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Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire,
Johnson's visit to, iii. 272, 292.
Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, ii. 227 n.
Friends, and Friendship, i. 134, 188, 283,
284, 324, 329; ii. 2, 93, 94, 155, 176,
324, 339; iii. 236, 427; iv. 148, 148
n., 258, 259, 390, 397, 487; v. 121,
161, 177.

Friendship, an Ode, by Johnson, i. 134;
ii. 25.

Frisick language, i. 488.

Frith of Forth, ii. 289.

Frustra Letteraria,' Baretti's, iv. 23.
Fullarton, Colonel John, iv. 223.
Future state, ii. 155; iv. 53.

knowledge of friends in, ii. 155; iii.
520; iv. 146, 146 n., 147; v. 177.

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Gabbling, iv. 218, 337.

Gaelic language, ii. 149; v. 142.
Dictionary, v. 141.

Gaiety, iii. 470; iv. 371.
Gait, Johnson's, iv. 441.

Galatians, Durham on the, iii. 79.
Galen, iv. 322.

Gaming, ii. 170; iii. 387, 387 n.
'Ganganelli's Letters,' not authentic, iv.
145.

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68, 70, 71, 85, 119, 143, 144, 156,
168, 170, 173, 177 n., 192, 216, 233,
235, 255, 288, 324, 402, 407, 492,
493 n.

- ii. 4, 37, 71, 80, 185, 215, 222, 229,
467, 468, 499.

iii. 44, 199, 200, 352, 352 n., 399,
417, 433, 503, 517.

· iv. 34, 36, 112, 115, 118, 139 n., 152,
169, 201, 238, 241 n., 260, 336, 339,
349, 356, 390, 470, 473, 489.

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Johnson's envy of, i. 143.

his 'Ode' on the death of Mr. Pelham,
i. 256.

his Epigram on Johnson's Dictionary,
i. 284.

-Johnson's opinion of, i. 407; ii. 80, 91,
185, 215, 222, 273, 357, 468; iii. 87,
199, 251, 295, 326, 352, 399, 417, 434;
iv. 34, 37, 118, 169, 258, 259, 336,
339; v. 131.

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Garrick, David, Boswell's letter to, iii.
43.

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his letter to Boswell, iii. 41.
his liberality, iv. 119, 120, 259.
his death, iv. 238, 238 n., 239, 241..
Johnson's eulogium on, iv. 259, 260 n.
inscription under his portrait, iv. 470..
- his imitation of Johnson's manner, iii.
200.

his talent of mimicry, iii. 200.

Johnson's opinion of his prologues, iii.
199.

Garrick, Mr. Peter, i. 70, 82; iii. 126 n.,
186, 350, 355; iv. 267, 289.

- Mr. George, iii. 503.

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Mrs., iv. 260 n., 470.

Gastrel, Rev. Mr., his gothic barbarity in
cutting down Shakspeare's mulberry-
tree, iii. 359, 359.n.

Gastrel, Mrs., iii. 225 n., 338, 469; iv.
62, 237, 241, 265, 290; v. 25.
Gastrell, Bishop, his Christian Institutes,?
iii. 18.

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Gataker, Rev. Thomas, on Lots, and on
the Christian Watch,' ii. 530.
Gaubius, Professor, his distinction between
hypochondria and madness, i. 36.
Gay, the poet, ii. 515; iv. 404.
his Beggar's Opera,' iv. 181.
Johnson's Life of, iv. 422.

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the Orpheus of Highwaymen,' iii.
242 n.

Gelidus, character of, in the Rambler,'
i. 192; iii. 159 n.

Gell, Mr., of Hopton Hall, iii. 129 n..
Gell, Sir William, iii. 129 n.

General warrants, legality of, ii. 74.
Generosity, iii. 95.

Genius, ii. 326; iv. 244, 320.
Gentility, iii. 215; iv. 381.
Gentleman, Mr. Francis, i. 394.
- some account of, i. 394 n.
'Gentleman,' the appellation of, i. 1.
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 59, 66, 82, 119,
124, 134, 140; iv. 157 n., 182, 207 n.,
346 n., 404 n.

"Gentle Shepherd,' Allan Ramsay's, ii.
208; iii. 69 n.

George the First, Johnson's character of,
iii. 217; iv. 480.

George the Second, his severity in the case
of Dr. Cameron, i. 117.

Johnson's uniform invective against,
i. 117, 319 n.; iii. 216.

Johnson's epigram on, i. 120.

not an Augustus to learning or genius,
i. 183.

- his destruction of his father's will,
iii. 216, 216 n.

George the Third, his accession and cha-
racter, i. 342, 353, 361; ii. 418; iii.
229 n.

