JAMAICA characterized, ii. 359.
James I. King, a remarkable conversation between him and
the Bishops of Durham and Winchester, ix. 230. Wrote in
defence of Witchcraft, iii. 72. Characterized, ii. 354.
Ianthe, her character, iv. 121.
Java, island of, account of, and of the inhabitants, xii. 143.
Icolmkill, account of, viii. 395.
Idleness, its fatal effects, v. 89. Its competition with pride, vii.
121. Character of the true votaries of, 121. Under the ap-
pearance of business, ridiculed, 191.
Idler, definition of an, vii. 1. The peculiar characteristick of
man, 2. Has no rivals or enemies, 3. His privilege to form
schemes, 3. Always inquisitive, and seldom retentive, 3.
Naturally censorious, 4. May sometimes be stimulated to
vigour and activity, 4. Invites correspondents, 4. Laments
his not having received any essays, 6. A genuine one de-
scribed, 34. Enemies to the Idler, 36. Journal of a genuine
one, 129. His farewell, 408.
Idlers, the various employment of, vii. 64.
bated, 65.
Jenyns, Soame, review of his Free Enquiry into the Nature and
Origin of Evil, viii. 23.
Ignorance of ourselves, the source of most errors in human con-
duct, iv. 158. And admiration, their mutual and reciprocal
operation, v. 25.
Images, how the same images strike the mind in a similar man-
ner, as Spring, Night, Grove, &c. iii. 238.
Imagination, the danger of indulging the excursions and amuse-
ments of it, iii. 422. v. 110.
Imitation of others, when attended with servility, highly cen-
surable, vi. 145.
Imlac, the history of, ii. 323. Son of a merchant at Goiama, 324.
Receives 10,000 pieces of gold of his father, for the purpose of
trading, 325. Resolves on travelling instead of trading, 326.
Arrives at Surat, and is plundered by his servants and de-
pendants, 327. Arrives at Agra, the capital of Indostan, 328.
Proceeds through Persia and Arabia, 329. Becomes a poet,
330. Resides three years in Palestine, 334. Becomes impa-
tient to return to his native country, 338. His disappoint-
ment of finding happiness, on his return, his father being
dead, and divided his estate amongst his brothers, they left the
country, and he found hardly a person who knew him, 339.
His retreat to the happy valley, 340.
Leaves the happy valley
with Rasselas and Nekayah, 347.
Impatience of study, the mental disease of the present generation,
Imperia, her ambition and pride, v. 283.
Inch Keith, island of, account of, viii. 205.
Inch Kenneth, account of, viii. 384. Account of a remarkable
cave there, 388.
Inconsistency, distinguished from diversity, iii. 325.
Incontinence, the effect of the magnet in the detection of, v. 341.
A scheme for the detection of it proposed, 344.
Independents and Presbyterians, account of the disputes between
them at Oxford, on the authority of ministers, xii. 200.
Indian, speech of an Indian on the European encroachments,
Indians of America, considerations on their granting their lands
to foreign nations, ii. 338. The English and French both to
be considered as robbers quarrelling for the spoil, 340.
Indians on the coast of Brazil, their method of taking ostriches,
xii. 108. Account of them, 109.
Indolence, the difficulty of being reformed from it, vi. 93.
Industry, necessary, as well as genius, to acquire an eminence
in literary productions, iv. 165. 167.
Ingratitude, the peculiar baseness and infamy of it, vi. 51. The
effect of great depravity of mind, 51.
Injuries, the forgiveness of them necessary to happiness, vi. 260.
When easiest to be practised, 261. The motives to encourage
it, 261.
Innocence, the great prerogative of this excellent quality, iv. 434.
Interest, the influence of it upon the resolutions and actions of
life, vi. 250. A destroyer of friendship, vii. 90.
Inverary, account of, viii. 405.
Inverness, account of, viii. 233. Account of the castle of Mac-
beth, 233.
Jocularity, must be caught at a particular point, iii. 4.
John, King, observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 149.
Johnson, his Tour to the Western Islands. See Hebrides.
Johnson, Dr. life of, i. 1. Is presented with the freedom of Aber-
deen, viii. 222. Conceived the first thoughts of the Journey
to the Hebrides whilst resting by the side of a river in the High-
lands, 251. His opinion of the authenticity of the poems of
Ossian, 351. Select letters of, from Mrs. Piozzi's collection,
xii. 331. Select prayers and meditations, 441. Prayers and
devotional exercises, 449.
