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earnestly inculcated what appeared to him to be the truth; his piety being constant, and the ruling principle of all his conduct.

mon conversation, that he at all times ex-dience, his real opinions could seldom be pressed his thoughts with great force, and gathered from his talk; though when he was an elegant choice of language, the effect of in company with a single friend, he would which was aided by his having a loud voice, discuss a subject with genuine fairness; but and a slow deliberate utterance. In him he was too conscientious to make error perwere united a most logical head with a most manent and pernicious, by deliberately wrifertile imagination, which gave him an ex-ting it; and, in all his numerous works, he traordinary advantage in arguing: for he could reason close or wide, as he saw best for the moment. Exulting in his intellectual strength and dexterity, he could, when he pleased, be the greatest sophist that ever contended in the lists of declamation; and, from a spirit of contradiction and a delight in shewing his powers, he would often maintain the wrong side with equal warmth and ingenuity; so that, when there was an au

• Though a perfect resemblance of Johnson is not to be found in any age, parts of his character are admirably expressed by Clarendon, in drawing that of Lord Falkland, whom the noble and masterly historian describes at his seat near Oxford:-"Such an immenseness of wit, such a solidity of judgement, so infinite a fancy bound in by a most logical ratiocination.-His acquaintance was cultivated by the most polite and accurate men, so that his house was an University in less volume, whither they came, not so much for repose as study, and to examine and refine those grosser propositions, which laziness and consent made current in conversation."

Bayle's account of Menage may also be quoted as exceedingly applicable to the great subject of this work.

His illustrious friends erected a very glorious monument to him in the collection entitled Menagiana. Those who judge of things aright, will confess that this collection is very proper to shew the extent of genius and learning which was the character of Menage. And I may be bold to say, that the excellent works he published will not distinguish him from other learned men so advantageously as this. To publish books of great learning, to make Greek and Latin verses exceedingly well turned, is not a common talent, I own; neither is it extremly rare. It is incomparably more difficult to

Such was SAMUEL JOHNSON, a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues, were so extraordinary, that the more his character is considered, the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence.

find men who can furnish discourse about an infinite number of things, and who can diversify them an hundred ways. How many authors are there, who are admired for their works, on account of the vast learning that is displayed in them, who are not able to sustain a conversation. Those who know Menage only by his books, might think he resembled those learned men: but if you shew the MENAGIANA, you distinguish him from them, and make him known by a talent which is given to very few learned men. There it appears that he was a man who spoke off-hand a thousand good things. His memory extended to what was ancient and modern; to the court and to the city; to the dead and to the living languages; to things serious and things jocose; in a word, to a thousand sorts of subjects. That which appeared a trifle to some readers of the Menagiana, who did not consider circumstances, caused admiration in other readers, who minded the difference, between what a man speaks without preparation, and that which he prepares for the press. And, therefore, we cannot sufficiently commend the care which his illustrious friends took to erect a monument so capable of giving him immortal glory. They were not obliged to rectify what they had heard him say; for, in so doing, they had not been faithful historians of his conversation."

THE END.

INDEX.

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Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, 219, n.

Johnson's letters to, 219, 339, 54

Baker, Sir George, 542
Ballads, (ancient,) 212
Balloons, 542

Ballow, Thomas, Esq. (the lawyer,) 294

Baltick, Johnson's proposed expedition to the, 231
Banks, Sir Joseph's Epigram on his goat, 182
his Voyages, 183

Barber, Mr. Francis, 61, 63, 241, 558
Johnson's letters to him, 172

Barclay, Mr. the young author, 139

Mr. one of Mr. Thrale's successors, 467

Baretti, Joseph, 81, 96, 98, 156, 279, 343, 439

the first who received copy money in Italy, 340
his Frusta Letteraria, 343

his trial, 166

Johnson's letters to him, 99, 101, 104

Barnard, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Limerick,) 236, 316, 464, n.
Barretier, J. P. Johnson's Life of, 36

Barrington, Hon. Daines, 387

Barrow, Rev. Dr, his Sermons, iv. 464, n.

Barrowby, Dr. 522

Barry, Sir Edward, M. D. his notion that pulsation oc-
casions death by attrition: refuted by Johnson, 298
James, Esq. (the painter,) Johnson's letter to,

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Johnson's letters to, 59, 76

his letter to Johnson on his Dictionary, 76

Birds, their migration, 216

Bishops, 457, 522. See Clergy.

570

Blackfriars Bridge, 95

Black-letter books, their value, 175

Blacklock's poetry, 129

Blackmore, Sir Richard, assisted in his Creation,' 171

Blackstone, Sir William, 257, n., 267, n.; 458

Blackmore, Sir William, Johnson's Life of, 446, n.
Blackwall, Anthony, 17

Blagden, Dr. 438

Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his Sermons, 317, 319-341, 396,
460

his account of 'Popes's Essay on Man,' 416

Rev. Robert, author of The Grave,' 301

Robert, Esq. Solicitor-General for Scotland, 301, n.

