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. 65.
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.; iii. 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. 10 n.
Canting, ix, 20. 34. 87. 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 n. ; 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, afterwards 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, 208 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. 9L 124. 144. 250.
Cato, learnt Greek at an advanced age, viii. 51.
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 m. 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.
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. 120.
Charlemont, James, first Earl of, iii. 279.; iv. 112. 216, 216 n. Charles I., iii. 251.; v. 79. 317.
Certainties, small, the bane of men of Charles II., v. 283. 317.; viii. 10.
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.; 1v. 6. 112.; v. 179. 182. 189.; vli. 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.
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.
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.
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. 61.; 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.
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.
Cholmondeley, Mrs., iv. 272, 272 n.; Claret, characterised by Johnson, vii.
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.
'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.
Clive, Robert, first Lord, vii. 190. 212.
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 n. 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. 153. 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.
Coarse raillery, Johnson's powers of,
Competency, small, the bane of men of talents, v. 260.
Compliments, v. 330.; vi. 302.; ix 74. 115.
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.
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.
Collier, Dr., of the Commons, vii. 229, Condescension, vii. 352.
Conferring favours, ix. 98.
Confession, iii. 112.; iv. 124. 'Confessions,' Rousseau's, ii. 315, 315 n.
Confidence with respect to futurity, ix. 123.
Confinement, vii. 104. 'Congé d'élire,' viii. 325.
Congreve, William, iii. 86, 87 n.; vii. 41.; ix. 19.
Congreve, Rev. Charles, Johnson's school-fellow, i. 19.; vi. 92, 93.
Conjugal infidelity, vii. 288, 288 n. 'Connoisseur,' the, ii, 198.
Conscience, scruples of, ix. 44. 82. 219.
Const, Francis, vi. 131 n.
Constitution, British, vi. 71.
Constructive treason, viii. 63.
Contradiction, ix. 49. 81.
Cookery, Mrs. Glasse's, written by Dr. Hill, vii. 127.
Cooper, John Gilbert, author of the 'Life of Socrates,' ii. 143, 143 m.; 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.
Convents, ii. 132. 312.; iv. 59.; vi. Corpulency, viii. 207. 64.
Conversation, v. 304. 306.; vi. 74. 110. 179.; vii. 77. 181. 375. 381.; viii. 18, 19.; ix. 34. 66. 75. 100. 128. 175. 259. Conversation, the happiest kind of, v. 304.
Conversation, Lord Bacon's precept for, viii. 23.
Conversation, questioning not the proper mode of, vi. 110.
Conversions, iii. 112.; vii. 55. 142, 142 n.
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.
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. £62.; ii. 70. 108.; v. 173. His description of the
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