The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.

She Stoops to Conquer,' i. 303 n., 306, 309, 313.
Shiels, Mr. Robert, i. 75, 75 n. ; ii. 60, 60 n., 62, 95, 559.
'Ship of Fools,' Barclay's, i. 119.

Shipley, Dr. Jonathan, Bishop of St. Asaph, i. 483 n.,
485 n. ; ii. 57 n., 78, 152, 229, 230, 233 n., 284 N., 290
n., 361.

Shippen, William, Esq., ii. 112.
Shoe-buckles, i. 326.

Shop-keepers of London, i. 348, 349.

Short-hand, i. 310; ii. 160, 160 n., 326.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, the Scottish antiquary, ii. 144.

Sick, duty of telling truth to the, ii. 388, 388 n.-cham-
ber, ii. 354.

Siddons, Mrs., her visit to Johnson, ii. 359.-Mr. Kem-
ble's minute of what passed, ii. 359.

Simpson, Joseph, i. 100; ii. 59.-Johnson's letter to, i.
150.-some account of, ii. 59.-Thomas, the engineer,
i. 153 n.

Smith, Rev. Edward, his verses on Pococke, the oriental
linguist, ii. 159.-Dr. Adam, i. 24, 194, 326, 329, 453;
ii. 53, 184, 300.-his Wealth of Nations,' ii. 30.-his
interview with Johnson, i. 453, 453 n. ; ii. 184 n.-dif-
ference between Johnson and, ii. 250 n.-Garrick's
opinion of, ii. 251 n.
Smithson, Sir Hugh, i. 173.

Smoking, i. 137, 340 n., 341.

Smollett, Dr. Tobias, i. 60, 151.-his letter to Wilkes, i.
151.--his epitaph, corrected by Johnson, i. 453.-com-
missary, i. 452.

'Sober,' in the ' Idler,' intended as Johnson's portrait,
ii. 264.

Society, ii. 169.-civilized, its customs, i. 198, 199, 200,
227.-our duties to, i. 227.

Socrates, ii. 158, 285.-learned to dance at an advanced
age, ii. 285.

'Solamen Miseris socios,' &c. the author of, undiscov.
ered, ii. 332 n.

Solander, Dr., i. 279, 280, 438, 438 n. ; ii. 58.
Soldiers, i. 367; ii. 52, 158.

Solitude, i. 243; ii. 351.-dangerous to reason, ii. 256.-
not favourable to virtue, ii. 256.-reasons against, ii.
307.

Somerville, James, thirteenth lord, ii. 273.-some ac-
count of, ii. 273.

Somnambulism, Dr. Blacklock's, i. 335 n.
Sorrow, i. 342; ii. 289.

Sorbonne, ii. 16.

Souls, Johnson's notion of the middle state of, after
death, i. 100.

Sounds, i. 297.

South, Dr., his 'Sermons,' i. 267 ; ii. 151.—his Sermons
on prayer recommended by Johnson, i. 267.
Southwark, people of, ii. 242 n.
Southwell, Robert, his stanzas upon the Image of
Death,' i. 486 n.-Thomas, second lord, ii. 241, 329.—
some account of, ii. 240 n.-Lady Margaret, ii. 240.--
Johnson's letter to, ii. 240.-some account of, ii. 240 n.
Spain, no country less known than, i. 158, 184, 202.
Spanish plays, ii. 247.

Speaking, public, i. 516.-of one's-self, ii. 181.
Speculum Humanæ Salvationis,' ii. 15.

'Spectator, the,' i. 85 n., 304, 305, 528 ; ii. 61, 145, 251,
253, 284, 291.

Statuary, ii. 34, 34 n.

Staunton, Dr., afterwards Sir George, Johnson's letter
to, i. 159.-some account of, i. 159 n.

Steele, Sir Richard, i. 70 n., 511; ii. 38, 291.-his 'Chris-
tian Hero,' ii. 38.-Addison's conduct towards, ii. 274,
274 n.

Steevens, George, Esq., i. 268, 271, 301, 303, 474, 529,
529 n. ii. 87, 129, 165, 165 n., 195, 209, 152, 377 n.,
395, 436, 443.-Johnson's letter to, ii. 87.-anecdotes
of Johnson by, ii. 505.

