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ABERBROTHWICK, i. 552.

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Abercrombie, Mr. James, of Philadelphia, his communi-
cations concerning Johnson, i. S02.

Aberdeen, i. 349.-Johnson's account of, i. 552-3-butter,
duel fought for the honour of, i. 443 n.-William Gor-
don, second Earl of, i. 365 n.
Aberdonians, i. 353.

Abernethy, Rev. John, on the effect of prayer, i. 344.-
some account of, i. id. n.

Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie, fourth Earl of, bon-mot
of, ii. 233 n.

Abington, Mrs. the actress, i. 508, 510, 512, 520, 530.

Abjuration, oath of, i. 508.

Absenteeism, ii. 123, 152.

Absentee tax, ii. 227.

Absolute princes, i. 528.

Ægri Ephemeris,' Johnson's, il. 306, 428.
Eneid, story of the, ii. 346.

Eschylus, Potter's translation of, ii. 155.
Affectation, ii. 251, 528.-in writing, i. 403.-of familiar-
ity with the great, ii. 279.

Affection, natural, í. 265; ii. 211, 343.-Johnson's, for
Miss Boothby, i. 29; ii. 276.
Agar, Welbore Ellis, Esq. ii. 95 n.
Age, old, ii. 123, 154, 186, 263, 331, 378.
'Agis,' Home's tragedy of, i. 389 n.
'Aglaura,' Suckling's play of, ii. 180.

Agutter, Rev. William, ii. 382 n.-his sermon on John-
son's death, ii. 451.

Aikin, Miss Letitia, afterwards Mrs. Barbauld, ii. 21, 21 n.,
121, 259.-her imitation of Johnson's style, ii. 121.
Air-bath, Lord Monboddo's, ii. 118.

Akenside, Dr. Mark, i. 156, 288; ii. 49, 50 n.,

60.

Abstemiousness, Johnson's, i. 39 n., 208, 227, 243, 293, 326, Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate, anecdotes of, ii. 235.

393, 412, 421, 522; ii. S3, 57, 172, 282.

Absurdities, use of delineating, ii. 248.

Abuse, personal, i. 250, 364.-Johnson's disregard of, ii.
204, 252.

Abyssinia, Lobo's voyage to, i. 30; ii. 51.-Prince of, see
Rasselas.

Academy Della Crusca send Johnson their Vocabulary,

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Acquaintances, i. 128; ii. 330.

-Johnson's eulogy on, ii. 235.

Alberti, Leandro, his classical description of Italy, i. 431,
519, 519 n.

Alchymy, i. 530.

Alcibiades, ii. 158.-his dog, ii. 145.

Alfred, Johnson's wish to write the Life of, i 71.-his
will, ii. 308, 303 n.

Algebra, the study of, recommended, ii. 266.

'Alias,' Johnson's exemplification of the word, ii. 345.
Allen, Rev. Thomas, i. 425 n.-Edmund the printer, 1.
146 n., 208, 425; ii. 105, 159, 177, 291, 422.-Johnson's
letter to, ii. 350.-Ralph, Esq. i. 348.

'Alley Croker,' ii. 152, 152 n.

All for Love,' Dryden's preface to, quoted, ii. 299 n.
Alnwick Castle, ii. 161.

Acting, 132n.; ii. 359, 359 n.-tragic, Johnson's contempt Althorp, Lord, now Earl Spencer, ii. 231. See Spen.
of, i. 332.

Action, in public speaking, i. S04.

Active sports in young people, not to be reckoned idle-
ness, i. 18.

Activity of body, Johnson's, ii. 28€.-of mind, Johnson's,
ii. 186 n.

Actor, qualities of a great, i. 468 n.

Actors, i. 67-8, 261, 313, 332; ii. 19, 125, 360.-Johnson's
prejudice against, and contemptuous severity towards,
i. 67-8, 80 n.; ii. 244, 245.

cer.

'Amelia,' Fielding's, ii. 65, 65 n.
Ambition, ii. 63.

America, and the Americans, i. 497, 502; ii. 132, 133,
168, 178, 238 n., 286, 333 n., 381.-right of Great Britain
to tax, ii. 133.

Amusements, country, ii. 255.—a man known by his,

ii. 392.

Amyat, Dr. i. 164.

'Ana,' the, French, i. 431.

Anacreon, Baxter's, i. 456; ii. 325, 325 n., 371.-Dove of,
translated by Johnson, ii. 479 n.-Fawkes's translation
of, ii. 479 n.

Anaitis, temple of, i. 394, 395.

Analogy between body and mind, i. 20.

Ancestry, i. 252.

Ancient Ballads,' Dr. Percy's, ii. 164.

Adams, Rev. Dr. William, master of Pembroke College,
Oxford, i. 20, 25, 27, 51, 71, 74, 79, 113-4, 122, 214, 417,
449, 491; ii. 35, 153, 156, 186, 426.-some account of,
ii. 426 n.-his account of the first representation of
Irene,' i. 79.-his Answer to Hume's Essay on Mira-
cles, ii. 35.-Johnson's letter to, ii. 413.-Miss, after-Anatomy of Melancholy,' Burton's, i. 169; ii. 35.
wards Mrs. Hyett, ii. 384-5.-George, the mathematical
instrument maker, Johnson's dedication to the king of
his Treatise on the Globes,' i. 138, 243.
Addison, Joseph, i. 9 n., 82, 82 n. 192, 221, 320, 334, 348,
431, 519; ii. 66, 111, 145, 165, 251, 284, 399, 433, 433 n.
-his Notanda,' i. 82 n.-his 'Remarks on Italy,' i. 431,
519 n.-his style compared with Johnson's, i. 91.-ab-
surd observation of Sir J. Hawkins on the style of, i.
91 n.-his conduct towards Steele, ii. 274, 291.-John-
son's opinion of, i. 92, 192, 221; ii. 189.-Johnson, Life
of, ii. 274.

