his opinion of Calvin, iv. 295,
296; description of his housekeeping, 297
Montesquieu, remarks on his writings, iv.
284; compared with Machiavelli, v. 139
Monuments, absurd, erected in the temples
in Thrace, v. 353, 354; increase of, in
London, v. 562; to whom they should be
erected, ib. 566; proper places for, 563;
catalogue of illustrious men to whom none
have been raised, ib.; character of those in
Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's, 564;
reasons why theologians should not have
them, 565

Moors, their respect for female chastity, ii.
316; their gardens, iii. 235; their defence
of piracy, 241; their character, vi. 182
Morality contrasted with Religion, iv. 257
et seq.; proper aim of, 260

Moschus, character of his poems, viii. 357, 377
Moyle, Mr. Roger, anecdotes of him, vi.
196 et seq.; his character as an Irish gentle-
man, ib.

*Mufti and Soliman, iii. 181-186
Municipalities small republics, v. 17
Muretus defended the massacre of St. Bar-
tholomew's day, iii. 40, 41 and note; his
latinity, 147

Music, its effects on the mind, iv. 273, v. 401;
lines on, 402

Musicians inferior in intellectual power, v.
403; their character, vi. 66
Mutinas, epigram on, v. 410

Mutiny at the Nore, Sheridan's speech on
the, commended, iii. 379

Myrtale, Aspasia's verses on, v 399
Myrtis, the instructress of Pindar, v. 338;
verses by, 352

Mythology, French poetry characterised by a
too frequent recurrence to, iv. 103

N.

Names, Italian and Latin, remarks on the
liberties Englishmen take with them, viii.
425; the author's reasons for not Angli-
cising the former, ib.; the spelling of,
should never be interfered with, ib. 426

Nanfan, Mistress, her answer to Sir Thomas
Lucy's poetical address, ii. 549

Napier, his great victories in India, vi. 596;
treatment of, by the East India Company,

ib.
Napoleon, his character, iii. 387, vi. 18, 231,
601, 602, viii. 141 n.; opinions on, v. 553 et
seq.; speech of the President of the Senate to,
vi. 37-40; his treatment of Toussaint
L'Ouverture, 231, viii. 141 n.; his motives
and actions discussed, vi. 240 et seq., 444
and note; estimate of him by the Emperor
Nicholas, 589; ordered the seizure of
Madame de Staël's "Germany," viii. 248
n.; compared with Rienzi, 440, 441
Napoleon, Louis, Beranger's opinion on the
state of France under the presidency of,
vi. 581 et seq.; anecdote of him, 582; his
ambition, 614; doubts respecting his birth,
ib.; his protection of the Jesuits, 622;
his policy towards Rome, 626; his code of
honour, b.; coronation of, by Pope Pio
Nono, discussed between the latter and Car-
dinal Antonelli, 628 et seq.; his marriage, 630
National debt produces a revolutionary
tendency, iii. 90; remarks on, 120, 121
Nations, how to alleviate the miseries of, iii.
253; northern, less sanguinary than south-
ern, v. 161

Natural causes, correctness of the expression
questioned, ii. 496

Necessity, strict meaning of the term, ii. 80
Needles, their value in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, ii. 482 and note

Nelly, Mr. George, story of, iv. 88-90
Nelson hated by Napoleon, vi. 18; his opinion
of ministers of kings and princes, 49; his
conduct at Naples, 50

Nero, treatment of, by Dante, iii. 434; motives
usually assigned for his persecution of the
Christians erroneous, 435; his Golden
House, vi. 10; his reasons for burning the
city, ib.
*Nesselrode and Nicholas, vi. 585–598
, Nicholas, and Frederick-William,
vi. 577-579

his views on the probable settle-
ment of various nationalities after the dis-
solution of the Holy Alliance, vi. 579
*Netto, El Rey, and Don Victor Saez, vi.
102-111

New England men, their character, iii. 107,
108

New Testament, reasons why it is not plain
and explicit, iii. 313

*Newton and Barrow, iv. 348-395

quotation from, iii. 144; his
modesty, iv. 348; his timidity and reserve,
356 n.

