Grammar-school, scheme for teach- ing, i. 64. Grandiloquence, Johnson makes fun of Sir John Dalrymple's, ii.
200. Grand Chartreuse, visited, ii. 361. Granger, Rev. James, his Bio- graphical History, iii. 128. Grant, Sir Archibald, plants some wild ground, iii. 137. Granville, Lord, his letter after the battle of Dettingen, iii. 435. Grattan, Mr., a false expression in one of his fine speeches, link cannot clank," iv. 233. Grave, The, a poem by the Rev. Robert Blair, iii. 92. Graves, Rev. Richard, a contri- butor to the Bath-Easton vase, ii. 309.
Gravina, an Italian critic, iv. 136. Gray, Thomas, the poet, Johnson
on, i. 320; his letter to Walpole quoted, on Boswell's Corsica, ii. 60; the Remains of, published by Mason, 160; Johnson said he was dull in a new way, and that made many people think he was great, 306; Boswell's sur- prise at Johnson's inability to appreciate his poetry, 307, iii. 80; the very Torré of poetry, 85 n.; his Odes "forced plants raised in a hotbed," 435.
John, bookseller, i. 110. Greaves, Samuel, an old servant of Mr. Thrale's, iv. 182. Greece, the fountain of knowledge,
Rome, of elegance, iii. 333. Greek and Latin languages essen- tial to a good education, i. 363; Testament, Johnson reads regu- larly, ii. 268; Johnson's know. ledge of, iv. 292; Johnson pro- poses to study Greek at the age of sixty-seven, iii. 127. Green, Dr. John, Bishop of Lin- coln, i. 19.
Mr. Richard, of Lichfield, his museum, iii. 47, 48, 399; Johnson's letter to, with epitaph
for his father, mother, and brother, iv. 300.
Green Man at Ashbourne, the mistress of the, her amusing address to Boswell, iii. 227. Green room, Johnson finds great amusement in, i. 148, iii. 431; but relinquishes, i. 148. Greenwich, Johnson and Boswell take a boat, and spend the day at, i. 363; Hospital criticized, 365; Johnson does not like the Park at, so well as Fleet Street, 366.
Grenville, Mr. George, his cha- racter contemptuously given by Johnson, ii. 133.
Greville, Fulke, his Maxims, Cha-
racters, and Reflections quoted, iv. 223.
Grief, the passing nature of, iii.
over that of other countries, ii. 82.
Habits, Johnson's superstitious or strange, ii. 6-8, iv. 125; the force of early, 332. Hackman, Mr., his frantic jealousy, iii. 375.
Hackney coaches, numbers 1 and 1,000 seen by Dr. Beattie in the same day, iv. 242. Haddington, Lord, a connection of Bennet Langton, ii. 180 n. Hague, Mr., one of the masters at Lichfield school, i. 18. Hailes, Lord, his fine character, i. 344, 358; his letter about John- son, quoted,344; compares John- son and Swift, 344; discovers Johnson's hand in the argument
resented by Boswell, ii. 192; sends Johnson a copy of his Annals of Scotland, 258; desir- ing that he will criticize it, 259; his Annals revised by Johnson, 344; and commended for accu- racy, 100; sends Johnson his Lactantius, 166.
Hale, Lord Chief Justice, ii. 155; his long and painful course of study, iv. 228.
Hales, John, of Eton, the " ever memorable," iv. 231. Half-moon Street, Boswell's lodg- ing in, ii. 71.
Halket, Elizabeth, the real author of the ballad of Hardyknute, ii.
vises Johnson in the matter of his pension, 293; his anxiety to assist Johnson during his ill- ' ness, iv. 174, 175; Johnson longs to see him "in a happier hour," 274; Johnson in his will desires he will choose a book as a remembrance, 309; on the chasm made by the death of Johnson, 323.
Mr., of Bangour, his beautiful poems not appreciated by John- son, iii. 180, 181 n., 182. Hammond, defence of, by Mr. Bevil, iv. 26.
Dr., on the New Testament recommended, iii. 101. Hamlet's description of his father, discussed, iv. 33.
Handwriting, Mrs. Thrale's beauti- ful, iv. 3.
Hanmer, Sir Thomas, i. 129 n.; epitaph on, 131.
Hanway, Mr. Jonas, his Essay on Tea, i. 245; acquired some re- putation by travelling abroad, but lost it all by travelling at home, ii. 122.
Happiness, ours depends as much on our bodies as our minds, i. 272; Johnson on Hume's notion that all are equally happy, ii. 26; Johnson did not believe in present, ii: 320.
Harris, James, of Salisbury, is he, or is he not, an eminent Gre- cian? ii. 212; compliments Johnson on his Journey, 332; Boswell calls the "amiable phi- losopher of Salisbury; " John- son, "a prig, and a bad prig,” iii. 259, 269, 272. Hardyknute, the ballad of, Scott's delight in, ii. 94, 95 n. Harington, Dr. Henry, author of "the very pretty book " Nuge Antique, iv. 123.
