Martin's Account of the Hebrides,' Melcombe, George Bubb Dodington,
ii. 236. ; iv. l.; vii. 73.
Lord, i. 244 n. 253 n.
Martin's Antiquitates Divi Andrei,' Melmoth, William, vii. 317 n., 318.;
iv. 57, 58.
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viii. 269 n.
Melville, Viscount. See Dundas.
Member of parliament, duty of, on an
election committee, viii. 48 n.
Memis, Dr., Physician of Aberdeen,
v. 223, 224. 230. 320.; vi. 221. 228.
Memory, i. 34.; iv. 65.; vii. 9 n. 285.;
viii. 107.; ix. 8. 185. 218.
Martinelli, Vincenzio, iii. 259. 262.
Martyrdom, iii. 291, 292.
Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. 119.; iv. 32.;
v. 176. 188. 190. 226 n.; x. 276.
Mason, Rev. William, iii. 195. ; vi. 150.
His 'Elfrida,' v. 275. His Carac-
tacus,' v. 276. His prosecution of
Mr. Murray, the bookseller, vii.
138 n.
His share in the 'Heroic
Epistle,' viii. 91. 318 n.
Masquerades, iii. 240.
Mass, iii. 111.
merit, v. 257 n.
Medicated baths, of, iii. 104.
Meditation on a puding, v. 93.
Mediterranean, vi. 154.
Meek, Rev. Dr., ii. 18, 19. 21 n.
Melancholy, i. 65.; iii. 34.; iv. 227.; vi.
70. 120 n. 213. 225. 319, 320.; vii. 301.
311. 369.; ix. 209. Johnson's remedy
against, ii. 232.; vi. 70. 120. 320.; vii.
234. Johnson projects a history of
his, iii. 34.
Melancthon, Boswell's letter to John-
son from the tomb of, vi. 251. 255.
Menagiana,' iii. 285.; vii. 175. n.
200 n.; viii. 172 n.
Merchants, ii. 294 n.; v. 63.; vii. 353.
Mercheta mulierum, v. 55.
Massillon, v. 43.
Massinger, his play of 'The Picture,' Metaphysical tailor, viii. 178.
vii. 289.
Metaphysics, i. 71.
Masters, Mary, 289 n.; viii. 241 n.
Matrimonial infidelities, vi. 143.
Matrimonial thought, iii. 120.
Maty, Dr. Matthew, ii. 35n.; vi. 238 n.
His Bibliothèque Britannique,' ii.
35 n.
Maupertius, iii. 45.
Mawbey, Sir Joseph, iii. 65 n.
Maxwell, Rev. Dr. William, his anec-
dotes of Johnson, iii. 129, 129 n.
Mayne, William, Baron Newhaven,
vii. 291.
Mayo, Rev. Dr., iii. 289. 291. 294,
295, 296 n.
Mead, Dr., vi. 218. 311.
Merit, intrinsic, ii. 227. Men of, not
neglected, viii. 160.
Metcalfe, Philip, vi. 210.; viii. 145...
Method, advantages of, vi. 220.
Methodism, iií. 133.
Methodists, ii. 246 n.; iii. 133.138.
141.; v. 143.; viii. 332.
Meynell, Hugh, his happy expression
respecting London, i. 84, 85.; vii.
251.
Mickle, William Julius, 220 n.; v. 90.;
viii. 246, 247. 310.
Microscopes, iii. 24.
Micyllus, Jacobus, v. 195.
Middle state, i. 286 n.; v. 100 n.
Middle rank in France, want of, vi.
9 n. 21.
Meadowbank, Lord, vii. 35.
Meals, stated, vii. 153.
Middlesex election, vii. 46. 292.
Middleton, Lady Diana, iv. 84 n.
Medals, only valuable as a stamp of Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, viii. 189 n.
Migration of birds, iii. 289.
Military character, respect paid to,
iii. 83.; vi. 125.
Miller, Andrew, bookseller, i. 211.;
ii. 38 n., 39.; vii. 264 n.
Miller, Lady, her vase at Batheaston,
v. 277 n.
Miller, Professor John, v. 114 n.
Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of
the methodisis, ii. 246 n. Lauder's
forgery against, i. 270.
Milton, John, i. 267. 270.; iii. 283 n ; iv.
9.; v. 205.; vi. 21.; vii. 222. 253. 287.
366.; viii. 9.12. 45. 306.; ix. 324. Apo-
theosis of, not written by Johnson,
i. 155. Johnson's prologue for the
benefit of his grand-daughter, i. 267.