Nicholas and Nesselrode, vi. 585-598
Frederick-William, and Nessel-

rode, vi. 577-579

his estimate of Bonaparte, vi. 589
Nicholas, St., legend of, iii. 57
Nichols, Admiral, his character, iv. 428; anec-
dotes illustrative of his courage and deci-
sion, 429

Nicolas and Michel, iii. 353-363
Niconoe, the prize of Beauty awarded to, v.
517; lines on, ib.

"Nightingale," song of the, iii. 507

Nobility, character of the, in England, Ger-
many, and Italy, vi. 60S, 609

*Noble, Walter, and Oliver Cromwell, iii.
15-21

represented the city of Lichfield, iii.
15 n.; an ancestor of the author, ib.; pleads
for the life of Charles I., 15 et seq.
*Normanby, Mr., Duke de Richelieu, Sir
Firebrace Cotes, and Lady Glengrin, vi.
121-214

his history, vi. 124 et seq.; his
interview with Thomas Paine, 157 et seq.
Normans, their origin considered, iii. 509; in
Sicily, v. 233 et seq.

Northern nations less sanguinary than
southern, v. 161

Norway, population of, iii. 508 and note
Novelists, character of English, in the last
century, v. 140

Numantia, siege of, ii. 346 et seq.

0.

Oaths, in what light regarded by the Church
of Rome, vi. 626

"Odysseus, Tersitza, Acrive, and Trelawny,
vi. 272-307

the Kleptic chieftain, his cavern
of refuge described, vi. 276 et seq.; sketch
of his history, 307-309 n.

"Offices," Cicero's, estimate of, v. 64
*Oldways, Walton, and Cotton, iv. 396-409
Olive-trees, remarkable vitality of, ii. 149;
their appearance, v. 315

O'Mara, Captain Phelim, his account of his
continental travels, vi. 188-192
Oracles and auguries, their use, ii. 116 et seq.
Orators deceivers, v. 405

Oratory, rules to be observed in, v. 509;
misused in exciting men to deeds of violence,
513

Order of Literary Merit, Alfieri's, v. 129,
136; who were to be admitted to it, 136;
its prospects of success, 142
"Orestes, the Madness of," a Dramatic Scene,
V. 538-541

Orientals, their fondness for assuming an
additional name from a fortunate occur-
rence, vi. 475 and note

Orpheus probably had his knowledge from
India, iii. 451

Orthography, variations in, iv. 163 et seq.,

209 et seq., v. 97 et seq.; the author's at-
tempts at the reformation of English, at-
tacked, iv. 499, 500; correctness of Milton's,
v. 8; inconsistencies in, forced on the
author, 97; remarks on Fairfax's, 102;
catalogue of authorities for various pecu-
liarities in, ib. et seq.; reluctance of our
nation to admit innovations in, 104
Ovid, criticisms on, ii. 414 et seq.; character
of his poetry, iii. 475; faults of his "Meta-
morphoses," ib.; his contest of Ulysses and
Ajax commended, iv. 124; the first who
subjected a strange language to Latin
measures, v. 155 n.; his faults, 291
Oxford, description of, v. 157

P.

Paine, Thomas, interview between him and
Mr. Normanby, vi. 157 et seq.; saved the
life of Mr. Zachariah Wilkes during the
"reign of terror," 163 and note

Painters, the subjects of early, similar to
those exhibited by Dante in his poems, iii.
448, 449; disproportions in the earlier
Italian, iv. 75

Painting, the art of, considered, iii. 322;
advances made in, in the time of Pericles,
v. 366; further, to be made, ib.
*Pallavicini, Marchese, and Walter Landor,
vi. 3-15

Palmerston, Lord, his love of strong measures,
vi. 585; his character as a minister, 600
*Panatius, Scipio Emilianus, and Polybius,
ii. 314-343

"Pan and Pitys," vii. 448-451

Panenos, the best painter in Athens, v. 402;
his opinion of music, 403

Panigarola, Father, and Leonora di Este, v.
309-311

Papacy. See Church of Rome and Popes of
Rome

"Parable of Asabel." v. 593-595

"Paradise Lost," Milton's, criticised, iv. 434
et seq.

