Charles the Fifth refigns the government of the empire,
and retires into Solitude, 44; defcription of his re-

treat, 45.

Chearfulness muft arife from the heart, and is the fureft

symptom of a happy mind, 14,. notis; produced to
a high degree by temperance and exercise, 112.
Chriftina, queen of Sweden, her expofition of the auk-
wardness of Miebom and Naude, two authors of great
eminence on the fubjects of mufic and dancing, 123.
CHRISTIANITY, its excellency, 165, 285, 291.
Chryfoftom. St. his opinion of marriage, 265; his hif-

tory, 278; the feverity of his measures to procure a
reformation of the diffolute manners of the monks ex-
cite a rebellion, 279; he is depofed from the arch-
bifhopric of Conftantinople by the empress Eudoxia,
and driven into exile, 280, 281; the fury with which
he is attacked in his journey to Mount Taurus by the
infurgent monks, 282; description of his place of
exile; his death; and the honours paid by the emperor
Theodofius to his memory, 283, notis.

Cicero infifts that abfolute Solitude is incompatible with
the nature of man, 3; devoted to the elegant occupa-
pations of literature and philosophy, 36; fond of ra-
tional retirement, 38; his fame, in the opinion of
Petrarch, contributed to his deftruction, 71.

Compliment, an aukward one paid to an elegant lady, 125.
Confidence, its nature to be always în danger, 257.
Contempt, closely allied to hatred, 76.

Content, the fountain of it muft fpring up in the mind,

51, notis; cannot be enjoyed without social inter-
courfe, 313.

Converfation

Converfation qualifies the mind for Solitude, 7; can ne-
ver be pleafing in a perfon who betrays an ambition to
fhine on any subject, 118.

Convents, their pernicious confequences defcribed, 164;
the focial virtues unknown in them, 224; the enmi-
ties which prevail therein, 225; fuppreffed on account
of the licentious manners of the nuns, 268; the use-
ful regulation of them, by St. Benedict, difcontinued,

271.

Cornelia, her exclamation after the death of Pompey the
Great, 269.

Country, its inhabitants mimic the manners of the metro-
polis, 9; description of the character of a country
magiftrate, 223; the difadvantages of living in a
country village, 221, 223.

Country 'Squire, his style of pleasure, 219.

6

Courtiers, their envious and malevolent conduct described,
73; their hatred of favourites, 74; of Dionyfius en-
deavour to deftroy Dion, 75.

Cowley, the English poet, afflicted with the hypochon-

dria, 50.

Cruelty, the indolent and lazy are generally cruel, 277.

D

Death, the idea of it disturbs the intellectual fyftem, 199;
the effect which the approach of it had on the mind
of Dr. Johnfon, 200; its terrors may be totally
fubdued by Retirement, 85.

Delight, to view it in others without enjoying their hap-

piness is a symptom of bad character, 84.

Demofthenes, his fame contributed to his deftruction, 71; induced to ftudy oratory by the example and success of Calliftratus when pleading the cause of the city of Oropus, 88; his manner of fpeaking improved by Satyrus, the comedian, 88; retires to a fubterranean study, that he might uninterruptedly practise the arts of eloquence, 89.

Devotion, a wrong notion of it, 170; in what it really confifts, 170.

Dioclefian abdicated the empire when only fifty years of
age, 39; retires into Solitude at Salona, 40.
Dion, the deliverer of Sicily, his pre-eminent merit, 74;
ingratiates himself into the good opinion of Dionyfius,
and excites the hatred of that tyrant's courtiers, 75;
he endeavours to reform the mind of Dionyfius by
a course of liberal studies, 75.

Domeftic Happiness, how to be enjoyed, 326.
Draco, his excellent laws to prevent idleness, 296.
Druids, devoted to folitary study, go.

E

Eloifa, her acquaintance with Abelard, 229; their mutual affection, 230; retires into the convent of Argenteuil, 231; her paffion revived by intercepting Abelard's letter to Philintus, 232; the confequences of this letter described, 233; their correfpondence, 234, 244; obfervations on the nature of her paffion for Abelard, 244; her conduct in the convent of Argenteuil, 268; her conduct when she took the veil, 269;

her

her exemplary behaviour when she became abbess of the Paraclete, 270.

England, an account of the fate which attended the publication of Hume's history of it, 62.

Enthufiafm defcribed, 143; a root from which, when

properly cultivated, the nobleft actions fpring, 144; Locke's defcription of it, 147; a fource of delufion, 160; continually at war with the dictates of nature, 286.

Envy, an enemy to fine talents, 53; its victims generally raised into notice by Truth, 54; purfues Merit as its fhadow, 54, 67; its effects on the conduct and character of David Hume, 55; the effects of it defeated by the impartiality of ftrangers, 94.

Ephefians banifhed every man who dared to become more eminent than his fellow-citizens, 67.

Errors, an attempt to expose them always attended with obloquy, 67.

Eudoxia, the confort of the emperor Arcadius, her vices expofed by St. Chryfoftom, 280.

Exercife more neceffary than reft to keep both the body and the mind in proper order, 111; its effects upon the spirits, 112.

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Fancy, its fineft flights incapable of being truly enjoyed in abfolute Solitude, 2; its danger to the youthful mind, 189; how the performs her operations, 140; its effects in Solitude, 160; when it may be fafely indulged, 170.

Fame

Fame excites the malice of the ignorant and ftupid, 58; its temple difficult of accefs, 59; to be durable, muft

be founded on virtue, 71. Fanaticifm, thofe who are under its influence can feel no enjoyment from Solitude, 100; it is the child of difcontent, 101; defined, 146; Mr. Locke's account of its caufe, 147; not confined to any age or country, 148; inftances of its effects in the cafe of Lord George Gordon, 149, 153; of Dr. Fothergill, 154; of the holy St. Francis, of Affifi, 156; its accompaniments, 166.

Father Paul, the excellency of his character, 284. Feftivity, its joys neither pure nor fatisfactory, 11. Fitzofborne's Letters, one on the fubject of Suicide and Melancholy, 178, notis.

Folly neceffary to be endured in order to enjoy fociety, 317.

Fothergill, Dr. an anecdote of his eccentricity when a ftudent at Edinburgh, 155.

Francis, St. of Affifi, his converfion, fervent piety, and fanaticifm defcribed, 156.

Franklin, Dr. an eulogy on his happy ftile of conveying moral information, 129.

Frederick the Great discovers his inclination for tranquil

lity, 34; his enjoyment of it at his celebrated retreat at Sans Souci described, 92.

Friendship, real happiness only to be found in the arms

of it, 10; cannot be purchased by wealth, nor procured without its proper premium, 11; the pretenders to it how to be treated, 70; nothing fo fair as virtuous friendship, 87; when only pretended is frequently

guilty