Johnson, Mr. (of the Lay Monastery), his character, x. 210.
Mrs. See Stella.
Iona, account of, viii. 390.
Jonson, Ben, made his own plots, ix. 330. Characterized as a
Jortin, Mr. assists Pope in the notes to the Iliad, xi. 81.
Journal, of a senior fellow of a college, vii. 129.
Journey into Devonshire, exaggeratingly related, vii. 198.
Ireland, may date its riches and prosperity from the patronage of
Dean Swift, xi. 37.
Irene, a tragedy, i. 223.
Iron, every where to be found, vii. 146. More valuable for the
use of man than gold, 146. Necessarics of life plentiful as
iron, superfluities scarce as gold, 146.
Julian Port, account of the inhabitants of, xii. 113.
Julius Cæsar, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, ii. 214.
Junius, his writings characterized, viii. 129.
Junius (the Grammarian), account of his writings, ii. 39.
Justice, the measure of it prescribed to us, clear and comprehen-
sive, v. 60. A strict regard to it ought to regulate the distri-
butions of mercy, 61. The exercise of it should be softened
by prudence and lenity, 271. First impelled by injustice,
vii. 358. State of the administration of, in the Hebrides, viii.
319.
Juvenal, Satire III. imitated, in London, a poem, i. 191. Sa-
tire X. imitated, in the Vanity of Human Wishes, i. 207.
KAIL, account of that plant, viii. 234.
Kelp, account of the manufacture of, in Sky, viii. 304.
King, William, his life, x. 31. Born in London, 1663, and
allied to Clarendon, 31. Scholar at Westminster, and elected
to Christ-Church, 31. Was said to have read over and made
his remarks on more than 22,000 books and MSS. before he
was of eight years standing, 31. Took his Master's degree as
Grand Compounder, 31. Admitted Advocate at Doctor's Com-
pounder, 32. Wrote a confutation of Varillas's Account of
Wickliffe, 32. Translates several books from the French, 32,
Answers Molesworth's Account of Denmark, 32. Mingled in
the controversy between Boyle and Bentley, 32. In 1699,
writes A Journey to London, 32. Satirizes Sir Hans Sloane
in the Transactioneer, 32. Signalizes himself in the defence
of the Earl of Anglesea against his lady, 33. Made Judge of
the Admiralty, and Keeper of the Records in Birmingham's
Tower, 33. Finds an idle and thoughtless friend in Upton,
33. Returns to London in 1708, 33. Account of his works,
33. Made Gazetteer, which he soon resigned, 34. Died on
Christmas-day, 1712, 35.
Kings, advantages from their being acquainted with the lower
lines of life, xii. 226.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, Pope's Epitaph on him, with the Visitor's
criticisms, xi. 209.
Knolles, Sir Francis, the peculiar excellence of his History of the
Turks, v. 331.
Knowledge, its greatest importance, when useful to virtue and
happiness, v. 72. The desire of acquiring it should be subser-
vient to some nobler principle. 202. The desire of it, in
many, of feeble and transient influence, vi. 223. The failures
to which men devoted to the study of it are peculiarly ex-
posed, 233. The difficulty in obtaining it, vii. 364. The
folly of searching for it in foreign languages, and neglecting
our own, 365.
Knowledge of ourselves, its great use and importance, iv. 158.
The indiscretions and disadvantages which arise from the ne-
glect of it, 158, 159. Necessary to preserve us from crimes
Promoted by scenes of adversity, 186.
Knowledge, Tree of, metaphysically described, ix. 24.
LABOUR and Rest the parents of health and vigour, iv. 218.
The necessity of it considered, viii. 40.
Ladies, many of their indiscretions and errors arise from unac-
quaintance with themselves, iv. 161. Some of their appro-
priate virtues related, v. 165. Several of their degrading
qualities described in the characters of Ferocula, Misothea, and
Sophronia, 268. The folly of rendering themselves cheap, v. 171.
Lady, unfortunate, on whom Pope wrote verses, story of, xi. 69.
Lairds, in Sky, described, viii. 309.
Landsdown, Lord. See Granville, George.
