M.
Macartney, George, Earl of, ii. 134. ;
vi. 139 n.; vii. 73 n. 322. ; viii. 30 n.
Macaulay, Rev. Kennett, his 'Ac-
count of St. Kilda,' iii. 41. 176.; iv.
122. 124.
Macaulay, Mrs., wife of the Rev. K.
Macaulay, v. 328.
Macaulay, Catharine, i. 289 n.; ii.
233. 284.; iii. 258. ; v. 277 n.; vi.
166 n. 198.; vii. 1.; ix. 130. 144.
Macbean, Alexander, i. 152. 216.; iii.
238.; vii. 347.; viii. 68.
Macbeth, i. 203.; iii. 93.; iv. 119.
'Maccaroni,' iv. 204.
Maccaronic verses, vii. 125.
Macclesfield, George, Earl of, ii. 14 n.
Macclesfield, Countess of, reputed
mother of Savage, i. 195. 201 n.
Macconochie, Mr., afterwards Lord
Meadowbank, vii. 35 n.
Maccruslick, iv. 180 n. 197.
Macdonald, Sir James, ii. 235.; iii.
187 n. ; iv. 161. 164. 191. 285. ; v. 15.;
viii. 57.
Macdonald, Sir Alexander, iii. 186.;
iv. 159, 160 n. 163. 173.; v. 48.; vi.
126.
Macdonald, Lady Margaret, vii. 257.
Macdonald, Flora, iv. 203 n., 204, 205,
206. 208 n. 288. 329.
Macdonald, Major-general, iv. 295.
Macdonalds, the, v. 174 n.
Macfarlane, Mr., antiquary, iv. 167.
Mackenzie, Sir George, iv. 224.
Mackenzie, Henry, ii. 127. His Man
of the World;'Man of Feeling,'
iv. 309.
His epitaph, by
259 n.; vi. 130.
his son, iv. 44.
Maclaurin, John, afterwards Lord
Dreghorn, ii. 259.; iv. 43 n.; v.
310.
Maclean, Alexander, Laird of Col,
vi. 27. 41.
Mackinnon, Mrs., iv. 294.
Mackinnon's Cave, v. 69, 70 n.
Mackintosh, Sir James, v. 182 n.
292 n.; vi. 203 n.; viii. 318. 320.
His character of Johnson, x. 168.
Macklin, Charles, actor, ii. 158.; vi.
117.
Maclean, Donald, heir of the Laird of
Col, v. 62. 65, 66. 68 n.
Maclean, Sir Allan, iv. 167 n. ; v. 41.
57. 59, 60. 62 n. 69, 70. 75. 80. 84 n.
329.; vi. 229. 260.
Maclean, Rev. Hector, v. 12.
Maclean, Dr. Alexander, his descrip-
tion of Johnson, v. 41. 80.
Maclean, Captain Lauchlan, v. 10.
Maclean, Miss, v. 51. 60.
Maclean of Torloisk, v. 242 n.
Macleod, General John, Laird of
Rasay, iv. 162. 193 n. 215 n. John-
son's letter to, iv. 298. His 'Me-
moirs' of his own life, iv. 320.
Macleod, Lady, some account of, iv.
217, 218 n. 220.
Macleod, Miss, of Rasay, iv. 195.;
v. 11.
Macleod, Sir Roderick, iv. 218. 223.
Macleod, Rev. Neil, v. 78, 79, 80.
Macleod, Malcolm, iii. 551.; iv. 174.
197.
Macleod, Alexander or 'Sandie, of
Muiravenside, iv. 179, 180 n. 195.
197.210.
Macleod, Dr., iv. 179.
Macleod, Colonel, of Talisker, iv. 179.
Macleod, Professor, his brother, iv. 95.
Macleod, Mr., of Ulinish, iv. 194. 223.
258.
Macleod, Colin, iv. 193.
Macleod's dining tables, iv. 258.
Macleod's maidens, iv. 258.
Maclure, Captain, v. 54.
Macneil, of Barra, iv. 247.
M'Nicol, Rev. Donald, i. 5 n.; v.
242 n.
Macpherson, James, ii. 168.; iv. 95.
262.; v. 138. 224. 227. 229, 230.
233. 235. 243. 245. See Ossian.
Maclaurin, Colin, mathematician, ii. Macpherson, Mr., in Slate, v. 47.
Macpherson, Dr. John, his 'Scottish
Antiquities,' iv. 216. His Latin
ode from the Isle of Barra, iv. 297.
Macpherson, Rev. Martin, and family,
iv. 296. 299.
Macquarrie, of Ulva, v. 53. 261. 268.
Macqueen, Rev. Donald, v. 143, 144.
