66 66 sure that is the most impenetrable piece of dignified dullness, that ever any princely family produced. Most of the "little conversation that used to be extorted from him con"sisted of inarticulate sounds, like Ah! and Hah! and whenever he did deviate into articulation, his words were as bare "of meaning as his noises generally were of words; while "si fait, nonni, cela se peut, and peut-être, seemed to be all "the furniture in his whole vocabulary." Office, 380. American war, 166, 177. his own conduct in office, 381, Amusements and exercises, military, 115, gentlemen, 273. Argenson, M. d', 358, 380. Argument, 89. Attachment, a prince should know how to Attorneys' desks, 315, 332. Axioms, how they lead to error, 225 to 236. B. Bacon, lord, 186, 231, 236, 327, 328, 338, | Banks, 215. Bar, a young lawyer should not go too soon Barbauld (Mrs.), quoted, 212. Barretier, 20. Barrister before he gets into practice, 354, 355. character of a good one, 281 to 283. Barrow, anecdote of, 92. Architecture, knowledge of, for country- Barruel on education, 303. Battering-engine, 163, 167. Bayle on prudence and fortune, 322. polemic, 105. Aristotle, 18. Arithmetic, 41, 42. Army, how to rise in, 184. Beasts, wild, 113. Beatty, Dr. 78, 79. Beccaria, 326. Bell, Dr. 41. Bell's Anatomy, 237. Burke, 389, 390, 391, 409. Bible, to what degree a pupil should read Bull-baiting and cock-fighting, 152. it, 442. Bibliophobia, 220. Billiards, danger of, 156, 157. his address to the electors of Bristol, 259. Chaptal on education, 303. Character, 89. Classical taste, 372 to 374. a knowledge of, necessary to a Clergyman, a good one, 106. statesman, 376. of Sir Edward Coke, 351. of Helvidius Priscus, 379. Roman-catholic, 77. Clerkship to an attorney, 332. Charity often forgotten in the support of Cock-fighting, 152. faith, 433. Charles II., his visit to Marvel, 253. Charles V. 186, 237. Charles XII. 115, 417. Charles's garden, 218. Chatham, lord, 366, 378, 386, 410. Chatterton, 23. College, 96. time of going to, 306. years passed at, how precious, 318. 172. naval college at Portsmouth, 172. his letters to his nephew, 386. College of Dublin, 48. of France, 36. Colleges of medicine, preparation for, 222, 223. Comforts of soldiers and sailors, 146. Company; good, and bad, 103. Confidence, 89. Constantine, 433. Conversation, 29, 92, 388, 403, 404. lawyer's defects of, 326. its uses to lawyers, 343. a prince should early learn to 475. Christianity, whether reconcilable with Conversations on chemistry, 206. |