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Rochester's poems, ii. 232.

Rolt, his "Dictionary of Trade and Commerce," i. 218.

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Scotland, and the Scotch, Johnson's opinion of and bon mots on, i. 263, 345.
360, 363, 393, 458, 473, 506, 517, 520, 524; ii. 22, 32, 71, 98, 101, 131, 150,
217, 258, 411, 474, 493, 522.

Scott, Sir William, i. 403; ii. 277, 465.

Scriptures, The Holy, ii. 135.

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Johnson's letters on the proposal to translate them into Erse, i

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296;-published, i. 306, 388, 447 ;-remarks on, i. 306, 437; ii. 133, 477.

Sharpe's "Letters on Italy," ii. 133.

Shaw, Cuthbert, his poem of "The Race," i. 330.

Reverend Mr. his Erse Grammar, ii. 170, I; iii. 47.

Shebbeare, Dr. ii. 478.

Shenstone, his verses on an inn, ii. 83.

Sheridan, Thomas, Esq. i, 236, 238, 278, 368, 398, 417, 530; ii. 101, 357; iii.

22, 26, 104.

Mrs. i. 238.

R. B. Esq. his compliment to Johnson, in a prologue, ii. 178.

Shipley, Dr. (late Bishop of St. Asaph,) ii. 270, 273; iii. 43.

Short-hand, i. 462; ii. 282.

Siddons, Mrs. her visit to Johnson, iii. 40, & seq.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, M. D. curious account of, ii. 255.
Simpson, Joseph, Esq. anecdotes of, i. 300; ii. 117.

Letter from Johnson to, i. 210.

Sin, original, ii. 487.

Skene, Sir John, ii. 384.

Slavery, and the Slave-trade, ii. 238, 9, 244;—and see Negroes.

Sleep, ii. 215, 16.

Smart, Christopher, i. 186, 244; ii. 9.

Smith, Dr. Adam, ii. 324.

his "Wealth of Nations," ii. 70.

Captain, his attention to Johnson at Warley-camp, ii. 347.

Society, civilized, its customs, &c. i. 270, 272, 275, 316, 378, 464; ii. 278, 462. Soldiers, ii. 105, 279, 346, 7.

Somerville, Lord, ii. 434.

Southwell, Lord, ii. 526.

"Spectator, The," i. 454; ii. 26, 120, 128.

Spence's "Anecdotes," ii. 444.

Spirits, evil, iii. 77.

Stanhope, Mr. (Lord Chesterfield's son,) his character, i. 161.

Statuary, ii. 76, 257.

Staunton, Sir George, letter of Johnson to, i. 224.

Steele, Right Hon. Thomas, i. 86.

Mr. his "Prosodia Rationalis," i 534.

Sir Richard, ii. 81, 436, 465.

Steevens, George, Esq. re-publishes Johnson's Shakspeare, i. 387, 447.
Johnson's letters to, i. 497; ii. 165.

George, Esq. communications from as to Johnson, iii. 99, & seq. Sterne, i. 460.

Stirling Corporation, ii. 28.

Strahan, William, Esq. i. 530; ii. 348;—his letter as to obtaining Johnson a

seat in parliament, i. 401.

jun. his death, and Johnson's letter on, ii. 470.

Mrs.-Johnson's letters to, ii. 470, 500.

Reverend Mr. iii. 172.

Stratford-Jubilee.-See Garrick.

Stuart, Hon. Colonel James, ii. 373.

Stuart, Andrew, Esq. his "Letters to Lord Mansfield," i. 465.

Study, method of, i 264, 291.

Style, ii. 290.

Style, Johnson's remarks on, and on the imitations of, i. 137; ii. 218, 19. instances of particular imitations, iii. 150, & seq.

Suicide, i. 464; ii. 508, 9.

Swearing, i. 421; ii. 230.

Sweden, King of, ii. 193.

Swift, letter to, as to Johnson's obtaining a degree, i. 78.
Johnson's opinion of his works, i. 278, 353, 529.
his life by Johnson, ii. 443.

Swinton, Reverend Mr. anecdote of, i. 165.

Sydenham, Dr.-Johnson's life of, i. 94.

T.

TACITUS, remarks on his style, i. 436.

"Tale of a Tub," i. 278, 529.

"Taxation no Tyranny," i. 525.

additional passages in that pamphlet, i. 526, 7.

Taylor, Dr.-Johnson's visit to, ii. 98, 190, 224.

Johnson's letters to, iii. 30, 63.

Reverend Dr. i. 16, 37, 120, 144; ii. 99. 196, 208, 225.
the Chevalier, ii. 366.

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Thurlow, Lord, an opinion of his on the Liberty of the Pulpit, ii. 14.
Letter to Dr. Johnson from him, ii. 404.

Johnson's opinion of, iii. 3.

his letter to the authour, on Johnson's going to Italy, iii. 107.
Johnson's letter to him on that occasion, iii. 120.

Toleration, i. 480-3; ii. 360, 441; iii. 23.

Topham's Case, ii. 109.

Torture, how used in Holland, i. 287.

Tory, Johnson's definition of, ii. 482; iii. 77.

• Since the note referred to was written, the Case has received the determination of the Court of King's Bench; but it turned chiefly on the informality of the Indictment, and did not go into the general principles of "libe's on the dead."-See Term Reports, Hilary Term, 31 Geo. III.

