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. Bon-mots, vii. 174.
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. 126.
Books, advantages of small portable ones, ix. 128. 255.
Books, how to read, viii. 311. Booksellers, liberality of several emi- Johnson's nent ones, ii. 39. 57.
character of, ii. 57.; vi. 50. His vindication of, from the charge of making exorbitant profits, vi. 50. Book-trade, vi. 50.
Boothby, Miss Hill, i. 85.; iii. 255. ; v. 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,
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 n.; 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.; v. 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,' v. 167. Lord Stowell's character of him, v. 172. Johnson's character of his 'Tour to the Hebrides,' v. 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 n. 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. Boswell, Thomas David, the founder of the author's family, v. 127.; vi. 35.
Boswell, David, the author's brother, vi. 327 n.; vii. 334, 334 n. 342. Boswell, Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander, the author's eldest son, iii. 217.; v. 338, 338 n. Boswell, David, the author's second son, vi. 221.
Boswell, James, the author's third son, i. 87.; iii. 149.; vi. 158 n.; vii. 231.
Boswell, Elizabeth, the author's step. mother, vi. 201 n. Boswell, Veronica, the
daughter, iv. 15, 15 n.; vi. 265, Britain, little known of the ancient
Boswell, Dr., the author's uncle, iv. 41.; v. 146.; vi. 122.
'Bottom,' viii. 76.
Bouchier, Governor, viii. 63.
Boufflers, Madame de, iii. 133.; vi. 25, 25 n.
Boufflers, Père, his First Truths,' ii. 263.
Bouheurs, Dominique, iii. 91. Boulter, Dr. Hugh, ii. 74, 74 n. Boulton, Matthew, v. 215.; vi. 91. Bourdaloue, Père, ii. 229.; iii. 4. Bourdonne, Madame de, iii. 285 n. Bouts-rimés, v. 278.
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 n.
'British Synonymy,'Mrs. Piozzi's, viii. 414.
Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, vi. 117 n.; viii. 169. 328. 356.; ix. 177.; x. 266. Brodhurst, Mr., Johnson's play fel- low, viii. 272.
Brodie, Alexander, ii. 428 n.
Bowels, Johnson's recipe for lubricity Brooke, Henry, author of Gustavus
Bowles, William, viii. 228.
Vasa,' i. 156, 156 n.
Brooke, Francis, iii. 34 n.
Bowyer, William, printer, viii. 374, Brooke, Mrs., author of Emily Mon-
Boxing, Johnson's skill in, iv. 248, 248 n.
Boyd, Hon. Charles, iv. 84 n. 99, 100. Boydell, Alderman, v. 226 n. Boyle, the noble family of, iv. 259. Boyle, Hon. Robert, ii. 67. Boys at school, ii. 236.
Boyse, Samuel, poet, v. 183, 183 n.; viii. 411.; ix. 46. Bradshaigh, i. 235 n.
Bradshaw, John, regicide, viii. 230, 230 n.
Bradshaw, William, viii. 189 n. 'Braganza,' Jephson's tragedy of, iii. 90 n.
Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the
deaf and dumb, v. 152, 152 n. Braithwaite, Daniel, viii. 277. Bramhall, Archbishop, on Liberty and Necessity, iii. 110, 110 n.
Bramins, vii. 360. Brandy, vii. 255.; viii. 54. Bravery, vii. 180.; viii. 394. Brentford, v. 115.; viii. 176. Brett, Colonel, i. 201. Bribery at elections, v. 281. Brighthelmstone, ii. 209 n.; vi. 220. Bristol, inn at, vi. 173.
tague,' ii. 209, 209 n. Brooks, or rivulets, vii. 83.
Broome, William, poet, vii. 324. ; viii. 18.
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. Brown, Capability,' vii. 272. Browne, Dr. John, his Estimate of the Manners of the Times,' iii. 146, 146 n. Browne, Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, i. 261, 261 n.; ii. 62. 84. His style, how far imitated by Johnson, i. 251 n. His saying of devils, vii. 137.
