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Ballantine, George, ii. 126.
Balloons, viii, 359. 362.
Ballow, Thomas, vi, 139, 139 п.
Baltic, Johnson's proposed voyage to,
vi. 269, 269 n.

Bankes, Mr., of Dorsetshire, i. 161.
Banks, Sir Joseph, iii. 168. 172, 172 п.
173.; v. 74.; vii. 230.235. John-
son's motto for his goat, iii. 168.
Baptism, vi. 90.

Barbauld, Mr., vi. 28.; viii. 291, 291 n.
Barbauld, Letitia. See Aikin.

Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro ser-
vant, i. 278. 281. 285. 287.; ii. 111.;
iii. 15 n. 54. 128. 170.; v. 193 n.;
vii. 234.; viii. 376. 405, 405 n.; ix.
163, 164.

Barclay, his 'Ship of Fooles,' ii. 25.
Barclay, Mr., the young author, his
defence of Johnson's Shakspeare
against Kenrick, ii. 500.; iv. 305.
Barclay, Robert, of Ury, his 'Apo-
logy for the Quakers,' vi. 89.
Barclay, Robert, one of Mr. Thrale's
successors, viii. 96, 96 n.; x. 122.
Baretti, Joseph, ii. 6. 28. 55, 55 n. 95.
128. 138. 150.; iii. 48. 59. 95. 98, 98 п.,
99 п. 127. 241.; v. 222. 331.; vi. 24,
24 п. 79. 121. 135. 169, 169 n. 222.;
vi. 303. 316. 379.; ix.158. Johnson's
letters to, ii. 128. 138. 150. His trial
for murder, iii. 98, 98 n. 99 п. His
'Travels,' iii. 48. 127. The first
who received copy-money in Italy,
vi. 303. His strictures on Mrs.
Piozzi's marriage, vi. 169. His
Anecdotes of Johnson, x. 35.
Bark, Peruvian, viii. 296.
Barker, Dr. Edmund, i. 219 n.; ii.
Barnard, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Killaloe,

19 n, 20. 60. Johnson's letter of in-
structions to, on the formation of
the king's library, iii. 60.
Barnes, Rev. Joshua, v. 124.; vii. 366.
Barnwall, Nicholas, Lord Trimles-

town, vii. 55, 55 п.

Baron Hill, the seat of Lord Bulkeley,
v. 108 n.

Barretier, John Philip, Johnson's Life
of, i. 164. 167.
Barrington, Hon. Daines, iii. 289.;
vii. 164; viii. 90. 250. His 'Essay
on the Emigration of Birds,' iii. 289.
His 'Observations on the Statutes,'
vii. 164.

Barrow, Dr Isaac, his sermon against

foolish talking and jesting, viii. 83 n.
Barrowby, Dr., anecdote of, viii. 294.
Barry, Sir Edward, his notion that
pulsation occasions death by at-
trition, vi. 152.

Barry, Spranger, the actor, i. 227 n.
Barry, James, the painter, viii. 192.
218, 218 п.; x. 249. Johnson's let-
ter to, viii. 192.
Barter, Mr., iii. 196.
'Bas Bleu,' Hannah More's poem of,
viii. 86.; ix. 123. x. 118.

Bashfulness, viii. 316.

Bastard, Savage's poem of the, i.
191.

Bat, formation of the, vii. 202.
Bateman, Edmund, of Pembroke Col-

lege, his Lectures, i. 78.
Bath, Johnson's visit to, v. 164.
Baths, Johnson's opinion of medi-
cated, iii. 104.

Batheaston vase, Horace Walpole's
pleasant account of, v. 277.
Bathurst, Allen, first Earl, vii. 208.

