Tacitus, his account of the Chauci, i. 44. Quoted, 88, Note. The first, except Homer, who painted character, 214. His knowledge of human nature, 223. His account of the indolence of the Germans, 277, Note. Of their gaming, 341. Of their respect for women, 370. 385. Of their marriages, 438.; and continence, 459. Quo- ted, ii. 97. 173.; iii. 285. 312. 373.
Tartary, cold of, to what owing, i. 80. Ferocity of the inhabitants of, 86.
Tasso, his merit, i. 180, Note.
Tassoni, passage of, relative to Scottish music, i. 238. Taste, remarks on, i. 153. et seq. Curbs the imagina- tion, 155. Progress of, 156. Why it ripened so ear- ly in Greece, 158. Fondness of the people of the middle ages for puns, 159. et seq. town life, 166. Different in different Circumstances that may retard it, 171. companied by refinement in manners, 172. Tavannes, horrid sentiment of, iii. 427. Taylor, Jeremy, his austerity, iii. 414.
nations, 170. Fine taste ac-
Taxes, general considerations on, ii. 156. et seq. Locke's false reasoning on, 162. Different kinds of, with their advantages and disadvantages, 168. et seq. Method of levying, 177. Rules to be observed in taxing, 180. Taxes examined with respect to their effects, 191. Those which are pernicious to industry, 194. et seq. Those which advance industry and commerce, 200. et seq.
Temple, Sir William, his idea that courage depends on animal food, i. 49. 278, Note.
Terence, remarks on the comedies of, i, 214.
Thales, how he measured the Egyptian pyramids, i. 133 Theology, principles and practice of, iii. 251. Existence of a Deity generally believed, ibid. This not wholly owing to fear, 254. Reasoning of a Greenlander con- cerning the existence of God, 256. Rudeness of some savages, 258. Belief of, owing to some internal sense, 259. Why this sense not too strong, 264. Folly of atheism, 265. Progress of opinion respecting the Di- vinity, 269. et seq. Ridiculous notions of the Greeks concerning their gods, 273. Of the Romans, 277. 287. Of tutelar deities, 290. et seq. Foolish notions con- cerning the conduct of Providence, 299. Origin of single combat, &c. 301. Objections to the sense of Deity answered, 374.
Thurot, his humanity, i. 317. Note.
Toleration, the effects of commerce, iii. 438.
Topics, Aristotle's, iii. 77.
Torquemada, a dreadful inquisitor, iii. 428.
Trade. See Commerce.
Tragedy, remarks on the Greek, i. 205. et seq. Transubstantiation, remarks on, iii. 317. Passage from the Roman Missal concerning, 322.
Turks, their former activity, ii. 89. Their enmity to the Persians, iii. 409.
Vegetius endeavours to account for the difference of cha- racter in nations from climate, i. 41. His remark that husbandmen make the best soldiers, ii. 256. Quoted, 281.342.
Velleius Paterculus, remark of, i. 147. On the decay of
fine arts, 221. 245.
Virtue, definition of, iii. 137. Note.
Vitruvius, his remark on the influence of climate, i. 39. Of the origin of society, ii. 3.
Voltaire, mistake of, i. 28. Note. Extols the republic of Paraguay, ii. 47.
Waldenses, account of the, iii. 431.
War, generosity in, i. 312. et seq. Compared with peace, ii. 110. Instances of the virtues exemplified in, III, Note. Magnanimity in, 115. Effects of long peace in a state, 116. War, sometimes proper, 127.
Winckelman, remark of, on the decay of the fine arts, i. 221.
William of Malmesbury quoted, iii. 399.
Wit, specimens of, in the dark ages, i. 159. et seq. Re- marks on that of early writers, 213.
Worship, religious, iii. 327. et seq. What founded on, and utility of, 329. Of penances, 334. et seq. Sacri- fices, 339. History of idolatry, 344. et seq. Statues of tutelar deities, 356. Frequent contempt of, 357. et seq. Worship of the sun and moon, 364. Of deified nortals, 368. The Presbyterian w. too simple, 370. Why w. anciently performed in high places, 373. Of the union of religion and morality, 377. And the con. trary, 386. et seq. Bad consequences of composition for crimes, 394. Of too much stress on outward cere- monies, 396.; and of wrong appreciation for sins, ibid. VOL. III.
Writing, origin and progress of, i. 134. Not known in
Greece in Homer's time, 136.
Zeleucus, introduction to his laws, iii. 380. Zoroaster, story concerning, iii. 384.
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