Byng, Admiral, Johnson's defence of,
ii. 69, 69 n. His epitaph, ii. 69.
Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of, quoted,
v. 263 n.; v. 150. His wayward
attack on Lord Carlisle's poems, viii.
92. His character of Johnson, x.
165.
Cabbages, vi. 15. 85.
Cadogan, Dr. William, his Treatise
on the Gout,' iv. 220.
Calculators, extraordinary, possess
little other intellectual power, vi.
Caligula, his exclamation, vii. 124,
Callimachus, merits of, vii. 351.
"Called,' phenomenon of hearing one-
self, ix. 69.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, v. 308.
311.; vii. 82.; viii. 185.
Cambridge University, iii. 21.; ix. 10.
Picturesque account of Johnson's
visit to, ii. 283, 283 n. 330.
Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl, v.
251.; vii. 160.
Camden's Remains,' vii. 152.; viii.
206.
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, rigour exer-
cised in his case, i. 163, 163 n.
Camerons, family of the, v. 25.
Campbell, Hon. Archibald, iii. 254.;
v. 100, 101.; viii. 287.
Campbell, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 73.;
v. 285. 295.
Campbell, Rev. Dr. John, ii. 126. 194.;
üi. 42. 253.; v. 248.; vii. 73, 73 n.
His Political Survey,' v. 59. ; vi.77.
Campbell, Rev. John, minister of
Kippen, iii. 13.
Campbell, Mungo, who shot Lord Eg-
lintoune, iii. 59.; vii. 6, 6 n.
Camps, ix. 117.
'Candide' of Voltaire, ii. 105. 107.
Canning, Right Hon. George, on public
education, vi. 127 n.
'Canons of Criticism,' Edwards's, ii.
Canus, Melchior, a Spanish Domini-
can, vi. 5.
Capel, Edward, preface to his Shak-
speare, vii. 35.
Cardan, Dr. Jerom, his mode of com-
posing his mind, vi. 320 n.
Card-playing, v. 157.; vi. 140, 141 m.;
ix. 43.
Cardross, Lord, afterwards Earl of
Buchan, iii. 211, 211 n.
Careless, Mrs., Johnson's first love,
vi. 92, 93.; viii. 130.
'Careless Husband,' Cibber's, v. 282.
Carelessness, vii. 368.
Carleton, Captain, his 'Memoirs,'viii.
336, 336 n.
Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, viii.
91, 91 n. 242, 242 n. Johnson's fa-
vourable opinion of his Father's
Revenge,' viii, 242, 242 n. Lord
Byron's wayward attack on his
poems, viii. 92 n.
Carmichael, Miss, vii. 50. 233, 233 n.
Carr, Rev. Mr., his Sermons,' iv.
18.
Carstares' 'State Papers,' iv. 246 n.
Carte, Thomas, his Life of the Duke
of Ormond,' v. 24.
Carter, Mr., v. 246, 246 n. 273, 273 n.
Carter, Elizabeth, i. 135, 135 n. 152,
153, 154, 154 n. 236, 236 n. ; iii. 9 n. ;
vi. 310.; viii. 73. 272, 272 n. ; ix. 129.
Johnson's letter to, ii. 58. Her cha..
racter of Johnson, x. 117.
Carteret, John, Lord,
Earl Granville, iii. 130 n.
Carthage, viii. 185.
Carthusians, order of, v. 64.
Cascades, v. 214, 214 n.
Castes of men, viii. 63.
Castiglione, 'Il Corteggiano' of, the
best book on good-breeding, iv. 308,
£08 n.
Catcot, George, the pewterer of Bris-
tol, vi. 172.
Cathcart, Charles, ninth Lord, vii.207.
'Catholicon,' vi. 17, 17 n.
'Cato,' Addison's, vii. 123.; ix. 91.
121. 144. 250.
Cato, learnt Greek at an advanced age,
Cator, viii. 316. ; x. 273.
Cave, Edward, character and anec-
dotes of, i. 112. 126. 170. 244.; ii. 1.
58. iii. 213.; viii. 408. Johnson's
letters to, 95. 116. 132. 134, 135. 149.
151, 152. 177. 180. 189. Latin verses
addressed to him by Johnson, i. 125,
125 n. His letter to Richardson re-
specting the Rambler,' i. 244. His
Life by Johnson, ii. 1.
Cawdor Castle, iv. 123, 123 n.
Cecil, Colonel, iii. 221.
'Cecilia,' Miss Burney's, viii. 217.
Cervantes, ix. 102.
Certainties, small, the bane of men of
talents, v. 260.
Chalmers, George, i. 169 n. 246 n.
Chalmers, Alexander, i. 236.n. 249 n.
263 n. His 'Lesson in Biography,'
x. 182.
