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was called from the street to serve as a model. (See Smith's Life of Nollekens.) See Letters 305. & 313. Vol. VII.

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In St. Paul's; the first monument ever placed in that building.
Repeatedly engraved.

There are also several seals with his head cut on them, particularly a very fine one by that eminent artist, Edward Burch, Esq., R. A.; in the possession of the younger Dr. Charles Burney. [Copied and engraved

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Let me add, as a proof of the popularity of his character, that there are copper pieces struck at Birmingham, with his head impressed on them, which pass current as halfpence there, and in the neighbouring parts of the country.

[The most extensive collections of engraved portraits of Dr. Johnson are those in the possession of Lewis Pocock, Esq., Mr. Upcott, and Mr. Murray of Albemarle Street. The latter was made by the late John Thomas Smith, of the British Museum, J. MURRAY, Jun. 1835.]

INDEX.

The Roman letters refer to the Volume; the Arabic figures to the Page.

A.

Phila

ABERCROMBIE, James, of delphia, his communications concerning Johnson, iii. 242. 285 n. Aberdeen, iv. 83.

Aberdeen butter, duel fought for the honour of, v. 83 n.

Aberdeen, William Gordon, second
Earl of, iv. 136.
Aberdonians, iv. 96.

Abernethy, Rev. John, on the effect of prayer, iv. 66. Account of, iv. 66 n.

Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie, fourth Earl of, bon-mot of, vii, 338 n. Abington, Mrs., actress, v. 258. 262. 268. 293. 324.

Abjuration, oath of, v. 259. Absenteeism, vi. 80. 321. Absolute princes, v. 317. Abstemiousnesss, v. 113. ; ii. 258. 310.; iii. 30. 213.; iv. 226. 291.; v. 8. 297.; vi. 64. 142.; vii. 146.; ix. 325.

Absurdities, use of delineating, vii. 364.

Abuse, personal, iii. 54. ; vii. 246. 376.;

ix. 65, 66.

Abyssinia, Lobo's voyage to, i. 90.; vi. 122.

Abyssinia, Prince of. See Rasselas. Academia della Crusca send Johnson their Vocabulary, ii. 51.

Accent, Scotch, overcome by perseverance, iii. 188. Accounts, keeping, viii. 167.

Achilles, shield of, vii. 380.
Acis and Galatea, vii. 72.
Acquaintance, Johnson's numerous

and various, vi. 138.; viii. 220. Acquaintances, ii. 52.; viii. 166. Acting, viii. 238.

Acting, tragic, Johnson's contempt of, iv. 27..

Action in public speaking, iii. 249. Active sports in young people, not to be reckoned idleness, i. 44. Activity of body, Johnson's, ix. 2. Activity of mind, Johnson's, vii. 193. 193. n.

Actor, qualities of a great, ix. 272. n. Actors, i. 192, 193. 231.; ii. 177.; iii. 93. 277.; iv. 27. 39. 132.; vi. 23. 329.; vii. 99.; viii. 239 n.; ix. 125. Actors, Johnson's prejudice against,

and contemptuous severity towards, i. 192. 231.; vii. 356. Adams, Rev. Dr. William, master of Pembroke College, Oxford, i. 58. 75. 80. 146. 205. 215. 227.; ii. 11, 12. 34. 278.; v. 104. 213. ; vi. 72.; viii. 302. 382. Some account of, viii. 382 n. His account of the first representation of Irene,' i. 227. His Answer to Hume's Essay on Miracles, vi. 72.

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42. 289.; vi. 166. 294.; vii. 60. 123.
373.; viii. 22. 50. 67. 399.; ix. 72.
His Notanda,' i. 238. His 'Re-
marks on Italy,' v. 289. 289 n. His
style compared with Johnson's, i.
264. His conduct towards Steele,
viii, 22. 67. Johnson's opinion of, i.
265 n.; ii. 208. 296.; vii. 198. John-
son's Life of, viii. 22.

Address of the Painters to George

III. on his accession, written by
Johnson, ii. 118.

Adey, Mrs., iii. 52. 64.; vii. 241. 270.
Adey, Miss Mary, i. 33.; vi. 101.; vii. 298.
Admiration, v. 306.

Adventurer,' Dr. John Hawkes-
worth's, i. 241. 277. 300, 301. 303.
305.; ii. 70. The papers marked T.
written by Johnson, i. 300.
'Adventures of a Guinea,' by whom
written, iv. 307. 307 n.

'Adversaria,' specimen of Johnson's,
i. 238.

Adversaries, not to be treated with
respect, iv. 20.

Advertisement, Johnson's, in the
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 103. In
the Universal Chronicle, ii. 108. In
the Edinburgh newspapers, v. 166.
Adultery, iii. 46.

Egri Ephemeris,' Johnson's, viii. 388.
Eneid,' story of the, viii. 213.
'Eschylus,' Potter's translation of,
vii. 91.

