Sirach, Son of, fine example of the sublime from his
Book of Wisdom,
i. 155.
Slaves, never so beneficial to their masters as freemen, v. 147.
Smells, a source of the sublime, i. 162.
Smith, Sir Sydney, Captain, observations on his case, v. 400.
Smoothness, why beautiful, i. 234.
Social nature, the, impels a man to propagate his principles, v. 361.
Society, Natural, A Vindication of, i. 1.
definition of the term, i. 11.
notion of, how first introduced, i. 11.
political society, its nature and origin,
i. 11; iii. 359; iv. 165.
its continuance under a permanent covenant,
iii. 359; iv. 165.
the great purpose of it, what, vi. 333.
society and solitude compared, as sources
of pleasure or pain, i. 115.
Socrates, his discipline contrasted with that of Pythagoras, vii. 179.
Solitude, something may be done in it for society, v. 125.
Somers, Lord, the Declaration of Right drawn by him, iii. 254.
Sophia, the Princess, why named in the Act of Settlement
as
the root of inheritance to
the kings of England, iii. 262.
Sophia, St., Church of, anecdote of the Greeks assembled
there,
at the taking of Constantinople,
vi. 96.
Sound, a source of the sublime, i. 159.
grand effect of a single one of some strength
repeated after
intervals, i. 160.
a low, tremulous, intermitting one productive
of the sublime, i. 160.
the beautiful in sounds, i. 203.
Spain, how likely to be affected by the revolution
in France, iv. 339.
not a substantive power, iv. 385.
Speech of Mr. Burke on American Taxation, ii. 1.
at his Arrival at Bristol, ii. 85.
at the Conclusion of the Poll, ii. 89.
on Conciliation with America, ii. 99.
on Economical Reform, ii. 265.
previous to the Election in 1780, ii.
365.
on Declining the Poll, ii. 425.
on Mr. Fox’s East India Bill, ii.
431.
on the Nabob of Arcot’s Debts, iii.
1.
on the Army Estimates, iii. 211.
on the Acts of Uniformity, vii. 3.
on the Relief of Protestant Dissenters,
vii. 21.
on the Petition of the Unitarians, vii.
39.
on the Middlesex Election, vii. 59.
on Shortening the Duration of Parliaments,
vii. 69.
on Reform of the Representation of the
Commons in Parliament, vii. 89.
on the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions
for Libels, vii. 105.
on the Repeal of the Marriage Act, vii.
129.
on Dormant Claims of the Church, vii.
137.
in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings,
ix. 327-x. 145;
x. 147-451; xi. 155-xii. 393.
Spelman, Sir Henry, his difficulties in the study of the law, vii. 477.
Spirituous liquors, beneficial effects of them, v. 164.
Spon, M., his curious story of Campanella, i. 212.
Spring, why the pleasantest of the seasons, i. 153.