Chamberlaine, Mrs. v. 263 n.
Chamberlayne, George, viii. 289,
289 n.
Chambers, Ephraim, his Proposal for
his Dictionary, i. 258. Johnson's
style founded partly upon that of, i.
258, 258 n.
Chambers, Robert, afterwards Sir Ro-
bert, ii. 22, 22 n.; iii. 8. 304, 305,
306.; iv. 6. 112.; v. 179. 182. 189.;
vii. 193 n.; viii. 40. 42.
Chambers, Mrs., v. 182 n.
Chambers, Sir William, his' Chinese
Architecture,' viii. 178, 178 n. 'He-
roic Epistle' to, quoted iv. 207.; vii.
110.; viii. 318.
Chambers, Catharine, Johnson's maid-
servant, ii. 98, 98 n. 102, 103.; iii.
29.
Chamier, Anthony, ii. 271.; iv. 112.;
vi. 210. 254.; vii. 40. 85.
Chancellors, how chosen, iii. 186.
Chapone, Hester, formerly Miss Mul-
so, a contributor to the Rambler,'
i. 235.; viii. 242. Account of her
meeting Johnson, i. 293 n. John-
son's letter to, viii. 242.
Charade, viii, 182.
Character, irfluence of, vii. 211.
Characters, first instance of delinea-
tion of, vii. 378.
Characters, how historians should
draw, vii. 286.
Characters, showing only the bright
side of, viii. 23.
Characters, extraordinary, generally
exaggerated, vi. 80.
Charing Cross, v. 278.
Charity, viii. 80.; ix. 31. 41. 150, 251.
Charity, judicious distribution of, v.
Charlemont, James, first Earl of, iii.
279.; iv. 112. 216, 216 n.
Charles I., iii. 251.; v. 79. 317.
Charles II., v. 283. 317.; viii. 10.
Charles Edward, Prince, iv. 205, 205 n.
207. See Pretender.
Charles V., celebration of his funeral
obsequies during his lif time, vii.
78.
Charles XII. of Sweden, i. 255.; vii.
102.; x. 53.
Charlton, Dr., x. 269.
Charms, belief in, iv. 177, 177 n.
Chastity, iii. 47.; iv. 219.; vii. 288
288 n.
Chatham, William, first Earl of, ii.
233. 268.; v. 251.; vii. 220.; viii.
319.
Chatsworth, iii. 237 n.; v. 194.; vii.
29.; viii. 360.
Chatterton, Thomas, vi. 171, 173, 173
n.; viii. 124, 124 n.
Chedworth, Lord, x. 118.
Chemistry, Johnson's fondness for,
vii. 279, 279 n. 357, 357 n.; viii.
232.
Chester, v. 199.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,
fourth Earl of, i. 44. 211. 253 n.; ii.
2. 7. 10, 11.; iii. 249.; iv. 106 n.; v.
268.; vi. 175. 238. 276.; vii. 214.
261, 262.; viii. 109. 163. 335. His
alleged neglect of Johnson, ii. 6, 7 n.
His papers in the World,' recom-
mending Johnson's Dictionary, ii.
5. Johnson's celebrated letter to,
ii. 7. His Letters to his Son' cha-
racterised by Johnson, ii. 13, 14,
14 n.; v. 268. 282. 289 n.; vi. 175.
Cheyne, Dr., his English Malady,' i.
64.; iv. 165. His admirable rule of
conduct, iv. 165. His Treatise on
Health,' vi. 145.
Cheynel, Francis, Johnson's Life of,
iv. 41.
Children, treatment and education
of, i. 42. 68.; ii. 239.; iii. 105.; iv.
100. 226.; vi. 28. 147. 262, 262 n.; vii.
260. 368.; ix. 5. 118. 149.
China, wall of, vii. 105.
Chinese language, vii. 198.
Choice of difficulties,' iv. 157, 157 n.
Choisi, Abbé de, vii. 192, 192 n.
'Choleric Man,' Cumberland's, iii.
246, 246 r.
Cholmondeley, George James, viii.
347, 347 n.; ix. 92, 92 n.
Cholmondeley, Mrs., iv. 272, 272 n. ;
vii. 96. 334.; x. 269.
Christian, Rev. Mr., iii. 42.
'Christian Hero,' Steele's, vi. 79.
Christian charity, viii. 280.
Christian morality, ix. 129. 256.
Christian religion, evidences of, ii.
171: 212. 230. 241.; ix. 129. 256.
Christian, disturbed in his faith, viii.
219.
Christianity, the highest perfection of
humanity, iii. 11. The Atonement
the great article of, iv. 88, 89 n. ; vii.
6.; viii. 103, 103 n.; ix. 317.