277, 278.; 285 n.; viii. 20.; ix. 11.
Bathurst, Captain, i. 285.
Bathurst, Dr. Richard, i. 212. 219.
278. 288. 300. 305.; ii. 152. 276.; iii.
228. 255.; vii. 375. 380.

i. 110 n.; vi. 208, 208 n.; vii. 68,
68 n.; viii. 93, 93 n.; ix. 215. Al-
tercation between Johnson and, on
the question, whether a man can
improve after the age of forty-five,
viii. 93, 93 n.; ix. 215. His plea-Batrachomyomachia,' first edition
sant verses thereon, ix. 216.

Barnard, Dr., provost of Eaton, ix. 9.
Barnard, Frederick, afterwards Sir
Frederick, king's librarian, iii. 19.

of, v. 215, 215 п.

'Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes,'
ix. 143.

'Baudi Epistolæ, v. 203.

Baxter, Richard, iii. 296.; iv. 90.; viii. | Behaviour, ix. 7.

175.219.; ix. 141. 321.

Behmen, Jacob, iii. 137, 137 п.

Baxter, Richard, viii. 232.; ix. 141.
321. His 'Reasons of the Christian

Bell, John, of Antermony, his 'Tra-

vels in Russia, iii. 46, 46 n.

Religion' recommended by John-Bell, John, of Hertfordshire, iii. 165.

son, viii. 232.

238 n.

124.; viii. 152. 260.

Poets, vi. 241.

Bellamy, George Anne, actress, ii. 82.;
viii. 239.

Baxter, William, his 'Anacreon,' v. Bell, John, his edition of the British

'Bayes,' character of, iii. 200, 200 п.
Bayle, M., his Dictionary, ii. 208.; v.
12.

Bears, v. 291.

Beatniffe, Richard, Johnson's letter
to, respecting Levett, x. 258.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, ii. 60,
60 n.

Beattie, Dr. James, i. 245 n.; iii. 163.
165. 169. 173, 173 n. 232. 235. 302.
310.; ν. 105. 328.; vi. 205.; vii. 336.;
viii. 79. 352. His letter to Boswell,
iii. 173. Johnson's letter to, vii.
336. His Essay on Truth, ix. 64.
His Hermit,' viii. 117.

Beauclerk, Topham, i. 102. 296, 297.;
ii. 122. 214. 271. 283.; iii. 17. 272.;
iv. 76. 112.; ν. 34. 65. 225. 232. 287.
304.; vi. 25. 120. 135.; vii. 121. 216.
258. 265. 310, 310 n. 321. 357. 358.
374.; viii. 50. 82. 170.; ix. 66. 69.
Beauclerk, Lady Diana, iii. 284. 287,
287 n.; viii. 74.

'Bellerophon' of Euripides, ii. 25.
Belsham, Mr., his 'Essay on Dra-
matic Poetry' quoted, ii. 161.
Benedictine monks, vi. 17.; viii. 201.;
ix. 36.

Benevolence, an excuse for drinking,
vii. 181. 187.

Benevolence, Johnson's, vi. 256.; ix.
81. 41. 150. 176. 220.
Benevolence, human, vi. 168.
Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' ix. 25.
Bensley, Mr., actor, iii. 35.
Benson, Mr., auditor, his monument
to Milton, i. 268.

Bentham, Dr., canon of Christchurch,
vi. 75.

Beauclerk, Lady Sydney, v. 23.

Beaumaris Castle, v. 208.

Beaumont, Sir George, i. 13 n.; vii. Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of

16 n.; ix. 261.

Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.

'Beauties of Johnson, i. 250.; viii. Berwick, Duke of, his ' Memoirs,' vii.
Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind
poet, ii. 91. 256, 256 n.; iv. 39, 39 n.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first

133. 135, 136.

Beauty, iii. 197.; viii. 112.

Beckenham, viii. 316.

Becket, Thomas, bookseller, v. 227.

Beckford, Alderman, vii. 21.

Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, viii.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, iii. 54.; iv. 191.
307.; v. 50.; vi. 74.; vii. 370.; viii.
213. The only English verses writ-
ten by him, vii. 370.

