213. 220, 220 n.; vii. 59. 103. 141. 210. 215. 270.; viii. 69. 71. ; ix. 5. 69. Giannone, vii. 352.
Giants' Causeway, vii. 295. 'Giants of Literature,' i. 258. Giardini, iii. 266.
Gibbon, Edward, iii. 66. 177.; iv. 20 n. ; v. 182 n. 291, 292, 292 n. 314 n.; vi. 127. 176.; ix. 240. Sketch of his appearance and manners, by George Colman, jun., vi. 176, 176 n. His character of Dr. Maty, i. 35n. His panegyric on public schools, vi. 127. Gibbon, Charles, his Work worth the Reading,' ii. 311 n.
Gibbon, Rev. Dr., viii. 106, 106 n. Giffard, a clergyman, verses by, iii. 149, 149 n.; iv. 122.
Gifford, William, anecdote related by, on Johnson's proficiency in Greek, viii. 389 n.
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Gisborne, Dr., v. 289 n.
Glanville, William Evelyn, vii. 186 n. Glasgow, v. 114.; viii. 176. ; ix. 95. Glasse, Mrs., her book of Cookery,' written by Dr. Hill, vii. 127. Glensheal, iv. 149, 149 n.
Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, viii. 125.
Glow-worm, iii. 46. 275. Gluttony, ii. 258. ; ix. 120.
Goldsmith, Oliver, ii, 188. 190, 190 n.
192. 194. 199, 199 n. 201. 318.; iii. 27. 35. 59. 84. 197. 216. 218, 219. 222. 246. 252. 257. 273. 275, 276. 284. 296. 299, 300. 301.; iv. 98. ; v. 85. 188. 303.; vi. 155, 155 n. 156. 222, 223. 241. 252, 253. 273. 276. 279. 280.; viii. 84 n. 90 n. 91. 163. 173. 211 n. John- son's opinion of, and of his writings, i. 184. 308. 309.; iii. 37. 197. 281, 282. 300. 304.; iv. 145. 306. 309.; v. 85. 188. 303.; vi 155, 155 n.; vii. 77. 84, 85. 108. 160. 228. 247. 305. 309. 245 n. 369. 374. 376.; viii. 84. 91. 96. 163. 172, 173.; ix. 64. 148. 205. 230. 237. Beats Evans, the bookseller,
for abusing him, iii. 246, 246 n. His death, v. 188. Johnson's tetrastic on, v. 189. Johnson's Latin epitaph on, vi. 204. 207. Garrick's descrip- tion of him, ii. 190 n. His Vicar of Wakefield,' i. 192, 192 n.; viii. 172. His Traveller,' ii. 308.; iii. 280.; viii. 84. 96. His Deserted Village,' ii. 309.; iii. 280. Johnson's prologue to his 'Good-natured Man,' iii. 37. His Life of Parnell, iii. 160. Dedicates She Stoops to Conquer' to Johnson, iii. 253. His 'Animated Nature,' vi. 209 n. Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., iii. 220. Goldsmith, Mrs., vi. 227.
Good breeding, iv. 81.; ix. 9. 212. In what it consists, iii. 83. The best book upon, iv. 308. Gooddere, Captain, iv. 27 n. Good Hater, ix. 219.
Good-humour, iv. 222.; v. 309.
'Good-natured Man,' Goldsmith's, iii. 35. 37.
Goodness, infinite, viii. 302. Goodness, natural, iv. 227. Good, Dr. Mason, i. 64.
Gordon, Professor Thomas, iv. 86. 91. Gordon, Lord George, vii. 326, 327, 328 n.; viii. 3.
Gordon, Sir Alexander, iv. 86. 91. Gout, iv. 220.
'Government of the Tongue,' vii. 251. Government, iii. 202.; ix. 145.
Government influence, v. 297. 300.; vi. 167.; viii. 56.
Government of India, viii. 208. Governments, different kinds of, vii. 124.
Gower, Earl, his letter to a friend of Swift in behalf of Johnson, i. 145. Gower, Earl, probable cause of John- son's aversion to, i. 146: ii. 50, 50 n.
