Careless, Mrs., Hector's sister, and Johnson's first love, iii. 43. Caricatures of Johnson's style, ii. 330.
Carleton, Captain, his memoirs, iv. 375; Who was the author of? 376, 377; Johnson, much in- terested by, 245. Carlisle, the Earl of, his poems praised by Johnson, iv. 65; kinsman and guardian of Byron, 65 n.; his tragedy submitted to Johnson, 175; who gives his opinion of it in a letter to Mrs. Chapone, 176, 177.
Carmen Seculare of Horace, a translation of, given to Johnson to read, iii. 368.
Carmichael, Miss, a pensioner of Johnson's, iii. 241.
Carnan, Mr., a bookseller, iii. 151.
Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 84; the translator of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man, 98; Johnson's English verses to, and Greek and Latin epigrams to, 100; contributes to the Rambler, i. 150.
Cartwright, Edmund, letter to, on
Shiels and Cibber, iii. 472. Case for Dr. Johnson's opinion, iii. 383; Malone's note on, 383 n. See also, Argument. Castes, Oriental, Johnson defends, iv. 45.
Cast of Johnson's head, by Nolle-
kens, iii. 461, 462. Catalogue of the library of the Earl of Oxford, proposals by Johnson for printing, i. 111; of schemes for literary work, with Boswell's remarks, iv. 380.
Catalogues, Johnson shows the ne- cessity of studying, ii. 332. Catcot, George, the pewterer of Bristol, iii. 94, 95.
Cator, Mr., one of Johnson's co- trustees, his fine place at Beck- enham, iv. 230.
Cave, Edward, compiler and editor
of the Gentleman's Magazine, i. 55; Johnson's first publisher, 72; in account with Johnson, 96; on the Rambler, 156 n., 197, ii. 323; Johnson's regard for, al- though he was a penurious pay- master, iv. 313; Latin verses to, i. 77. Cawston, Mr. Windham's servant, with Johnson in his last illness, iv. 322. Certainties, small, the bane of men of small talents, ii. 297. Chalmers, George, his edition of the Debates, i. 109, 409. Cham: Johnson called by Smollett, "that great Cham of literature," i. 276. Chamberlayne, Mr. George, a Ca- tholic priest, a conscientious pervert, iv. 211. Chambers, Catherine, her tender care of Johnson's mother, i. 267; Johnson's farewell to her, 267 n., ii. 58, 375, 377.
Sir Robert, Johnson intimate with, i. 212, ii. 41; goes as a judge to Bengal, 245; accom- panies Johnson to Edinburgh, 245, 253; marries the beautiful Miss Wilton, 255 n. ; introduced to Warren Hastings by Johnson, jv. 29.
Sir William, his treatise on Civil Architecture, praised by Horace Walpole and by John- son, iv. 128 n.; his Chinese Ar- chitecture submitted to John- son's revision, ibid.
Ephraim, author of the Scien- tific Dictionary, Johnson forms his style partly from, iii. 270 n. Chamier, Mr., one of the original
members of the Club, ii. 2; his conversation with Goldsmith about the Traveller, iii. 266. Chantilly visited, ii. 362. Chantress, the, Johnson's name for Miss Jones, i. 253. Chappe d'Auteroche, his journey into Siberia, used by Lord
Kames in his Sketches of the History of Man, iii. 339. Chappell, Dr., by some supposed author of the Whole Duty of Man, ii. 224.
Character, national, varies accord-
ing to circumstances, ii. 185; the influence of, on success in life, iii. 349; a character de- scribed, "he has a great deal of learning, but it never lies straight, there is never one idea by the side of another, 'tis all en- tangled," iv. 157.
Characters in the Rambler said to be taken from real life, i. 163. Charade, Johnson's, on Dr. Bar- nard, Bishop of Killaloe, iv. 138. • Charge, Johnson's, on Boswell entering the Literary Club, ii.
Chatham, Lord, a dictator, iii. 353; the story of his saying "he would take up his bed and walk," iv. 233.
