Historians, English, iii. 502.

how characters should be drawn by, iv.
278.

History, i. 438; ii. 81, 81 n.; iii. 241,
241 n.

little really authentic, ii. 81, 81 n., iii.
241.

- an old almanack,' iii. 241 n.

not supported by contemporary evi-
dence, a romance, iii. 98.

of manners, the most valuable, ii. 313.
- of the Council of Trent,' Johnson's pro-

jected translation of, i. 76, 104.
'Historye of Troye,' the first book printed
in the English language, iii. 158 n.
Hoarding, iv. 372.

Hobbes, Thomas, on the state of the mind
in old age, iv. 110 n.

Hogarth, his first interview with Johnson,
i. 117.

Johnson's lines on the death of, i. 118.
his character of Johnson, i. 118.
'Hogshead of sense,' Johnson compared
to, iii.

Holdbrook, Mr., Johnson's early instructor,

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Johnson's seal, a head of, i. 388 n.
Johnson's early translations from, i.

523.

antiquity of, iv. 191.

Pope's translation of, iv. 401.

Madame Dacier's translation of, iv.
194 n.

Macpherson's translation of, iv. 194 n.
Cowper's translation of, iv. 194 n.
and Virgil, comparative excellence of,
iv. 46.

'Homo caudatus,' iii. 262.

Honesty, noble instance of, ii. 341 n.
Honour, iv. 367 n.

Hook, Abbé, his translation of Berwick's
6 Memoirs,' iv. 144.

Hooke, Nathaniel, ii. 408.

-wrote the Duchess of Marlborough's
'Apology,' ii. 408.

Hoole, John, esq., i. 214 n., 372.

his early instruction, v. 65.

Johnson's letter to Warren Hastings
in behalf of, iv. 440.

- Johnson's elegant dedication of his
Tasso to the queen, i. 372.

Hoole, John, esq., his tragedy of 'Cleo-
nice,' iii. 165.

some account of, iii. 165 n.

Hoole, John, esq., Johnson's letters to,
iii. 165; v. 274.

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his diary of Johnson's last illness, v.
464.

Hope, i. 358; iv. 554.

Hope, Dr., iii. 99; v. 157.

Hopeton, John, Earl of, iv. 410 n.
Horace, i. 197, 198; iii. 235, 436; iv.
105, 179, 183, 223, 243, 486 n. ; v. 95.
- Johnson's early translation from, i. 522.
- Francis's translation of, the best, iv.
223.

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- Dr. Douglas's collection of editions of,
v. 176, 176 n.

Horace's villa, iv. 105.

Horne, Dr. George, Bishop of Norwich,
iii. 122, 160, 333, 471.

his character of Johnson, v. 359, 461.
Rev. John. See Tooke.

Horrebow's History of Iceland, iv. 137.
Horses, old, what should be done with,
v. 138, 139.

Horsley, Dr. Samuel, i. 466 n.; v. 145.
William, ii. 34 n.

Hospitality, ii. 161, 210; iv. 190, 349,
350; v. 102.

- as formerly practised towards the poor,
decline of, iv. 349.

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to strangers and foreigners, decline of,
iv. 350.

Hospitals, administration of, iii. 418.
House of Commons, iv. 89, 90; v. 50.
influence of Peers in, ii. 292.

power of expulsion by, iv. 284.
originally a check for the Crown, on
the House of Lords, iv. 285.

best mode of speaking at the bar of,
iv. 79.

its power over the national purse, v. 50,
50 n.

Lord Bolingbroke's description of, iv.

Hulks, punishment of the, iv. 124.
Humanity, Johnson's, v. 219.
Human life, v. 237.

miseries and happiness of, iii. 226.
will, liberty of, v. 237.

bones, Johnson's horror at the sight
of, ii. 401.

Hume, David, i. 175, 255, 452; ii. 8,
74, 109, 266, 498; iii. 65 n., 192, 483,
519; iv. 40, 136, 147; v. 71, 187.
an echo of Voltaire, ii. 54.

his political principles, v. 71.

his scepticism, iii. 483, 519; v. 187.
his Life,' iii. 483.

I.

Iceland, curious chapter out of the Na-
tural History' of, iv. 137.

Icolmkill, iii. 29, 34, 562.

Idleness, i. 317, 443, 477; ii. 100; iv.
341; v. 56.

'Idler," Johnson's, i. 280, 317, 330, 334;
iii. 415; iv. 135.

character of the, i. 317.

character of Sober in, intended as John-
son's portrait, iv. 394.

Ignorance, ii. 91; iv. 388.

singular instance of, ii. 353; iv. 387.
guilt of continuing in voluntary, ii. 28.
among men of eminence, instances of,
ii. 91.

Ilam, Johnson's visit to, iv. 39.

natural curiosity at, iv. 39, 40 n.
'Ilk,' sense of the word, iv. 186 n.
Imagination, iv. 208.