His Tractate on Education,' vii.
222. Johnson's Life of, viii. 9. 11.
His picture of man, viii. 46 n.
Johnson's saying respecting, viii.
306.
Mimicry, ix. 151.
Mind, vii. 190, 191.; ix. 71. 186. In-
fluence of the weather on, ii. 89.
Management of, vi. 70. Cardan's
mode of composing his, vi. 320 n.
Miracles, ii. 230.; vii. 5.; ix. 189.
Miseries of human life, v. 295.
Misers, iv. 116.; v. 48.; vii. 174.
Misery, balance of, viii. 303.; x. 291.
Misfortunes, vii. 378.
Missionaries, v. 143.
Mistresses, ii. 151.
Modesty, vii. 215.
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Moira, Earl of, iv. 196 n.
Moltzer, Jacobus, v. 195 n.
Monarchy, vi. 167.
Monasteries, ii. 132. 312.; iv. 58.
Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and
his writings, iii. 73. 172, 172 n.
225 n. 303.; iv. 39. 73 n. 76. 82 n.
114.; v. 66 n. 125. 334.; vi. 229. 310.
316, 317.; vii. 36. 319.; viii. 105. 270.
Money, iv. 57. ; vi. 324. ; vii. 97. 199 n.;
viii. 133. 137; ix. 90.
Money-getting, v. 261.; vii. 256.
Monks, vi. 4.
Monkton, Hon. Mary, Countess of
Cork and Orrery, vii. 320 n. 324.;
viii. 87.
Monnoye, M. de la, vii. 175.
Monro, Dr., viii. 259.
Montagu, Mrs., iii. 89. 91. 145.; iv. 267.;
vii. 74. 229. 247. 315 n. 317. 319. 324.
336.; viii. 36. 46. 273.; ix. 65. 254.
256. Johnson's letters to, ii. 113.
115 n.
Montaigne, iii. 134 n.
Montesquieu, iv. 220.; vii. 135'n.
Monthly Review, iii. 25. ; vi. 150.
Montrose, William Graham, second
Duke of, vii. 70 n.
Moss, Dr., viii. 46.
Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's
watch, iii. 48.
Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, iii. 56,
56 n.
Mount Edgecumbe, iv. 104.
Mountstuart, Lord (afterwards first
Marquis of Bute), iii. 5.; vi. 58 n.
114. 218 n.;
vii. 297.; viii. 108.
200 n. 217 n.
Muck, Isle of, iv. 243.
Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, ii. 147.
Johnson's character of, viii. 51.
Character of his Sermons,' viii. 75.
Mudge, Dr. John, ii. 147.; viii. 234.
Mudge, Thomas, watchmaker, ii.
147 n.
Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord,
iv. 256.; vi. 123, 124 n.
Mull, Isle of, v. 39. 41. 45. 52. 72. 78.
Muller, Mr., engineer, ii. 116 n.
Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Cha-
viii.
pone, i. 235. 289.; vii. 315 n. ;
242. See Chapone.
Murder, proscription of, in Scotland,
iv. 14. 87.
Murison, Professor, iv. 60.
Murphy, Arthur, i. 220. 290.; ii, 64.
83. 101 n. 121, 122 n. 296 n.; iii. 84. | Nash, Beau, viii. 290.
140 n.; v. 293. 322.; vi. 147, 148,
149, 150, 151. 160.; vii. 55.; viii.
250. His anecdotes of Johnson, x.
66.
Murray, Lord George, chief of the
Pretender's staff, v. 323 n.
Murray, William, Attorney-General,
ii. 49 n.
See Mansfield, Lord.
Murray, Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank,
iii. 161 n.
Murray, Mr., Solicitor-General of
Scotland, afterwards Lord Hender.
land, vi. 124.
Murray, John, bookseller (father of
the proprietor and publisher of this
work), vii. 138. Prosecution of, by
Mason the poet, vii. 138 n. His
'Letter to W. Mason, A. M.' vii.
138 n.
Murray, John, jun., his account of
the various portraits of Dr. John-
son, x. 311.
'Muses' Welcome to King James,'
iv. 53.
Musgrave, Sir Richard, x. 264 n.
Musgrave, Dr. Samuel, vii. 169 n.
Music, iii. 194. 307 n.; vii. 17. 72.;
ix. 140. 169. 211. 257. 274. The only
sensual pleasure without vice, vii.
