Lewis, Rev. Francis, translates mot- toes to "Rambler," i. 124. Liberty, popular, J.'s contempt for, ii. 45; iii. 258; of conscience, 161; of the press, iii. 9. Lichfield, J.'s birthplace, i. 8, 14, 30; ii. 294; iii. 275; iv. 100, 251; bust of J. in cathedral, iv. 286. Life, human, remarks on, iii. 226; iv. 204; on success in, iv. 122; on savage, iv. 210. Lilliburlero, ballad of, ii. 233. Lindley, Miss, an eminent singer,
marries R. B. Sheridan, ii. 236. Linen cleaner than wool or silk, v. 170.
Liquors, J.'s estimate of different, iii. 256; iv. 62. Literary labour, small remuneration of, i. 104; advantages of literary life, iv. 73; instructions for writing lives of literary men, v. 190; lite- rary property, v. 32, 48; literary men showing their writings,iii.215. Magazine, J. a contributor
to, i. 174. Literature, anecdote of J.'s respect for, iii. 209; French, v. 247. Lives of the Poets, J.'s, iv. 31; in- cidents connected with, 32; criti- cisms and attacks on, 51; new edi- tion of, 114.
Lloyd, Olivia, J.'s affection for, i. 39. Mrs, godmother to Savage the poet, i. 91. Lochbuy, J.'s visit to, v. 270. Lochlomond, ii. 173; iii. 257. Loch Ness, beautiful drive along, v. 98.
Locke, John, the philosopher, Latin verses by, v. 64. London, the great field of genius and exertion, i. 47, 244; iii. 4; life in, i. 49; ii. 53; iii. 255; iv. 254; size and increase of, ii. 229; iv. 146; state of poor in, iii. 269; cheap living in, v. 183; persons of conse- quence watched in, v. 196; com- pared with Pekin, v. 242; J.'s re- sidences in, i. 54, 99; iii. 272; J.'s poem of "London," i. 58-65. Chronicle, an evening news- paper, i. 179. Long, Mr. Dudley (North), his cha- racter, iv. 63.
Longley, Mr., of Rochester, his learning, iv. 14.
Loudon, Countess of (daughter of Earl Stair), iii. 247; v. 296.
Earl of, entertains J. in Ayrshire, v. 296. Loughborough, Lord(Wedderburne), iii. 2.
Lovat, Simon, Lord, verses on his exe- cution, i. 126; assists in abduction of Lady Grange, v. 181; erects memorial in Skye to his father, v. 186; boasts of his clan, v. 314. Lowe, Mauritius, a painter, J. kind to, iii. 296; iv. 139; his picture of the Deluge, iv. 140.
Lowth, Bishop, his controversy with Warburton, ii. 33; v. 89; his learning, v. 55.
Lowther, noble family of, v. 79. Loyola, Ignatius, founder of the Je- suits, i. 28.
Loyalty of Highlanders, v. 160. Lucan, Lord and Lady, their at- tention to J., iv. 220.
Luke, Gospel of St., remarks on chap. vii. ver. 50, iv. 12. Lutterel, Col., rival of Wilkes, ii. 76. Luxury, remarks on, ii. 141; iii. 33, 190, 196.
Lydiat, Thomas, his history, i. 104. Lyttelton, George, Lord, his anxiety as an author, iii. 20; his "Dia- logues," ii. 84; caricature of, v.225; his " History of Henry the Se- cond," ii. 33.
Thomas, second Lord, his remarkable vision, iv. 203.
MACALLAN, Eupham, a reputed witch, v. 20.
Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine, a great republican, i. 258; her remarks on J.'s political principles, ii. 143; J. severe upon, 217; J. does not wish to be pitted against her, iii. 124.
,Rev. Kenneth, Minister of Calder, Nairnshire, his "History of St. Kilda," ii. 40, 102; visited by J. at Calder, v. 83; his claim to au- thorship of "History of St. Kilda" disputed, 84; and affirmed, 287; J. promises his son a Servitorship at Oxford, 87.
