The historic method, fitting in with certain dominant conceptions in the region of natural science, is bringing men round to a way of looking at society for which Burke's maxims are exactly suited; and it seems probable that he will be more frequently and more seriously referred to within the next twenty years than he has been within the whole of the last eighty.
Addison, 18, 19 America, Account of the European Settlements in, 20
American taxation, speech on, 9, 80 American War of Independence,
60-61, 78-86; attitude of the nation, 78-79; Burke's pam- phlets, 80-85; great argument of the war party, 83 Annual Register, 21, 28, 35 Assembly, Letter to a Member of the National, 184-186
Ballitore, 4, 5, 7 Barré, 98
Barri, Madame du, 69 Barry, 32, 114 Battersea, 11
Beaconsfield, 32, 35, 72, 110, 121, 206
Beaconsfield, Lord, 198 Bedford, Duke of, 37, 47 Beggar's Opera, The (Gay), 111,
Bolingbroke, 12-14, 49, 52-53 Bristol, 73, 74, 75, 77, 95 Bristol, Letter to the Sheriffs of, 81, 168
Brocklesby, Dr., 115-116 Brunswick, Duke of, 191 Burgoyne, General, 87, 88 Burke, Edmund-birth, 3-4; father and mother, 4, 8; school-days, 4-5; career at Dublin Univer- sity, 5-8; friendship with R.
Shackleton, 6, 34, 122; at Middle Temple, 8; nine obscure years, 8; first steps in litera- ture, 9; unfounded rumours, 11; marriage, 11-12; his first book, the Vindication, 12-17; Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful, 17-19; goes to Ireland with Hamilton, 22; receives a pen- sion from Irish treasury, 26; and resigns it, 27; becomes private secretary to Lord Rock- ingham, 28; becomes member for Wendover, 30; purchases Beaconsfield, 32; the mystery of his means, 32-35; never free from debt, 35-36; pamphlet on the Present Discontents, 47-61; credited with the letters of Junius, 47-48, 62-63; defence of party system, 53-54; pro- posed remedies, 55-58; love of the constitution, 58-61; asked to go out to India, 63-64; acts as whip to Rockingham party, 64-66; pays a visit to Paris, 67-70; leaves Wendover, 72; is elected for Bristol, 73-75; his view of a member's duty to his constituents, 75-76; American War, 78-86; Burke's speeches and writings on it, 80-81, 84; economical reform, 88-96; Burke's object, 89-90; speech on economical reform, 94; loses his seat at Bristol, 95; his
exclusion from high office, and its | Burney, Fanny, 116, 117, 187, 188, reasons, 96-97, 102, 138, 142; becomes Paymaster in Rocking- ham Ministry, 96; joins the Coalition, 101; speech on Fox's India Bill, 104; fall of the Whigs, 105; Burke's friends: | Barry, 32, 114; Garrick, 35, 106; Reynolds, 107-108; John- son, 108-112; Dowdeswell, 112; Crabbe, 112-114; Emin, 114-115; Arthur Young, 120- 121; relations to women, 116- 117; friendship for Fox, 119; impeachment of Warren Hast- ings, 127-136; the Regency Bill, 137; violence in the debates, 140; Reflections on the French Revolution, see French Revolu- tion; opposes Fox, 150; rupture with Fox, 179-182; resentment of his party, 183; mission to Calonne, 183-184; advocates interference in French affairs, 184-185; his final policy, 186- 187; execution of Louis, 191; the dagger scene, 192-193; intervention in Irish affairs, 197-| 198; leaves Parliament, 198; his son's death, 198; accepts a pension, 199-200; Letters on a Regicide Peace, 201-204; Burke's inconsistency, 204; de- cline and death, 205-206.
Calonne, 183-184 Camden, Lord, 42 Canada Bill, the, 180, 181 Carter, Mrs., 116 Catholic Emancipation, 77 Cavendish, Lord John, 65 Chatham, Earl of, 31, 58 Clerical Petition, the, 167 Clive, 134-135
Coalition, the, 100-105, 117 Coleridge, S. T., 144, 145, 167, 174, 214 Constitutional Society, the, 55, 58 Crabbe, 112-114
True title to lasting fame, 1-3; conservatism, 52, 147, 167; sensibility, 130-132, 160- 162; as an orator, 208-210; as a writer, 211-216; style, 212-213; literary influence, 213-216.
