ii. 342

Buffon, his knowledge of the English language and literature, ii. 218. His translations of Newton and Hales, 218. Compelled to publish a recantation of some of his views on geology, 236. His geological theory, 368

Burgos, decay of, in the seventeenth century, ii. 503

Burke's, Edmund, his remarks on the decline of the abilities of official men under George III., i. 449. His great ability and accomplishments, 455, 456. His practical political principles, 458. His view of the true end of legislation, 459 _note_. Effect which his profound views produced in the House of Commons, 460 _note_. His attack on the delusions of his time, 461. His opposition to the views of George III., and consequent neglect, 461. His anticipation and defence of most of the great measures of the present generation, 462, 463. His subsequent hallucinations and violence, 467. His rupture with Fox, 469. His hostility to Condorcet and La Fayette, 470, 471. Favoured in his degeneracy by George III., 476, 477

Burnet, Bishop, offer to him of a pension for a history of France,