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Eloquence. Action necessary to it, v. 157.
Emperor (of Germany). Why inclined to continue the war, iii. 311. Prospect of more danger to the balance of Europe from his overrunning Italy, than from France overrunning the empire, 314. Never paid his contribution toward the Prussian troops, 367. Nor furnished the quota of men stipulated, 368. But chose to sacrifice the whole alliance to his passion of enslaving his subjects of Hungary, ibid. Hindered the taking of Toulon, 369. Empire refuses to grant eight thousand men, for which the English would have paid forty thousand pounds, toward carrying on the war on the side of Italy, 371. The emperor's conduct when Portugal came into the grand alliance, 372. His return made for the places conquered for him by the English, 374. His objections to the peace, iv. 242. The reasons why he did not agree to it at last, 245.
Emperor (of Lilliput). A great patron of learning, vi. 11. Lives chiefly upon his own demesnes, 20. His style in publick instruments, 34. His palace described, 38.
Employments. Good morals more to be regarded than great abilities, in choosing persons for them, vi. 54. None more eager for them than such as are least fit for them, xi. 179. In general, very hard to get, xv. 393. By the act of succession, no foreigner can enjoy any, civil or military, xi. 416.
Enclosures. Reflections on their consequences, xiii. 287.
England. Excellence of its government, ii. 370. General satire received in it with thanks instead of offence, whereas in Athens it might only be personal, ii. 66. The political state of it described, vi. 142. What the bulk of the people in, 220. Degeneracy of the people of, 234. State of in queen Anne's time, 296. What the only means the people of it have to pull down a ministry and government they are weary of, xvii. 282. What necessary to frighten the people of it once a year, 286. Prosecuted the war with greater disadvantages than either its enemies or allies, and less able to recover itself at the conclusion of it, iii. 9. 396. Ought not to have been a principal in the confederate war with France, iii. 340. 344. Had no reason to boast of its success in that under king William, 343. No nation ever so long and scandalously abused by its domestick enemies and foreign friends, 344. Its strength shamefully misapplied to ends very different from those for which the war was undertaken, 349. Carried on the war at a great expense in Spain, on a vain belief that the Spaniards, on the first appearance of a few troops, would revolt to the house of Austria, 351. Neglected to use her maritime power in the West Indies, 353. The reason alleged for this conduct, 354. Must mortgage the malt tax, to carry on the war another campaign, 394. The landed popish interest in it much greater than in Ireland, iv. 329. Received the reformation in the most regular way, 339. What it gets yearly by Ire-
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