Chatlois, Hotel de, Paris, ii. 352. Chatsworth, Johnson visits and is very kindly received, 266. Chatterton, his poems, iii. 95; Johnson complains of a "wide adherence to," iv. 89. Chemical experiments, Johnson's, ii. 152, iii. 388; apparatus for, in Johnson's library, i. 346. Chemistry, Johnson's experiments in, ii. 152, iii. 387, 388. Chesterfield, Earl of, Johnson in- scribes the plan of his dictionary
to, i. 135, 136; his neglect of Johnson, 190; his attempts to conciliate him, 200, 201; John- son's famous letter to, 202, 204; his witty sayings mostly puns, ii. 201; his letters, 207, 302; memoir and works of, by Dr. Maty, iii. 142; Dilly's splendid edition of his works, 349; two of his speeches written by John- son, 349; Johnson describes him as dignified but insolent, iv. 118.
Cheyne, his book on Health and English Malady commended, iii.
Cheynel, Johnson writes the Life of, i. 173.
Child, Boswell inquires what John- son would do if left with a new-born, to take care of, ii. 102. Childhood, Johnson's reminiscences of, i. 384.
Children, education of, i. 358; Johnson's love of, iv. 134. China, Du Halde's, extracts from, for the Gentleman's Magazine, i. 97.
China, the manufactory of, at Derby, iii. 191.
Choisi visited, ii. 354. Cholmondeley, Mr.,
Johnson's rudeness to, iv. 254; his regret and apology, 255.
Mrs., her compliments to Johnson, iii. 321.
Chops, Johnson's dog when a boy, i. 385.
Christ Church meadows, Johnson slides in, i. 211.
Christian Morals, by Sir Thomas Browne, edited by Johnson, i. 240,
Christian, Mr., of Dorking, ac- counts for the story about St. Kilda, ii. 65. Christian religion, the, evidences of, i. 316. Christianity, strength of the evi- dences of, i. 341.
Chronicle, The London, Johnson writes Introduction to, i. 249.
the Universal, a weekly news- paper in which the Idler essays were published, i. 258. Churchill, his poetry depreciated
by Johnson, i. 332, 333; his prophecy of famine, 333; at- tacks Johnson in a scurrilous manner, ii. 18. Churton, Rev. Ralph, on the burial service, iv. 148; his remarks on Boswell's work, 371. Cibber, Colley, account of, i. 319
n. 199; his Apology praised by Johnson as "very entertaining," ii. 95, iii. 113; Cibber himself "a poor creature," 95; Johnson's contempt for, 311; his Lives of the Poets compiled by Shiels, iii. 80, 470; his acts criticized by Johnson, 208.
Theophilus, his share in the compilation of the Lives of the Poets, iii. 472.
Cicero, quoted by Burke, and applied to Johnson, iv. 285. Civilization, this word introduced into the Dictionary by Todd, ii.
Claims, those of justice and those
of affection, iii. 21. Clans, Johnson desires to know the order of, ii. 250. Clarendon, his style discussed, iii. 270; his description of Lord Falkland quoted and applied to Johnson, iv. 332.
Clarendon Press, the, origin of, and complaint of mismanage- ment, iii. 14 n.; Johnson dis- cusses the management of, with Dr. Wetherell, iii. 28. Claret, a hogshead of, presented to the Club by Dr. Barnard, iii. 254; Johnson chosen to write the request for another, 254. Clark, Mr. Alderman, Johnson proposes as a member of the Essex Head Club, iv. 185. Clarke, Dr., unorthodox, iii. 262 ;
Johnson's sentiments with re- gard to, iv. 319. Clarissa, Johnson begs Richardson to give an Index Rerum to, i. 392. Classics, Addison's quotations from the, ii. 316.
Clenard, Nicholas, his Greek Grammar and other works,, account of, iii. 440 n. Clergymen, Johnson's ideas of the fitting dress and demeanour of, iv. 36, 37.