Imitations, instances of Johnson's all' im-
proviso, iv. 6, 7.

Imlac, character of, iv. 363.

Immortality, iii. 234; iv. 41, 41 n.
Impartiality, iii. 320.

Impressions, folly of trusting to, iv. 497.
should be described while fresh on the
mind, i. 313.

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Improvisatore, Italian, iii. 463.

Impudence, difference between Scotch and
Irish, iii. 182.

Ince, Richard, esq., author of papers in
the 'Spectator,' iii. 398.

Inch Keith, ii. 291.

Inch Kenneth, iii. 3, 16, 16 n., 23, 168,
171, 561.

Johnson's Latin Ode on the island of,
iii. 20, 528.

'Incidit in Scyllam,' &c., whence taken,
v. 60 n.

Income, living within, v. 106.
Incredulity, Johnson's, iv. 386.
Index Rerum to Clarissa recommended by
Johnson, i. 210.

India, government of, v. 94.

- practice of going to, in quest of wealth,
iv. 275.

Indians, why not weak or deformed, v.
90.

Indigestion, Johnson's remedy for, iii.
205 n.; iv. 556.

Indolence, Johnson's, i. 474, 494; iv. 397.
Inequality, ii. 207.

Infidel writers, ii. 497; iii. 330; v. 187.
Infidelity, ii. 8, 13, 82, 97, 423 n.; iii.
234, 330, 421, 519; v. 187.

conjugal, iii. 390; iv. 280, 280 n.
Infidels, keeping company with, iv. 286.
Influence of the crown, i. 375; v. 101.
Ingratitude, iii. 367.

Inheritance, consequences of anticipating,
v. 24.

Inward light, i. 385.

Inyon, Dr. i. 134.

Ireland, i. 379, 391; ii. 240, 278.

- injured by the union with England,
iv. 287.

hospitality to strangers in, iv. 350.

its ancient state less known than that
of any other country, i. 311.
-Johnson's wish to see its literature cul-
tivated, i. 311.

necessity of poor laws in, i. 389.
Ireland, William Henry, his forgery of
the Skakspeare papers, v. 13 n.
"Irene,' Johnson's tragedy of, i. 70, 76,
77, 78, 82, 128, 170; iv. 337.

acted at Drury-lane Theatre, i. 171.
-extract from, i. 215.
Irish, the, a fair people, iii. 182.

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mix better with the English than the
Scotch do, ii. 229.

Johnson's compassion for the distresses
of, i. 379; ii. 240.

Johnson's kindness for, iv. 287.

- union, iv. 287.

- gentlemen, good scholars among them,
i. 391.

accent, ii. 153.

impudence, iii. 182.

language, iii. 476; iv. 91.

parliament, iv. 299.

and Welsh languages, affinity between,

i. 312.

his Origin of Evil,' i. 298.

his epitaph on Johnson, i. 29.

- epitaph prepared for him by Boswell,
i. 300.

-application of a passage in Horace, to,
iv. 138.

- his Evidence of the Christian Reli.
gion,' iv. 147.

Jephson, Robert, esq., ii. 89 n. ; v. 224 n.
Jesuits, destruction of the order of, iii.
286.

Jodrell, Richard Paul, esq. iv. 302, 145;
v. 99, 170.

- some account of, v. 170 n.

Johnson, Michael, father of Samuel, i. 1,
2,3,7; iii. 197 n.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL-

Leading events of his life.

[1709] his birth, i. 1.

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inherited from his father 'a vile me-
lancholy,' i. 3.

his account of the members of his
family, i. 6.

traditional stories of his infant pre-
cocity, i. 11.

afflicted with scrofula, i. 14.
[1712] taken to London to be touched by
Queen Anne for the evil, i. 16.
[1716] goes to school at Lichfield, i. 17.

particulars of his boyish days, i. 22.
[1726] removed to the school of Stour-
bridge, i. 25.

[1727] leaves Stourbridge and passes two
years with his father, i. 27.
[1728] enters at Pembroke College, Ox-
ford, i. 29.

translates Pope's Messiah' into
Latin verse, i. 32.

the 'morbid melancholy' lurking in
his constitution gains strength, i. 34.
- his course of reading at Oxford, i. 40.
specimens of his themes or exercises,
i. 44.

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[1731] quits college, i. 47.

[1732] becomes usher of Market-Bosworth
school, i. 52.

[1733] removes to Birmingham, i. 54.
translates Lobo's voyage to Abys-
sinia, i. 55.

[1734] returns to Lichfield, i. 58.

- proposes to print the Latin poems of
Politian, i. 58.

offers to write for the Gentleman's
Magazine, i. 59.

[1736] marries Mrs. Porter, nearly double
his own age, i. 64.

opens a private academy at Edial,
i. 66.

[1737] goes to London with Garrick, i. 72.