"Paradise Regained," Milton's, criticised, iv.

479 et seq.; remarks on some verses of, said
to be the most musical he ever wrote, viii.
387 et seq.; beauty of another passage
quoted from, 390; description of Morning
in. 391; and of the Temple of Jerusalem,

392

Paralos, the son of Pericles, his death, v. 514
Pardon, the privilege in a prince, a usurpa-
tion, iii. 53

Parents, obedience to, a sacred duty, ii. 245
"Parents, the, of Luther," a Dialogue in
Verse, vii. 329-333
Parga, surrender of, iv. 292

Parish priest, honourable conduct of a, vi. 71
*Parker, Bishop, and Andrew Marvel, v. 3—
49

his "Ecclesiastical Polity" answered
by Marvel's "Rehearsal Transposed," v

3 n.

Parliament, Queen Elizabeth's opinior of the,
v. 237; Houses of, observations on the car-
toons for decorating the, addressed to
Cornelius at Munich, 567--569
Parliamentary reform, Pitt's advice to Can-
ning on, iii. 196

Parthenon, completion of the, v. 427
Passion, terrible effects of, exhibited in the
story of Sosigenes and Melanthos, v. 513-

515

*Pastrani, Giacomo, and his picture, story of,
iv. 142

*Paty, the President du, and Peter Leopold,
iii. 45-92

Pavia, battle of, not lost by the French, ii.
529

Peace, its beneficent influence, ii. 127; pro-

bable effects of a long continuance of, v. 473
Peacock. Bishop Reginald, iii. 35 and note
Peel, King of the Sandwich Isles, Croker,
and Interpreter, vi. 359-364

Sir Robert, his character, v. 563, 564;
compared with Walpole, 564; his refusal of
a peerage, ib.; proposal to erect a monu-
ment to him in Westminster Abbey, ib.
"Peel, Sir Robert, and Monuments to Public
Men," v. 562-566

Peer, English, character of one who tried to be
an Englishman and a Frenchman, a Tory
and a Republican, censured, vi. 604, 605

anecdote of him and his father, iii.

275, 276
Pennsylvania, administration of laws in, iii.
250 n., 326; freedom in, 251; scenery in,
contrasted with that of England, 252
"Penseroso," Milton's, criticised, iv. 499
Pensions and places, outcry against, iii. 209;
arguments in favour of, ib.

"Pentameron, the," iii. 421-558; reason
why the dialogues between Petrarca and
Boccaccio were so denominated, 423
Pentameter, the least harmonious of measures,
ii. 416

People, character of a, indicated by their
language, iii. 77 et seq.

*Perceval and Romilly, iii. 161-167
"Pericles and Aspasia," v. 313-549
*Pericles and Sophocles, ii. 56-63

his character, ii. 58 n.; his elo-
quence, 138; sends his cousin to Alcibiades
to assist Aspasia in the theatre, v. 318; his
first interview with Aspasia, 323; his proffer
of love to her, 325; accepted, 326: his verses
addressed to her, 327; his eloquence, 349;