Macaulay, Rev. John, Minister of Inverary, v. 286.
--, Mr. T. Babington, v. 92, 185, 286. Macbean, brothers, amanuenses to J., i. 99.
Mr., author of "Diction- ary of Geography," iii. 16, 297. Macbeth, v. 94; observations on tragedy, i. 94; the "Blasted Heath," v. 81.
Maccaronic verses, origin of, iii. 191. Macclesfield, Countess of, i. 89-93. Macdonald, Sir James, a young chief of distinguished merit, i. 259; epitaph on, by Lord Lyttelton, v. 115; his last letter to his mother, v. 116; bond to Kingsburgh, 204.
Sir Alexander, afterwards Lord Macdonald, ii. 104, 114; visited by J. at Armidale, v. 112; his parsimony and want of spirit, v. 113, 115, 124, 221.
Lady Margaret, her great popularity in Skye, iii. 257; v. 116, 207; assists Prince Charles Edward in his escape, v. 146.
Flora, v. 142-146, 157. Allan (husband of Flora),
Alexander, old Kings- burgh, v. 143, 146-7, 204, 206-7. Mackenzie, Sir George, his works, v. 167.
Henry, his "Man of Feel- ing," i. 207; his "Life of Black- lock," v. 28; his "Man of the World," v. 219.
Roderick, a chivalrous
young Jacobite, v. 207. Mackinnon, Laird of, assists in es- cape of Charles Edward, v. 155.
family of, at Corricha- tachin, hospitably entertain J., v. 119; account of, 123; entertain J. a second time, 204; Boswell's ex- cess of drinking at, 205. Maclaine, John, Laird of Lochbuy, entertains J., v. 270; his curious mistake about J., 271; his son killed in a duel, 272. Maclaurin, Colin, the mathemati- cian, his epitaph, v. 31.
--, John, Lord Dreghorn, ii. 233; v. 31, 217.
Maclean, Donald, young Laird of Coll, v. 198, 201; plans an expe- dition for J. and acts as leader, 203; their danger at sea, 222; en- tertains J. at island of Coll, 231; they sail for Mull, 245; his charac- ter and merits, 259; his death, 262. Sir Allan, and his daugh- ters, visited at Inchkenneth by J., v. 256; accompanies him to Iona, 262; reverence for his feudal power as chief, 267.
--, Capt. Lachlan, Coll, en- tertains J., v. 225.
Rev. Hector, Coll, dis- putes with J., v. 227.
Mr., a young student at
Dr. Alexander, Tober- mory, v. 246; his accomplished daughter, v. 252.
Macleod, John, of Rasay, entertains J., v. 128; league between family of and Macdonalds, 135; ball and gaiety at Rasay, 138.
Malcolm, of the Forty-
J.'s celebrated letter to, 194; leaves the originals of his translation in Beckit the bookseller's, v. 65; letter to by Sir A. Macdonald, v. 113. (See Ossian.) Macpherson, Dr. John, Skye, his 66 Dissertations," v. 122, 162. Rev. Martin (his son),
v. 122. Macquarrie, Laird of, visited at Ulva by J., v. 253; account of, 255. Macqueen, Rev. Donald, minister of Kilmuir in Skye, v. 114, 124, 141; his antiquarian zeal, 172-4; his dispute with J. concerning "Os- sian," 190-3; J.'s regard for, his death and funeral, 203-4.
--, Lachlan, innkeeper at Anoch, Glenmoriston, and his daughter, account of, v. 101-3. Macraes, the clan of that name, v. 107; J distributes money among, 108.
Macsweyn, Mr., island of Coll, his descent, v. 229; his wife had never crossed to the mainland, 242. Madden, Dr. Samuel, engages J. to revise his poem, i. 180. Madness, various kinds of, i. 228; iii. 118; iv. 28.
Maittaire, Michael, and his works, iv. 10.
Mallet, David, his edition of Boling- broke's works, i. 148; anecdote of, v. 134.
Malthe, Chevalier de, anecdote of, v. 73.
