Part 38

Thermidor, the memorable ninth of.

Thrales, Dr Johnson's connection with the.

Thucydides, character of the speeches of the ancients, as transmitted to us by him. His historical shortcomings. His history compared with that of Herodotus. Management of his perspective in history. His speeches put into the mouths of his characters. His deficiencies. School in which he studied. His style and philosophy. Regarded as a delineator of character.

Thurlow, Lord, retains the Great Seal under Lord Rockingham. Dismissed. Again Lord Chancellor.

Tiberius Caesar, Tacitus's delineation of the character of.

Tinkers in the seventeenth century.

Tinville, Fouquier, his introduction to the Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris. Placed under arrest.

Tirzah and Ahirad, marriage of.

Toulon, Barere's proposal to destroy it.

Traveller, Goldsmith's, publication of the. Its noble and simple design.

United States of America, rapid increase of the human race in the. Causes of this. Results of four censuses. Number of slaves in the Union in 1810. And of emigrants to the United States in 1817. Recognition of the independence of the States. Surrender of Cornwallis.

Universal Suffrage.

Uses, Statute of, its practical value.

Utilitarianism. One of the principal tenets of. Style of writing admired by Utilitarians. Barren theories of the Utilitarians. Duty of exposing the fallacy of their arguments. Lord Bacon's description of the Utilitarian philosophy. Mr Bentham's exposition of the Utilitarian principle. Remarks on the Utilitarian theory of government. Delusion of the Utilitarians. Origin of their faults. Real character of the sect. Their summum bonum.

Venice, an example of the sterility of an oligarchical form of government.

Vergniaud, the Girondist leader, his eloquence. His melancholy duty in the Convention. Charged by the Mountain before the Revolutionary Committee. His last speech. His death.

Vienna, the deliverance of.

Virgil, idolatry of Dante for the writings of.

Virgin, Ode to the Petrarch's.

Voltaire, reluctance of the French Academy to acknowledge the genius of.

Voters, qualifications of, Mr Mill's views regarding.

Wakefield, Vicar of, story of the publication of the.

Walker, Obadiah, the apostate. His aspersions on Martin Luther.

Waller, Edward, character of his poetry.

Walmesley, Gilbert, his kindness to Samuel Johnson.

War, difference between, in large and small communities.

War with China, the, Speech on.

Waterloo, battle of.