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 him, vii. 252.
  his system entirely followed by Bede, vii. 252.

Armies yield a precarious and uncertain obedience to a senate, iii. 524.
  remarks on the standing armies of France and England, iii. 224.

Army commanded by General Monk, character of it, iv. 36.

Art, every work of, great only as it deceives, i. 152.

Artist, a true one effects the noblest designs by easy methods, i. 152.

Artois, Comte d’, character of, iv. 430.

Ascendency, Protestant, observations on it, vi. 393.

Asers, their origin and conquests, vii. 228.

Assassination, recommended and employed by the National Assembly
    of France, iv. 34.
  the dreadful consequences of this policy, in case of war, iv. 34.

Astonishment, cause and nature of, i. 160, 217.

Atheism by establishment, what, v. 310.
  ought to be repressed by law, vii. 35.
  schools of, set up by the French regicides at the public charge, vi. 106.

Atheists, modern, contrasted with those of antiquity, iv. 355.

Athenians, at the head of the democratic interests of Greece, iv. 321.

Athens, the plague of, remarkable prevalence of wickedness
    during its continuance, vii. 84.

Augustin, state of religion in Britain when he arrived there, vii. 233.
  introduced Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons, vii. 235.

Aulic Council, remarks on the, v. 119.

Austria began in the reign of Maria Theresa to support great
    armies, v. 368.
  her treaty of 1756 with France, deplored by the French in 1773, v. 370.

Authority, its only firm seat in public opinion, ii. 224; vi. 165.
  the people the natural control on it, iv. 164.
  the exercise and control of it together contradictory, iv. 164.
  the monopoly of it an evil, v. 151.