369. In heaven, i. 166.; iii. 194.
Johnson's wish to learn the scale
of, six months before his death,
iii. 307 n. His insensibility to the
charms of, ii. 131 n.; v. 47.; vi. 29.
Musk, vii. 229.
Myddleton, Mr., of Gwaynynog, v.
212, 212 n.; vi. 298 n.
Mylne, Robert, architect, ii. 116.
Mysteriousness in trifles, ix. 97.
Mystery, vii. 53. 178. ; ix. 131.
Mythology, vii. 351. 364 n.
National debt, iii. 142.; ix. 27.
National faith, vii. 369.
Native place, love of, renewed in old
age, viii. 131.
Natural affection, iii. 106.
Natural equality of mankind, ii. 316 n.
Natural goodness, iv. 222. 226.
Natural right, vi. 38.
Nature, ix. 120.
Necessity, doctrine of, viii. 331.
Needle-work, ix. 99.
Negro, Johnson's argument in favour
of one claiming his liberty, vii. 21. 35.
Nelson, Robert, his Festivals and
Fasts,' vi. 90.
Network,' Johnson's definition of,
ii. 47.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, iii. 51 n.
Newhaven, William Mayne, Lord, vii.
291 n.
'Nice' people, ix. 99.
Nichols, Dr. Frank, v. 299 n.; vi. 305.
Nichols, John, viii. 4, 5 n. 34 n. 374.
388. His Anecdotes of Bowyer,'
viii. 146. His Anecdotes of John-
son, x. 62.
Nicknames, ix. 35.
Nicol, George, bookseller, viii. 247.
Johnson's letter to, viii. 369.
Nightcaps, iv. 300.; v. 37.
'Nil Admirari,' ix. 118.
'No, sir,' in what sense used by John-
son, viii. 318.
Nobility, iv. 103. Usurpation of the,
viii. 245.
N.
Nairne, William, afterwards Sir Wil-
liam, iv. 27. 48, 48 n. 52. 58. 67.
Nairne, Colonel, iv. 67, 68.
Nash, Rev. Dr. Treadaway, his His-Nonjuror,' Cibber's play of the, v.
tory of Worcestershire,' vii. 109.;
Nollekens, Mr., his bust of Johnson,
vii. 32. 43 n.; x. 104.
Nollekens, Mrs., viii. 42.
258.
Nores, Jason de, his comments on
Horace, vi. 74 n.
North, Dudley, viii. 48 n. 56 n.
North, Frederick, Lord, iii. 153. 171.;
v. 163. 270. 316.; vii. 46.
North Pole, Johnson's conjectures re-
specting, vi. 128.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, iii. 92.; vi. Oglethorpe, General, i. 140 n.; iii.
110 n.
Ogden, Dr. Samuel, v. 6. ; viii. 103 n.
On prayer, iv. 30. 66. His Sermons,
iv. 19. 88.; v. 61. 91.; vii. 79.
Ogilvie, Dr. John, ii. 202. His' Day
of Judgment,' ii. 206 n.
215. 217, 218. 220, 221 n.; v. 294.
296 n.; vi. 173. 179.; vii. 123, 124. ;
viii. 90. 158, 159.
‘Οἳ φιλοι, ον φίλος,' c he that has
friends has no friend,') a phrase fre-
quently quoted by Johnson, i. 240. ;
vii. 132 n. 261.
Nourse, Mr., bookseller, vi. 130.
Novelty, paper on, in the 'Spectator,'
vi. 151.
Nowell, Rev. Dr., iii. 178.; viii. 298,
299.
'Nugæ Antiquæ,' Harington's, viii.
170.
Nugent, Robert, Lord, iii. 153 n.
Number, ix. 27.
Numbers, science of, vi. 65.
Numeration, ix. 27.
Nuremberg Chronicle, v. 215.
Nuğ yag EgXET,' (for the night
cometh,') the motto on the dial-
plate of Johnson's watch, iii. 48.
0.
Oath of abjuration, v. 259 n. Im-
policy and inefficacy of such tests,
v. 260.
Oaths, iii. 259. ; v. 141. 260.; vi. 160.
'Oats,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 48.;
v. 136 n.; vi. 96.; vii. 114.
Obedience, vii. 139.
Obscenity, viii. 298.
'Observer,' Cumberland's, viii. 36.
Occupations, hereditary, iv. 124.
O'Connor, Charles, his Dissertations
on the History of Ireland,' ii. 76 n.;
vi. 243.