Clerk, Sir Philip Jennings, his "ancient ruffles and modern principles," iv. 40.
Clifton's eating-house in Butcher Row, i. 318.
Clive, Lord, a strong-minded man, iii. 334.
Club, the Ivy Lane, formed by Johanson, i. 41; iv. 181.
the Literary, founded by Rey- nolds and Johnson, ii. 2, 32, 388; "holds well together," 35, 221; Boswell elected a member of, 224; when Johnson begs Goldsmith's pardon, 239, 294, 315; its num- bers augmented, iii. 140 n.; ac- count of a conversation at, 247- 54; the members present, 247 n.; a noted meeting of, when there was an altercation between Johnson and Beauclerk, 376; rules of election in, 150, iv. 43; Johnson present at for the last time, 240.
Queen's Arms, St. Paul's Churchyard, iv. 44.
Old Street, iv. 128.
Essex Head, iv. 182; mem- bers of, 182 n.; Johnson at, 200; his anxiety about when absent, 263, 269.
Blue Stocking, the origin of, iv. 61.
Eumelian, founded by Dr. Ash, iv. 302.
Johnson's definition of a, iv. 184 n.
Clubable man, Johnson called Boswell a very, iv. 183.
Coat, Goldsmith's bloom-coloured,
ii. 89, 90. Cobb, Mrs., one of the Lichfield ladies, iii. 49, 399 n. Cock-lane ghost, this imposture detected by Johnson, i. 323; account of, iii. 277.
Cohausen, John Henry, author of Hermippus Redivivus, i. 331. Coke, Lord, a mere lawyer, ii. 155. Colchester, Johnson and Boswell at, i. 371.
Collectanea, by Dr. Maxwell, ii.
Collections of editions of books,
Johnson advises, iv. 203. Collins, the poet, his dreadful de- pression, i. 214 n., 304. Collier, Jeremy, Johnson alludes to, iv. 210.
Colman's Random Records quoted, giving a description of Johnson and Gibbon, iii. 97 n. Colman, Mr., his letter from Lexi- phanes, iv. 295.
Colonsay, Little and Old, Boswell proposes to Johnson to buy it, and found a college there, iii.
Colson, Rev. John, Johnson recom- mended to, i. 67. Columbiade, The, an epic poem by
Madame du Boccage, iv. 243. Comedy, the great end of, making
the audience merry, ii. 220. Commentaries, Johnson recom- mended Lowth and Patrick on the Old, and Hammond on the New Testament, iii. 101. Commerce, Dictionary of, by Rolt, Johnson's Preface to, ii. 315. Commons, House of, Johnson's friends endeavour to get him a seat in, ii. 134, 135 n.; he would gladly have entered, 136; Bo- lingbroke's description of, iii.
Comparison. Certain men are no more to be compared than a stately horse with the fly that stings it, i. 204.
Compiègne, visited, ii. 363. Composition, Johnson's, iv. 1; amendments in, 4 n.; Johnson says a man should begin to write soon, iii. 435.
Compton, Rev. J., Johnson's kind- ness to, iv. 366, 367. Concoction, the, of a play, an ex- pression used by Dryden, in his preface to Edipus, iii. 272; and by Garrick, 272 n.
Condolence, Johnson's letter of, to Mrs. Thrale, iii. 468.
Conduct, rules and resolutions for, i. 280.
Confession, Johnson on, ii. 106. Congé d'élire, the force of a, iv. 237 n.
Congratulations and good wishes for the new year, iii. 233, 234. Congreve, Charles, Johnson's schoolfellow, i. 19; "always muddy," iii. 43.
W., the poet, fine passages in his Mourning Bride, i. 309, ii. 90, 91, 98; quoted, 214; various readings in Johnson's Life of, iv. 19. Connoisseur, The, an amusing pe- riodical paper, i. 334.
Connor, Charles O', letters from Johnson to, i. 251, iii. 146. Conscience, Johnson's tenderness of, ii. 5, iv. 303-5.
