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PALMYRA founded by Solomon, King of Israol =sic=, for the purpose of trading with India,
PARIS burnt by the Danes soon after the death of Charlemagne. Prices of bread at, compared with those of London, 150.
PARISH-OFFICERS defend themselves against the public at the expense of the public, 122.-- Bad administrators, 123, 124.-- Rough, vulgar, and a disgrace to the country, 249.
PATENTS, laws of, its utility, 200, 201.
PETER the Great endeavoured to improve his country, and make his people happy, 118.
PITT, Right Hon. W. his estimate of national property, 243, 244.
POLAND, causes of its decline, and subjugation, different from that of most other nations, 75.
POOR, their wretched state at Rome, 43.-- Of England cost six times as much, in proportion, as in Scotland, and fifty times as much in reality, 88.-- Increase, as capital becomes necessary for industry, 156.-- Causes of their increase, &c. &c. 157, 158, 159, 160.-- Of England, cost more to maintain, than the revenues of many kingdoms, 247.-- Causes, inquired into, and remedy, 248 to 256.
POPULATION, 142.-- Connected with wealth, and the manner of living, so that a nation may not require to import ordinary food in great quantities 159.-- May be considered as diminished in a double ratio as the poor increase, 249.