Penance in church, iv. 219.
Penitence, gloomy, only madness
turned upside down, vi. 145.
Penmaen Mawr, v. 207.
Penmaen Rhôs, v. 206.
Penn, Governor Richard, vii. 338.
Pennant, Thomas, iv. 168.; v. 291.;
vi. 262.; vii. 109. 111. 113. His
Tour in Scotland, vii. 109. 111. His
merit as a zoologist, vii. 113.
'London,' vii. 113. His character
of Johnson, vii. 113.
'Pension,' Johnson's definition of, ii.
48. 142.
His
Pepys, William Waller, vii. 314. 322.
325.; viii. 57 n.; ix. 49. ; x. 114.
Pepys, Samuel, v. 55.
Perceval, Lady Catherine, v. 209 n.
Percy, Lord, vii. 115. 118.
Percy, Dr., Bishop of Dromore, i. 44.
46, 47. 75. 159. 221.; ii. 275. 282.;
iii. 55, 56. 153.; iv. 112. 281.; v.
323 n.; vi. 84 n. 299 n.; vii. 108.
114, 115. 230. 311.; ix. 22. 193. 239.
241. Anecdotes of Johnson by, x. 40.
Perkins, Mr., v. 218.; viii. 55. 58. 96.
138. 253.
Peruvian bark, viii. 296.
Peter the Great, iv. 273.
Peterborough, Earl of, viii. 20 n. 336.
Peters, Mr., vi. 112.
Petitions, facility of getting them up,
iii. 92.
Petty, Sir William, vii. 352.
Peyton, Mr., i. 216.; iii. 182, 183. 228.;
v. 327.
Philips, musician, Johnson's epitaph
on, i. 165.
Philips's Cyder,' a poem, iv. 77.
Philips, Miss, singer, afterwards Mrs.
Crouch, viii. 220.
Philosophers, ancient, their good hu-
mour in disputation accounted for,
vi. 125.
Philosophical necessity, vii. 132.
Philosophical Transactions,' iii. 26.
Philosophy, vi. 114.; vii. 153.
Phipps, Rev. James, vii. 154 n.
Phipps's 'Voyage to the North Pole,'
iv. 256 n.
Poets, iv. 85. The preservers of lan-
guages, vi. 154.
'Polite Philosopher,' vi. 138.
Politeness, iv. 81.; vi. 302.
Politian's Latin poems, i. 94, 94 n.
Politics, modern, v. 297. 316.
Polygamy, iv. 230.
Poor, ix. 31. A decent provision for,
the test of civilisation, iii. 145.
Methods of employing, vii. 352. Of
London, vii. 282.
Pope, Alexander, i. 61. 140. 145. 159,
160. 211. 281 n.; iii. 85, 86.; iv. 79.;
v. 86. 274.; ix. 18. 139. 193. 204. His
'Homer,' vii. 91. His Essay on
Man,' vii. 282, 283 n. His know-
ledge of Greek, vii. 283. His grotto,
vii. 357 n. Johnson's Life of, vii.
205.; viii. 14. Character of his poe-
try, vii. 188.; viii. 15. His limited
conversational powers, viii. 18. His
'Universal Prayer,' vii. 207. Lewis's
verses to, viii. 309 n.
Pope, Dr. Walter, his Old Man's
Wish,' vii. 366.
Popery, i. 281.; iii. 109. 111, 112.
Population, iii. 106.
Porridge Island, ix. 40.
Porter, Mr., of Lichfield, i. 99 n. ; viii.
239.
Porter, Mrs., afterwards Johnson's
wife, i. 35. 38. 89. 100, 101 n. 106. 280,
281.
Porter, Miss Lucy, i. 35. 95 n. 281.;
ii. 97. iii. 162.; vi. 94. 103. 105.
109 n.; vii. 299. 306.; x. 9. 14. John-
son's letters to, i. 232.; ii. 98, 99.
Porter, Mrs., the actress, viii. 238.
Porteus, Dr. Beilby, Bishop of Ches-
ter, afterwards Bishop of London,
vii. 119. 299. 304. 376.
Portland, Lady Margaret, Duchess
Dowager of, viii. 322 n.
