Nores, Jason de, his comments on Horace, vi. 74 n.
North, Dudley, viii. 48 n. 56 n. North, Frederick, Lord, iii. 153. 171.; v. 163. 270. 316.; vii. 46.
North Pole, Johnson's conjectures re- specting, vi. 128.
Officers, military, v. 151.; vi. 124. ; ix. 55.
Ogden, Dr. Samuel, v. 6. ; viii. 103 n. On prayer, iv. 30. 66. His Sermons, iv. 19. 88.; v. 61. 91.; vii. 79. Ogilvie, Dr. John, ii. 202. of Judgment,' ii, 206 n.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, iii. 92.; vi. Oglethorpe, General, i. 140 n.; iii.
Nourse, Mr., bookseller, vi. 130. Novelty, paper on, in the 'Spectator,' vi. 151.
Nowell, Rev. Dr., iii. 178.; viii. 298, 299.
'Nugæ Antiquæ,' Harington's, viii. 170.
Nugent, Robert, Lord, iii. 153 n. Number, ix. 27.
Numbers, science of, vi. 65. Numeration, ix. 27.
Nuremberg Chronicle, v. 215.
Nuž rag EXET,' (for the night cometh,') the motto on the dial- 1 plate of Johnson's watch, iii. 48.
Oath of abjuration, v. 259 n. Im policy and inefficacy of such tests, v. 260.
Oaths, iii. 259. ; v. 141. 260.; vi. 160.
Oats,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 48.; v. 136n.; vi. 96.; vii. 114.
Obedience, vii. 139. Obscenity, viii. 298.
'Observer,' Cumberland's, viii. 36. Occupations, hereditary, iv. 124. O'Connor, Charles, his Dissertations on the History of Ireland,' ii. 76 n.; vi. 243.
Ode, Ad ornatissimam Puellam,' i. 181. To Friendship, i. 182. 'Ad Urbanum,' i. 125. Upon the Isle of Skie, iv. 166. To Mrs. Thrale, iv. 169. In Theatro, iii. 154. Odyssey, vii. 324.; viii. 18. 213. Edipus, ix. 236.
Ofellus, in the Art of Living in Lon- don,' who, i. 114.
Offely, Mr., a pupil of Johnson, i. 104.
215. 217, 218. 220, 221 n.; v. 294.
296 n.; vi. 173. 179.;
viii. 90. 158, 159.
• Οι φιλοι, ον φίλος,
friends has no friend,') a phrase fre- quently quoted by Johnson, i. 240.; vii. 132 n. 261.
O'Kane, Irish harper, v. 48.
Old age, vii. 10. 88, 88 n. 193. 203. 369. ; viii. 171. 275.; ix. 91. 212. Old Bailey dinners, vii. 192 n. Old English divines, ix. 137. 247. . Old friendships, ix. 121. Oldfield, Dr., vi. 180.
Oldham's imitation of Juvenal, i. 130. Old men, folly of putting themselves to nurse, vi. 112.
Oldmixon. John, ii. 49.
Oldys, William, i. 176. 202. Omai, vi. 123.
Opera girls, viii. 160. Opinion, ix. 68.
Opinion of the world, ix. 88. 135. Opium, viii. 159.
Orange peels, v. 269.
Oratory, iii. 248.; viii. 81. 197. Ord, Mrs., vii. 315 n. 319. 332. Orde, Lord Chief Baron, iv. 19. Orford, Earl of, vii. 10 n.; viii. 317. 337 n. Organ, v. 276.
Origin of evil, v. 111.
Original sin, viii. 103.; ix. 208. Orme, Mr., his character of Johnson's 'Journey,' v. 162 n. 233 n. His eulogy on Johnson, vii. 126. Ormond, James, second Duke of, iv. 149.
Orrery, John, fifth Earl of, iv. 259. Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, i. 214. 289.; ii. 51.; vii. 81. 163.; viii. 8. 163.