Christians, differences among, unim-
portant, vii. 5.
Christ's satisfaction, iv. 88, 89 n. ; viii.
103.; ix. 317.
Churton, Rev. Ralph, iii. 302 n.; viii.
207.; x. 291.
Cibber, Colley, i. 166. 201.; ii. 3. 176. ;
iii. 94.; iv. 89. 260 n. 282.; vi. 156.
193. 328, 329 n.; vii. 99.; viii. 238.
Cibber, Theophilus, his 'Lives of the
Poets,' i. 216.; vi. 149, 149 n. 331.
Cibber, Mrs, iv. 132.
Cicero, his defence of the study of the
law, iii. 37.
His character of Ap-
pius, applied by Mr. Burke to John-
son, viii. 380 n.
Clans, order of the Scottish, v. 174,
174 n.
Clare, Robert Nugent, Lord, iii. 153. ;
vii. 160.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, ii.
49 n.; iii. 80.; vii. 92. 215.
Clarendon, Henry, Earl of, v. 55.
Clarendon Manuscripts, vi. 49, 49 n.
Claret, characterised by Johnson, vii.
191. 255.; viii. 53.
'Clarissa Harlowe,' i. 273. ; vi. 163 n. ;
vii. 376. Johnson recommends an
'Index Rerum' to, i. 273. 306.
Preface to, written by Dr. Warbur-
ton, i. 306 n.
Clark, Alderman Richard, vii. 193 n. ;
viii. 253. Johnson's letter to, viii.
253.
Clark, Mr., his pamphlet on Ossian,
viii. 248.
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, ii. 171.; iii. 110.;
v. 13. His 'Evidences' recom-
mended by Johnson, ii. 171. His
'Sermons,' vii. 79. Johnson's
death-bed recommendation of, viii.
417, 417 n.; ix. 317.
Church, the satisfaction of meeting at, Clenard, Nicholas, his Greek gram-
Church of England, ecclesiastical dis-
cipline of, viii. 275, 275 n.
Church patronage, v. 298, 298 n.
Church property confiscated, viii. 146.
Church architecture, vi. 68.
Churchill, Charles, i. 138.; ii. 206 n.
298.; vii. 51.; ix. 65. 144. 170. His
satire on Johnson, ii. 75. 181. John-
son's opinion of his poetry, ii. 196.
mar, vii. 367, 367 n.
'Cleone,' Dodsley's tragedy of, ii.
282.; vii. 367.
'Cleonice,' Hoole's play of, v. 221,
221 n.
Clergy, iii. 205, 206. 210, 210 n.;
iv. 123.; vi. 274.; vii. 152.; viii.
64. Their preaching not suffici-
ently plain, ii. 246, 246 n.; iii. 138.
Not sufficiently acquainted with
their parishioners, iii. 143.
iv. 276. Scottish, iii. 175.; iv. 92.
278. Irish, iii. 148. Lax jollity of,
offensive, viii. 50. Dress of, should
be in character, viii. 50.
Clergyman, Addison's portrait of, viii.
50. Johnson's model of, viii. 51.
His excellent letter to a young, vii.
339.
Clerk, Sir Philip Jennings, viii, 55.
Clift, William, iii. 56.
Climate, vii. 143.
Clive, Robert, first Lord, vii. 190. 212.
282.
Clive, Mrs., iv. 132.; vii. 355.; viii. 238.
Clothes, fine, vi. 114.
Club, Ivy-lane, formed by Johnson,
i. 218.; viii. 249.; x. 273.
Club, Literary, founded by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, ii. 272. 320, 321. 323. 325.;
iii. 279. 299.; iv. 111.; v. 255. 288,
288 n.; vi. 235. 248. 263.; vii. 59,
59 n. 122. 375.; ix. 47.
rary Club.
Club, Boar's Head, iv. 271.
Club, Queen's Arms, viii. 63.
Club, in Old Street, ix. 63.; x. 272.
Club, Essex Head, viii. 249, 250 n.
Club, Eumelian, viii. 393.
Collins, William, the poet, 1. 155 m.
303 n.; ii. 24, 24 n. 26. 60. 153.
Colman, George, i. 243, 243 n.; iv.
111.; vii. 358. 365. His 'Odes to
Obscurity and Oblivion,' v. 275
His imitation of Johnson's style,
x. 286.
Colman, George, jun., his 'Random
Records' quoted, vi. 176 n.
Colquhoun, Sir James, v. 107.
Colquhoun, Lady Helen, v. 109, 109 n
Colson, Rev. John, i. 111, 111 n
253 n.; v. 215, 215 n. 329, 329 n.
Colville, Lady Dowager, v. 137, 137 n.
Colville, Alexander, fourth Lord, v
137 n.
