'Difficile est propriè,' &c., of Horace, iii. 436, 437 n.
Dilatoriness, Johnson's, iv. 401. Dillingham, Miss Anne, iv. 305 n. Dilly, Edward, ii. 231; iii. 428; iv. 142, 219, 224, 264, 269, 271, 474, 492.
his letter to Boswell on the Lives of the Poets,' iii. 474.
Johnson's letter to, iii. 489. "Dining-tables,' Macleod's, ii. 460 n. Dinners, i. 482; iii. 422; iv. 381. Diploma, Johnson's, on being created a doctor of laws, i. 503; iii. 206.
'Dirleton's Doubts,' characterized by Lord Hardwicke, iv. 56. Disarrange,' v. 233.
Disease, its effect on the mind, v. 126. Diseases, acute and chronical, v. 28. Disguise, iv. 372.
Dislike, mutual, iv. 306.
D'Israeli, J., esq., i. 88 n., 94 n., 111 n. ;
ii. 25 n., 208 n.; iv. 243 n., 413 n. Dissimulation, ii. 40. Distinctions, iv. 222. Distrust, iii. 498.
'Divine Legation,' Warburton's, iv. 416. Divine worship, duty of attending, v. 232. Divorces, iv. 215.
Dixie, Sir Wolstan, i. 53, 53 n., 54 n. Dockers and the inhabitants of Plymouth, dispute between, i. 368, 369 n. 'Doctor of Physic,' iii. 172, 247, 529. 'Doctrine of Grace,' Warburton's, ii. 326. Dodd, Rev. Dr. William, iii. 479, 483, 490, 512, 520; iv. 14, 15, 103, 126, 126 n., 139, 139 n.; v. 84, 232. Johnson's assistance to, iii. 484, 503. his letters to Johnson, iii. 507, 509. Johnson's letter to, iii. 511.
his Thoughts in Prison,' iv. 126, 126 n.
his letter descriptive of Johnson's person and manner, iv. 139 n.
Doddington, George Bubb, afterwards Lord Melcombe, i. 185, 185 n., 192 n. ; iv. 430 n.
Doddridge, Dr. Philip, ii. 497, 497 n. Dodsley, Robert, the bookseller, i. 73 n., 95, 159, 166, 173, 177 n., 252, 306, 324, 331; iii. 334, 402; iv. 124, 138, 279, 352.
Donaldson, Alexander, the piratical book- seller, i. 451.
Donne, Dr., his vision, iii. 334, 334 n. 'Don Quixote,' iv. 377.
Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, ii. 284, 284 n.
Dossie, Robert, esq., iv. 343.
Douglas cause, ii. 58, 218, 219 n., 265; iii. 48, 57, 74, 365 n.; iv. 73.
crowned heart in the arms of, iv. 29. Home's tragedy of, iii. 56, 195, 443. Duchess of, ii. 278; iii. 538.
- Rev. Dr. John, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, i. 96, 111, 205, 321, 415, 445; ii. 66; iii. 292; v. 174.
his Milton no Plagiary,' i. 205. Dr., a physician, his collection of editions of Horace, v. 176, 176 n. Dovedale, iii. 129.
Doyle, Sir F. H., i. 281 n. Dragons,' Madame de Sevigné's ap- plication of the word, iv. 292 n.
Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, i. 119.
Draughts, tranquillizing effects of the game, i. 305.
Dream, Johnson's, iv. 337, 395. Dreams, efficacy of, i. 213.
Dreghorn, Lord, i. 481 n.; ii. 285 n.; iii. 239.
'Drelincourt on Death,' ii. 157, 157 n.
- Miss, afterwards Lady Primrose, ii. 421, 421 n.
Dress, i. 174, 405; ii. 77, 84, 257; iii. 59, 125 n., 228, 289 n., 419; iv. 184, 381, 382.
Dressing, time consumed in, ii. 302. Drinking, ii. 185, 295, 338, 386, 435; iii.
168, 168 n.; 324, 325, 405, 423; iv. 98, 98 n., 100, 105, 164, 187, 252, 261, 418 n., 442, 449, 465; v. 161.
to excess, the practice greatly dimi- nished, ii. 295 n.
-Johnson's arguments against, iii. 19; iv. 20.
its effect upon conversation and benevo➡ lence, iii. 405.
by deputy, iv. 190. Dromore, Bishop of, see Percy. Drowning, suicide by, ii. 290. Druids' temple, ii. 340, 363, 543. Drumgoold, Colonel, iii. 283, 287. Drummond, of Hawthornden, ii. 412; iii. 97; iv. 142.
Mr. William, the bookseller, ii. 27, 42 n.; iii. 65, 81, 453.
