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. 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.
Gilbert on Evidence,' v. 140. Gillespie, Dr., viii. 257.
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.
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.
Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, Gordon, Sir Alexander, iv. 86. 91.
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,
'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. Grenville, Right Hon. George, iii.
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.
Granville, John Carteret, first Earl, Grierson, Mrs., some account of, iii.
vii. 360, 360 n.; viii. 53.
Gratitude, iv. 252.
Grattan, Right Hon. Henry, v. 263.; viii. $20.
"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.
Griffiths, Mr., of Kefnamwycllh, v.
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.
"Great,' how pronounced, iii. 191, Grotto, Pope's, vii. 357, 357 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.
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. Gunpowder,
'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. Hagley, v. 214.
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 'Nugæ 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 n. 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, 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
Erse song, iv. 175.
by the Marchioness of Northamp- ton, v. 15. Hawkestone, v. 198.
Hawkesworth, Dr., Johnson's contri- butions to his Adventurer,' i. 500. An imitator of the style of Johnson, i. 300.; iii. 253. His Collection of Voyages,' iii. 289.; vi. 122. His 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.
Health, Johnson's rules for travellers
in quest of, viii. 138.
Healths, drinking of, vii. 291.
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.
'Hermippus Redivivus,' Campbell's, ii. 195.; vi. 54.
Hermit, life of, iv. 59.
'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. 'Historia Studiorum,' Johnson's, vii. 173.
Historian, requisites for an, ii. 207. Historians, iv. 234.; vii. 286.
cellence of, vii. 188.
'Homo caudatus,' v. 334.
Honesty, noble instance of, iv. 110 n. Honey-suckle wives, iii. 60.
Hook, Abbé, his translation of Ber- wick's' Memoirs,' vii. 128.
Historians, how characters should be Hooke, Nathaniel, wrote the Duchess
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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