aits in his character, 355; his character of
Piratus, 359; his dispute with Anaxa-
goras n Love, Religion, and Power, 360;
his advice to young men, 361; character-
istics of his eloquence, 363; his opinions on
sculpture, 364, 366; and painting, 366;
Anaxagoras's opinion of, 375, 376; his
opinion as to the authorship of the poems
ascribed to Homer, 379 et seq.; his project
of a uniformity of weights and measures
ridiculed by Aristophanes, 385; his speech
on proposing a statue to Cimon, 390; his
speech on the banishment of Cimon, 391;
on the defection of Euboea and Megara, 393,
394; his lines on Music, 402; his speech on
the war between Samos and Miletus, 404;
his reasons for not preserving his speeches,
405; his enjoyment of a joke, 406; his ora-
tion to the soldiers round Samos, 411, 412;
subdues Samos, 413; his punishment of
those Samians who favoured the Persians,
418; his ideas as to the real facts attending
the foundation of Rome, 435 et seq.; his
rules for writing history, 442, 443; his reply
to the accusation of Cleon, 446-449; traits
in his character, 456; his first speech to the
Athenians on the declarations of Corinth
and Lacedæmon, 457, 458; his second
speech, 458-461; oration on the approach
of the Lacedæmonians to Athens, 461-463;
loses the favour of the people, 464; his de-

fence of Anaxagoras, 465; of Aspasia, 467,
468; resolves not to transmit his power
hereditarily, 469; refuses to accept the su-
preme power, 471; effect of power on, 495;
attacked by the pestilence, 496; his apology
for obtaining the banishment of Cimon, 498,
499; procures the repeal of a law he had
himself obtained, 504 and note; his advice
to Alcibiades, 506, 509; rebukes his rashness
at Potidæ, 516, 517; the death of his sons,
544; is again attacked by the fever, ib.; his
review of his past life, and farewell to
Aspasia, 544-546; his death, 547
Perilla, verses to, v. 492

Peristera, a friend of Cleone's, visits Aspasia,
V. 354

Perjury, its extent in France at the time of
the Crusades, iii. 6
Persecution for religion, when first heard of,
v. 38

Persia, her successful struggles for independ-
ence, iii. 459; wisdom of its laws and
usages, v. 430; the custom there of keeping
boys apart from their father till their fifth
year reprobated, ib.

Perugino, character of his works, vi. 429
Peruzzi, Gregorio, story of him and his neigh-
bours' dogs, iii. 432-434

Pescara, his character, and love for Vittoria
Colonna, v. 295

Pestilence, only temporary, iii. 208; com-
mencement of the, at Athens, v. 495; its
consequences, ib. et seq.

Peterborough, Lord, and William Penn, iii.
250-352

anecdote of his friend and
the lizard, iii. 274; and of himself and Lud-
low, 334, 335

Peter, Emperor of Russia, his murder by
Catharine, v. 208, 214 n.

Peter the Great and Alexis, iii. 168-174
his method of education,
iii. 168, 169; his idea of civilisation, 171;
his reception of the news of his son's death,
174
Petrarca, Francesco, and Giovanni Boccaccio,
iii. 427-549

347

and Boccaccio, iv. 299-307

Chaucer, and Boccaccio, iv. 308-

had little skill in the composition
of dialogue, iii. 425; his "Remedies of
Adversity and Prosperity," ib.; his legacy
to Boccaccio, ib.; his visit to Boccaccio,
427, viii. 441; opposes his intention of de-
stroying the "Decameron," iii. 428; advises
Boccaccio to substitute new tales for a few
of the more licentious, 429; his advice to
Boccaccio, 439; his strictures on Dante,
446; not invidious, 447; expectation enter-
tained by him of Rienzi disappointed, 458;
apparition of Laura to, 458 and note; criti-
cises Dante, 461, 463, 467, 469, 486 et seq.;
his share in the improvement of the Italian
language, 464; criticises Virgil, 470 et seq.;
his remarks on the Sonnet, 472; criticises
Ovid, 475; his Sunday morning at Certaldo,
478 et seq.; called the "Crowned Martyr"
by the country-people, 484; his opinion of
Papacy, 489; and of republics, 491 et seq.;
his remarks on the character of various
nations, 494, 495; criticises Horace, 515,
516; his lines on " Pleasure," 517; visited