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George the Third, grants Johnson a pen-
sion, i. 361.

Johnson's interview with, ii. 34.
happy expression of, i. 196 n.

his magnanimous conduct during the
riots in 1780, iv. 315, 316.

his alleged refusal of an addition to
Johnson's pension disproved, v. 265,
282, 282 n., 283.

George the Fourth. See Prince of Wales.
"Georgics,' the, v. 100.
Gerard, Dr., ii. 325, 361.
German courts, ii. 501.
Gesticulation, v. 220.

Gestures, Johnson's, i. 116; ii. 256 n.;
iii. 200 n.

Ghosts, i. 333, 414; ii. 141, 157, 173,
iii. 22 n.; iv. 85,

178, 178 n., 309 n.;

123, 155, 216, 219, 266, 467, 469.

Giannone, iv. 335.

Giants' Causeway, iv. 287.

Giants of Literature,' i. 196.

Giardini, ii. 214.

Gibbon, Edward, esq., i. 381; ii. 69,

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142 n., 266 n., 388 n.; iii. 118 n., 223,
223 n., 242 n., 335, 336 n., 378 n., 420,
450.

sketch of his appearance and manners,
by George Colman, jun., iii. 420 n.
- his character of Dr. Maty, i. 270 n.
his Reply to Davis,' iv. 136.

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his panegyric on public schools, iii.
378 n.

Charles, his Work worth the Read-
ing,' ii. 9.

Rev. Dr., iv. 501; v. 175.
some account of, iv. 501, n.
Gibraltar, iii. 271; iv. 385.

Giffard, a clergyman, verses by, i. 393,
393 n.; ii. 349.

Gifford, William, esq., anecdote related
by, on Johnson's proficiency in Greek,
v. 300 n.

Gilbert on 'Evidence,' iii. 84.
Gillespie, Dr. v. 155.

Gin-shops, ii. 206.

Gisborne, Dr., iii. 514 n.

Glanville, William Evelyn, esq., iv.

191 n.

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Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, anecdotes of, i.
423, 424, 426, 429, 434, 437; ii. 14,
41, 68, 85, 197, 207, 212, 239, 241,
242, 330; iv. 12, 299.

- Johnson's opinion of, and of his
writings, i. 417; ii. 6, 7, 160, 179, 188,
194, 202, 203, 219, 222, 224, 225, 226,
241, 244, 368, 500, 502; iii. 40, 233,
233 n., 401, 401 n., 402, 449 m. ; iv.
16, 101, 107, 108, 112, 127, 168, 245,
245 n., 354, 361, 388, 389, 485; v.
54, 62, 211, 227.

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beats Evans, the bookseller, for abusing
him, ii. 197, 197 n.

his bon-mots on Johnson, ii. 68, 220,
239, 244.

his death, iii. 122, 123.

Johnson's tetrastic on, iii. 123, 451 n.
Johnson's Latin epitaph on, iii. 445,
447.

Garrick's description of him, i. 422 n.
Horace Walpole's opinion of him, i.
422 n.

affected Johnson's style and manner of
conversation, i. 423.

trick played on him by Roubiliac, i. 424.
his Vicar of Wakefield,' i. 427.

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his comedies refused by Garrick and
Colman, iv. 180.

Dr. Warton's opinion of, ii. 4.

- his 'Traveller,'ii. 6, 224; iii. 40; iv.
107, 180.

- his Deserted Village,' ii. 7, 224.

- Johnson's prologue to his Good-na-
tured Man,' ii. 470.

his Life of Parnell, ii. 160.

dedicates She Stoops to Conquer' to
Johnson, ii. 203.

- his Animated Nature,' iii. 449 n.
Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., ii. 178.

Mrs. iii. 464.

Good breeding, ii. 316.

in what it consists, ii. 84.

the best book upon, ii. 501.
Gooddere, Captain, ii. 273 n.

Good Friday, iv. 158, 171; v. 80.
Good-humour, ii. 431; iii. 238.
'Good man,' v. 124.

"Good-natured Man,' Goldsmith's, ii. 47,
49.

Goodness, infinite, v. 198.

— natural, ii. 435.

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Grose's Olio,' v. 473.

Grotius, i. 466; iii. 316, 488.

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- on the Christian religion, recommended
by Johnson, i. 407.

'de Satisfactione Christi,' ii. 323.
Grotto, Pope's, iv. 340, 419.
Grottos, iv. 341 No 345.

Grove, Rev. Henry, author of the excel-
lent paper in the Spectator' on novelty,
iii. 397; iv. 361.

'Grub-street,' Johnson's description of,
i. 282.

