in the beauty of the
human species, i. 198.
Pilgrimages of the Middle Ages, benefits of them, vii. 247.
Pitt, Mr., remarks on his conduct in 1784, v. 57.
his Declaration on the war with the French Republic, v. 278; vi. 21.
eulogy of it, v. 279, 390; vi. 22.
and of his speech on that war, v. 390.
Place Bill, proposed remedy for parliamentary disorders, i. 518.
Plagues, in Athens and in London, wickedness remarkably prevalent
during their continuance, vii. 84.
Pleasure and pain, observations on them, i. 102.
pleasure, pain, and indifference, their mutual relation,
as states of the mind, i. 103.
Poetry, more powerful than painting in moving the passions, i. 134.
does not depend for its effect on raising ideas or sensible
images of things, i. 246, 255.
this exemplified, i. 252.
affects rather by sympathy than imitation, i. 257.
dramatic poetry strictly imitation, i. 257.
descriptive poetry operates chiefly by substitution, i. 257.
Poland, character of the revolution there, iv. 195.
contrasted with the revolution in France, iv. 198.
Policy, a refined one, the parent of confusion, ii. 106.
inseparable from justice, iii. 438.
Political connection, how regarded by the ancient Romans, i. 528.
England governed by one in the reign of Queen Anne, i. 529.
general observations on, i. 530.
Political economy, had its origin in England, v. 192.
Political system, an unwise or mischievous one not necessarily
of short duration, iv. 353.
Politician, duties of one, iii. 557, 559.
Politics, ought to be adjusted to, human nature, i. 398.
different in different ages, i. 442.
unsuitable to the pulpit, iii. 246.
Polybius, anecdote concerning him, iv. 285.
Poor, the laboring, their poverty owing to their numbers, v. 134.
proper compassion for them, v. 135, 466.
Poorunder, treaty of, broken by Mr. Hastings, xii. 382.
Pope, the, his dispute with Henry I., vii. 384.
his pretext for giving Henry II. a commission to conquer
Ireland, vii. 413.
his excommunication of King John, vii. 449.
treatment of him by the French Revolutionists, v. 418.
Popery Laws, Tract on the, vi. 299.
Popular election, a mighty evil, vii. 72.
Popular opinion, an equivocal test of merit, v. 183.
Population, rapid increase of it in America, ii. 110.
state of it, a standard by which, to estimate the effects
of a government on any country, iii. 400.
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