queen at the
outbreak
of the Rev- a general spirit of it encouraged by
olution, iii.
olution, iii.
Edmund Burke
499.
Edward the Confessor, his character and what the only security against a corconduct, vii. 278.
Election, popular, of magistrates, impor- the school of mankind, v. 331.
tance of it to a state, i. 472. Executions of criminals, observations on
right of, what, i. 505. them, vi. 245.
mischief of frequent elections, i. 517; Exercise necessary to the finer organs, i.
vii. 75. 216.
the expense of them an important Expression, difference between a clear
consideration, vii. 78. and a strong one, i. 260.
Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI. , murdered Eye, the, in what its beauty consists, i.
by the French regicides, vi. 41. 198.
Emphyteusis of the Romans, nature of it, Eyre, Sir Robert, (Solicitor-General,) exvi. 354.
Empires do not fall by their own weight, of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 138.
vi. 27.
England, nature of its monarchy, ii. 288.
eulogy on its constitution, v. 210. Factions, formed upon and generate opinnatural representation of its people, what it is, v. 284. Fame, a passion for it, the instinct of all
its constant policy with regard to great souls, ii. 65.
France, iv. 397. the separation of it from virtue, a
always necessarily the soul and head harsh divorce, ii. 243.
of any confederacy against France, Fanaticism, epidemical, formidable naiv. 397; v. 245.
English History, An Abridgment of the, may be caused by a theory concernvii. 157.
Enmity, when avowed, is always felt, vi. dogma in religion, iv. 192.
57. . Farmer, dangerous to try experiments on
Enthusiasm, excited by other causes be- him, v. 147.
sides religion, v. 361. amount of his usual profits, what, v.
Eostre, the name of a Saxon goddess, - 148.
whence the term Easter, vii. 237. difficulties of his business, v. 152.
Epicureans, the, why tolerated in their Favoritism, a system of, in the executory
atheism by the supporters of the government of England, at variance
ancient heathen religions, vii. 31. with the plan of the legislature, i.
their physics the most rational of the 469.
ancient systems, vii. 251. Fear, cause of it, i. 210.
why discredited, vii. 251. early and provident fear the mother
Equity, criminal, a monster in jurispru- of safety, vii. 50.
dence, i. 500. Feeling, the beautiful in, i. 201.
Established Church, the, should be power- Female sex, the moral sensibility more
ful, but comprehensive and toler- acute in them than in men, xii.
ant, vii. 36. 164.
Established religion of a state, has often Finances, three standards to judge of the
torn to pieces the civil establish- condition of a nation with regard
ment, vi. 357. to them, i. 330.
Establishment, legal, ground of a legis- importance of them to a state, iii.
lative alteration of it, vii. 10. 534.
ground of the constitutional provision admirable management of the French
for the exclusive application of finances under Necker, ii. 273.
tithes to its support, vii. 12. Financier, duty of a judicious one in reEtiquette, its signification and uses, v.
434. his objects, what, iii. 536, 558.
Europe, general division of, before the
out use, i. 426.
rupt one, ii. 238.
tracts from his speech at the trial
ions, vii. 44.
ture of it, iii. 435.
ing government as much as by a
? spect to his calculations, i. 348.
? ? ? INDEX. 415
Fire, a chief object of worship to the Franklin, Dr. , conjectures on his visit to
Druids, why, vii. 182. Paris, vi. 152.
Firmness, a virtue only when it accom- Freedom, the great contests for it in Engpanies the most perfect wisdom, i. Fitness, not the cause of beauty, i. 181. but in the ancient commonwealths
the real effects of it, i. 184. chiefly on the right of election of
land chiefly on the question of tax440.
ation, ii. 120.
like or prodigal, vi. 35.
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- character of civil freedom, ii. 229.
ert itself, ii. 108. our best securities for it obtainedobjections to its employment against Forest lands, plan of economical reform French Affairs, Thoughts on, iv. 313.
concerning them, ii. 300, French Directory, the character of hs
Foster, Justice, extracts from his Crown members, v. 448.