Contentment, Johnson on, iv. 289. Contractions, Johnson's, of his friends' names, ii. 240.
Convents, Johnson on the propriety of allowing, ii. 27. Conversation, Johnson's, i. 5-8 ; Archdeacon Secker on, quoted, 8; the vigour of Johnson's, 313; likened to a bowl of punch, 260; specimens of Johnson's, ii. 29-31; Johnson's, with George III., 51-55; an account of this, published separately by Bos well, 52 n.; Johnson's own ac- count of, 56; Goldsmith's, on a certain occasion, "overflowed and drowned" one of the party,
ii. 123; Goldsmith's constant attempts to shine in, 217, 218, 239; Johnson's great success in, 218; Johnson thinks, to be good, implies contest, iii. 30; Johnson's, deseribed by Dr. Percy, 320, iv. 13; Pope's, not renowned, 13; Johnson's defini- tion of the happiest, 14; story of the man who had none, 42; a trial of skill, 64; requires know- ledge, a command of words, imagination, presence of mind, a resolution not overcome by failures, 112; and talk, distin- guished, 127; Burke, on Lang- ton's accusing Johnson of rough- ness in, 205.
Converts, from Protestantism to Popery and from Popery to Pro- testantism compared, ii. 107. Convocation, Johnson advocates its restoration, i. 369.
Convulsive motions of Johnson, i. 103, 104.
Cookery, Johnson thinks himself a judge of, i. 373; discussion on, iii. 293; the best book on, 293.
Cook, Captain, his great accuracy, iii. 62; his voyage round the world, iii. 205.
Cooper, John Gilbert, called by
Johnson Punchinello, ii. 127; the affected gentleman, iii. 180. Copy-money, in Italy first received by Baretti, iii. 190.
Corbett, Mr. Andrew, and his son, in connection with Johnson's re- sidence at Oxford, i. 30. Corelli, said to have come to Eng- land to see Purcell, ii. 313 n. Coriat, Tom, his travels, under the
title of "Crudities," ii. 170. Cork, Earl of, Johnson describes, iii. 208.
Corn laws, "What, Sir, would you prevent any people from feeding themselves, if by any honest means they can do it ?" ii. 128. Cornwallis, Archbishop, assists De
Groot, the nephew of Grotius, iii. 158.
"Il y a tant d'esprit, que je n'ai pas vu de corps," said of a preacher, ii. 226 n.
Correspondence, Boswell's, with Johnson, ii. 21.
Corsica, Johnson encourages Bos- well to publish his Tour in, ii. 27; its publication, 60; Boswell's account of, and Tour in, Gray's letter to Walpole on, quoted, 60; Mr. Trevelyan on, 60; Boswell wears this name on his hat at the Shakespeare Jubilee, 78; Johnson advises Boswell "to clear his head of," 78 n.; account of, Preface to, quoted by Boswell himself, 79; John- son's praise of, 80. Corsicans, their bravery extolled by Boswell and denied by John- son, ii. 87.
Corycius Senex, Virgil's saying of, applied to Burke, iv. 117. Cotterell, Captain Charles, i. 187.
the Misses, visited by John- son, Reynolds meets Johnson at their house, 187 n. Country; they who are content to live in the country are fit for the country, iv. 249; Johnson on life in the, ii. 185, iii. 203; no wise man will live in the, 266; iv. 155; life, Johnson cannot like, iv. 285.
Courage, instances of Johnson's, ii. 277, 278; mechanical and acquired, iii. 276.
Courayer, Dr. Le, his History of the Council of Trent, i. 71. Court, Johnson's, Fleet Street, Boswell and Beauclerk have a veneration for, ii. 216. Courtenay, Mr., his verses Johnson, i. 33, 34; his moral and literary character of Dr. Johnson, 168; his poetical cha- racter of Dr. Johnson, 247. Coverley, Sir Roger de, his cha- racter delights Johnson, ii. 336.
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