Orton's Life of Doddridge,' iv. 303. Osborne, Francis, his works, iii. 229 n. Osborne, Thomas, the bookseller, i. 176. 181. vii. 204.; x. 96. Ossian, ii. 168.; iii. 141.; iv. 37. 178. 262, 263, 264, 265. 327.; v. 138, 139. 227. 234, 235, 236. 243, 244. 247. 290.; viii. 125. 173.; ix. 94.
Ostervald's Sacred History,' iii. 28. Otaheite, vi. 170.
Otway, Thomas, vii. 368, 368 n. Oughton, Sir Adolphus, iv. 36, 37. 130.
Ouran-outang, iv. 39. 273.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, iii. 76.; vi. 247.
Overall, Bishop, v. 100.
Parker, Sackville, bookseller, viii. 310. Parkhurst, Rev. Mr., letter from Dr.
Parliament, iii. 73. 131.; iv. 52.; v. 300.; vii. 26. 46. 89. 124. 292.; viii. 48. 82. 215.; ix. 118. Parliamentary debates, i. 127. 167— 172.; iv. 52.; x. 64.
Parnell, Dr., v. 199. ; vi. 294.; vii. 46. 268 n.; viii. 16. 24.
Parr, Dr. Samuel, ii. 124 n. ; vii. 363, 363 n. His epitaph on Johnson, viii. 424. Anecdotes by, x. 22. Parson, the life of a, vii. 152.
Party, necessity of sticking to, iv. 25. Passion week, viii. 64. 'Pastern,' ii. 47. 148.
Paten, Rev. Dr. Thomas, viii. 148, 149 n.
Oxford University, advantages of, iii. Pater Noster, iv. 126. 42.; ix. 9.; x. 26.
Oxford, Earl of, his library, i. 176.
Pagan mythology, vii. 363. Painters, vii. 120.
Painting, ii. 131 n.; vi. 68. ; ix. 39. 139. 169. 211.
Palaces, vi. 8.
Paley, Dr., iv. 211, 212.
Palmer, Rev. John, on Philosophical Necessity, vii. 135.
Palmer, Rev. Thomas Fysche, viii. 104, 105 n.
'Palmerino d'Inghilterra,' vi. 115. Palmerston, Henry Temple, second Viscount, viii. 225. Panegyric, vi. 295.
Panting, Dr. Matthew, i. 74. Paoli, General, iii. 71. 81. 196. 259. 264, 265. 304.; vi. 153. 294.; vii. 177. 180. 185. 235.; viii. 79.; x. 226. 229–237. Paradise, John, i. 63 n.; vii. 261.;
Parental authority, vii. 249. ; ix. 7. Parentheses, viii. 180.
Parish clerk, viii. 105.
Parker, Rev. Mr., ii. 68. Anecdotes by, ix. 249.
Paterson, Samuel, author of 'Coriat,
Junior,' iii. 209 n.; vi. 216.; viii. 265 n.
Paterson, Samuel, his son, viii. 265 n. 'Patriot,' v. 217.; vi. 147. Patriotism, v. 292.
Patriots, self-styled, viii. 63. ; ix. 147. Patronage, iv. 55.; viii. 160. Patronage, lay, iii. 286. 319. Payne, William, his work on 'Draughts,' ii. 71.
Pearce, Dr. Zachary, Bishop of Ro- chester, ii. 46.; vi. 76. 244, 244 n., 245.
Pearson, Rev. Mr., vi. 109 n.; vii. 241.; viii. 226.
Pearson, Mrs., of Lichfield, i. ix. Pecuniary embarrassment, evil of, viii. 140.
Peel, Right Hon. Robert, vi. 88 n. Peers, House of, iv. 104.; vii. 206.
Judicial powers of, vii. 206. Influ- ence of, in the House of Commons, iv. 52.
Peiresc, his death lamented in forty languages, v. 319.
Pelham, Henry, ii. 15. Pellet, Dr., vii. 210.
