Athelstan, a tragedy by Dr. Brown, 1. 76. |Barnard, Dr., Dean of Derry and Bishop Athenæum, writer in, revival of imputa-
tions against Burke, II. 207 n. Auchinleck, Lord (Boswell's father), ap- peals to Sir Andrew Mitchell to check James's extravagance, II. 96 n; his con- troversy with Johnson on Oliver Crom- well, 108 n; his despair at his son James's attachment to Johnson, 123. Author and bookseller, their quarrels, I. 66, 138, 139; a supper, 158; duty of the state, 201, 202; a contrast, 205. Author's profession, the, Goldsmith speaks out for it, I. 112, 113 n. Authors, question of the rights of, 1. 134, 140-146, 201; II. 336-344. Autograph, Goldsmith's, II. 34-36, 310. Axe-lane, Goldsmith's residence with the beggars there, 1. 55.
of Killaloe, associate of Goldsmith in the university, I. 19; conversation in the painting-room of Reynolds, ib; de- scribes Johnson's and Garrick's entry into London, II. 25 n; Johnson's advice to him, 232 n; retorts on Johnson's rudeness with a copy of verses, 233; reply to Goldsmith's and Cumberland's epitaphs, 319; apology for his own epitaph, ib, n.
Barnard, Provost of Eton, does justice to Johnson's good breeding, II. 232 n. Baron, M., French actor, his dictum on the education of actors, II. 31.
Barré, Col., the only objector to the first taxation of America, 1. 293; his attack on Parson Scott in the House of Com- mons, II. 179.
Axiomata Pacis, anecdote of Goldsmith Barrett, Mr., keeper of a boarding-school in, I. 263 n.
BACON, dedication to his brother like Goldsmith's, II. 160. Ballantyne, William, his MS. account of the persons composing the Wednesday (Goldsmith's) club, II. 42; author of Mackliniana, ib; notice of Kelly, 43; of Mr. Gordon, 44; account of the epitaph on poor Ned Purdon, 45; anecdote of Goldsmith at "a cheerful little hop," 80. Ballymahon, the scene of Goldsmith's schoolboy holidays, 1. 14; survival there of anecdotes of Goldsmith, 15; effects of its scenery and society upon his character, 29, 30.
Barbarossa, a tragedy by Dr. Brown, 1. 76; what Gray thought of it, 163 n. Baretti, Signor, an early acquaintance of Johnson's, II. 123; ill-temper and rough manners, ib; serviceable to Johnson in his Dictionary, ib; his malice towards Goldsmith, ib; kills a man in a street scuffle, 124; Johnson's apology for his rudeness, 123 n; examination before Sir John Fielding, 124; exalted cha- racter of his bail, ib; witnesses to his character, ib, n; recommended by John- son as tutor in the family of the Thrales, ib; appointed foreign secre- tary to the Royal Academy, ib; on Junius, 210 n.
Barlow, Peter, copyist for Goldsmith, II. 91; his independent and eccentric cha- racter, ib; Goldsmith's generosity to him, ib.
at Ashford in Kent, friend of Johnson and Cave, translator of Ovid's Epistles, I. 111; reviewed by Goldsmith, ib. Barry, James, his first interview with Hogarth, 1. 228; sent to Rome by the munificence of the Burkes, 303; Gold- smith disputing with him, 11. 247. Bath, Lord, uncle to the elder Colman, II. 38; his enormous fortune, ib; how disposed of, ib.
Bayly, Anselm, author of an Introduction to Languages, 1. 116; reviewed by Gold- smith, ib.
Bayly, Zachary, Goldsmith alleged to have written his epitaph, I. 269 n. Beattie, Essay on Truth, its great success, II. 62, 63; receives a pension of 2001. a- year, 63; a source of discontent to Goldsmith, ib; adopted as the anti- infidel philosopher, 304; becomes a social idol, ib; Goldsmith's jealousy of him, ib; adhered to by Reynolds, 305; receives the degree of DCL. at Oxford, ib; painted by Reynolds as triumphing over Voltaire, Hume, and Gibbon, ib; his reply to Goldsmith's attacks, 306; why pensioned by the king, ib. Beatty, Mr., school friend of Goldsmith, I. 14; account of early times, ib; sizar- associate of Goldsmith in the uni- versity, 19; relieves Goldsmith's neces- sities, 20; interview with Goldsmith practising as physician, 56.
