Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches Volume Iv Part 34

Vergniaud, the Girondist leader, his eloquence.

His melancholy duty in the Convention.

Charged by the Mountain before the Revolutionary Committee.

His last speech.

His death.

 

Vienna, the deliverance of.

Virgil, idolatry of Dante for the writings of.

Virgin, Ode to the Petrarch's.

Voltaire, reluctance of the French Academy to acknowledge the genius of.

Voters, qualifications of, Mr Mill's views regarding.

Wakefield, Vicar of, story of the publication of the.

Walker, Obadiah, the apostate.

His aspersions on Martin Luther.

Waller, Edward, character of his poetry.

Walmesley, Gilbert, his kindness to Samuel Johnson.

War, difference between, in large and small communities.

War with China, the, Speech on.

Waterloo, battle of.

"We," the editorial, its fatal influence on rising genius.

Wellesley, Sir Arthur, William Pitt's remark on.

"Wellingtoniad, a Prophetical Account of a Grand National Epic Poem, to be ent.i.tled."

Westminster Hall compared with the Roman Forum.

Westminster Review, its defence of Mill reviewed.

And of the Utilitarian theory of government.

Wharton, Duke of, his speech in defence of Atterbury.

Whigs, the party of opposition in 1780.

Their accession to power.

Wilberforce, William, his visit to the Continent with William Pitt.

Returned for York.

Wilkes, John, compared to Mirabeau.

Williams, Mrs, in Dr Johnson's house.

Women, condition of, among the Greeks.

Among the Romans.

Superst.i.tious veneration with which they were regarded by the warriors of the north of Europe.

Their insight into motives.

Rejected by Mr Mill from all share in government.

Ident.i.ty of interest between the s.e.xes.

Right of women to vote as well as men.

Wordsworth, William, his egotism as exhibited in his writings.

World, The.

Its remarks on the literary genius of Johnson.

Xenophon, historical value of his treatise on Domestic Economy.

Character of his history.

His life of Cyrus.

His expedition of the Ten Thousand and History of Grecian Affairs.

His superst.i.tion and horror of popular turbulence.

Regarded as a delineator of character.