of, 506, reduction of, by the Romans, 512, fall of the Building, the sublime in, i. 43: management of light in, 45. Burgh, Thos., Burke's letter to, vindicating his conduct on Difficulties attendant upon the formation of a just His birth and early life, ib. His first poetical effort, iv. His first political production, v. Letters to his friends, upon his arrival in the metro- His application for the logic chair in the Glasgow His contributions to the periodicals, vii. His" Vindication of Natural Society," vii, and vol. His essay on the "Sublime and Beautiful," vii, lxxiv, His marriage, vii. Various literary works undertaken by him, viii. Obtained a pension, but relinquished it, to preserve his independence, ix. His generosity to Barry, x. Becomes secretary to the Marquis of Rockingham, xii. His activity in the ranks of the opposition, xv. His opposition to Pitt's policy in relation to America, xvi. Elected representative for Bristol, ib. His propositions for American reconciliation, xvii. His liberal policy for Ireland, ib. His advocacy of economical reform, xix. His defence before the electors of Bristol, xxi. Joins the Marquis of Rockingham's second adminis- Resigns his office, upon the death of the Marquis of His preparation of, and speech on, the India Bill, xxiii. His eulogy on Sir Joshua Reynolds, ib. Death of his only son, xxxv, its effect on his health His death and funeral, xxxviii. His will, xxxviii. Elements of his intellectual character, xxxviii. The variety and beauty of his illustrations, xli. his judgment and passions, xliv. The extent and variety of his knowledge, xlv. The qualities of his wit, ib. The measure of his political sagacity, xlviii, a passage His inferiority as a political tactician, lvii. His character as an orator, lviii, elements of oratorical Peculiarity of his speeches, lxi. His qualifications as an historian, lxii. His benevolence and generosity, ib. His simplicity and honesty, lxxii. His imitation of Bolingbroke's style, lxxiv. Animadversions on his theory of revolution, lxxxi. of his pension, ii. 258. Burke, Richard, letter to, from his father (Edmund) on Bute, the Earl of, i. 133. his administration examined, i. 79. Cabinet, a divided, consequences of, i. 136. Carnatic, the, description of, lxviii, vol. i. 291, 333, 363: Catholics, Roman, letter on the penal laws against them, Ceremonies, religious, within the jurisdiction of the civil Chamber of regicide, lxx. Chatham, Lord, portraiture of, lxiv, and i. 170. services rendered to, by the dissen- ters, ii. 465. Church of Ireland, anomaly of, ii. 457: evils resulting from, 458. Cicero, causes which have rendered his speeches so popu- His "Reflections on the French Revolution,” xxxi, Civil list, the, necessity of a revision of, i. 238, 252. testimonies to its literary merits, ib. His quarrel with Fox, xxxii, xxxiv, and vol. i. 612. His "Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs," &c. Civil liberty, a substantial benefit, i. 217. Civil society, fundamental rules of, i. 403: based on reli- Civil wars, effects of, i. 210. Clergy, the, a defence of, i. 435. the French, ib. evils of a poor one, ii. 498. their position in the reign of Henry II., ii. 570. Colonies, only to be held by a community of interests, i. the, secretary for, i. 248. Curiosity, the first and simplest emotion of the mind, Dacca merchants, treatment of, ii. 31. Darkness, productive of sublime ideas, i. 45. Locke's opinion concerning it explained, i. 63, considered as a source of the sublime, ib. painful in its Colours, dependent upon light, i. 45: productive of the Debts, English laws affecting them, i. 261. essential to beauty, i. 56: effects of black, 65. Commons, House of, its nature and functions, i. 140, its Commons and waste lands, enclosure of, ii. 347. Definition, difficulty of, i. 24. Deformity not opposed to beauty, i. 51. Delicacy, essential to beauty, i. 56. Delight, the sensation which accompanies the removal of Democracy, a, character of, i. 13. Demosthenes, causes which have rendered his speeches so Denmark and Norway, probable consequences of the Despotic governments, forms of, i. 11. Dignitaries, church, generally averse from ecclesiastical Dimension, greatness of, a cause of the sublime, i. 42, 61. Commonwealths, moral essences, ii. 275: affected by Dissent, in what case it may be punished, ii. 471. Compurgation, trial by, among the Saxons, ii. 548. Concessions to public opinion, to be acceptable should be Condorcet, character of, i. 574, 