Admiration, the first source of obedience, iv. 251.
  one of the principles which interest us in the characters
    of others, vii. 148.

Adrian, first contracts the hounds of the Roman Empire, vii. 214.

Advice, compulsive, from constituents, its authority first
    resisted by Mr. Burke, iv. 95.

Adviser, duty of an, iv. 42.

Agricola, Julius, character and conduct of, vii. 199.

Aix, the Archbishop of, his offer of contribution, why refused
    by the French National Assembly, iii. 390.

Aix-la-Chapelle, the treaty of, remarks on, v. 441.

Akbar, the Emperor, obtains possession of Bengal, ix. 392

Alfred the Great, character and conduct of, vii. 261.
  his care and sagacity in improving the laws and institutions
    of England, vii. 482.

Allegiance, oath of, remarkable one taken by the nobility to
    King Stephen, vii. 388.

Alliance, one of the requisites of a good peace, i. 295.
  the famous Triple Alliance negotiated by Temple and De Witt, v. 438.
  alliance between Church and State in a Christian commonwealth,
    a fanciful speculation, vii. 43.

Ambition, one of the passions belonging to society, i. 124.
  nature and end of, i. 124.
  misery of disappointed, i. 335.
  ought to be influenced by popular motives, i. 474.
  influence of, iii. 107.
  one of the natural distempers of a democracy, iv. 164.
  legislative restraints on it in democracies 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.