Browne, Sir William, the physician, ix. 10, 10 n.
Browne, Isaac Hawkins, iv. 166. ; v. 281.; viii. 270.; ix. 62. His poem, 'De Animi Immortalitate,' iv. 166. Bruce, Robert, v. 338.
Bruce, James, the Abyssinian tra- veller, v. 274.; ix. 145.
Brundusium, Horace's journey to,
Brutes, iii. 44. 290.; vi. 174. Bryant, Jacob, viii. 389 n.
Brydone, Patrick, his Tour through Sicily,' vi. 103.; vii. 220. Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, eleventh Earl of, anecdote of, iii. 211, 211 n.
Buchan's Buller, iv. 101, 102 n. Buchanan, George, ii. 248.; iii. 97.; iv. 53.; viii. 176.; ix. 134. 'Buck,' term nearly synonymous with 'dandy,' iv. 204.
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 n. Buffon Count de, iii. 247 n. ;
Bull, Irish, by Johnson, viii. 324.
Buller of Buchan, iv. 101, 102 n.
Pilgrim's Progress,' iii.
described by Johnson, vii. 366.; viii. 155. 273. His playful sally on Dean Marlay, viii. 46.
Burke, Richard, esq. (Edmund's bro- ther), ix. 238, 238 n.
Burke, Richard, esq. (Edmund's son), viii. 213. 373.; x. 256 n. Burial service, v. 207. Burlamaqui, vi. 57.
Burman, Peter, Johnson's Life of, i. 175.
Burnaby, Edward, ii. 284 n.
Burnet, Bishop, his Own Times,' iii.
250.; v. 10.; vii. 10.
Burnet, James, iii. 172. See Monboddo. Burney, Dr. Charles, i. 73 n.; 229 n.; ii. 36, 37. 79. 84. 170. 210. 225. 273. 278 n.; vi. 27.; vii. 229. 232, 233. 247 n. 369 n.; viii. 116.; ix. 49. 275. His comparison of the style of Ad- dison and Johnson, i. 265. John- son's praise of his 'Travels,' viii. 177.
Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aber- Burney, Dr. Charles, the younger, v.
Burgoyne, General, surrender of his Burney, Mrs., ii. 294 n.
army at Saratoga, vii. 219. Burgoyne, Lady Frances, her saying, ix. 99, 99 n.
Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anec- dotes of, and remarks upon, i. 92. ; ii. 103. 191 n. 239, 239 n. 263, 264 n. 320.; iii. 91. 146. 189 n. 218. 284. 299. 304. ; iv. 4 n. 23. 28 n. 75. 78 n. 111. 225. 301.; v. 216. 292, 292 n.; vi. 63. 80. 165. 182. 208. 211. 274. 309.; vii. 59 n. 77. 96. 122. 173. 248. 250. 369. 373, 374.; viii. 22 n. 57. 162. 217.304. 326. 408.; ix. 11. 83. 157. 237.; x. 269. His pleasant observ- ation on Johnson's ladies, i. 263. His counsel to a grave gentleman to 'live pleasant,' ii. 108. His 'Es- say on the Sublime and Beautiful,' iii. 90. His Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol,' vii. 3. Johnson's ex- clamation on seeing his house at Beaconsfield, vii. 159, 159 n. His classical pun on Wilkes, vii. 175. His lively conceit on a line of Horace, vii. 175. His conversation
Burney, Miss Frances, afterwards
Madame D'Arblay, vii. 314. 317. 332.; viii. 217. 272.; ix. 76. 273. Burrowes, Rev. Dr., his 'Essay on the Style of Johnson,' i. 256 n.; x. 284.