579. Confiscation of property, deprecated, i. 439, 473, 476. Constitution, the British, i. 488, 497, 509, 534. i. 216. excellence of, ii. 487. Dissenters, services rendered by them to the church, ii. Irish, ii. 405. Distrust, remarks on, i. 599. Division in governments, evils of, i. 121. Drama, the, difficulty of this species of composition, ii. 499. Druids, some account of, ii. 508. Duchies, English, i. 234. powers conferred by, to be used with caution, Dundas, right hon. Henry, letter to, on a negro code, ii. the people have no right to alter it when once settled, i. 521. Contracts, East India, Warren Hastings's disobedience to Coronation oath, the, i. 548. Council, the Aulic, ii. 243. County court, the Saxon, ii. 544. prerogatives of, i. 308, do not extend to the terri- the succession to, fixed at the Revolution of 1688, i. 387, 513. Crown lands and forests, i. 237. Crown revenues, object of making them indefinite and Crusades, the, account of, ii. 579. 419. Duties not voluntary, i. 522. Ealderman, the office of, among the Saxons, ii. 544. Importance of making it responsible for the exercise Ecclesiastical estates, defence of, i. 442. 262. Economy, financial, i. 229. not parsimony, ii. 264. Election, popular, the great advantage of a free state, i. 134. | Friends of the people, society of, i. 613. ment, ii. 481. evils connected with, ib. Elegance, closely allied to the beautiful, i. 57. Elliott, William, Esq., letter to, ii. 240. Enthusiasm, religion among the most powerful of its Establishments, folly of retaining them when no longer Established church, the, ii. 465. See CHURCH. Europe, antecedent to the prevalence of the Roman power, Gauls, their character in remote times, ii. 504, 507. Gavelkind, a Saxon law, ii. 550. Generation of men and of brutes, i. 33 George II., some of the great measures of his reign, i. 130. - critical situation of, in 1791, i. 567. GOD, contemplation of the idea of, its effect on the mind, Government, originates with the people, i. 140. legitimate objects of, i. 403, ii. 256. - its duty to foster and protect the interests of every part of the empire, i. 227. evils of subdivisions in, i. 235. Executive government, its power over the laws, i. 134: Granaries, England not favourable for, ii. 253. Greece, situation of, in remote times, ii. 503. Executive magistracy, a necessary element in its constitu- Green cloth, court of, its origin, i. 238. Grenville, Mr., portraiture of, lxiv, vol. i. 163. Exercise, bodily, a remedy for melancholy or dejection, i. 61. | Grief, distinct from positive pain, i. 32. Experiments, danger of making them on farmers, ii. 251. Eye, the, beauty of, i. 56. Farmers, danger of making experiments on, ii. 251. Favouritism in appointments to the executory government at variance with the constitution, i. 134. Feeling, the beautiful in, i. 57. enters into the sublime, i. 47. Ferrers, Earl, his trial and conviction by the peers, ii. 631. Financier, public, objects of, i. 467. Fitness, not the cause of beauty, i. 52: its effects, 53. Flattery, causes of its prevalence, i. 36. Force, objection to the employment of, for compelling Forest lands, i. 237. Fox, C. J., his formation of the coalition ministry, xxiii, France, affairs of, in 1790, i. 376, 563. its influence on other European states, i. 581, its French Revolution, the, character of, xxviii, lxxix, vol. ii. Reflections on, xxxi. i. 446, 453, 590: compared with that of England, 530. to the Rajah of Sahlone, 140. His disobedience to the orders of the court of direc- His treatment of the Great Mogul, 201. His conduct towards Fyzoola Khân, 221. Hawes, Sir John, his political opinions, i. 511, 513. Henry I., reign of, ii. 564. Irish toleration bill, thoughts on, ii. 405. Henry II., reign of, ii. 569, condition of the clergy during Irish church, the, remarks on, ii. 457: evils resulting Imagination, the, qualities and powers of, i. 26. Imprisonment for debt, cruelty of the law, i. 261. Inconsistency, Burke's defence against the charge of, i. Indemnity, how far it should be granted to the French INDIA- Importance of governing it well, i. 275. Affairs of, 320. Extent of the British territory in, 277. Population of, ib. Character of its population, ib. British government in, ii. 49. Treatment of its princes by the Company, i. 278. Consequences of British rule, 282. Revenues of, 354. Connexion of Great Britain with in, ii. 12. Mode of carrying on trade with, ib. from it, 458. Italy, situation of, in remote times, ii. 503: in 1791, i. 