April, natural appearances on | Astronomical terms explained,
the first of, i, 101
Arbutus, description of, iii, 350 Ascham, Roger, his visit to Lady Grey, iv, 39
i, xxxv, Intr. ASTRONOMY, History of, ii, 27, 60, 98, 132, 185, 209, 228, 246, 264, 288, 309, 327; iii, 10, 47, 74, 105, 135,170, 191, 222, 262, 294, 316, 339 ASTRONOMY, Sonnet on, ii, vi, Intr-principles of, of, vii, -dignity and utility of, ib. -Ptolemaic system, viii- Copernican system, ix-the fixed Stars, xi constella- tions, xiii-of the Sun and his motions, xvi—of the Planets, xxi-of the Moon, Xxxvi-of the tides, xl-of the satellites of Jupiter, xlii
Ascension Day, i, 114; ii, 164; iii, 133; iv, 133 Ash, description of, iii, 38 Ash-Wednesday, i, 37-cere- monies of penitents on this day, 38-extraordinary fasts at this season, i, 39; ii, 50; iii, 45; iv, 41 Ass, Sterne's pleasing tribute to, iv, lxix, Intr. note Ass's feast, account of, ii, 318 Assumption, i, 200; ii, 239; iii, 220; iv, 226 ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES in Jan. 1814, i, 11; Feb. 41; March, 60; April, 87; May, 121; June, 146; July, 174; August, 203; September, 234; October, 259; Novem- ber, 291; December, 317 Astronomical Occurrences in Jan. 1815, ii, 21; Feb. 54; March, 93; April, 127; May, 179; June, 203; July, 223; August, 240; Septem- ber, 259; October, 284; No- vember, 304; December, 322 Astronomical Occurrences in
of Saturn, xliv-of the Georgium Sidus, ib.-of the fixed Stars, xlv-on the importance and utility of, iv, 11-21
Jan. 1816, iii, 16; February, 52; March, 82; April, 111; May, 142; June, 174; July, 197; August, 232; Septem- ber, 269; October, 300; November, 324; December,
344
Astronomical Occurrences in Jan. 1817, iv, 9; February, 43; March, 64; April, 99; May, 138; June, 166; July, 201; August, 229; Septem- ber, 260; October, 289; November, 322; December,
347
August, explanation of, i, 197; ii, 237; iii, 218; iv, 224 Autumn, beauties of, i, 243
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Bacon, Lord, prognostics re- lative to the weather, i, 353 Banbury, Shepherd of, rules for predicting changes in the weather, i, 360 Barometer described, i, 350 Bastile, lines on the destruc-
tion of, iv, 197 Bear, picturesque description of, iv, lxv, Într. Beating of husbands, practice of, i, 83
Beauties of nature, concluding reflections on, iv, lxx lines on, lxxi Becket, Thomas à, i, 166; ii, 219; iii, 189; iv, 196 Bede, Venerable, i, 116; ii,
175; iii, 134; iv, 135 Beech, description of, iii, 65
Beech Tree's Petition, iii, 65,
note
Bees, description of, i, 72- floating apiaries, 73-best setters of cucumbers, 271- lines on the destruction of, 274 curious particulars of, ii, 112- The Captived Bee,' 115-account of an excur- sion of one to the blossoms of an almond tree, iii, 149- 151-picturesque lines on, ib, 152-on the economy of, 202; iv, 82-84-lines de- scriptive of, 84, and note, ib. 118-list of trees, plants, &c. visited by, 149-birth of the bee, a poem, 150-Cu- pid stung by one, 151, note- Lines descriptive of its sum- mer rambles, 181-cruelty of destroying, 215-lines to the Burnie Bee, 216-stan- zas on, from the Spanish, 241-elegy to, by Dr. Wol- cott, 303-lines on the eco- nomy of, xxiii, Intr. Belsize house, account of, ii, 170, note
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Birch, description of the, iii, 67 Bird-catching in the neighbour- hood of London, particulars of, iv, xlviii-li, Intr. Birds, poetical description of building their nests, i, 104— migration of, i, 249, 304; ii, 104 melody of, 106-of their nests, 144, 145-mi- gration of, 156, 272—nidi- fication of, 192-curious ef- fect of cold on, iii, 60-on the melody of, 146-poetical description of, iv, 52-of making their nests, 79-lines on the return of, in the spring, 110 on forming their nests, 115-poetical description of various, iv, xxxvii, ̃Intr.—
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parts of, ib. xxxviii-mecha- nical wonders of a feather, ib. xxxix-anatomical de- scription of, ib.-various ge- nera of, xl--birds of prey, xl-pies, xli-passeres, or small singing birds, xlv-lines on the construction of their nests, xlvii-their search af- ter food, vernal and autum- nal flights, xlviii-particulars of bird-catching, xlix-li- high price of singing birds, li-general poetical descrip- tion of birds, lviii Bittern, booming of, i, 104; ii, 147
Blackbirds, the, an elegy, iv, 192-194
Blenheim, lines on the battle of, iv, 226 Blossoms, lines on, i, 105 Bomb in St. James's Park, in-
scription on, iv, 200 Bookseller, to my, a sonnet, iv,
225
BOTANY, elements of, iii, vii, Intr.- similarity between animals and vegetables, viii- arrangement of plants and tree ix-the sexual system, x-parts of a perfect flower, xi-xvi-table of the classes, xvi-explanation of, xviii, xxii -structure and economy of plants, xxiv-xxviii reflec- tions of Dr. Smith on the ad- vantages of botany, xxix- lines on, xxx Bouquet, poetical, of wild flow- ers, iv, 339, 340 Box, description of, iii, 95 Boren Bower, a poem, iii, 95, note
Boy-bishop, ceremony of, i, 306, 307
Brooks, resort of cattle to, iv, 244-beautiful allusion to the
failure of, in summer, ib.
