Jaffier Ali Khân, made Nabob of Bengal
by the English, ix. 401.

Jaghires, Indian, nature of them, xii. 9.
Jekyl, Sir Joseph, his character, iv. 130.

extracts from his speech at the
trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 130,
131, 132, 136, 137, 142, 143.
Jews, a source of great revenue to Wil-
liam the Conqueror, vii. 351.
Job, observations on its sublime repre-
sentation of a vision in the night,
i. 137.

its sublime descriptions of the war-
horse, the wild ass, and the unicorn
and leviathan, i. 140.
John, King of England, brief account of
his reign, vii. 437.

Judge, duty of one, xi. 104.
Judges, ought to be the very last to feel

the necessities of the state, ii. 351.
Judgment and wit, difference between
them, i. 87.

the senses should be put under the
tuition of the judgment, iii. 15.
a coarse discrimination the greatest
enemy to accuracy of judgment, v.

Labor, necessary, why, i. 215.
human labor called by the ancients
instrumentum vocale, v. 140.

that on which the farmer is most to
rely for the repayment of his cap-
ital, v. 140.

Laborer and employer, always an implied
contract between them, v. 137.
the first and fundamental interest
of the laborer, what, v. 140.
Laboring poor, impropriety of the expres-
sion, v. 135, 466.

Lacedemonians, at the head of the aristo-
cratic interests of Greece, iv. 321.
La Fontaine, has not one original story,
vii. 145.

Lancaster, Duchy and County Palatine
of, severed from the crown by
Henry IV., ii. 296.

Landed estate of the crown, remarks on
it, ii. 299.

Landed interest, policy of the French Re-
public with regard to it, iv. 323.
Landed property, the firm basis of every
stable government, v. 491.
Lanfranc, character of him, vii. 363.
Langton, Stephen, his appointment to the

see of Canterbury through the in-
fluence of the Pope, vii. 447, 451.
oath administered by him to King
John on his absolution, vii. 455.
Law's Mississippi scheme, character of
it, iii. 554.

Law of neighborhood, what, v. 321.
Law, remarks on the study of it, i
125.

Laws, reach but a very little way, i. 470.
their severity tempered by trial by

jury, i. 499.

superseded by occasions of public
necessity, ii. 329.

bad ones the worst sort of tyranny,
ii. 395.

laws and manners, a knowledge of
what belongs to each the duty of
a statesman, v. 167.

civil laws not all merely positive, v.
321.

two things requisite to the solid es-
tablishment of them, vi. 321.
equity and utility, the two founda-
tions of them, vi. 323.

ought to be in unison with manners,
vii. 27.

of England, Essay towards an His-
tory of the, vii. 475.

of England, written in the native
language until the Norman Con-
quest, vii. 481.

of other Northern nations, written in
Latin, vii. 481.

cause of this difference, vii. 481.
of Canute the Great, remarks on
them, vii. 483.

of Edward the Confessor, so called,
vii. 484.

ancient Saxon, review of their sanc
tions, vii. 484.

sources of them, vii. 487.

Laws, Gentoo, sources of them, ix. 482.

Mahometan, sources of them, ix. 480;
xi. 216.

Lawful enjoyment, the surest method to
prevent unlawful gratification, iv.
256.

Lawsuit, observations on that comedy,
vii. 152.

Learning, an attention to it necessary to

Christianity, vii. 246.

contributed, in the early ages, to the
temporal power of the clergy, vii.
399.
Lechmere, Mr., extracts from his speeches
at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv.
122, 124, 142.

Legislation, important problem in, v. 166.
Legislative and juridical acts, the differ-
ence between them, vii. 63.
Legislative right, not to be exercised with-

out regard to the general opinion
of those who are to be governed,
ii. 224.

Legislators, bound only by the great prin-
ciples of reason and equity, and the
general sense of mankind, ii. 196.
character of a true legislator, iii. 456.
duties of legislators, v. 166; vi. 319.
the mode of proceeding of the ancient
legislators, iii. 476.