569. Jacobinism, the revolt of talents against property, ii. 296, 451 principles of, 449: objects of its attack, 452. John, reign of, ii. 582: contest between him and the Juries, power of, in prosecutions for libels, ii. 490: should Keppel, Lord, character of, ii. 272. King of England, the, his power, i. 489. King's Friends, the, a faction so called, i. 127: their pro- Labour, an article of trade, ii. 249: a remedy for melan- Labouring classes, the, happiness of, ii. 248. Lands and forests, crown, objections to them, i. 237. Law, origin and progress of, an interesting object of en- Laws, Saxon, ii. 546 character and objects of, 594. of England, their sources not well laid open, ii. 592: Lechmere, Mr., his thoughts on the British constitution, Libel, power of juries, in prosecutions for, ii. 490. Consequences of this, 18. See EAST INDIA COM- Liberty, description of, ii. 454. Early history of, ii. 575. English policy towards, i. 194, 552. Laws affecting the Roman catholics in, ii. 431: re- Mutinous state of, lxviii. Remarks on the condition of, ii. 391. cannot long exist amongst a corrupt people, i. 221. Loans, remarks on, ii. 337. Lords, House of, jurisdiction of, in cases of impeachment, his character, ii. 315. Love, distinct from lust, i. 47: generally described by forsaken, the feelings connected with it, i. 33. Macartney, Lord, his statements on the Nabob of Arcot's Magna Charta, objects and provisions of, ii. 589: events Probable consequences of a separation between Eng- Magnificence, a source of the sublime, i. 44. land and Ireland, 462. Mahrattas, the, ii. 212. Trade of, objections to Lord North's scheme for regu- Man, proportion not the cause of beauty in, i. 49. Taxation of, 224. Mankind, division of, into separate societies, i. 10. Irish affairs, vindication of Burke's conduct in relation to, Marriage Act, royal, remarks on, ii. 496. ii. 407, 414. Irish absentee tax, ii. 385: objections to it, 386. Massacre of St. Bartholomew, i. 434. Matrimony, objects of, ii. 496. Those which belong to society, 33. Uses of the passions, 37. Those caused by the sublime, 38. Terror, its effect on the mind, ib., 60. Effects of painting and poetry on the passions, 39: Peerage, the, servility of, to the court, i. 130. Peers, House of. See LORDS (House of). Penal laws, evils of suffering them to remain inoperative, Pension, Burke's defence of his, ii. 258. Pensions, state, reasons for, i. 246. paymaster of, i. 244. the duty of government, to attend to their voice, ii. 396. Nabob of Arcot, the, some account of, i. 315: Burke's People, the, idea attached to the phrase, i. 524. Natural state of society, inconveniences attendant on, i. 5. Negro Code, a, Burke's sketch on, ii. 419. Nobility, the French, i. 432. generally right in their disputes with govern- Perry, right hon. Edmund, letter to, on the Irish toleration Persecution, religious, indefensible, ii. 440, 470. Normans, the, their invasion of Britain, ii. 537: state of Pitt, William, his administration, xiv: his policy towards Europe at the time, 550. Nova Scotia, province of, i. 250. Novelty, the love of, the first and simplest emotion of the human mind, i. 30. Oaks, venerated by the Druids, ii. 510. Oath, purgation by, among the Saxons, ii. 547. Obscurity necessary to produce terror, i. 38. Orange, the prince of, his declarations, i. 517. Princesses of, treatment of, by Warren Hastings, ii. Pain, nature of, i. 60: affects equally the mind and the Painting, its effect on the passions, i. 39. Paper money of the National Assembly of France, i. 471. Parliaments, short, thoughts on, i. 146. Parliamentary control, importance of it, i. 134. Party divisions inseparable from a free government, i. 77: Those which belong to self-preservation, i. 32. America, xvi. Placemen, thoughts on their having seats in parliament, i. 147. Pleasure, the manner in which its removal affects the Pleasure and pain, each of a positive nature, i. 30. Poetry, its effects on the passions, i. 39: the rationale of Poland, state of, previous to the revolution, i. 531. Politician, the, business of, i. 151. Popery, laws affecting it, in Ireland, ii. 431: remarks on Population, increase in, not compatible with bad govern- Power, idea of, its effect on the mind, i. 40. Prerogative of the crown, the, growth of, i. 127: means Preservation, self, the passions which belong to it, i. 32. Primogeniture, law of, i. 519. Principalities, English, i. 234: evils resulting from them, laws affecting, among the Saxons, ii. 549. land, ii. 445. |