Berenger, Richard, iii. 38.; vii. 100 n.;
viii. 66, 67.

Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, viii. 283.

Cloyne, ii. 262.; iii. 148. His theory,

vi. 307, 307 n.; vii. 374.

128.

Bethune, Rev. Mr., iv. 219. 244.

Betterton, Mr., actor, vi. 330.

319.

Bedlam, v. 322.; viii. 199.
Beech, Thomas, his 'Eugenio,' iii. 284.
Some account of, iii. 285 n.
Beggars, ii, 133. 145 n.; vii. 282. 379.
'Beggars' Opera, v. 14. 313, 314,
314 n. 315.; vii. 18. 173.; viii. 71.

Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, ii. 254 n.
Beverage, Johnson's favourite, vi.
162.

Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Ham-
mond, the poet, viii. 36 n.
Bewley, William, his extraordinary
veneration for Johnson, viii. 117,
117 n.; ix. 273.

Bible, to be read with a commen-
tary, vi. 181. Johnson's death-

bed recommendation to read, ix.
179.

Bibliotheca Harleiana, Johnson's
account of, i. 175.

'Bibliotheca Literaria,' v. 206, 206 π.
'Bibliothèque,' Johnson's scheme for
opening a, ii. 34.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, iii. 84 n.
Bicknell, Mr., ii. 70.

Bidder, George, the calculating boy,
vi. 65 n.

Bigamy, iv. 230.

Bindley, James, i. 180. 196 n.; vii.

176 n.; viii. 171 n. 212 n.
Binning, Charles, Lord, iii. 223,
223 n.; vii. 186.

Biographer, duties of a, vi. 294.; ix.
138.

Biographia Britannica, vi. 317, 318
n.; viii. 22.

Biography, iii. 198.; iv. 78.; vi. 76.
193.294.; vii. 113, 113 n.; viii. 23.;
ix. 138.; x. 119.

Biography, literary, of England, John-
son recommended by George III.
to undertake, iii. 26.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 152. 173.
214.; iv. 281. Johnson's Greek epi-
gram to, i. 155. Letters from John-
son to, i. 184. 267.; ii. 36. His letter
to Johnson, on receiving his Dic-
tionary, ii. 36.

Birds, migration of, iii. 289.
Birkenhead, Sir John, iv. 53 п.
Birmingham, vi. 86.; vii. 31.
Biron, Marshal Duc de, vi. 16 n.
Births, extraordinary, i. 316.
• Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 299.
Bishops, in the House of Lords, iii.
204. Requisites in, iv. 79. Great
decorum required from, viii. 49.64.

298.

Blackfriars' Bridge, ii. 116.
Black-letter books, iii. 135.
'Black Dog,' vii. 301, 301 n.; x. 266.
Black men, cause of their being so,
ii. 175.

His letter on a passage in Johnson's
'Journey,' iv. 313.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, iii. 117.; ıx
142. Johnson's Life of, vii. 237
viii. 25.

Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Com-
mentaries, v. 55 n.; vii. 193 п.

Blackwall, Anthony, i. 87.
Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles

vi. 19.; vii. 377, 377 n.
Blainville, M., his 'Travels, v. 289.
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, ii. 126. 168.;
iv. 33. 64. ; ν. 149, 149 n., 150. 182,
182 п. 186. 229.; vi. 171. 222. 239,
His 'Sermons, vi. 222. 232. 309.:
vii. 33. 197, 197 n.; viii. 75. His
imitation of Johnson's style, vi. 315.
His letter concerning Pope's 'Essay
on Man, vii. 284.

Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of 'The
Grave, vi. 167, 167 п.
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of,

i. 164.

Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 32.; viii. 378.
Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, ii.

212.; iii. 139.; vii. 367. Excellence
of rhyme over, viii. 11.

Blasphemy, literary property in, iv.
45.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to pe-
riodical, vi. 292.