Gualtier, Philip, v. 61.

Guarini, quoted, iv. 214.

Guardians, Johnson's advice on the ap-

pointment of, iv. 274.

'Gulliver's Travels,' iii. 194.

Gunisbury Park, Johnson in, iv. 451.

Gunning, Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyle,
iii. 48, 48 n.

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some account of, i. 447.

- his letter to Boswell on the 'Journey
to the Hebrides,' iii. 100.

his 'Annals of Scotland,' iii. 121, 122,

160, 261, 262, 265, 298, 423; iv. 226,
242, 278.

Hale, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 151; iii. 219.
anecdotes of, v. 207.

Half-pay Officers, iii. 148 n.

Hall, Rev. Dr., i. 15, 29, 40, 46, 48, 269,
495; ii. 117; iv. 152, 161; v. 198.
Mrs., iii. 309 n.; iv. 466, 469; v. 166.
Bishop, ii. 155; iv. 146.
Halliday's Juvenal, Johnson's high opinion
of, v. 332.

Halsey, Edmund, esq., i. 506 n.

Hamilton of Bangour, his poems, ii. 278,
278 n.; iii. 516.

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Right Hon. William Gerard, i. 505,
512; ii. 3, 127; iii. 192, 489 n.; iv.
99 n., 305 n., 484 n.; v. 134
N., 353 n.
Johnson's compliments to his conversa-
tion, i. 505.

- some account of, i. 505 n.

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his anecdote respecting Johnson's pen-
sion, iii. 192, 192 n.

Johnson's letters to, v. 135, 279.

- his kindness to Johnson, v. 134.
Mr., the printer, ii. 214, 214 n.
Lady Betty, iii. 49, 55.
Duchess of, iii. 48, 55.

'Hamlet,' ii. 197; iii. 421; iv. 442 n.
Hammond, James, his Love Elegies,' ii.
495; iv. 348, 349 n.

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Mr. Bevil's defence of, iv. 434 n.

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Dr., on the New Testament,' iv. 424;
v. 231.

his works recommended by Johnson,
v. 231.

some account of, v. 231 n.
'Handmaid to the Arts,' iv. 343 n.
Hanging criminals, on the new way of,
v. 67.

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, his Shakspeare, i.
151, 153; ii. 25, 33 n.

Hanover succession, v. 44, 44 n.; ii.
276 n.

Hanway, Jonas, his 'Essay on Tea,' i. 297.
- his Travels characterized by Johnson,
i. 381.

Happiest life, which the, v. 230.
Happiness, i. 453; ii. 9, 164, 412, 520;
iii. 226, 335, 418; iv. 13, 52, 146,
151, 207, 500.

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- equalized by Providence, i. 261 n.`

Happiness, the only solid basis of, iv. 227.
Hardinge, Sir Henry, iii. 178 n.
Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, iii. 398;
iv. 56.

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Hardy, Mr., his Life of Lord Charle-
mont,' iv. 298.

Hardyknute, ballad of, ii. 91.

Harington, Dr. Henry, his 'Nugæ An-
tiquæ,' v. 59, 59 n.

Harleian Miscellany,' i. 151.
Harlow, Mr., the painter, v. 131 n.
Harmless pleasure, iv. 260.

Harrington, Countess of, iii. 504, 504 n.
Harriot, Mrs., ii. 116.

Harris, James, esq., ii. 213, 214; iii. 73,
74 n., 241, 479; iv. 99, 99 n.

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his character of Johnson's Dictionary,
iii. 479.

- his Hermes,' iv. 514.
Harrison, Cornelius, Johnson's cousin, i.
6; iii. 537.

- Mrs., her Miscellanies,' i. 296.
Harry, Miss Jane, the proselyte to Qua-
kerism, iv. 155.

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some account of, iv. 155 n., 157 n.
Harte, Dr. Walter, his History of Gus-
tavus Adolphus,' i. 378; iv. 448; v.

242.

- Johnson's character of, i. 378.
-some account of, i. 378 n.

his excessive vanity, iv. 449.

Harwood, Dr., his 'History of Lichfield,'
i. 66, 227, 340, 476; ii. 172 n., 175;
iv. 238.

Dr. Edward, iii. 403.

some account of, 403 n.

Hastie, Mr., the schoolmaster, prosecuted
for undue severity, ii. 137, 150, 179,
191, 540.

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Johnson's argument on behalf of, ii.
179, 191, 540.

Hastings, Warren, esq., Boswell's cha-
racter of, iv. 435.

his letter to Boswell respecting John-
son, iv. 436.

