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. 189.
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, inpolicy 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,
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.
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- ply 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 Surgoon- 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 demands 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 Khang ix. 154. establishes a system of disreputable and ruinous interference in the government of the Nabob, ix. 162 attempts to abandon the British army to the sole discretion of the Nabob, 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.
withholds and conceals his official correspondence and proceedings from the Directors and Council. ix. 267.
Hastings, Mr. - Continued.
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 o 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- sade, vii. 426.
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
the Greeks, i. 243.
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.
Hume, Mr., his account of the secret of Rousseau's principles of composi- tion, iii. 459.
his remark on the doctrines of John Ball, iv. 355.
Humility, the basis of the Christian sys- tem, iv. 26.
humanity cannot be degraded by it, v. 253.
Husbandry, classification cf laborers in, v. 144.
Hyder Ali Khân, scheme of the creditors of the Nabob of Arcot to extirpate him, iii. 61.
dreadful devastation of the Carnatic by him, iii. 63.
Hypæthra of the Greeks, what, vii. 187.
Imagination, what, i. 86.
no bounds to men's passions when they are under its influence, iv. 192. Imitation, one of the passions belonging to society, i. 122.
its source and use, i. 122. Impeachment, the great guardian of the
purity of the constitution, i. 495. Impey, Sir Elijah, (Chief Justice of Ben-
gal,) accused of the official mur- der of Nundcomar, x. 218. resolution of the House of Commons concerning this accusation, x. 311. serves as bearer of Mr. Hastings's
order to seize the treasures of the Begums of Oude, xii. 32.
acts as commissioner to seek affida- vits against the Begums, xii. 82. Indecision, the natural accomplice of vio- lence, iv. 190.
Indemnification, one of the requisites of a good peace, i. 295.
Indemnity and oblivion, acts of, their probable effects as means of rec- onciling France to a monarchy, iv. 460. Independence of mind, always more or less influenced by independence of fortune, vii. 78.
India, the people of, classification of them, ix. 376; xi. 207.
Indians, British alliances with them in
the American war denounced, vi. 171. Indifference, pleasure, and pain, viewed in relation to each other, as states of the mind, i. 103.
Indolence, the prevailing characteristic of the class of elegant, weak-mind- ed people, vii. 147.
Industry, effect of the Irish Popery lawS in discouraging it, vi. 351. Infinite, the artificial, consists in suc- cession and uniformity of parts, i. 149, 220.
Infinity, a source of the sublime, i. 148. in agreeable images, a cause of pleas- ure, i. 153.
Influence of the crown, operation of it, i. 144.
Inheritance, value of this principle in the British constitution, iii. 274.
Injury is quick and rapid, justice slow, x. 151 ; xi. 181.
Innocence, contrasted with guilt, ix. 371. Insolvency, who ought to suffer in a case of, iii. 381.
Institutions, ancient juridical ones in Eng- land, intended to retard the head- long course of violence and oppres- sion, ii. 193.
in political institutions, soundness of the materials of more importance than the fashion of the work, v. 120. how, when revolutionized, to be reës- tablished, v. 126.
benefits of institution, properly con- ditional, vii. 15.
Interest of a debt, not the principal, dis- tresses a nation, i. 329.
Intolerance, mischief of it, vii. 34. Ireland, danger of a proposed tax upon, i. 352.
early transmission thither of English liberties and institutions, ii. 146. Two Letters to Gentlemen of Bristol relative to the Trade of Ireland, ii. 247.
Mr. Burke's defence of his Parlia- mentary conduct with regard to it, ii. 377.
the plan for the government of Ire- land until 1782, what, iv. 233. the true revolution there, that of 1782, iv. 276.
state of religion there before the grant of Pope Adrian IV., vi. 342. object of the grant, vi. 342. mutual importance of Ireland and Great Britain to one another, vi. 420.
reduction of Ireland by Henry II., vii. 410.
nature and previous condition of the country, vii. 410. motives which led Adrian to com- mission Henry to reduce it, vii. 410, 413.
the English laws said to have been established there at its subjugation by John, vii. 449.
Irish language, names of the letters of it taken from the names of several species of trees, vii. 412. Isocrates, observation of his, in one of his orations against the Sophists, i. 5. Italy, its original inhabitants of the same race as the people of Northern Eu- rope, vii. 161.
its situation from a remote period, vii. 161.
Jacobinism by establishment, what, v. 309.
Jacobins, their character, iv. 437, v. 285; vi. 367.
their great object, v. 39. Jacquerie, brief notice of the, iv. 177.
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