Pembroke, Lord, his description of
Johnson's conversation, iv. 8. Penance, voluntary, ix. 35.
Penance in church, iv. 219. Penitence, gloomy, only madness turned upside down, vi. 145. Penmaen Mawr, v. 207.
Penmaen Rhôs, v. 206.
Penn, Governor Richard, vii. 338. Pennant, Thomas, iv. 168.; v. 291.;
vi. 262.; vii. 109. 111. 113. His Tour in Scotland, vii. 109. 111. His merit as a zoologist, vii. 113. 'London,' vii. 113. His character of Johnson, vii. 113. 'Pension,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 48. 142.
Pepys, William Waller, vii. 314. 322. 325.; viii. 57 n.; ix. 49.; x. 114. Pepys, Samuel, v. 55.
Perceval, Lady Catherine, v. 209 n. Percy, Lord, vii. 115. 118.
Percy, Dr., Bishop of Dromore, i. 44. 46, 47. 75. 159. 221.; ii. 275. 282.; iii. 55, 56. 153.; iv. 112. 281.; v. 323 n.; vi. 84 n. 299 n.; vii. 108. 114, 115. 230. 311.; ix. 22. 193. 239. 241. Anecdotes of Johnson by, x. 40. Perkins, Mr., v. 218.; viii. 55. 58. 96. 138. 253.
Peruvian bark, viii. 296. Peter the Great, iv. 273. Peterborough, Earl of, viii. 20 n. 336. Peters, Mr., vi. 112.
Petitions, facility of getting them up, iii. 92.
Petty, Sir William, vii. 352.
Peyton, Mr., i. 216.; iii. 182, 183. 228.; v. 327.
Philips, musician, Johnson's epitaph on, i. 165.
Philips's 'Cyder,' a poem, iv. 77. Philips, Miss, singer, afterwards Mrs. Crouch, viii. 220.
Philosophers, ancient, their good hu- mour in disputation accounted for, vi. 125.
Philosophical necessity, vii. 132. Philosophical Transactions,' iii. 26. Philosophy, vi. 114.; vii. 153. Phipps, Rev. James, vii. 154 n. Phipps's 'Voyage to the North Pole,' iv. 256 n.
Physic, vi. 140.; vii. 264.; ix. 44. Physicians, vi. 99.; viii. 259. 322. ; ix.
'Physico-Theology,' Derham's, v. 58. Piazzas, iv. 118.
'Picture,' Massinger's play of the, vii. 289.
Pig, the learned, viii. 379. 'Pilgrim's Progress,' iii. 282. ; ix. 102. Pindar,' West's translation of, vii. 375.
Pinkerton, John, viii. 332. Piozzi, Mrs., commencement and pro- gress of Johnson's acquaintance with, ii. 292. 298. Anecdotes of Johnson by, ix. 1. 127. Account of her rupture with Johnson, ix. 105. Her character of Johnson, ix. 107. Piozzi, Signor, x. 19. 100.
Pitcairne, his Latin poetry, iv. 54. Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, i. 144.; iii. 233. 269.; v. 78.; viii. 319.
Pitt, Right Hon. William, his son, viii. 256, 256 n. 260. 295. Pitts, Rev. John, v. 172 n. Pity, ii. 221.
Place-hunters, vii. 64.
Plagiary, Sir Fretful, character of, intended for Mr. Cumberland, iii. 246 n.
'Plain Dealer,' i. 179, 179 n. 200. Planting, vii. 27. In Scotland, era of, v. 159.; vi. 230.
Players, i. 192, 193. 231.; ii. 177.; iii.
93.277.; iv. 27. 39. 132.; vi. 23. 329.; vii. 99.; viii. 239.
Pleasure, v. 183.; vii. 76. 136. 263.; ix. 41.
Pleasures, necessary to intellectual health, ix. 42. No man a hypocrite " in his, viii. 318.
