Chapter M

Matron of a workhouse, her character
Manners of the Londoners
Mall in St. James's Park, its ancient splendor
Manufactory of pitch and turpentine
Manners, effects of a change of
Marsh of Westminster, reflection on
Madam and Mistress, distinction between
Machinery, ought not to injure workmen
Maurice, Mr. his merits as a Poet
Manufactory, a country one described
Matter, inorganic, laws governing
---- ----, whether eternal
Manual labour, its economy in manufactories
Maternal feelings in a workhouse
Man, his false assumption
----, his pride
----, his unsociable character
----, his uncharitableness
----, his numerous wants
----, his vanity
----, his monopolizing spirit
----, opposes himself to Providence
----, his proper employment
----, his true happiness
----, his transitory state
----, his origin, progress, and decay
----, his common nature
----, his definite existence
----, general views of his social state
----, his cruelty to inferior creatures
Mercy, an engine of priestcraft
Mechanics, their relation to nature
Meyer, his tomb
Milk-fair, description of
Military education reprobated
Mile-stone and marine cottages recommended
Middleton, Mr. his estimates of Middlesex
Misery, dense mass of
Ministers of England, their narrow views
Monks, disinterment of their bones
Morris, Valentine, Esq. his benevolent character
Moral deduced from the state of St. James's palace
---- rule against great mischiefs
More, Sir Thomas, his residence and character
Motion, terrestrial, its general cause
Mortlake Church-yard, reflections on
Moral condition of London
Mortlake Church, reflections within
Music, its abuse in war
Mutilated Soldiers at Chelsea Hospital
Mussulmen, their exemplary sobriety
Mysteries, religious, their origin
Mythology, its origin and progress

N.

Natural feelings violated in workhouses
Nature superior to art
----, its operations uncomplicated
----, its governing principle
Napoleon, his improvements of France
Nell Gwyn, founder of Chelsea Hospital
Necessity, doctrine of, investigated
Novels, characterized

O.

Obligations of the rich to the poor
Oil mills, description of one
Organic life, difficulty of conceiving its principle
Organized beings, intricacy of the laws governing
Origin of organized beings, its philosophical obscurity

P.

Painting and Poetry, compared
Palace of the Regent, its costly fitting
Partridge, John, his tomb and errors
Parks of London, their utility and capability
----, noblemen's, their inutility
Patronage, cause of war
Parish allowances to the poor
Panorama from Wimbledon Common
Paper circulation always ruinous
Parish poor-houses described
Peace, its security
Peach, its crawling myriads
Peter the Hermit, his fanaticism
Perihelion point, importance of its place in producing terrestrial changes
Penley, Mr. his garden at Mortlake
Philosophy, modern, its divinities
----, address to
Philosophical speculations on unseen powers
Pilton's fences recommended
Pitt, Mr. his death and character
Planetary influences, examined
Poetry and Painting, compared
Poor, diseased, provision for
Pottery, observations on its antiquity and application
Pope, Mr. his parlour at Battersea
Popular elections, their importance
Policy, wicked, its features
Poverty and wealth, contrasted
Priestcraft, its origin and progress
Probabilities, their connexion with fortune-telling
Productive powers, their intricacy
Promenades, evening ones proposed
Prosperity, national, its true signs
Principals in trade, their cares
Promenade in St. James's Park, its ancient splendor
Pride, lessons to correct
Printing, its abuse
Public Debt, how has it been expended
Putney-Heath, objects upon it described
Public purse, a necessary stimulus to candidates

R.

Ranelagh, its scite described
Railways, proposal for extending them
Religious houses turned into market-gardens
Reformation of Religion
Retreats of men of business
Repton, Mr. his powers of arrangement
Rivers, absurd worship of
----, phenomena of their banks
----, agents of never-ceasing changes
Richmond Park, notice of
Rights of man, intrigues against
Road Police, suggested
Royal Family, fond of Chelsea buns
Rome sunk and London exalted
Roads, principle of constructing them
Roehampton, its cheerless aspect
Ruins, without antiquity

S.

Saws, circular, their wonderful powers
Self-knowledge, neglect of
Secondary causes, their general nature
Senses, animal, their limited powers
Shoe-making machinery, account of
Show, policy of, among princes
Shropshire girls, their industry and beauty
Slavery, its protean shapes
Sloane, Sir Hans, his statue--tomb
Smoke, improperly emitted
---- of London, its remarkable phenomena
---- ----, plans for consuming
Soldiery, their specious character
Society, state of, in England
Soldiers, why and for what they are killed and wounded
Soldier, who had lost both arms
Spontaneous combustion, productive of superstition
Spencer, Lord, his park
Space, whether eternal
Stage-coach horses, mismanagement of
Standard of truth defined
Sterility of ancient countries, cause of
Statesmen, their mistaken policy
St. James's palace, its ruined state
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Lawrence, the, its probable fate
Surfaces, the residence of electric power
Surrey, its disgraceful wastes
Supernatural appearances, referred to their causes
Survivors in regiments, their small numbers
Subjects for painters
Superstition, instances of
----, its origin and progress
Symmachus, his bigotry

T.

Taxes, not the sole business of governments
Tart-hall, account of
Taxation, its pernicious effects
Telegraphs, particulars of
----, their application to domestic purposes
Terror, vulgar, instances of
Thames, its phenomena and changes
Thomson, the Poet, his town and character
Tides, their nature explained
Time and space characterized
Tooke, Mr. Horne, his character
Tonson, Jacob, his house at Barnes Elms
Trees, their importance in fertilization
Treasury, British, its pernicious powers
Transitory state of man
Treaty-breakers, appeal to them
Tragedies, in real life
Tybourn, its present course