Players, J.'s prejudice against, i.
88; ii. 152, 259; iii. 123.
Plays, modern, remarks on, ii. 38.
Pleasure, different estimates of, iii.

164; pleasures of the table, re-
marks on, i. 272.
Plymouth, i. 245.

Pococke, Dr., the orientalist, iv. 26;
Latin verses on, iii. 180.
Poems, temporary, J.'s contempt for,
iii. 213.

Poetry, J.'s early, i. 12-17; ballad,
iii. 105.

Poets' corner, Johnson and Gold-
smith visit, ii. 155.

'Poets, Lives of the," first 4 vols.
published, iii. 250; reprinted, iv.
111; completed, iv. 31; attacks
on, iv. 50.

to be seldom expected, v. 58.
Politeness of great consequence to
society, v. 55.
Political Economy, ii. 67.

parties,instructions to,v.18.
Polygamy, v. 171.
Poor, employment of, iv. 11; wages
of, iv. 126.

Pope, ii. 155, 216, 260; iii. 224;
iv. 14; J.'s translation of his
"Messiah," i. 20; his opinion of
J.'s "London," i. 63; his recom-
mendation of J. to Earl Gower,
i. 65; his "Essay on Man," iii.
269, 270; obnoxious stanzas in
his "Universal Prayer," iii. 235;

his conversational powers, iv. 41;
Ruffhead's "Life of," ii. 110; J.'s
"Life of," iii. 232; iv. 38-42.
Voltaire's comparison between
Dryden and, ii. 11.

Popery, remarks on, ii. 70.
Porteous, Bishop, iii. 188.

Porter, anecdote of J. and the, iv. 57.
Porter, Mr., i. 35; Mrs., i. 35, 40,
41; Lucy, J.'s stepdaughter, i. 5,
130; ii. 295; iii. 276; Letters to,
i. 193, 194; ii. 44, 247, 248; iii.
264; iv. 67, 104, 105, 158, 168,
179, 185.

Mr., the younger, death of,

iv. 168.
Portmore, Lord, note to, from J.,
iv. 183.

Portrait - painting unsuitable for
women, ii. 232.

sitting for, iv. 11; portraits
of J., iv. 285; portraits valuable
in families, iv. 173.
Portree, v. 140.

Prayer, forms of, iv. 201.
"Preceptor," Dodsley's, i. 102.
Predestination, iv. 190.

Preferment, church, on what it de-
pends, ii. 227.

Prendergast, officer in Duke of
Marlborough's army. prophecy of
his own death, ii. 119.
Presbyterian Church not a real one,
ii. 69.

Priestly, Dr., iv. 162.
Primrose, Lady, v. 157.
Prince Charles Edward, narrative
of wanderings, v. 146-160.
Pringle, Sir John, iii. 40.
Prior, Matthew, J.'s attack on, ii. 55;
J. defends his tales, iii. 129; his
translations from Pitcairne, v. 37.
Pritchard, Mrs., the actress, i. 106.
Prize-fighting, v. 181.

Profession, J.'s regret at having
none, iii. 208.

Pronunciation, purity of, ii, 107.
Property, literary remarks on, i. 253;
ii. 166.

Provincialism, J.'s, ii 297.
Prussia, Frederick King of, J.'s
opinion of as an author, i. 251;
memoirs of, i. 174.

Punning, J.'s dislike to, ii. 155;
iv. 215.

QUAKERS, their literal interpreta-
tion of Scripture, iv. 147; female
preachers among, i. 267; J.'s
anger on a young lady's becoming
one, iii. 199.
Queensberry, Duke of, his opinion
of "Beggar's Opera," ii. 235.
Quin, the actor, his poor opinion of
"Beggar's Opera," ii. 236; his
remark on execution of Charles
the First, v.

Quotation, the parole of literary
men, iv. 77.

RADCLIFFE, Dr., his travelling fel-
lowships, iv. 200.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, Ms. of, i. 124.
"Rambler, the commencement of,

i. 110; character and style of, i.
113, 117-119; close of, i. 123;
reported translation into Russian,
iv. 189; index to, iv. 220.
Ramsay, Allan, his "Gentle Shep-
herd," ii. 143.

(son of the poet),
painter to the king, his account of
Horace's villa, iii. 169; dinners at
his house, iii. 223, 257, 273; his
death, iv. 247.

Ranelagh, fine appearance of, ii. 111;
reflections on visiting, iii. 134.
Rank, distinctions of, beneficial, i.
255; men not naturally equal, ii.
15, 142.

Rasay, island of, J.'s visit to, v. 128;
Boswell's description of, 130-4.
(See Macleod.)
Rasselas, i. 194; iv. 88.
Ratakin, a high mountain in the
Highlands, v. 109.