Johnson's letters to, iv. 437, 439,
440.

his endeavours to introduce the Persian
language into Europe, iv. 438.

Hatchett, Charles, esq., his account of the
Literary Club,' i. 442 n., 528.
Hatred, iii. 514.

'Hatyin foam foam eri,' a popular Erse
song, ii. 393.

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Hawkesworth, Dr., his objections against a
particular providence, ii. 508, 508 n.
falls a sacrifice to newspaper abuse, ii.
508 n.

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Hawkins, Mr., Johnson's instructor in
Latin, i. 18.

Rev. William, his 'Siege of Aleppo,'
iv. 115, 115 n.

Sir John, circumstances as to Johnson
related by him contradicted or explained,
i. 22, 138, 139, 140 n., 160 n., 172 n.,
179, 182 n., 197, 200, 207, 219, 229,
294, 330, 340 n., 355, 425, 490, 492,
503 n., 504 n.; ii. 17, 31, 217, 307; iii.
339 n., 403 n., 512; iv. 84, 85, 282; v.
143, 145, 153, 221, 235, 252, 264,
286, 310, 316, 320, 333, 337, 338,
339, 341, 342, 415.

Johnson's letter to, v. 143.

his journal of the last fortnight of
Johnson's life, v. 333.

his miscellaneous anecdotes of Johnson,
v. 415.

Hawkins, Miss, ii. 151 n.; iii. 394 n. ;
iv. 158 n.; v. 145 n.

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her description of Mrs. Williams, i.
222 n.

her description of Mr. Bennet Lang-
ton, i. 231 n.

her description of Garrick's person and
mode of living, iv. 119 n.

anecdotes of Johnson by, v. 415.
Hawthornden, ii. 412; iii. 97.
Hay, Lord Charles, iii. 374; iv. 355.

some account of, iii. 374 n.

Hay's 'Martial,' iii. 63.

Hayes, Rev. Mr., iv. 32.

Hayley, William, esq., v. 240, 240 n.
Hayman, Mr., the painter, i. 251 n.
Health, ii. 129.

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- Johnson's rules for travellers in quest
of, v. 31.

Healths, drinking of, iv. 284.

"Heard,' Johnson's mode of pronouncing,
iv. 49.

Heaven, happiness of, iv. 151.
'He-bear and She-bear,' iv. 485 n.

Heber, Rev. Reginald, on evil spirits, v.
190 n.

Heberden, Dr., iv. 268; v. 109.

Johnson's letter to, v. 289.
Hebrides, Johnson's wish to visit, i. 462,
471; ii. 52, 130, 140, 190, 221, 248.
- Johnson's Tour to, ii. 250.

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some account of, v. 197 n.

Henry the Second,' Lyttelton's History
of, ii. 38.

'Henry the Eighth,' iv. 285.

Shakspeare's play of, v. 131.

Harlowe's picture of the trial-scene in,
v. 131 n.

Henry, Dr. Robert, his 'History of Great
Britain,' iv. 194.

Herbert, George, his 'Jacula Prudentum'
quoted, iii. 233.

Hereditable jurisdictions, ii. 409.
Hereditary insanity, an important chapter
in the history of the human mind still
to be written, i. 3 n.

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occupations, ii. 315.
right, iii. 522.

Hermes,' Harris's, iii. 73.

Hermippus Redivivus,' Campbell's, i.
430; iii. 313.

Hermit, life of, ii. 297.

Parnell's, iv. 74.

'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers,'
iv. 128, 174, 485.

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- by whom written, v. 211, 211 n.

Hertford, Francis, Lord, i. 255 n.
Hervey, Rev. James, his Meditations,'
iii. 46.

Hervey, Hon. Henry, i. 75.

Hon. Thomas, ii. 32, 79, 84; iii. 215.
- some account of, ii. 32 n., 33 n.
Hesiod, iv. 283.

Hickes, Rev. Dr., iii. 52 n; v. 186.
Hickman, Miss, i. 61 n.

Hicky, Mr., the painter, iii. 214, 215.
Hierarchy, Johnson's reverence for, iv. 444.
High Life below Stairs,' Gamek's farce
of, iv. 339.

Highland chief, ii. 381, 387, 455.
Highlanders, ii. 149.

Highwaymen, the question of shooting
them discussed, iv. 94.

Hill, Sir John, Johnson's character of,
ii. 38, 38 n.

Aaron, his account of Irene,' i. 173 n.
Hinchcliffe, Dr. John, iv. 306 n.
'Historia Studiorum,' Johnson's, iv. 181.
Historian, requisites for an, i. 438.
Historians, ii. 441; iv. 278.

their habit of magnifying events, iv. 186.

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