Address of the Painters to George H. on his accession,
written by Johnson, i. 153.

Adey, Mrs. i. 249, 251; ii. 203, 213.-Miss Mary, i. 13;
ii. 45, 222.

Admiration, i. 524.

Adventurer,' Dr. John Hawkesworth's, i. 83, 96, 102,
107, 108-9, 139.-the papers marked T, written by
Johnson, i. 139; ii. 472 n.

Adventures of a Guinea,' by whom written, i. 417 n.
'Adversaria,' specimen of Johnson's, i. 82.
Adversaries, not to be treated with respect, i. 329.
Advertisements, Johnson's, in the Gentleman's Magazine,
i. 35, 63.-in the Universal Chronicle, i. 149.-in the
Edinburgh newspapers, i. 469.

Adultery, i. 247-8.

Ancient times, folly of praising, at the expense of mod-
ern, ii. 345.

Anderdon, MSS. ii. 426, 432.

Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, i 453-4; ii. 96.-Dr.
Robert, his Life of Johnson,' i. 17 n., 37 n., 79 n.-
Mr., his Sketches of the Native Irish,' i. 284; ii. 93.
Andrew's, St., i. 341; ii. 552.—its library, i. 342 n.-ruins
of its cathedral, ii. 52.-its university, ii. 552.
Anecdotes, Johnson's love of, i. 333.-general inaccuracy
of, ii. 411 n.-at second hand, little to be relied on, ií.

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Applause, ii. 253.

April fools' day, ii. 91, 91 n.

Arabs, fidelity of, i. 363.

Boswell's father, i. 456, 458, 458 n.; ii. 78 n., S11-des-
ignates Johnson Ursa Major,' i 459.
Auchnasheal, i. 369.

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Author, rarely hurt by his critics, ii. 250.-the Young,"
a poem by Johnson, i. 532.-Virgil's description of the
entrance into hell applied to, i 431.

Authors, i. 109, 250, 313, 340, 417, 518; . 55, 124, 143,
180, 185, 204, 205, 302, S93, 598.-modern, the moons
of literature, ii. 185.-attacks on them useful, i. 417.—
the casuistry which passes on the world the produc
tion of one, for that of another, condemned, i. 109,

109 n.

Arburthnot, Dr. John, i. 192, 334.-Robert, Esq. i. 329, Bâch y Graig, i. 483, 483 n.
329 n.

'Arcadia,' Sidney's, ii. 101 n.

Arches, comparative strength of semicircular and ellipti-
cal, i. 152.

Architecture, ornamental, ii. 34.
Areskine, Sir John, i. 424.

Arguing, Johnson's mode of, and fondness for, ii. 51, 57,
298, 379, 390 n., 391.

Argument, Johnson's, on schoolmasters and their duty, i.
296, 536.-on vicious intromission, i. 300, 537.-in de-
fence of lay patronage, i. 316, 538.-against Dr. Memis's
complaint, that he was styled doctor of medicine,' in-
stead of physician,' i. 529, 550.-in favour of the corpo-
ration of Stirling, i. 529, 550.-on entails, ii. 24.—on the
liberty of the pulpit, ii. 72, 559.-on the registration of
deeds, ii. 283.-in favour of a negro claiming his liberty,
ii. 132, 561.-against a prosecution by the procurators
of Edinburgh against the publisher of a libel, ii. 306,
468.-and testimony, ii. 379.

Argyle, Archibald, fourth Duke of, 1. 445.-John, fifth
Duke of, i. 447, 447 n.-Johnson's visit to, i. 448.-
Johnson's letter to, i. 451.-his letter to Johnson, Ibid.
-Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of, i. 447, 447 n.
Ariosto, ii. 244.

Aristotle, saying of, ii. 247.-his 'Poetics,' ii. 267,
267 n.

Arithmetic, Johnson's resort to, when his fancy was dis-
ordered, ii. 264.

Arkwright, Sir Richard, ii. 400.

Armidale, i. 372, 417.

Armorial bearings, i. 294.

Arms, piling of, why insisted on, ii. 195.

Armstrong, Dr. John, i. 151 n.; ii. 95.

Army, officers of the, i. 464.

Arnauld, Anthony, ii. 192.

Arnold, Dr. Thomas, his 'Observations on Insanity,'
ii. 122.

'Art of Living in London,' i. 89,

Artificial ruins, i. 492 n.

'Arts corrective,' i. 427.

Articles, subscription to the thirty-nine, i. 266, 282, 282
n., 342.

Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, i. 206

Asaph, Bishop of See Shipley.

'Ascanius,' i. 386 n,, S87 n., 388 n.

Ash, Dr. John, founder of the Eumelian club, ii. 431 n.

Ashbourne, ii, 124, 134,

Ashburton, Lord. See Dunning.

Assertion, ii. S80 n.

Assize, maiden one, ii. 156.

Association of ideas, ii. 169.

Astle, Thomas, Esq., keeper of the records in the Tower,
i. 66.-Johnson's letter to, ii. 308.-his notes on Alfred's
will, if. 308, 308 n.-Rev. Mr., Johnson's advice to, as
to his studies, ii. 391.

Aston, Sir Thomas, i. 29, 29 n.—Miss Mary, afterwards
Mrs. Brodie, i, 29, 29 n.; ii. 276 n., 277 n.-Miss Ma-
ry, Johnson's epigram addressed to, i. 54; ii. 120 n.
-Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 29, 243 n., 271; ii. 4, 44, 46, 102, 135.
-Johnson's letters to, i. 243, 253; ii. 89, 90, 103, 135,
201, 203, 212, 223, 317, 370.

Astley, Mr. Philip, the equestrian, ii. 220, 220 n.
'As You Like It,' the clown's answer in, ii. 256,
Atheism, i. 336.

'Athol porridge,' ii. 285.

'Atlas,' the race-horse, i. 479 n.

Atonement, the great article of Christianity, i. 350, 351
n.; ii. 128 n., 303, 303 n., 442 n.