Beauclerc, Topham, 1. 213; a frequenter of Davies's in Russell-street, ib; his view of a humiliating situation, ib, n; original member of the Literary Club, 232; grandson of the Duke of St. Al- bans, 242; makes the acquaintance of
Bennet Langton at Oxford, ib; intro- duced to Johnson there, ib; diversity of character and bond of union be- tween the friends, ib; night-frolic with Johnson, ib, n; Lady Sydney's anger, 243; his propensity to satire, 244; love for his mother, ib, n; the power he pos- sessed over Johnson, ib; exquisite ease of his conversation, ib, 245; his mali- cious attacks upon Goldsmith, 245; example of his wit, ib, n; nature of his woman-friendships, 253; takes a countess to Johnson's chambers, 254; instance of his witticism, 300; present at a strange scene in Goldsmith's cham- bers, II. 105, 106; marriage with Lady Di Spencer, 108; rejoins the club, ib; dinner-talk at his house, 114; anecdote of Goldsmith, 147; Johnson's affection for him, 297; his enjoyment of the ale- house in Gerrard-street, 305 n; his ac- count of Goldsmith to Lord Charle- mont, 312, 314; Walpole at his house, 312; Goldsmith plays Mufti with Gar- rick there, 313.
Bee, the, quoted for its author's despair and cure, I. 96; for his admiration of Dryden, 112 n; established by Wilkie, 152; Goldsmith, editor, ib; first num- ber, ib, 153; excellence of its stage criticism, 153-155; its indifferent suc- cess, 155; second number, ib; essay on Cardinal de Retz, ib; third number, b; essay on the Use of Language, ib; germ of Talleyrand's celebrated mot, ib; fourth number, 156, 157; struggles till the eighth number and dies, 116; issued as a half-crown volume, 183; reviewed by Kenrick, ib.
Beggars' Opera, the, 1. 200 n. Beggar's Petition, the, I. 159 n. Behn, Mrs., anecdote of, II. 2, 3 n. Beighton, Rev. Mr., Garrick's "worthy parson, I. 298 n; description of his character, b; promoted by Garrick's interest with Chancellor Camden, 299 n. Benchers of the Temple erect a tablet to Goldsmith in the church, II. 334, 335; its fate, 335.
Benevolence and sensibility contrasted,
Bensley, Mr., ponderous delivery of John-
son's prologue to the Good-Natured Man, II. 73; acts Honeywood, 78 n. Bentham, anticipated by Goldsmith, 1. 210.
Best, Mr. (Personal and Literary Memo- rials), anecdote of Axe-lane, 1. 55 n; description of Bennet Langton, 243,
244 n; of Johnson's roll down hill, 270.
Betty's, the fruiterer in St. James's-street, I. 213; frequented by George Selwyn, Lord March, and Lord Carlisle, ib. Bickerstaff, Mr., throws up his commis- sion in the Marines, I. 69; turns thea- trical writer for bread, ib; author of Love in a Village, ib; offers his opera of Lionel and Clarissa to Colman, ib; ob- jects to the interference of the Good- Natured Man with his opera, ib; his in- famous end, 103; the annoyance it entailed upon Garrick, ib; Johnson's noble remark, 104 n.
Bishop, Mr. Samuel, anecdote of Gold- smith while at Peckham, 1. 63, 64; meets him at an apple-stall in London, 64.
Black, Professor, favourable reminis- cences of Goldsmith in Edinburgh, 1. 35. Blackstone, Judge, writing fourth volume of his Commentaries, II. 79; disturbed by the social noises in Goldsmith's cham- bers, ib.
Blainville's (De) Travels, a voucher for the booksellers, I. 287.
Bloomsbury Gang, the, 1. 392; their poli- tical blunders, ib; gave occasion for the rebellion in America, ib; their downfall, 293.
Boadicea, a tragedy by Mr. Glover, 1. 76. Boileau, supplies Goldsmith with hint for his Haunch of Venison, II. 178; himself borrowed from Horace, ib, n. Bolt-court, 1. 252, 254 n. Bonstetten, Gray's friend, notice of, II. 108 n.
Bookseller and author, their quarrels, I. 66, 138, 139; great days for the trade, 147; the last great undertaking of the tråde, II. 324 n; their shrewdness and shabbiness after Goldsmith's death, 344- 352.
Booth's treatment of the writers of the time of Queen Anne, I. 163; compared with Garrick's, ib.