by Fra Biagio, 533; fond of indulging in
"imaginary conversations," 545; his opinion
of Allegory, 547; his dream, 547-549, v.
590-592; remarks on the alleged jealousy
between him and Boccaccio, iii. 554; his
story of Tenerin de Gisors, iv. 338-341;
criticisms on him, viii. 424-458; remarks
on his various editors, 424; the author's
reasons for not Anglicising his name, 425;
his history, 426 et seq.; his first meeting
with Laura, 428; nature and influence of
the passion with which she inspired him,
ib. et seq.; few Italian scholars and natives
of Italy have read his letters and poetry
entirely through, ib. 429; receives the por-
trait of Laura, 432; his reception by King
Robert of Naples, 433; his coronation at
Rome, ib.; treatment he received on his
return from it, ib.; his resemblance to
Abeillard, 434; remarks on his "Sestine,"
435; his patriotism, 436; his dream of
Giacomo Colonna, Bishop of Lombes, ib.;
delegated with others to invite the Pope to
return from Avignon to Rome, ib.; his
embassy to Naples, 437; his reasons for
quitting it, ib.; his envy of Charles of Lux-
emburg, 438; his friendship for Cola Rienzi,
ib.; takes leave of Laura, ib. 439; visits the
birthplace of Virgil, 440; his friendship for
Boccaccio, 441; his character, 445 et seq.;
his children, 447; his death, 450; estimate
of his works, ib. et seq.
Pheasant eggs, importation of, by Louis
XVIII., iii. 389

Phidias, his statue of Cybele, ii. 56 n.
*Philip II. and Dona Juana Coelho, v. 245-248
Philip of Macedon, his character, ii. 128, 131,

132; effect of the news of his death at
Athens, ii. 145 et seq.; his zeal for religion,
' 160, 161

Philosopher, English, story of a superstitious,
vi. 343

Philosophers, why absurd, ii. 66; their business
the search after truth, 268; their excellence
in metaphor, iii. 144; the worth of their
sayings, iv. 162; their attention to Alci-
biades, v. 354; their evil influence on the
manners of the people, 502

Philosophy, effects of, on the mind and body,
ii. 173; of the ancients, remarks on, iii.
150; inferior to religion, 445; its true pro-
vince, v. 478

*Phocion and Eschines, ii. 150-159

defends Demosthenes against the
attacks of Eschines, ii. 155 et seq.; his elo-
quence, 172; his character, 177
Phrynicus, his tragedy on the devastation
of Miletus, v. 387; now lost, ib. n.
Physic and wine, Hooker's opinion on, iv.
161, 162 n.

Physicians in Spain, ordinance issued against,
vi. 110 and note

Physiognomy, comments on the science, vi.
66 et seq.

Piccoluomini and Leopoldina, story of, vi.
68-71

Picture-dealers and the Cardinal-Legate
Albani, vi. 408-437
Picture-dealing in Italy, vi. 408-437
Piedmont, Alfieri's eulogy on, v. 143
Pilgrims, ceremony of washing the feet of,
at Rome, at the jubilee, vi. 251 et seq.; diffi-
culties of the Pope in respect of, ib.

"Pilot of the Escape-boat," Pitt's aversion to
the title, iii. 201

Pindar, his statue at Athens, ii. 200; probably
brought up near Thebes, and not in the city,
iii. 452; why defeated by Corinna, iv. 25;
estimate of his poetry, 97; profited by the
instruction of Myrtis and Corinna, v. 338;
his grandiloquence, ib.; criticised, 339 et
seq.; his death, 341

"Pindar and Hiero," vii. 473, 474
*Pio Nono, Pope, and Cardinal Antonelli, vi.
628-630

his character, vi. 603 and note
Piracy defended by the Moors, iii. 241
Piraeus, the, at Athens, ii. 56 and note, vi.
7,8

*Pisistratus and Solon, ii. 28-37
*Pitt and Canning, iii. 187-201

his oratory, iii. 114 n., 161, 188; over-
estimated, 161; debased the English aris-
tocracy, 187; desirous that Canning should
succeed him, 189; his maxims of govern-
ment, 190 et seq.; his opinion on prevarica-
tion, 191; his definition of political economy,
193; his views on domestic polity, 195;
story of his cook, 199; his aversion to the
title of "Pilot of the Escape-boat," 201; his
designs mischievous, 390; his character as
a statesman, iv. 266

Plague, the, in Italy and France, viii. 439;
indebted to it for Boccaccio's "Decameron,"
ib.