Grace, vii. 133, 133 n.; viii. 86. Grace at meals, iv. 128.
Graham, author of Telemachus, a Masque,' ii. 188.; iv. 988. Graham, Lord, third Duke of Mon- trose, vii. 256. .
Graham, Miss, afterwards Lady Dash.
Grainger, Dr. James, vi. 44. 44 n. ; vii. 16.
Grammar-school, Johnson's scheme for the classes of a, i. 107. Grange, Lady, her extraordinary con- finement at St. Kilda, iv. 246, 246 n. Granger, Rev. James, his 'Biogra- phical History,' iv. 282, 282 n.; vi. 217. Johnson's letter to, vi. 32. Grant, Sir Archibald, vi. 231. Granville, John Carteret, first Earl, vii. 360, 360 n.; viii. 53. Gratitude, iv. 252.
Grattan, Right Hon. Henry, v. 263. ; viii. 320.
Grave,' Blair's, vi. 167. Graves, Rev. Richard, vi. 83. His
'Spiritual Quixote,' x. 244 n. Graves, Mr. Morgan, i. 99 n. Gray's poetry, iv. 172, 172 n. ; v. 19. 265, 266. 275, 275 n.; vi. 149. 157. ; x. 140. 163. His Odes, v. 275, 275 n.; vii. 361. His 'Letters,' v. 325. Gray's Inn Journal,' ii. 121. Great,' how pronounced, iii. 191, 191 n.
Great, manners of the, vii. 216. Great men, on paying court to, ii. 312. Greece, the fountain of knowledge, vii. 188.
Greek, ix. 17. 168. Johnson's advice
on studying, ix. 17. 169. Compared by Johnson to lace, vii. 370, 370 n. Greek grammar, Clenardus's, vii. 367. Green, Matthew, his 'Spleen' quoted, vii. 287.
Green, Richard, of Lichfield, v. 194.; vi. 98.; ix. 248. His cast of Shak- speare, v. 331.
Green, T. of Ipswich, his' Diary of a Lover of Literature,' quoted, v. 292 n.; x. 139. Green-room, Johnson's reasons for not frequenting, i. 231.
Green Sleeves,' song of, iv. 288. Greenwich Hospital, ii. 248. Grenville Act, v. 142.
Grenville, Right Hon. George, iii. 152.
Gresham College, vi. 129.
Greswold, Henry, his character of Johnson, i. 100.
Greville, Mr., his' Maxims, Charac- ters, and Reflections,' viii. 305. Grey, Dr. Zachary, vii. 170. Grey, Dr. Richard, vii. 170. Grief, vi. 272.; viii. 99. ; ix. 113. 117. Grierson, Mr., king's printer at Dub lin, iii. 130, 130 n.
Grierson, Mrs., some account of, iii. 130 n.
Griffiths, Mr., of Kefnamwycllh, v. 211.
Grimston, Viscount, his Love in a hollow Tree,' viii. 55, 55 n.
Groot, Isaac de, descendant of Gro- tius, Johnson's kindness to, vi. 258, 258 n.
Grotius, ii. 241.; vi. 259, 259 n. Grotius, on the Christian Religion, re- commended by Johnson, ii. 171. Grotius de Satisfactione Christi,' iv. 90.
Grotto, Pope's, vii. 357, 357 n. Grottos, vii. 357 n.; ix. 74. Grove, Rev. Henry, author of the pa- per in the 'Spectator,' on novelty, vi. 151, 151 n.
Grub Street, Johnson's description of, ii. 50.
Guardians, Johnson's advice on the
appointment of, vii. 281. 'Gulliver's Travels,' vi. 257.
Gunning, Elizabeth, Duchess of Ar- gyle, v. 94, 94 n.
'Gustavus Vasa,' Brooke's, i. 156, 156. n.
Guthrie, William, i. 127, 128 n. 156.; iii. 43.
