racies always violent
and ineffectual, iv. 164.
not an exact calculator, vii. 82.
virtue of a generous ambition for applause for public services, x. 176.

America, advantage of, to England, i. 297.
nature of various taxes there, i. 355.
project of a representation of in Parliament, its difficulties, i. 372.
its rapidly increasing commerce, ii. 112.
eloquent description of rising glories of, in vision, ii. 115.
temper and character of its inhabitants, ii. 120.
their spirit of liberty, whence, ii. 120, 133
proposed taxation of, by grant instead of imposition, ii. 154.
danger in establishing a military government there, vi. 176.

American Stamp Act, its origin, i. 385.
repeal of the, i. 265, 389.
reasons of the repeal, ii. 48.
good effects of the repeal, i. 401; ii. 59.

Ancestors, our, reverence due to them, iii. 562; iv. 213.

Angles, in buildings, prejudicial to their grandeur, i. 151.

Animals, their cries capable of conveying great ideas, i. 161.

Anniversaries, festive, advantages of, iv. 369.

Anselm, appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, vii. 373.
supports Henry I. against his brother Robert, vii. 377.

Apparitions, singular inconsistency in the ideas of the vulgar
concerning them, vii. 181.

Arbitrary power, steals upon a people by lying dormant for a
time, or by being rarely exercised, ii. 201.
cannot be exercised or delegated by the legislature, ix. 455.
not recognized in the Gentoo code, xi. 208.

Arbitrary system, must always be a corrupt one, x. 5.
danger in adopting it as a principle of action, xi. 322.

Areopagus, court and senate of, remarks on the, iii. 507.

Ariosto, a criticism of Boileau on, vii. 154.

Aristocracy, affected terror at the growth of the power of the,
in the reign of George II., i. 457.
influence of the, i. 457.
too much spirit not a fault of the, i. 458.
general observations on the, iii. 415.
character of a true natural one, iv. 174.
regulations in some states with respect to, iv. 250.
must submit to the dominion of prudence and virtue, v. 127.
character of the aristocracy of France before the Revolution,
iii. 412; vi. 39.

Aristotle, his caution against delusive geometrical accuracy
in moral arguments, ii. 170.
his observations on the resemblance between a democracy and
a tyranny, iii. 397.
his distinction between tragedy and comedy, vii. 153.
his natural philosophy alone unworthy of