Ray, Miss, trial of Hackman for
shooting, ii. 258.

Reading, extensive, advantageous,

ii. 232; iv. 22; little reading in
the world, iv. 151; read when
inclination prompts, iii. 25; on
reading well, iv. 143.
Rebellion not a mark of depravity,
v. 312; remarks on the rebellion
of 1745, v. 158.
"Rehearsal," play by Duke of Buck-
ingham, ii. 111.
Relations, advantages of being on
good terms with, v. 73.
Religion, evidences of Christian, i.

229, 233; how often neglected, iv.
150; religious impressions, iv. 91.
Remembrance and recollection de-
fined, iv. 93.

Resurrection, remarks on the, iv. 71.
Retirement from the world, v. 40.
Reviews, monthly and critical, well-
conducted, writers paid, iii. 19, 26;
iv. 149.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his strong in-
terest in "Life of Savage, i. 87;
forms intimacy with J., 134; his
portrait of J., ii. 93; price of his
portraits, i. 184; his benevolence,
iv. 99; his discourses to Royal
Academy, iii. 249; iv. 217; din-
ners at his house, iii. 169, 213,
227; iv. 61; J.'s last request
to, iv. 280; letters from J.
to, i. 282; ii. 93. 97; iii. 51, 57;
iv. 116, 140, 152, 174, 233, 247;
his description of J.'s strange
gesticulation, i. 74.

Miss, iii. 215.
Rheumatism, recipe for, ii. 232.
Rhyme, excellence over blank verse,
i. 247.

Richardson the painter, i. 73.

Samuel, author of Cla-
rissa, i. 74, 141; death of, i. 212;
compared to Fielding, ii. 39.
Riches, influence of, v. 78.
Ridicule, use of, iv. 19, 129.
Riddoch, Rev. Mr., v. 59, 66.
Ritter, Joseph, Boswell's servant,v.33
Rivers, Earl, i. 90, 91.
Robertson, Dr., the historian, ii. 41;
letter from, respecting J.'s visit to
Scotland, v. 2; meets J. in Edin-
burgh,v.15; congratulates J. on his
return from Hebrides, v. 311; cri-
ticism on his style, ii. 153; iii. 116.
Dr. James, v. 24.

"Rowley's Poetry," iii. 29.
Rudd, Mrs., iii. 49, 222.
Ruddiman, the grammarian, v. 50.
Rule, St., chapel of, v. 39.
Russia, its rising greatness, ii. 67;
Empress of, iv. 189.
Rutt, John, M.D., "Spiritual Diary
and Soliloquies,” iii. 114.

SALAMANCA, University of, J.'s high
opinion of, i. 262.

Sallust, Spanish translation of, iv.
136.

Sarpi, Father Paul, i. 68.
Savage, Richard, J. writes life of, i.
83, 88.

his character, i. 86, 87; his
parentage, i. 89-92; his letter to
Lord Tyrconnel, i. 85; his "Wan-
derer," iv. 197.

Savage life inferior to civilised, ii.
148; v. 55-6.

Scalch, a Highland dram, v. 129.
Scalpa, island of, v. 126.
Schools, public, v. 58.

Schoolmasters, their government
somewhat of a military character,
ii. 104.

Scorpion, story of the suicide of one,
ii. 41.

Scotland, scenery of, i. 246; eccle-
siastical antiquities of, v. 39; Es-
tablished Church of, ii. 69; Epis-
copal Church of, ii. 109; iii. 251;
v. 49; J.'s visit to, and kind re-
ception in, ii. 172, 195-198; J.'s
journey to Western Isles of, iii.
202.
Scotch clergy, their style of preach-
ing, iii. 236.

education inferior to English,
ii. 113, 233; iv. 98; accent, ii.
105; law, ii. 127; Court of Ses-
sion, ii. 190; v. 77; nationality,
ii. 199; militia, ii. 278; elections,
iv. 76; perseverance, iv. 15; pro-
curators, cause in Court of Session,
iv. 95; peers, unconstitutional in-
fluence of, iv. 170; learning, v.
37; plaids, v. 57; cleanliness, v.
8; broth, v. 59; breakfasts, v. 88;
Scotticisms, v. 49.

Scotchmen, reason of J.'s dislike to,
iv. 120.

Scott, Mr., of Amwell, ii. 226.

Scott, Sir Wm., dinner at his house,
iii. 176.

Mr. (Lord Stowell), v. 4, 7, 32.
Seaman's life, J.'s dislike to, ii. 281;
iii. 178.

Secker, Archbishop, his political
principles, iv. 27.