Affectation, vii. 374. ; ix. 185.
Affectation in writing, iv. 260.
Affectation of familiarity with the
great, viii. 33.

Affection, natural, iii. 106.; vii. 265.;
viii. 204.

Agar, Welbore Ellis, vi. 252. n.
Age, old, vii. 10. 88. 88 n., 193. 203.
369.; viii. 171. 275.; ix. 91. 212.
'Agis,' Home's tragedy of, iv. 214.
'Aglaura,' Suckling's play of, vii. 170.
Agutter, Rev. William, viii. 287 n.
His Sermon on Johnson's death,
viii. 421.

Aikin, Letitia, afterwards Mrs. Bar-
bauld, vi. 28.; vii. 316.; ix. 4.

Air-bath, Lord Monboddo's, vi. 310.
Akenside, Dr. ii. 125., iii. 195.; vi.
117, 117 n. 150.

Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate,
anecdotes of, vii. 329, 330, 331.
Alberti, Leandro, his classical descrip-
tion of Italy, v. 42. 289, 289 n.
Alchymy, v. 326.

Alcibiades, vii. 103, 103 n.
Alcibiades, his dog, vii. 59, 59 n.
Alfred, Johnson's wish to write the
Life of, i. 205.

Alfred, his Will, viii. 116, 116 n.
Algebra, the study of, recommended,
ix. 83.

'Alias,' Johnson's exemplication of
the word, viii. 212.

Allen, Edmund, printer, ii. 98 n., 260.;
v. 22.; vi. 277.; vii. 106. 162.; viii.
68. 222. 374. Johnson's letter to,
viii. 222.

Allen, Ralph, iv. 79.

'Alley Croker,' vii. 84, 84 n.
'All for Love,' Dryden's preface to,
quoted, viii. 91 n.
Alnwick Castle, vii. 109.

Althorp, Lord, afterwards Earl Spen-
cer, vii. 321. See Spencer.
'Amelia,' Fielding's, vi. 163, 163 n.;
ix. 80.

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Ancient Ballads,' Dr. Percy's, ix.
193. 241.

Ancient times, folly of praising, at the
expense of modern, viii. 212.
Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, v.
114. 117.; vi. 253.

Anderson, Dr. Robert, his Life of
Johnson,' i. 43. 111.

Anderson, Mr., his Sketches of the

Native Irish,' vi. 243.
Andrew's, St., iv. 57. 60.

Anecdotes, Johnson's love of, iv. 31.
Anfractuosities of the human mind,
vii. 352.

Angel, John, his Stenography,' iii.

265.

Anne, Queen, Johnson touched by,
for the evil, i. 38. 319.

Anne, Queen, wits of her reign, vii.
195 n.

Annihilation, vi. 293.; vii. 140.
'Animus æquus,' the, not inheritable,
v. 129.

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Anonymous writings, vii. 248.

Anson, Lord, vii. 245. Johnson's epi-
gram on his Temple of the Winds,
vii. 245 n.; ix. 26.
'Anthologia,' viii, 389.

Antiquarian Researches, vii. 189.
Apelles, the Venus of, viii. 81. 81 n.

Apology,' Cibber's, vi. 193.

Apology for the Quakers,' Barclay's,
vi. 89.

Apology, Johnson's readiness to make
one, viii. 323.

'Apotheosis of Milton,' not written
by Johnson, i. 155.
Apparitions, ii. 106. 180. 313. ;iii. 175.
194. 213. 220, 220 n.; viii. 69. 71. ;
ix. 5. 69.

Appetite, riders out in quest of, ix.
152.

Appius, Cicero's character of, applied
to Johnson, viii. 380.
Applause, vii. 379.

April fools' day, vi. 239, 239 n.
Arabs, fidelity of, iv. 131.

Arbuthnot, Dr. John, ii. 208. ; iv. 37.
Arbuthnot, Robert, iv. 19, 19 n.
'Arcadia,' Sidney's, vi. 266, 266 n.

Arches, comparative strength of se
micircular and elliptical, ii. 116.
Architecture, ornamental, vi. 68.
Areskine, Sir John, v. 21.

Arguing, Johnson's mode of, and
fondness for, vi. 120. 141.; viii. 88.
281. 317.

Argument, Johnson's, on Schoolmas-
ters and their duty, iii. 222. 311.
On Vicious Intromission, iii. 233.
314. In defence of lay patronage
iii. 286. 319. Against Dr. Memis's
complaint, that he was styled 'doc-
tor of medicine,' instead of 'physi-
cian,' v. 320. 334. In favour of the
corporation of Stirling, v. 322. On
entails, vi. 38. On the liberty of
the pulpit, vi. 181. 334. On the
registration of deeds, viii. 47. In
favour of a negro claiming his li
berty, vii. 20, 21. Against a prose-
cution by the procurators of Edin-
burgh against the publisher of a
libel, viii. 110.