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, 36

Blaney, Elizabeth, 5, 548

Blank verse, 118, 176, 370, 394, 435 442, 448
Blenheim Park, 279

Blue-stocking club, 102, 463

Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, 35

Boetius magis Philosophus quam Christianas, 177

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Viscount, his works,
70

Bolton, Mr. Birmingham, 282

Bonaventura, 139

Books and booksellers, 272, 343, 379, 518

Boothby, Miss Hill, some account of, 446, n.

Johnson's letter to, 446, n.

Boscawen, Hon. Mrs. 393

Boscovitch, Pere, 176

Bosville, Godfrey, Esq. 428

Mrs., 190

BOSWELL, (the Author of this Work.)

introduced to Johnson, 107, 108

his Account of Corsica,' 153, 156-160
elected of the LITERARY CLUB, 213

his Letter to the People of Scotland,' 483
his Letter on Fox's India Bill, 512, 513

For other matters, see, 131, 140, 152, 170, 200, 267,
381, 398, 403, 404, 418, 419, 478

Johnson's argument in favour of his trying
his fortune in London, 540

Johnson's excellent letter to him on his suc-
ceeding to his estate, 478

Johnson's other letters to him, 131, 139, 145,
156, 160, 171, 181. 183, 201, 202, 221, 222. 223, 224,
225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 236, 256, 257,
266, 268, 270, 271, 300. 315, 316, 319, 320, 321, 325,
326, 328, 329, 331, 354. 356, 376, 403, 412, 413, 414,
419, 420, 421, 426, 429, 452, 476, 478, 501, 507, 511,
512, 513, 539, 550, & seq.

BOSWELL, letters to Johnson from him, 146, 156, 181,
182, 265, 201, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 230, 231, 235,
258, 271, 314, 319, 320, 321, 323, 327, 329, 330, 355,
359, 376, 402, 411, 413, 418, 420, 425
Mrs. 222, 223, 339, 356, 420

answer, 482

375, n.

- Johnson's letters to, 313, 328, 479; her

Dr. his character of Johnson, 290
Thomas David, Esq. 426, 563

James, Esq. (the author's second son, (291,

Veronica, (the author's eldest daughter) 329, n.

Bourchier, Governor, 456

Boufflers, Mad. de, 265

"Boulter's Monument, a poem, &

Bowles, William, Esq. 502

Bowyer, Printer, his life, 547

Boyse, Mr. Samuel, 560, n.

Braithwaite, Daniel, Esq. 516

Bramhall, Archbishop, his work on Liberty and Neces-

sity, 169

Bribery, 247

Brocklesby, Dr. his kind attention to Johnson, 484, 501,

502, 512, 515, 536, 557, 562

Johnson's letters to, 502, 508, & seq.

Brodie, Captain, 17, n. 285, n.

Brown, Thomas, Johnson's English teacher, 7

Dr. John, 178

Browne, Isaac Hawkins, Esq. 242

Rev. Mr. Robert, of Utrecht, his confutation

of Hume, 380

(capability,) 381

Brown, Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, 57, 82; his style
how far imitated by Johnson, 517

Brutes, the hardships suffered by them recompensed by

the care of man, 303

not endued with reason, 216

Brutus, a ruffian, 107, n.

Brydone's Tour, 401

Buchan, Earl of, anecdote of, 193
Buchanan, 127, 166, 487

Buckingham, Catherine, Duchess of, 364

Budgell, Eustace, 301

Budworth, Mr. 560, n.

Buffon, remark on, 313, n.

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' 212
Burial Service, 355

Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, and remarks
on, 18, 93, 143, 180, 311, 386, 408, 437, 482, 517, 5
530, 560

his Bonmots, 390

his universal knowledge, 435

the Author, introduced to him, 213

his Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol censrued b
Johnson, 348

his Essay on the Sublime,' &c. 165

his Letter on the Affairs of America,' 348
Richard, junr. Esq. 498

Burman, Johnson's Life of, 38.

Burnet's History of his Own Times, 205.

his Life of Rochester, 349.

Burney, Dr. 404, 405, 489, 553.

Johnson's letters to him, 76, 86, 87, 139, 504,
543, 550.

Burney, his Anecdotes of Johnson, 89, 265, 471.

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Charade, Johnson's, on Dr. Bernard, Lord Bishop of
Limerick, 490

Charlemont, James, first Earl of, 456

Charles I. 253

Charles II. 245 Johnson's opinion of

Charles V. his celebration of his funeral obsequies in his
lifetime, 366

Chastity, 281. See Marriage

Chatham, Earl of, 529

Chatterton's poems, 302

Chesterfield, Lord, 46, 67, 69, 204, 242, 400, 410, 484, 534
his Letters, 70, 242

book, 303.

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Johnson's severe letter to him, 68.

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Chemistry, 505.

Cibber, Colley, 36, 44, n. 110, 165, 245, 309, 246, 505,
See George II.

