admirable system of, in France, under Necker, ii. 273.
difficulty of attempting a plan of pub- lic economy, ii. 268.
rules for a proper plan of, ii. 286. things prescribed by the principles of radical economy, ii. 310. distinction between economy and par- simony, v. 195.
political economy, had its origin in England, v. 192.
Education, effect of it on the colonists in America, ii. 124.
description of a good one, iv. 24; xii. 280.
Edward the Confessor, his character and conduct, vii. 278.
Election, popular, of magistrates, impor- tance of it to a state, i. 472. right of, what, i. 505.
mischief of frequent elections, i. 517; vii. 75.
the expense of them an important consideration, vii. 78.
Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI., murdered by the French regicides, vi. 41. Emphyteusis of the Romans, nature of it, vi. 354.
Empires do not fall by their own weight, vi. 27.
England, nature of its monarchy, ii. 288. eulogy on its constitution, v. 210. natural representation of its people, what it is, v. 284.
its constant policy with regard to France, iv. 397.
always necessarily the soul and head
of any confederacy against France, iv. 397; v. 245.
English History, An Abridgment of the, vii. 157.
Enmity, when avowed, is always felt, vi. 57.
Enthusiasm, excited by other causes be- sides religion, v. 361.
Eostre, the name of a Saxon goddess,
whence the term Easter, vii. 237. Epicureans, the, why tolerated in their
atheism by the supporters of the ancient heathen religions, vii. 31. their physics the most rational of the ancient systems, vii. 251. why discredited, vii. 251.
Equity, criminal, a monster in jurispru- dence, i. 500.
Established Church, the, should be power- ful, but comprehensive and toler- ant, vii. 36.
Established religion of a state, has often torn to pieces the civil establish- ment, vi. 357.
Establishment, legal, ground of a legis- lative alteration of it, vii. 10. ground of the constitutional provision for the exclusive application of tithes to its support, vii. 12. Etiquette, its signification and uses, v. 434.
Europe, general division of, before the universal prevalence of the Roman power, vii. 159.
the original inhabitants of Greece and Italy of the same race with the people of Northern Europe, vii. 161.
view of the state of Europe at the time of the Norman invasion, vii. 327.
Evidence, circumstantial, remarks on it, xi. 93.
Example, of men of principle, never with- out use, i. 426.
the only argument of effect in civil life, i. 499.
what the only security against a cor- rupt one, ii. 238.
the school of mankind, v. 331. Executions of criminals, observations on them, vi. 245.
Exercise necessary to the finer organs, i. 216.
Expression, difference between a clear and a strong one, i. 260. Eye, the, in what its beauty consists, i. 198.
Eyre, Sir Robert, (Solicitor-General,) ex- tracts from his speech at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 138.
Factions, formed upon and generate opin- ions, vii. 44.
Fame, a passion for it, the instinct of all great souls, ii. 65.
the separation of it from virtue, a harsh divorce, ii. 243.
Fanaticism, epidemical, formidable na- ture of it, iii. 435.
may be caused by a theory concern- ing government as much as by a dogma in religion, iv. 192. Farmer, dangerous to try experiments on him, v. 147.
amount of his usual profits, what, v.
difficulties of his business, v. 152. Favoritism, a system of, in the executory government of England, at variance with the plan of the legislature, i. 469.
Fear, cause of it, i. 210.
early and provident fear the mother of safety, vii. 50.
Feeling, the beautiful in, i. 201. Female sex, the moral sensibility more acute in them than in men, xii. 164.
Finances, three standards to judge of the condition of a nation with regard to them, i. 330.
importance of them to a state, iii. 534.
admirable management of the French finances under Necker, ii. 273. Financier, duty of a judicious one in re- spect to his calculations, i. 348. his objects, what, iii. 536, 558.
Fire, a chief object of worship to the Druids, why, vii. 182.
Firmness, a virtue only when it accom- panies the most perfect wisdom, i. 440.
Fitness, not the cause of beauty, i. 181. the real effects of it, i. 184. Flattery, why so prevalent, i. 124. Florence, republic of, its origin, vii. 331. Force, not impaired, either in effect or opinion, by an unwillingness to ex- ert itself, ii. 108.
objections to its employment against the American colonies, ii. 118. Forest lands, plan of economical reform concerning them, ii. 300. Foster, Justice, extracts from his Crown Cases and Discourses on the Crown Law, xi. 28, 123.
Fox, (C. J.) panegyrics on him, ii. 533; iii.
reluctant dissent from his opinion
concerning the assumption of citi- zenship by the French army, iii. 218.
animadversions on his commenda- tion of the French Revolution, iv. 77; v. 7.
policy of a treaty with France main- tained by him, v. 26.
his conduct contrasted with that of Mr. Pitt, v. 60.
