Bees, a perpetual figure of good governaunce, 312 Books, to be watched as well as men, 19 contain the image of men's wits, 239 BRITAIN, Roman Conquest of, 94 CARE will sometimes betray to the appearance of neg- Cheerfulness, two perpetual sources of, 60 CICERO, his skill in philosophy inferior to that in ora- Colonies, the British, 453, 89 Comedy, to be a short composition, 258 Commander, character of a good, 130 Conception, mental, 318 Condition of the people a criterion of the government, 278 CREATOR, men insensible to his goodness, 120 Custom has a twofold operation, 334 DEATH closes a man's reputation, 230 contemplation of, 155, 179 Debt, a calamity, 77, 162; why insolvent debtors de- serve imprisonment, 113 Decency, deserving of praise, 46 Delay, advantage of in composition, 17 Democracy more favourable to public virtue than are EDUCATION, 167 Elections to Parliament must be free, 246 what are the requisites for, 63 Envy of virtue generally in those who want virtue, 323 EPAMINONDAS, a scholar and warrior, 35 EPICTETUS, his view concerning the treatment of an Epitaphs, their principal intention, 106 Exercise necessary to some minds, as to bodies, 16 Expectation prepareth applause with the weak judg- ment, and prejudice with the stronger, 199 FAME, desire of, inseparable from virtue, 45, 125 French Governors, how chosen, 247 Friends often flatter us, 136 GARDENS, English and French, compared, 102 Gentlemen, the true character of, 242 Glory, natural passion for, 43 Goodness, how discerned, 275; never despised in good HABITS of virtue to be cultivated in this life, 115, 117 Happiness, its attainment the end of all human in- dustry, 227; wherein it consists, 107 History, speaks to our passions, 219 should either convey pleasure or utility, 297 contemporary, a matter of deep interest, 86 qualifications of an historian, 177 HOLLAND, taxation of houses in, unfair, 234 his notion concerning the state of the soul after Honour, the reflection of a man's own actions, 228 HORACE, what he instructs us in, 45 how viewed by the STOICS, 12 Human character, excellencies in, ought to elevate our conception of the divine, 128 LABOUR, division of, 277 LATINS, their condition under the Romans, 125 Laws, their use enjoyed, while their grounds are ig- Love of our country, a lesson of reason, 229 MAN, a compound of contrarieties, 268 his condition exposed to fears, 282 his superiority to the rest of the creation, 289 threefold division of, in regard of moral virtue, 29 Memory, advantages of, 190, 344 Minister, character of a wise, 109 Misfortunes, folly of anticipating, 188 Moral Discipline, 348 NATIONS, not enough if they are wealthy, 320 held together by correspondence in laws, 317 the most ancient in all countries considered the Poetry, great charm of, 37; true source of, 346 Portian Law, when violated, 40 Pragmatical meddling with other men's concerns, 195 owes its value to its scarcity, 256 of God, advantage of, 24 Ridicule, moderns excel the ancient in, 123 dangerous in an ill-natured man, 149 ROME, her greatness founded on fortune and virtue, 39 her fallen state, 137 ROMANS, averse to naval affairs, 263 SAXONS, their heathenism unlike that of the ROMANS, Seditions, their matter twofold, 28 |