Constitution, a, cannot defend itself, vi. 100.
  consequences of disgracing the frame and constitution of
    the state, vii. 103.
  the English, a change in it, an immense and difficult operation,
    i. 371, 520. 
  English, changes in it to be attempted only in times of general
    confusion, i. 371.
  eulogy on it, iii. 561; v. 210; vii. 100.
  the whole scheme of it to prevent any one of its principles
    from being carried to an extreme, iv. 207.
  not struck out at a heat, iv. 209.
  commendation of it by Montesquieu, iv. 212.
  the only means of its subversion, what, v. 49, 52.

Constitutional Society, The, its nature and design, iii. 236.

Conti, Prince de, his character and conduct, iv. 436.

Contract, an implied, one, always, between the laborer and
    his employer, v. 137.

Contracting parties, not necessary that they should have
    different interests, v. 139.

Control and exercise of authority together contradictory, iv. 164.

Convocation of the clergy, though a part of the constitution,
    now called for form only, ii. 226.

Conway, General, moves the repeal of the American Stamp Act, ii. 52.

Cornwallis, Lord, (Baron,) proceedings in his trial, xi. 30.

Cornwallis, Lord, (Marquis,) his evidence at the trial of
    Warren Hastings, xii. 359.

Coronation oath, its obligations with respect to Roman Catholics, iv. 259.

Corporate bodies, their usefulness as instruments, iii. 441.
  more under the direction of the state than private citizens, iii. 447.

Corruption, of nature and example, what the only security against, ii. 238.
  in pecuniary matters, the suspicion of it how to be avoided, iii. 95.

Cossim, Ali Khan, his character and conduct, ix. 405.

Country, lore of, remarks on, xi. 422.

Credit and power incompatible, i. 368.

Crimes, the acts of individuals, not of denominations, ii. 418.
  according to the criminal law, what, vi. 340.

Cromwell, brief character of him, iii. 294.
  his principle in the appointment of judges, iv. 13.
  his conduct in government, iv. 37.
  his government compared with that of Charles II., iv. 467.

Cross, the effect of it not so grand in architecture as that of
    the parallelogram, i. 150.

Crown, the influence of it, what, i. 444.
  inheritable nature of it, iii. 258.
  this principle maintained at the Revolution, iii. 254.
  the only legitimate channel of communication with other nations, v. 10.

Crusade, origin and progress of the, vii. 369.

Curfew, origin and policy of the, vii. 354.

Curiosity, the first and simplest emotion of the human mind, i. 101.
  general observations on it, i. 101.

Custom, considered in relation to deformity and beauty, i. 179.
  not the cause of pleasure, i. 180.