Attack, advantages which authors derive from, i. 417, 515.
Atterbury, Dr. Francis, Bishop of Rochester, ii. 144, 151.
-his funeral sermon on Lady Cutts, ii. 144.-style of
his sermons, ii. 151.

Attorney general, ludicrous title given to, ii. 77.

Attorneys, i. 171, 444 n.; ii. 391.

Avarice, i. 433; ii. 63, 74, 181, 256, 257.

B.

Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, i. 401; ii. 150.-Mallet's
'Life' of, ii. 130.-his 'History of Henry VII.,' i. 385.
-his precept for conversation, ii. 355.

Badcock, Rev. Samuel, ii. 438.-his visit to Johnson, f.
438.-some account of, ii. 438 n
Badenoch, Lord of, i. 360, S60 n.

Badini, Signor, anecdote of, ii. 390 n.

Bad habits, ii. 332 n.-management, ii. 179

Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, i. 320-some account of, i. 320
n.-Johnson's letter to, i. 320; ii. 414

Bagpipes, i. 433.

Baillie, Dr. Matthew, his recommendation of card-play-
ing, i. 466 n.

Baker, Sir Richard, his Chronicles' quoted, i. $23 -
Sir George, ii. 416.-Mrs., i. 237.
Balance of misery, ii. 387, 483.
Balcarras, Earl of, ii. 80 n.
Ball without powder, ii. 244.
Ballantine, Mr. George, i. 156.
Balloons, ii. 416, 417.

Ballow, Mr. Thomas, ii. 56.-some account of, i. 56 m.
Baltic, Johnson's proposed voyage to, ii. 103.
Bankes, Mr., of Dorsetshire, i. 56.

Banks, Sir Joseph, i. 279, 280, 280 n., 440 n.; ii. 199, 200.
-Johnson's motto for his goat, i. 279.

Baptism, ii. 41, 383, 383 n.

Barbauld, Mr., ii. 21, 21 n.-Letitia. See Aikin.

Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro servant, i. 97, 98, 99,
102, 151, 237 n., 250, 272, 279, 478 n.; ii. 199, 422, 445,
449.

Barclay, his 'Ship of Fooles,' i. 119-Mr., the young
author, his defence of Johnson's Shakspeare against
Kenrick, i. 223, 417 n.-Robert, of Ury, his Apology
for the Quakers,' ii. 41.-Robert, Esq, one of Mr.
Thrale's successors, ii. 301, 505.-his character, i
301 n.

Baretti, Signor Giuseppe, i. 112, 120, 129, 143, 157, 160,
165, 227, 248, 252, 262, 272, 302, 496; ii. 7, 9, 13, 19 m., 32,
51 n., 55 n., 67 n., 69 n., 85, 115, 121, 253, 276.-Joan-
son's letters to, i. 157, 160, 165.-his trial for murumt,
i. 264; ii. 396.—his 'Travels,' i. 272.—the first who re-
ceived copy-money in Italy, ii. 116.-his strictures on
Mrs. Piozzi's marriage, ii. 67 n.-his 'Frustra Letters-
ria,' ii. 121.

Bark, Peruvian, ii. 385.

Barker, Dr. Edmund, i. 75, 138.

Barnard, Rev. Dr., bishop of Killaloe, i. 37 m.; ii. 90, 80 m.,
148, 299.-altercation between Johnson and, on the
question, whether a man can improve after the age of
forty-five, ii. 299,-his pleasant verses thereos, ii. 500.
-provost of Eton, ii. 187.-Francis, Esq., afterwards
Sir Francis, king's librarian, i. 239, 239 n.-Johnson`s
letter of instructions to, on the formation of the king's
library, i. 534.

Barnes, Rev. Joshua, i. 456; ii. 249.

Barnwall, Nicholas, Lord Trimlestown, ii, 143, 143 «.—
Thomas, his son, singular instance of filial affectim in,
ii. 143 n.

Baron Hill, the seat of Lord Bulkeley, i. 488 n.
Barretier, John Philip, Johnson's Life of, i. 57, 58, 61.
Barrington, Hon. Daines, ii. 293, 365.-his Essay on the
Emigration of Birds,' i. 316.—his 'Observations on the
Statutes,' ii. 177.

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, his sermon against foolish talking and
jesting, ii. 296 n.

Barrowby, Dr., anecdote of, ii. 385 m.

Barry, Sir Edward, his notion that pulsation occasions
death by attrition, ii. 61.-Spranger, the actor, i 79
n.-James, Esq., the painter, ii. 338, 346, $45, 352 m.,
365 n.-Johnson's opinion of, ii. S46, $48, 348 m-bis
letter to, i. 338.-Sir N., ii. 337.

Barter, Mr., i. 288.

Bas Bleu,' Miss Hannah More's poem of, ii. 297,
Bashfulness, ii. 391.

'Bastard,' the, Savage's poem of, i. 67.

Auchinleck estate, i. 457, 457 n.; ii. 23, 563, 123.-Lord, | Bat, formation of the, ii. 191.

Bateman, Edmund, of Pembroke College, his Lectures,
i. 26.

Bath, Johnson's visit to, ii. 65.

Baths, Johnson's opinion of medicated, i. 265.
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, ii. 112.

Batheaston vase, Horace Walpole's pleasant account
of, i. 515 n.

Bathurst, Allen, first Earl, i. 275; ii. 192, 217 n., 273.-
Captain, i. 102.-Dr. Richard, i. 73, 75, 96, 102, 107,
103 n., 109 m., 165, 214, 298, 306; ii. 252, 254.-some
account of, i. 104.-his letters to Johnson, i. 104.-
described by Johnson as a 'good hater,' i. 104.
'Batrachomyomachia,' first edition of, i. 492, 492 n.
Battle of the Frogs and Mice,' i. 492, 492 n.
'Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes,' ii. 399.
Baudi Epistolæ,' quoted, i. 486 n.