Legislature, the true end of it, what, ii.
225; iii. 457.

its power of regulating the succes-
sion to the crown, iv. 134.
Leland, Dr., his book (View of Deistical
Writers) the best on the subject,
vii. 34.

Length, too great, in buildings, prejudi-
cial to grandeur of effect, i. 152.
Letter of Mr. Burke to the Sheriffs of Bris-
tol, on American Affairs, ii. 187.
to Gentlemen of Bristol, on the Trade
of Ireland, ii 249, 258.

to a Member of the National Assem-
bly, on French Affairs, iv. 1.

to a Peer of Ireland, on the Penal
Laws against Irish Catholics, iv.
217.

to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, iv.
241; vi. 375.

to William Elliot, Esq., on a Speech

in the House of Lords, in the Debate
concerning Lord Fitzwilliam, v.107.
to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks up-
on himself and his Pension, v. 171.
on a Regicide Peace, v. 233, 342, 384;
vi. 1.

to the Empress of Russia, vi. 113.
to Sir Charles Bingham, on the Irish
Absentee Tax, vi. 121.

to Hon. Charles James Fox, on the
American War, vi. 135.
to the Marquis of Rockingham, on the
Plans of the Opposition in refer-
ence to the American War, vi. 151.
to Rt. Hon. Edmund S. Pery, on the
Relief of the Roman Catholics of
Ireland, vi. 197.

Letter of Mr. Burke to Thomas Burgh,
Esq., in Vindication of his Parlia
mentary Conduct relative to Ire-
land, vi. 209

to John Merlott, Esq., on the same
subject, vi. 235.

to the Lord Chancellor and others,
with Thoughts on the Executions
of the Rioters in 1780, vi. 239.
to Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas, with the
Sketch of a Negro Code, vi. 255.
to the Chairman of the Buckingham-
shire Meeting, on Parliamentary
Reform, vi. 291.

to William Smith, Esq., on Catholic
Emancipation, vi. 361.

to Richard Burke, Esq., on Protestant
Ascendency in Ireland, vi. 385.

on the Affairs of Ireland in 1797, vi.
413.

on Mr. Dowdeswell's Bill for explain-
ing the Powers of Juries in Prose-
cutions for Libels, vii. 123.
Libel, the elements of a, vii. 113.
Libelling, not the crime of an illiterate
people, vii. 111.

Liberty and commerce, the two main
sources of power to Great Britain,
ii. 87.

mistakes about liberty, ii. 228.
cannot long exist among a people
generally corrupt, ii. 242.

necessity of regulating it, iii. 240, 559,
how far men are qualified for it, iv.
51.

the distinguishing part of the British
constitution, iv. 97.

its preservation the peculiar duty of
the House of Commons, iv. 97.
order and virtue necessary to its ex
istence, iv. 97.

a constitution uniting public and
private liberty with the elements
of a beneficent and stable govern-
ment, an elaborate contrivance, iv.
211.

partial freedom and true liberty con-
trasted, vi. 389.

review of the causes of the revolution
in favor of liberty in the reign of
King John, vii. 472.

Light, how a cause of the sublime, i. 156.
when excessive, resembles darkness
in its effects, i. 157.

light and riant colors opposed to
the sublime, i. 159.

Limerick, treaty of, observations on two
of its articles, vi. 345.
Lindisfarne, brief account of, vii. 250.
Liturgy of the Established Church, al-
teration of it ineffectual for the
quieting of discontent, vii. 13.
Locke, Mr., his opinion concerning pleas
ure and pain, i. 105.

his opinion concerning darkness, i.
225.

Longinus, an observation of his on the
effect of sublime passages in poets
and orators, i. 124

degraded office to which he was ap-

pointed by the Revolutionists, iii.
496; iv. 20.

not the first cause of the evil by
which he suffered, v. 366.
his character, v. 378.

character of his brothers, iv. 429.
Love, its origin, nature, and objects, i. 125.

the physical cause of it, i. 232.
nature of that taught by Rousseau,
iv. 30.

observations on the love of parents to

their children, xi. 422.

and on the love of country, xi. 422 ;
iii. 292, 494.