Argument and testimony, viii. 281.
Argyle, Archibald, third Duke of, v.

41. 86.

Argyle, John, fifth Duke of, v. 95.
Johnson's visit to, v. 102. John-
son's letter to, v. 108. His letter to
Johnson, v. 108.

Argyle, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess
of, v. 94, 94 n.
Ariosto, vii. 335.

Aristotle, saying of, vii. 361. His
'Poetics,' vi. 158, 158 n.
Arithmetic, Johnson's resort to, when
his fancy was disordered, ix. 27.
Arkwright, Sir Richard, ix. 148.
Armidale, iv. 159. 307.

Armorial bearings, iii. 215.

Arms, piling of, why insisted on, vii.
219.

Armstrong, Dr. John, ii. 112.; vi. 259.
Army, officers of the, v. 151.
Arnauld, Anthony, vii. 208.
Arnold, Dr. Thomas, his 'Observ.
ations on Insanity,' vi. 319.
'Art of Living in London,' i. 114.
Art of Thinking, ix. 259.

Artificial ruins, v. 214 n.
'Art's corrective,' v. 27.
Articles, subscription to the thirty-
nine, iii. 110. 177, 177 n.; iv. 61.
Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of,
ii. 254.; ix. 87.
Asaph, St. Bishop of. See Shipley.
'Ascanius,' iv. 203 n., 205 n., 421 n.
Ash, Dr. John, founder of the Eume-

lian club, viii. 393 n.
Ashbourne, vi. 325.; vii. 27.

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Assertion, vii. 281...

Assize, maiden one, vii. 96.
Association of ideas, vii. 136.
Astle, Thomas, keeper of the records
in the Tower, i. 177. Johnson's
letter to, viii. 116. His notes on
Alfred's will, viii. 116 n.
Astle, Rev. Mr., Johnson's advice to,
as to his studies, viii. 315.
Aston, Sir Thomas, i. 85, 85 n.
Aston, Mary, afterwards Mrs. Brodie,

i. 85.; vii. 200, 200 n., 208.; viii. 27,
27 n.; ix. 55. Johnson's epigram
addressed to her, i. 154.; vii. 200,
200 n.; ix. 55.

Aston, Elizabeth, i. 85.; iii. 32. 126.;
v. 330.; vi. 100. 105.; vi. 267.;
vii. 31. Johnson's letters to, iii. 32.
67.; vi. 233. 235. 271.; vii. 31. 237.
241. 269. 300. 302.

Astley, Philip, vii. 293, 293 n.

'As You Like It,' the clown's answer

in, ix. 53.

Atheism, ix. 40.

'Athol porridge,' viii. 53.
'Atlas,' the race-horse, v. 195.
Atonement, the great article of Chris-
tianity, iv. 89, 89 n.; vii. 6, 6 n. ;
viii. 103.; ix. 317. 498, 498 n.
Attack, advantages which authors
derive from, iv. 305, 306.; v. 276.
Atterbury, Dr. Francis, Bishop of
Rochester, vii. 56. 78.

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Author, rarely hurt by his critics, vii.
318.

'Author, the Young,' a poem by
Johnson, i. 52.

Author, Virgil's description of the
entrance into hell applied to, v.
43.

Authority, parental, ix. 7.

Authors, i. 304.; iii. 54. 276.; iv. 55.

305, 306.; v. 288.; vi. 136, 327.; vii.
55. 172. 189, 190. 244. 246.; viii. 100.
321.; ix. 45. 119. 134. Attacks on
them useful, iv. 306. The casuistry
which passes on the world the pro-
duction of one for that of another
condemned, i. 304.

B.

Bâch y Graig, v. 200, 200 n.
Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, iv.
253.; vii. 12.
vii. 12. His
VII.' iv. 234.

Mallet's Life' of,
'History of Henry

His precept for con-

versation, viii. 231. His Essays,'
ix. 259.

Badcock, Rev. Samuel, viii. 411, 411 n.
Badenoch, Lord of, iv. 117, 117 n.
Bad habits, viii. 173.

Bad management, vii. 168.

Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, 302, 302 n.
Johnson's letter to, viii. 355.
Bagpipes, v. 47.

Baillie, Dr. Matthew, his recommend-
ation of card-playing, v. 157 n.
Baker, Sir Richard, his Chronicles,'
quoted, iv. v.

Attorney General, ludicrous title Baker, Sir George, viii. 359.

given to, vi. 198.

Attorneys, iii. 141.; v. 84.

Avarice, v. 48.; vi. 159. 193.; vii.
174.; ix. 54. 90.

Baker, Mrs., iii. 16.

Balance of Misery, viii. 305.; x. 291.
Balcarras, Earl of, vi. 208 n.

Ball without powder, vii. 355.

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