d and silver, i. 321.
of a country, a standard by which to estimate the character
of the government, iii. 402.
can never rank first in England, iv. 327.
ought always to be the servant of virtue and public honor, v. 242.
remark of a foreigner on the display of it in the shops in London,
v. 496.

Whigs, the great connection of, in the reign of Queen Anne, i. 529.
the impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell, for what purpose carried
on by them, iv. 119.
statement of the principles of the new Whigs, iv. 120, 151.
opinion of the new, with respect to the power of the people
over the commonwealth, iv. 161.
Appeal from the New to the Old, iv. 57.

Wilkes, Mr., his contest with the court party, i. 497.
pretence for punishing him, i. 500.

Will and duty contradictory terms, iv. 165.
duty not subject to will, iv. 165.

William of Normandy, the extraordinary facility of his conquest
of England explained, vii. 288.
his numerous followers accounted for, vii. 333.
brief account of his reign, vii. 335.
view of his revenue, vii. 346.
his character, vii. 362.

William Rufus, brief account of his reign, vii. 364.

William III., his elevation to the throne an act not of choice,
but of necessity, iii. 254.
his judicious appointments to the vacant bishoprics, iv. 14.
the spirited address of the Commons to him respecting the war
with France, v. 296.
the Grand Alliance against France his masterpiece, v. 297.
his indomitable perseverance in pressing this measure, v. 299.
address of the House of Lords respecting it, v. 300.

Wintoun, Lord, proceedings in his trial, xi. 22.

Wisdom of the Son of Sirach, example of the sublime from that
book, i. 155.

Wishes, vehement, the discovery of them generally frustrates
their attainment, v. 252.

Wit and judgement, difference between them, i. 87.

Words, the proper medium for conveying the affections of the mind, i. 133.
affect us in a manner very different from natural objects,
painting, or architecture, i. 246.
three sorts of them, i. 247.
general words before ideas, i. 249.
effect of them, i. 250.
may affect without raising images, i. 252.
this exemplified in the case of the poet Blacklock, i. 252.
and of Saunderson, the mathematician, i. 253.
how words influence the passions, i. 258.
the only means by which many ideas have ever been at all
presented to the senses, i. 259.
the source of