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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