*Plato and Diogenes, ii. 64-111

his mode of dress ridiculed by Dio-
genes, ii. 72; absent at the death of Socrates,
73; his writings criticised, 76 et seq.; dif-
ference between his imagination and that of
Shakespeare, 100 n.; estimate of his merits
and demerits by Demosthenes, 133; his
misrepresentations of the opinions of So-
crates, ib.; his character censured, 171; his
system as regards women, 177, 178; his
plan of government considered, 179 et seq.;
his want of genius, 275 et seq.; remarks on
his writings and style, 392, iii. 144 et seq.;
example of his wit, 150; specimens of his
puns, 155; his political opinions, 308

Platonic love, absurdity of the term, viii. 435
and note

Plautus resembles Shakespeare, iv. 155
Pleasure, inoffensive, uses of, ii. 404
Plutarch, his style, iv. 224

Pocile, the, at Athens, ii. 56 and note
"Poet and the Lady, the," Lord Brooke's
poem on, iv. 16

Poetry, remarks on its construction, ii. 184
and note, et seq.; delight its object, 215, iii.
154; Greek and Latin, Dr. Glaston's opi-
nions on, ii. 530, 531; his advice to young
men not to pursue, 537 et seq.; its higher
beauties, 547, 548; its truthfulness, iii. 155;
obscurity in, sometimes allowable, 444; its
origin disputed, 449 et seq.; good, not fully
enjoyed by the ignorant, 472; its effects on
the mind of the composer, iv. 14; com-
parison between ancient and modern, 24;
whatever is good in, common to all good
poets, 35; requisites of good, 75, 81, v. 478;
reasons why we attach more importance to
German, than our own, iv. 78; merits of
descriptive, 91; French, characteristics of,
93, 103, 131 and note; the business of the
higher, 98; character of modern English,

127, v. 116; the author's admiration of the
best contemporary, v. 109; observations on
declamatory, 116; occasional, remarks on,
125; various kinds of, discussed between
Milton and Marvel, 150 et seq.; difference
between, and all other arts and kinds of
composition, 284; of lovers, 316; schools of,
absurd, 351: its true attributes, 352; the
most ancient Greek, notice of, 377; various
measures of, 378; Greek, remarks on some
imperfections in, 392; essentials of epic, 434;
affectation in, 453; misused in celebrating
deeds of violence, 513; Greek, English, and
German, vi. 405, 406; and history, differ-
ence between, vii. 342; character of Eliza-
bethan, viii. 378; intemperate admiration
of Latin, 386 et seq.

Poets, Sir Thomas Lucy's opinion of, ii. 482;
why unready to correct their faults, iii.
444; less esteemed than warriors, 450;
influence of their birthplace on, ib. 451;
rules for their guidance, 519, 520, iv. 7; the
writing of epigrams lowers their dignity,
27; ought they to be judged from the quan-
tity of their bad poetry, or from the quality
of their best, the question discussed, 26,
27; difference between their language and
sentiments, 60; their merits and those of
critics compared, 69, 70; modern, their
characteristics, 72 et seq., 127; dispropor-
tions in our earlier, 75; French, jealous of
the Italian, 105; remarks on those who
have succeeded Milton, 476 et seq.; imagi-
nation displayed by English, 501, 502:
great, must be religious, v. 12; faults of
the most prominent among the author's
contemporaries, 110; their deeds and their
deservings, 173 et seq.; Italian, 289; criti-
cisms on various, ib. et seq.; veneration
due to, 294; power of great. 324; when
truly praised, 337; their confidence in their
immortality, 423; requisites of, 425, viii.
419; character of Elizabethan, 378; re-
marks on various modern, 419, 420
Poignaunez, Lieutenant, Queen Pomare,
Pritchard, Captains Polverel and Des Mi-
trailles, and Mariners, vi. 458-469
Poisoning in Italy, iv. 272 n.