Cases and Discourses on the Crown their conduct towards the foreign
Law, xi. 28, 123. ministers, vi. 48.
Fox, (C. J. ) panegyrics on him, ii. 533; iii. French emigrants, capable of being ser219.
reluctant dissent from his opinion France, iv. 427.
concerning the assumption of citi- French literary cabal, their plan for the
zenship by the French army, iii. destruction of Christianity, iii. 378.
218. French moneyed interest, at variance
animadversions on his commenda- with the landed interest, iii. 376.
tion of the French Revolution, iv. French Revolution, characterized as one
77; v. 7. of doctrine and theoretic dogma,
policy of a treaty with France main- iv. 319.
tained by him, v. 26. its fundamental principle, iv. 322.
his conduct contrasted with that of Frenchmen naturally more intense in
Mr. Pitt, v. 60. their application than Englishmen,
France, from its vicinity, always an object iv. 54.
of English vigilance with regard to mischievous consequences of this, iv.
its power or example, iii. 216. 55.
Remarks on the Policy of the Allies Friends of the Liberty of the Press, a
with respect to, iv. 403. club formed, under the auspices of
the liberties of Europe dependent on Mr. Fox, v. 20.
its being a great and preponderat- origin and character of it, v. 20.
ing power, iv. 455. Friends of the People, origin, composicharacter of its government before the Revolution, as shown by a re- so called, v. 12.
view of the condition of the king- a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47.
dom, iii 400. Frugality, founded on the principle that
its exterior splendor just before the all riches have limits, ii. 308.
Revolution, v. 236.
state of things there during the Revolution, iv. 70. Gaming, a principle inherent in human barbarous treatment of the king and nature, ii. 293.
queen at the outbreak of the Rev- a general spirit of it encouraged by
olution, iii. 325. the Revolutionists in France, iii.
eloquent description of the queen as 488.
Dauphiness, and of the revolution they who are under its influence
in her fortunes, iii. 331. treat their fortunes lightly, iv.
observations on her execution, vi. 204.
40. Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47.
degraded office to which the king Gauls, their early incursions into Greece
was appointed by the Revolution- and Italy, vii. 161.
ists, iii 496; iv. 20. reduced at last by the Romans under
with his own hand pulled down the Caesar, vii. 162.
pillars of his throne, iv. 362. policy of Caesar with regard to them,
character of the king's brothers, iv. vii. 163.
429. Geneva, possible benefits to it from state
character of the aristocracy before the granaries, v. 155.
Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39. Genghis Khan, observations on his code,
Franchise and office, difference between xi. 212.
them, iv. 252. Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
effect of separating property from Gentoo law, the primeval law of India,
franchise, iv. 256. xi. 207.
magistrates, or on the balance among the several orders of the
state, ii. 120.
from princes who were either warthe American colonies, ii. 118.
viceable in restoring order to
? tion, and proceedings of the club
? ? ? 416 INDEX.
Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin- Government - Continued.
dostan, ix. 37. 7. not subject to laws analogous to those
distribution of the people into orders of physical life, v. 124, 234.
or castes, ix. 380. restraint the great purpose of, v. 133,
origin and character of their laws, 189.
ix. 482. policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156.
extracts from Halhed's translation of important problem concerning, v. 166.
them, xi. 209. perishes only through its own weakGeorge II. , character of his reign, i. 456. ness, v. 169. George III. , advantages under which he impossible where property does not
came to the throne, i. 450. rule, v. 377.
Germanic Custumary, the source of the the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72.
polity of every country in Europe, its duty and right to attend much
v. 319. to opinions, vii. 44.
Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322. stands on opinion, vii. 91.
brief account of their manners and Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386.
institutions, vii. 291. Gracefulness, an idea belonging to posin certain of their institutions the ture and motion, i. 200. outlines of the constitution of Eng- Granaries, public, danger in erecting
land delineated, vii. 293. them, v. 153.
Germany, how likely to be affected by the fit only for a state too small for agriRevolution in France, iv. 328.
Gibraltar, the object of England in retain- Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary
ing it, iv. 383. monarch, ix. 464.
Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary Great personages, wisely provided that
wealth and splendor, vii. 245. we should interest ourselves in
Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv. their fate, xi. 308.
189. everywhere made the objects of tragtheir mode of influence, iv. 190.
Good fame of every man, ought to be Greece, its original inhabitants of the
protected by the laws, vii. 112. same race as the people of NorthGothic Custumary, the source of the pol-
ity of every country in Europe, v. situation of it from a remote period,
319. vii. 161.
Government, the forms of a free one not Greek Church, character of its secilar
altogether incompatible with the clergy, iv. 230.
ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444. Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and comproject of government devised in the
court of Frederick, Prince of Wales,. Grenville, Mr. , character of him, ii. 37.
i. 447. Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174.
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
Law, vii. 476. causes of it, vii. 476.
IIalhed's translation of the Gentoo code, remarks on it, xi. 207.
HIallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii. 301.
Grief, cause of, i. 108.
Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in
the Crusade, vii. 374.
the establishment of one a difficult Hannay, Colonel, his character and con undertaking for foreign powers to duct, xi. 418.
act in as principals, iv. 410. Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.
culture, v. 155.
ern Europe, vii. 161.
position, ii. 304.
quently the cause of its detection,
pension of it in respect to Amerireform in it should be early and
tion to himn when he appointed him
? considered, i. 450.
nature and design of it, i. 460.
name of it, i. 466.
important ends of a mixed govern- Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of
ment, i. 469. justice, iv. 466.
folly of hazarding plans of govern- expedients for concealing it, frement except from a seat of author ity, ii. 104. x. 49.
government a practical thing, ii. 227; is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.
iii. 310.
character of a free one, ii. 227.
an eminent criterion of a wise one, Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the suswhat, ii. 278.
temperate, ii. 280. Habit and use, not causes of pleasure,
without means of some change, is i. 180.
without the means of its conserva- Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declaration, iii. 259.
difficulty of forming a free one, iii. judge, iv. 13.
560. defect in his History of the Common
edy, xi. 308.
cans, ii. 190.
? ? ? INDEX. 417
Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the Hastings, Mr. - Continued.
Edward the Confessor, his character and what the only security against a corconduct, vii. 278.
Election, popular, of magistrates, impor- the school of mankind, v. 331.
tance of it to a state, i. 472. Executions of criminals, observations on
right of, what, i. 505. them, vi. 245.
mischief of frequent elections, i. 517; Exercise necessary to the finer organs, i.
vii. 75. 216.
the expense of them an important Expression, difference between a clear
consideration, vii. 78. and a strong one, i. 260.
Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI. , murdered Eye, the, in what its beauty consists, i.
by the French regicides, vi. 41. 198.
Emphyteusis of the Romans, nature of it, Eyre, Sir Robert, (Solicitor-General,) exvi. 354.
Empires do not fall by their own weight, of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 138.
vi. 27.
England, nature of its monarchy, ii. 288.
eulogy on its constitution, v. 210. Factions, formed upon and generate opinnatural representation of its people, what it is, v. 284. Fame, a passion for it, the instinct of all
its constant policy with regard to great souls, ii. 65.
France, iv. 397. the separation of it from virtue, a
always necessarily the soul and head harsh divorce, ii. 243.
of any confederacy against France, Fanaticism, epidemical, formidable naiv. 397; v. 245.
English History, An Abridgment of the, may be caused by a theory concernvii. 157.
Enmity, when avowed, is always felt, vi. dogma in religion, iv. 192.
57. . Farmer, dangerous to try experiments on
Enthusiasm, excited by other causes be- him, v. 147.
sides religion, v. 361. amount of his usual profits, what, v.
Eostre, the name of a Saxon goddess, - 148.
whence the term Easter, vii. 237. difficulties of his business, v. 152.
Epicureans, the, why tolerated in their Favoritism, a system of, in the executory
atheism by the supporters of the government of England, at variance
ancient heathen religions, vii. 31. with the plan of the legislature, i.
their physics the most rational of the 469.
ancient systems, vii. 251. Fear, cause of it, i. 210.
why discredited, vii. 251. early and provident fear the mother
Equity, criminal, a monster in jurispru- of safety, vii. 50.
dence, i. 500. Feeling, the beautiful in, i. 201.