Baxter, Richard, quoted, i. 319, 351; ii. 333, 348.-his
'Reasons of the Christian Religion' recommended by
Johnson, ii. 355.-William, his Anacreon,' i. 456; ii.
325, 325 n., 357, S71.

'Bayes,' character of, i. 289.

Bayle, M., his Dictionary, i. 192, 422.

'Bear,' the epithet, applied to Johnson, i. 252, 519.
Bears, i. 519.

Beatniffe, Richard, Esq., Johnson's letter to, ii. 513.
Benton, Cardinal, his murder, i. 342.-some account of,
i. 342 n.

Beattie, Dr. James, i. 85 n., 277, 278, 279, 280, 299, 300,
301, 321, 323, 324, 450; ii. 3, 79, 294, 402.-his letter to
Boswell, i. 220 n.-Johnson's letter to, ii. 237.-his
Essay on Truth,' ii. 263.—his 'Hermit,' ii. 333.
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq., i. 35, 105, 106, 155, 160, 161,
165, 188, 195, 212, 216, 238, 311, 316 n., 358, 425, 429 n.,
438, 497, 500, 505, 518, 519, 524; ii. 50, 55, 125, 165, 194,
211, 227, 227 n., 231, 232, 245, 251, 284, 292, 296, 331.
-his altercation with Johnson, ii. 208.-his death, ii.
226.-his character by Lord Charlemont, ii. 226.-
his character by Johnson, ii. 227, 231.- his letters to
Lord Charlemont, ii. 226.-Lady Diana, i. 316, 493; ii.
226, 226 n., 293.-some account of her, ii. 316 n.-
Lady Sydney, i. 425.
Beaumaris Castle, i. 488.

Beaumont, Sir George, ii. 176 n., 464 n.
Beaumont and Fletcher, i. 514.

Beauties of Johnson,' i. 87; ii. 317, 318.

Beauty, i. 288; ii. S06.

Beckenham, ii. 391.

Becket, Thomas, the bookseller, i. 498.

Beckett, Sir John, ii. 52 n.

Beckford, Alderman, ii. 132.

Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, ii. 393.

Bedlam, i. 529; íì. 341.

Beech, Thomas, his 'Eugenio,' i. 315.-some account of,
i. 315 n.

Beggars, i. 163, 168; ii. 217, 353.

Beggars' Opera,' i. 423, 517, 517 n.; ii. 131, 180, 292.
Behaviour, Johnson a nice observer of, ii. 69.-how it
should be taught, ii. 259. Behmen, Jacob, i. 170-
some account of, i. 170 n.

Bell, Mr. John, of Antermony, his Travels in Russia,'

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Benevolence, an excuse for drinking, ii. 183.-Johnson's,
ii. 97, 98.-human, ii. 66.

Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' ii. 115.

Bensley, Mr., the actor, i. 244.

Benson, Mr. Auditor, his monument to Milton, i. 93 n.
Bentham, Dr., canon of Christ church, ii. 36.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, i. 250, 362, 117, 433; ii. 36, 345.--
the only English verses written by him, ii. 250.
Berenger, Richard, Esq., i. 258; ii. 158, 291.-some ac-
count of, ii. 291 n.

Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, ii. 381.

Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of Cloyne, i. 173, 209.-his
theory, ii. 117, 117 n., 251.

Berni, Francesco, quoted, ii. 263.

Berwick, Duke of, his Memoirs,' ii. 167.

Bethune, Rev. Mr., i. 390, 498.

Betterton, Mr., the actor, ii. 126.

Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, i. 206.

Beverage, Johnson's favourite, ii. 64.

Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Hammond, the poet, ii.
279.

Bewley, Mr., his extraordinary veneration for Johnson,
ii. 308, 308 n.

Bexley, Lord, his communication concerning Dr. Robert
Vansittart, i. 298.

Bible should be read with a commentary, ii. 71.-John-
son's death-bed recommendation to read, ii. 526.
'Bibliotheca Harleiana,' Johnson's account of, i. 61.
Bibliotheca Literaria,' i. 487, 487 n.

'Bibliothèque,' Johnson's scheme for opening a, i. 122.
Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, i. 258.-some account of, i. 258 n.
Bicknell, Mr., i. 134.

Bidder, William, the calculating boy, ii. 34 n.
Bigamy, i. 394.

'Big man,' a jocular Irish phrase applied to Johnson, i.
229, 229 n.

Bindley, James, Esq., i. 63, 63 n., 69 n.; ii. 174 n.,
181 n., 331 n., 345 n.

Binning, Charles, Lord, i. 296; ii. 184.
Biographer, duties of a, ii. 111, 397.

'Biographia Britannica,' ii. 121, 121 n., 274.

Biography, i. 288-9, 347, 404; ii. 87, 74, 111, 162 n.,
274, 598.-literary, of England, Johnson recommended
by George III, to undertake, i. 241.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 53, 61, 74, 410.-Johnson's
Greek epigram to, i. 54.-letters from Johnson to, i.
64, 93, 122.-his letter to Johnson on receiving his
Dictionary, i. 123.

Birds, migration of. i. 316.
Birkenhead, Sir John, i. 340 n.
Birmingham, ii. 40, 135.
Biron, Marshal Duc de, ii. 16 n.
Births, extraordinary, i. 9.

'Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 106.

Bishops, in the House of Lords, i. 291.-requisites in, i.
348; ii. 35.-great decorum required from, ii. 284, 290,
386. the Seven, ii. 182.

Blackfriars Bridge, i. 152.

Black-letter books, i. 169.

'Black Dog,' ii. 223, 223 n.-Men, cause of their being
so, i. 181.

Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind poet, i. 143, 207, 335;
ii. 552.-some account of, i. 207 n. 335 n.-his let-
ter on a passage in Johnson's Journey,' ii. 540.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, i. 268; ii. 399.-Johnson's Life
of, ii. 201, 231, 275.

Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Commentaries,' i. 435 n. ;

ii. 188 n.