Theophilus, his Lives of the Poets,' 48, 296,
297, n.

Clarendon, Lord, continuation of his History,' 272
his style, 370.

commendation of, 79, n. 162

Claret, its inefficacy as wine, 400

Clarke, Richard, Esq., 513

Clarke, Dr., his Works, 562

'Cleone,' Dodsley's, 87, 435

'Cleonice,' Hoole's, 229

Clergy, the, 175, 192, 213, &c. 331, 384, 388, 457, 487
Clergyman, advice to a young one, 427

Clerk, Sir P. J. 455

Climate, contributes little to happiness, 198

Clive, Lord, 415

Clive, Mrs., the actress, 432, 505

Club, Essex-head, 511

Eumelian, 389

LITERARY. See L.

Coachmakers'-hall Debating Society, 459

Cobb, Mrs. 418

Cock-lane Ghost, 112, 373

Colchester, 129

Collections in writing, their use, 165

College tutor, an old one's advice to one of his pupils re-

lative to composition, 212

Collins, the poet, 105

Colman, George, Esq. 239, 243, 317

his Letter from Lexiphanes,' 554

Combabus, 364 n.

Commandment, the ninth, 42.

Condescension, 288

Confession, auricular, 169, 305

Congé d'elire, 531

Congreve, his works, 164, 166, 248

-Johnson's Life of, 446

Rev. Mr. 7, 283, 287

Connoisseur,' the, 116

O'Connor, Charles, Esq. his

Account of Ireland,' 86

Johnson's letter to, 322

Const, Francis, Esq. 292, n.
Controversial writings, 291
Convents, 141

Conversation, 251, 278, 279, 304, 347, 396, 486, 487, 503
Conversation, solid, disagreeable to men of moderate
capacity, because they are left out of company by
it, 303
Converts, 169

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Coverley, Sir Roger de, 254
Cowley, Johnson's Life of, 296, 442

the edition of his select works by Bishop Hurd,
296, 360
Coxeter, Thomas, Esq. his great collection of English
Poetry, 338

the Lives of the Poets, by Shields, and Cibber
compiled from his manuscripts, 338, n.

Crabbe, Rev. Mr., his Village,' 484

Cradock, Joseph, Esq. 299

Craven, Lady, (now Margravine of Anspach,) 294
Croft, Rev. Herbert, 524, 528

Croft, Rev. Herbert, his Life of Young,' 447

Cromwell, the Usurper, Johnson's design of writing his

life, 502

Crosbie, Mr. Andrew, 255

Crouch, Mrs. 500

Crousaz, 33, 39

Cruikshank, Mr., Johnson's letters to, 546, 558

Cullen, Dr. 512

Cumberland, Richard, Esq. 300, 449, 553

Curates, the question of raising their salaries discussed,

331

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Dalrymple, Sir John, his Memoirs, 204
Sir David. See Hailes, Lord
Dalzel, Mr., Professor of Greek at Edinburgh, 553
Dartineuf, 278
Davies, Mr. Thomas, character and anecdotes of, 107,
158, 165, 223, 246, 247, 299, 359, 367, 432, 501
Johnson's kind letters to, 503, 546
his Memoirs of Garrick, 426
Dawkins, -, Esq. the traveller, 468
Deane's Future Life of Brutes,' 155

Death, reflections on, 90, 169, 282, 387, 518, 524. See

Johnson

Debts, contracting them, the source of much evil and
calamity, 480

Dedications, Prefaces, Introductions, &c. by Johnson,
and remarks on, 40, 44, 46, 48, 66, 85, 94, 100, 105,
139, 147, 153, 202, 208, 229, 320, 552, n.
Defoe, Daniel, 373

Delany's Observation on Swift,' 367
Dempster, George, Esq. 112, 120, 233

Dennis, John, his critical works worth collecting, 299
Derby, some particulars relating to, 339

Derrick, Samuel, Esq. 105, 108, 126, 406, 489, 501
Desmoulins, Mrs. 12, 61, 359, 563

Devaynes, John, Esq. 516

Devil, the first Whig, 391

his influence upon the souls of men, 521

Devonshire, Duke of, 247, 407

Duchess of, 542

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'Distressed Mother,' Johnson's Epilogue to, 10

Dodd, Rev. Dr. 325, 332, 333, 341, 374, 377

Johnson's assistance to him, 333, 334

Johnson's opinion concerning him, 494
Johnson's letters to him, 334, 335

Doddington, George Bubb, Esq. (afterwards Lord Mel-
combe,) 56, n. 448. n.

Dodsley, Robert, 29, 69, 278, 299, 435

Dogs do not compare, 167

Dominicetti's baths, 233

Dossie, Mr. 432

Douglas, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Salisbury,) 29, 59, 68, n

158, 517

Douglas Cause, 154, 210

Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, 36

Draughts, game of, 84

Dreams, 431

Drelincourt on death,' 189

Drumgould, Colonel, 263

Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters to, 147, 148,

149

Dr. 314

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