note
Buffon's garden described, iv, 95 Bull-fish described, iii, 214 Bullock's, Mr. beautiful col- lection of humming birds, iv, xlv, Intr. note-fine spe- cimen of a camelopard there, lxvi
Burnie bee, lines to, iv, 216 Burns, Robert, lines to 'Mary in Heaven,' iv, 198 Bustard, common, particulars of, iv, lv, Intr. Butcher-bird, extraordinary courage of, iv, xli, Intr.
note
Butterfly, lines on, i, 132, note -various, described, 219- lines to, 220-the birth of, a poem, iii, 148, note-pic- turesque description of, 237, 238-extract from the But- terfly's Ball, iv, 117, note- lines descriptive of, 148; xxi, Intr.; xxii, note Byron, Lord, lines from his Hours of Idleness,' iv, 6
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Casar's Calendar, i, viii, Intr. Calais, surrender of, iii, taken, 219
note
Caterpillars, account of vari- ous, iii, 124 examination of, iv, 119 Celandine, lines to, iii, 90 Cercaria changeable, described, iv, xii, Intr.
Ceres, the planet, account of, i, 239; ii, xxv, Intr. Cervantes's Don Quixote, rapid sale of, iv, 98 3-Chaffinch, lines on, iii, 58, 59,
Calendar of Julius Cæsar, ex- planation of, i, viii, Intr.- the calendar, xiii-xxiv French, or republican, xxv- Swedish, ib.-explanation of the word, xxviii-of the ca- lendar, 87-91, 121 Call-birds, peculiarities of, iv, xlix-li, Intr.
Candlemas day, i, 28—lines on Candlemas eve, 29
Caraccas, earthquake at, iv, 63 Carling Sunday, i, 60; ii, 19; iii, 74; iv, 62 Carnation examined by a mi-
Calves' head club, i, 9 Camel, curious particular in the hoof of, iv, lxv, Intr. Camelopard, description of, iv, Ixv, Intr.
croscope, iii, 156-158 Carnival at Rome, i, 35; ii, 48 Carol, Scotch, i, 311 Carp, great fecundity of, iv, xxvii, Intr.-can be fatten- ed in a damp cellar, xxxii Casimir, ode of, translated, iv,
92
Cassini, discoveries of, ii, 212 Cat, strange part acted by one in the Fête Dieu, ii, 173– by a bear and twelve cats, ib. note-cats burnt alive on Midsummer-day, 173-lines descriptive of, iv, lxiii, Intr.