Stephani, account of the, ii. 243.

Sterne, Rev. Lawrence, i. 292, 308; ii. 253 n., 297.-
his Tristram Shandy,' ii. 38.-his Sermons,' ii. 464,

464 n.

Stews, licensed, ii. 55.

Stillingfleet, Benjamin, Esq., ii. 297.

Stirling, corporation of, Johnson's argument in favour
of, i. 529, 541.

Stockdale, Rev. Perceval, i. 143, 280; ii. 393 n.-his' Re-
monstrance,' a poem, i. 270.-some account of, i. 270 n.
Stonehenge, ii. 358, 358 n..

Stories, truth essential to, ii. 266.
Story telling, ii. 266.

Stowell, Lord, i. 38 n., 118 n., 151 n., 205, 267, 275 n.,
275, 325, 327, 327 n., 335 n., 380 n., 474, 477; ii. 156,
158, 158 n., 176, 231, 231 n., 234, 291.-his character
of Boswell, i. 471.-his account of Coulson, the ec-
centric, i. 493 n.

Strahan, Rev. Mr., i. 97, 217, 240 n., 310, 310 n., 352 n.,
507, 508, 509; ii. 238 n, 375.-difference between
Johnson and, ii. 198.-publishes Johnson's 'Prayers
and Meditations,' i. 97.-Johnson's letters to, i. 217; ii.
198.-William, Esq., ii. 198, 294, 333.-his letter re-
commending Johnson to be brought into parliament, i.
274.-Mrs., Johnson's letters to, ii. 294, 311.
Stratagem, ii. 162.

Streatfield, Mrs., ii. 261 n.

Streatham, i. 257; ii. 194, 261, 289.
Strichen, Lord, i. 357 n.

Strickland, Mrs., ji. 16, 18 n., 95 n.

Stuart family, i. 153, 195, 307; ii. 111.-Hon. and Rev.
William, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, and Pri-
mate of Ireland, ii. 337.-Hon. Colonel James, father
of the present Lord Wharncliffe, ii. 216, 224, 224 n.-
Andrew, Esq., i. 311.-his 'Letters to Lord Mansfield
on the Douglas Cause,' i. 271; ii. 48.-Francis, i. 75;
ii. 225, 229, 369, 371, 530.-some account of, ii. 530.—
Rev. James, translator of the scriptures into Erse, i.
236 n., 237.

Study, plan of, i. 185, 194, 203, 205, 206, 230, 322 ; ii. 166,
194, 209, 220, 245, 249.

Style, i. 89, 90, 91; ii. 155 n., 165, 268, 277, 278.-Bur-
rowes's Essay on Johnson's, i. 89 n.-Addison's and
Johnson's compared, i. 92.-Johnson's character of
Addison's, i. 91.-various kinds of, i. 298.-metaphori-
cal expression a great excellence in, ii. 121.-of Eng.
lish writers, how far distinguishable, ii. 164.—of dif
ferent painters, how far distinguishable, ii. 164.
Subordination, ii. 208.-necessary to human happiness,
i. 199, 200, 229, 307, 321.-impaired in England, by the
increase of money, ii. 157.-in society, duty of main-
taining, i. 511.

Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, i. 266, 282, 282
n., 342.

Succession, ii. 23, 25.
Suetonius, ii. 106 n.

Suicide, i. 311, 339; ii. 318, 349.

Sunday consultations, lawyers', i. 255, 305, 307, 436, 529.
-Johnson's mode of passing, i. 129, 225, 305, 436.
Superstition of the press, prejudiced to good literature,
ii. 185.

Superiors, deference to, i. 356, 356 n.

Superstitions, i. 214, 291. 429; ii. 202.
Suppers, ii. 174.

'Surveillance,' no English word to describe, i. 509 n.
Suspicion, ii. 103.

Swallows, i. 247.

Swearing in conversation, i. 288.
Swene's stone, i. 360.

Swift, Johnson's prejudice against, i. 334.-his Tale of a
Tub,' i. 202, 202 n., 334.-Earl Gower's letter to, con-
cerning Johnson, i. 50.-Johnson's opinion of, í. 173,
176 n., 202, 252, 334, 334 n., 507.—his 'conduct of

'Talk,' and 'conversation,' Johnson's distinction be.
tween, ii. 333.

