cause of this difference, vii. 481.
  of Canute the Great, remarks on them, vii. 483.
  of Edward the Confessor, so called, vii. 484.
  ancient Saxon, review of their sanctions, vii. 484.
  sources of them, vii. 487. 
  Gentoo, sources of them, ix. 482. 
  Mahometan, sources of them, ix. 480; xi. 216.

Lawful enjoyment, the surest method to prevent unlawful
    gratification, iv. 256.

Lawsuit, observations on that comedy, vii. 152.

Learning, an attention to it necessary to Christianity, vii. 246.
  contributed, in the early ages, to the temporal power of the
    clergy, vii. 399.

Lechmere, Mr., extracts from his speeches at the trial of
    Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 122, 124, 142.

Legislation, important problem in, v. 166.

Legislative and juridical acts, the difference between them, vii. 63.

Legislative right, not to be exercised without regard to the
    general opinion of those who are to be governed, ii. 224.

Legislators, bound only by the great principles of reason and
    equity, and the general sense of mankind, ii. 196.
  character of a true legislator, ii. 456.
  duties of legislators, v. 166; vi. 319.
  the mode of proceeding of the ancient legislators, iii. 476.

Legislature, the true end of it, what, ii. 225; iii. 457.
  its power of regulating the succession to the crown, iv. 134.

Leland, Dr., his book (View of Deistical Writers) the best on
    the subject, vii. 34.

Length, too great, in buildings, prejudicial to grandeur of effect, i. 152.

Letter of Mr. Burke to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on American
    Affairs, ii. 187.
  to Gentlemen of Bristol, on the Trade of Ireland, ii. 249, 258.
  to a Member of the National Assembly, on French Affairs, iv. 1.
  to a Peer of Ireland, on the Penal Laws against Irish Catholics, iv. 217.
  to Sir Hercules Langrishe, on the Roman Catholics of Ireland,
    iv. 241; vi. 375.
  to William Elliot, Esq., on a Speech in the House of Lords,
    in the Debate concerning Lord Fitzwilliam, v. 107.
  to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks upon himself and his Pension, v. 171.
  on a Regicide Peace, v. 233, 342, 384; vi. 1.
  to the Empress of Russia, vi. 113.
  to Sir Charles Bingham, on the Irish Absentee Tax, vi. 121.
  to Hon. Charles James Fox, on the American War, vi. 135.
  to the Marquis of Rockingham, on the Plans of the Opposition
    in reference to the American War, vi. 151.
  to Rt.  Hon. Edmund S. Pery, on the Relief of the Roman
    Catholics of Ireland, vi. 197.
  to Thomas Burgh, Esq., in Vindication of his Parliamentary
    Conduct relative to Ireland, vi. 209.
  to John Merlott, Esq., on the same subject, vi. 235.
  to the Lord Chancellor and others, with Thoughts on the
    Executions of the Rioters in 1780, vi. 239.