Turkish Spy,' iii. 36.

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the authors of, v. 76, 77 n.

Twalmley, the inventor of the ironing box,
v. 71.

Twining, Rev. Thomas, his translation of
Aristotle's Poeticks,' iii. 403 n.
Twiss, Richard, esq., his 'Travels in
Spain,' iii. 220, 252 n.

Tyers, Mr. Thomas, i. 166, 246, 300,
304 n., 511; iii. 111, 308, 462 n.; iv. 166.
some account of, i. 304.

his description of Johnson, ii. 309.
Tyrconnel, Lord, i. 150.
Tyrwhitt, Thomas, esq., his 'Vindication,'

Versailles, iii. 276.

Verses, alleged pleasure in writing, v. 100.
Vesey, Rt. Hon. Agmondesham, ii. 342;
iv. 360, 360 n.

Mrs., iii. 212 n.

'Vicar of Wakefield,' i. 427; iv. 180,
245.

Vice, iv. 151, 209, 217, 218.
Vices in retirement, v. 228.

• Vicious Intromission,' ii. 189, 194, 283.
Johnson's argument in favour of, ii.
542.

"Vidit et erubuit,' &c. by whom written,
iv. 163, 163 n.

Vilette, Rev. Mr., v. 238, 238 n., 311 n.
Villiers, Sir George, ghost story respect-
ing, iv. 219.

Vincent, Dr., i. 286 n.

'Vindication of Natural Society,' Burke's,
i. 474.

Virgil, i. 388; iv. 46.

Johnson's juvenile translations from,
i. 521.

- comparative excellence of Homer and,
iv. 46.

superior to Theocritus, iv. 334.

his description of the entrance into Hell
applied to a printing house, iii. 5.
Virtue, i. 447; iv. 151, 209, 217, 218,
219, 376.

- happiness dependant upon, iv. 151.

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- Mr. Joseph Cooper, i. 311; iii. 476 n.
Walker, John, the master of elocution,
v. 83.

Wall, Dr. the physician, v. 192.

Waller, Edmund, the poet, ii. 319; iii.
236; iv. 187 n., 403; v. 469.

- Johnson's Life of, iv. 406.
- his 'Divine Poesie,' v. 189 n.
Walmsley, Gilbert, esq., his character,
by Johnson, i. 49, 60, 70, 173, 445.
his letter, recommending Johnson and
Garrick, i. 72.

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Walpole, Horace, afterwards Earl of Or-
ford, i. 325 n.; ii. 33 n.; iii. 216 n,,
409 n., 455; iv. 299, 485; v. 67 n.,
210.

his humorous description of the Bath-
easton vase, iii. 211 n.

his amusing, but often inaccurate Re-
miniscences' quoted, iii. 216 n.

his character of Johnson, v. 211 n.
Walpole, Sir Robert, i. 100; ii. 81 n.,
188, 511; iii. 34, 223, 524; iv. 453.
Johnson's constant opposition to his
government, i. 114.

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Walsh, Mr. Saunders, iii. 393 n.
Walton, Isaac, his Life of Bishop San-
derson quoted, v. 335.

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his 'Angler,' iii. 126.

his Lives,' iii. 122, 160, 239, 334,
471.

War, ii. 215; iv. 102, 353; v. 91, 121.

Warburton, Dr., i. 132, 151, 165, 243 n.,
251, 316; ii. 37, 37 n., 314 n., 325,
356; iv. 47, 167 n., 414.

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his Doctrine of Grace,' ii. 326.
Johnson's high opinion of, i. 251.
made a bishop by Pope, ii. 37 n.,
314 n.

- his character of Johnson's Observa-
tions on Macbeth,' i. 151.

writes the preface to 'Clarissa,' i. 243.
- Johnson's character of, iv. 414, 416,
417; v. 186.

- Johnson's conduct towards, iv. 414 n.
- his contest with Lowth, ii. 356.
Ward, the noted doctor, iv. 261.
Warrants, general, ii. 74.

Warley camp, Johnson at, iv. 228.
Warner, Richard, his Tour through the
Northern Counties,' v. 288 n.

Warren, Mr., the first bookseller at Bir-
mingham, i. 54.

Warton, Dr. Thomas, i. 142, 177, 243,

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256, 262, 274, 290, 317; ii. 69, 118;
iii. 334; iv. 3 n., 84, 142 n., 311, 338.
- Johnson's letters to, i. 256, 262, 263,
268, 274, 275, 276, 290, 312, 321,
322, 517; ii. 69, 118; iv. 311, 312.
- his account of Johnson's conversations
at Oxford, i. 257.

his sentiments on Johnson's Dictionary,
i. 269.