Boswell, James, attends Sheridan's lec- tures in Edinburgh, 1. 221; his admira- tion of the lexicographer, ib; dinners at Davies's, ib; imitating the cow, 222; character of the future biographer, 223; introduction to Johnson at Tom Davies's, 248; first attempts at ingra tiating himself, ib; suppers at the Mitre, 248, 249; Johnson declares his liking for him, 249; author of Newmarket, a Tale, ib; his opinion of Goldsmith, ib; suppers at the Turk's-head, ib; de,
parture for Utrecht to study law, 250; | Boydell, printseller, his health drunk at accompanied by Johnson to Harwich, the Royal Academy dinner, II. 187 n. ib; causes of his impatience of Gold-Break-neck-steps, access to Green-arbour- smith, 251; probabilities of Goldsmith's offence to him, ib; astonishment at the success of the Traveller, 278; attributes it to conversation with Johnson, 279; visit to Paoli in Corsica, 303; to Vol- taire at Ferney, ib; lion-hunting every- where, ib; brings Madame le Vasseur to England, 308; visit to Johnson, ib; forces his way to Mr. Pitt, ib; appears in imitation of Rousseau, in a Corsican dress, 309; his suit of execution black, 315; acquits Goldsmith of the charge of envy, II. 62; book about Corsica, 96; visits London, ib; follows Johnson to Oxford, ib; dinner-parties at the Crown and Anchor, ib; gives a dinner in Old Bond-street, 123; the company and conversation, ib, 126; how his guests treat him, 127; a clue to his reports of Goldsmith, 141 n; ludicrous airs of patronage, 145; instance of his false estimate of Goldsmith's nature, 166, 167; astonishment at Goldsmith's fame, 228; true cause of his jealousy of Gold- smith, 229; pins himself to Johnson's skirts for the purpose of writing his biography, ib; the contempt and abuse he submitted to, ib; the triumph of biography he achieved, 230; his pester-Buffon, M. de, description of, 1. 303 n; ing habit, 275; dines at Johnson's, ib, 276 n; a clubable man, 287; elected secretary for foreign correspondence to the Royal Academy, 288 n; the draw- back on his good qualities, 288; has fits of stinginess, ib; elected to the club, 289; his intermeddling, 295; secures Johnson for a visit to the Hebrides, 296; criticism on his biography, 298; the caution with which it ought to be read, ib.
court, I. 113; melancholy ascent of them, 114; alluded to by Ward in his London Spy, ib, n; and by Macaulay, ib. Bristow, Mr., printer of the Public Ledger, 1. 188; publishes a pamphlet on the Cock-lane Ghost, assumed to be Gold- smith's, 206; Mr. Crossley's opinion (Notes and Queries,) ib, n.
Brown, Dr., author of Athelstan and Bar- barossa, I. 76.
Brown, Tom, Goldsmith borrows from his Laconics, II. 130 n.
Browne, Hawkins, I. 181; Johnson and Pope's opinion of him, ib, n. Brussels, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 44. Bryan and Pereene, ballad by Grainger, 1. 99; appearance in the Grand Magazine, ib; first appears in Percy's Reliques, 286. Bryanton, Robert, associate of Goldsmith in the University, I. 19; relieves Gold- smith's necessities, 20; affectionate and touching letter to, 101-103; another letter, 330, 331.
Bott, Mr. Goldsmith's neighbour in the Temple, lends him money, II. 79; takes cottage in connection with Goldsmith in the Edgeware-road, 93; their mid- night pranks and perils, ib.
Boufflers, Countess de, 1. 254; mistress of the Prince of Conti, ib; her Anglo- mania, ib; writes a tragedy in English on a subject from the Spectator, ib; breakfasts with Walpole, ib; dines with the Duke of Grafton, ib; sups at Beau- clerc's, ib; description of her at the breakfast at Strawberry-hill, b; taken by Beauclerc to visit Johnson, ib; de- scription of the scene by Beauclerc, ib. Boxall, Sir William, allusion to, II. 189 n.
Brydges, Sir Egerton, points out resem- blance between the Traveller and a poem of Blackmore's, I. 278 n. Buchan, Lord, character of Boswell, I. 309 n.
Johnson's admiration of him, ib. Bulkley (Miss Wilford), Mrs., praises the Good-Natured Man, 11. 72; plays Miss Richland, ib; speaks Goldsmith's epi- logue to the Sister, 111; plays Miss Hardcastle, 262; insists on speaking the epilogue, ib; George Steevens's account of her, 263 ; not able to sing, 276. Bunbury, H. W. (Geoffrey Gambado), II. 112; his abilities as an artist and cari- caturist, ib; specimen of the latter, 135; married to Miss Catherine Horneck, 219.
Bunbury, Mrs. (Little Comedy), invitation to Goldsmith at Barton, 11, 219; frolics at Barton, 220, 221; letter from Gold- smith to, 222, 223. See HORNECK. Burgoyne, General, author of the Heiress, II. 111; opinion of Strawberry-hill cri- tics, ib, n; Horne Tooke's praise of it, ib; characters stolen from Mrs. Len- nox's Sister, ib.