Johnson's letters to, ii. 27, 29, 30. Dr., iii. 453; iv. 254.
Mr. George, ii. 277.
Drunkards, ii. 295; iv. 261; v. 161.
Dryden, i. 194, 383; ii. 5, 86, 163, 228,
463; iii. 199, 435; iv. 163 n., 214, 251, 272 n., 411-413, 486 n.
Dryden, Johnson's reverence for, iv. 411. his Hind and Panther' quoted, iv. 412.
his philosophical lines on life, v. 200.
Johnson's Life of, v. 411.
Dublin University, premiums in, i. 306. Mr. Flood bequeaths his estate to, i. 311 n.
grant a diploma to Johnson, i. 503. Dubos, Abbé, ii. 90.
Dudley, Rev. Henry Bate, afterwards Sir Henry, v. 196.
some account of, v. 196 n. Duel, ancient trial by, ii. 261.
Duelling, ii. 174, 175 n., 215, 453; v. 92, 92 n.
Du Halde, his 'Description of China,' i. 130; ii. 56; iv. 361. Dulness, iv. 388.
Dunbar, Dr. James, his
History of Mankind,' iv. 77.
Dun Can, ii. 400, 403, 404 n. Duncan's monument, ii. 348, 348 n. Dunces, ii. 86.
'Dunciad,' ii. 85; iii. 209; iv. 203. Duncombe, William, esq., iv. 171.
some account of, iv. 171 n.
Dundas, Henry, esq., afterwards Viscount Melville, i. 254; ii. 153 n.; iv. 66. Dundee, John, Viscount of, his fine epitaph, ii. 293 n. Dundonald Castle, iii. 69. 'Dungeon of Wit,' iii. 38.
Dunning, Mr., afterwards Lord Ashburton, ii. 152; iii. 492; iv. 95.
Dunsinan, William Nairne, Lord, ii. 289, 289 n.; iii. 90.
Dunton, John, the bookseller, his 'Life and Errors,' v. 77.
Dunvegan, ii. 445, 445 n., 457.
Duppa, Richard, esq., his publication of
JOHNSON'S DIARY of a Journey into North Wales,' incorporated, by his per- mission, into the present edition of this work, iii. 124.
'Durandi Rationale, 1459,' the third book printed with a date, iii. 158.
Durham cathedral, iii. 537.
Durham on the Galatians,' iii. 79, 79 n. Durinish, ii. 458.
Dury, Major General A., i. 322.
Dutch language, iv. 91, 353.
Johnson studies it at seventy-one, iv. 353.
Dyer, Samuel, i. 163, 308, 490; ii. 4, 17, 217, 342; iii. 234 n.; iv. 47 n., 97 n., 288, 342. -some account of, ii. 4.
his Fleece,' iii. 340. 'Dying with a grace,' v. 159.
procurators of, Johnson's argument against a prosecution for a libel by, iv. 503, 523.
Education, ii. 7, 181, 332; iii. 325, 417; iv. 18, 256, 353, 466.
of children, i. 21, 464.
Johnson's plan of, i. 69; iv. 256. great influence of, iii. 325. by-roads in, iii. 294.
of the people, ii. 181; iii. 401. in public schools, ii. 319; iii. 294, 377, 377 n.
in England, iv. 225.
Milton's Tractate' on, iv. 225. Locke's Essay on, iv. 225.
Edwards, Thomas, his Canons of Cri- ticism,' i. 251 n.
Mr., on Grace,' iv. 149.
Oliver, Johnson's fellow collegian, iv. 161, 161 464.
- Rev. Dr. Edward, iv. 234; v. 108. his Xenophon's Memorabilia,' iv. 234, 234 n. Eel, iv. 252.
Egalité, Duke of Orleans, v. 53 n. Eglintoune, Alexander, Earl of, ii. 67; iii. 70; iv. 41, 175.
Elephant, Johnson compared to, iv. 392. 'Elements of Criticism,' Lord Kaimes's, i. 119, 403; ii. 90; iv. 102. Elfrida,' Mason's, iii. 210. Elgin, ii. 346, 346 n.; iii. 543. Elibank, Patrick Murray, fifth Lord, ii. 130, 180, 254, 413; iii. 10, 81, 83, 88, 118, 388, 422; iv. 342, 491. - some account of, ii. 130 n. Eliot, Mr., afterwards Lord, iii. 419; iv. 296, 448 n., 449; v. 150. Elizabeth, Queen, i. 343; ii. 89; iv. 345, 457.
Ellis, John, the money-scrivener, iii. 385. some account of, iii. 385 n.
Ellis, Henry, esq., of the British Museum, iii. 143 n.
