The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 478 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12).

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 478 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12).

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.

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