162. 173. 175. 177. 277. 231. 233, 234,
235. 240. 245. 256. 263. 272.; v. 333.
Macra, Mr. John, iv. 242.
Macraes, clan of, iv. 151 n., 152 n.
242 n.
Macsweyn, Mr., v. 14, 15 n. 17. 33.
Macswinney, Owen, vi. 193 n.
Madden, Dr. Samuel, ii. 8. 73, 73 n. ;
v. 258 n. His Boulter's Monu-
ment,' ii. 74 n.
Madness, i. 65. ; ii. 170.; vi. 319, 320.;
ix. 117.
Madness and hypochondria, distinc-
tion between, i. 65.
'Mahogany,' a liquor so called, viii.
53.
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Maiden assize, vii. 96 n.
Maittaire, Michael, Johnson's cha-
racter of, vii. 351. His account of
the: Stephani,' Senilia,' and
'Dialects,' vii. 351, 352.
Mallet, or Malloch, David, ii. 15. 85.
X 184.; iii. 189. 276.; iv. 192.; vii.
12. 280. 284.; viii. 212. ; ix. 149. 195.
His tragedy of Elvira,' ii. 184.
His Life of Lord Bacon,' vii. 13.
His poem on repairing the Univer.
sity of Aberdeen, viii. 211.
Malone, Edmond, ix. x. xv. ; i. 9 n.
11 n. 42 n. 45. 67 n. 73 n. 88 n. 89 n.
174 n. 181. 187 n. 237 n. 240 n. 243 n.
247 n. 249 n. 253 n. 258 n. 268 n.
272 n. 284 n. 285 n. 286 n. 298 n.
301 n. 306 n.; ii. 9 n. 178 n. 290.
Johnson's letters to, viii. 124.
Man, v. 295. Not a machine, iv. 121.
Said to be a cooking animal, iv.
28 n. Picture of, by Shakspeare
and Milton, viii. 44 n. Difference
between a well and ill bred, viii.
321.
Man of fashion, viii. 160.
'Man of Feeling,' ii. 126.
'Man of the World,' iv. 308.
Mandeville's Fable of the Bees,' vii.
135, 136.; ix. 144. His Treatise
on the Hypochondriacal Disease,'
ix. 144.
Mandeville, Sir John, his Travels
in China' recommended, ix. 317.
Manley, Mrs., viii. 189.
Manners, vi. 176. ; vii. 375.
Manners of the great, vii. 216. In-
stances of the change of, iv. 55,
56 n.
Manning, Rev. Owen, ii. 321 n.
Manning, Mr., compositor, viii. 323.
Manningham, Dr., vi. 302.
Mansfield, Lord, iii. 187 n. 222. 231.
268.; iv. 18. 97.; v. 147. 256. 277.;
vi. 113 n. 213. 327 n.; vii. 326.; viii.
20. 168.
Mantuanus, Johannes Baptista, viii.
171 n.
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Marana, J. P., author of The Turk-
ish Spy,' viii. 189 n.
Marchetti, an Italian physician, ix.
317.
Marchmont, Hugh, fourth Earl of,
iii. 190 n.; vii. 202. 204. 208. 267.
308.; viii. 20.
Markland, Jeremiah, philologist, viii.
147 n.; ix. 88.
Marlay, Dr. Richard, viii. 46 n.
Marlborough, John, Duke of, iv.
192.; v. 205.; vi. 81. 180.'; vii. 260.
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of,
i. 174.; iv. 192.; viii. 55.
'Marmor Norfolciense,' i. 156, 157.
Marriage, ii. 110. 151.; iii. 47, 48. 77.
106. 119, 120. 196.; iv. 230 n.; v.
266. 316.; vi. 88 n., 89. 93. 109. 117.
143.; vii. 153.; viii. 293, 294.; ix.
38.
Marriage service, iii. 119 n.
Marriage, iii. 120. Bill, royal, iii.
179.
Marriages, late, ix. 3.; Second, iii. 77.
Marrying for money, ix. 90.
Marsigli, Dr., ii. 140.; vii. 272.
Martial, Johnson's fondness for, i.
71 n. Elphinston's translation of,
vii. 93. Hay's translation of, v. 113.
Martin's Account of the Hebrides,' Melcombe, George Bubb Dodington,
ii. 236. ; iv. 1.; vii. 73.
Martin's Antiquitates Divi Andrei,' Melmoth, William, vii. 317 n., 318.;
iv. 57, 58.
Lord, i. 244 n. 253 n.
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viii. 269 n.
Martinelli, Vincenzio, iii. 259. 262.
Martyrdom, iii. 291, 292.
Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. 119.; iv. 32.;
v. 176. 188. 190. 226 n.; x. 276.
Mason, Rev. William, iii. 195. ; vi. 150.