Burke, Garret, 4, 35 Burke, Mrs. (mother), 4, 8 Burke, Mrs. (wife), 12 Burke, Richard (brother), 33 Burke, Richard (son), 67, 96, 184, 197, 198
Burke, William, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 142
Crosby, Lord Mayor, 43-44 Curwen, Mr., 182
De Maistre, Joseph, 165-166, 214 Dictionary, Johnson's, 9 Diderot, 68, 106, 110 Dissenters, Bill for relief of, 71 Dodsley, 21, 28, 32 Dowdeswell, William, 112 Drama, Hints for an Essay on the, 20
Du Deffand, Madame, 67, 70
East India Company, 63, 102-105 Economic reform, 88-96; Burke's
object, 89-90; the royal house- hold, 91-92; administration of Crown estates, 92-93; office of Paymaster, 93-94; speech on, 94
Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 137, 138, 140, 178
Emin, Joseph, 114-115
Fitzherbert, William, 28-29 Fitzwilliam, Lord, 100, 142 Flood, 7, 179-180
Fox, Charles, 82, 98, 99, 102, 104- 105, 119, 125, 137, 139, 142, 150, 179-182, 209
Francis, Sir Philip, 34, 160 Franklin, 45
French Affairs, Thoughts on, 186- 187
French Assembly, the, 163-164 French emigrants, 205 French king, death of the, 191-192 French Revolution, Reflections on the, 82; Burke's early distrust, 145; his conservatism, 147-148; his point of view, 148; origin of the Reflections, 149; not an improvisation, 151; effects of its publication, 152-154; date at which it was written, 154-155; instances of Burke's foresight, 156-158; the social question, 159-160, 161-162; Burke's sensi- bility, 160-162; his insufficient knowledge, 162-163, 167; his political mysticism, 166-168; his method, 169-170; why the book lives, 171-172; philosophi- cal reaction, 172-174; Burke compared with Sir T. More, 174- 175; and with Turgot, 175-176; his misgivings, 177 Friends of the People, 169
History of England, Abridgement of the, 20 Holbach, 110 Holland, Lord, 93 Hume, 11, 17, 67, 106
India Bill, Fox's, 102-105, 127 Ireland, Burke in, 22, 26-28 Ireland, state of, in 1760, 22-25, 123-127, 196-197
Johnson, Dr., 8, 13, 17, 30, 48, 72, 108-112, 210, 212
Junius, letters of, 47-48, 62-63
Langrishe, Letter to Sir Hercules, 197-198
Langton, Bennet, 30, 111 Lespinasse, Mdlle., 68 Lessing, 18, 20 Literary Club, the, 106 Locke, 171
Lord George Gordon Riots, 87-88 Luttrell, Colonel, 42
Mackintosh, 162, 205-206 Malton, 73
Mansfield, Lord, 41, 60
Marie Antoinette, 69, 160-161, 172, 190, 212
George III., 45, 50, 62, 78, 105, Middlesex election, the, 40-43, 45,
Grenville, George, 8, 28, 31, 120
Guibert, M. de, 68
Mirabeau, 119, 153
Montesquieu, 49, 51 Moore, 140
More, Hannah, 111, 116, 117
More, Sir Thomas, 174-175
Nabob of Arcot, 128, 208
Nagle family, the, 4
Newcastle, Duke of, 28, 29
Noble Lord, Letter to a, 97, 200 North Briton, No. 45, 41
Hamilton, W. Gerard, 21-22, 26- North, Lord, 57, 62, 78, 87, 96,
Hastings, Warren, 34, 127-136; impeachment, 132-134; ac- quittal, 134; effects of impeach- ment, 135-136
101, 167, 210 Nugent, Dr., 11-12, 20 Nugent, Lord, 124
Parliament, the Unreported," 40- Stewart, Dugald, 18
Patriot King (Bolingbroke), 49 Paymaster, office of, 93-94, 96, 97, 101
Pitt, 28, 101, 123, 125-126, 179,
192, 193, 199 Portland, Duke of, 101, 139, 143 Powell and Bembridge, case of, 101-102
Present Discontents, pamphlet on, 47-61; breadth and power of Burke's method, 51; defence of party government, 53-55; Burke's remedies, 55-58; his love for the Constitution, 58-61, 82, 170
Present State of the Nation, 31 Price, Dr., 148, 149, 172 Priestley, 101, 207
Stone, Archbishop, 23, 26 Sublime and Beautiful, Inquiry into the, 12, 17-19 Swift, Dean, 8, 48-49
Talbot, Lord, 90 Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, 113 Tone, Wolfe, 197 Tooke, Horne, 189 Townshend, Charles, 63 Trinity College, Dublin, Burke at,
Turgot, 175-176
Turk's Head, the, 110
Verney, Lord, 30, 33, 34 Vesey, Mrs., 117 Vindication of Natural Society, 12-17, 21, 159 Voltaire, 69
Wales, Prince of, 118, 180, 202 Waller, Edmund, 35, 121
Walpole, Horace, 21, 39, 70, 79, 101
Wendover, 30, 72
Weymouth, Lord, 45-46
Rockingham Cabinet, the, 57, 64- Whig Junto, the, 54
Rockingham, Marquis of, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 58, 66, 73, 98 Rousseau, 15, 16, 69, 199 Russian armament, the, 179-180
Scarcity, Thoughts and Details on,
Shackleton, Abraham, 4-5 Shackleton, Richard, 6, 34, 122 Shelburne, Lord, 98, 99-100, 101 Sheridan, 99, 118, 137, 178 Slave-trade, Burke and the, 129
Whigs, Appeal from the New to the Old, 183, 184, 189 Whigs, fall of the, 105 Whiteboyism, 24, 26 Wilberforce, 120, 129, 181 Wilkes, John, 41-45, 55, 57, 72 Windham, W., 138, 140, 143, 180, 181, 183, 194-195, 196 Woffington, Peg, 11 Wordsworth, 145, 214, 215
Young, Arthur, 35, 120, 121, 162- 163
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