Talkers, exuberant public, ridiculed, i. 316.

Talking above the capacity of one's company, ii. 333.
Tallow-chandler, story of one, i. 516.

Tasker, Rev. William, ii. 204, 319.-his Carmen Secu-
lare' of Horace, ii. 204.-his Ode to the Warlike
Genius of Britaiù,' ii. 204, 327 n.-some account of, ii.
204 n.

Tasso, ii. 184.--Hoole's translation of, ii. 256.--Johnson's
elegant Dedication of Hoole's translation of, to the
Queen, i. 123.

Taste, i. 298-refinement of, ii. 406.
Tavern, the chair of a, ii. 39.

Tavern's, ii. 38, 39 n., 284.

Tavistock, Lady, her excessive grief for the loss of her
husband, i. 262.

Taxation no Tyranny,' i. 505, 515; it. 94, 140, 166.-
sundry suppressed passages in, i. 506.

Taylor, Jeremy, i. 90; ii. 383 n., 386, 439 n., 443.-his
forms of prayer, ii. 385, 385 n.-Rev. Dr. John, i. 20,
21, 29, 67, 74, 78, 90 n., 99, 161, 227 n., 271, 289; it.
45, 48, 78, 104 n., 104, 109, 111, 113, 119, 124, 128, 129,
134, 186 n., 213, 350, 373 n.-Johnson's letters to, i.
99;
ii. 350, 374.-Chevalier, ii. 211.-John, Esq., i. 33
n., 79 n., 244 n.

Tea, Johnson's defence of, and fondness for, i. 133, 135,
327; ii. 133, 157, 399.

Thicknesse, Philip, Esq., his 'Travels,' ii. 147.

Things, attention to small, ii. 335.

Thinking too well of mankind, it. 398

Thirty-nine Articles, the, i. 52, 67.

Thirlby, Dr. Styan, ii. 243, 323.

Thomas, Mr. Nathaniel, ii. 84 n.

Thompson, William, author of the 'Man in the Moon,'
i. 470.

Thomson, the poet, i. 202, 251; ii. 62, 91, 95, 102, 196,
273 n.-Rev. James, his case, ii. 71.-Johnson's argu-
ment in favour of, ii. 112.

Thornton, Bonnel, Esq., i. 84, 89 n., 108 n.--his burlesque
'Ode on St. Cecilia's Day,' i. 190.-Mr. Henry, ii.
242 n.

Thoughts, inquisitive and perplexing, Johnson's prayer
against, ii. 422.-in Prison, Dr. Dodd's, ii. 160.
Thrale, Henry, Esq., i. 135, 218, 222, 252, 274, 365, 418,
494; ii. 45, 51, 55, 91, 100, 202, 213, 242 n., 261, 282,
286, 288, 294, 398.-Johnson's introduction into the
family of, i. 218, 220, 221; ii. 242, 242 n.-his design
of bringing Johnson into parliament, i. 274.-Johnson's
letters to, ii. 79, 100.-his Address to the Electors of
Southwark, written by Johnson, ii. 240.-his death, ii.
288, 813.-sale of his brewery, ii. 307.-Mrs., see Pi-
ozzi, Johnson's Latin Ode to, i. 375, 375 n.

Threshing, i. 413.

Thuanus, Johnson's proposed translation of, ii. 437.
Thucydides, ii. 184.

Thurlow, Lord, ii. 331.--Boswell's letter to, on Johnson's
proposed tour to Italy, ii. 401.-Johnson's letters to,
fi. 412, 413, 413 n.-his letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds,
ii. 413-his letter to Boswell, ii. 405, 422.—his letter to
Johnson, i. 241.—on the liberty of the pulpit, ii. 71.
Tillotson, Archbishop, style of his Sermons, ii. 151.
Time and space, ii. 251.

Timidity, ii. 391.

Titi, History of Prince, ii. 12 n.

Toasts, ii. 252.

Toleration, i. 317, 318; ii. 246.-universal, ii. 206, 246.
Tomkeson, Mr., Johnson's letter to, ii. 358.