Ode,' Ad ornatissimam Puellam,' i.
181. To Friendship, i. 182. Ad
Urbanum,' i. 125. Upon the Isle of
Skie, iv. 166. To Mrs. Thrale, iv.
169. In Theatro, iii. 154.
Odyssey, vii. 324.; viii. 18. 213.
Edipus, ix. 236.
Ofellus, in the Art of Living in Lon-
don,' who, i. 114.
Offely, Mr., a pupil of Johnson, i. 104.
Officers, military, v. 151. ; vi. 124. ; ix.
55.
O'Kane, Irish harper, v. 48.
Old age, vii. 10. 88, 88 n. 193. 203. 369. ;
viii. 171. 275.; ix. 91. 212.
Old Bailey dinners, vii. 192 n.
Old English divines, ix. 137. 247.
Old friendships, ix. 121.
Oldfield, Dr., vi. 180.
Oldham's imitation of Juvenal, i. 130.
Old men, folly of putting themselves
to nurse, vi. 112.
Oldmixon, John, ii. 49.
Oldys, William, i. 176. 202.
Omai, vi. 123.
Opera girls, viii. 160.
Opinion, ix. 68.
Opinion of the world, ix. 88. 135.
Opium, viii. 159.
Orange peels, v. 269.
Oratory, iii. 248.; viii. 81. 197.
Ord, Mrs., vii. 315 n. 319. 332.
Orde, Lord Chief Baron, iv. 19.
Orford, Earl of, vii. 10 n.; viii. 317.
337 n.
Organ, v. 276.
Origin of evil, v. 111.
Original sin, viii. 103. ; ix. 208.
Orme, Mr., his character of Johnson's
'Journey,' v. 162 n. 233 n. His
eulogy on Johnson, vii. 126.
Ormond, James, second Duke of, iv.
149.
Orrery, John, fifth Earl of, iv. 259.
Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, i. 214.
289.; ii. 51.; vii. 81. 163.; viii. 8.
163.
Parker, Sackville, bookseller, viii. 310.
Parkhurst, Rev. Mr., letter from Dr.
Dodd to, vii. 121.
Parliament, iii. 73. 131.; iv. 52.; v.
300.; vii. 26. 46. 89. 124. 292.; viii.
48. 82. 215.; ix. 118.
Parliamentary debates, i. 127. 167-
172.; iv. 52. ; x. 64.
Parnell, Dr., v. 199.; vi. 294.; vii. 46.
268 n.; viii. 16. 24.
Parr, Dr. Samuel, ii. 124 n. ; vii. 363,
363 n. His epitaph on Johnson, viii.
Anecdotes by, x. 22.
424.
Parson, the life of a, vii. 152.
Party, necessity of sticking to, iv. 25.
Passion week, viii. 64.
Pastern,' ii. 47. 148.
Parental authority, vii. 249. ; ix. 7.
Parentheses, viii. 180.,
Paris, vi. 1.; vii. 87.
Parish clerk, viii. 105.
Parker, Rev. Mr., ii. 68. Anecdotes
Paten, Rev. Dr. Thomas, viii. 148, 149 n.
Pater Noster, iv. 126.
Paterson, Samuel, author of Coriat,
Junior,' iii. 209 n.; vi. 216.; viii.
265 n.
Paterson, Samuel, his son, viii. 265 n.
'Patriot,' v. 217.; vi. 147.
Patriotism, v. 292.
Patriots, self-styled, viii. 63. ; ix. 147.
Patronage, iv. 55.; viii. 160.
Patronage, lay, iii. 286. 319.
Payne, William, his work on
'Draughts,' ii. 71.
Pearce, Dr. Zachary, Bishop of Ro-
chester, ii. 46.; vi. 76. 244, 244 n.,
245.
Pearson, Rev. Mr., vi. 109 n. ; vii.
241.; viii. 226.
Pearson, Mrs., of Lichfield, i. ix.
Pecuniary embarrassment, evil of,
viii. 140.
Peel, Right Hon. Robert, vi. 88 n.
Peers, House of, iv. 104.; vii. 206.
Judicial powers of, vii. 206. Influ-
ence of, in the House of Commons,
iv. 52.
Peiresc, his death lamented in forty
languages, v. 319.
Pelham, Henry, ii. 15.
Pellet, Dr., vii. 210.
Pembroke, Lord, his description of
Johnson's conversation, iv. 8.
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