ABSENTEEISM, 329 Abstinence of Johnson, 126, 128, 246 Accent, Scottish, easily detected, 168 INDEX. Accent, provincial, often not disagreeable, 168 Actors, Johnson's prejudice against, 36, 311 Adams, Dr., 247, 467, 494 Adams's, Dr., eulogy of Johnson, 7 Adams, Miss, 469 Addison and Eustace Budgell, 269 Addison's style compared with Johnson's, 51 Adventure of Johnson, Langton, and Beauclerk, 57 "Adventurer, The," Johnson's interest in, 58 Advice to Boswell, 430, 461 Affecting scene between Johnson and Boswell, Affection of Johnson for his departed relations, 500 Affection of Johnson for the memory of his wife, Agricultural improvement; its influence on popu- Agriculture, Marshal's Minutes of, 347 Alchymy, 228 Alcibiades' dog, 324 Allen, Mr. Edmund, 450 Amatory verses, 15 Ambition of Johnson to excel, 4 American Independence, 317 American War, 409 Americans, Johnson's ire against the, 341, 348 Baretti, Mr. Joseph, 89, 91, 93 trial and acquittal of, on a charge of Baretti's account of Italy, praised by Johnson, 140 Ancient Literature, Johnson appointed Professor Barnard, Dr., 418 Ancient Britain, 353 Ancient Egyptians, 421 of, 142 Anderson, Mr. John, 291 Anecdote of Floyd and Derrick, 113 Barnes, Rev. Joshua, 390 Barrington, Hon. Daines, 348 Anecdote of Johnson, while at Plymouth (1762), 93 Barry's pictures, 448 LL 2 Bath, Johnson at, 268 Boyse, Mr. Samuel, 504 Brighton, Johnson at (1769), 143 "Bear," origin of this epithet applied to Dr. Brown, "Capability," 372 Johnson, 142 Beattie, Dr. 164, 165, 382 v. Johnson-Altercation, 368 death of, 378 Beauclerk's library, 415 Beauty and utility, discussion on, 170 Beauty in sounds, discussion on, 177 Bedlam visited by Johnson and Boswell, 227 Beresford, Mrs., 467 Bewley's enthusiasm for Johnson, 424 Biographia Britannica," 308 Birch, Dr., letters to, 34, 52, 68 Birmingham, Johnson removes to, 13 Birmingham, Johnson retires to (1734), 15 Birmingham, Johnson at, 251 Birth of Johnson, I - Tom, Johnson's second instructor. 3 Burke, Edmund, 347, 392 in parliament, 160 Burke's defence of Johnson, 476 letter on America, 311 Burney, Mr. (afterwards Dr.), 68, 78, 79, 124, 331, Burney's, Mr., interview with Johnson in Gough Burney and Johnson's conversation respecting Burney's Memoranda of Johnson's sayings, 237 Busts and Portraits of Johnson, 508 Bute, Earl of, 92, 93, 222 Birthday, Johnson dislikes the mention of his, 303 Byng, Admiral, Johnson's defence of, 75 Bishops, deportment of, 407 Black dog, Boswell's, 377 Blackfriars-bridge, 86 Black-letter books, Johnson's love of, 157 Blackmore, Sir Richard, his poem of "Creation," recommendation of the Dictionary, Speeches written by Johnson, 359 Cheyne, Dr. George, 264 Cheynel, Life of, 52 Children, Johnson's love of, 441 Christchurch Meadows, Johnson sliding in, 7 Christianity, evidences of, 106, 112 Chronological list of Dr. Johnson's works, 511-514 Churton, Rev. Ralph, on Boswell's Johnson, 471 - Johnson's criticism on, 99 Cibber's "Lives of the Poets," 264 Clarendon press and booksellers' profits, 242. Claret, port, and brandy, 367 Classical education, advantages of, 113 Clergyman, life of a, 345 Clerical discipline in the Church of Scotland, 171 Clerk, Sir P. J., and Mr. Perkins, 409 Clifton's eating house, Butcher Row, 99 Club, Queen's Arms', 410 Colchester, Johnson's veneration for, 116 College life of Johnson terminates (1731), 11 character of in "Poetical Calendar," 94 Concluding reflections, 509 Congreve at school with Johnson, 4 Conjugal infidelity, remarks on, 139, 263, 374 Conversation, Johnson's powers of, 310, 438 Conversation, Johnson's, in his last illness, 504 Cookery, Johnson promises to write a book on, Copyists employed on Dictionary, 41 Corn-Laws in Ireland, 159 Correspondence of Boswell with Johnson (1771-2), 162, 163, 164 Corruption of the British Parliament, 317 Corsica, account of, published by Boswell, 137 Council of Trent, projected translation of, 20 Courtenay, Mr., on Johnson's Latin poetry, 8 moral and literary character of Dr. Cowardice, Johnson's remarks on, 351 'Creation," Sir Richard Blackmore's, 153 Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, supper at, Cruikshank, Mr., 491 DALRYMPLE, Sir David (Lord Hailes), 107, 111 Dancing, Johnson on, 408 Davies, Mr. Thomas (the actor), 96, 199, 322, Mr., excites the anger of Johnson, 199 Death, and the fear of its approach, 152 Death, General Paoli on the fear of, 302 