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Sympathy, observations on it, i. 177; v. 398.

Taille, nature of, i. 330, 333.

Talents, eminent, obscure and vulgar vices sometimes blended with, iv. 26.

Tallien, the regicide, his sanguinary brutality, vi. 102.

Tamerlane, his conquests in Hindostan, ix. 388. remarks on his Institutes, ix. 467; xi. 214.

Tanistry, what, vii. 297.

Taste, discourse concerning it, i. 79. definition of it, i. 81. want of it, whence, i. 95. a wrong or bad one, what, i. 95. a good one, i. 96. of no mean importance in the regulation of life, iv. 30.

Taxes, mode of levying them in commercial colonies an important and difficult consideration, i. 354. nature of several in America, i. 355. colonial, Lord North's project of a ransom of them by auction, ii. 171. the great contests for freedom in England chiefly upon the question of taxing, ii. 120. taxes on different establishments, remarks concerning them, i. 368. upon salaries, ii. 283. details of English taxes, v. 476.

Terror, sometimes a source of delight, i. 119. how, i. 214. an effect of the sublime, i. 130. its physical effects, i. 211.

Test Act, observations on it, iv. 264.

Thanes, brief account of them, vii. 300.

Theatre, general observations on the, iii. 338. prosperous condition of it in England, v. 485. made an affair of state in the French Republic, vi. 104.

Theodorus, Archbishop of Canterbury, brief account of him, vii. 249. his services to the cause of letters in England, vii. 249.

Three Seals, the history of the affair so called, ix. 408.

Time blends the conquered with the conquerors, iv. 272.

Toleration, true, exemplified, iii. 431. ought to be tender and large, iv. 258. favorable to, and a part of Christianity, vii. 25. not a virtue of the ancient heathens, vii. 31.

Toulon, fleet of, injudicious measures of the English government with regard to it, iv. 445.

Townshend, Charles, character of him, ii. 64.

Trade, sometimes seems to perish when it only assumes a different form, i. 313. quickly and deeply affected by taxes, i. 391. tests of the state of it, what, v. 493. Board of, its character and history, ii. 340.

Tragedy, observations on the effects of, i. 120. its subjects and passions, vii. 150. great personages everywhere made the objects of it, xi. 308.

Transmigration of souls, origin of the doctrine, vii. 181.

Treasurer's staff, Lord Coke's account of the purpose of it, ii. 354.

Trent, Council of, its wise introduction of the discipline of seminaries for priests, iv. 231.

Triangle, the poorest of all figures in its effect, i. 152.

Triennial Parliaments, evils of them, vii. 79.

Trinoda necessitas, in Saxon law, what, vii. 325.

Turkey, power sought there with avidity, notwithstanding the danger and insecurity of its tenure, vii. 82.

Tyranny, aggravated by contumely, ii. 484. the desire and design of it often lurk in the claim of an extravagant liberty, iv. 115. never learns moderation from the ill success of first oppressions, x. 83.

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