Tooke, Rev. John Horne, ii. 177 n.-his 'Letter to Mr.
Dunning on the English Particle,' ii. 195.-his' Diver-
sions of Purley,' ii. 195 n.

Topham, the King versus, for a libel against Earl Cow-
per, deceased, ii. 54 n.

Tories, i. 308, 416; ii. 182, 191, 263, 294, 336.

Tory, Johnson's definition of, i. 126.—and Whig, John-
son's description of, ii. 301, 384.

Tradeswomen, ii. 194.

Tradition, i. 345.

Tragedy, the purpose of. ii. 63.

Tragic-acting, Johnson's contempt of, i. 332.
Translation, ii. 62.

Translations, i. 235; ii. 155.
Transubstantiation, i. 345, 350.

'Transpire,' definition of the word, ii. 191, 191 n.
Trapaud, Mr., i. 366, 367.

Travel, Lord Essex's advice on, i. 195.

'Traveller,' Goldsmith's, i. 188, 213, 226, 313, 444, 153.
Travelling, i. 170, 185, 195, 206, 272; ii. 39, 51, 62, 67,
147, 159, 172. 194, 195.-the use of, i. 557.-in quest
of health, Johnson's rules for, ii. 320.

Travels, books of, i. 551; ii. 173.—writers of, i. 530.
Treason, constructive, ii. 390.

Trees, paucity of, in Scotland, i. 344, 344 n., 346, 553.
Trial by duel, i. 327.

Trianon, ii. 14.

Trifles, i. 137.-duty of attending to, i. 137, 196; ii. 195.
Trimlestown, Lord, ii. 143, 143 n.

Trinity, i. 319, 350.

Tristram Shandy,' ii. 38.

Troughton, Lieutenant, the wanderer, i. 488, 488 n.
Trusler, Rev. Dr. John, his 'Principles of Politeness,' ii.
68 n.

Truth, great importance of a regard to, i. 197, 199, 144,
218, 388, 418, 432.-the bond of society, ii. 169.-dif-
ference between physical and moral, ií. 244, 244 n.—
essential to stories, ii. 32.

Tuam, Archbishop of, afterwards Earl of Mayo, ii. 353.
Tunbridge Wells, Johnson at, i. 76.

Tull's husbandry, i. 436.

Turks, ii. 27.

Turton, Dr., I. 33.

'Turkish Spy,' i. 443.—the authors of, ii. 338, 338 n.
Twalmley, the inventor of the ironing box, ii. 336.

Twining, Rev. Thomas, his translation of Aristotle's
'Poeticks,' ii. 63 n.

Twiss, Richard, Esq., his 'Travels in Spain,' i. 519 ;
ii. 3 n.

Tyers, Mr. Thomas, i. 76, 111, 134, 136 n., 220, 472; ii.
27, 86 n., 175.-some account of, i. 136.—his descrip-
tion of Johnson, i. 346.

Tyrconnel, Lord, i. 70.

Tyrwhitt, Thomas, Esq., his 'Vindication,' ii. 311 n.
Tytler, William, Esq., i. 153, 417, 460, 470 p., 502.-his
character of Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides,' i
502.-Alexander Fraser, Lord Wodehouselie, i. 460,

465.

Union, Scotch, i. 333, 333 n.—with Ireland, Johnson's
prophecy as to the effects of, ii. 123,

'Universal History,' list of the authors of, ii. 429, 429 n.
--Warburton's character of, ii. 429 n.-Gibbon's char-
acter of, ii. 429 n.

'Universal Visiter,' Johnson's essays in, i. 131.
Universities, English, not sufficiently rich, ii. 53.
'Unius lacertæ,' meaning of the expression in Juvenal,
ii. 154.

Urban, Sylvanus, Johnson's Latin ode to, i. 43, 532

INDEX.

"Vicious Intromission,' i. 300, 302, 336.-Johnson's argu-

ment in favour of, í. 537.

Vidit et erubuit,' &c. by whom written, ii. 174, 174 n.
Vilette, Rev. Mr., ii. 402, 402 n., 434 n.

Villiers, Sir George, ghost story respecting, ii. 194.
Vincent, Dr., i. 129 n.

