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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1814. Excerpt: ... GENERAL INDEX A. Abassi Dis, estent of the empire of, in tbe ninth century, iii. 1--In the tenth, 7. Abbey, of oar Lady of the Hermits, mag- nificence of, i. 99. Abdoubrahman the Third, revenue of, in the tenth century, iii. 6. Abradates, account of, iii. 146. Academy of Inscriptions, Memoirs of, joy of our author on purchasing the first twenty volumes of it, i. 119--His opinion of the work, ibid. Accjioli, countess, v. 485. Aeland, colonel, killed, ii. 217. Acton, family of, related to Mr. Gibbon, i. -3,195, note. Adalbert the First, account of, iii. S77-- The Second, 381--The Third, S85. Addison, style of his writings, i. 122--His explanation of the -Villi Ode of the 1st book of Horace, v. 38--Mistaken in estimating the ordinary day's journey of Reman nobleman at fourteen miles, 442--His Dialogues on the usefulness of Ancient Medals, 455--His credulity in composing his Treatise of the Christian Religion, 558. Address on the revival sf learning, iii. 559. Adelais, adventures of, iii. 395. Aderfield, his History of Charles the Twelfth, v. 354. Adrian, his bust in the Florence Gallery described, i. 189, note. Africa, inquiry into the supposed circum- navigation of it by the ancients, v. 170. --Its four supposed circumnavigations unfounded, 177--The Portuguese the first who explored their way round fts southern promontory, 180--The circum- navigation by the rheuicians examined, 182. Agnes, daughter of Albert the First, in- stance of her cruelty and sanctity, iii. 270--Made umpire between her brother and the Swiss, 321. Agrippa, his bust in the Florence Gallery described, i. 187, note. Alamintus, account of his conversation with Hannibal, r. 373. Alba Fucentia, iv. 292. v. 404. Alba Longa, iv. 229. Albert the First, puts his brother Robert to death, iii. 246--His cond...
