slation of Machiavelli, i. 140.

Peterborough, Earl of, his expedition to Spain, ii. 159.
His character, 159, 171.
His successes on the northeast coast of Spain, 161-166.
His retirement to Valencia thwarted, 170.
Returns to Valencia as a volunteer, 170.
His recall to England, 171.

Petion, the Girondist, iii. 523.
His unfortunate end, 527.
Saint Just's speech on his guilt, 528.

"Petition of Right," enactment of the, ii. 17.
Violated by Charles I., 17, 27.

Petrarch, influence of his poems on the literature of Italy, i. 5, 6.
Celebrity as a writer, 23.
His amatory verses, 25.
Causes co-operating to spread his renown, 26, 27.
His coronation at Rome, 28, 29.
His poetical powers, 30.
His genius, 31.
Paucity of his thoughts, 31.
His energy when speaking of the wrongs and degradation of Italy, 32.
His poems on religious subjects, 32.
Prevailing defect of his best compositions, 33.
His imitators, 34.
His sonnets, 35.
Remarks on his Latin writings, 36.

Phalaris, Letters of, controversy upon their merits and genuineness,
ii. 592-596.

Philip II. of Spain, extent and splendor of his empire, ii. 130.

Philip III. of Spain, his accession, ii. 148.
His character, 148-150.
His choice of a wife, 154.
Obliged to fly from Madrid, 166.
Surrender of his arsenal and ships at Carthagena, 167.
Defeated at Almenara, and again driven from Madrid, 173.
Forms a close alliance with his late competitor, 183.
Quarrels with France; value of his renunciation of the crown of
France, 184.

Philip, Duke of Orleans, regent of France, ii. 118-120.
Compared with Charles II. of England, 119, 120.

Philips, Ambrose, friend of Addison, iii. 438.

Philips, Sir Robert, ii. 425.

Philosophical Church, the, iii. 39.
Its philanthropic tendency, 39.
Its extravagance, 42.

Philosophy, ancient, its characteristics, ii. 445.
Its stationary character, 449, 465.
Its alliance with Christianity, 452, 453.
Its fall, 453.
Its merits compared with the Baconian, 465-469.
Reason of its barrenness, 482.

Philosophy, moral, its relation to the Baconian system, ii. 472.

Philosophy, natural, the light in which it was viewed by the ancients,
ii. 445-452.
New features of Bacon's, 455.

Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan's, its characteristic peculiarity, i. 745.