Part 50

Magnanimity, in politics, often the truest wisdom, ii. 181.

Magnificence, a source of the sublime, i. 154.

Magnitude, in building, necessary to the sublime, i. 152.

Mahomed Reza Khân, arrested by Mr. Hastings, x. 184.

Mahometanism, its conquests in Hindostan, ix. 387.

Mahometan government, character of it, ix. 463. laws, sources of them, ix. 480; xi. 216.

Mahrattas, their territories invaded by the East India Company, ii. 453. treaties with them, ii. 453, 454.

Majority, in a commonwealth, question as to the proper power of, iii. 299; iv. 170. not true that in all contests the decision will be in their favor, vii. 53.

Malesherbes, murdered by the French Revolutionists, vi. 40.

Malvoisins, what, vii. 389.

Man, a creature of habit and opinions, ii. 234; xii. 164.

Manifestoes, implying superiority over an enemy, when commonly made, iv. 405. matters usually contained in them, iv. 405.

Manilla ransom, remarks on it, i. 407.

Manners, while they remain entire, correct the vices of law, ii. 202. corrupted by civil wars, ii. 203. maintained in Europe for ages by the spirit of nobility and of religion, iii. 335. in England, derived from France, iii. 336. have done alone in England what institutions and manners together have done in France, iv. 327. statesmen ought to know what appertains respectively to manners and laws, v. 167. of more importance than laws, v. 310. laws ought to be in unison with them, vii. 27.

Mansfield, Lord, his declarations concerning rules of evidence, xi. 84.

Mara, the name of a Saxon goddess,--whence the term Night-Mare, vii. 237.

Marriage, beneficial results of the Christian doctrine concerning it, v. 312. endeavors of the French Constituent Assembly to desecrate it, v. 312. ends for which it was instituted, vii. 131. restraints upon it in the reign of King John, vii. 464.

Marriage Act, principles upon which it is grounded, vii. 131.

Mathematical and metaphysical reasoning, compared with moral, vii. 73.

Mazarin, Cardinal, not loved by Louis XIV., iii. 499. bon-mot of a flatterer of his, on the match between Louis XIV. and a daughter of Spain, vi. 20.

Mediterranean Sea, importance to England of keeping a strong naval force there, v. 421.

Memorial to be delivered to Monsieur de M.M., Hints for a, iv. 307.

Merchants, English, their evidence, petitions, and consultations respecting America, i. 399, 405, 406. principles and qualities of, ii. 506.

Mercy, not opposed to justice, iv. 465; vi. 252. consists not in the weakness of the means, but in the benignity of the ends, vi. 168.

Metaphysician, nothing harder than the heart of a thorough-bred one, v. 216.

Migration, in early times, caused by pasturage and hunting, vii. 171. and by wars, vii. 171.

Military life, its attractions to those who have had experience of it, v. 464.

Military and naval officers, the fortitude required of them, v. 468.