f Cheyte Sing, 185.
Conquered and added to British dominion, 187.

Benevolences, Oliver St. John's opposition to, and Bacon's support of,
ii. 403.

Bengal, its resources, ii. 700, 701.
Internal government of, iii. 127-129.
Competition for minister-ship, 129.
Character of its people, 130.
Hastings gains control of, 134.

Bentham, Jeremy, his character, i. 424.
His defence of James Mill, 425.
His argument over despotism, 426.
Refuted, 427.
His condemnation of the theory of saturation met, 430.
His evasion of the power of public opinion displayed, 432.
Charges the "Edinburgh Review" with evasion, 435.
On Woman Suffrage, 438.
On the poor plundering the rich, 439.
Defence of a theory of government founded on certain propensities
of human nature, 442.
Refutation of the same, 445.
His "greatest happiness principle," 448.
His authorship of the defence of Mill denied, 458.
His greatness; his literary partnership with Dumont, ii. 96-98.
On the French Revolution, 294.

Bentinck, Lord William, his memory cherished by the Hindoos, ii. 762.

Bentivoglio, Cardinal, on the state of religion in England in the
sixteenth century, ii. 84.

Bentley, Richard, his quarrel with Boyle, and remarks on Temple's
Essay on the Letters of Phalaris, ii. 593-595.

Berwick, Duke of, checks the allies, ii. 158.
His retreat before Galway, 166.

Bible, the English, its excellence, i. 210.

Bishops, claims of those of the Church of England to apostolical
succession, ii. 246.

Black Hole of Calcutta, described, ii. 704.
Retribution of the English for its horrors, 706, 710, 712-715.

Blackstone, Sir William, ii. 356.

Bodley, Sir Thomas, ii. 403, 443.

Boileau, Nicolas, introduced to Addison, iii. 413.
His contempt for modern Latin poetry, 414.

Bolingbroke, Lord, proposes to strengthen the royal prerogative,
ii. 211.
His method of reform, iii. 610.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, becomes first consol, iii. 566.
His scorn of Barere, 568.
Employs Barere as a writer and a spy, 569.
His opinion of Barere as a writer, 577.
Refuses to accept his reports, 579.

Book of the Church, Southey's, i. 500.

Borgia, Caesar, his triumph and failure, i. 170.

Boroughs, rotten, abolition of, ii. 220.

Boswell, James, his life of Johnson, ii. 691.
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