- Johnson's parodies on his bad style of
poetry, iv. 2, 3, 3 n., 4, 4 n.
Warton, Dr. Joseph, i. 211, 461; ii. 3,

Wheeler, Rev. Dr. Benjamin, iii. 157;
iv. 234, 326; v. 117.

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Johnson's letter to, iv. 234.

some account of, iv. 234 n.

'Whig,' Johnson's definition of a, i. 280.
and Tory, v. 190.

Whiggism, Johnson's definition of, i. 374,
446; iv. 185.

Whigs, ii. 497; iii. 190, 474, 556; iv.
242; v. 103.

Whitaker, Rev. James, his History of
Manchester,' iv. 194.

White, Rev. Dr. Joseph, Johnson's letter
to, ii. 196.

Whitby's Commentary,' ii. 501.
Whitehead, Paul, i. 95; ii. 348.

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William, i. 159, 411.

Whitefield, Rev. George, i. 45; ii. 81,
270; iv. 285, 285 n.

his character, i. 45; ii. 81, 271.
Whitgift, Isaac Walton's eulogy on, iv.
457 n.

Whole Duty of Man,' conjectures as to
the author of, ii. 227, 227 n.
Whyte, Mr. Edward Anthony, iii. 195 n.,
200 n.

Wickedness, ii. 439; iv. 376.
Wickens, Mr. of Litchfield, anecdotes of
Johnson by, v. 405.

- Wilkes, Israel, esq., iii. 427.
Will, Johnson's, v. 346.
Will-making, ii. 246.

'Will' and 'Shall,' Johnson's use of the
words, i. 60 n.

William the Third, Johnson's character
of, iii. 216, 216 n., 524.

Williams, Mr. Zachariah, his attempts to
ascertain the longitude, i. 285.

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some account of, i. 286.

Mrs. Anna, i. 119, 220, 221, 222,
288, 433, 475; ii. 25 n., 100; iii.
256, 391, 391 n., 486, 492, 496;
v. 117, 118, 119, 120, 124, 127.
her death, v. 119, 120.

- Miss Helen Maria, v. 180.

her Ode on the Peace,' v. 180, 180 n.
her death, v. 180 n.

- Sir Charles Hanbury, ii. 34, 495.
Wilson, Rev. Thomas, his 'Archæological
Dictionary,' v. 39.

his character, v. 39 n.

Johnson's letter to, v. 40.

Windham, Right Hon. William, iii. 181,
181 n., 483; iv. 222; v. 64, 77, 173,
271, 272, 309, 377, 471.

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Johnson's letters to, v. 107, 277.
particulars of his last interview with
Johnson, from his private journal, v.
326, 326 n.
Windus's Journey to Mequinez,' iii. 144.
Wine, i. 388; ii. 180, 185, 295, 435;

iii. 324, 325, 405, 406, 407, 407 n.;
iv. 20, 100, 105, 164, 187, 189, 196,
252.

- reason of Johnson's abstinence from,
i. 74.

Winifred's Well, iii. 139.
Wise, Dr. Francis, i. 259.

Wisedom, Robert, his prayer, iii. 143,

143 n.

Wit, iii. 406; iv. 478 n.

Witchcraft, ii. 280, 395, 395 n.
Witches, ii. 173.

in Macbeth, ii. 347.

Wives, iv. 363, 373.

effects of their non-compliance on petty

occasions, iv. 281.

Women, ii. 449; iii. 30 m., 237; iv. 145.

without religion, iv. 283.
of quality, iv. 221.

Wood, Anthony, i. 30.
Woodcocks, ii. 56, 232.

Woodhouse, the poetical shoe-maker, i.
385, 513.

Wooll, Rev. John, his Memoirs of Dr.
Warton,' iv. 311.
Worcester, iii. 156.

'Word to the Wise,' Johnson's prologue
to, iii. 478.

'World,' the, i. 433.

- injustice of the complaints against the,
v. 51.

'World Displayed,' Johnson writes the
Introduction to, i. 336.

Worthington, Dr. William, iii. 142 n.,
149, 154.

Wraxhall, Sir Nathaniel William, iv. 310.
Wrexham, iii. 153.

Wright, Mr. Richard, of Lichfield, iv. 524.
Writers, modern, the moons of literature,
iv. 194.

Writers to the Signet, iii. 39 n.
Writing, alleged pleasure in, v. 100.