- Fall of man, consequences of, shewn, I. [455. n.]
- Conclusions drawn, on the supposition that it had not taken place, id. [ib.]
- Feudal system of government, how departed from in the present forms, I. [10].
- Feudal governments, three remarkable stages, through which they have changed to the present forms, I. [356].
- Fisheries, hints for the proper establishment of, I. [480].
- Fleuri, Cardinal, his experiment to fix the par of exchange, II. [340].
- Foreign ministers, political hint, as to their accommodations in the countries where they are sent to reside, I. [420].
- Forestalling, why a crime, I. [200].
- Forests, whether extended by an increase in the consumption of firewood, I. [145].
- Foundling hospitals recommended, I. [75].
- Foundlings, opportunity for providing for, pointed out, I. [287].
- Fourage, in the French taxes, what, II. [496. n.]
- France, reflections on the state of agriculture in, I. [141].
- The progress of luxury in, compatible with the prosperity of her foreign trade, ib. [288].
- The principle on which the raising and sinking of the numerary value of the coin there in former times is accounted for, ib. [612].
- The policy of, with regard to its coin, why not easily understood, II. [32].
- Remarks on the currency of its coin, id. [58].
- Regulations of, with regard to coin, bullion, and plate, id. [70].
- Price of coinage there upon silver, id. [71].
- Ditto upon gold, id. [72].
- Proportion between a French grain weight to a grain troy, id. [73].
- Proportion between the louis and the guinea, id. [74].
- Advantages of the French regulations, id. [75].
- High price of bullion at Paris in 1760, id. [76].
- Present state of the wearing of the French silver coin, id. [77].
- Fluctuations of credit in, id. [106].
- Chronological anecdotes of banking there, id. [250].
- How its credit was destroyed in 1720, id. [284].
- How a bank may even now be safely established there, id. [289].
- State of their debts, funds, and appropriations, at the peace of 1763, id. [403].
- Extent of annual supplies of, from 1756 to 1762, id. [420].
- Courts of justice in, how rendered oppressive, id. [432].
- Method of levying the taxes in, id. [437].
- The nature of the taxes imposed there, explained, id. [496], [501].
- France and England, which the most populous, I. [102].
- Free gifts in France, as imposed in 1759, II. [419. n.]
- Freedom of a people, in what it consists, I. [237].
- Frugality, the proper means of preventing the ill effects of, when it takes place in a luxurious state, I. [281].
- Fund, sinking, the first foundation of, II. [385].
G.
- Gabelle, in the French taxes, explained, II. [501, n.]
- Gardens, kitchen, why most frequently found in the neighbourhood of cities, I. [139].
- Gee, Mr. remarks on his observations on the balance of the English trade, I. [431].
- Germany, Remarks on the state of agriculture in, I. [91].
- Governing, in what the art of, consists, I. [12].
- Government, the republican form of, most favourable to trade and industry, I. [242].
- Grain, inquiry into what proportion a plentiful crop of, in England, bears to the current annual consumption, I. [109].
- Greece, antient, remark on the disproportion between the prices of necessaries, and elegances in, I. [403].
- Guinea and louis, proportion between, II. [74].
- Guineas, an examination into the consequences of bringing down their currency to twenty shillings, I. [583].
H.
- Harris, examination of a passage in, concerning coin, I. [609].
- Helots, their cruel treatment under the Spartan government, I. [254].
- Henry VII. wise regulation of, for the preservation of bullion, II. [327].
- Holland, the principles of its constitution inquired into, I. [214].
- Regulations observed in, with regard to coin and bullion, II. [78].
- Regulations of the Dutch mint, id. [79].
- How they reckon their silver standard, id. [ib.]
- Mint price of fine silver, id. [80].
- Price of coinage there, id. [ib.]
- Of the Dutch gold coins, id. [ib.]
- Mint price of fine Gold, id. [81].
- Price of coinage upon ducats, id. [82].