Burke, Edmund, recollections of Gold- smith in the University, 1. 18; opinion on the status of a man of letters, 65, 66; his Sublime and Beautiful criticised by Goldsmith, 79; pleased with his
of the press, the battle-question in parliament, ib; divides house twenty- three times, and carries the point against Lord North, ib: attacked by Fox, Onslow, and Markham, 207; un- scrupulous attacks upon his private character. ib, u: refuted, 209 n; attempt to fasten the authorship of Junius on him, 209; denial of the accusation, ib; inference to be drawn from the attack on Garrick in the letters, 210; John- son believed him to be the author of Junius, ib, n; winces under the charge, 209 n, 211; works only for a party, 211; detestation of the French Revolution, 212; sketch of his character, 213; Gold- smith's epitaph on him prophetic of his future, 213, 214; return from Paris, 244; popularity there, ib, n; blindness to coming events, ib; visit with Gold- smith to the Puppets in Panton-street, 245; disputing with Goldsmith, 247 n; his brogue, 249; poor opinion of the Beggars' Opera, 259; his surprise at Bos- well's nomination for the club, 287; noble statement of his experience in life, 290; his wit and talk, 291; Gold- smith's admiration of him, 296; a grave pun, 316 n; has the MS. of Retaliation, 322, ib, n; arrangements for the funeral of Goldsmith, 331; wishes his epitaph to be English, 333.
critic, ib; earliest eloquence displayed] at the Robin Hood debating society, 215; original member of the Literary Club, 232; pensioned on the Irish Es- tablishment, under the obscure name of "William Birt," 233; introduces his father-in-law, Dr. Nugent, ib; rudely attacked at the club, 237; considered an Irish adventurer, ib; introduced to the Duchess of Queensberry, ib, n, writes for the booksellers, ib; supplies the historical portion of the Annual Register, ib; feels uneasy as to terms of his pension, ib; throws up his pension, 238; apologies for his vehemence and impetuosity, ib; the club, the sole stage for the exhibition of his powers, ib; Johnson's opinion of his powers of con- versation, 239; on imitations of John- son, 240; contrast between Johnson's and Burke's powers, ib; first meeting with Johnson at Garrick's dinner-table, 241; the mutual generosity of their wit- combats, ib; subjects of discussion with them, ib, n; his conduct to beggars, 252 n; Hawkins's calumny, 294; ap- pointed private secretary to the Mar- quis of Rockingham, 296; commence- ment of his political life, ib; his first letter addressed to David Garrick, ib; sends Barry to Rome, 303; his return for the borough of Wendover, 309; takes part in the debate on the Stamp Act, 309, 310; obtains the praises of Pitt, ib; receives with Pitt and Conway the applauses of the lobby, ib; opinion in favour of the Vicar of Wakefield, 323: disowned by the great families, II. 15; recognised by young Charles Fox, ib, n; rises superior to the political storm, 46; exposure of the attack on the East India charter, 47; his passionate ridi- cule of Chatham and his ministry, 48; his personal satire of North, 50, 51 n; rebukes his protégé, Barry, for want of temper, 63; his happiness at his own fireside, 65; reads the comedy of the Good-Natured Man, 68 n; talked of at Lord Holland's table, 100; purchases the estate of Gregories, ib; his habit of Burton, Dr., author of Pentalogia, 1. 116; punning and his puns, 138, 139, 291", reviewed by Goldsmith, ib. 316 n; of playing jokes upon Gold-Burton's Anatomie of Melancholy, com- smith, 142, 143; unsparing vehemence in the House of Commons, 149; admir- able remark on candour, ib; publishes his Observations, 150; his allusions to Junius in the House, ib; criticism on the Deserted Village, 152; farmer oc- cupations at Beaconsfield, 206; liberty
Burke, Richard, his appointment to the Grenadas, II. 208 n; comes home and goes out again, 209 n; letter to Garrick, and laugh at Goldsmith, 242; his wit and whim, 249, 250; niched in Retalia- tion, ib. n.
Burke, William, retires from the post of under-secretary to Marshal Conway, II. 15.
Burney, Dr., visit to Johnson's garret, I. 150; talk about Hawkins, 236; about Smart, 259; confused reiterations after Boswell, 320, 321 n; promises an article on Music to Goldsmith's projected Dic- tionary, II. 300.
Burns, Robert, his treatment by William Pitt, I. 146.
parison of Virgil's entrance into hell, as being like entrance into literature, I. 220 n; used also by Johnson, ib. Busy Body, the, established by Mr. Pot- tinger, I. 157; contributed to by Gold- smith, ib.