• Pleasures of the Imagination,' Akenside's, ii, 125.
Plott's History of Staffordshire,' vii. 4.
Pococke, Dr. Richard, vii. 105. 375. Poetry, Johnson's early, v. 297. Reli- gious, ix. 145.
Poets, iv. 85. The preservers of lan- | Pott, Archdeacon, his Sermons, vi. 91.
guages, vi. 154.
'Polite Philosopher,' vi. 138. Politeness, iv. 81.; vi. 302.
Politian's Latin poems, i. 94, 94 n. Politics, modern, v. 297. 316. Polygamy, iv. 230.
Poor, ix. 31. A decent provision for, the test of civilisation, iii. 145. Methods of employing, vii. 352. Of London, vii. 282.
Pope, Alexander, i. 61. 140. 145. 159, 160. 211. 281 n.; iii. 85, 86.; iv. 79.; v. 86. 274.; ix. 18. 139. 193. 204. His 'Homer,' vii. 91. His Essay on Man,' vii. 282, 283 n. His know- ledge of Greek, vii. 283. His grotto, vii. 357 n. Johnson's Life of, vii. 205.; viii. 14. Character of his poe- try, vii. 188.; viii. 15. His limited conversational powers, viii. 18. 'His 'Universal Prayer,' vii. 207. Lewis's verses to, viii. 309 n. Pope, Dr. Walter, his Old Man's Wish,' vii. 366.
Popery, i. 281.; iii. 109. 111, 112. Population, iii. 106. Porridge Island, ix. 40.
Porter, Mr., of Lichfield, i. 99 n.; viii. 239.
Porter, Mrs., afterwards Johnson's
wife, i. 35. 38. 89. 100, 101 n. 106. 280, 281.
Porter, Miss Lucy, i. 35. 95 n. 281.;
ii. 97.; iii. 162.; vi. 94. 103. 105. 109 n. ; vii. 299. 306.; x. 9. 14. John- son's letters to, i. 232.; ii. 98, 99. Porter, Mrs., the actress, viii. 238. Porteus, Dr. Beilby, Bishop of Ches-
ter, afterwards Bishop of London, vii. 119. 299. 304. 376.
Portland, Lady Margaret, Duchess Dowager of, viii. 322 n.
Potter, Rev. Robert, vii. 91.; ix. 22. Poverty, ii. 226.; viii. 133. 137. 140.; ix. 90.
Power, despotic, vii. 124.
Praise, iii. 40.; vii. 115. 263. 378.; viii. 57.; ix. 114. 119. 139.
Praise and flattery, v. 202. Prayer, form of, arguments for, v. 110.; viii. 206.
Prayers, Johnson's classification of, x. 120.
Prayers and Meditations,' Johnson's, viii. 382.; x. 34. 95. 130. 154. Preaching above the capacity of the congregation, viii. 175. Precocity, vi. 28. 'Preceptor,' i. 220. Predestination, iii. 109.
Prejudice, viii. 156. Johnson's,against Scotland, iv. 10.; v. 240 n.; viii. 156 n.
Prendergast, Colonel Sir Thomas, iii. 221 n.
Presbyterians, v. 130. 132.
Prescience of the Deity, vii. 134, 135 n.
Prescription of murder in Scotland, iv. 14. 87.
Presentiment of death, iii. 221 n. Press, superfetation of, vii, 188. Pretender, the Young, account of the escape of, iv. 208. 329. Price, Archdeacon, v. 213. Price, Dr. Richard, viii. 232. Pride, ix. 79.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, iii. 138.; vii. 135.; viii. 232 n.
Primrose, Lady Dorothea, viii. 22 n. Prince of Wales, his situation, viii. 172. Afterwards George IV., iii. 28 n.
'Prince Titi,' history of, vi. 5.
Portrait, inscription on the frame of Pringle, Sir John, iii. 195.; v. 124.
Johnson's, viii. 170 n.
