialogue from, tranflated by Q. 354 Elizabeth, 139. His Character as an Hiftorian

Ulcer. See Lungs.
Uncertainty, abiolute, deny'd 16, 26
Univerfal Hiftory, Obfervation of the Au-
thors of, difproved
Univerfal Prayer, a new one, 199. See Pope.
Voltaire on Suicide, 70. His Ode to the Q

120

Χ

Y

22

272

56

194

Tate, Mr,defends his Hypothefir of Comets, 265. Objections against his fuppofed rectilineal Motion of the late Comet, with a Cut, 345-6. His Answer, 347

FINI S.

CAVE, at St John's Gate.

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