Gwyn, Mr., architect, iii. 8. ; v. 213 n. ; vi. 67. 69. Johnson's dedication to his London and Westminster Im-
proved,' iii. 8. His proposals for the improvement of the metropolis, iii. 98 n.
Habeas Corpus, iii. 73. Habits, early, v. 313.
Hackman, Rev. Mr., his trial for
shooting Miss Ray, vii. 257, 258.
Haddock, Finnon, iv. 113, 113 n.
Happiest life, which the, ix. 132. Happiness, ii. 224. 311, 311 n; iii. 202.; iv. 198.; v. 20. 295.; vi. 175. 306.; vii. 18. 130. 136. ; viii. 106. ; ix. 132. Equalised by Providence, ii. 21 n. The only solid basis of, vii. 227. Hardinge, Sir Henry, iii. 221. Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, vi. 151. ; vii. 24.
Hardyknute, ballad of, iii. 92.
Hague, Mr. Johnson's early instruc- Harington, Dr. Henry, his 'Nuge tor, i. 40.
Hailes, David Dalrymple, Lord, ii. 14. 217. 237.; iii. 234.; iv. 31. 41, 42. 281.; v. 228, 228 n.; vi. 41.; viii. 318. His letter to Boswell on the 'Journey to the Hebrides,' v. 159. Hale, Lord Chief Justice, iii. 187.; v. 287.; viii. 314.
Hall, Mrs., vi. 48.; viii. 68. 71. Hall, Bishop, iii. 192 n.; vii. 130 n. Halsey, Edmund, ii. 293 n.
Antiquæ,' viii. 170.
'Harleian Miscellany,' i. 202. Harlow, Mr., the painter, viii. 238 n. Harmless pleasure, vii. 263. Harrington, Countess of, vi. 276 n. Harriot, Mrs., i. 313.
Harris, James, Esq., iii. 266 n.; v. 125 m. 312.; vii. 74. 90, 91. His Hermes,' ix. 244.
Harrison, Mrs., her 'Miscellanies,' ii. 66.
Hamilton of Bangour, his poems, iv. Harry, Miss Jane, the proselyte to 35.; vi. 290.
Hamilton, Right Hon. William Ge- rard, i. 290, 290 n.; iii. 157. ; v. 254, 254 n.; viii. 89. Johnson's compli- ment to his conversation, i. 293. Some account of, i. 290 n. His anecdote respecting Johnson's pen- sion, v. 254, 254 n. His kindness to Johnson, viii. 240, 241. Hamilton, Mr., the printer, iii. 267, 267 n.
Hamilton, Lady Betty, v. 96. 102. Hamilton, Duchess of, v. 94. 103. 'Hamlet,' vi. 177, 177 n.; vii. 364. Hammond, James, his Love Ele- gies,' iv. 300. Mr. Bevil's defence of, viii. 35, 35 n.
Hammond, Dr., 'on the New Testa- ment,' vi. 181.; ix. 143. 'Handmaid to the Arts,' vii. 359 n. Hanging criminals, on the new way of, viii. 179.
Hanmer, Sir Thomas, his Shakspeare,
i. 203. 205.; iii. 9. 18. Hanway, Jonas, his Essay on Tea,' i. 67, 67 n. His Travels charac- terised by Johnson, iii. 137.
Quakerism, vii. 142 n. 144.; x. 15. 106.
Harte, Dr. Walter, his History of Gustavus Adolphus,' iii. 135, 135 n.; viii. 52 n. 53. 336, Harwood, Dr., his
History of Lich- field,' i. 103. 291.; vii. 239. Harwood, Dr. Edward, vi. 157 n. Hastie, Mr., the schoolmaster, pro- secuted for undue severity, iii. 169. 185. 222. 235. 311. Johnson's argu- ment on behalf of, iii. 222. 235. 311. Hastings, Warren, Boswell's cha- racter of, viii. 37. His letter to Boswell respecting Johnson, viii. 38. Johnson's letters to, viii. 40, 41, 42, 43. His endeavours to in- troduce the Persian language into Europe, viii. 41.