Second sight, ii. 14, 100, 206; v. 122,
127, 179.

Self-defence, iii. 161.

Sermons, an important branch of
English literature, iv. 79.
Seward, Anna, ii. 300; iii. 192; iv.

Shakspeare, iii. 32, 172; iv. 24. J.'s
edition of, i. 180; Capel's edition
of, iv. 12; orthography of his
name, v. 88.
Sharp, Archbishop, v. 43. Miss S.,
his great-grandchild, v. 45.

Dr. John, his account of J.'s
visit to Cambridge, i. 283.
Sinclair, Sir John, iv. 91.
Shaving, iii. 110.

Shaw, Dr., v. 42, 45.

Cuthbert, Esq., his poem of
the "Race," ii. 27.

Rev. Mr., his works on the
Celtic languages, iii. 68; iv. 172.
Shebbeare, Dr., his "Letters on the
English Nation," iv. 84.
Shelburne, Lord, iv. 134.
Shenstone, W., ii. 289; witty saying
of, iv. 155.

Sheridan, Thomas, i. 261; ii. 60,
207; iii. 254; iv. 149, 153, 222;
J.'s difference with, i. 221, 223;
Mrs. S., her novels, i. 223.

Richard Brinsley, iii. 75,

76. His marriage, ii. 236.
Shiels, Mr., one of J.'s amanuenses,
i. 99; iii. 18, 22.

Shieply, Dr., Bishop of St. Asaph, iii.

169.

Shorthand, reporting, remarks on, ii.

145.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, his "Scotch
Antiquities," iii. 153.

Siddons, Mrs., visits J., iv. 166.
Silver salver, J.'s, iv. 69.
Skye, island of, ii. 173; J.'s Ode to,

v. 118; rental of, v. 160.
Slate, parish church of, v. 115.

Slavery, discussion on, iii. 136.
Smart, Christopher, i. 173; ii. 222;

his madness, i. 228.
Smith, Dr. Adam, v. 14; his remarks
on J., i. 25; his style of conversa-
tion, iv. 24; his "Wealth of Na-
tions," ii. 277.

Edmund, J.'s life of. i. 31.
Rev. Mr., vicar of Southill,
iv. 92.
Soho works, Birmingham, ii. 293.
Solitude, how far beneficial, iii. 16.
South Sea discoveries, ii. 160.
Southill church, iv. 90.
Southwell, Lady, account of, iii. 296;
letter from J. to, iii. 296.
Spades, those used in Skye, v. 186.
Spain, Twiss's Travels in, ii. 222.
Spanish plays, wild and improbable,
iv. 19.

"Spectator," iii. 20; iv. 69; new
edition of, with notes, proposed,
ii. 138.

Speldings, v. 35, 77.
Spence's, Rev. J., "Anecdotes," iv.50.
Spirits, evil, extracts from a sermon

of Bishop Hurd's on, iv. 198.
Staffordshire, J.'s last visit to, iv. 237.
Stanhope, Mr. (son of Lord Ches-
terfield), i. 148; iv. 224.
Stanzas by J., addressed to a rich
young man, iv. 280.

Staunton, Dr. (Sir George), letter

Strahan, Mr., the printer, i. 162; ii.
92; v. 63; breakfast at his house,
ii. 208.

iv. 75.

William (junior), death of,

-, Mrs., letters from J. to, iv.
75, 103.
Stratford-on-Avon, ii. 289; jubilee
ii. 51.

Streatham, Mr. Thrale's residence
at, iii. 152; iv. 100.
Street-charity, more common in
men than women, iv. 29.
Stuart, House of, ii. 142; iii. 103,
104; J.'s partiality to, ii. 220.

Sir Andrew's, letters to
Lord Mansfield, ii. 148.

Colonel James, iii. 268, 275.
Hon. and Rev. W., vicar

of Luton, iv. 138.
Subordination, remarks on, ii. 15;
iii. 177.

Subscription, ecclesiastical, v. 42.
Suicide, ii. 148; v. 34.

Sunday, observance of, ii. 240; v. 46.
J.'s scheme of life for, i. 171.
Swallows, remarks on their habits,
ii. 42.
Swearing, the habit almost universal,
ii. 110.

Sweden, History of, by Daline, ii.
103.

Sheridan's account of Revo-
lution in, read by J., iii. 192.
Swift, Dean, i. 66; ii. 47, 207
"Tale of a Tub," i. 260; v. 26;
J.'s prejudice against, v. 26; J.'s
life of, iv. 49; Orrery's life of,
v. 189; Stella's remark on, ii.
249; his style, ii. 125.
Swinfen, Dr., i. 21, 31, 32.
Swinton, Mr., Chaplain of Oxford
Jail, i. 152.

