INDEX.

ADJURING to the Divine tribunal, vol. i. p. 385.

Adversity, benefit of, i. 456; ii. 173.

Affections, malevolent, i. 11; earliest, 12; benevolent, 83.
Aguire, vengeance of, i. 50.

Albanian soldier, ii. 435.

Albanians vengeful, i. 53; value of money, 278.

Ambition and avarice constrasted, i. 276.

Americans, North, indifferent, i. 239; ideas of futurity, ii. 417.
Amusements, ii. 257.

André, Major, courageous, ii. 441.

Anecdote of a herald and a philosopher, ii. 248; of an actress,

344.

Anger promoted by physical causes, i. 30.

Apparel, earlier, ii. 291; best chosen in last moments, 463.
Appetites to be restrained, ii. 282.

Arabs, hospitable, i. 213; ii. 476.

Aristotle on anger and pleasure, i. 37; against suicide, ii. 9.
Arrogance, ii. 328.

Avarice, evils of, i. 287; refuses benefaction, 289; how pro-
moted, 292; where unknown, 298; makes men ridiculous,
304; disturbs tranquillity, 466.

Axe, an ignominious instrument of punishment, ii. 462.

Bailly, M. history of, ii. 439.

Beaurepaire, Colonel, public suicide of, ii. 94.

Beauty is rare, i. 247.

Benevolence, i. 87; delights in privacy, 198; is profuse, 218.

wounded by ingratitude and wickedness, 228, 232.

Biography, ii. 230.

Biron, Marshal, last moments of, ii. 432.

Birth lamented, ii. 412, 418.

Blind, institution for, i. 233; in Japan, ii. 198.

Blindness accompanied by talents, ii. 197.

Blood, thirst for, i. 62; dipping handkerchiefs in, ii. 448.

Boleyn, Q. Anne, ii. 435, 460.

Brasilians, courage of, ii. 423.

Brinvilliers, M. of, i. 181, 505.

British relieve foreign nations, i. 225; humane institutions of,
226; formerly cruel, 266; munificent, 283; provoke dis-
appointment, 476; prodigal, ii. 289; just, 356.

Calippus slain by his own weapon, i. 397.

Calumniator, vileness of, ii. 369.

Calumny, an odious crime, ii. 368; despised, 375; occasions.
suicide, 376; catastrophe from, 378.

Candour is estimable, i. 319, 327.

Capel, Lord, loyalty of, ii. 447.

Cardan, horoscope of, ii. 247.

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Caucasian tribes, hereditary vengeance of, i. 57.
Celibacy, female extent and cause of, i. 419, 420.

Celsus on martyrs, i. 491.

Censure rebuked, i, 326; of two kinds, ii. 361; originates in
malignity, 365; characterises the censor, 367.

Character of various tribes, i. 252, 253; of Servin, 262; of
the voluptuary, ii. 296; how determined, 384, 400.
Charitable endowments and associations, i. 224, 226.
Charity, i. 213.

Charles IX. of France cruel, i. 243; amusements of, ii. 258.
Children sold by parents, i. 159; character of, 255; reared in
suffering, 480.

Christians burnt for marrying Jews, i. 138; eager for martyr-
dom, ii. 130; sing hymns at death, 437.

Classification of studies, ii. 226.

Clarke, M. treachery of, i. 367.

Communities, virtuous, on, i. 269.

Competition in personal suffering, i. 482; for privilege of sui-
cide, ii. 71.

Compliance promotes peace, i. 466, 473.

Compositions, trifling, patronised, i. 433; singular, 245.
Concord, ii. 296.

Conduct, suitable, ii. 273.

Conjugal affection, i. 107; infelicity, 129, 411.

Consequence arrogated, ii. 249.

Controversy, evils of, ii. 304.

Corday, Charlotte, i. 500.

Courage, i. 456, 458; esteemed by women, ii. 394.

Courtesy, ii. 380; invites confidence, 382; a gift of nature,

Criticism, illiberal, is injurious, ii. 98; rules of, 363.
Cultivation of the mind, ii. 195.

