Bengal Club, observations on the, iv. 324.

Bidjegur, fortress of, taken by order of Mr. Hastings, xi. 291.

Biron, Duchess of, murdered by the French regicides, vi. 41.

Bitterness, in description, a source of the sublime, i. 162.

Blackness, effects of, i. 229.

Boadicea, Roman outrages against, vii. 197.

Boileau, his criticism on a tale in Ariosto, vii. 154.

Bolingbroke, Lord, animadversions on his philosophical works, i. 3.
  some characteristics of his style, i. 7.
  a presumptuous and superficial writer, iii. 398.
  a remark of his on the superiority of a monarchy over other
    forms of government, iii. 398.

Boncompagni, Cardinal, character of him, iv. 338.

Borrower, the public, and the private lender, not adverse
    parties with contending interests, v. 455.

Bouillon, Godfrey of, engages in the Crusade, vii. 372.

Boulogne, fortress of, surrendered to France, v. 204.
  importance of it to England, v. 204.

Bouvines, victory of, important advantages of it to France, vii. 458.

Brabancons, mercenary troops in the time of Henry II., their
    character, vii. 420.

Bribing, by means of it, rather than by being bribed, wicked
    politicians bring ruin on mankind, iii. 107.

Brissot, his character and conduct, iv. 371. 
  Preface to his Address to his Constituents, v. 65.

Britain, invasion of, by Caesar, vii. 165.
  account of its ancient inhabitants, vii. 170.
  invaded by Claudius, vii. 191.
  reduced by Ostorius Scapula, vii. 191.
  finally subdued by Agricola, vii. 199.
  why not sooner conquered, vii. 202.
  nature of the government settled there by the Romans, vii. 205.
  first introduction of Christianity into, vii. 221.
  deserted by the Romans, vii. 223.
  entry and settlement of the Saxons there, and their conversion
    to Christianity, vii. 227.

Britons, more reduced than any other nation that fell under the
    German power, vii. 232.

Brown, Dr., effect of his writings on the people of England, v. 239.

Buch, Captal de, his severe treatment of the Jacquerie in France, iv. 177.

Buildings, too great length in them, prejudicial to grandeur
    of effect, i. 152.
  should be gloomy to produce an idea of the sublime, i. 158.

Burke, Mr., his sentiments respecting several leading members
    of the Whig party, iv. 66.
  and respecting a union of Ireland with Great Britain, iv. 297.
  respecting acts of indemnity and oblivion as a means of
    reconciling France to a monarchy, iv. 460.
  his animadversions on the conduct of Mr. Fox, v. 7.
  his pathetic allusion to his deceased son, v. 207.

Burnet, Bishop, his statement of the methods which carried men
    of parts to Popery in France, iii. 430.