Death, Johnson's horror of, 471, 500 Debates in Parliament, 22, 31 Defence of Hastie, schoolmaster at Campbell- "Deformities of Johnson," 428 Degree of M.A. conferred on Johnson (1755), 65 Delany's" Observations on Swift," 329 Mrs., candidate for Matronship of Despondency of Johnson, 426 Devotional feeling of Johnson at Harwich church, Dictionary republished (1773), 180 Difficile est propriè communia dicere," 276 Dilly, Mr. Edward, 287, 293, 371, 459 death of, 371 Diploma of M.A., copy of, 67 Elphinston's translation of Martial, 332 Diploma of LL.D. from Trinity College, Dublin English bar, the, 474 (1765), 122 Diploma of LL.D., Oxford (1775), 217 Discourses to the Royal Academy, Reynolds's, Divorces, 358 Dixie, Sir Wolstan, 13 Doctors "Marley," "Heath," and "Moss," 407 Dodd, Dr., papers written by Johnson for, 298- Dodd's poem, "Thoughts in Prison," 335 Dodsley's "Preceptor," preface by Johnson, 42 Dossie, Mr., writer on agriculture, 388 Douglas cause, the great, 138, 187 Douglas, Dr., Bishop of Salisbury, 465 Englishmen, reserved manners of, 440 Epigram on Johnson's Dictionary, Garrick's, 72 Epitaph on Phillips, a musician, 31 Erskine, Hon. Thomas, afterwards Lord Chan- Essays, hints for, by Johnson, 46 Expulsion of students from Oxford University for Extravagance, conversation on, 358 FAILING health of Johnson (1783), 453 Draughts (game of) recommended by Johnson, 76 "False Alarm, The," a pamphlet published by Dream of Johnson, 387 Dress, Johnson's attention to, 478 Drinking, Johnson on, 369 Driving, Johnson's love of, 304 Dropsy, Johnson attacked by, 459 Dr., 367 Duel between Riddell and Cunningham, 445 Duke of Berwick's Memoirs," 340 Dundas, Mr. Henry, 319 Dunning, Mr., 327 Dyer, Samuel, 129 Dyer's "Fleece," 250 EARLY rising and its difficulties, 306 Earnest disputation, 464 East Indians and Chinese, civilisation of, 355 Edial House private academy, 17 Education of the poor by the State, 128 Edwards, an old fellow collegian, 344 Jonathan, on Grace, 341 Rev. Dr., of Oxford, 363 Egotism, remarks on, 350 Egyptians, ancient, 421 Elibank, Lord, 388 Eliot, Lord, 480 Ellis, Jack, the money scrivener, 262 Elphinston, Mr. James, letters to, 47, 48 Johnson, 154 Fame, conversation on, 333 Fame and immortality, 223 Farmer, Rev. Dr., of Cambridge, 154, 380 Farquhar, George, author of "The Beaux Stra Father's profits estimated by Johnson, 2 Fergusson, James, the astronomer, 150 Feudal system, discussion on the, 173 Fielding's and Richardson's works compared, First religious thoughts, Johnson 5, 9 Flageolet, Johnson's, 327 Flattery by a maid of honour, 350 Fleet-street, cheerful aspect of, 344 Fleming, Sir Michael de, 114 Flogging approved by Johnson, 4 characteristics of his acting, 149 France visited by Johnson, with Mr. and Mrs. Gay's "Beggars' Opera," 225 Thrale, 230-236 Austin Monks, 233 Cambray, 236 Chantilly, 235 Compeigne, 235 Ecole Militaire, 231 Fermor, Mrs., 233 Fontainebleau, 233 Gobelins, The, 232 Grand Chartreux, 235 General Advertiser, letter to, in reference to General warrants, legality of, 144 Gentility and morality, remarks on, 219 Gentleman's Magazine, proposition for Johnson Gentleman's Magazine, Johnson's first contri- Foote's description of Johnson in Paris, 236 Gentleman's Magazine, Johnson's writings in, 29 King's Library, 234 Library of St. Germain, 235 Looking-glasses, the mode of making, 234 Palais Bourbon, 233 Palais Royal, 232 Paris, Johnson's description of, 231 Santerre, the brewer, 234 St. Denis, 235 Sèvre, 234 Society in France, 236 Sorbonne, 234 Trianon, 234 Versailles, 233 Francis's "Horace," 360 Francklin's, Dr., Demonax, 395 Frauds, literary, 88 George III., introduction of Johnson to His Johnson's admiration of, 136 Johnson's account of his conver- sation with, 136 Ghost, Cock-lane, 100 Ghosts, 173, 174 Ghosts, Johnson's opinion on, 100, 324 (Oliver), Johnson's opinion of, 101 and Dodsley, dispute between, 266 and his tailor, 146 Frederick the Great, Johnson's criticisms on, Goldsmith's abilities criticised by Johnson, 189, Good Friday and Easter Sunday (1773), 183 Gordon (Lord George) sent to the Tower, 381 Gough-square, Johnson's residence in, 42 "Government of the Tongue," 366, 367 Gower (Earl), Pope recommends Johnson to, 26 Grainger's "Ode on Solitude," 314 - Grammar school, scheme for classes of a, 18 Greenwich, Johnson's removal to, ao Grief for the loss of friends, 297 Guardians, on the selection of, 372 |