Vice-Admiral of Devon, accepted a surveillance
over his kinsman, Sir Walter Rawleigh, iii. 116; his base treachery,
119; universally shunned in consequence, 120; convicted of clipping
gold, ib.; his miserable death, 121.

STUDENT in the metropolis, the, description of, by Gibbon, Rogers,
and Descartes, i. 112.

STUDY, plans of historical, ii. 90-92.

STUKELEY, Dr., his Imaginary History of the Empress Oriuna, i. 324,
note.

STYLE, remarks on, in the composition of works of science, i. 89;
strictures on the, of theological writers, ii. 21, 22; on that of
Lancelot Addison, 23.

SUGAR-LOAF-COURT, origin of the name, ii. 10.

SUPPRESSION of MSS.--See MANUSCRIPTS.

SYDENHAM, F., his melancholy death occasions the foundation of the
Literary Fund, i. 34, and note.

TABLETS, and Table-books, ii. 26.

TALMUD, many copies of, burnt, i. 48; a collection of Jewish
traditions orally preserved, 114; comprises _Mishna_, which is the
text of the _Gemara_, its commentary, ib.; general account of, ib.;
believed apocryphal, even by a few among the Jews, ib.; time of the
first appearance of its traditions uncertain, ib.; compiled by
Jewish doctors to oppose the Christians, ib.; analysis of, by W.
Wotton, 115; two Talmuds, ib.; committed to writing, and arranged by
R. Juda, prince of the Rabbins, forming the Mishna, ib.; disputes
and opinions of the Rabbins on the form of the Mishna, ib.; God's
study of, ib.; curious, from its antiquity, 116; specimens of, from
the Mishnic titles, 116-118; and from the Gemara, 119.

TASSO, various opinions on the respective merits of him and Ariosto,
i. 386; Boileau's criticism on, 388; his errors national, ib.; his
verses sung by the gondoliers, ib.

TAXATION, remarks on the popular feeling on, in ancient and modern
times, iii. 193; associated with the idea of tyranny, ib.;
illustrative anecdotes, 194; efficacy of using a mitigated term for,
195; gifts, tribute, benevolences, and loans, 195-198; Burleigh's
advice on, 199.

TAYLOR, Thomas, a modern professor of Platonism, i. 215.

TEA, opposition to the introduction of, ii. 317; present of,
declined by the Russian ambassador, 318; Dutch bargain for, 319;
introduction into Europe, ib.; shop-bill of the first vendor of,
320.

TENURES, curious ancient, i. 187, note.

THOMAS AQUINAS, some account of th