Language, a plan for a society for the reformation, formed by
the Earl of Roscommon assisted by Dryden, ix. 214. The plan
revived by Dr. Swift, 215. The probable consequences of such
a society, 216. Remarks on the purity and propriety of it,
vi. 165. The progress of, vii. 253. The impossibility of re-
ducing it to a fixed standard, ii. 52. Refinement in, obtained
only from books, viii. 349.
Last, the general dread of the last, vii. 408. Reflections on the
use to be made of the last of any human action, 409.
Latrona, her character, vi. 247.
Laud, Abp., account of a dispute between him and Cheynel, xii.
Lauder, William, Letter from, to Mr. Douglas, written by Johnson,
viii. 9.
Laurence, Th. M. D. ad, cum filium peregre agentem desiderio
nimis tristi persequereter, i. 372.
Lay Monastery, account of a periodical paper of that name, pub-
lished as a sequel to the Spectator, x. 209.
Laziness, commonly associated with timidity, v. 402.
Lear, King, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, ii. 218.
Learned Men, their complaints of ill treatment and neglected
merit examined, v. 36. The neglect of some occasioned by
their own inconsistency of conduct, 38. Such become objects
of just contempt, who by their writings seduce others to vice,
41. By various actions exposed to contempt, 420. Their
condescension and affability sources of great esteem, 422. Ad-
vantages from their living in societies, iii. 133.
Learning, Sir R. Blackmore's opinion of, x. 220. Eminence in,
not to be obtained without labour, iv. 139. The possession of
applause on that account, a precarious terure, 140. Its
origin and excellence, 144. Wherein it differs from wit,
145. The mutual advantages from an union with wit, 145.
The proper business of youth, v. 238. Degraded by promis-
cuous and indecent dedications, 413. Wherein the chief art
consists, 418. Literary eminence not to be acquired from the
study of books, vi. 86. Advanced by adhering to a settled
plan, vii. 266. Sometimes improved by accident, 266. Ob-
structions to, 375. Not confined to time or place, 376. The
advantages of, iii. 197, 198. Persius's opinion of, 199. His-
tory of a man of, 415.
Leasowes, rendered elegant by the taste of Shenstone, xi. 279.
Lee, Nath. in conjunction with Dryden wrote the Duke of Guise
and Edipus, ix. 343.
Legacy-Hunter, his character represented in the history of Cap-
tator, vi. 327.
Legendary Tales, burlesque on the modern versification of, i. 354.
Lentulus, his history, iii. 159.
Letters, characters not to be established from them, xi. 156.
Leviculus, his character, vi. 244.
Levet, Dr. Robert, verses on his death, i. 342.
Liar, characterized, iii. 135. Lie of vanity defined, 137. Ought
to be punished at the whipping-post or in the pillory, 140.
Liberalis, the wit, some account of the disagreeable treatment he
met with, vi. 137.
Liberty of the Press, reflections on, x. 320.
Library of the Marischal College, Aberdeen, account of, viii. 220.
Lies, once uttered, sullenly supported, x. 186.
Life, human, the tediousness of, to those who are averse to the
pleasures of solitude, iv. 29. The shortness and uncertainty
of it should determine us to moderate our passions and contract
our desires, 114. The miseries incident to it designed for the
exercise and improvement of virtue, 209. Instinct and pas-
sion the first springs and motives of action in it, 313. Often
distressed by new desires and artificial passions, which strongly
operate, and produce avarice, vanity, and ambition, 314. The
main of it composed of small incidents, 429. The great end
of prudence is to direct some of its principal scenes, 430. The
shortness of it not duly regarded, v. 3. The fragility of it
not duly regarded, 4. Exact calculations of the value of it
more useful in traffick than in morality, 4. The duties of it
commensurate to its duration, 6. Described under the simili-
tude of the ocean, 195. The numerous dangers which attend
our passage through it, 197. The gulph of intemperance pe-
culiarly dangerous and fatal, 199. The numerous blessings
of it to be esteemed and improved as means of happiness, 257.
A conviction of the shortness of it should repress our projects,
and limit our expectations, vi. 147. Of multitudes compared
to a lottery, 244. The general plan of it should be formed
from reflections, 255. On the uncertainty of, vii. 164. Com-
pared to a day and a year, 172. Plans laid down seldom put
in practice, exemplified in the history of Omar, 402. Pos-
sidippus's account of, iii. 234. Metrodorus's account of,
235. Succession of seasons in, as represented by Soame Je-
nyns, viii. 42. Theodore's Vision on the progress of, ii. 454.
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