France, from its vicinity, always an object
of English vigilance with regard to its power or example, iii. 216. Remarks on the Policy of the Allies with respect to, iv. 403.
the liberties of Europe dependent on its being a great and preponderat- ing power, iv. 455.
character of its government before the Revolution, as shown by a re- view of the condition of the king- dom, iii 400.
its exterior splendor just before the Revolution, v. 236.
state of things there during the Rev- olution, iv. 70.
barbarous treatment of the king and
queen at the outbreak of the Rev- olution, iii. 325.
eloquent description of the queen as Dauphiness, and of the revolution in her fortunes, iii. 331. observations on her execution, vi. 40.
degraded office to which the king
was appointed by the Revolution- ists, iii. 496; iv. 20. with his own hand pulled down the pillars of his throne, iv. 362. character of the king's brothers, iv. 429.
character of the aristocracy before the Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39.
Franchise and office, difference between them, iv. 252.
effect of separating property from franchise, iv. 256.
Franklin, Dr., conjectures on his visit to Paris, vi. 152.
Freedom, the great contests for it in Eng- land chiefly on the question of tax- ation, ii. 120.
but in the ancient commonwealths chiefly on the right of election of magistrates, or on the balance among the several orders of the state, ii. 120.
character of civil freedom, ii. 229. our best securities for it obtained. from princes who were either war- like or prodigal, vi. 35.
French Affairs, Thoughts on, iv. 313. French Directory, the character of its members, v. 448.
their conduct towards the foreign ministers, vi. 48.
French emigrants, capable of being ser- viceable in restoring order to France, iv. 427.
French literary cabal, their plan for the destruction of Christianity, iii. 378. French moneyed interest, at variance with the landed interest, iii. 376. French Revolution, characterized as one of doctrine and theoretic dogma, iv. 319.
its fundamental principle, iv. 322. Frenchmen naturally more intense in their application than Englishmen, iv. 54.
mischievous consequences of this, iv. 55.
Friends of the Liberty of the Press, a club formed under the auspices of Mr. Fox, v. 20.
origin and character of it, v. 20. Friends of the People, origin, composi- tion, and proceedings of the club so called, v. 12.
a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47. Frugality, founded on the principle that all riches have limits, ii. 308.
Gaming, a principle inherent in human nature, ii. 293.
a general spirit of it encouraged by the Revolutionists in France, iii. 488.
they who are under its influence treat their fortunes lightly, iv. 204.
Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47. Gauls, their early incursions into Greece and Italy, vii. 161.
reduced at last by the Romans under Cæsar, vii. 162.
policy of Cæsar with regard to them,
Geneva, possible benefits to it from state granaries, v. 155.
Genghis Khân, observations on his code, xi. 212.
Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331. Gentoo law, the primeval law of India, xi. 207.
Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin- dostan, ix. 377.
distribution of the people into orders or castes, ix. 380.
origin and character of their laws, ix. 482.
extracts from Halhed's translation of
George II., character of his reign, i. 456. George III., advantages under which he came to the throne, i. 450.
Germanic Custumary, the source of the polity of every country in Europe, v. 319.
Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322. brief account of their manners and institutions, vii. 291.
in certain of their institutions the outlines of the constitution of Eng- land delineated, vii. 293. Germany, how likely to be affected by the Revolution in France, iv. 328. Gibraltar, the object of England in retain- ing it, iv. 383.
Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary wealth and splendor, vii. 245. Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv.
their mode of influence, iv. 190. Good fame of every man, ought to be protected by the laws, vii. 112. Gothic Custumary, the source of the pol- ity of every country in Europe, v. 319.
Government, the forms of a free one not altogether incompatible with the ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444. project of government devised in the court of Frederick, Prince of Wales, i. 447.
considered, i. 450.
nature and design of it, i. 460. name of it, i. 466.
important ends of a mixed govern- ment, i. 469.
folly of hazarding plans of govern- ment except from a seat of author ity, ii. 104.
government a practical thing, ii. 227 ; iii. 310.
character of a free one, ii. 227.
an eminent criterion of a wise one, what, ii. 278.
reform in it should be early and temperate, ii. 280.
without means of some change, is without the means of its conserva- tion, iii. 259.
difficulty of forming a free one, iii. 560.
the particular form of it to be de- termined by the circumstances and habits of a country, iv. 109. a theory concerning it may be as much a cause of fanaticism as a dogma in religion, iv. 192 the establishment of one a difficult undertaking for foreign powers to act in as principals, iv. 410.
Government - Continued.
not subject to laws analogous to those of physical life, v. 124, 234. restraint the great purpose of, v. 133, 189.
policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156. important problem concerning, v. 166. perishes only through its own weak- ness, v. 169.
impossible where property does not rule, v. 377.
the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72. its duty and right to attend much to opinions, vii. 44.
stands on opinion, vii. 91.
Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386. Gracefulness, an idea belonging to pos- ture and motion, i. 200.
Granaries, public, danger in erecting them, v. 153.
fit only for a state too small for agri- culture, v. 155.
Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary monarch, ix. 464.
Great personages, wisely provided that we should interest ourselves in their fate, xi. 308.
everywhere made the objects of trag- edy, xi. 308.
Greece, its original inhabitants of the same race as the people of North- ern Europe, vii. 161.
situation of it from a remote period, vii. 161.
Greek Church, character of its secular clergy, iv. 230.
Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and com- position, ii. 304.
Grenville, Mr., character of him, ii. 37. Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174. Grief, cause of, i. 108.
Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in the Crusade, vii. 374.
Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of justice, iv. 466.
expedients for concealing it, fre- quently the cause of its detection, x. 49.
is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.
Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the sus- pension of it in respect to Ameri- cans, ii. 190. Habit and use, not causes of pleasure, i. 180.
Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declara- tion to him when he appointed him judge, iv. 13.
defect in his History of the Common Law, vii. 476.
causes of it, vii. 476.
Halhed's translation of the Gentoo code, remarks on it, xi. 207. Hallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii. 301.
Hannay, Colonel, his character and con duct, xi. 418.
Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.
Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the
general rule of evidence, xi. 77. Harrington, his opinion as to a common- wealth not governed by its prop- erty, v. 377.
Hastings, Mr., articles of charge against him presented to the House of Commons, 1786, viii. 305 ix. 318. appendix to the eighth and sixteenth charges, ix. 319.
speeches of Mr. Burke in his im- peachment, ix. 327-x. 451; xi. 155 - xii. 398.
Report from the Committee appointed
to inspect the Lords' Journals, in relation to their proceedings on his trial, xi. 1.
his conduct in the treaty with the Mahrattas, ii. 454.
brief account of his treatment of the Nabob of Oude, ii. 467.
of the Begums of Oude, ii. 476. of the Ranny of Benares, ii. 485. his venal agreement for the extirpa- tion of the Rohillas, viii. 308. his fraudulent sale of the territories of the Mogul, viii. 322.
his designs against the Rajah of Be- nares, viii. 339.
orders the arrest of the Rajah, viii. 361.
instigates the plunder of his family by the soldiery, viii. 368. usurps the government of Benares, viii. 380.
his oppressive impositions and exac- tions, viii. 381.
enforces the confiscation of the land- ed estates of the Begums of Oude, viii. 403.
orders the seizure of their treasures, viii. 409.
severities practised upon their minis- ters in the execution of those orders, viii. 414.
endeavors to stifle an inquiry into his proceedings, viii. 448. corruptly abandons the Nabob of Furruckabad and his country to the oppressions of the Nabob of Oude, viii. 472.
causes the destruction of the Rajah of Sahlone, viii. 486.
sets at defiance the orders of the Com- pany with respect to contracts, ix. 4. and with respect to salaries, ix. 11. his illegal and extravagant allow- ances to Sir Eyre Coote, ix. 12. and to Brigadier-General Stibbert, ix. 13.
and to Sir John Day, ix. 15.
and for the civil establishment of Fort William, ix. 17.
his appointment of the Secretary of the Council as agent for the sup- pl, of rice, with enormous commis- sions, ix. 19.
his corrupt receipt of presents in numerous instances, ix. 23.
Hastings, Mr. — Continued. tender and subsequent disavowal of his resignation, and refusal to vacate office, ix. 42.
his illegal contract with the Surgeon- General, ix. 60.
his contracts for Poolbundy repairs, ix. 60.
his opium contracts, ix. 63.
his appointment of R. J. Sulivan to office, ix. 70.
his conduct with regard to the Ran- na of Gohud, ix. 72.
his frequent, violent, and unauthor-
ized changes in the revenue and ju- dicial systems of Bengal, ix. 79, 87. permits his own banian to hold farms to a large amount in different dis- tricts, in violation of his own reg- ulations, ix. 83.
refuses relief to the distresses of the Nabob of Oude, ix. 98.
seeks to enforce unjust demanda against the Nabob, ix. 98. illegally assumes the delegation of the whole functions of the Council, for the purpose of making a treaty with the Nabob, ix. 104.
in contravention of treaty stipula- tions, burdens the Nabob with the continued maintenance of British troops, ix. 109, 112.
makes unjustifiable demands on, and receives unlawful presents from the Nabob, ix. 110, 114.
on his own simple allegation of in- definite offences, urges the Nabob to put to death Almas Ali Khân, ix. 154. establishes a system of disreputable and ruinous interference in the government of the Nabob, ix. 162 attempts to abandon the British arm to the sole discretion of the Nabo ix. 168.