Hatchett, Charles, Esq., his account of the Literary Club,' ii. 325. Hater, a good, ix. 30.
Hatyin foam foam
eri,' a popular Erse song, iv. 175. Translation of by the Marchioness of Northamp- ton, v. 15. Hawkestone, v. 198.
Hawkesworth, Dr., Johnson's contri- butions to his Adventurer,' i. 300, An imitator of the style of Johnson, i. 300.; iii. 253. His Collection of Voyages,' iii. 289.; vi. 122. objections against a particular Pro- vidence, v. 6 n. Falls a sacrifice to newspaper abuse, v. 6 n.
Hawkins, Mr., Johnson's instructor in Latin, i. 39.
98. 180 n. 182. 321.; vi. 87. 91, 92, 93.; viii. 118. 381 n. Johnson's let- ters to, viii. 130, 131. 384. Hector, George, i. 316. Heely, Mr. and Mrs., iii. 15 n.; viii. 376. Johnson's letter to, viii. 376. Heirs, vi. 37 n. 45. 59. 221. 'Héloise,' Rousseau's, ii. 314 n. 'Hell paved with good intentions,' v. 305 n.
Hawkins, Rev. William, his Siege of Henault, Charles, v. 334.
Hawkins, Sir John, his miscellanecus
anecdotes of Johnson, ix. 128. His journal of the last fortnight of Johnson's life, ix. 152. Hawkins, Miss (daughter of Sir John), viii, 250 n. Her description of Mrs. Williams, i. 276 n. Her de. scription of Bennet Langton, i. 294 n. Her description of Garrick's person and mode of living, vii. 99 n. Her anecdotes of Johnson, x. 56. Hawthornden, iv. 198.; v. 155. Hay, Lord Charles, some account of, vi. 124 n.; vii. 370.
Hay's translation of Martial,' v. 113. Hayes, Rev. Mr., vi. 326.
Hayman, Mr., painter, ii. 10 n. Health, iii. 159.
Henderson, John, actor, viii. 237.239. His imitations of Johnson, v. 265. Henderson, Mr. John, student of Pembroke College, viii. 287 n. Some account of, viii. 301 n. 302. Henry II.,' Lyttelton's History of, iii. 23. 'Henry VIII.' vii. 292. Shakspeare's play of, viii. 237. Harlowe's pic-
ture of the trial scene in, viii. 238 n. Henry, Dr. Robert, his History of Great Britain,' vii. 189.
Herbert, George, his Jacula Pru- dentum' quoted, v. 305 n. Hereditary insanity, an important chapter in the history of the human mind still to be written, i. 29 n. Hereditary right, vi. 296, 297. Heritable jurisdictions, iv. 194.
Health, Johnson's rules for travellers Hermippus Redivivus,' Campbell's,
in quest of, viii. 138.
Healths, drinking of, vii. 291.
Heard,' Johnson's mode of pro- Hermit, Parnell's, vii. 46. 119.
nouncing, vii. 16.; x. 127.
Heaven, happiness of, vii. 136.
'He-bear and She bear,' viii. 90.
Heber, Rev. Reginald, on Evil Spirits, viii. 293 n.
Heberden, Dr., vii. 273.; viii. 224. 357, 358.; x. 64. Johnson's letter to, x. 281.
Hebrides, Johnson's wish to visit, ii. 235. 251.; iii. 41. 161. 174. 235. 275. 308. Johnson's Tour to, iv. 1. Johnson's published Account of his Journey,' v. 186. 189. 223. 233.; vi. 230.; vii. 179 n.
Hector, Edmund, Johnson's school- fellow, i. 32. 42, 43, 44. 88, 89, 90.
'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Cham- bers,' vii. 110 n.; 165 n.; viii. 91. 317 n.
Heroic virtues, ix. 34.
Hervey, Rev. James, his Medita- tions,' v. 92.
Hervey, Hon. Henry, i. 115. Hervey, Hon. Thomas, some account of, iii. 17 n. 77 n.; v. 283. Hesiod, vii. 290.