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retires to lodgings at Greenwich, i. 76.

- projects a translation of the History
of the Council of Trent,' i. 76.

returns to Lichfield and finishes his
tragedy of Irene,' i. 76.

removes to London with his wife,
i. 80.

[1738] becomes a writer in the Gentle-
man's Magazine, i. 83.

writes the debates in both houses of
parliament, under the name of 'The
Senate of Lilliput,' i. 87.
-publishes his London,' for which
he receives ten guineas, i. 89.
endeavours without success to obtain
the degree of Master of Arts, i. 101.
[1739] publishes Marmor Norfolciense,'

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i. 112.

[1740] writes the Lives of Blake, Drake,
and Barretier, i. 119.

6

[1741] writes translation of the Jests of
Hierocles,' of Guyon's Dissertation
on the Amazons,' and of Fontenelle's
'Panegyric on Dr. Morin,' i. 120.
[1742] writes Essay on the Account of
the Conduct of the Duchess of Marl-
borough,' Life of Burman and of
Sydenham, and 'Proposals for print-
ing Bibliotheca Harleiana,' i. 129.
[1743] writes Considerations on the Dis-
pute between Crousaz and Warburton,'
&c. and Dedication to Dr. Mead of
James's Medicinal Dictionary,' i.
132.
[1744] publishes the Life of Richard
Savage,' and writes Preface to the
Harleian Miscellany,' i. 137, 151.
[1745] publishes Miscellaneous Observa-
tions on the Tragedy of Macbeth, with
Remarks on Hanmer's Shakspeare,'
i. 151.

[1747] publishes the plan, or prospectus,
of his Dictionary of the English Lan-
guage, i. 156.

forms the King's Head Club in Ivy-
lane, i. 163.

[1749] publishes The Vanity of Human
Wishes,' for which he receives fifteen
guineas, i. 166.

his Irene' acted at Drury-lane The-
atre, i. 171.

[1750] begins to publish The Rambler,"

his prayer on commencing the under-
taking, i. 156; writes a prologue for
the benefit of Milton's grandaughter,
i. 204.

[1751] writes Life of Cheynel,' Letter
for Lauder, and Dedication to Mrs.
Charlotte Lenox's 'Female Quixote,'
i. 205.

[1752] occupied with his Dictionary, and
with the Rambler, i. 210.

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- death of his wife, i. 212; his af-
fecting prayer on the occasion, 213;
his extreme grief for her loss, ibid. ;
composes her funeral sermon and her
epitaph, 219.

circle of his friends at this time, i.
227.

[1753] writes the papers in the Adven-
turer' signed T., i. 211, 237.
- begins the second volume of his
Dictionary, i. 242.

[1754] writes the Life of Cave, i. 243.
- makes an excursion to Oxford, i.
256.

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JOHNSON, SAMUEL-

Leading events of his life.

[1754] obtains the degree of Master of
Arts from that University, i. 262.
[1755] publishes his Dictionary, i. 264.
- projects the scheme of a Biblio-
thèque,' i. 270.

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his depressed state of mind at this
period, i. 282.

the Academy della Crusca present
him with their Vocabulario,' and
the French Academy send him their
• Dictionnaire,' i. 283.

– projects a scheme of life for Sunday,
i. 286.

[1756] publishes an abridgment of his
Dictionary, i. 291.

writes essays in the Universal Vi-
siter,' i. 291.

- superintends, and largely contributes
to, the Literary Magazine, i. 292.
composes pulpit discourses for sun-
dry clergymen, i. 307.

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issues proposals for an edition of
Shakspeare, i. 308.

- is offered a living, but declines en-
tering into holy orders, i. 310.
[1757] dictates a speech on the subject of
an address to the throne after the
expedition to Rochfort, i. 311.
[1758] commences the Idler,' i. 317.
being compelled to retrench his ex-
penses, he breaks up housekeeping,
and removes to chambers in the
Temple, i. 320.

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[1759] loses his mother, i. 324.

.writes his Rasselas' to defray the
expenses of her funeral and to pay
some debts, i. 330.

makes an excursion to Oxford, i.
337.

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writes a Dissertation on the Greek
Comedy,' the Introduction to the
'World Displayed,' and 'Three
Letters concerning the best Plan for
Blackfriars Bridge,' i. 340.
[1760] writes Address of the Painters to
George III. on his Accession,' the
Dedication to Baretti's Italian Dic-
tionary, and a review of Tytler's
Vindication of Mary, Queen of
Scots, i. 342.

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forms rules and resolutions for the
guidance of his moral conduct and
literary studies, i. 343.

[1761] writes Preface to 'Rolt's' Dic-
tionary of Trade and Commerce, i.
348.

[1762] writes Dedication to the king of

'Kennedy's Astronomical Chrono-
logy,' and Preface to the Catalogue
of the Artists' Exhibition, i. 356.