nore successful, have been often seen in the word; but it has required two thousand years to produce one Cicero and one Burke. Great as his fame is, it has not yet probably reached its height. Whether viewed as statesman, orator, or writer, he is destined to descend to a late period of time; to gain in reputation as he recedes from the fleeting animosities and prejudices of the day; and perhaps to excite regret and surprise that we should have among us the great masterspirit in political prophesying and teaching, and not oftener have profited by his admonitions.
"If we are to praise a man in proportion to his useful. ness," says a distinguished German writer whose volumes find their way through Europe, "I am persuaded that no task can be more difficult than that of doing justice to another Englishman, his (Sir W. Jones's) contemporary, the Statesman and Orator Burke. This man has been to his own country and to all Europe-in a very particular manner to Germany-a new light of political wisdom and moral experience. He corrected his age when it was at the height of its revolutionary frenzy ; and without maintaining any system of philosophy he seems to have seen farther into the true nature of society, and to have more clearly comprehended the effect of religion in connecting individual security with national welfare, than any philosopher, or any system of philosophy, of any preceding age."*
"This I deliberately and steadily affirm," writes the learned Dr. Farr, after an animated eulogy on him as a critic and philosopher, "that of all the men who are, or who ever have been, eminent for energy or splendour of eloquence, or for skill and grace in composition, there is not one who, in genius or erudition, in philanthropy or piety, or in any of the qualities of a wise and good man, surpasses Burke."
"I have studied the ancients long and attentively," said the late eminent Dr. John Gillies-known for his history of ancient Greece, of the World from Alexander to Augustus, and for translations from Aristotle-in a long conversation with me concerning the subject of these pages, "and I have found nothing in any of their orators superior nay scarcely equal to what we see in Burke."
"If," said Mr. Fox, in opening the first charge of the
• Schlegel's Lectures on Literature, vol. ii. p. 278.
impeachment, and the allusion to Mr. Burke was rapidly caught by the auditory, "If we are no longer in shameful ignorance of India; if India no longer makes us blush in the eyes of Europe; let us know and feel our obligations to him —whose admirable resources of opinion and affection-whose untiring toil, sublime genius, and high aspiring honour, raised him up conspicuous among the most beneficent worthies of mankind!"
"To whom,' ," said Sheridan in happier moments before the false lights of French liberty misled him, when he had occasion to mention Burke's name "I look up with homage, whose genius is commensurate to his philanthropy, whose memory will stretch itself beyond the fleeting objects of any little, partial, temporary shuffling, through the whole range of human knowledge and honourable aspirations after human good, as large as the system which forms life, as lasting as those objects which adorn it." "A gentleman," he adds, "whose abilities, happily for the glory of the age in which we live, are not intrusted to the perishable eloquence of the day, but will live to be the admiration of that hour when all of us shall be mute, and most of us forgotten."
ABINGDON, Earl of, 167.
Abridgment of English History, 54.
Absentees, Irish, proposed tax upon,
139.
Addington, Mr. 308, 340, 357.
Affairs, heads for consideration on,
364.
Africa, worthy of exploration, 270.
African Company, 133.
African Slave Trade, 192.
Agency for New York, Burke acquires
the, 130.
Aix, Archbishop of, 315.
Aliens, Bill for regulating, 367.
Allies, policy of, towards France, 384.
America, Burke meditates going to,
41, 53.
American affairs, 155, 173, 174, 180,
182.
American Conciliation, discussion
on, 154, 160; taxation, speech on,
142; trade, compared to a child
in the arms of an enemy, 153.
Annual Register, established, 55.
Answers to Reflections on the French
Revolution, 322.
Appeal from New to Old Whigs,
347.
Arcot, Nabob of, Burke's speech on
the debts of, 245, 510.
Arms, the family, of Burke, 460.
Army estimates, debate on, 299.
Artist, adventure with an, 277.
Arts, Burke's communication on the,
to Barry, 227.
Auckland, Lord, his letter to Burke,
417; from Burke to, 418; pam-
phlet by, 418, 437.
Authorship, 21, 43.
Bagott, Sir W. 116, 117.
Barré, Colonel, entisiasm of, or
one of Burke's speeches, 173
pension to, 221.
Barrett, the painter, 112, 126.