Harriots, Mrs., a relation of John- son's mother, i. 384. Harrison,
Harry, Miss Jane, Miss Seward's romance about her, iii. 303. Harte, Mr., his History of Gusta- vus Adolphus commended, ii. 120; account of, ibid. n. Harwich, Johnson accompanies Boswell to, in the stage coach, i.
Harwood, Dr., translated the New Testament with a "Socinian twist," iii. 86. Hastie, the schoolmaster whom Boswell defended, ii. 177; John- son's argument for him, 177 n. Hastings, Warren, Johnson's cor- respondence with, iv. 28-31; his letter to Boswell, 27, 28. Hawkesworth, Dr., the author of some pieces attributed to John- son, i. 131; imitates John- son's style, 178, 193, ii. 203; his Voyages to the South Sea, ii. 232; Johnson thinks no one can read them through, iv. 226. Hawkins, Sir John, his Memoirs
of Johnson characterized by Bos- well, i. 2, 3; his absurd and bitter description of the oratory of Pulteney and Pitt, 109; his list of English Dictionaries be- fore Johnson's, 138; Boswell's contemptuous account of, 141; his blunders in deciphering Johnson's handwriting, 155; one of the original members of the Club, ii. 2; calls himself, Bos. well says incorrectly, a seceder, 3; an unclubable man, 3 n.; his inaccuracy blamed by Bos- well, iii. 246; an instance of his prejudice and inaccuracy, iv. 281, 241; Johnson bequeaths some of his books to him, 309.
Mr., his play wrong in the' concoction, iii. 271. Hay, Lord Charles, Johnson's con-
versation with, iii. 443. Heath, Dr. Benjamin, iv. 34. Hebrides, Tour to the, planned, ii. 219; decided on, ii. 245; carried out, 247; Boswell's account de-
scribed by Mr. Courtenay, 248, 249; Johnson said, he "got an acquisition of more ideas by it, than by any thing I remember," iv. 136.
Heberden, Dr., Johnson sends for, iv. 160; Johnson's letter to, giving an account of his health, iv. 363; leaves him a book as a remembrance, iv. 309.
Hector, Edmund, Johnson's school- fellow and friend, i 12, 49, 51, 58; furnishes particulars of Johnson's early life, 20, 21, iii. 43, 283; Johnson visits at Bir- mingham, 39; "The friend of my youth," 197; visited for the last time by Johnson, 285; thanks Boswell for the great pleasure his Life of Johnson has given him, 286 n.; Johnson's letters to, 95, 96.
Heely, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 47; John- son's kindness to, iv. 280, 281. Heirs-general, Boswell and his
father disagree on this point, iii. 4; the matter referred to John- sou, 5, 8.
Hell, is paved with good intentions,
Henderson, Mr., the actor, visits Johnson, iv. 174; account of,
John, student of Pembroke College, iv. 219, 220 n. Henry, Dr. Robert, his History of
Great Britain, Hume employed to write an answer, 334, iii. 333.
Hermippus Redivivus, by Co- hausen, translated by Dr. John Campbell, i. 331 n.; Boswell feels himself intellectually, iii. 17. Hermit, Parnell's, passage in sub- mitted to Johnson, iii. 383; Ma- lone's note on, 383 n.
Dr. Beattie's, Johnson reads with tears in his eyes, iv. 128.
hoar in solemn cell, Johnson's parody on Warton's poems, iii.
Heroic Epistle, satirizing Johnson, ascribed to Horace Walpole, but written by Mason, iv. 231 n. Hertford, Lord, Johnson's letter to, applying for rooms at Hamp- ton Court, iii. 82 n.; his reply,
Hervey, Miss Elizabeth, story of her and Johnson, iii. 419.
Hon. Henry, Johnson's love for, i. 69, 70.
Hon. Thomas, ii. 312; John- son's correspondence with, on his separation from his wife, ii. 48; Beauclerk's account of, 49; Lady Hanmer's elopement with him, 49; Johnson receives fifty pounds from him for writing a pamphlet, which, however, was not printed, 50.
Hickey, Thomas, his excellent por- trait of Tom Davies, ii. 311. Hickman, Gregory, i. 56; letter to, 390.
Miss, account of, i. 56; on Johnson's verses to, 56. Hierocles, a free translation of the Jess of, by Johnson, i. 107. High English, not good English, ii. 157.
Highlanders or Hebrideans, like Johnson's Journey much better than the Lowlanders, ii. 286. Hill, Aaron, his account of Irene, i. 147.
Dr. Birkbeck, his article on Johnson's marriage, i. 60; his work on Johnson, his friends and Critics, i. 409.
Dr. John, a quack doctor on whom Garrick made a famous Epigram, ii. 54.
Hints for Civil Conversation, Bacon's quoted, iv. 167.
