Bacon, master of the science of essence, iii. 307; compared with Pascal, iv. 361.
Banks, formation of, iv. 262; curvature of, iv. 262, 278, 282; luxuriant vegetation of, iv. 125.
Beauty, definition of the term (pleasure-giving) i. 26, 27; sensations of, instinctive, i. 27, ii. 21, 46, 135; vital, ii. 88, 100, 110; typical, ii. 28, 38, 85, 115, 135; error of confounding truth with, iii. 31 (note); of truths of species, i. 60; of curvature, ii. 46, iv. 192, 197, 200, 262, 263, 264; love of, in great artists, iii. 33, v. [209]; moderation essential to, ii. 84; ideas of, essentially moral, ii. 12, 18; repose, an unfailing test of, ii. 68, 108; truth the basis of, i. 47, ii. 136; how far demonstrable by reason, ii. 27; ideas of, exalt and purify the human mind, i. 26, 27; not dependent on the association of ideas, ii. 33, 34; the substitution of, for truth, erroneous, iii. 61, 254; sense of, how degraded and how exalted, ii. 17, 18, v. [209]; of the sea, v. [215]; influence of moral expression on, ii. 96, 97; lovers of, how classed, iii. 33; consequences of the reckless pursuit of, iii. 23; modern destruction of, v. [325]; Renaissance, principles of, to what tending, iii. 254; false opinions respecting, ii. 28, 29, 30, 136; arising out of sacrifice, v. [53]; sense of, often wanting in good men, ii. 135, 138; false use of the word, ii. 28; not necessary to our being, ii. 16; unselfish sympathy necessary to sensations of, ii. 17, 93; degrees of love for, in various authors, iii. 285, 288; and sublimity, connection between, i. 42; custom not destructive to, ii. 32; natural, Scott’s love of, iii. 271, 272; natural, lessons to be learnt from investigation of, v. [147]; natural, when terrible, v. [197]; of animal form, depends on moral expression, ii. 97, 98; Alison’s false theory of association, ii. 28, 33; sense of, how exalted by affection, ii. 18; abstract of form, how dependent on curvature, iv. 262, 263; ideal, definition of, i. 28; physical, iii. 67; physical, Venetian love of, v. [295]; vulgar pursuit of, iii. 67.
Beauty, human, ancient, and mediæval admiration of, iii. 197, 198; Venetian painting of, v. [227]; consummation not found on earth, ii. 134; Greek love of, iii. 177, 189, 197; culture of, in the middle ages, iii. 197.
Beauty of nature, character of minds destitute of the love of, iii. 296.
Benevolence, wise purchase the truest, v. [328] (note).
Browning, quotation on Renaissance spirit, iv. 369.
Buds, typical of youth, iii. 206; difference in growth of, v. [8]; formation and position of, v. [11], [14], [17], [27]; of horse-chestnut, v. [19]; accommodating spirit of, v. [53]; true beauty of, from what arising, v. [53]; sections and drawings of, v. [13], [73], [74].
Business, proper, of man in the world, iii. 44, 336.
Byron, use of details by, iii. 8; character of works of, iii. 235, 263, 266, 270, 296, i. 3 (note); love of nature, iii. 285, 288, 295, 297; use of color by, iii. 235; death, without hope, v. [350].