Man, J.'s gloomy estimate of, ii. 225; definitions of, v. 16; not naturally good, 66; difference between well- bred and ill-bred, iv. 216; compa- rative merits of Shakspeare and Milton's portraits of, iv. 58.
"Whole Duty of," author of work so called unknown, ii. 154. Mandeville, Bernard, fallacy of his doctrine that private vices are public benefits, iii. 196. Manners of high rank, iv. 123; change of, v. 38; value of history of, 54; those of the great families of Wales, 218.
Mansfield, Lord, ii. 105, 122, 126; v. 66, 313; his house burned in the riots of 1780, iii. 286.
Marchmont, Earl of, one of Pope's executors, iii. 232; J.'s visit to, 262; his insinuation against, iv. 41. Markham, Archdeacon, quoted and eulogised, v. 18.
Marlborough, the great Duke of, ́epigram on, ii. 288.
Sarah, Duchess of, essay on her conduct by J., i. 78; v. 135. Marriage, remarks on, ii. 54, 67, 73, 109, 213, 294; the church mar- riage service, ii. 75; the royal marriage bill, ii. 103. Martin's "Description of the West- ern Isles," i. 259; v. 1. Martinelli, Signor, his History of England, ii. 143.
Mary Queen of Scots, i. 202; v. 22; inscription for print of, ii. 191. Marylebone Gardens, J.'s visit to, iv. 219.
Massingham, Philosopher of (Mr. Bewley), his veneration for J., iv.
Massillon and Bourdaloue, v. 247. Matthew, Gospel of St., on bodies of saints, iv. 71.
Mead, Dr., dedication of "James's Med. Dict." to by J., i. 83. Mediterranean, the, its historical interest, iii. 21.
Melancholy, how to be diverted, i. 257; iii. 4; ii. 283. (See John- son.)
Melmoth, William, Mrs. Thrale's opinion of, iii. 282.
Memory should not fail at seventy, iii. 128.
Mercheta mulierum, v. 254. Metaphysical Tailor, the, iv. 132. Metcalf, Philip, attentions to J., iv.
Methodists, secret of their success, i. 264; v. 311.
Mickle, translator of "Lusiad," iii. 22; his account of Johnson," iv. 171; visited by J., iv. 209. Militia, Johnson drawn for, iv. 216; Scotch militia bill, iii. 1. Miller, Andrew, one of the pub- lishers of J.'s dictionary, i. 97; saying of, 162.
Miller, Lady, her collection of verses,
Miracles, Hume's doctrine refuted, i. 256; iii. 126.
Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street, a fa- vourite resort of J.'s, i. 231; ii. 12; iii. 230.
Monarchy, British, iii. 28; v. 158. Monckton, Miss (Countess of Cork), iv. 81.
Montagu, Mrs., her Essay on Shaks- peare, ii. 60; v. 194; notices of, iii. 28, 163, 282; iv. 188. Montaigne, opinion of, censured, i. 78.
Montrose, town of, v. 48.
Marquis of, letters from, to
Laird of Coll, v. 237. Morality, laws to enforce, iii. 11. More, Miss Hannah, iii. 173, 197; iv. 71; 188.
Morgann, Mr. M., relates anecdotes of J., iv. 134.
Morris, Miss, receives J.'s dying blessing, iv. 282.
Mortgage on J.'s pension proposed, iv. 234.
Mounsey, Dr., ii. 47. Muck, Isle of, v. 177-8. Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, excellence
of his preaching, i. 216; J.'s cha- racter of, iv. 60; his sermons, iv. 73.
Murchison, Mr., factor for Macleod, his kindness to J., v. 110. Murder, prescription of in Scots law,
Myddleton, Colonel, Denbigh, erects urn to J., iv. 284.
Myrtle, J.'s verses on sprig of, i. 39.
NAIRN, town of, v. 83. Nairne, Mr. (Lord Dunsinnan), iii. 24; v. 19, 33.
"" Colonel, St. Andrews, v. 46. Names, iii. 47.
Necessity, eternal, refuted, v. 29. Negro cause in Court of Session, iii.