Poland, policy of augmenting her dominions,
iii. 95

Polemon, his estimate of a blush, ii. 252; his
style, ib.

Policastro, the Prince of, story of, related by
Boccaccio, iv. 343-347
Politeness a virtue, ii. 207; English, iii. 348;
of Quakers, 349; French, ib.; in itself a
power, v. 355; its advantages, 362, 363;
Chinese, vi. 499, 504, 505

Political economy, Pitt's definition of, iii.

*Polverel, Captain, Queen Pomare, Pritchard,
Captain des Mitrailles, Lieutenant Poi-
gnaunez, and Mariners, vi. 458-469
Polybius, Scipio Emilianus, and Panatius,
ii. 314-343

his style, ii. 339

*Polycrates and Anacreon, ii. 38-47

story of his ring, ii. 38; friendly
advice given to him by Anacreon. 41 et seq.
Polytheism discussed by Xenophon and
Cyrus, ii. 117

"Polyxena, the Espousals of," vii. 508-513
*Pomare, Queen, Pritchard, Captains Pol-
verel and Des Mitrailles, Lieutenant Poi-
gnaunez, and Mariners, vi. 458-469

-, treatment of, by the French, vi. 468
Pompeius Cneius, his conduct censured by
Cæsar, ii. 350, 363

"Poniatowski and Kosciusko, iii. 93-97
Pontifex Maximus aided to undermine the
morals of the Romans, ii. 455

Popes of Rome, origin of their supreme
power, ii. 265; their conduct toward
crowned heads, iii. 23, 24; mode of elec-
tion of the, when first established, 31;
means used by, to procure authority and
power, 36; character of many, 65; their
power a usurpation, 489; mischiefs ensuing
from it, ib.; adoration of, iv. 139; plan for
establishing them in Venice, 419, 420
*Porson and Southey, iv. 18-41, 41-83

anecdote of him at a rout, iv. 32 et
seq.; quotes two poetical inscriptions, 70
Portugal, state of, vi. 45, 46; reasons for the
union of, with Spain, ib.; proposed con-
stitution for, 259

Potidea, the siege of, v. 516; surrender of,

527

Power, political, reason for not placing it in
the hands of one man, iii. 457; unity of,
the principle of republicanism, 491; leads
to injustice, ib.; hereditary, evils of, iv. 411,
412, v. 469; a predominant affection of the
soul, v. 358; stands widely apart from love
and religion, ib. ; never makes us better,
359; may be a blessing to its possessor,
360, 361

Praise, unpermitted, plebeian, ii. 489
Prayer, Middleton's treatise on the inefficacy
of, iv. 134; the subject discussed by Mid-
dleton and Magliabechi, ib. et seq.; may
sometimes be misapplied, 140; the fact
illustrated by anecdotes, ib. et seq.
Preachers, Dr. Glaston's admonition to, ii.
521, 522

Precedence claimed for the Emperors of Mo-
rocco and Austria, iii. 4 n.

Predestination considered, iv. 262; the doc-
trine discussed between Melancthon and
Calvin, v. 70 et seq.

Prelaty, Milton's Treatise on, v. 41; Ana-
baptists and Presbyterians inhumanly
treated by, 44

Presbyterians, treatment of, by Prelaty, v. 44
Present time of more importance than the
past and future, iii. 192

President of the Court of Cassation, his
speech to Charles X., vi. 40 n.
*President of the Senate and Bonaparte, vi.
37-40

, his speech to Bonaparte, vi. 37 et seq.
Prevarication, Pitt's advice to Canning re-
specting, iii. 191