Part 52

Nabob of Arcot, the Subah of the Deccan sold to him by the East India Company, ii. 450. nature of his debts, iii. 25, 28, 29, 35, 39, 47.

Nabob of Oude, conduct of the East India Company towards him, ii. 466.

Nantes, Edict of, reason assigned by Louis XIV. for the revocation of it, vi. 328. observations thereon, vi. 328.

Naples, how likely to be affected by the revolution in France, iv. 337.

Nation, Present State of the, Observations on a late Publication so intituled, i. 269. character of this publication, i. 274. state of the nation in 1770, i. 437. speculation of the ministry on the cause of it, i. 438. animadversions on their views, i. 439.

National Assembly of France, corresponds with the Revolution Society of London, iii. 237. its composition and character, iii. 283, 450. studies recommended by it to the youth of France, iv. 25. its worship of Rousseau, iv. 25.

Natural powers in man, the senses, the imagination, and the judgment, i. 82.

Nature, state of, inconveniences of it, i. 10. the social, impels a man to propagate his principles, v. 361.

Navigation, Act of, its policy, i. 378; ii. 30, 38.

Navy, the great danger of economical experiments upon it, i. 345.

Necessity, the plea of, remarks on it, v. 450.

Negro Code, Sketch of a, vi. 262.

Negro slaves, denunciation of attempts to excite insurrections among them in the colonies by proclamations of the English governors, vi. 171.

Neighborhood, the law of, what, v. 321.

Newfoundland, view of the trade with it, i. 320.

Newspapers, powerful influence of them in the diffusion of French principles, iv. 327.

Night, a cause of the sublime, i. 132, 158.

Norman conquest, extraordinary facility of it, vii. 287. attempt to account for it, vii. 288. the great era of the English laws, vii. 487.

Normandy, reunion of it to the crown of France, vii. 445.

North, Lord, observations on his character, v. 182; vi. 216, 223.

Novelty, the first and simplest source of pleasure to the mind, i. 101. the danger of indulging a desire for it in practical cases, iv. 76.

Nundcomar, accuses Mr. Hastings of corruption, x. 24.

Nuzzer, or Nuzzerana, what, x. 171.

Oak, the, why venerated by the Druids, vii. 183.

Oath, the Coronation, observations upon it in reference to the Roman Catholics, iv. 260.

Obscurity, generally necessary to the terrible, i. 132. why more affecting than clearness, i. 135.

Obstinacy, though a great and very mischievous vice, closely allied to the masculine virtues, ii. 66.

Office, men too much conversant in it rarely have enlarged minds, ii. 38. in feudal times, the lowest offices often held by considerable persons, ii. 303. the reason of this, ii. 304.