Newgate, fire at, iii. 290; fifteen men executed at, iv. 222.
Newhaven, Lord, iii. 273. Newspapers, v. 291; paragraphs in, iv. 188.
Newton, Bishop of Bristol, iv. 195. Nichols, Dr., physician to the King, ii. 228; iii. 110.
Mr. J., the printer, iv. 23. His remembrances of J.'s last days, iv. 276. "Anecdotes," iv. 116. Letter from J. to, iv. 248. Nicol, Mr. G., letter from J. to, iv. 246. "Night Thoughts," Young's, J.'s opinion of, iv. 48. Nonjurors, ii. 208; iv. 196. North, Lord, ii. 98.
Northumberland House, fire in, iii. 281.
November 5, strict observance of at Pembroke College, i. 19. Nowell, Dr., Principal of St. Mary's Hall, iv. 201. His sermon before House of Commons, iv. 202.
OATH of abjuration discussed, ii. 142, 208; judicial, v. 310.
Oats, J.'s definition of, i. 167; Lord Elibank's happy retort, v. 321. Obedience, religious, iii. 198. Occupation, necessity of, iii. 121. Odyssey, the, its domestic character, iv. 152.
Ofellus, character in J.'s "Art of Living," i. 49.
Ogden, Dr. Samuel, on prayer, v. 12,
Ogilvie, Dr. J., his poems criticised, i. 244.
Oglethorp, General, i. 63; ii. 225, iii. 33; dinners at his house, ii. 117, 143; iii. 190; anecdote of, ii. 118; visits J., iv. 121.
Old age, observations on, iii. 172, 226; iv. 128, 189; old men should not put themselves to nurse, ii. 305.
Oldys, William, his curiosity and diligence, 93.
Oliver, Dame, J.'s first instructress, i. 7.
Omai, of the South-Sea Islands, iii. 6. Opium, use of, iv. 121.
Orange peel, J.'s collection of dried,
ii. 214; iv. 142. Oratory, J. against action in, ii. 137; not a test of a man's powers, 219; J. "could not get on," ii. 92; v.
his house, ii. 109, 143; iii. 219; iv. 223.
Paradise, John, Esq., letter from J. to, iv. 245.
Parcel, story of, iii. 14.
Parish clerks, their duties and their salaries, iv. 93.
Parisian society, iii. 171.
Parker, Mr., bookseller at Oxford, iv. 209.
Parliament, ii. 228; iii. 138; v. 36; abuse in, iv. 203; inattention to duties of, iv. 59; place-hunters in, ii. 158; privileges of, iii. 273; speaking in, iii. 157; attempt to bring J. into, ii. 90.
Parnell, passage in Hermit, iii. 263; "Life of," iv. 44.
Parr, Rev. Dr., iv. 18. Pascal, Pensées de, iii. 256. Passion week, iv. 67.
Paterson versus Alexander, case of, ii. 239.
Patriot, J.'s pamphlet, ii. 185. Patriotism, "the last refuge of a scoundrel," ii. 224.
Paul's, St., Monument to J. in, iv. 286.
Payne, Mr. William, Introduction to game of Draughts, i. 179. Pearce, Dr., Bishop of Rochester, sends J. paper of etymologies for Dictionary, i. 166; "Commen- tary," iii. 74.
Peers, House of, iii. 234. Pelham, Garrick's Ode on Death of, i. 149.
Pembroke College, Oxford, i. 18, 26; J.'s regard for, i. 27.
Pennant, Thomas, J. defends, iii. 182, 183, 184; v. 119, 175. Pension, J. receives from George III., i. 213.
Penuriousness, iv. 125. Pepys, Sir Lucas, iv. 120. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, remem-
brances of J., i. 11, 27, 73; ii. 290; iii. 246; J. visits, i. 282; quarrel with J., iii. 182-7.
Père Boscovich, ii. 84. Perkins, Mr., successor to Thrale's brewery, iv. 62.
letters from J. to, ii. 185; iv. 111, 177.
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