Portrait-painting, v. 308. Portraits, iv. 234.
Portraits of Dr. Johnson, list of the
Post-chaise travelling, vi. 83. 119, 303.
131 n. 132.; vi. 55. 125. 185.; vii. 78. Printer's devil, viii. 76.
Printing, iii. 203. ; v. 215.; vi. 155 n. Printing-house, Virgil's description of the entrance into hell applied to, v. 43.
Prior, Matthew, iii. 79.; vii. 10, 11. Prior's Life of Burke,' quoted, ii.
Pritchard, Mrs., actress, i. 228. ; iii. 94.; iv. 132. ; v. 293.; viii. 238. Private conversation, viii. 211. Prize-fighting, iv. 248.
Procrastination, i. 236.
Procurators of Edinburgh, argument against a prosecution by, viii. 109. Prologues, i. 209.; iii. 35.; v. 262. vi. 245.
Propensions, evil, ix. 209.
Property, iii. 294.; vi. 37. 46. Prophecies, ix. 189. Propitiatory sacrifice, iv. 89. Prospects, ix. 39. 95.
Prosperity, vii. 212. Prostitution, vi. 134.
Prussia, King of, i. 220.; vii. 190.; viii. 85.
Psalmanazar, George, vii. 163. ; viii. 178. 271.; ix. 62. 132.
Psalms, biblical version of, v. 204. Public amusements, iii. 202. Public institutions, administration of, vi. 175.
Public opinion, ix. 135.
Public schools, vi. 127. ; vii. 316. ; ix. 78.
Public speaking, v. 281. Pudding, meditation on a, v. 93. Puffendorf, iii. 185.; vi. 57.
Pulpit, liberty of, vi. 182, 183. 217. 334. Pulsation, theory of, vi. 152. Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, ix. 147.
Punctuation, vi. 150 n.
Punishment, eternity of, vii. 20.; viii. 102. 302.
Punishments, vii. 105.; ix. 208. Puns, iii. 249. 285 n.; viii. 319. ; ix. 136 Purcell, v. 285.
Purgatory, i. 286.; iii. 111. 193.
Radcliffe, Dr., small success of his travelling fellowships, viii. 295. Ralph, James, viii. 30.
Ramsay, Allan, his Gentle Shep- herd,' iii. 259.
Ramsay, Allan, painter, vii. 82. 84. 186. 188. 193.; viii. 371.
'Rambler, i. 233, 234. 242. 249. 266, 266 n.; x. 46. 83. 131. Italian trans- lation of, vii. 295. Translated into Russian, viii. 274.
Ranby, John, vii. 24.
Ranelagh, iii. 201, 201 n.; vii. 19. Raleigh, Sir Walter, i. 267.
Rank, its importance in society, ii. 227. 233. 316.; iii. 211, 211 n. 305.; v. 267.
Rasay, Isle of, iv. 178. 185. 188. Rasay, John Macleod, Laird of, iv.
178. 188.; v. 163. 167. 325.; vi. 262. Rasay, Lady, iv. 185.
Rasay, Miss Flora, iv. 195. 'Rasselas,' ii. 101 n. 103, 104. 218.;
vii. 167. 219.; viii. 97.; x. 23. 91. 140. Ratcliff, Dr., master of Pembroke, his neglect of Johnson at Oxford, ii. 18. Rattakin mountain, iv. 153. Rawlinson, Dr. Richard, the antiqua- rian, viii. 146 n. Ray, Miss, vii. 257.
Raynal, Abbé, ix. 37. 329.
Reading, i. 56.; ii. 213.; v. 306.; vi. 163.; vii. 11.; ix. 16. 169.
Reay, Lord, v. 55.
Red ink, properties of, vii, 332.
Reed, Isaac, i. 229.; iii. 285.; viii. 6.
Registration of deeds, viii. 47.
Rehearsal,' iii. 200. ; viii. 322. ; ix.18. Rein-deer, iii. 200.
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