Lucretius, passages from him, illustrative
of the sublime, i. 144, 257.
Luxury, some good consequences of it,
i. 424.

a tax on it, the only contribution that
can be termed voluntary, v. 461.

Machiavel, an observation of his on war
and peace, i. 15.

his maxim concerning wickedness by
halves, vi. 43.

Madmen, a frequent appearance in them
accounted for, i. 149.

Magna Charta, observations on it, iii.
272; iv. 266.

origin and nature of it, vii. 460.
Magnanimity, in politics, often the truest
wisdom, ii. 181.

Magnificence, a source of the sublime, i.
154.

Magnitude, in building, necessary to the
sublime, i. 152.

Mahomed Reza Khân, arrested by Mr.
Hastings, x. 184.
Mahometanism, its conquests in Hindo-
stan, ix. 387.

Mahometan government, character of it,
ix. 463.

laws, sources of them, ix. 480; xi. 216.
Mahrattas, their territories invaded by
the East India Company, ii. 453.
treaties with them, ii. 453, 454.

Majority, in a commonwealth, question
as to the proper power of, iii. 299;
iv. 170.

not true that in all coutests the de-
cision will be in their favor, vii. 53.
Malesherbes, murdered by the French
Revolutionists, vi. 40.
Malvoisins, what, vii. 389.
Man, a creature of habit and opinions,
ii. 234; xii. 164.

Manifestoes, implying superiority over
an enemy, when commonly made,
iv. 405.

matters usually contained in them,
iv. 405.

Manilla ransom, remarks on it, i. 407.
Manners, while they remain entire, cor-
rect the vices of law, ii. 202.
corrupted by civil wars, ii. 203.
maintained in Europe for ages by the
spirit of nobility and of religion,
iii. 335.

in England, derived from France, iii.
336.

have done alone in England what

institutions and manners together
have done in France, iv. 327.
statesmen ought to know what apper-
tains respectively to manners and
laws, v. 167.

of more importance than laws, v. 310.
laws ought to be in unison with them,
vii. 27.

-

Mansfield, Lord, his declarations concern-
ing rules of evidence, xi. 84.
Mara, the name of a Saxon goddess, -
whence the term Night-Mare, vii.
237.
Marriage, beneficial results of the Chris-

tian doctrine concerning it, v. 312.
endeavors of the French Constituent
Assembly to desecrate it, v. 312.
ends for which it was instituted, vii.
131.

restraints upon it in the reign of
King John, vii. 464.

Marriage Act, principles upon which it
is grounded, vii. 131.
Mathematical and metaphysical reason-

ing, compared with moral, vii. 73.
Mazarin, Cardinal, not loved by Louis
XIV., iii. 499.

bon-mot of a flatterer of his, on the
match between Louis XIV. and a
daughter of Spain, vi. 20.
Mediterranean Sea, importance to Eng-
land of keeping a strong naval
force there, v. 421.

Memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de
M. M., Hints for a, iv. 307.
Merchants, English, their evidence, peti-
tions, and consultations respecting
America, i. 399, 405, 406.
principles and qualities of, ii. 506.
Mercy, not opposed to justice, iv. 465;
vi. 252.

consists not in the weakness of the
means, but in the benignity of the
ends, vi. 168.

Metaphysician, nothing harder than the

heart of a thorough-bred one, v. 216.
Migration, in early times, caused by pas-
turage and hunting, vii. 171.
and by wars, vii. 171.
Military life, its attractions to those who

have had experience of it, v. 464.
Military and naval officers, the fortitude
required of them, v. 468.
Militia, probable origin of it, vii. 422.
Milton, his admirable description of
Death, i. 132.

his celebrated portrait of Satan, i. 135.
his description of the appearance of
the Deity, i. 156.

example from him of the beautiful in
sounds, i. 203.

of the power of words, i. 259.
Ministers, Prussian, infected with the
principles of the French Revolu-
tion, iv. 359.