Historia Studiorum an imperfect list of Johnson's works, iii. 323.
Historian, the qualities necessary for one, i. 338.
Historical Memoirs of Queen Eliza-
beth by Francis Osborne, ii. 184.
History, must be false, says old Sir Robert Walpole, ii. 86; Johnson says the same, 86; little of it can be depended on, it is no better than an old
almanack, 332 n.; English, "I did not think a young lord could have mentioned to me a book in the English history that was not known to me," iv. 245.
of the Earth and Animated Nature, Goldsmith's, ii. 176 n. Universal, list of authors of, iv. 291. Hoadly, Dr. Benjamin, author of the comedy, The Suspicious Husband, ii. 63.
Hobbes, his opinion on old age quoted, iii. 267 n.
Hodge, Johnson's cat, treated with
the greatest indulgence, iv. 135. Hogarth, his account of first seeing Johnson, i. 105-7; Epitaph on, by Garrick, sent to Johnson to correct, ii. 383; in his Modern Midnight Conversation, John- son's cousin Ford is the Parson, iii. 347.
Holbrook, Edward, one of John- son's teachers, i. 18 n. Holder, Mr., Johnson, in his will, desires him to choose a book as a remembrance, iv. 309. Hollis, Mr. Thomas, a strenuous Whig," iv. 52. Home, John, author of Douglas, his parody on Derrick's verses, i. 362; and Lord Bute, ii. 323; quoted by Boswell, iii. 118; his History of the Civil War, 190. Homer, venerated by Johnson, and quoted, ii. 127; his head on Johnson's seal, 127; his Iliad, translated by James Macpher- son, 277; Boswell says Homer plays the bassoon, Pope the flageolet, iii. 270; Johnson and Burke dispute over the compara- tive excellence of Homer and Virgil, iii. 216.
Hoole, John, his play unsuccessful, though praised by Johnson, ii. 268, 269 n.; supper with, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, iii. 341; his narrative of Johnson's last ill- ness, iv. 312,394-404; translator of Tasso and Ariosto, introduced to Warren Hastings, iv. 31; born in Moorfields, educated in Grub Street, 128; Johnson asks, to collect a city club, not patriots," 45; Johnson's grati- tude for his affection, 269; John- son leaves him and his son each a book, 309; reads aloud to Johnson, 314.
Hope, Dr., consulted by Boswell for Johnson, iv. 191. Horace, quotations from, applied to Johnson's style, i. 167; Johnson and Wilkes discuss a passage in the Art of Poetry, iii. 114; his villa, and his journey to Brundusium discussed, 264; his character, 265; Burke said he gave in one line the descrip- tion of a desirable manor, 324; the lyrical part never can be perfectly translated, 353; every- thing in his works but religion, iv. 151; Johnson translates an ode of, during his illness, 280. Horne, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, talks of editing Walton's Lives, iii. 31.
Horneck, Miss, and her sister, friends of Goldsmith, i. 328 n., ii. 199.
Horrebow's History of Iceland, and the Chapter on Snakes, iii. 288.
Horses, Boswell tells Johnson he has been to see a man ride upon three, i. 317; Boswell inquires of Johnson what ought to be done with old, iv. 177; John- son's answer, 178. Hospitality, how far should wealth be employed in, ii. 163; not now necessary, iii. 439. "Hottentot, the respectable," said,
without foundation, to be meant for Johnson, 207. House of Commons, the, Burke and Johnson on, iii. 251; Boling- broke describes, 251 n.; like a private company, 252; originally a check for the Crown on the House of Lords, 396. Household, Johnson's, iii. 363. Howard, Mr., an early friend of Johnson's, i. 46; of Lichfield, iii. 241. Huddesford, Dr., vice-chancellor of Oxford, i. 219. Hudibras, Johnson's copy of, marked for the Dictionary, i. 140; a great deal of bullion in it, ii. 335. Huggins, the translator of Ariosto, Johnson says he has ball with- out powder, iii. 431.
Hugh, Earl of Marchmont, Pope's friend, supposed from his pro- nunciation to be American, ii. 158.
Human experience, the great test of truth, i. 360.
Hume, David, refuses the appella- tion of a deist, i. 208; his style, 319; Johnson argues against, 353; his idea of equal happi- ness confuted, ii. 26; an echo of Voltaire, 66; makes a collec- tion of Scotticisms, 81; his essay on miracles, iii. 28; his life, 152; his suppressed article on Henry's History of England,
Humphry, Ozias, the painter, Johnson's letters to, about his godson, iv. 195 n., 196. Hunter, Mr., Johnson's master at Lichfield school, i. 18, 19.
Dr. William, elder brother of John, iv. 154. Hurd, Bishop, his writings dragged to light by Warburton, iv. 12 n; accounts for everything syste- matically, 129, 130; Boswell reads aloud one of his sermons, 213.
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