"Vindication of Natural Society, Burke's, i. 206 n.
Virgil, i. 172; ii. 129.-Johnson's juvenile translations
from, i. 531.-comparative excellence of Homer and, ii.
129.-superior to Theocritus, ii. 242.-his description
of the entrance into Hell applied to a printing house,
i. 431.

Virtue, i. 195; ii. 169, 190, 193, 194, 257.-happiness de-
pendent upon, ii. 169.

"Vision of Theodore the Hermit,' considered by Johnson
his best writing, i. 76.

'Viva! viva la padrona!' Johnson's all' improviso imi-
tation of, ii. 115.

Vivacity, ii. 43, 43 n.

Voltaire, i. 196, 223, 228, 431; ii. 97, 185.-his Candide'
similar in plan to Johnson's' Rasselas,' i. 148; ii. 195.
-a good narrator, i. 170.-his attack on Johnson, i.
223.-his distinction of Pope and Dryden, i. 226.

Voting, right of, i. 516.

Vows, i. 232, 234; ii. 196.

Vyse, Rev. Dr., i. 146; ii. 97, 10 n., 423 n.-Johnson's
letters to, ii. 98, 241, 242.

Weariness, ii. 7.

Wages of labourers, i. 413; ii. 330.

Wales, Johnson's tour to, i. 478.-Prince of, his situation,
ii. 332.

Walker, the actor, the original Macheath, i. 527.-Mr.
Joseph Cooper, i. 139; ii. 93 n.-John, the master of
elocution, ii. 144.

Wall, Dr., the physician, ii. 385.

Waller, Edmund, the poet, i. 349, 525; ii. 182 n., 267,
528.-Johnson's Life of, ii. 268.-his 'Divine Poesie,' ii.
384 n.

Walmsley, Gilbert, Esq., his character, by Johnson, i.
28, 33, 37, 80, 195.-his letter, recommending Jolinson
and Garrick, i. 38.

Walpole, Horace, afterwards Eari of Orford, i. 145 n.,
238 n., 517 n.; ii. 65 n., 83, 226, 298, 334 n., 391.-his
humourous description of the Batheaston vase, i. 515 n.
-his amusing, but often inaccurate Reminiscences'
quoted, i. 517 n.-his character of Johnson, ii. 392 n.-
Sir Robert, i. 50, 257 n., 299, 421, 442, 520; ii. 112, 286.-
Johnson's constant opposition to his government, i. 55.
Walsh, Mr. Saunders, ii. 59 n.

Walton, Isaac, his Life of Bishop Sanderson quoted, ii.
443.-his Angler,' i. 479.—his 'Lives,' i. 477, 493, 526;
ii. 37, 90.

War, i. 310; ii. 151, 249, 343, 355.

Warburton, Dr., i. 62, 71, 76, 110 m., 113, 141, 240, 240
n., 348 n., 352, 363; ii. 130, 175, 271.-his 'Doctrine of
Grace,' i. 352.-Johnson's high opinion of, i. 114.-
made a bishop by Pope, i. 240 n., 348 n.-his charac-
ter of Johnson's Observations on Macbeth,' i. 71.-
writes the preface to Clarissa,' i. 110 R.-Johnson's
character of, ii. 271, 272, 273, 383.-Johnson's conduct
towards, ii. 271 n.-his contest with Lowth, i. 363.

Ward, the noted doctor, ii. 211.
Warrants, general, i. 255.

565

Warley camp, Johnson at, ii. 197.
Warner, Richard, his 'Tour through the Northern Coun-
ties,' ii. 424 n.

Warren, Mr., the first Bookseller at Birmingham, i. 30.
Warton, Dr. Thomas, i. 67, 81 n., 110 n., 116, 118, 124,
134, 142, 253; ii. 37, 113 n., 144, 166 n., 232, 244.--
Johnson's letters to, i. 116, 118, 119, 122, 124, 125, 131,
139, 143, 223, 253, 271; ií. 232, 233.-his account of
Johnson's conversations at Oxford, i. 116.-his senti-
ments on Johnson's Dictionary, i. 122.-Johnson's
parodies on his bad style of poetry, ii. 113, 113 n.,
114, 114 n.-Dr. Joseph, i. 96, 200, 225, 241, 272,
289; ii. 80 n., 81, 217 n.-Johnson's letters to, i. 107,
108, 272.-Richard, Esq., author of 'Roncesvalles,' i.
208 n.