His 'Elfrida,' v. 275. His 'Carac-
tacus,' v. 276. His prosecution of
Mr. Murray, the bookseller, vii.
138 n.
His share in the 'Heroic
Epistle,' viii. 91. 318 n.
Masquerades, iii. 240.
Mass, iii. 111.
Mayo, Rev. Dr., iii. 289. 291. 294,
295, 296 n.
Mead, Dr., vi. 218. 311.
Massillon, v. 43.
Massinger, his play of 'The Picture,' Metaphysical tailor, viii. 178.
vii. 289.
Metaphysics, i. 71.
Masters, Mary, 289 n.; viii. 241 n.
Matrimonial infidelities, vi. 143.
Matrimonial thought, iii. 120.
Maty, Dr. Matthew, ii. 35n.; vi. 238 n.
His Bibliothèque Britannique,' ii.
35 n.
Maupertius, iii. 45.
Mawbey, Sir Joseph, iii. 65 n.
Maxwell, Rev. Dr. William, his anec-
dotes of Johnson, iii. 129, 129 n.
Mayne, William, Baron Newhaven,
vii. 291.
Merit, intrinsic, ii. 227. Men of, not
neglected, viii. 160.
Metcalfe, Philip, vi. 210.; viii. 145.
Method, advantages of, vi. 220.
Methodism, iií. 133.
Methodists, ii. 246 n.; iii. 133.; 138.
141.; v. 143.; viii. 332.
Meynell, Hugh, his happy expression
respecting London, i. 84, 85.; vii.
251.
Mickle, William Julius, 220 n.; v. 90.;
viii. 246, 247. 310.
Microscopes, iii. 24.
Micyllus, Jacobus, v. 195.
Middle state, i. 286 n.; v. 100 n.
Middle rank in France, want of, vi.
9 n. 21.
Meadowbank, Lord, vii. 35.
Meals, stated, vii. 153.
Middlesex election, vii. 46. 292.
Middleton, Lady Diana, iv. 84 n.
Medals, only valuable as a stamp of Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, viii. 189 n.
merit, v. 257 n.
Migration of birds, iii. 289.
Medicated baths, of, iii. 104.
Meditation on a pudding, v. 93.
Mediterranean, vi. 154.
Meek, Rev. Dr., ii. 18, 19. 21 n.
Melancholy, i. 65.; iii. 34.; iv. 227.; vi.
70. 120 n. 213. 225. 319, 320.; vii. 301.
311. 369.; ix. 209. Johnson's remedy
against, ii. 232.; vi. 70. 120. 320.; vii.
234. Johnson projects a history of
his, iii. 34.
Melancthon, Boswell's letter to John-
son from the tomb of, vi. 251. 255.
Military character, respect paid to,
iii. 83.; vi. 125.
Miller, Andrew, bookseller, i. 211.;
ii. 38 n., 39.; vii. 264 n.
Miller, Lady, her vase at Batheaston,
v. 277 n.
Miller, Professor John, v. 114 n.
Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of
the methodists, ii. 246 n. Lauder's
forgery against, i. 270.
Milton, John, i. 267.270.; iii. 283 n; iv.
9.; v. 205.; vi. 21.; vii. 222. 253. 287.
366.; viii. 9.12. 45. 306.; ix. 324. Apo-
theosis of, not written by Johnson,
i. 155. Johnson's prologue for the
benefit of his grand-daughter, i. 267.
His Tractate on Education,' vii.
Johnson's Life of, viii. 9. 11.
His picture of man, viii. 46 n.
Johnson's saying respecting, viii.
306.
222.
Mimicry, ix. 151.
Mind, vii. 190, 191.; ix. 71. 186. In-
fluence of the weather on, ii. 89.
Management of, vi. 70. Cardan's
mode of composing his, vi. 320 n.
Miracles, ii. 230.; vii. 5.; ix. 189.
Miseries of human life, v. 295.
Misers, iv. 116.; v. 48.; vii. 174.
Misery, balance of, viii. 303.; x. 291.
Misfortunes, vii. 378.
Missionaries, v. 143.
Mistresses, ii. 151.
Modesty, vii. 215.
Moira, Earl of, iv. 196 n.
Moltzer, Jacobus, v. 195 n.
Monarchy, vi. 167.
Monasteries, ii. 132. 312.; iv. 58.
Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and
his writings, iii. 73. 172, 172 n.
225 n. 303.; iv. 39. 73 n. 76. 82 n.
114.; v. 66 n. 125. 334.; vi. 229. 310.
316, 317.; vii. 36. 319.; viii. 105. 270.
Money, iv. 57. ; vi. 324.; vii. 97. 199 n.;
viii. 133. 137; ix. 90.