Elphinston, Archbishop, ii. 325.
James, ii. 30, 197, 214; iii. 180; iv. 249.
his edition of the Rambler,' i. 186. - Johnson's letters to, i. 187, 188. -some account of, i. 186.
his translations of the mottoes to the 'Rambler,' i. 202, 203 n. Johnson's character of, ii. 166.
his translation of Martial, iv. 114. Elrington, Rev. Dr. Charles, engaged in writing the Life of Archbishop Usher, i. 391 n.
Elvira,' Mallet's tragedy of, i. 417. Elwall, E., the enthusiast, ii. 158, 236. Emigration, ii. 264, 312, 425, 503, 527. Emmet, Mrs., the actress, Johnson in love with, iii. 53.
Emphasis, modes of placing, in reading the ninth commandment, i. 144.
Employment, iv. 31.
female, iv. 374.
of wealth, v. 53.
Emulation, ii. 332.
6 England's Parnassus,' iii. 495 n. English and Dutch languages radically the same, iv. 91, 353.
'English Malady,' Cheyne's, iii. 452. bar, v. 206.
on Goldsmith, iii. 447.
on a celebrated Italian, iii. 221, 221 n. on a wicked man, killed by a fall from his horse, v. 92.
on Johnson, by Mr. Flood, v. 354. on Johnson, by Dr. Parr, v. 355, 356 n.
Epitaphs, ii. 384 n.; iii. 62 n., 293, 445-450; iv. 404, 423; v. 92.
- Johnson's Essay on, i. 119. Equality, ii. 13, 207; iii. 391; v. 226. Erasmus, iii. 127 n., 143.
Jortin's Life of, v. 229.
an expression of, applied to Johnson, v. 195.
Errol, Lord, ii. 330, 331, 336, 336 n. Lady Isabella, ii. 331.
'Errors of the Press,' Caleb Whitefoord's witty paper on, v. 219 n.
Erse language, Johnson's letter on the proposal to translate the Scriptures into, ii. 27, 29.
manuscripts, iii. 184, 187, 222, 224. and Irish, both dialects of the same language, ii. 149.
songs, ii. 349, 393, 465.
Erskine, Sir Harry, i. 396.
Hon. Andrew, i. 417; iii. 516. Hon. Thomas, afterwards Lord, ii. 168, 170, 171, 171 n.
some account of, ii. 168 n.
Erskine, Hon. Henry, gives Boswell a shilling for the sight of his 'bear,' ii. 274 n.
'Espionage,' no word in the English lan- guage to describe, iii. 198 n. "Esquire,' the title of, i. 1.
Essex, the unfortunate Earl of, his advice on travel, i. 446.
- Head Club, instituted, v. 144.
its rules, v. 145, 146 n. Estates, obligation in settling, iii. 318. Eternal punishments, iv. 53, 198. Eternity, ii. 384; v. 159.
Etymologies, Johnson's, characterized, i. 278.
'Eugenio,' a poem, lines from, ii. 228. Evans, a bookseller, beating given to him by Goldsmith, ii. 197.
Rev. Dr. Evan, iii. 142, 338 n. 'Evelina,' Miss Burney's novel of, iv. 304, 319; v. 104.
Evil, origin of, ii. 348; iii. 61.
speaking, iv. 249.
- spirits, ii. 280; v. 189, 189 n., 190. n. Exaggeration, general proneness to, iii. 500; iv. 259, 385; v. 50, 85. 'Excise,' Johnson's offensive definition of, i. 7 N., 280 n., 281; iv. 210. Executions, public. ii. 92, 337; v. 67, 237. Exercise, benefits of, v. 28 n. Exhibition of paintings at the Royal Aca- demy, i. 353; v. 78, 79, 98, 99, 166. Existence, iv. 209, 359.
Expectation, usefulness of comparing ex- perience with, i. 313. Expense, iv. 336.
Extraordinary characters given of people, not to be credited, iii. 337.
Farnborough, Lord, iv. 169 n. Farquhar, George, his writings, iv. 339. 'Fashionable Lover,' Cumberland's play of the, ii. 408. Fasting, iii. 324.
'Father's Revenge,' the Earl of Carlisle's tragedy of, v. 136.
Faulkner, George, Johnson's conversation with, ii. 298.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, i. 155 n.
Fawkes, Francis, his translation of Ana- creon, iv. 548 n.
Fear, ii. 83; iii. 173; v. 227, 331 n. 'Feeling people,' ii. 93.
Fees, lawyers, ii. 306.
Felixmarte of Hircania,' Spanish ro- mance of, i. 24.
Fencing, ii. 301.
Fenelon's Telemachus,' iii. 4.