Blackwall, Mr. Anthony, i. 29, 29 n.

Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles, ii. 17 n., 253.
Blainville, M., his Travels,' i. 519.

Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, i. 156, 179, 333, 343, 463, 463 n.,
464, 475, 475 n., 476, 499; ii. 67, 85, 91.-his 'Ser-
mons,' ii. 85, 89, 118, 136, 189, 189 n., 293.-his 'Lec-
tures,' ii. 121, 121 n.-his imitation of Johnson's style,
ii. 121.- his letter concerning Pope's Essay on Man,"
ii. 217.-Rev. Robert, his poem of The Grave,' ii.
66.-some account of, ii. 66 n.

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, i. 57.
Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 12; ii. 424.

Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, i. 194; ii. 249.—ex-
cellence of rhyme over, ii. 270.
Blasphemy, literary property in, i. 337.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to periodical, ii. 110.
Blenheim, i. 428, 492; ii. S8.

Blind, notion that they can distinguish colours by the
touch, i. 297.

'Blockhead,' Johnson's application of the word, i. 292;
ii. 40, 40 n.

Blue-stocking Clubs, origin of, ii. 297.

Boarding schools, ii. 219.

Bocage, Madame du, ii. 11, 18, 19 n.-her Columbiade,'
ii. 402.

Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 54.

Boece, Hector, the historian, ii. 371.

Boethius, de Consolatione Philosophiæ,' i. 53, 171.
Boileau, i. 45, 154 n. ; ii. 192, 259.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Viscount, i. 115, 141;
ii. 273, 598.-Johnson's character of, i. 115, 141.—his
share in Pope's Essay on Man,' ii. 217, 217 n.-
Frederick, second Viscount, ii. 260.

Bolt-court, ii. 162.

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Booksellers, liberality of several eminent ones, i. 124, 130.
-Johnson's character of, i. 130; ii. 28.-his vindica-
tion of, from the charge of making exorbitant profits,
ii. 29.

Book-trade, ii. 28.

Boothby, Miss Hill, i. 29, 306, 512 n.; ii. 109, 109 n.-
Johnson's high admiration of, ii. 276, 276 n., 483.-
correspondence between her and Johnson, i. 464 n., 512
n.; ii. 276, 277, 469.-Brook, Esq., ii. 276 n.
Borough-English, i. 435, 435 n.

Boscawen, Admiral, ii. 184.-Hon. Mrs., ii. 184, 230 n.,
232.-some account of, ii. 184 n., 232 n.
Boscovich, Pere, i. 170; ii. 20.-some account of, ii.

20.

Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, i. 431.

Bosville, Godfrey, Esq., ii. 196, 239.-Mrs., i. 290.
BOSWELL, JAMES, Esq., the Author of this Work,-
afflicted with hypochondria, i. 23 n, 358 n.; ii. 27, 28,
427 n.-writes the Hypochondriac,' a series of es-
says, in London Magazine, i. 23 n. ; ii. 331-his na-
tionality, i. 24 n.-Courtenay's verses on, i. 91, 475.-
contributed to create a public taste for biographical de-
tails, i.110 n.-his introduction to Johnson, i. 178.-story
told by Johnson of his early years, i. 195 n.-his Ac-
count of Corsica,' i. 244, 254, 254 n.-elected a mem-
ber of the Literary Club, i. 313, 315.-Journal of
his Tour to the Hebrides, i. 323, 323 n.; ii. 534.—his
dress at the jubilee, i. 253 n.-his strange propensity
for witnessing executions, i. 261 n.; ii. 235 n., 401.—
his ancestry, i. 327 n., 457; ii. 23.-his character
drawn by himself, i. 338.-Johnson's character of him,
i. 338, 472 n.; ii 5, 8, 197.-his account of the escape
of the young Pretender, i. 545.-his announcement of the
'Life of Johnson' during the Doctor's lifetime, i. 432
n.-his letter to the Laird of Rasay, on a passage in
Johnson's Journey,' i. 469.-Lord Stowell's character
of him, i. 472 n-Johnson's character of his Tour to
the Hebrides,' ii. 5.-his attempt to imitate the style of
Warburton, ii. 157 n.-his short quarrel with John-
son, ii. 188, 183 n.-his Letter to the People of
Scotland,' ii. 367, 369 n.-his expectations from Mr.
Pitt, ii. 371.-his controversy with Miss Seward, ii.
403.-JOHNSON'S LETTERS TO HIM, i. 210, 224, 232,
249, 254, 269, 276, 300, 302, 322, 325, 473, 474, 475, 476,
477, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 503; ii. 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 24,
26, 27, 28, 65, 82, 84, 88, 89, 91, 96, 97, 99, 100, 136,
137, 138, 163, 197, 200, 203, 214, 215, 223, 225, 227,
237, 241, 282, 310, 316, 318, 320, 321, 352, 362, 367,
369, 370, 405, 406, 427, 428.-HIS LETTERS TO JOHN-
SON, i. 276, 301, 472, 473, 476, 477, 493, 496, 497, 498,
503; ii. 3, 7, 9, 20, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 97,
99, 100, 101, 102, 136, 138, 140, 141, 162, 196, 202,
214, 222, 224, 236.-his letter to Garrick, i. 445.-MRS.,
THE AUTHOR'S WIFE, i. 276 n., 472, 472 n.; ii. 27,
23, 81, 100, 563, 115 n., 203, 242, 349.-some account
of her, ii. 276 n.-Johnson's letters to her. ii. 81, 100,
321.-Thomas David, the founder of the author's fam-
ily, i. 457; ii. 23 n.-David, the author's brother, ii.
125 n., 236, 236 n., 239.--Alexander, afterwards Sir Alex-
ander, the author's eldest son, i. 294 n.; ii. 9.-some
account of, ii. 9 n.-David, the author's second son, ii.
84.-James, the author's third son, i 29 n., 174 n.,
ii. 63 n., 199.-some account of, ii. 199 n.-Elizabeth;
the author's stepmother, ii. 78 n-Miss Veronica, the
author's daughter, i. 327; ii. 101 n.-Dr., the author's
uncle, i. 336, 463; ii. 51.-NOTES, corrective of Bos-
well's errors, inconsistencies, exaggerations, contra-
dictions, and misrepresentations, i. 23, 29, 30, 64, 65,
68, 70, 73, 74, 77, 79, 82, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 125, 132,
133, 134, 136, 137, 141, 142, 145, 148, 149, 153, 155,
162, 175, 176, 178, 192, 123, 185, 188, 189, 192, 197,
203, 209, 213, 218, 220, 221, 224, 247, 253, 254, 260,
261, 265, 267, 269, 288, 321, 329, 338, 352, 355, 359,
363, 375, 379, 337, 393, 398, 404, 402, 422, 430, 431,
443, 454, 470, 471, 499, 500, 501, 506, 507, 509, 511,
512, 519, 520, 529, 549; ii. 4, 31, 38, 49, 58, 65, 68,
70, 73, 82, 96, 100, 119, 124, 129, 142, 143, 145, 148,
149, 150, 155, 159, 160, 168, 170, 171, 183, 183, 129,
191, 193, 203, 212, 214, 223, 227, 228, 255, 237, 276,
280, 285, 286, 299, 305, 322, 326, 372, 380, 381, 382,
393, 387, 390, 401, 402, 407, 408, 409, 411, 412, 413,
414, 421, 422, 423 425, 427, 450, 431, 432, 433, 434,
436, 442, 443, 445, 533.