British, to be controlled by the House
of Commons, v. 57.

observations on their duty in giving
information to the public, vi. 14.
Minority, Observations on the Conduct of
the, in Parliament, in the Session
of 1792, v. 1.

power of a restless one, v. 285.
Mistletoe, veneration of the Druids for it,
vii. 183.

Modes of life, injustice of sudden legis-
lative violence to such as the laws
had previously encouraged, iii. 439.
Modesty, heightens all other virtues, i.188;
v. 128.

but sometimes their worst enemy, v.
129.

Mogul, the Great, his grants to the East
India Company, ii. 560; ix. 345.
sold by the Company, ii. 448.
the Company's treaties with him brok-
en by them, ii. 452.

conspiracy to murder his son, ix. 412.
Mohun, Lord, proceedings in his trial, xi.
32.

Mona, the principal residence of the Dru-
ids in the beginning of Nero's reign,
vii. 195.

reduced by Suetonius Paulinus, vii.
196.

Monarchy, preferred by Bolingbroke to
other governments, iii. 398.

one of its advantages, to have no local
seat, iv. 431.

Monastic institutions, their important
uses, iii. 440; vii. 244, 245.
Money, the value of it how to be judged,
v. 454.

Moneyed companies, dangerous to tax
great ones, i. 368.

Moneyed interest, when dangerous to a
government, iii. 437.

Moneyed men, ought to be allowed to set
a value on their money, v. 455.
Monk, General, character of the army
commanded by him, iv. 36.
Monopoly of authority, an evil; of capi-
tal, a benefit, v. 151

Montesquieu, his remark on the legisla
tors of antiquity, iii. 477.
character of him, iv. 211.

his false view of the people of India,
xi. 207.

Moral duties, not necessary that the rea-
sons of them should be made clear
to all, i. 7.

Moral order of things, great disasters in
it affect the mind like miracles in
the physical, iii. 337.
Moral questions never abstract ones, vii.
55.

Moral reasoning, compared with mathe-
matical and metaphysical, vii. 73.
Mortality, a general one always a time
of remarkable wickedness, vii. 84.
Multitudes, the shouting of, a source of
the sublime, i. 159.

a multitude told by the head, not the
people, iv. 183.

Munny Begum, (of Bengal,) her history,
x. 195; xii. 226.

appointed by Mr. Hastings regent of
Bengal, and guardian of the Nabob,
x. 196; xii. 218.

(of Oude,) her noble birth, rank, and
connections, xii. 46.

Music, remark concerning the beautiful
in it, i. 204.

Mystery, in any matter of policy, affords
presumption of fraud, xii. 79.

Nabob of Arcot, the Subah of the Deccan
sold to him by the East India Com-
pany, ii. 450.

nature of his debts, iii. 25, 28, 29, 35,

39, 47.

Nabob of Oude, conduct of the East India
Company towards him, ii. 466.

Nantes, Edict of, reason assigned by Louis
XIV. for the revocation of it, vi.
328.

observations thereon, vi. 328.
Naples, how likely to be affected by the
revolution in France, iv. 337.
Nation, Present State of the, Observations
on a late Publication so intituled,
i. 269.

character of this publication, i. 274.
state of the nation in 1770, i. 437.
speculation of the ministry on the
cause of it, i. 438.

animadversions on their views, i. 439.
National Assembly of France, corresponds
with the Revolution Society of Lon-
don, iii. 237.

its composition and character, iii.
283, 450.

studies recommended by it to the
youth of France, iv. 25.

its worship of Rousseau, iv. 25.
Natural powers in man, the senses, the
imagination, and the judgment, i.

82.

Nature, state of, inconveniences of it, i. 10.
the social, impels a man to propa-
gate his principles, v. 361.

Navigation, Act of, its policy, i. 378; fi.
30, 38.

Navy, the great danger of economical ex-
periments upon it, i. 345.
Necessity, the plea of, remarks on it, v.

450.

Negro Code, Sketch of a, vi. 262.
Negro slaves, denunciation of attempts to

excite insurrections among them in
the colonies by proclamations of the
English governors, vi. 171.
Neighborhood, the law of, what, v. 321.
Newfoundland, view of the trade with it,
i. 320.