Fenton, Elijah, his share in the transla- tion of the Odyssey, iv. 312. Ferguson, Mr. James, iv. 66.
- Mr., the astronomer, ii. 100. Sir Adam, ii. 164.
Fergusone, Captain, ii. 418 n., 485 n.. Fergusson, Dr. Adam, ii. 277, 280. Ferns, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas El- rington, Bishop of, i. 197 n., 308 n., 451 n., 466 n.; ii. 38 n., 43 n., 83 n., 108 n.; v. 81 n., 189 n
the deanery of, iv. 443.
'Festivals and Fasts,' Nelson's, iii. 346. Feudal system, ii. 172, 191, 339; iv.
Fiddle, difficulty of playing upon, ii.
Finery in dress, iv. 382.
'Fingal,' the poem of, i. 385; ii. 327, 395, 464, 559; iii. 83, 167, 170—177; v. 142: see 'Ossian.' Finnon haddock, ii. 343 n. Firebrace, Lady, verses to, i. 106. Fishmonger, insensibility of one, iv. 252. Fitzherbert, William, esq. i. 51, 321, 353; ii. 211, 471 n., iii. 225, 513; iv. 258.
Mrs., i. 51; iii. 513; iv. 365, 426. Fitzmaurice, Mr., iv. 120 n., 307, 308. • Fitzosborne's Letters,' iv. 305 n., 307. Fitzroy, Lord Charles, iii. 356.
Flatman, Thomas, his poems, iii. 395. Flattery, ii. 222, 295; iii. 139 n., 239;
iv. 95 n., 182, 204; v. 254.
'Fleece,' Dyer's poem of the, iii. 340. Fleet-street, iii. 213; iv. 160.
Fleetwood, Everard, esq., iv. 183.
on the Sacrament, recommended by
Johnson, v. 465.
Fleming, Sir Michael le, i. 472.
some account of, i. 472 n.
Flexman, Mr., v. 223.
Flint, Bet, iv. 476, 476 n.
Flogging in schools, iii. 294; v. 230. Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his bequest to Dublin University, i. 311.
his opinion of Johnson as an orator, ii. 127.
his epitaph on Johnson, v. 354.
Floyd, Thomas, i. 467.
Floyer, Sir John, on 'Cold Baths,' i. 60. -on 'Asthma,' v. 161.
Fludyer, Johnson's college companion, iii. 333.
Folengo, Theopolo, iv. 142 n. Fondness, v. 32.
Fontainebleau, iii. 275. Fontenelle, iii. 292.
Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and character
of, i. 346, 416; ii. 93, 96, 97 n., 99, 109, 146, 182 n., 273, 309; iii. 87, 175, 320, 432, 432 n., 459; iv. 34, 36, 300; v. 57, 105, 173, 227.
his description of Johnson at Paris, iii. 288, 289 n.
Forbes, Sir William, of Pitsligo, ii. 262, 264, 278, 336 n., 470; iii. 88, 107, 107 n., 405, 406, 447, 448 n., 450; iv. 60.
Ford, Rev. Cornelius, a cousin of John- son's, i. 5; ii. 132.
some account of, ii. 382 n.
the Messieurs, the Elzevirs of Glasgow, iii. 66. 'Fountains,' the, a tale, by Johnson, ii. 26. Fowke, Joseph, esq., v. 436.
Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, ii. 142 n., 211 n.; iii. 118, 118 n., 223 n., 387 n. ; iv. 107, 116, 122, 139; v. 150, 161, 176, 192.
his conversation, v. 45.
France, Johnson's Journal of his Tour in, iii. 268-285.
- want of middle rank in, iii. 274, 287. state of literature in, iv. 109. Francis, Rev. Dr. Philip, i. 122.
his translation of Horace, iv. 223. Franklin, Rev. Dr. Thomas, the translator of Sophocles, i. 345; ii. 269 n.; iii. 450 n.; iv. 99, 400.
- his translation of Lucian's 'Demonax' and dedication to Johnson, iv. 400. Fraser, Mr., the engineer, iv. 186. Simon, Lord, ii. 458. Fraternal intercourse, i. 324 n. Frederick of Prussia, Johnson's Life of, i. 293; ii. 55.
Free will, ii. 84, 237; iv. 149. Freeling, J. C. esq., v. 113 n., 127 n. French, Johnson's notions of their manners and customs, ii. 340; iii. 288, 288 n., 289; iv. 219, 347; v. 122.
- Academy, send Johnson their Dic- tionary, i. 283.
- language, i. 488; iii. 291.
writers superficial, and why, i. 466. novels, i. 384.
credulity of the, iii. 25.
literature, ii. 452; iii. 4; iv. 378;
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