- The rider, id. [ib.]
- Utility of not fixing the denomination of ducats, id. [83].
- How to find the proportion of the metals in the coin of Holland, and a wonderful phænomenon in the value of ducats, id. [84].
- Quantity of fine silver in a florin piece, id. [85].
- Quantity of fine gold in a florin of riders, id. [ib.]
- Investigation of the proportion as to the ducat, id. [ib.]
- Proportion between the mint weights of Holland, England, France, and Germany, id. [87].
- Defects of the silver currency of Holland, id. [91].
- Frauds of money-jobbers there, id. [94].
- Reason of the apparent scarcity of silver coin there, id. [96].
- The great multiplication of taxes there, id. [529].
- Horses, whether the keeping a superfluous number in large cities, a public disadvantage, I. [145].
- Hume, Mr. examination of his doctrine concerning the influence of riches on the price of commodities, I. [398].
- Concerning the balance of trade, id. [416].
J.
- Jacob the patriarch, an idea of primitive society, borrowed from the history of him and his family, I. [23].
- Janizaries, Turkish, and the Pretorian cohorts of Rome, parallel between, I. [247].
- Idle persons, the multiplication of, a load on society, I. [61].
- Jews, their law relating to interest, II. [112].
- The only money-lenders in Europe, until a commercial system prevailed, id. [113].
- Imitation, influence of the taste for, I. [280].
- Indies, account of the French company of, II. [247].
- Its revenue, id. [257].
- Industrie, in the French taxes, explained, II. [496. n.]
- Remarks on this tax, id. [498].
- Industry, an inquiry into the effects of, I. [133].
- a definition of, id. [166].
- Distinguished from labour, id. ib.
- Why difficult to introduce in a country where slavery is established, id. [167].
- Whether the cause or the effect of trade, id. [170].
- How it is stimulated, id. [193].
- The difference between the progress of, in antient and modern times, accounted for, id. [193].
- Brief sketch of the progress and revolutions of, id. [207].
- A strong argument for a general exercise of, id. 210.
- The means of extending liberty to the lowest denominations of a people, id. [218].
- Flourishes best under a republican government, id. [242].
- Excluded by the system of Lycurgus, id. [258].
- The revolution it produces in the wealth of a nation, pointed out, id. [452].
- The proper direction of, hinted, id. [457].
- In what instance it destroys simplicity of manners, id. [459].
- Antient and modern, the difference of, shewn, I. [462].
- See [Industrie].
- Inhabitants, an examination into that maxim which asserts the number of, to be the riches of a country or state, I. [60].
- Innovations, inconveniences attending, I. [632].
- Interest, private, the proper spring of action in the individuals of a well governed state, I. [164].
- Interest of money, how permitted under the Mosaic dispensation, II. [112].
- When it obtained in Europe, id. [113].
- Upon what principles the rate of, is regulated, id. [115].
- No statute for regulating in England, before the time of Henry VIII. id. [116].
- Different classes of borrowers, id. [117].
- Extortions in, how prevented, id. [118].
- Whether in the power of the legislature to command the rate of, id. [122].
- The lowering of, the rise of land, id. [123].
- Proper conduct of a statesman in relation to, id. [124].
- Probable consequences of reducing it below the level of the stocks, id. [125].
- A low rate most essential to states carrying on the most extensive foreign commerce, id. [129].
- Whether the rate of, a sure barometer of the state of commerce, id. [135].
- Whether it falls in proportion to the increase of wealth, id. [139].
- How affected by the manners of a people, id. ib.
- Ireland, the causes which influenced Great Britain to open her ports for the importation of provisions from, I. [231].
- Island, the progress of society illustrated, in a supposed one, I. [128].
K.
- Kings, their rights not founded on tacit contracts between them and their people, I. [240].
- In the old feudal systems, more formidable abroad than at home, id. [356].
- Compared with the domestic influence of those under the present commercial systems, id. ib.
L.