Pott, Archdeacon, his Sermons, vi. 91.
Potter, Rev. Robert, vii. 91.; ix. 22.
Poverty, ii. 226.; viii. 133. 137. 140.;
ix. 90.
'Prince Titi,' history of, vi. 5.
Portrait, inscription on the frame of Pringle, Sir John, iii. 195.; v. 124.
Johnson's, viii. 170 n.
Portrait-painting, v. 308.
Portraits, iv. 234.
131 n. 132.; vi. 55. 125. 185.; vii. 79.
Printer's devil, viii. 76.
Printing, iii. 203.; v. 215.; vi. 155 n.
Portraits of Dr. Johnson, list of the Printing-house, Virgil's description
of the entrance into hell applied
Prior, Matthew, iii. 79. ; vii. 10, 11.
Prior's Life of Burke,' quoted, ii.
173.; x. 121.
Pritchard, Mrs., actress, i. 228.; iii.
94.; iv. 132. ; v. 293.; viii. 238.
¡Private conversation, viii. 211.
Prize-fighting, iv. 248.
Procrastination, i. 236.
Procurators of Edinburgh, argument
against a prosecution by, viii. 109.
Prologues, i. 209.; iii. 35.; v. 262.
vi. 245.
Propensions, evil, ix. 209.
Property, iii. 294.; vi. 37. 46.
Prophecies, ix. 189.
Propitiatory sacrifice, iv. 89.
Prospects, ix. 39. 95.
Prosperity, vii. 212.
Prostitution, vi. 134.
Prussia, King of, i. 220.; vii. 190.;
viii. 85.
Psalmanazar, George, vii. 163. ; viii.
178. 271.; ix. 62. 132.
Psalms, biblical version of, v. 204.
Public amusements, iii. 202.
Public institutions, administration of,
vi. 175.
Public opinion, ix. 135.
Public schools, vi. 127. ; vii. 316. ; ix.
78.
Public speaking, v. 281.
Pudding, meditation on a, v. 93.
Puffendorf, iii. 185.; vi. 57.
Pulpit, liberty of, vi. 182, 183. 217. 334.
Pulsation, theory of, vi. 152.
Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, ix.
147.
Punctuation, vi. 150 n.
Punishment, eternity of, vii. 20.;
viii. 102. 302.
Punishments, vii. 105.; ix. 208.
Puns, iii. 249. 285 n.; viii. 319.; ix. 136
Purcell, v. 285.
Purgatory, i. 286.; iii. 111. 193.
Q.
Quakers, their female preachers, ii.
251.; vi. 89.; viii. 211.
Quarrels, vii. 2.
Rasay, Isle of, iv. 178. 185. 188.
Rasay, John Macleod, Laird of, iv.
178. 188.; v. 163. 167. 325.; vi. 262.
Rasay, Lady, iv. 185.
Rasay, Miss Flora, iv. 195.
'Rasselas,' ii. 101 n. 103, 104. 218. ;
vii. 167. 219.; viii. 97.; x. 23. 91. 140.
Ratcliff, Dr., master of Pembroke, his
neglect of Johnson at Oxford, ii. 18.
Rattakin mountain, iv. 153.
Rawlinson, Dr. Richard, the antiqua-
rian, viii. 146 n.
Ray, Miss, vii. 257.
Raynal, Abbé, ix. 37. 329.
Reading, i. 56.; ii. 213.; v. 306.; vi.
163.; vii. 11.; ix. 16. 169.
Reay, Lord, v. 55.
Red ink, properties of, vii. 332.
Reed, Isaac, i. 229.; iii. 285.; viii. 6.
Registration of deeds, viii. 47.
'Rehearsal,' iii. 200. ; viii. 322. ; ix.18.
Rein-deer, iii. 200.
;
Relations and relationship, iii. 212.
iv. 108.
Religious discipline, viii. 101.
Religious discourse, viii. 210.
Religious impressions, viii. 101.
Religious orders, vi. 63.
Remembrance and recollection, dis-
tinction between, viii. 107.
Renegado, ii. 50.
Rents, iii. 107.; iv. 215.; v. 21.
Repentance, vii. 139.; viii. 206.