Wasse, his Greek Trochaics to Bentley, i. 487.
Waste, ii. 158.

Watson, Bev. Dr. Richard, Bishop of Llandaff, i. 340,
343, 344; ii. 301, 301 n.-his Chemical Essays,' ii.
301, 353.-Dr. Robert, his History of Philip the Sec-
ond,' i. 340; ii. 89.

Watts, Dr., i. 134; ii. 99, 196, 201.-Johnson's Life of,
ii. 99.

Way, Daniel, Esq., ii. 317 n.—Mrs., ii. 358.

Weather, its influence on the mind, i. 142, 193, 201; it.
418.-the English rallied by the French for talking of
the, i. 193 n.

Wealth, i. 310; ii. 30, 158, 304.-right employment of,
ii. 329.

Webster, Rev. Dr. Alexander, i. 337, 337 n., 472, 475.
Wedderburne, Alexander, afterwards Lord Loughbo-
rough, i. 162, 176, 522 n.; ii. 31 n., 49, 266 n.
Wedding ring, Johnson's, i. 98.

Welch, Saunders, Esq., i. 183; ii. 138, 139 n., 216.-
Johnson's letter to, ii. 138.

Wellesley, Marquess, ii. 56 n., 188 n.

Welsh language, i. 487.-parson, occurrence between
Johnson and, i. 490 n.

Wentworth, Mr., Jobnson's schoolmaster at Stourbridge,
1. 18, 19.

Wesley, Rev. John, i. 331, 331 n.; ii. 28 n., 145, 170,
213, 291.-Johnson's letters to, ii. 28, 213.-his ghost
story. ii. 170, 213.-Charles, ii. 170.

West, his translation of Pindar,' ii. 252.
Westcote, Lord, afterwards second Lord Lyttelton, ii.
236.

Wetherell, Rev. Dr. i. 523; ii. 28, 35.-Johnson's letter
to, ii. 28.

Wheeler, Rev. Dr. Benjamin, i. 492; ii. 200, 239, 353.
-Johnson's letter to, ii. 200.-some account of, ii.
200 n.

Whig,' Johnson's definition of a, i. 126.-and Tory, ii.
384.

Whiggism, Johnson's definition of, i. 167, 195; ii. 182.
Whigs, i. 416, 506, 559; ii. 92, 203, 347.

Whitaker, Rev. James, his History of Manchester,' ii.

185.

White, Rev. Dr. Joseph, Johnson's letter to, i. 303.-
some account of, i. 303 n.-Rev. Henry, ii. 424.
Whitbread, Samuel, Esq., epigram quoted by him, in al-
lusion to the marriage of an Austrian Archduchess with
Buonaparte, i. 401 n.

Whitby's Commentary,' i. 418.

Whitehead, Paul, i. 47; ii. 360.-William, i. 74, 181.
Whitefield, Rev. George, i. 26, 257, 331; ii. 220, 220 n.-
his character, i. 26, 257, 331.

Whitgift, Isaac Walton's eulogy on, ii. 288 n.

Whole Duty of Man,' conjectures as to the author of, i.
314, 314 n.

Whyte, Mr. Edward Anthony, i. 509 n., 510 n.
Wickedness, i. 394; ii 257.

Wickens, Mr., of Lichfield, anecdotes of Johnson by, ii.

501.

Wife, i. 248, 256.-Johnson's advice on the choice of a,
i. 248, 398; ii. 219.-requisites in, ii. 219.-—a whining
one, ii. 257.—an insipid one, ii. 257.-a honeysuckle,
ii. 257.--a fraudulent, ii, 394.
Wigs, i. 377 n.; ii. 181.

Wilcox, Mr., the bookseller, 1. 38, 38 n.
Wilkes, John, Esq., i. 128, 151, 159 n., 255, 261, 270, 330,
n., 387, 442; ii. 31 n., 72, 75, 76, 125, 142, 181, 234,
273, 274, 294, 295 n, 296, 348.-his conduct during the
riots in 1780, ii. 234, 234 n.-his jeu d'esprit on John-
son's Dictionary, i. 128.-Johnson's opinion of, i. 179,
442, 442 n.; ii. 125.-meetings between him and John-
son, ii. 72.-Israel, Esq., ii. 72.
Will, Johnson's, ii. 447.