Newspapers, powerful influence of them
in the diffusion of French princi-
ples, iv. 327.

Night, a cause of the sublime, i. 132, 158.
Norman conquest, extraordinary facility
of it, vii. 287.

attempt to account for it, vii. 288.

the great era of the English laws, vii.
487

Normandy, reunion of it to the crown of
France, vii. 445.

North, Lord, observations on his charac-
ter, v. 182; vi. 216, 223.
Novelty, the first and simplest source of
pleasure to the mind, i. 101.

the danger of indulging a desire for
it in practical cases, iv. 76.
Nundcomar, accuses Mr. Hastings of cor-
ruption, x. 24.

Nuzzer, or Nuzzerana, what, x. 171.

Oak, the, why venerated by the Druids,
vii. 183.

Oath, the Coronation, observations upon it
in reference to the Roman Catho-
lics, iv. 260.

Obscurity, generally necessary to the ter-
rible, i. 132.

why more affecting than clearness,
i. 135.

Obstinacy, though a great and very mis-
chievous vice, closely allied to the
masculine virtues, ii 66.
Office, men too much conversant in it

rarely have enlarged minds, ii. 38.
in feudal times, the lowest offices often
held by considerable persons, ii.303.
the reason of this, ii. 304.
Officers, military and naval, nature of the
fortitude required of them, v. 468.
Opinion, popular, the support of govern-
ment, ii. 224; vi. 165; vii. 91.
an equivocal test of merit, v. 183.
the generality of it not always to be
judged of by the noise of the ac-
clamation, v. 286.

Opinions, men impelled to propagate their
own by their social nature, v. 361.
their influence on the affections and
passions, v. 403; vii 44.

the most decided often stated in the
form of questions, vi. 28.
the interest and duty of government
to attend much to them, vii. 44.

Oppression, the poorest and most illiter-
ate are judges of it, iv. 281.

Orange, Prince of, (afterwards William
III.,) extracts from his Declara-
tion, iv. 147.

Ordeal, purgation by, vii. 314.
Oude, extent and government of, under
Sujah ul Dowlah, xi. 373.

Pain, pleasure, and indifference, their mu-
tual relation as states of the mind,
i. 103.

nature and cause of pain, i. 210.
how a cause of delight, i. 215.
Paine, Thomas, remarks on his character,
v. 111; vi. 60.

Painting and poetry, their power, when
due to imitation, and when to sym-
pathy, i. 123.

Pandulph, the Pope's legate, his politic

dealing with King John, vii. 451.
parallel between his conduct to King
John and that of the Roman con-
suls to the Carthaginians in the
last Punic war, vii. 453.
Papal power, uniform steadiness of it in
the pursuit of its ambitious pro-
jects, vii. 449.

Papal pretensions, sources of their growth
and support, vii. 384.

Papal States, how likely to be affected by
the revolution in France, iv. 337.
Parliament, remarks on it, i. 491.

the power of dissolving it, the most
critical and delicate of all the trusts
vested in the crown, ii. 553.
disadvantages of triennial parlia
ments, vii. 79.

Parliaments of France, character of them,
iii. 505.

Parliament of Paris, observations on its
subversion, xii. 396.

Parliamentary disorders, ideas for the
cure of them, i. 516.

Parsimony, a leaning towards it in war
may be the worst management, i.
310.

Party divisions, inseparable from free gov-
ernment, i. 271.

definition of the term, party, i. 530.
evils of party domination, vi. 390.
Passions, all concern either self-preser-
vation or society, i. 110.

final cause of the difference between
those belonging to self-preservation
and those which regard the society
of the sexes, i. 113.

those which belong to self-preserva-
tion turn upon pain and danger, i.
125.

nature and objects of those belonging
to society, i. 125.

a control over them necessary to the
existence of society, iv. 52.
strong ones awaken the faculties, v.
287.

vehement passion not always indica-
tive of an infirm judgment, v. 407.