FRANCE has, since the revolution, invented new modes of fighting, 31.—­Does not resemble Rome, 38.—­Its assignats the principal cause of the nature of the revolution, 48.—­Its monied capital was sent away when the revolution broke out,163.—­Its burthens before the revolution, 169.—­It expended great sums in the last war, 189.—­It, before the revolution, gained more by the west-India trade than any other nation, 193.—­Have now nearly lost it, ib.—­Its capital greatly diminished, ib.—­Will probably never possess great West-India trade again, 195.—­Will never cease to be an enemy to England, 196.

FREED men.

FREE revenue.  See Revenue.

FUND, public.  See National Debt.

FUND, sinking.  See National Debt.

G.

GAMING, though attended with painful sensations, is oftener followed from propensity, as a mode of occupying the mind and interesting it, than from a love of gain, 83. [end of page #297]

GENTLEMEN resemble each other pretty nearly in all countries, 218.

GEOGRAPHICAL discovery so far as connected with the rise and fall of nations nearly at an end, 12.

GENOA, why put with Venice in the chart of commercial history, 56.—­ Its greatness, ib.—­Loses its superiority, 57.—­Its power in the Black-Sea, ib.

GOLD.  See Money.

GOLDEN Age.  See Age.

GOVERNMENTS ought to aid in the education of the lower and middling classes, 94, 95.—­Neglect education in the useful arts, 98.—­ Should counteract the internal causes of decline, 172, 173, 187.—­ Government of Great Britain should take care of education, 225.

GRAIN.  See Corn.

GREEKS, their education peculiar to themselves, 25.—­Studied
Egyptian learning, 98, 99.

GUN-POWDER changed the art of war, 4.

H.

HANS Towns rose first to wealth in the north of Europe, 3.—­Became formidable towards the end twelfth century, 45.—­Arose from the circumstances of the times and necessity.—­Became conquerors, 48.—­ Began to decline through pride and luxury, 49.

HERRINGS, a new mode of curing them, discovered by the Dutch, raised that country, and began to make Flanders decline, 47.

HISTORY, an appeal to the best mode of inquiry, 1.—­Dr. Robertson’s complaint about the scarcity of materials, ib.—­Is confused previous to the conquests of Alexander the Great, 20.—­Commercial chart of, for 3005 years, 78.

HOLLAND compared to the Phoenicians, 46.—­New method of curing herrings raised it above Flanders.  Great industry and economy, 48.—­ Triumph over Spain at home, and Portugal in India, 62, 63, 64, 65.—­ Increase in wealth till the end of the seventeenth century, 66.—­The best example of overcoming difficulties, ib.—­How it began to fall, 67.—­How it at last sunk before France, 68.

HORSES, there =sic= great consumption of food, 147, 157.