Republican, ix. 212.
139 n.; iii. 140. 208.; vi. 329.; vii.
315.; ix. 66. 192. 202. A contributor
to the Rambler,' i. 235. Johnson's
character of, i. 235. 273 n.; iii. 208.;
v. 147. Johnson's letters to, i. 273.
306.; ii. 42. 56, 57. Compared with
Fielding, iii. 38. 208. His limited
conversational powers, vii. 375.
Richardson, Martha, his second
daughter, ii. 139 n.
Richardson, Jonathan, son of the
painter, i. 141.
6 Respublicæ,' volumes entitled, vi. 174.
Resurrection, ii. 126.; viii. 69. 207.
Retired tradesmen, v. 278.
Retirement from the world, iv. 58.; Ridicule, vii. 251. 364.; ix. 253.
Richardson, Mr., attorney, i. 254.
Riches, ii, 225.; iii. 199.; iv. 116.
Riddoch, Rev. Mr., iv. 87, 88. 91. 96.
Riots of 1780, vii. 326. 330. 338.
Ritter, Joseph, iii. 109.; iv. 47 n. ; vi.
31 n.
ix. 89. 136.
Reviews and reviewers, viii. 208.
Reviews, monthly and critical, vi. 150.
409.
Reviewers, viii. 28.
Revolution of 1688, iii. 264.; viii. 159.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, i. 159. 291. 236.;
ii. 131. 138. 271. 273. 275.; iii. 118.
279.; iv. 112. 135.; v. 225 n. 239. 308.
311.; vi. 61 n. 120. 160. 208. 210.;
vii. 148. 159, 160. 181. 354.; viii. 318.;
ix. 39. 259. His prices for portraits,
ii. 82 n. His visit to Devonshire
with Johnson, ii. 146. Johnson's
letters to, ii. 283.; iii. 163. 168.; vi.
204. 206. 216.; viii. 115. 214. 221. 249.
371. Two dialogues by, in imita-
tion of Johnson's style of convers.
ation, vii. 161 n.; ix. 261.
Reynolds, Miss, i. 283 n. ; ii. 82. 283 n.;
v. 308.; vi. 20 n. Her character by
Johnson, i. 283 n. Johnson's letters
to, vi. 152. 164. 206.; vii. 240. 297.
332.; viii. 115. 134. Her Essay on
Taste,' viii. 115. Her Recollec-
tions' of Johnson, ix. 202.
Rhetorical gesture, ii. 90.
Rheumatism, recipe for, v. 307.
Rhubarb, viii. 258.
Rhudland Castle, v. 203.
Rhyme, its excellence over blank
verse, ii. 212.
Richardson, Samuel, i. 162. 243 n.; ii.
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Rivers, Earl, i. 196.
Rizzio, David, iv. 35.
Robertson, Dr. James, iv. 34.
Robertson, Dr. William, the historian,
ii. 62.; iii. 15. 43. 232. 280.; iv. 3.
22. 30. 33. 35. 125.; v. 117. 145. 150.;
vii. 186. 190. 192. 286.; viii. 53.; ix.
20. His style formed upon that of
Johnson, vi. 316. His History of
Scotland,' vii. 190.; viii. 53.
Robin Hood Society, religious, viii. 69.
Robinson Crusoe, vii. 103. ; ix. 102.
Robinson, Dr. Richard, Primate of
Ireland, iii. 147.
Robinson, Sir Thomas, ii. 219.; iii.
146.
Rochefoucault, Duc de, ix. 32. ; x. 113.
Rochester, John Wilmot, second Earl
of, his poems, iv. 206.; vii. 10.
Rockville, Alexander Gordon, Lord,
ii. 259 n.; v. 146.
Rod, punishment of the, i. 42. ; iv. 100.
Rodney, Admiral Lord, vi. 16.
Roffette, Abbé, vi. 21 n.
Rogers, Captain Francis, ii, 147.
Rollin, ix. 7.
Rolt, Richard, his Dictionary of
Commerce,' ii. 125.
Roman Catholic Church, i. 281 n. ; iii.
109. 111, 112. 177.
Romance, ix. 71.