Will-making, i. 321.

Will' and Shall,' Johnson's use of the words, i. 32 n

William the Third, Johnson's character of, i. 517, 517 n. ;
ii. 112.
Williams, Mr. Zachariah, his attempts to ascertain the
longitude, i. 129.-some account of, i. 129 n.-Mrs.
Auna, i. 57, 100-1, 130, 190, 206, 234 n., 264; ii. 5, 58,
58 n., 97, 100, 102, 353, 354, 356, 357.-her death, ii.
354.-Miss Helen Maria, ii. 380.-her Ode on the
Peace,' ii. 380, 380 n.-her death, ii. 380 n.-Sir Charles
Haubury, i. 239, 414.

Wilson, Rev. Thomas, his Archæological Dictionary,'
ii. 323.-his character, ii. 323 .-Johnson's letter to,
ii. 323.

Windham, Right Hon. William, i. 502, 502 n.; ii. 96,
195, 333, 338, 377, 416, 433, 486, 529.-Johnson's letters,
to, ii. 349, 419.-particulars of his last interview with
Johnson, from his private journal, ii. 440, 440 n.
Windus's Journey to Mequinez,' i. 487.
Wine, i. 172, 296, 298, 340, 393; ii. 33, 64, 64 n., 120, 150,
152, 174, 182, 183, 186, 207.-reason of Johnson's absti-
nence from, i. 39 n.

Winifred's Well, i. 484.

Wise, Dr. Francis, i. 117.

Wisedom, Robert, his prayer, i. 486, 486 n.

Wit, ii. 64, 296 n.

Witchcraft, i. 335, 378, 378 n.

Witches, i. 294.-in Macbeth, i. 360.

Wives, ii. 253, 256.-effects of their non-compliance on

petty occasions, ii. 219.

Wolfe's Choice of difficulties,' 371, 371 n.

Women, i. 398, 440 n., 525; ii. 167.-without religion,
ii. 219.-of quality, ii. 195.

Wood, Anthony, i. 20.

Woodcocks, i. 247, 316.

Woodhouse, the poetical shoe-maker, i. 171, 221.

Wooll, Rev. John, his Memoirs of Dr. Warton,' ii. 232.
Worcester, i. 491.

'Word to the wise,' Johnson's prologue to, ii. 93.

'World,' the, i. 190.-injustice of the complaints against
the, ii. 328.

'World Displayed,' Johnson writes the Introduction to,
i. 150.

Worthington, Dr. William, i. 486 n., 488, 491.
Wraxhall, Sir Nathaniel William, ii. 232.
Wrexham, i. 490.

Wright, Mr. Richard, of Lichfield, ii. 469.
Writers, modern, the moons of literature, ii. 185.
Writers to the Signet, i. 444 n.

Writing, alleged pleasure in, ii. 34.

Xenophon, ii. 205.-his Treatise of Economy,' ii. 84.-
his Retreat of the Ten Thousand,' ii. 253.-his' Mem-
orabilia,' ii. 200 n.
Xerxes, ii. 132.

Yalden, the poet, ii. 201.
Yates, Mrs., ii. 227.
Yonge, Sir William, 1. 79, 286.
Yorick's Sermons,' i. 308 n.

York Jail, i. 551.-Minster, i. 551.

Young, Dr., i. 87, 416; ii. 153, 277, 280 n., 302, 387-his
"Night Thoughts,' i. 263, 416.-his Conjecture on
original Composition,' i. 416.—his 'Love of Fame,' i.
416.-Life of, by the Rev. Herbert Croft, ii. 277.-his
'Universal Passion,' ii. 278.-his writings described by
Johnson, ii. 278.

Young people, Johnson's fondness for, i. 20.
Yvres, History of the House of, ii. 337.

'Zenobia,' a tragedy, i. 246.
'Zobeide,' a tragedy, ii. 63.
Zouch, Rev. Mr., ii. 90 n.

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