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Chameleon, curious particulars of, iv, xxxv, Intr. Champaigne, substitution of Perry for, iv, 305 Chamouny, lines written in the -valley of, iv, 27 Charles V, anecdote of, iii,
291
Charlotte, Princess, lines on the marriage of, iv, 132 Chatterton's description of an- tient Christmas ceremonies, i, 312, 313-tribute to his memory, iv, 227
Cherry blossoms, lines to, ii,
147
Cock-throwing, account of, i, 36; ii, 45
Chesnut, description of, iii, 96 Childermas-day, vulgar super-
stitions on, iv, 346 Children coming from school, iv, 36
Chimney swallow, i, 98 Christmas, lines on the Christ-
Collop Monday, i, 35 Comets, on the nature and use of, i, 317, 325-remarkable
mas fare of turkeys, iv, 345,ones, 327; iii, xxxii, Intr. and note on the meeting of ommissioners of woods and friends at, 360 forests, useful labours of, no- Christmas day, i, 309-boxes, ticed, iv, 156 310-antient observation of, Conception of the Virgin Mary, ib. 311-carols, ib. 312-poe- i, 308; ii, 317; iii, 335; iv, tical description of antient 342 ceremonies, 313-sonnet on, 335-ceremony of the Fête de l'Ane at this season, ii, 318-ceremonies on, iii, 336 -lines descriptive of Christ- mas Eve, 337-of the carol, ib.-of Christmas-box, ib.- of visiting, 338-custom at Clare hall, Cambridge, on, ib.-lines on adorning houses with evergreens at, 352 Chronology, how assisted by
astronomy, iv, 13. Cider, manufacture of, iv, 305 -principal markets for, and prices of, 306, 307 Circumcision, i, 2; ii, 1; iii, 1; iv, 1
Clare hall, Cambridge, custom there, at Christmas, iii, 338
Clepsydra, i, vi, Intr. Climate, on the inclemency of,
i, 25, 331-observations on, in the South of France and Italy, iii, 347
Clocks, origin of, i, vii, Intr. Clouds, artificial distinctions of, i, 338 Coborg, Prince, character of, iv, 343 Cock-fighting, i, 36
Cold, lowest degree of, in Jan. 1814, i, 41-curious effect of, on the feathered tribe, iii, 60
Conductors of lightning noticed, iv, 220
Conger-eel, lines on, and de-
scription of, iv, 362 Constellations, ii, xiii, Intr. Construction of the heavens, i,
291
Copernican system, ii, ix, Intr. Copernicus, account of, ii, 187 Corals and corallines described, iv, x, Intr.
Corinna's going a Maying, ii,
161
Cormorant described, and poe- tical allusion to, iv, lix, Intr. Coronation of K. George III, i, 228-the oath, 229; ii, 258; iii, 260 Corpus Christi, i, 140-cele- bration of the Romish church of, ii, 172-strange part act- ed in, by a cat, 173-by a bear and twelve cats, ib. note -explanation of, iii, 166; iv, 161
Country, native, lines on the attachment to, iii, 349 Court fools, account of, ii, 118 Crabs, their power of casting
off a limb at pleasure, iv, xxii, Intr.-cast their skins. annually, ib.
Cressy, battle of, iii, 221 Crocodile, lines descriptive of its haunts, iv, xxxiv, Intr. Crocus, account of, and lines to, i, 50
Cross-buns, origin of, ii, 88, 89 Cromwell, Oliver, character of, iv, 257-raised 40,000l. for the exiled protestants, 310, note-his firm conduct re- specting the massacre in Piedmont, ib. Crow, lines to, iv, 74 Crows, singular instance of dis- tributive justice among, iv, xlii, Intr. Crow-waterfoot, use of, ii, 154 Cruelty to animals deprecated,
iv, 215-sermon on, by the Rev. Mr. Plumptree, recom- mended, ib. note Cuckoo described, i, 102-lines to, ii, 142; iii, 121-anec- dotes of, iv, 113 Cuckoo-spit insect, ii, 214 Cucumbers, best set by bees, i, 271-quantity of, grown at Sandy, in Bedfordshire, iv, 254 passage in scripture il- lustrated, 255 Cupid stung by a bee, lines on, iv, 151, note Cuttle-fish described, and lines on, iv, xiv, Intr.
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December, explanation of, i, 305 -lines on the first of, i, 332 -explanation of, ii, 316; iii, 334; iv, 341
Dew, lines on, iv, 279-new theory of, 280, 281 Dials, i, v, Intr. Diurnal motion of the heavens , and fixed stars, i, 146 Dodd, Dr. reflections on the execution of, iv, 165 Dog-days begin,i, 166; ii, 219; iii, 188; iv, 194 Dolphin, poetical description of its death, iv, lxix, Intr. Domestic fowl, rural group of, iv, lv, Intr.-Mowbray's trea tise on, quoted, 125 Duck, description of; iv, lvii, Intr.
Dutch, system of gardening pursued by, iv, 185-tulipo- mania of, 187-189
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Eagle, lines descriptive of, iv, xli, Intr.
Earth, of the, i, 124, 150; ii, xxiv, Intr-on the orbits, motions, &c. of, iv, 167 Earthquake at the Caraccas, iv,
63
Easter Day, i, 82; ii, 91-grand ceremony of the resurrection at Moscow on, 90-92; iii, 100; iv, 93 Easter Eve, i, 82; ii, 90-cu- rious custom at Florence on, iii, 100
Easter Monday and Tuesday, i, 83; ii, 92-ceremonies at Moscow on, 93; iii, 101- custom of heaving on, iv, 94, Eclipses, of, ii, 179, 203, 223— interesting description of one, 240-on the calculation of, iv, 230, 261, 291, 323, 348
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