Barry, the painter, 78, 112, 128,
145, 168; criticism on his pic-
tures, 227.
Bath, Burke visits, 48, 451; he re-
turns from, 455.
Beaconsfield, strolling-players at
204.
Beattie, Dr. 128, 317.
Beaufort, Dr. 265.
Bedford, Duke of, attack of the,
425.
Beggars, charity of Burke to, 242.
Birmingham, merchants of, their
letter to Burke, 154.
Black horse, anecdote of Burke's
humanity to, 77.
Blackwater river, poem on, 21, 24.
Bolingbroke, Lord, imitation of the
manner of, 45; his mode of com-
position, 46.
Boston Port Bill, 140.
Boswell, observation of, 469, 481.
Bourbons, advice to the, in future,
384.
Brecon, Archdeacon of, and Burke,
103.
Brissot's Address to his Constituents,
391.
Bristol, Burke elected for, 152;
letters to Gentlemen of, 167, 176;
Burke rejected at, 195.
Brocklesby, Dr. 8, 36, 278, 397,
398.
Brooke, Henry, ridiculed by Burke,
30.
Brougham, Lord, 491.
Bull, made by Burke, 133.
Ballitore, Classical Academy at, 7, Burgh, Thomas, Esq. letter to, 183,
Burgoyne, General, 208, 212.
Burke, Edmund, list of his writings,
xxi; some account of his family,
1; marriage of his sister, 3; his
birth, 4; his early instructors, 5;
his benevolence of heart, 6; leaves
the school at Castletown Roche
for Dublin, 7; removed to the Aca-
demy at Ballitore, 7; his progress
in learning, 8; his lasting friend-
ship for Richard Shackleton, 9;
character of, 9, 34; anecdotes of,
10, 194, 198, 275; corresponds
with Shackleton, 11, 12, 13, 22,
35, 36, 53, 117, 241, 346; his
regard for civil and religious
liberty, 11; goes to Trinity College,
Dublin, 12; elected to a scholar-
ship, 13; his favourite studies, 14;
his exercises at the debating club,
16; his translation of the second
Georgic of Virgil, 18; his lines to
John Damer, Esq., 25; to Richard
Shackleton, on his marriage, 27;
his authorsnip in Dublin, 29; his
favourite poets, 30; enrols his
name in the Temple, 31; his
father's ill-temper, 32; his first
impressions of London, 32; his
friends and acquaintances, 36;
candidate for a Glasgow Profes-
sorship, 37; fails in his object,
38; his excursions in France,
39; becomes acquainted with
Garrick, 40, 113; his dutiful
letter to his father, 41; makes
the acquaintance of Sir W. Jones,
42; his literary compositions, 44;
his first work, the "Vindication
of Natural Society," 45; his imi-
tation of Bolingbroke, 46; his
"Philosophical Inquiry into the
Origin of our Ideas of the Sub-
lime and Beautiful," 46; has a
fit of illness, 48; marries Miss
Jane Nugent, 49; his notions of a
wife, 50; his "Account of the
European Settlements in Ameri-
ca," 52; present from his father,
53; his "Abridgment of English
History," 54; establishes the
Annual Register, 54; his children,
54; Dr. Johnson's high opinion
of, 57; his great conversational
powers, 58, 468; his acquaintance
with Warburton, 59; letter sent
by Dr. Markham on his behalf to
the Duchess of Queensbury, 62;
his residence at Plaistow, 63; his
letter to Mr. Vesey, 65; makes
the acquaintance of Lord Charle-
mont, 66; and of Mr. Gerard
Hamilton, 67; proceeds to Dublin,
68; death of his father, 69; fond
of children, 70, 99; pension con-
ferred on, 70; his differences with
Hamilton, 71; his humanity, 76,
122, 192, 203, 205; his kindness
to Barry, the painter, 78; his
connexion with a literary club,
79;
his acquaintance with
Goldsmith, 80; appointed pri
vate secretary to the Marquis
of Rockingham, 84; efforts
to ruin him, 85; his entry
into Parliament, 87; his first
speech, 88; his great success in
his new career, 89; congratula-
tory letters on the occasion, 89;
proposed for office by the Duke
of Grafton, 95; his excursions in
Ireland, 96, 265; his mother's
letter respecting, 97; his high
qualifications for Parliament, 101;
his oratorical powers, 103, 492;
impressive speech of, 105; again
returned for Wendover, 106;
purchases the estate of Gregories,
107; his able refutation of Mr.