'Bottom,' ii. 294.

Bouchier, Governor, ii. 290.

Boutlier, Père, his First Truths,' i. 209.

Boufflers, Madame de, i. 168 n. ii. 20 n.-her visit to
Johnson, i. 188.-some account of, i. 189 n.

Bouheurs, Dominique, i. 261.

Boulter, Dr. Hugh, i. 137 n.-his 'Monument,' a poem,
i. 137.

Boulton, Matthew, Esq., i. 493; ii. 42.

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Bourdaloue, Père, i. 315 m., 431.
Bourdonne, Madame de, i. 315 n.

Bourk, Hon. J. D., afterwards Earl of Mayo, il. 353.
Bouts-rimés, i. 515.

Bowels, Johnson's recipe for lubricity of, i. 512 m.; 402
Bowles, William, Esq., ii. 354.

Bow-wow way, Johnson's, i. 335, 511.

Bowyer, William, the printer, ii. 422, 422 ₪
Box-clubs, ii. 5.

Boxing, Johnson's skill in, i. 399 n.

Boyce, Samuel, the poet, ii. 336, 437.

Boyd, Hon. Charles, i. 349 n., 354 ; ii. 553.—some account
of, ii. 437 n.

Boyd's inn, i. 326.

Boydell, Mr. Aldermen, i. 497 n.

Boyle, the noble family of, i. 403.-Hon. Robert, i. 133.
Boys at school, i. 201.

'Bozzy,' Boswell so called by Johnson, i. 430; ii. 381.
Bradshaigh, Lady, i. 81 n.

Bradshaw, John, the regicide, ii. 355 .-William, i
858 n.
'Braganza,' Jephson's tragedy of, i. 260 n.
Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the deaf and dumb, i.
464.
Braithwaite, Daniel, Esq., of the general post-office, i.

378.

Bramhall, Archbishop, on Liberty and Necessity, i
266 n.

Bramins, ii. 246, 252.
Brandy, ii. 207, 285.
Bravery, ii. 182, 431.
Brentford, i. 454; fi. 33S.
Brett. Colonel, i. 70 n.
Bribery at elections, i. 516.
Brighthelmstone, i. 193; ii. 84.
Bristol, inns at, ii. 68.

Britain, little known of the ancient state of, ii. 183.
British parliament, alleged corruption of, ii. 130.
'British Poets,' Bell's edition of, ii. 92.
'British Princes,' quoted, ii. 268 n.
'British Essayists,' Chalmer's, i. 87 n.
'British Synonimy,' Mrs. Piozzi's, ii. 459.
Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, ii. 49, 329.-his kind attention
and liberality to Johnson, i. 472, 490.- Johnson's let-
ters to, ii. 351, 414.-some account of, ii 417 n.
Brodhurst, Mr., Johnson's play-fellow, ii. 213.
Brodie, Alexander, Esq., i. 390 n.
Brooke, Mr., author of Gustavus Vasa,' i. 54, 245 a. —
Mrs., author of Emily Montague,' i. 193, 193 n.
Brooks, or rivulets, ii. 152.

Broome, William, the poet, ii. 233.-Johnson's Life of
ii. 273.

Brother and sister, relation of, i. 145.

Brown, Tom, Johnson's instructer in English, i. 16.-
dedicates his Spelling-book to the Universe,' i. 16—
Rev. Robert, i. 227; ii. 169.—' Capability,' h. 216 —
Browne, Dr. John, his Estimate of the Manner» of the
Times,'i 173.- some account of, i. 175 n-Sir Thomas,
Johnson's Life of, i. 91, 132, 141.-his style, how far
imitated by Johnson, i. 91 m., 182; ii. 155 n.—tend of
Anglo-Saxon diction, i. 91.-his saying of devils, I
169.-Sir William, the physician, ii. 264, 204 n.—his
extemporaneous epigram on the two universities, IL.
265-Isaac Hawkins, Esq., i. 374, 516; ii. 30, 121–
his poem 'De Animi Immortalitate,' i. $74.—his son,
ii. 376 n.

Bruce, Robert, ii. 9.-Janies, the Abyssinian traveller, i
513; ii. 399.

Brumoy's Greek Theatre, i. 150 n.
Brundusium, Horace's journey to, ii. 152.
Brunet, M., ii. 13 n.

Brussels trimming, compared by Johnson to bread stace,
ii. 219.