Established Church, the, should be power- Female sex, the moral sensibility more
ful, but comprehensive and toler- acute in them than in men, xii.
ant, vii. 36. 164.
Established religion of a state, has often Finances, three standards to judge of the
torn to pieces the civil establish- condition of a nation with regard
ment, vi. 357. to them, i. 330.
Establishment, legal, ground of a legis- importance of them to a state, iii.
lative alteration of it, vii. 10. 534.
ground of the constitutional provision admirable management of the French
for the exclusive application of finances under Necker, ii. 273.
tithes to its support, vii. 12. Financier, duty of a judicious one in reEtiquette, its signification and uses, v.
434. his objects, what, iii. 536, 558.
Europe, general division of, before the
out use, i. 426.
rupt one, ii. 238.
tracts from his speech at the trial
ions, vii. 44.
ture of it, iii. 435.
ing government as much as by a
? spect to his calculations, i. 348.
? ? ? INDEX. 415
Fire, a chief object of worship to the Franklin, Dr. , conjectures on his visit to
Druids, why, vii. 182. Paris, vi. 152.
Firmness, a virtue only when it accom- Freedom, the great contests for it in Engpanies the most perfect wisdom, i. Fitness, not the cause of beauty, i. 181. but in the ancient commonwealths
the real effects of it, i. 184. chiefly on the right of election of
land chiefly on the question of tax440.
ation, ii. 120.
like or prodigal, vi. 35.
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- character of civil freedom, ii. 229.
ert itself, ii. 108. our best securities for it obtainedobjections to its employment against Forest lands, plan of economical reform French Affairs, Thoughts on, iv. 313.
concerning them, ii. 300, French Directory, the character of hs
Foster, Justice, extracts from his Crown members, v. 448.
Cases and Discourses on the Crown their conduct towards the foreign
Law, xi. 28, 123. ministers, vi. 48.
Fox, (C. J. ) panegyrics on him, ii. 533; iii. French emigrants, capable of being ser219.
reluctant dissent from his opinion France, iv. 427.
concerning the assumption of citi- French literary cabal, their plan for the
zenship by the French army, iii. destruction of Christianity, iii. 378.
218. French moneyed interest, at variance
animadversions on his commenda- with the landed interest, iii. 376.
tion of the French Revolution, iv. French Revolution, characterized as one
77; v. 7. of doctrine and theoretic dogma,
policy of a treaty with France main- iv. 319.
tained by him, v. 26. its fundamental principle, iv. 322.
his conduct contrasted with that of Frenchmen naturally more intense in
Mr. Pitt, v. 60. their application than Englishmen,
France, from its vicinity, always an object iv. 54.
of English vigilance with regard to mischievous consequences of this, iv.
its power or example, iii. 216. 55.
Remarks on the Policy of the Allies Friends of the Liberty of the Press, a
with respect to, iv. 403. club formed, under the auspices of
the liberties of Europe dependent on Mr. Fox, v. 20.
its being a great and preponderat- origin and character of it, v. 20.
ing power, iv. 455. Friends of the People, origin, composicharacter of its government before the Revolution, as shown by a re- so called, v. 12.
view of the condition of the king- a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47.
dom, iii 400. Frugality, founded on the principle that
its exterior splendor just before the all riches have limits, ii. 308.
Revolution, v. 236.
state of things there during the Revolution, iv. 70. Gaming, a principle inherent in human barbarous treatment of the king and nature, ii. 293.
queen at the outbreak of the Rev- a general spirit of it encouraged by
olution, iii. 325. the Revolutionists in France, iii.
eloquent description of the queen as 488.
Dauphiness, and of the revolution they who are under its influence
in her fortunes, iii. 331. treat their fortunes lightly, iv.
observations on her execution, vi. 204.
40. Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47.
degraded office to which the king Gauls, their early incursions into Greece
was appointed by the Revolution- and Italy, vii. 161.
ists, iii 496; iv. 20. reduced at last by the Romans under
with his own hand pulled down the Caesar, vii. 162.
pillars of his throne, iv. 362. policy of Caesar with regard to them,
character of the king's brothers, iv. vii. 163.
429. Geneva, possible benefits to it from state
character of the aristocracy before the granaries, v. 155.
Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39. Genghis Khan, observations on his code,
Franchise and office, difference between xi. 212.
them, iv. 252. Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
effect of separating property from Gentoo law, the primeval law of India,
franchise, iv. 256. xi. 207.
magistrates, or on the balance among the several orders of the
state, ii. 120.
from princes who were either warthe American colonies, ii. 118.
viceable in restoring order to
? tion, and proceedings of the club
? ? ? 416 INDEX.
Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin- Government - Continued.
dostan, ix. 37. 7. not subject to laws analogous to those
distribution of the people into orders of physical life, v. 124, 234.
or castes, ix. 380. restraint the great purpose of, v. 133,
origin and character of their laws, 189.
ix. 482. policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156.
extracts from Halhed's translation of important problem concerning, v. 166.
them, xi. 209. perishes only through its own weakGeorge II. , character of his reign, i. 456. ness, v. 169. George III. , advantages under which he impossible where property does not
came to the throne, i. 450. rule, v. 377.
Germanic Custumary, the source of the the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72.
polity of every country in Europe, its duty and right to attend much
v. 319. to opinions, vii. 44.
Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322. stands on opinion, vii. 91.
brief account of their manners and Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386.
institutions, vii. 291. Gracefulness, an idea belonging to posin certain of their institutions the ture and motion, i. 200. outlines of the constitution of Eng- Granaries, public, danger in erecting
land delineated, vii. 293. them, v. 153.
Germany, how likely to be affected by the fit only for a state too small for agriRevolution in France, iv. 328.
Gibraltar, the object of England in retain- Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary
ing it, iv. 383. monarch, ix. 464.
Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary Great personages, wisely provided that
wealth and splendor, vii. 245. we should interest ourselves in
Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv. their fate, xi. 308.
189. everywhere made the objects of tragtheir mode of influence, iv. 190.
Good fame of every man, ought to be Greece, its original inhabitants of the
protected by the laws, vii. 112. same race as the people of NorthGothic Custumary, the source of the pol-
ity of every country in Europe, v. situation of it from a remote period,
319. vii. 161.
Government, the forms of a free one not Greek Church, character of its secilar
altogether incompatible with the clergy, iv. 230.
ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444. Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and comproject of government devised in the
court of Frederick, Prince of Wales,. Grenville, Mr. , character of him, ii. 37.
i. 447. Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174.
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
Law, vii. 476. causes of it, vii. 476.
IIalhed's translation of the Gentoo code, remarks on it, xi. 207.
HIallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii. 301.
Grief, cause of, i. 108.
Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in
the Crusade, vii. 374.
the establishment of one a difficult Hannay, Colonel, his character and con undertaking for foreign powers to duct, xi. 418.
act in as principals, iv. 410. Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.
culture, v. 155.
ern Europe, vii. 161.
position, ii. 304.
quently the cause of its detection,
pension of it in respect to Amerireform in it should be early and
tion to himn when he appointed him
? considered, i. 450.
nature and design of it, i. 460.
name of it, i. 466.
important ends of a mixed govern- Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of
ment, i. 469. justice, iv. 466.
folly of hazarding plans of govern- expedients for concealing it, frement except from a seat of author ity, ii. 104. x. 49.
government a practical thing, ii. 227; is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.
iii. 310.
character of a free one, ii. 227.
an eminent criterion of a wise one, Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the suswhat, ii. 278.
temperate, ii. 280. Habit and use, not causes of pleasure,
without means of some change, is i. 180.
without the means of its conserva- Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declaration, iii. 259.
difficulty of forming a free one, iii. judge, iv. 13.
560. defect in his History of the Common
edy, xi. 308.
cans, ii. 190.
? ? ? INDEX. 417
Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the Hastings, Mr. - Continued.