Burton, Robert, his Anatomy of Me. lancholy,' i. 58.; iii. 135.; vi. 70. His great direction against melan- choly, vii. 302. ix. 115. Butcher, trade of, iv. 270. Bute, John, third Earl of, ii. 141. 144.; iii. 5. 298, 299, 300.; vi. 108. 199. Johnson's letter to, respect- ing his pension, ii. 145. 149. Butler, Dr. Joseph, Bishop of Dur- ham, his Analogy,' iv. 41. Butler, Samuel, iii. 283.; iv. 53, 53 n. 242.; viii. 299.
Butter, Aberdeen, duel fought for the honour of, v. 83 n.
Butter, Dr. William, vi. 113. 303. 305 n.; viii. 88. Buxton, Jedediah, the extraordinary calculator, vi. 65 n.
Byng, Admiral, Johnson's defence of, ii. 69, 69 n. His epitaph, ii. 69. Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of, quoted, v. 263 n.; v. 150. His wayward attack on Lord Carlisle's poems, viii. 92. His character of Johnson, x. 165.
Cabbages, vi. 15. 85.
Cadogan, Dr. William, his Treatise on the Gout,' iv. 220. Calculators, extraordinary, possess little other intellectual power, vi. 65.
Caligula, his exclamation, vii. 124,
Callimachus, merits of, vii. 351. 'Called,' phenomenon of hearing one- self, ix. 69.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, v. 308. 311.; vii. 82.; viii. 185. Cambridge University, iii. 21.; ix. 10. Picturesque account of Johnson's visit to, ii. 283, 283 n. 330. Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl, v. 251.; vii. 160.
Camden's Remains,' vii. 152.; viii. 206.
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, rigour exer.
cised in his case, i. 163, 163 n. Camerons, family of the, v. 25. Campbell, Hon. Archibald, iii. 254.; v. 100, 101.; viii, 287.
Campbell, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 73.; v. 285. 295.
Campbell, Rev. Dr. John, ii. 126. 194. ;
üi. 42. 253.; v. 248.; vii. 73, 73 n. His Political Survey,' v. 59. ; vi.77. Campbell, Rev. John, minister of Kippen, iii. 13.
Campbell, Mungo, who shot Lord Eg. lintoune, iii. 59.; vii. 6, 6 n. Camps, ix. 117.
'Candide' of Voltaire, ii. 105. 107. Canning, Right Hon. George, on public education, vi. 127 n.
"Canons of Criticism,' Edwards's, ii. 10 n.
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 n. ; ix. 43.
Cardross, Lord, afterwards Earl of Buchan, iii. 211, 211 n.
Careless, Mrs., Johnson's first love, vi. 92, 93.; viii. 180.
'Careless Husband,' Cibber's, v. 282. Carelessness, vii. 368.
Carleton, Captain, his 'Memoirs, 'viii. 336, 336 n.
Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, viii. 91, 91 n. 242, 242 n. Johnson's fa- vourable opinion of his Father's Lord Revenge,' viii. 242, 242 n. Byron's wayward attack on his poems, viii. 92 n. Carmichael, Miss, vii. 50. 233, 233 n. Carr, Rev. Mr., his 'Sermons,' iv.
Carstares' 'State Papers,' iv. 246 n. Carte, Thomas, his 'Life of the Duke of Ormond,' v. 24.
Carter, Mr., v. 246, 246 n. 273, 273 n. Carter, Elizabeth, i. 135, 135 n. 152,
153, 154, 154 n. 236, 236 n.; iii. 9 n. ; vi. 310.; viii. 73. 272, 272 n. ; ix. 129. Johnson's letter to, ii. 58. Her cha- racter of Johnson, x. 117. Carteret, John, Lord, afterwards Earl Granville, iii. 130 n. Carthage, viii. 185. Carthusians, order of, v. 64. Cascades, v. 214, 214 n. Castes of men, viii. 63.
Castiglione, 'Il Corteggiano' of, the best book on good-breeding, iv. 308, £08 n.
Catcot, George, the pewterer of Bris- tol, vi. 172.