Brutes, i. 247, 317.

Bryant, Jacob, Esq., ii. 429 n.

Brydone, Captain Patrick, his 'Tour through Sicily,' ii.
195.-his anti-mosaical remark, iì, 45,

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, eleventh Earl of, anec-
dote of, i. 293.

Buchan's Buller, i. 354, 355 n.

Buchanan, George, i. 204, 204 n, 205, 263, 340; ii. 273,
333.

'Buck,' nearly synonymous with dandy,' i. 386 m.
Buckingham, Duke of, his Rehearsal,' ii. 270, 394.
Buckles, shoe, i. $26.-Johnson's, ii. 181, 182.
Budgell, Eustace, i. 311, 311 n., 339; ii. 66.
Budworth, Rev. Mr., i 29 n., 33.

Buffon, Count de, i. 399; ii. 80 n.
Bull, by Johnson, ii. 395.

Bull-dogs, ii. 128.

Buller of Buchan, i. 354, 355 n.; ii 553.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' i. 314; ii. 259.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, i. 320 n., 408 n. ¡ ll. 47 n.
Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aberdeen, í. 351.
Burgoyne, General, surrender of his army at Saratoga, ii.
195.-Lady Frances, her saying, ii. 257 n.
Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, and remarks
upon, i. 31, 149, 173, 186 n., 202, 209, 212, 230, 264, 275,
286 n., 295, 309 n., 315, 320, 321, 324 n., 330, 330 n.,
331, 331 n., 346, 347 n., 358, 392, 415, 493, 520, 520 n.;
ii. 33 n., 38, 66, 66 n., 71, 80, 81, 104, 118, 145 n., 151 n.,
156, 165 n., 180, 205, 206, 211, 222, 233, 249, 251, 264,
274 n., 277 n., 285, 287, 300, 329, 347 n., 358, 367, 379,
388, 396, 436, 436 n.-his pleasant observation on
Johnson's ladies, i. 91 n-his counsel to a grave gen-
tleman to live pleasant,' i. 149.-his 'Vindication of
Natural Society,' i. 206 n.-his Essay on the Sub-
lime and Beautiful,' i. 261.-his Letter to the Sheriffs
of Bristol,' ii. 126.-Johnson's exclamation on seeing
his house at Beaconsfield, ii. 175, 175 n.-his classical
pun on Wilkes, ii. 181.-his lively conceit on a line of
Horace, ii. 181.-his conversation described by John-
son, ii. 249, 255, 326, 377.-his playful sally on Dean
Marlay, ii. 283.--his oratory characterized by Wilkes,
ii. 281.-his uniform respect for Johnson, ii. 393. his
pun on Dr. Brocklesby's name, ii. 405 n.-his strikingly
characteristic will, ii. 435 n.-Richard, Esq., Edmund's
brother, ii. 563.-Richard, Esq., Edmund's son, ii. 309,
347, 347 n., 421.-some account of, ii. 309 n.
Burial service, ii. 343.

Burlamaqui, ii. 30.

Burman, Peter, Johnson's Life of, i. 61.
Burnaby, Mr. Edward, i. 216 n.

Burnet, Bishop, his Own Times,' i. 305, 421; ii. 129—
James, i. 280 n., 358. See Monboddo.

Burney, Dr. Charles, i. 25 n., 79 n., 20 n., 115 n., 123, 140,
141, 180, 193 n., 213 n., 214 n., 345; ii. 21, 114, 155, 198,
200, 204 n., 229, 250 n., 258 n., 263, 265 n., 293, 308,
353-his account of the first representation of Irene,'
i. 79 n.-his comparison of the style of Addison and
Johnson, i. 92 n.-his History of Music,' i. 345; ii.
200.-Johnson's praise of his Travels,' ii. 333.-his
letters to Johnson, ii. 356, 418.-Johnson's letters to, i.
123, 140, 223; ii. 356, 418.-Dr. Charles, the younger,
ii. 430.-Mrs., i. 219 n.-Miss Frances, now Madame
D'Arblay, ii. 229, 230, 235 n., 348, 353 n., 377.
Burrowes, Rev. Dr., his Essay on the style of Johnson,'
i. 89 n.; ii. 454.

Burton, Robert, his Anatomy of Melancholy,' i. 20,
169; ii. 35.-his great direction against melancholy, ii.
20.

Burton's Books,' list of, ii. 366.

Bust of Johnson, Nolleken's, ii. 135, 140.
Butcher, the trade of, i. 406.

Bute, John, third Earl of, i. 161, 162, 233, 522; ii. 47, 77.
-Johnson's letter to, respecting his pension, i. 163,

164.

Butler, Dr. Joseph, Bishop of Durham, his 'Analogy,'
i. 336.-Samuel, i. 314, 340, 340 n., 397; ii. 386.
Butter, Aberdeen, duel fought for the honour of, i. 443
n.-Dr. William, ii. 48 n., 47, 116, 117, 117 n., 298.
Buxton, Jedediah, the extraordinary calculator, ii. 33 n.
Byng, Adm., Johnson's defence of, i. 134.-his epitaph, i.
134.-the assertion of his being a political martyr un-
founded, i. 134 n.

Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of, quoted, i. 510; ii. 60 n.-
his wayward attack on Lord Carlisle's poems, ii. 299 n.

Cabbages, ii. 40.

C.

Cadogan, Dr. William, on the Gout, i. 391.
Calamities of Authors,' D'Israeli's, i. 44 n.
Calculators, extraordinary, possess little other intellect-
ual power, ii. 33.

Caliban of Literature,' epithet applied to Johnson, i.
171, 216.

Caligula, his exclamation, ii. 166, 166 n.
Callimachus, merits of, ii. 245.

'Called,' phenomenon of hearing oneself, ii. 292.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, Esq., i. 84 n., 525, 526; ii.
152, 336, 337 n.-university, i. 239; ii. 187.-Dr.
Sharpe's picturesque account of Johnson's visit to, i.