Grenville, 109; his activity as a
farmer, 111, 126, 129, 130; ob-
ligations of Barry to, 112; his
reply to Sir W. Bagott, 116; his
"Thoughts on the Cause of the
Discontents," 124; believed to be
the author of Junius, 131; visits
France, 135; attached to his coun-
try, 139; votes of thanks to, 141,
154; his speech on American taxa-
tion, 143; returned for Bristol,
152; his views relative to America,
155; variety of his occupations,
159; his "Letter to the Sheriffs
death of his son, 395; his grief
on the occasion, 405; his opinion
of the war, 407; his pension, 408;
his "Thoughts on Scarcity," 419;
his opinions on paper currency,
422; his "Letter to a Noble
Lord," 426; his correspondence
with Dr. Hussey, 429; emigrant
school under his auspices, 433;
his "Thoughts on a Regicide
Peace," 437; his political pre-
dictions, 441; his letter to the
Prince of Wurtemburg, 445; his
alleged aberration of mind, 447;
his declining health, 448, 451;
his last visit to Bath, 452; his
advice on mutiny in the fleet,
453; returns from Bath, 455;
his death, 457; his funeral and
will, 459; his personal appear-
ance described, 464; his conver-
sation and manners, 465; bust
of, 466; his dress, 466; pecu-
liarities of, in private life, 467;
his sayings, 467; his wit, 471;
his moral character, 474; his
ardour of temperament, 475, 478;
his irritability, 476; his freedom
from jealousy, 477; various esti-
mates of his character, 481; his
style, 495, 517; his speeches,
504; impression made by, on the
Duke de Levis, 506; his writings,
510; his letters, 516; his phraseo-
logy borrowed from professions,
520; his leading public principles,
522; his foresight, 528; his assi-
duity while in office, 529; com-
pared with Pitt and Fox, 530;
must be considered a most extra-
ordinary man, 534.
of Bristol," 167; estimate of his
character, 170; proposed statue
to him in Dublin, 177; domestic
affairs of, 179; his Reform Bill,
186; his proceedings during the
riots in 1780, 189; his speech
to his constituents, 194;
jected at Bristol, 195; returned
for Malton, 197; his inter-
view with the Prince of Wales,
199; his kindness to a young
author, 202; his benevolent na-
ture, 203; his hospitality, 205;
his sentiments on the American
War, 209; becomes Paymaster-
General, 215 makes the ac-
quaintance of Miss Burney, 222;
his criticism on Barry's pictures,
227; elected Lord Rector of the
University of Glasgow, 236; his
house robbed, 239; kind to the
poor, 242, 422; visited by the
Count de Mirabeau, 243; his
tour in Scotland, 246; his speech
against Warren Hastings, 263;
his dialogue with a visitor, 267;
notices of him by Hannah More,
273; he meets with a poor artist,
277; notices of him by Miss
Burney, 287; his first impres-
sions of the French Revolution,
295; his letter to M. de Menon-
ville, 296; death of his sister,
299; his disconnection with Sheri-
dan, 301; his work on the French
Revolution, 311; honours paid to
it, 313; opinions of it, 315; op-
ponents to it, 325; his rupture
with Fox, 329, 373; causes of it,
331; visits Margate, 343; print
of him, by Reynolds, 344, his
conversation with French emi-
grants, 349; reminiscences of
him by Mr. Smith, 352; his com-
munication with the Empress of
Russia, 358; his epistolary la- Burke, Mrs. Jane Mary, 49, 456,461.
bours, 365; visits Oxford, 375; Burke, Juliana, sister of Edmund,
his letter to the Duke of Portland, married to Mr. French, 3.
376; anecdote of his brother Burke, Mrs. Mary, letter from, 97.
Richard, 387; his report relative | Burke, Richard, father of Edmund,
to the trial of Mr. Hastings, 389 | his marriage, 2; his position in
retires from Perliament, 39L life, 5.
Burke, E. E. his Lectures on the
Arts, &c. 239.
Burke, Garret, brother of Edmund,
3, 90.
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