PITT, Right Hon. W. his estimate of national property, 243, 244.

POLAND, causes of its decline, and subjugation, different from that of most other nations, 75.

POOR, their wretched state at Rome, 43.—­Of England cost six times as much, in proportion, as in Scotland, and fifty times as much in reality, 88.—­Increase, as capital becomes necessary for industry, 156.—­ Causes of their increase, &c. &c. 157, 158, 159, 160.—­Of England, cost more to maintain, than the revenues of many kingdoms, 247.—­ Causes, inquired into, and remedy, 248 to 256.

POPULATION, 142.—­Connected with wealth, and the manner of living, so that a nation may not require to import ordinary food in great quantities 159.—­May be considered as diminished in a double ratio as the poor increase, 249.

PORTUGAL, 65.

POWER in nations, sometimes united with wealth, sometimes not, 7.—­ Definition of, 8, 9.—­Sought after by the Romans, and most nations, too eagerly, 39.—­Quitted Rome when wealth was too great, 36.

PRICES of animal and vegetable food; highness of price diminishes consumption, 161.—­Those of the late dearth at Paris compared with London, ib.—­When known to the corn-dealers, they can combine without any express stipulation, 152, 153.—­Rises to that of monopoly as soon as an article of necessity becomes scarce, 154, 155.—­Of rent and wages have advanced more within these last twelve years, than in half a century before, 155.

PRINCIPLES.  See Education.

PRIORITY of possession of settlement, or of invention, one of the causes of wealth and power,

PRODUCE, indulging in eating animal food renders it unequal to maintaining the population of a country, 138, 139.—­Of Italy, inadequate to its population in the time of Augustus, 3.—­Easier purchased than raised when a nation is rich,

PROPERTY at Rome very unequally divided before its fall, 43.—­Has a natural tendency to accumulate in particular hands as a nation gets rich, 125, 126, 127.—­Its accumulation and unequal division, one of the causes of decline, 128.—­In land, the accumulation is the most dangerous, 129 to 136.

PROSPERITY.  See Wealth and Power.

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REFORMATION favourable to manufactures and industry,

RELIGION, Christian, more favourable than any other to industry and good moral conduct, 264.—­Protestant still more favourable than the Roman Catholic, 265, 266, 267.

RENT.  See Prices.

REVENUE of Rome wasted on soldiers and public shews, 43.—­Want of, tended to ruin Poland, 75.—­Digression concerning, 187, 188, 189, 190.—­When it becomes the chief object of, to government, encourages vice, 226.

REVOLUTIONS in ancient nations traced, 17, 18, 53, 54, 55.—­Of Poland, the account of, 75, 76, 77.

ROBINSON, Dr. his complaint about ancient history, 1.