216.

Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl, i. 474 n., 506 n.; ii.
176.

Camden's Remains,' ii. 174, 343.

Cameron, Dr. Archibald, rigour exercised in his case, i.
56.-Captain, i. 284 n.

Camerons, family of the, i. 426.

Campbell, Hon. Archibald, i. 306.-his 'Doctrines of a
Middle State,' i. 449; ii. 71, 382.-some account of, i.
449.-Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 137, 516, 517, 521.-his Phi-
losophical Survey of Ireland,' i. 137; ii. 92.—a sketch

of, i. 516 n.-Rev. Dr. John, 1. 156, 189, 246, 270 n.
306, 505, ii. 149, 149 n.-his 'Political Survey,' i.
436; ii. 57.-some account of, i. 179 n., 270 n.-Rev.
John, minister of Kippen, i. 236 n.-Mungo, who shot
Lord Eglintoune, i. 252 n., ii. 127.-some account of,
ii. 127 n.

'Candide,' of Voltaire, i. 148, 149; ii. 195.
Candour, Johnson's, ii. 356.

Canning, Right Hon. George, on the advantage of a
public education, ii. 53 n.

'Canons of Criticism,' Edwards's, i. 114 n.
Cant, the mind to be cleared of, ii. 151.
Canus, Melchior, a Spanish dominican, ii. 11.
Capel, Edward, preface to his Shakspeare, ii. 243.
Cardan, Dr. Jerom, his mode of composing his mind, ii.

122 n.

Card-playing, i. 256, 466; ii. 57 n., 57.-recommended by
Dr. Baillie, i. 466 n.

Cardross, Lord, afterwards Earl of Buchan, i. 293, 293 n
Careless, Mrs., Johnson's first love, ii. 42, 314
'Careless Husband,' Cibber's, i. 516.
Carelessness, ii. 249.

Carleton, Captain, his amusing Memoirs,' ii. 404, 404 n.
Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, ii. 299.-Johnson's fa-
vourable opinion of his Father's Revenge,' ii. 361,
361 n.-Lord Byron's wayward attack on his poems,
ii. 299 n.

Carmichael, Miss, ii. 142, 199 n.

Carre, Rev. Mr., his Sermons,' i. 328.
Carstares' State Papers,' i. 399 n.

Carte, Thomas, his Life of the Duke of Ormond,' i. 425.
Carter, Mr., i. 505, 513.-Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 46 n., 53,
54, 61 n., 69 n., 82, 234 n.; ii. 118, 293, 377, 399.-8
contributor to the Rambler,' i. 82.-Johnson's letter
to, i. 130.-her character of Johnson, ii. 431 n.
Carteret, John, Lord, afterwards Earl Granville, i. 167 n.
Carthage, ii. 356.

Carthusians, order of, ii. 33.
Cascades, i. 492.

Cast of Johnson, Nollekens', ii. 135, 139.
Castes of men, ii. 290.

Castiglione, 'Il Corteggiano' of, the best book on good-
breeding, i. 418.

Catcot, George, the pewterer of Bristol, ii. 67.
Cathcart, Charles, ninth Earl, ii. 192.
'Catholicon,' ii. 16, 16 n.

'Cato,' Addison's, ii. 165, 399.-learnt Greek at an ad-
vanced age, ii. 385.

Cator, Mr. John, ii. 5, 266, S71, 391.

Cave, Mr. Edward, character and anecdotes of, i. 38, 43,
59, 61, 65 n., 84, 86, 110, 130, 532, 287 n., 294, 295; ii.
437.-Johnson's letters to, i. 32, 40, 45, 46, 47, 52, 53, 62.
-Latin verses addressed to him by Johnson, i. 43, 43 n.
-his letter to Richardson respecting the Rambler,' i.
84. his Life by Johnson, i. 110; ii. 472 n.
Cawdor Castle, i. 361, 561 n.; ii. 554.
Cecil, Colonel, i. 296 n.

'Cecilia,' Miss Burney's, ii. 348.
Cervantes, ii. 258.

Certainties, small, the bane of men of talents, i. 509.
Chadworth, Lord, ii. 500.

Chalmers, George, Esq., i. 60 n.-Alexander, Esq., editor
of the British Essayists,' i. 82 n., 85 n., 87 n., 91 n.,
269 n., 304 n., 91.-his Lessons in Biography,' ii. 519.
Chamberlaine, Mrs., i. 510 n.
Chamberlayne, Rev. Mr., ii. 383.

Chambers, Ephraim, his Proposal for his Dictionary, i.
90.-Johnson's style founded partly upon that of, i. 90,
90 n.-Robert, afterwards Sir Robert, i. 118, 234, 321,
322, 325, 358, 474, 475, 477; ii. 188 n., 281.-some ac-
count of, i. 113 n.-Johnson's character of, ii. 281.-
Johnson's letter to, i. 118.-Mrs. and Miss, i. 475 n.-
Sir William, his Chinese Architecture,' ii. 334, 334 n.
-Heroic Epistle' to, quoted, i. 387; ii. 161 n., 392 n.
-Catharine, Johnson's maid-servant, i. 146 n., 147.
148, 242.

Chamier, Anthony, Esq., i. 212, 358; ii. 81 n., 96, 138,

153.

Champion,' a periodical paper, i. 68.
Chancellors, how chosen, 1. 285.

Chapone, Hester, formerly Miss Mulso, a contributor to
the Rambler,' i. 81; ii. 491.-account of her meeting
Johnson, i. 101.-Johnson's letter to, ii. 361.
Charade, Johnson's, on Dr. Barnard, ii. 336.
Character, influence of, ii. 193.

Characters, first instance of delineation of, ii. 253.-
how historians should draw, ii. 218.-showing only the
bright side of, ii. 274.-extraordinary, generally exag-
gerated, ii. 38.

Charing Cross, i. 516.

Charity, Christian, ii. 379.-judicious distribution of, i.

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