Montaigne, his affection for Paris compared Letter lxix. of his Lettres Persannes' Monthly Review, ii. 39; iii. 396, 409. James, third Duke of, iv. 253, 481. inaccuracy of inscriptions on, iv. 238 n. Miss Hannah, iii. 413 n.; iv. 112, her flattery of Johnson, iv. 152. Dr. Henry, the Platonist, ii. 155. Essay on - Miss, v. 473, 473 n. Mosaic account of the creation, i. 356. Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, his character, Murder, proscription of, in Scotland, ii. Murison, Professor, ii. 299, 299 n. - his 'Poetical Epistle' to Johnson instances of his unacknowledged use of - manner in which Johnson became ac- Murray, Lord George, chief of the Pre- William, Attorney-General, i. 280 n. his opinion respecting Johnson's de- Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank, ii. 130 n. prosecution of, by Mason the poet, iv. his Letter to W. Mason, A.M.' iv. - Mr. John, junior, his account of the 'Muses' Welcome to King James,' ii. Musgrave, Sir Richard, v. 99, 220 n. - in heaven, i. 120 n.; ii. 156. - Johnson's wish to learn the scale of, Musk, used medicinally by Johnson, iv. N. Nairne, Mr. William, afterwards Sir Native place, love of, renewed in old age, Natural affection, ii. 103; v. 91. equality of mankind, ii. 13 n. Near-sightedness, Johnson's, i. 14; iii. Negro, Johnson's argument in favour of "Network,' Johnson's definition of, i. 279. Newhaven, William Mayne, Lord, iv. 284. Johnson's character of, v. 184. his character of Johnson, v. 184 n. his discourse De Animâ Medicâ,' Mr. John, i. 59; iv. 403, 409, 434 n. some account of, v. 283. his Literary Anecdotes' a storehouse Nicol, Mr. George, v. 141, 466. Johnson's letter to, v. 280. Nightcaps, ii. 495, 534. 'No, sir,' in what sense used by Johnson, Nobility, i. 385; ii. 335; iv. 220, 486 n. 'Noble Authors,' Park's edition of, i. Nollekens, Mr., iv. 63, 72, 72 n. his bust of Johnson, iv. 63, 72. Nonjurors, iii. 196; v. 185. Nores, Jason de, his comments on Horace, Nores, Jason de, some account of, iii. North, Dudley, esq., iv. 444, 444 n., 453, - - Frederick, Lord, ii. 122, 138; iii. 103, his letter, as Chancellor of the Uni- North Pole, Johnson's conjectures respect- Norton, Sir Fletcher, ii. 91; iii. 362, 'Nose of the mind,' sagacity the, v. 244. Novelty, the paper on, in the 'Spectator,' Nowell, Rev. Dr., ii. 143 n. his sermon before the Commons, v. 194. Numbers, science of, iii. 325. "Nuğ yag eexTas,' ('for the night cometh,') company, v. 195. Observance of days and months, iii. 346. Occupations, hereditary, ii. 351. O'Connor, Charles, esq., Johnson's letters - some account of, i. 311; iii. 476 n. to Friendship, by Johnson, i. 134. Johnson's, upon the Isle of Skie, ii. Johnson's, to Mrs. Thrale, ii. 388. Odyssey, more interesting than the Æneid, iv. 312, 417; v. 100. Ofellus, in the Art of Living in London,' Offely, Mr., a pupil of Johnson, i. 68. - respect paid to, iii. 375. Ogden, Dr. Samuel, ii. 508; iv. 498. his Sermons,' ii. 265, 322; iii. 20, Ogilvie, Dr. John, i. 434. his Day of Judgment,' i. 437 n. “Οι φιλοι, ον φίλος, ( he that has friends has no friend') a phrase frequently Old age, iv. 44, 110, 110 n., 197, 210, 353, 391; v. 60, 174. Old Bailey dinners, iv. 202 n. Old men, folly of putting themselves to Oldmixon, John, i. 281 n. his part in the Harleian Miscellany, Omai, iii. 374 n. Opera girls, v. 50. Opie, John, his picture of Johnson, v. 251. Johnson's use of, ii. 5. Orange peels, use to which Johnson ap- Orator, Johnson's qualifications as an, ii. Oratory, ii. 199; iv. 477; v. 83, 103. Ord, Mrs., a celebrated blue-stocking, iv. Orde, Lord Chief Baron, ii. 265. his pictures, v. 243, 243 n. Organ, iii. 211. Origin of evil, iii. 61. Original sin, iv. 498. Orme, Mr., the Irishman, his character of Orton's Life of Doddridge,' ii. 497. - Thomas, the bookseller, i. 129, 133; Ossian, poems of, their merit and authen- Ostervald's Sacred History,' ii. 42 n. 'Othello,' morality of the tragedy of, iii. Otway, Thomas, his pathetic powers, ii. Oughton, Sir Adolphus, ii. 279, 279 n., Ouran-outang, ii. 281. Overbury, Sir Thomas, ii. 78. Overell, Bishop, on a Future State,' iii. count, v. 114. Palmira, iv. 369. Palsy, Johnson's attack of, v. 109, 110, Pamphlet, iv. 178, 178 n. Pamphlets, Johnson's, i. 361 n.; iii. 190. Pantheon, in Oxford-street, ii. 163. Paoli, General, ii. 73, 82, 159, 183, 212, 263, 288, 475; v. Paradise, John, esq., i. 34 n. ; iv. 258; v. Johnson's letter to, v. 279. Parallel, Johnson's readiness at finding a, Parental authority, iv. 247. Parentheses, Johnson's objection to, v. 68. Paris, state of society in, iv. 109. Johnson's tour to, iii. 36. Parish clerk, his necessary qualifications, - recommended by Johnson to the mas- his description of Mrs. Sheridan, the his epitaph on Johnson, v. 355, 356 n. Party, necessity of sticking to, ii. 272. Passion week, iv. 462. Passions, the, iii. 403. 'Pastern,' Johnson's wrong definition of, Paten, Rev. Dr. Thomas, v. 40. Johnson's letter to, v. 40 n. -some account of, v. 40 n. Pater Noster, ii. 353. Paternity, iv. 118. Paterson, Mr. Samuel, author of 'Coriat, Junior,' ii. 169, 169 n.; iii. 454 n.; v. Paterson, Mr. Samuel, his son, v. 163. Johnson's definition of, iii. 223. - lay, Johnson's argument in defence of, Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus, iii. 17 n. 6 – Mrs., of Lichfield, i. 175 n. ; iii. 340, Pecuniary embarrassment, evil of, v. 33. Peel, Right Honourable Robert, iii. 21 n., Peerages, great inaccuracy of, as to dates, Peers, House of, ii. 335. judicial powers of the, iv. 213. influence of, in the House of Commons, Peers of Scotland, their interference in elections of the Commons, v. 138, 139. Pelham, Right Hon. Henry, Garrick's Pembroke, Lord, his description of John- Penance in church, ii. 429. Penitence, gloomy, only madness turned Penn, Governor Richard, iv. 324 n. Pennant, Mr., ii. 387, 443 ; iii. 134 n., 135, 222, 491; iv. 127. his Tour in Scotland, iv. 128, 130. his 'London,' iv. 131. his character of Johnson, iv. 131. 'Pension,' Johnson's definition of, i. 280, - Johnson's, i. 361, 364, 444; ii. 138; Pepys, William Waller, esq., iv. 304, 310, some account of, iv. 454 n. Pepys, William Waller, esq., his letters - difference between Johnson and, iv. heir male of the ancient Percies, iv. Johnson's character of, iv. 134. forms a sermon out of Johnson's fourth Johnson's ludicrous parody on his 'Peregrinity,' ii. 361. Perfection, to be aimed at, v. 248. Johnson's letters to, iii. 162; v. 31, Peruvian bark, v. 192. Petitions, facility of getting them up, ii. Petty, Sir William, iv. 335. Peyton, Mr., Johnson's amanuensis, i. Philips, the musician, Johnson's epitaph - Cyder,' a poem, ii. 312. Miss, the singer, afterwards Mrs. Philosophers, ancient, their good-humour to Pembroke College, iv. 165, 165 n. Johnson's knowledge of, iii. 387. anecdote of one, iii. 342, 354. - duties of, towards patients, v. 202. Physico-Theology,' Derham's, iii. 18. Picture, superstitious reluctance to sit for, 'Picture,' Massinger's play of the, iv. 281. Pig, the learned, v. 289. Pilgrim's Progress,' ii. 226; iv. 377. Piozzi, Mrs., i. 5, 10, 39 n., 62, 165, - - - - her Three Warnings,' i. 511. - receives 500l. for her collection of John- Johnson's letters to, ii. 43, 60, 70, her letters to Johnson, iii. 257; iv. - bequeaths her patrimonial estate to a her description of the regatta, iii. 257. - Johnson's verses on her birthday, iii. - her miserable mésalliance, v. 249 n., - - Boswell's proneness to distrust her cha- - her handwriting an almost perfect spe- anecdotes of Johnson by, v. 422 n. her Collectanea of Johnson's sayings, Piozzi, Signor, v. 249, 249 n. Pitt, Right Hon. William, his son, v. 154, - Johnson's expectation from, v. 159 n. Pitts, Rev. John, v. 60 n. |