Drawn by. Engraver's Date of Name. Engraving was called from the street to serve as a model. (See Smith's Life of Nollekens.) See Letters 305. & 313. Vol. VII. A drawing by Ab. Wivell. W. T. Fry. 1815] STATUE BY BACON. In St. Paul's; the first monument ever placed in that building. 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 Richter. Richter. 1797] by 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. ABERCROMBIE, James, of Philadelphia, 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. 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. Adams, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Hyett, viii. 294. Adams, George, dedication to the king of his "Treatise on the Globes,' ii. 74. ; iii. 31. Addison, Joseph, i. 237, 238. 316. ; ii. 208. 296.; iii. 300.; iv. 37. 81.; v. • 42. 289.; vi. 166. 294.; vii. 60. 123. Address of the Painters to George III. on his accession, written by Adey, Mrs., iii. 52. 64.; vii. 241. 270. Adventurer,' Dr. John Hawkes- Adversaries, not to be treated with Air-bath, Lord Monboddo's, vi. 310. anecdotes of, vii. 329, 330, 331. Alfred, his Will, viii. 116, 116 n. Aikin, Letitia, afterwards Mrs. Bar- Alias,' Johnson's exemplication of Allen, Edmund, printer, ii. 98 n., 260.; ་ 'Alley Croker,' vii. 84, 84 n. Arches, comparative strength of se April fools' day, vi. 239, 239 n. · Arcadia,' Sidney's, vi. 266, 266 n. Argument, Johnson's, on Schoolmas- Artificial ruins, v. 214 n. Asaph, St. Bishop of. See Shipley. Ashbourne, vi. 325.; vii. 27. Ashburton, Lord. See Dunning. 27 n.; ix. 55. Johnson's epigram addressed to her, i. 154.; vii. 200, Auchinleck estate, v. 126, 127 n.; vi. ¦ Author, rarely hurt by his critics, vii. 'Author, the Young,' a poem by Author, Virgil's description of the Authority, parental, ix. 7. B. Bâch y Graig, v. 200, 200 n. Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, iv. Badcock, Rev. Samuel, viii. 411, 411 n. Bad management, vii. 168. Baillie, Dr. Matthew, his recommend- · Baker, Sir Richard, his Chronicles,' Attorney General, ludicrous title Baker, Sir George, viii. 359. Baker, Mrs., iii. 16. Attorneys, iii. 141.; v. 84. Balance of Misery, viii. 305.; x. 291. |