Sydenham, Dr., description of St.
Vitus's dance, i. 73.

TASSO, J. writes dedication to
Hoole's translation of, i. 219.
his "Jerusalem,” iii. 222.
Taste, change of, ii. 16.
"Taxation no Tyranny," J.'s pam-
phlet, ii. 203, 204, 205, 217.

Tower's answer to, ii. 205.
Tea, defence of, i. 179; J.'s love of,
i. 283; v. 9.

"Telemachus, a Masque," by G.
Graham, i. 237; v. 67.
Thames, use of ribald language on,
iv. 25.

Theatre, Lichfield, J. at, ii. 303.
Theocritus, remarks on, iv. 10.
Theodore the Hermit, "Vision of,"
i. 102.

Thomson, James, the poet, J.'s opi-
nion of, i. 260; ii. 46; story of
J.'s reading, iii. 22; particulars
concerning, iii. 242.

34-9.

Rev. James, case of, iii.

Thrale, family, i. 285; Mr., i. 285;
iii. 11; J.'s character of, i. 287;
death of infant son, ii. 300; his
illness, iii. 281; iv. 57; contests
Southwark election, iii. 165; din-
ners at his house, iii. 17; iv. 62;
death of, iv. 65; J. one of his
executors, iv. 65; sale of brewery,
iv. 65; v. 95.

Mrs., i. 23, 39, 40, 287, 288;
ii. 56, 276; iii. 4, 29, 212; iv.
189; v. 2; J.'s ode to, v. 120;
her flattery of J., ii. 224; letter
to J. from, iii. 282; letters from
J. to, iii. 283; iv. 157, 158, 159;
coolness to J., iv. 115; retains
appearance of friendship, iv. 229;
marries Piozzi, an Italian music-
master, iv. 228; "Anecdotes" of
J., iv. 216; inaccuracy of "Anec-
dotes," iv. 229-33; "British Syno-
nymy," iv. 279.

Thuanus, J.'s thought of translating,
iv. 278.

Thurlow, Lord, letter to J. from, iii.
297; letter from J. to, iv. 234;
application to, in J.'s behalf, iv.
221, 226, 234.
Tickell, life of, iv. 45.
Timidity, best means of overcoming,
iv. 213.

Toleration, remarks on, iv. 15, 278.
Tongue, government of the, iii. 255.
Tour, J.'s provincial, ii. 281.

Town and country life compared,
iii. 171.

Townshend, Mr. (Lord Sydney), iv.

216.

Trade, remarks on, ii. 65; v. 184;
impositions in, v. 216.

Translations, iii. 174; J.'s, i. 12.

Transpire, definition of, iii. 233.
Transubstantiation, v. 47.
Trapaud, Mr. v. 100.

Travellers, iii. 159, 201, 202.
Travelling, advantages of, iii. 181,
238.

Treason, constructive, iv. 66.
Trees, scarcity of in Scotland, v. 46,

50.

Trent, J.'s translation of "History
of Council of," i. 50, 68.
Trianon, ii. 253.

Trimlestown, Lord, iii. 154, 155.
Trinity, doctrine of the, ii. 164; v.

60.

College, Oxford, ii. 286.
Dublin, i. 284.

Truth, iii. 270; iv. 217; physical and
moral, iv. 12.

Truthfulness, iii. 154, 155.
Tuileries, ii. 251.

Tunbridge Wells, J. visits, i. 102.
Turk's Head Coffee-house, i. 267.
"Turkish Spy," not genuine, iv. 139.
Tyers, Mr. Thomas, his remark on
J.'s taciturnity, iii. 207.
Tyrconnel, Lord, patronises Richard
Savage, i. 92.

ULINISH, V. 187.

Unius lacertæ, meaning of, iii. 172.
Universal History, list of authors
of, iv. 259-261.

Visitor, J.'s contributions

to, i. 94, 173.
Universities, English, iii. 8.
University College, Oxford, ii. 283,
285; university verses, ii. 237.
"Urban Sylvanus" (Edward Cave),
verses addressed to, by J., i. 55;
letter to, i. 87.
Uttoxeter market, J.'s refusal to at-
tend, iv. 252.

J.'s penance in, iv. 253.

"VAGABONDO, Il," Italian trans-
lation of the Rambler, i. 109.
Valancy, Colonel, celebrated anti-
quary, iv. 187.

"Vanity of Human Wishes," i. 103,
104; v. 30.

Vanity, reproofs for, iv. 135, 217.
Veal, Scotch, v. 15.
Versailles, ii. 252.

Verses, J.'s mode of writing, ii. 16.