Romances, i. 45.; vii. 363.
Romans, ii. 66.
Rome, the fountain of elegance, vii.
188.
St. Columba, v. 74. 76.
St. Kilda, iii. 41, 42. 174. ; iv. 311.
St. Rule's chapel, iv. 57 n.
St. Vitus's dance, i. 160.; iv. 9.
Saints, worship of, iii. 111.
Salamanca, University of, ii. 242.
Roscommon, Johnson's Life of, i. 220. Salisbury, Bishop of. See Douglas, X.
Roslin Castle, v. 155.
270.
Romney, Mr., painter, vi. 164.
Rose, Dr., of Chiswick, viii. 156.
Rose, Rev. Charles, ii. 287.
Rose, Mrs., her anecdotes of Johnson,
ix. 252.
236.;
his
Russell, Lord, iii. 248.; vii. 114.
Rutty, Dr. John,
Diary,' vi. 313.
Ross, Rev. Dr. John, Bishop of Exeter, Salisbury, Mrs., mother of Mrs.
viii. 270.
Thrale, v. 329.
Rothes, Lady, Bennet Langton's wife, Sallust, viii. 184.
iii. 153 n. 165.; vi. 232.
Round-robin on the subject of Gold-
smith's epitaph, vi. 208. 210.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, ii. 224, 225.
314, 315.; iii. 74.; viii. 289.
Round numbers false, ix. 138.
Rowe, Mrs., ii. 66.
Salter, Rev. Dr., i. 219 n.
Sanderson, Bishop, iii. 110 n.
Sanderson, Professor, iii. 227 n.
Sandwich, John, sixth Earl of, vii. 257.
Santerre, Parisian brewer, vi. 14.
Saratoga, surrender at, vii. 219.
Sardinia, iii. 83 n.
Rowley, Thomas, vi. 171.
Royal Academy, iii. 65.
Sarpi, Father Paul, his
the Council of Trent,'
153.
Royal Family, iv. 303. ; vi. 295.
Rudd, Margaret Caroline, vi. 80 n.
200.; vii. 185.
Ruddiman, Thomas, i. 246 n.; iii. 2.
254.; iv. 74. ; vii. 240.
Rudeness of manner, Johnson's occa-
sional, v. 112.; vi. 168. 185.; vii.
258. 361. 375.; viii. 18. 71.
Ruffhead's Life of Pope,' iii. 198.
Ruins, artificial ones, v. 214 n.
Russia, Catherine, Empress of, vii.
viii. 274.
Sailor, English, v. 153. ; vii. 102.
St. Andrew's, iv. 48.
St. Asaph, Bishop of. See Shipley, v.
201.; viii. 241.
S.
Sabbath, ii. 56.; iii. 72 n.
Sacheverel, Dr., i. 33, 34. ; v. 75.
Sacrament, iv. 122. ; vii. 254.; viii.
101. 291 n.; ix. 180.; x. 113.
Sagacity and intuition, viii. 337.
Sailor, life of a, ii. 112.; iv. 145. 273.;
vi. 66.; vii. 102.
History of
i. 117. 147.
Johnson's let.
Sastres, Mr., vi. 139.
ters to, x. 277.
Satire, general, ix. 44.
Savage, Richard, Life of, i. 138,
139 n. 179. 186 n., 187, 188. 190, 191.
194-201. His tragedy of Sir Tho-
mas Overbury,' vi. 247. His' Wan-
derer,' quoted, viii. 288.
Savage girl of Amiens, iv. 113.
Savage life, iii. 269.
Savages, iii. 73. 197. 269. 290.; iv.
80. 82 n.; vi. 170. 174.; viii. 204.
312.
Scalpa, island of, iv. 175.
Scarsdale, Lord, v. 196.; vi. 300. 302.
Scepticism, iv. 40. 314. Eleven causes
of, x. 121.
Schomberg, Dr. Ralph, vi. 99.
Schoolmasters, i. 41. 103.; iii. 171.
185. 204. 222.; ix. 8. 131.
Schools, public, vi. 127 n.; ix, 78.
Science, books of, iv. 146 n.
Scorpions, iii. 45.
Score, a song in, v. 265 n.
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