Towers, Dr. Joseph, i. 527.

his "Essay on the Life," &c. of Johnson, ii. 428. Townshend, Right Hon. Charles, anecdote of, i. 460. Trade, Johnson's remarks on, i. 375.

Translation, i. 44; ii. 122.

"Traveller, The," Goldsmith's poem of, i. 312.

- Johnson's lines in, i. 312.-His high praise of, i. 311. Travelling, ii. 104, 122, 260, 281, 303, 343, 4; iii. 88, 97. Travels, the authour's, his intention of publishing, ii. 303.

Trimblestown, Lord, ii. 255.

Trinity, Johnson's belief in, and just disapprobation of its being discussed in a mixed company, i. 489.

Truth, importance of a regard to, i. 269; ii. 73, 194, 254, 256, 376, 407, 459,

521; iii. 2, 86, 130.

Twiss's travels in Spain, ii. 10.

Tyers, Mr. Thomas, anecdotes of, ii. 308.

Tytler's vindication of Mary Queen of Scots, i. 215.

U. and V.

"VANITY of human Wishes," Johnson's poem, 117. Vansittart, Dr. Robert, i. 211.

Vauxhall-gardens, ii. 308.

"Vicar of Wakefield," (novel,) i. 255.

Vilette, Reverend Mr. Ordinary of Newgate, iii. 103.

"Village, Deserted," a poem by Goldsmith ;-Johnson's lines in, i. 313.

"Village," a poem, by the Reverend Mr. Crabbe, ii. 526.

Virgil, compared with Homer, ii. 233.

Johnson's juvenile translations from, i. 20.

Baskerville's edition of, presented by Johnson to Pembroke College,

i. 355.

Virtue and Vice, ii. 336—8; iii. 78.

‘Visitor, The,” a periodical paper, ii. 9.

Vivacity, acquirable, ii. 90.

"Universal History," the authours of, iii, 147.

Universities, i. 345; ii. 26, 107.

Volcanos, ii. 94.

Voltaire, i. 268, 311, 316, 395; ii. 340.

Vows, ii. 341.

Usury, ii. 116, 330.

Vyse, Reverend Dr. letter of to the Authour, ii. 186; and letter of Johnson to

him, ii. 185;—and see iii. 138.

W.

WALES, Johnson's visit to, i. 506.

Wall, Dr. iii. 79.

Wall of China, ii. 282.

Waller, ii. 19, 321.

extract from his "Divine Poesie," as to the communion of saints, iii. 79. Johnson's life of, ii. 426.

Walmsley, Gilbert, Esq. character of, i. 40.

his letter recommending Johnson and Garrick, i. 57.

Walpole, Hon. Horace, iii. 92.

Sir Robert, his administration defended, i. 77. Walton, Isaac, his "Lives," i. 502, 504; ii. 22, 80, 171. Warburton, his contest with Lowth, i. 336.

Johnson's character of, ii. 432, 3; iii. 75.

Ward, the noted Dr. ii. 366.

Warley-camp, Johnson's visit to, ii. 346, 352.

Warren, Dr. his generous attendance on Johnson during his last illness, iii. 160, 169.

Warton, Reverend Dr. Joseph, his “Essay on Pope's Genius," &c. i. 276.
Letters of Johnson to, i. 152, 388.

Reverend Thomas, i. 163; ii. 80, 408.

his entertaining account of Johnson's conversation when at Oxford in 1754, i. 164.

Letters of Johnson to, i. 163, 167, 8, 9, 170, 172, 3, 177, 8, 195, 202, 3 355, 388.

Watts, Dr. his works, i. 189.

his life, ii. 186, 342.

Weather, its influence, i. 263, 278; ii. 18; iii. 64, 124, 129.

Webster, Reverend Dr. Alexander, i. 494, 498.

Wedderburne, Alexander, Esq.-See Loughborough, Lord.
Welch, Saunders, Esq. ii. 342, 344, 374.

Letter of Johnson to, ii. 343.

Wentworth, Mr.—Johnson at his school, i. 19.

Wesley, Reverend John, ii. 257, 300.

Letter of Johnson to, ii. 369.

Westcote, Lord, confirms to Johnson the truth of his nephew Lord Lyttelton's vision, iii. 82.

Westminster-abbey, first musical festival at, ii. 7; iii. 72, 74.

Wetherell, Reverend Dr. ii. 77; iii. 88.

Letter of Johnson to, ii. 06.

Wheeler, Reverend Dr. ii. 401.

- Johnson's letter to, ii. 350.

Whigs, Johnson's definition of, ii. 482; no great private enmity between them and Tories, iii. 77.

Whitefield, Reverend George, his character, i. 37, 364; ii. 379.

Whitefoord, Caleb, Esq. iii. 98.

Whitehead, Paul, i. 74, 247.

"Whole Duty of Man," conjectures on its authour, i. 471.

Wife, qualities of, Sir Thomas Overbury's verses on, i. 362.

Wilkes, John, Esq. his jeu d'esprit on Johnson's Dictionary, i. 183. meetings between him and Johnson, ii. 142, & seq. 471.

Johnson's opinion of him, ii. 226.

anecdote of gallantry related by him, iii. 117.

his advice how best to speak at the bar of the House of Commers, ii. 253.

his pleasantry on Johnson and himself, as to their politicks and religion,

ii. 253. K. William III. ii. 7.

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