David Hume

Admit

Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king.

Among

Human sacrifices were practiced among them.

Anatomize

If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect.

Animosity

[These] factions . . . never suspended their animosities till they ruined that unhappy government.

Annalist

The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages.

Appellation

They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates.

Artisan

This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue.

Between

An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty.

Breeding

Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we converse.

Charter

The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the “Great Charter,” either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom.

Commerce

The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men.

Commons

It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest.

Correlative

Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms.

Demit

General Conway demitted his office.

Denominate

Passions commonly denominating selfish.

Discretion

The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner.

Disfigurement

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse.

Duelist

A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship.

Entail

A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.

Allowing them to entail their estates.

Equipment

The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.

Exclusion

The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland.

Inquisitorial

He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into all matters of conscience.

Intestine

An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty.

Legislative

The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament.