Scotch accent, overcome by perseverance, - ii. 152. clergy, ii. 476. impudence, iii. 182. conjectures as to the origin of John- learning of the, iii. 239, 239 n. cause of their success in London, v. 65. jealousy of the, iii. 181. nationality of the, iii. 181, 182, 199, Scotland, episcopal church of, iv. 239. - peers of, their interference in elections - a history of the young Pretender by Scott, George Lewis, sub-preceptor to - John, of Amwell, iii. 213. - - - Johnson's application of the word, iii. Scoundrelism, ii. 339. Scriptures, Johnson's letters on the pro- Scruples, v. 307, 469. unnecessary, iv. 375. Sea-life, wretchedness of, iii. 325, 326. Secker, Archbishop, Johnson's prejudice Seduction, iv. 217. Seed, Rev. Jeremiah, his 'Sermons,' iv. Self-importance, iv. 22. praise, iv. 183. Selden's Table Talk' quoted, i. 74 n.; Sellette, queries on the, iii. 272, 272 n. Selwyn, George, iv. 260 n. 'Senectus,' use of the word, iv. 210. Sermons, the best English, for style, iv. 102. Johnson's, i. 307. Johnson's advice on the composition of, Settle, Elkanah, the city poet, iii. 438. Sevigné, Madame de, ii. 40 n.; iii. 418; Seward, Rev. Mr., iii. 355, 518. - - William, esq. ii. 77; iii. 486, 490; - his Anecdotes of distinguished Persons, Seward, Miss Anna, i. 5 n., 13 n., 59, 62, - 63, 214, 379; iii. 126, 205 n., 356; - her 'Ode on the death of Captain Cook,' Sexes, inequality of the, iv. 143. sensual intercourse between, iv. 208, -- - - Johnson's edition of his plays, i. 151, Johnson's opinion of his learning, iv. Johnson's lines on, iv. 357, 357 n. Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, his Sir Walter Scott's story of his murder, Samuel, his Letters on Italy,' iii. Shaw, William, his pamphlet on Ossian, v. 141. Shawe, Colonel Meyrick, on the affinity Shebbeare, Dr., ii. 68, 68 n.; iv. 174 n., his Letters on the English Nation,' Sheep's head, iii. 38, 38 n. Shelburne, William Petty, second Earl, his Essays,' v. 106 n. favourite stanza of, v. 18 n. - 398, 403, 465; ii. 87, 88 n.; iii. 195, Johnson's description of his conversa- irreconcilable difference between John- Johnson's character of, v. 46, 46 n., his Lectures on Oratory, v. 103. - Mrs., i. 348. her 'Sydney Biddulph,' i. 348. Dr. Parr's description of her, i. 348 n. Sherrard, Rev. Robert, afterwards fourth 'She Stoops to Conquer,' ii. 196 n., 203, Shiels, Mr. Robert, i. 161, 161 n.; iii. - his interview with Johnson, iii. 65, - difference between Johnson and, iv. Garrick's opinion of, iv. 356 n. Solander, Dr., ii. 135, 138, 139; iii. 23, 23 n., 391. Soldiers, ii. 367; iii. 375; iv. 121. Solitude, ii. 45; v. 113. dangerous to reason, iv. 370. not favourable to virtue, iv. 370. Somerville, James, thirteenth lord, iv. some account of, iv. 418. Somnambulism, Dr. Blacklock's, ii. 281 n. Souls, Johnson's notion of the middle Sounds, ii. 183. South, Dr., his Sermons,' ii. 106; iv. - his Sermons on Prayer recommended Southwell, Thomas, second lord, iv. 330; some account of, iv. 330. - Lady Margaret, iv. 329. Spain, no country less known than, i. 354, 419, 466. Spanish plays, iv. 348. - 6 of one's-self, iv. 183. Speculum Humanæ Salvationis,' iii. 279. Spelman, Sir Henry, on the fatality at- Spence, Rev. Joseph, iii. 11, 11 n. his very amusing Anecdotes,' iv. - his Christian Hero,' iii. 336. Addison's conduct towards, iv. 420, 421, – Mr. Joshua, his 'Prosodia Rationalis," Steevens, George, esq., ii. 111, 117, 118, - Johnson's letter to, iii. 464. - anecdotes of Johnson by, v. 416. Sterne, Rev. Lawrence, ii. 169, 210; iv. his Tristram Shandy,' iii. 337. Stillingfleet, Benjamin, esq., iv. 480. his Remonstrance,' a poem, ii. 116. - Stories, truth essential to, iii. 320, 321; Story telling, iv. 400. Stowell, Lord, i. 72 n., 261 n., 337 n., his character of Boswell, iii. 110. - his account of Coulson, the eccentric, Strahan, Rev. Mr., i. 212, 502; ii. 37 n., - difference between Johnson and, iv. publishes Johnson's 'Prayers and Me- Johnson's letters to, i. 502; iv. 230. Stratagem, iv. 132. Streatfield, Mrs., iv. 384 n. Streatham, ii. 79; iv. 219, 384, 459, Strickland, Mrs., iii. 281, 288 n., 482 n. - N N Stuart, Hon. Colonel James, father of the - - - Andrew, esq., ii. 218. his Letters to Lord Mansfield on the some account of, v. 473. Rev. James, translator of the scriptures Study, plan of, i. 420, 443, 468, 469, Style, i. 195, 196, 197, 198; iv. 113 n., - - Burrowes's Essay on Johnson's, i. - Addison's and Johnson's compared, i. Johnson's character of Addison's, i. various kinds of, ii. 184. metaphorical expression a great excel- of English writers, how far distin- - of different painters, how far distin- - necessary to human happiness, i. 455, - impaired in England, by the increase in society, duty of maintaining, iii. 203. ii. 106, 142, 142 n., 300. Succession, iii. 300, 304. Suetonius, iv. 141 n. Suicide, ii. 217, 290; v. 27, 106. Sunday consultations, lawyers', iii. 249. - - Johnson's mode of passing, i. 287; Superstition of the press, prejudiced to Superiors, deference to, ii. 337, 337 n. 'Surveillance,' no English word to de- Suspicion, iii. 498. Swearing in conversation, ii. 159. Swift, Johnson's prejudice against, ii. 279. - - -- Earl Gower's letter to, concerning Johnson's opinion of, i. 391, 398 n., - his Conduct of the Allies,' ii. 67. 'Table Talk,' Selden's, iii. 4; v. 64 n. Tacitus, style of, ii. 182. 'Tale of a Tub,' i. 464; ii. 279; iii. 194, Talisker, ii. 475, 481; iii. 557. 'Talk' and ' conversation,' Johnson's Talkers, exuberant public, ridiculed, ii. Talking above the capacity of one's com- Tallow-chandler, story of one, iii. 213. some account of, iv. 243 n. Hoole's translation of, iv. 372. refinement of, v. 248. Tavern, the chair of a, iii. 339. - sundry suppressed passages in, iii. 189. his forms of prayer, v. 193, 193 n. 165 n. some account of, v. 39 n. Things, attention to small, v. 69. Thomson, the poet, i. 464; ii. 64; iii. 522. Thornton, Bonnel, esq., i. 183, 194 n., 239 n. - Mr. Henry, iv. 332 n. in Prison,' Dr. Dodd's, iv. 126. Johnson's letters to, iii. 445, 493. sale of his brewery, v. 1. Mrs., see Piozzi, Johnson's Latin Threshing, ii. 489. Thuarus, Johnson's proposed translation of, v. 320. Thucydides, iv. 191. Thurlow, Lord, v. 58. - - - Boswell's letter to, on Johnson's pro- Johnson's letters to, v. 263, 265, 265 n. his letter to Boswell, v. 245, 283. on the liberty of the pulpit, iii. 425. Time and space, iv. 357. Titi, History of Prince, iii. 271 n. Toleration, ii. 233, 237; iv. 343. - universal, iv. 250, 343. Tomkison, Mr., Johnson's letter to, v. Tooke, Rev. John Horne, iv. 172 n., 221. - his Diversions of Purley,' iv. 221 n. Tory, Johnson's definition of, i. 280. - and Whig, Johnson's description of, iv. Torture in Holland, i. 479. Towers, Dr. Joseph, his Letter to Dr. his Essay on Johnson,' iv. 408, 408 n. Townley, Charles, esq., iii. 482 n. Trade, ii. 99, 170; iii. 22, 316. the rage of, ii. 456. Tradesmen, opulence of, iii. 22. Tragedy, the purpose of, iii. 403. Translation, iii. 400. Translations, ii. 27; iv. 113. Trapaud, Mr., ii. 366. Travel, Lord Essex's advice on, i. 446. Travelling, i. 381, 419, 446, 475; ii. |