Combermere, v. 197, 197 n.
Commandment, the seventh, ix. 133.
Commandment, the ninth, modes of
placing the emphasis on, i. 195.
Commentary, the Bible to be read
with a, vi. 181.
Commerce, v. 232.
Common Prayer, Book of, viii. 296.
Communion of Saints, viii. 292, 292 n.
Community of souls, doctrine of, iii.
294.
Company, viii. 316. Cause of John
son's fondness for, i. 161.
Club, Johnson's definition of a, viii. Compassion, ix. 119.
'Clubable' man, viii. 250.
Competency, small, the bane of men
of talents, v. 260.
Coarse raillery, Johnson's powers of, | Compliments, v. 330.; vi. 302.; ix
Cobb, Mrs., v. 331.; vi. 101.; 298, Complaints and complainers, vii. 378.;
298 n.; x. 13.
Cock-lane ghost, vii. 103.
Cocker's Arithmetic, iv. 146, 146 n.
Coke, Lord, iii. 187.; ix. 136, 136 n.
Col, island of, v. 11. 30 n.
Col, the Laird of, v. 62. 68, 68 n. 219.
Colborne, the calculating boy, vi. 65 n.
Colchester, ii. 256.
Cold Baths, ix. 245.
Coliseum, Johnson's mind compared
to the, iii. 114.
Collier, Jeremy, viii. 287 n.
Collier, Dr., of the Commons, vii. 229,
Composition, vii. 340. 359, 360.; ix.
150. 173. 195. Happy moments for,
iv. 32. Johnson's advice respect-
ing, iv. 32. His extraordinary
powers of, iv. 63, 64.; v. 287.; vi.
182 n.
'Compositor,' the, viii. 323 n.
Compton, Rev. James, a Benedictine
monk, viii. 201, 201 n.; ix. 36 n.
Condamine's account of the savage
girl, iv. 113.
Condescension, vii. 352.
Conferring favours, ix. 98.
Convicts, viii. 316.
Convocation of the clergy, ii. 253.
Conway, iii. 192.
Conway Castle, v. 207. 211.
Cook, Captain James, the circumna
vigator, vi. 132. His 'Voyages to
the South Seas,' viii. 311.
Cooke, Thomas, the translator of
Hesiod, iv. 26, 26 n. His extraor-
dinary speech on presenting Foote
to a club, iv. 27.
Cookery, iv. 28 n.; vii. 127.
Cookery,Johnson's opinion of French,
ii. 259.
Cookery, books of, should be written
on philosophical principles, vii. 127.
Cookery, Mrs. Glasse's, written by Dr.
Hill, vii. 127.
Cooper, John Gilbert, author of the
'Life of Socrates,' ii. 143, 143 n.;
vi. 289.; vii. 352.
Coote, Sir Eyre, iv. 131.
Copy-money, in Italy, vi. 303.
Copy-right, ii. 222.; iv. 70. See Li-
terary Property.
Corbett, Andrew, i. 57 n.
Corelli, the singer, v. 285, 285.
Coriat, Tom, iii. 209, 209 n.
'Coriat, Junior,' Paterson's, iii. 209,
209 n.
Cork and Orrery, Hamilton, sixth
Earl of, iii, 144.; vi. 328.
Cork, Edmund, seventh Earl of, vii.
320 n.
Corke, Countess of, vii. 320 n; viii. 861.
Corneille, Pierre, v. 42.; vii. 363.;
ix, 19.
Corpulency, viii. 207.
Corsica, ii. 313. ; iii. 4. 35. 49, 50. 68 n.,
69. 71. 80.; iv. 24 n.
' Corteggiano' of Castiglione, the best
book on good-breeding, iv. 308.
Cotterel, Admiral, i. 291 n.
Cotterel, Miss, i. 291 n.; ii. 138, 138 n.
152.
Cotton, Sir Lynch Salusbury, v. 198,
198 n.
Cotton, Sir Robert Salusbury, v. 198,
198 n.
'Council of Trent,' History of, i. 117.
147, 147 n.
Counting, the good of, viii. 93.
Country amusements, ix. 95.
Country gentlemen, iv. 111. 116.170 n. ;
vii. 353.; viii. 151.
Country life, v. 94. ; vi. 321.; vii. 80.
86, 86 n. 150, 216.; viii. 342.; ix. 95.
Courage, v. £81.; vii. 102. 191. 288 n.
Court, attendants on a, ii. 90, 90 n.
Court of Session in Scotland, v. 153.
224, 224 n.
Courting the acquaintance of the
great, i. 144, 144 n.; ii, 312.
Courtenay, John, his 'Poetical Re-
view' quoted, i. 61. 262.; ii. 70.
108.; v. 173. His description of the
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