Bute, Marquis of, confers pension upon
Johnson, I. 211; terms of the gift, ib; incongruous company in his pension list, 212; his regard for literature, ib; Goldsmith's petition for a pension neglected, 219; retires before No. 45, 248; tampers secretly with ministries, II. 12; obnoxious to the Rockingham administration', b; coming again into fashion, 50; conduct to Gray, 54, 55. Butler, his fate, I. 104; reviewed by Gold- smith, 128; a couplet paraphrased by Goldsmith, 207 n.
Byrne, Thomas, 1. 7; master of the village | school at Lissoy, ib; character and ac- complishments, 8.
Byrom, his Tom the Porter familiar to Goldsmith, 1. 191 n.
Caleb Williams, author of (Godwin), per- suasion that Goldsmith wrote Goody Two Shoes, 1. 262; an error, 263 n, and see 188 n.
Camden, Lord, black-balled at the Lite- rary Club, I. 234; opposes Rocking- ham on taxation of America, and joins Chatham, 11. 12, 13; consents to act with the Grafton ministry, 50; quits it, 100; his neglect of Goldsmith, 175; speech against the Royal Marriage Act, 280 n; carries the reversal of Lord Mansfield's decree in favour of authors, 337.
Campbell, Lord, Lives of the Chancellors, reasons for Lord Camden not being of the club, I. 175 n; his mistake, ib; his summary of the claims on posterity of Lord Hardwicke and Johnson, 176 n. Campbell, Dr., compiles biography for Percy, 1. 10 n; his Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, quoted, 54, 55 n; afraid of the reviewers, 89; his notion of Percy's dignity, 126, n; his lost anecdotes, II. 346, 347; his correspond- ence with Percy, 347; his MS. anec- dotes published in Sydney in 1854, ib, n. See also II. 210 n.
Campbell, Thomas, criticism on the De- serted Village, II. 158. Campbell, Rev. Mr., master of school at Athlone, I. 13.
Candide, its European reputation, 1. 185; translated into French, ib; likely to have been read at Les Délices, ib. Canning, George, father of the statesman, his translation of the first three books of Cardinal de Polignac's Anti-Lucretius, L. 83.
Carlyle, Alexander, his Autobiography, I. 74 n, 76 n; a dinner with Smollett, 109, 110 n; description of Shenstone, 125 n; notice of Charles Townshend, II. 13 n; dines with Colonel Dow in London, 30 n; introduced in Humphrey Clinker, 55 n.
Carlyle, Thomas, his Frederick, 1. 48 n; opinion on the organisation of litera- ture, I. 141; description of the French court before the revolution, II. 244; petition on the Copyright Bill, 343 n. Carnan (the elder Newbery's son-in-law), held copyright of She Stoops to Conquer, 1. 10, 11 n.
Carter, Mrs., opinion as to the authorship of Letters of a Nobleman to his Son, II. 41. Catalogue of the sale of Goldsmith's effects, II. 356-361.
Catcott, George, II. 164 n, 190 n. Cavendish, Lord John, 1. 294; "the best of all Johns," 294, 295 n. Cavendish, Sir Henry, Notes, II. 120; sum- mary of the debates of the time, ib, n; their curious history, ib; suggestions as to their complete publication, ib. Chambers, Sir William, affecting incident with Goldsmith at a whist party, II. 302 n.
Chambers, Vinerian professor, entertains Johnson and Goldsmith at Oxford, II. 108; his name in the Newcastle gram- mar-school, ib; member of the Literary Club, ib; goes as judge to India, ib. Chamier, secretary in the War-office, original member of the Literary Club, I. 233; introduced by Topham Beau- clerc, b; incredulity as to Goldsmith's authorship of the Traveller, 279; dis- pute concerning the meaning of the opening line, ib, 280.
Chapman, Dr., of Sudbury, saves Edwin and Angelina from the fire, 1. 286 n. Charlemont, Lord, his character of Beau- clere, 1. 245 n; Beauclerc's threat of a visit of the club to him, II. 221; elected member of the Literary Club, 286; thought Boswell's depreciation of Gold- smith absurd, 288.
Charles X., the Vicar of Wakefield his chief consolation in exile, 1. 324. Chatham, Earl of, appealed to by the king, II. 11; becomes prime minister, 11, 12; confusion and collision of parties, 13; his prodigy of a cabinet, 14; state and condition of his ministry, 48; his treat- ment of his colleagues, ib; humiliation of the king, ib; resignation of his ministry, 50; consents to act with the
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