Hickes, Rev. Dr., v. 100 n. ; viii. 288. Hickman, George, Johnson's letter to, i. 86 n.
Hickman, Miss, i. 97 n. Hicky, Mr., painter, v. 282. Hierarchy, English, vi. 274.
Hierarchy, Johnson's reverence for, viii. 48.
'High Life below Stairs,' Garrick's farce of, vii. 355.
Highland chief, iv. 161 n. 167 n. 251. Highlanders, iii. 184.
Highwaymen, the question of shoot- ing them discussed, vii. 70. Hill, Sir John, Johnson's character
185. 380.; ix. 208. ; x. 53. Johnson's veneration for, iii. 144. ; vii. 185. 189. Johnson's seal, a head of, iii. 144 n. Johnson's early translations from, i. 50. Antiquity of, vii. 185. Pope's translation of, vii. 91. 188. Ma- dame Dacier's translation of, vii. 189 n. Macpherson's translation of, vii. 189 n. Cowper's translation of, vii. 189 n.
Hill, Aaron, his account of Irene,' Homer and Virgil, comparative ex-
Hinchcliffe, Dr. John, vii. 317.
Honey-suckle wives, iii. 60.
"Historia Studiorum,' Johnson's, vii. Honesty, noble instance of, iv. 110 n.
Historian, requisites for an, ii. 207. Historians, iv. 234.; vii. 286.
Hook, Abbé, his translation of Ber- wick's' Memoirs,' vii. 128.
Historians, how characters should be Hooke, Nathaniel, wrote the Duchess
drawn by, vii. 286. Historical Fact, ix. 28.
History, little really authentic, ii. 207. iii. 80 n.; v. 312. 'An old alma- nack,' v. 313. Unsupported by con- temporary evidence, a romance, v. 156.
History of manners, the most valu- able, iv. 78. History of the Council of Trent,' Johnson's projected translation of, i. 117. 147.
Hobbes, Thomas, on the State of the
Mind in Old Age, vii. 88 n. Hogarth, his first interview with Johnson, i. 162. Johnson's lines on the death of, 164 n. His character of Johnson, i. 164 n. Holdbrook, Mr., Johnson's early in- structor, i. 40.
Holidays, or Fast Days, vi. 90. Hollis, Thomas, i. 47.; viii. 75 Holyday's Juvenal, Johnson's high opinion of, ix. 317. Holyrood House, iv. 35.; v. 106. Holywell, v. 202.
Home, John, ii. 343. ; iv. 214. ; v. 136. 300.; vi. 167 n. 202 n. 303 n. His tragedy of 'Douglas,' v. 106 n. 257, 258 n.
Homer, iv. 77, 78 n. 178.; vii. 12. 91.
of Marlborough's 'Apology,' iv. 192. Hoole, John, ii. 154.; viii. 177. 246, 247. 264. Johnson's letter to War. ren Hastings in behalf of, viii. 43. Johnson's dedication of his Tasso to the queen, ii. 154. His tragedy of 'Cleonice,' v. 221. Some account of, v. 221 n. Johnson's letters to, v. 221.; viii. 363, 364. His diary of Johnson's last illness, ix. 178. Hope, ii. 137. ; ix. 69.; x. 245. Hope, Dr., botanical professor at
Edinburgh, v. 158.; viii. 259. Hopeton, John, Earl of, viii. 11. Horace, i. 259. ; v. 306.; vi. 195, 196 n. 339.; vii. 55. 83. 171. 175. 219. 244.; viii. 92 n. 209. 277. Johnson's early translation from, i. 48, 49. Francis's translation of, vii. 219. Dr. Dou- glas's collection of editions of, viii. 277 n.
Horace's villa, vii. 83. Horne, Dr. George, Bishop of Nor-
wich, v. 188. 194. ; vi. 75. 237. His character of Johnson, viii. 427.; ix. 330.
Horne, Rev. John. See Tooke. Horrebow's History of Iceland, vii. 119.
Horses, old, what should be done with, viii. 244, 245.
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