Cathcart, Charles, ninth Lord, vii.207. 'Catholicon,' vi. 17, 17 n.
Cato, learnt Greek at an advanced age, viii. 51.
Cator, viii. 316. ; x. 273.
Johnson's 134, 135. 149. Latin verses
Cave, Edward, character and anec- dotes of, i. 112. 126. 170. 244.; ii. 1. 58. iii. 213. viii. 408. letters to, 95. 116. 132. 151, 152. 177. 180. 189. addressed to him by Johnson, i. 125, 125 n. His letter to Richardson re- specting the Rambler,' i. 244. His Life by Johnson, ii. 1. Cawdor Castle, iv. 123, 123 n. Cecil, Colonel, iii. 221. 'Cecilia,' Miss Burney's, viii. 217. Cervantes, ix. 102.
Certainties, small, the bane of men of talents, v. 260.
Chalmers, George, i. 169 n. 246 n. Chalmers, Alexander, i. 236 n. 249 n. 263 n. His "Lesson in Biography,' x. 182.
Chamberlaine, Mrs. v. 263 n. Chamberlayne, George, viii. 289,
Chambers, Ephraim, his Proposal for his Dictionary, i. 258. Johnson's style founded partly upon that of, i. 258, 258 n. Chambers, Robert, afterwards Sir Ro- bert, ii. 22, 22 n.; iii. 8. 304, 305, 306.; 1v. 6. 112.; v. 179. 182. 189.; vii. 193 n.; viii. 40. 42. Chambers, Mrs., v. 182 n. Chambers, Sir William, his Chinese Architecture,' viii. 178, 178 n. 'He- roic Epistle' to, quoted iv. 207. ; vii. 110.; viii. 318. Chambers, Catharine, Johnson's maid- servant, ii. 98, 98 n. 102, 103.; iii.
Chamier, Anthony, ii. 271.; iv. 112.; vi. 210. 254.; vii. 40. 85. Chancellors, how chosen, iii. 186. Chapone, Hester, formerly Miss Mul-
so, a contributor to the Rambler,' i. 235.; viii. 242. Account of her meeting Johnson, i. 293 n. John. son's letter to, viii. 242. Charade, viii, 182.
Character, influence of, vii. 211. 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.
Charity, viii. 80.; ix. 31. 41. 150, 251. Charity, judicious distribution of, v. 120.
Charlemont, James, first Earl of, iii. 279.; iv. 112. 216, 216 n.
Charles I., iii. 251.; v. 79. 317. Charles II., v. 283. 317.; viii. 10. Charles Edward, Prince, iv. 205, 205 n. 207. See Pretender.
Charles V., celebration of his funeral obsequies during his lif time, vii. 78.
Charles XII. of Sweden, i. 255.; vii. 102.; x. 53.
Charlton, Dr., x. 269.
Charms, belief in, iv. 177, 177 n. Chastity, iii. 47.; iv. 219.; vii. 288, 288 n.
Chatham, William, first Earl of, ii. 233. 268.; v. 251.; vii. 220.; viii. 319.
Chatsworth, iii. 237 n.; v. 194. ; vii. 29.; viii. 360.
Chatterton, Thomas, vi. 171, 173, 173 n.; viii. 124, 124 n.
Chedworth, Lord, x. 118.
Chemistry, Johnson's fondness for, vii. 279, 279 n. 357, 357 n.; viii. 232.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,
fourth Earl of, i. 44. 211. 253 n.; ii. 2. 7. 10, 11.; iii. 249.; iv. 106 n.; v. 268.; vi. 175. 238. 276.; vii. 214. 261, 262.; viii. 109. 163. 335. His alleged neglect of Johnson, ii. 6, 7 n. His papers in the World,' recom- mending Johnson's Dictionary, ii. 5. Johnson's celebrated letter to, ii. 7. His Letters to his Son' cha-
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