Money-getting, v. 261.; vii. 256.
Monks, vi. 4.
Monkton, Hon. Mary, Countess of
Cork and Orrery, vii. 320 n. 324.;
viii. 87.
Monnoye, M. de la, vii. 175.
Monro, Dr., viii. 259.
Montagu, Mrs., iii. 89. 91. 145.; iv. 267.;
vii. 74. 229. 247. 315 n. 317. 319. 324.
336.; viii. 36. 46. 273.; ix. 65. 254.
256. Johnson's letters to, ii. 113.
115 n.
Montaigne, iii. 134 n.
Montesquieu, iv. 220.; vii. 135′n.
Monthly Review, iii. 25.; vi. 150.
Montrose, William Graham, second
Duke of, vii. 70 n.
Montrose, James, third Duke of, vii.
256.; viii. 86.
Monuments, iii. 282. Inaccuracy of
inscriptions on, vii. 239.
Moody, Mr., the actor, v. 282. 287.
Morality, ix. 212.
More, Sir Thomas, v. 195 n.; vi.
168 n.; vii. 91. 137. 322 n.; viii. 73.
77. 272. 306.
More, Hannah, vii. 137 n.; viii. 306.;
ix. 65. 123. 220. Her anecdotes of
Johnson, ix. 318.
More, Dr. Henry, the Platonist, iii.
192 n.
Morell, Dr. Thomas, v. 91.
Moreri's Dictionary, v. 42.
Morgann, Maurice, his 'Essay on the
Character of Falstaff,' viii. 182 n.
Morris, Corbyn, his 'Essay on Wit,'
viii. 83.
Mosaic account of the creation, ii.
134.
Moss, Dr., viii. 46.
Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's
watch, iii. 48.
Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, iii. 56,
56 n.
Mount Edgecumbe, iv. 104.
Mountstuart, Lord (afterwards first
Marquis of Bute), iii. 5.; vi. 58 n.
114. 218 n.;
vii. 297.; viii. 108.
200 n. 217 n.
Muck, Isle of, iv. 243.
Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, ii. 147.
Johnson's character of, viii. 51.
Character of his 'Sermons,' viii. 75.
Mudge, Dr. John, ii. 147.; viii. 234.
Mudge, Thomas, watchinaker, ii.
147 n.
Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord,
iv. 256.; vi. 123, 124 n.
Mull, Isle of, v. 39. 41. 45. 52. 72. 78.
Muller, Mr., engineer, ii. 116 n.
Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Cha-
pone, i. 235. 289.; vii. 315 n.; viii.
242. See Chapone.
Murder, proscription of, in Scotland,
iv. 14. 87.
Murison, Professor, iv. 60.
Murphy, Arthur, i. 220. 290.; ii. 64.
83. 101 n. 121, 122 n. 296 n.; iii. 84.
140 n.; v. 293. 322.; vi. 147, 148,
149, 150, 151. 160.; vii. 55.;
viii.
250. His anecdotes of Johnson, x.
66.
Murray, Lord George, chief of the
Pretender's staff, v. 323 n.
Murray, William, Attorney-General,
ii. 49 n. See Mansfield, Lord.
Murray, Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank,
iii. 161 n.
Murray, Mr., Solicitor-General of
Scotland, afterwards Lord Hender.
land, vi. 124.
Murray, John, bookseller (father of
the proprietor and publisher of this
work), vii. 138. Prosecution of, by
Mason the poet, vii. 138 n. His
'Letter to W. Mason, A. M.' vii.
138 n.
Murray, John, jun., his account of
the various portraits of Dr. John-
son, x. 311.
'Muses' Welcome to King James,'
iv. 53.
Musgrave, Sir Richard, x. 264 n.
Musgrave, Dr. Samuel, vii. 169 n.
Music, iii. 194. 307 n.; vii. 17. 72.;
ix. 140. 169. 211. 257. 274. The only
sensual pleasure without vice, vii.
369. In heaven, i. 166.; iii. 194.
Johnson's wish to learn the scale
of, six months before his death,
iii. 307 n. His insensibility to the
charms of, ii. 131 n.; v. 47.; vi. 29.
Musk, vii. 229.
Myddleton, Mr., of Gwaynynog, v.
212, 212 n.; vi. 298 n.
Mylne, Robert, architect, ii. 116.
Mysteriousness in trifles, ix. 97.
Mystery, vii. 53. 178.; ix. 131.
Mythology, vii. 351. 364 n.
N.
Nairne, William, afterwards Sir Wil-
liam, iv. 27. 48, 48 n. 52. 58. 67.
Nairne, Colonel, iv. 67, 68.
Nash, Rev. Dr. Treadaway, his ' His-
tory of Worcestershire,' vii. 109. ;
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