Viscount, ii. 15. 85.; viii. 20. His share in Pope's 'Essay on Man,' vii. 283 n., 284, 285.
Bolingbroke, Frederick, second Vis- count, ix. 43.
Bolt Court, vii. 113.; x. 57. Bonaventura, the 'Seraphic Doctor,' ii. 302.
Bones, uses to which they are ap. plied, viii. 194.
Book, one always to be carried in the pocket, ix. 16.
Book collecting, viii. 277.
Book, the only one Johnson ever read through, x.
Books, iii. 272.; v. 311.; viii. 213. 277.; ix. 97. 102.
Books, practice of talking from, v.
Books, advantages of small portable ones, ix. 128. 255.
Books, how to read, viii. 311. Booksellers, liberality of several emi- nent ones, ii. 39. 57. Johnson's character of, ii. 57.; vi. 50. His vindication of, from the charge of making exorbitant profits, vi. 50.
Boothby, Miss Hill, i. 85.; iii. 255.; ν. 269, 269 n.; viii. 28, 28 n.; ix. 57.; x. 244.
Boothby, Sir Brook, x. 101. Borough-English, v. 55, 55 n. Boscawen, Admiral, vii. 186.
Boscawen, Hon. Mrs., vii. 186. 322, 322 n.
Boscovich, Père, iii. 140.; vi. 26. Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, v. 43. Bosville, Godfrey, vii. 222. 343. Bosville, Mrs., iii. 202.
BOSWELL, JAMES, the author of this work,-afflicted with hypochon- dria, i. 66 n.; vi. 46, 47.; viii. 385. Writes the 'Hypochondriac,' a se- ries of essays, in London Magazine, i. 66 n.; viii. 169. His nationality. i. 72. Mr. Courtenay's verses on, i. 263.; v. 173. Contributed to create a public taste for biographi-
cal details, ii. 2. His introduction to Johnson, i. 163. Story told by Johnson of his early years, ii. 216 n. His Account of Corsica,' iii. 35. 69, 69 n., 70. Elected a member of the Literary Club, iii. 279. 284. His dress at the jubilee, iii. 68. His strange propensity for witness- ing executions, iii. 94, 94 n.; vii. 329, 329 η.; viii. 331, 331 n. His ancestry, iv. 15.; v. 127.; vi. 34. His character drawn by himself, iv. 46. Johnson's character of him, iv. 46.; ν. 172. 331. 334. His account of the escape of the young Pre- tender, iv. 229. His announcement of the 'Life of Johnson' during the Doctor's lifetime, v. 44. His letter to the Laird of Rasay, on a passage in Johnson's 'Journey,' ν. 167. Lord Stowell's character of him, v. 172. Johnson's character of his 'Tour to the Hebrides,' ν. 331. His attempt to imitate the style of Warburton, vii. 159. His short quarrel with Johnson, vii. 194, 195 n. His Letter to the People of Scotland, viii. 254. 256, 256 п. Character of, x. 141. 143. Memoir of, x. 204.
Boswell, Mrs., the author's wife, iii. 160, 160 n.; v. 174, 174 n.; vi. 46. 48. 211. 263. 265.; vi. 301.; vii. 242. 349.; viii. 141. 143. 220.
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Boufflers, Père, his 'First Truths,' ii. 263.
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Bowles, William, viii. 228.
British parliament, alleged corruption of, vii. 26.
'British Poets, Bell's edition of, vi. 241.
'British Princes,' quoted, iii. 117 n. British Essayists, Chalmers's, i. 249 п.
British Synonymy, Mrs. Piozzi's, viii. 414.
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Brodie, Alexander, ii. 428 n. Brooke, Henry, author of 'Gustavus Vasa, i. 156, 156 n. Brooke, Francis, iii. 34 n.
Bowyer, William, printer, viii. 374, Brooke, Mrs., author of ' Emily Mon- 374 n.
Boxing, Johnson's skill in, iv. 248, 248 n.
tague,' ii. 209, 209 п. Brooks, or rivulets, vii. 83.
Broome, William, poet, vii. 324.; viii. 18.
Boyd, Hon. Charles, iv. 84 n. 99, 100. Boydell, Alderman, v. 226 n.
Brother and Sister, relation of, ii. 81. Brown, Tom, Johnson's instructor in English, i. 39. Dedicates his spell- ing-book to the Universe,' i. 39. Brown, Rev. Robert, ii. 311.; vii. 131.
Boyle, the noble family of, iv. 259. Boyle, Hon. Robert, ii. 67.
Boys at school, ii. 236.
Boyse, Samuel, poet, v. 183, 183 n.; Brown, 'Capability,' vii. 272.
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Bradshaigh, i. 235 п.
Bradshaw, John, regicide, viii. 230,
Bradshaw, William, viii. 189 n.
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Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the
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Browne, Dr. John, his 'Estimate of
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Buchan's Buller, iv. 101, 102 п. Buchanan, George, ii. 248.; iii. 97.;
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Buckingham, Duke of, his 'Re- hearsal, viii. 322.; ix. 18.
Buckles, shoe, iv. 9.
Budgell, Eustace, 271, 271 n.; iv. 50.; vi. 166.
Budworth, Rev. Mr., i. 87 n. 100 п. Buffon Count de, iii. 247 n.; vi. 209 п.
Bull, Irish, by Johnson, viii. 324
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Pilgrim's Progress,' iii.
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Canting, ix, 20. 34. 87. Canus, Melchior, a Spanish Domini- can, vi. 5.
Capel, Edward, preface to his Shak- speare, vii. 35.
Cardan, Dr. Jerom, his mode of com- posing his mind, vi. 320 n. Card-playing, v. 157.; vi. 140, 141 п.; ix. 43.
Cardross, Lord, afterwards Earl of Buchan, iii. 211, 211 п.
on the Gout, iv. 220.
Calculators, extraordinary, possess little other intellectual power, vi.
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Camden's 'Remains, vii. 152.; viii. 206.
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, rigour exer- cised in his case, i. 163, 163 п. Camerons, family of the, v. 25. Campbell, Hon. Archibald, iii. 254.; v. 100, 101.; viii. 287.
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Campbell, Mungo, who shot Lord Eg. lintoune, iii. 59.; vii. 6, 6 n.
'Candide' of Voltaire, ii. 105. 107. Canning, Right Hon. George, on public education, vi. 127 n.
Canons of Criticism, Edwards's, ii. 10 n.
vi. 92, 93.; viii. 130.
'Careless Husband, Cibber's, v. 282. Carelessness, vii. 368. Carleton, Captain, his 'Memoirs, viii. 336, 336 п.
Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, viii. 91, 91 п. 242, 242 n. Johnson's fa- vourable opinion of his 'Father's Revenge, viii. 242, 242 n. Lord Byron's wayward attack on his poems, viii. 92 п.
Carmichael, Miss, vii. 50. 233, 233 п. Carr, Rev. Mr., his 'Sermons,' iv.
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Cato, learnt Greek at an advanced age, Character, influence of, vii. 211. viii. 51.
Cator, viii. 316.; x. 273.
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Characters, first instance of delinea- tion of, vii. 378.
Characters, how historians should draw, vii. 286. Characters, showing only the bright side of, viii. 23.
Characters, extraordinary, generally exaggerated, vi. 80. Charing Cross, v. 278.
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Certainties, small, the bane of men of Charles II., v. 283. 317.; viii. 10.
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Chambers, Ephraim, his Proposal for his Dictionary, i. 258. Johnson's style founded partly upon that of, i. 258, 258 п.
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