Blenheim, v. 33. 214.; vi. 81.
Blind, notion that they can distin-
guish colours by the touch, iii. 226.
'Blockhead, Johnson's application of
the word, iii. 207.; vi. 87.
Blue-stocking clubs, origin of, viii.
86.

Boarding-schools, ix. 52.
Bocage, Madame du, vi. 3. 22, 22 п.
Her Columbiade, viii. 333.
Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 154.
Boece, Hector, the historian, viii.
250.

Boethius, 'de Consolatione Philoso-
phiæ, i. 153.; iii. 142.

Boileau, i. 129, 130 n.; vii. 208.; ix.
103.

Baxter, Richard, iii. 296. ; iv. 90.; viii.
175. 219.; ix. 141. 321.

Behaviour, ix. 7.
Behmen, Jacob, iii. 137, 137 п.
Bell, John, of Antermony, his 'Tra-
vels in Russia, iii. 46, 46 n.

238 п.

Baxter, Richard, viii. 232.; ix. 141.
321. His 'Reasons of the Christian
Religion' recommended by John-Bell, John, of Hertfordshire, iii. 165.

Baxter, William, his 'Anacreon,' v. Bell, John, his edition of the British

son, viii. 232.

124.; viii. 152. 260.

'Bayes,' character of, iii. 200, 200 п.
Bayle, M., his Dictionary, ii. 208.; v.
12.

Bears, v. 291.

Beatniffe, Richard, Johnson's letter
to, respecting Levett, x. 258.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, ii. 60,
60 n.

Beattie, Dr. James, i. 245 n.; iii. 163.
165. 169. 173, 173 n. 232. 235. 302.
310.; ν. 105. 328. ; vi. 205.; vii. 336.;
viii. 79. 352. His letter to Boswell,
iii. 173. Johnson's letter to, vii.
336. His Essay on Truth, ix. 64.
His Hermit,' viii. 117.

Beauclerk, Topham, i. 102. 296, 297.;
ii. 122. 214. 271. 283.; iii. 17. 272.;
iv. 76. 112.; v. 34. 65. 225. 232. 287.
304.; vi. 25. 120. 135.; vii. 121. 216.
258. 265. 310, 310 n. 321. 357. 358.
374.; viii. 50. 82. 170.; ix. 66. 69.
Beauclerk, Lady Diana, iii. 284. 287,
287 n.; viii. 74.

Beauclerk, Lady Sydney, v. 23.

Beaumaris Castle, v. 208.

Poets, vi. 241.

Bellamy, George Anne, actress, ii. 82.;
viii. 239.

'Bellerophon' of Euripides, ii. 25.
Belsham, Mr., his 'Essay on Dra-
matic Poetry' quoted, ii. 161.

Benedictine monks, vi. 17.; viii. 201.;
ix. 36.

Benevolence, an excuse for drinking,
vii. 181. 187.

Benevolence, Johnson's, vi. 256.; ix.
81. 41. 150. 176. 220.
Benevolence, human, vi. 168.
Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' ix. 25.
Bensley, Mr., actor, iii. 35.

Benson, Mr., auditor, his monument
to Milton, i. 268.

Benthara, Dr., canon of Christchurch,
vi. 75.

Beaumont, Sir George, i. 13 n.; vii. Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of

16 n.; ix. 261.

Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.

'Beauties of Johnson, i. 250.; viii. Berwick, Duke of, his ' Memoirs,' vii.

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Bentley, Dr. Richard, iii. 54.; iv. 191.
307.; v. 50.; vi. 74.; vii. 370.; viii.
213. The only English verses writ-
ten by him, vii. 370.

Berenger, Richard, iii. 38.; vii. 100 n.;
viii. 66, 67.

Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, viii. 283.

Cloyne, ii. 262.; iii. 148. His theory,

vi. 307, 307 n.; vii. 374.

128.

Bethune, Rev. Mr., iv. 219. 244.
Betterton, Mr., actor, vi. 330.

Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, ii. 254 n.
Beverage, Johnson's favourite, vi.
162.

Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Ham-
mond, the poet, viii. 36 n.
Bewley, William, his extraordinary
veneration for Johnson, viii. 117,
117 n.; ix. 273.
Bible, to be read with a commen-
tary, vi. 181.
Johnson's death-

bed recommendation to read, ix.
179.

Bibliotheca Harleiana, Johnson's
account of, i. 175.

'Bibliotheca Literaria, v. 206, 206 п.
'Bibliothèque, Johnson's scheme for
opening a, ii. 34.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, iii. 84 n.
Bicknell, Mr., ii. 70.

Bidder, George, the calculating boy,
vi. 65 n.

Bigamy, iv. 230.

Bindley, James, i. 180. 196 n.; vii.

176 n.; viii. 171 п. 212 n.
Binning, Charles, Lord, iii. 223,
223 n.; vii. 186.

Biographer, duties of a, vi. 294. ; ix.
138.

'Biographia Britannica, vi. 317, 318
n.; viii. 22.

Biography, iii. 198.; iv. 78.; vi. 76.
193.294.; vii. 113, 113 n.; viii. 23.;
ix. 138.; x. 119.

Biography, literary, of England, John-
son recommended by George III.
to undertake, iii. 26.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 152. 173.
214.; iv. 281. Johnson's Greek epi-
gram to, i. 155. Letters from John-
son to, i. 184. 267.; ii. 36. His letter
to Johnson, on receiving his Dic-
tionary, ii. 36.

Birds, migration of, iii. 289.
Birkenhead, Sir John, iv. 53 п.
Birmingham, vi. 86.; vii. 31.
Biron, Marshal Duc de, vi. 16 n.
Births, extraordinary, i. 316.

* Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 299.
Bishops, in the House of Lords, iii.
204. Requisites in, iv. 79. Great
decorum required from, viii. 49. 64.
298.

Blackfriars' Bridge, ii. 116.
Black-letter books, iii. 135.
'Black Dog,' vii. 301, 301 n.; x. 266.
Black men, cause of their being so,
ii. 175.

His letter on a passage in Johnson's
'Journey,' iv. 313.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, iii. 117.; ıx
142. Johnson's Life of, vii. 237
viii. 25.

Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Com-
mentaries, v. 55 n.; vii. 193 п.

Blackwall, Anthony, i. 87.
Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles

vi. 19.; vii. 377, 377 п.
Blainville, M., his 'Travels, v. 289.
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, ii. 126. 168.;
iv. 33. 64. ; ν. 149, 149 π., 150. 182,
182 п. 186. 229.; vi. 171. 222.239.
His 'Sermons, vi. 222. 232. 309.;
vii. 33. 197, 197 n.; viii. 75. His
imitation of Johnson's style, vi. 315.
His letter concerning Pope's 'Essay
on Man, vii. 284.

Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of 'The
Grave, vi. 167, 167 п.
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of,

i. 164.

Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 32.; viii. 378.
Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, ii.

212.; iii. 139.; vii. 367. Excellence
of rhyme over, viii. 11.

Blasphemy, literary property in, iv.

45.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to pe-
riodical, vi. 292.

Blenheim, v. 33. 214.; vi. 81.
Blind, notion that they can distin-
guish colours by the touch, iii. 226.
'Blockhead, Johnson's application of
the word, iii. 207.; vi. 87.
Blue-stocking clubs, origin of, viii.

86.

Boarding-schools, ix. 52.

Bocage, Madame du, vi. 3. 22, 22 п.

Her 'Columbiade, viii. 333.
Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 154.
Boece, Hector, the historian, viii.

260.

Boethius, 'de Consolatione Philoso-
phiæ, i. 153.; iii. 142.

Boileau, i. 129, 130 n.; vii. 208.; ix.
103.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first

Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind
poet, ii. 91. 256, 256 n.; iv. 39, 39 n.

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