arrests and continues in long im
prisonment Mahomed Reza Khân, without any proofs of guilt, ix. 185. appoints Munny Begum to be guar- dian to the Nabob of Bengal, and administratrix of the government, ix. 187.
seeks the aggrandizement of the Mahrattas, ix. 220, 228.
the Mogul delivered up to them through his instrumentality, ix. 221.
he libels and asperses the Court of Directors, ix. 228.
forces the Mahrattas into a war, by repeatedly invading their country, ix. 253.
concludes a dishonorable treaty of peace and alliance with them, ix. 254.
withholds and conceals his official correspon 'ence and proceedings from the rectors and Council, ix. 267.
his conduct with regard to Fyzoola Khân, ix. 268.
his arbitrary principles of govern- ment, ix. 446; xi. 194.
his corrupt system of government, x. 5.
general farming of the lands at auc- tion, in derogation of the rights of proprietors, x. 15.
sale of offices, x. 21. conduct in reference to the accusa-
tions of Nundcomar, x. 24, 205. in the case of Munny Begum and the Nabob of Bengal, x. 26, 193, 278; xii. 218, 245.
the receipt of bribes justified by an intention to apply them to the Company's service, x. 43, 324. account given of some of these trans-
actions to the Directors, x. 44, 338. delegation of the management of the revenues to a nominal council, with Gunga Govind Sing as agent, x. 53.
appointment of Debi Sing to the charge of the province of Dinage- pore, x. 65.
the enormities of this man, mock in- quiries into them, and Mr. Hast- ings's responsibility in the prem- ises, x. 77, 92, 186.
Mr. Hastings's measures justified by himself, as producing an increase of revenue, x. 136.
remarks on the testimonials of the natives in his favor, x. 154; xii. 366.
proofs of personal corruption, x. 161-295.
charged with peculation by General Clavering, x. 244.
opinions of counsel concerning his proposed prosecution by the Di- rectors, x. 257.
his connivance in the general cor- ruption of the service, x. 296; xii. 294.
recriminatory charges against the House of Commons, xi. 166. powers claimed by him, and the man- ner and results of their exercise, xi. 195, 236, 238.
in the case of Cheyt Sing and the province of Benares, xi. 236. of the Nabob of Oude, his kindred and country, xi. 372; xii. 3. of the province of Bengal, xii. 208. his extravagant and corrupt con- tracts, xii. 297.
his conduct in reference to various presents, xii. 324, 338, 350. observations on the Mahometan col- lege founded by him, xii. 352. Lord Cornwallis's testimony to the disastrous effects of his revenue system, xii. 359. ·
examination of the merits set up by him, xii. 370.
Hawles, Sir John, extracts from his speech at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 126, 135.
Height, less grand than depth, i. 147. Helvetii, remarkable emigration of them related by Cæsar, vii. 172.
Henry I. of England, brief account of his reign, vii. 375.
Henry II. of England, brief account of his reign, vii. 394.
Henry IV. of England, severs the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from the crown, ii. 296. Henry IV. of France, brief character of him, iii. 411.
Hii, or Columbkill, brief account of it, vii. 249.
Hindoo institutions, characteristics of, ix.
Hindoo polity, destroyed by Mr. Hast- ings, ix. 394.
Hindostan, eras in its history, ix. 386. History, moral lessons to be drawn from it, iii. 418, 421.
caution with regard to the study of it, iv. 468.
Hobbes, his view of war as the state of Nature, i. 15.
Holland, Sir John, extracts from his speech at the trial of Dr. Sachev- erell, iv. 146.
Holy Land, view of its condition at the commencement of the third Cru-
Homer, his similitudes seldom exact, i. 88. a simile from the Iliad, i. 105. his representation of Discord, obscure and magnificent, i. 138.
no instance in the Iliad of the fall of any man remarkable for stature and strength that touches us with pity, i. 243.
has given to the Trojans more of the amiable and social virtues than to
would excite pity for the Trojans, ad- miration for the Greeks, i. 243.
his masterly representation of the grief of Priam over the body of Hector, iv. 95.
observation on his representation of the ghosts of heroes at the sacri- fices of Ulysses, vii. 181.
his works introduced into England by Theodorus, Archbishop of Can- terbury, vii. 249.
Honest men, no safety for them but by believing all possible evil of evil men, iv. 7.
Horace, the truth of an observation in his Art of Poetry, discussed, i. 134. a passage from him of similar im- port to one from David, i. 143. Household, the royal, has strong traces of feudality, ii. 303.
Howard, the philanthropist, his labors, ii. 387.
Hudibras, humorous lines from, applica- ble to the modern Whigs, iv. 150.
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