Danger generates courage, ii. 442.

Darius, fate of, ii. 175.

Daughters married, i. 141; affectionate, 177.

Death, desire of, ii. 25, 131; why formidable, 408, 415; not
always painful, 422; respectable desired, 457.

Deceit is unnatural, i. 316; never innocent, 330.

Defective persons have qualities, ii. 195.

Delle Valle, conjugal affection of, i. 118.

Descartes, magnanimous, i. 77. mode of study, ii. 268.
Dignities, profusion of, ii. 334.

Dionysius, history of, ii. 178, 255.

Disappointment may be profitable, i. 407; of progeny, 415;
of professional pursuits, 424; of literary reputation, 427;
in military service, 440; causes of, 448.

Discontent from education, i. 439, 449.

Discord, ii. 297; progress of, 300.

Dishonour, i. 67, 72; sense of, ii. 85, 90, 96; regulates con-

duct, 394.

Dissimulation, origin of, i. 319.

Distinction, thirst for, ii. 203, 337.

Divorce, i. 130, 136, 137.

Duel, i. 59; fatal, ii. 378; numbers falling in, 473.

Duty due to the distressed, i. 226; selfish, deserves no praise,
236.

Eccentricity, ii. 268.

Edrisi, passage of, explained, ii. 40.

Education, whether to be extended, i. 438; in suffering, 479;
modern effect of, ii. 329; errors of, 415.

Elementary principles analogous, ii. 150, 471. ·

Elizabeth, Q. cautious of favours, ii. 334.

Elwes, a miser, history of, i. 309.

Emulation, when discreditable, ii. 261.

Endurance, i. 173.

Energy, i. 468; virtuous, ii. 163.

English are credulous, i. 340; addicted to suicide, ii. 133;

propense to satire, 378.

Epictetus, fortitude of, i. 492.

Equality is rateable by felicity, ii. 149.

Ethiopian kings compelled to suicide, ii. 46.

Europeans, ancient, courageous, ii. 418; died laughing, 436.

Excesses attract notice, i. 269; corrected by suffering, ii. 206.
Excommunication, i. 143, 370; ii. 328.
Extortion, i. 295, 296.

Falsehood, progress of, i. 322; ii. 367.
Famine, i. 442; ii. 111, 310.

Fear generated by experience, i. 21; represses detraction, ii.

380.

Felicity, domestic, i. 133; is the rate of equality, ii. 149; al-
lied to humility, 158; how promoted, 209.

Females alter from maternity, i. 150; numbers, 420; not
equally qualified for literature, 436; compelled to suicide,
ii. 53; how equalized with males, 154.

Fiction, works of, ii. 237, 243, 244.

Filial veneration, i. 175, 180.

Flagellants, i. 484.

Flagellation, self, to testify love, i. 485, 486.

Flattery, i. 326, 339, 346.

Floridans generous, i. 212.

Forgiveness, i. 71, 80; when inexpedient, ii. 376.

Fraternal affection, i. 185.

Fratricide, i. 190.

Friends separating, i. 202; faithless, 425.

Friendship, i. 195, 199; liable to decay, 201; purity of, 204.
Frugality, ii. 288.

Forbearance, ii. 471.

Gaming hazardous, ii. 263.

Gange, M. de, history of, i. 100.

Generosity is not natural, ii. 385.

Genius, how evinced, ii. 241; mistaken, 265.

Gold despised, i. 312.

Good man, who is a, ii. 163, 402.

Good and evil intermixed, i. 270, 454; rate of, ii. 208.

Grace in humble life, ii. 381.

Grandier, Urban, adjures his enemy, i. 388.

Gratitude weakening, i. 229.

Greenlanders, apathy of, i. 242.

Guerre, Martin, history of, i. 357.

Guilelmina, a visionary, i. 344.
Gustavus III. fate of, ii. 188, 434.

Hacket, an impostor, i. 341.
Happiness, ingredients of, ii. 162.