i. 402

Juxon, William, his character as archbishop of Canterbury, i. 391

Kamtschatkans, religious regard they pay to some animals, i. 126 _note_

Kant, his views as to the scientific conception of the understanding, i. 18 _note_; quoted, 35-38

Ken, Bishop, deprived, i. 408, 410. Refuses to admit in the secular power the right of deprivation, 410

Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrew's, his power in Scotland, iii. 53. His counsel to the king, 53, 54

Kilmarnock, state of, in the seventeenth century, iii. 28. Rise of the manufactures of, 180

'King's Friends,' the party so called, i. 448

Kings, causes of the diminution of the respect formerly felt for, ii. 182. Reasons why their information is inaccurate, and their prejudices numerous, 183. Their nonsensical or blasphemous titles, 183 _note_

Kirke, Colonel, his cruelty, i. 397

Kirk-sessions in Scotland, in the seventeenth century, iii. 206, 207. Their tyranny, 209, 210

Knights Templars, discourse of St. Bernard on the, quoted, ii. 133 _note_

Knighthood, bane of the order of, in France, ii. 133, 134. Little respect paid to it in England, 135. Compulsory knighthood in that country, 135

Knowledge, influence of the progress of, in diminishing religious persecution, i. 189. And in diminishing war, 190. The three ways in which the progress of knowledge has lessened the warlike spirit, 203-223. The totality of human actions governed by the totality of human knowledge, 229. Remarkable diffusion of knowledge in the United States, 243. Books the storehouse of knowledge, 267. In what the knowledge in which all civilization consists is based, 268. The 'learned ignorance' for which many men are remarkable, 269. Condition and results of the literature of Europe from the sixth to the tenth centuries, 269. Endeavours of governments to hinder the advance of knowledge, 284. Craving of the people after knowledge, 430. Popular form taken by the diffusion of knowledge, 430, 431. Simplicity of the style of the authors of the last century, 437. The increase and diffusion of knowledge in England at the latter part of the eighteenth century antagonistic to the political events of the same period, 498. Efforts of the French Protestant clergy to suppress the pursuit of knowledge, ii. 70. Sudden craving after knowledge in France at the latter part of the last century, 407

Knox, John, commencement of his career, iii. 74, 75. His influence in promoting the Reformation, 75. His part in the murder of Beaton, 76. Goes to Geneva, 76. Returns, 79. His petition to Parliament as to the Church revenues, 84, 85. His death, 93

Konigseg, his services to Spain, ii. 519

La Bletterie, cause of his expulsion from the French Academy, ii. 235

Labour, effect of climate on the energy and regularity with which it is conducted, i. 42, 43. See Wages

Labourers and employers, their wages and profits, i. 52. Effect of the supply of food on the labouring classes, 54. Native laws respecting the Sudras or labourers of India, 79, 80

La Bruyère, his 'Charactères,' ii. 209

Lacteals, Aselli's discovery of the, ii. 81. Recognized by Descartes, but denied by Harvey, 81 and _note_

La Fayette, character and abilities of, i. 470. Burke's hostility to, 471. His familiarity with English language and literature, ii. 224. His introduction of democratic opinions into France, 417

La Fontaine, 'Fables' of, ii. 209

La Force, Marshal, ii. 43

La Harpe, his 'Éloge sur Fénelon' suppressed, ii. 237

Laing, Mr., his remarks on the German literary class, quoted, i. 239 _note_

Laland, his advocacy of atheism, ii. 352

Lamplugh, translated from Exeter to the see of York, i. 404

Lanjuinais, his work on Joseph II. ordered to be burned, ii. 236

Lanthenás, his familiarity with the English language and literature,