Scotch, Johnson's feelings towards, i. 239. Scotland, peers of, their interference Scots, Mary, Queen of, ii. 119.; iv. 32. Scriptures, proposal to translate them into Erse, iii. 10. 12. Scruples, viii. 396..; ix. 44. 82. Sea-life, vi. 66. Seasons, influence of, iii. 307. Secker, Archbishop, vii. 376. Sellette, vi. 6 n. 'Semel insanivimus] omnes,' &c. Selwyn, George, vii. 263. 'Senectus,' use of the word, vii. 203 n. "Serious Call,' Law's, i. 69.; iii. 137. ; Sermons, the best English, for style, 340. Settle, Elkana, vi. 196 n. Sevigné, Madame de, iii. 26 n.; vi. Seward, Rev. Mr., of Lichfield, vi. Seward, William, iii. 76 n.; vi. 256. 298. 300. 302.; iii. 87. 97.; iv. 129.; Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, Second sight, ii. 313.; iii. 175.; iv. Sharp, Dr. John, ii. 283. 171. 177. 245 n. 329. Secrecy, ix. 131.; x. 112. Sharpe, Rev. Dr. Gregory, i. 145 n. Sedley, Catherine, Countess of Dor- Shaw, Cuthbert, iii. 16. chester, iv. 42 n. Seduction, vii. 211.; ix. 42. Seed, Rev. Jeremiah, his 'Sermons,' vii. 79. Self-importance, vi. 314. Self-praise, vii. 176. Shaw, William, his Analysis of the Shebbeare, Dr., iii. 59 n.; vii. 165.; Selden's Table Talk,' i. 113 n. ; v. 42.; Sheep's head, v. 83 n. viii. 176 n. Shelburne, William Petty, second Earl, afterwards first Marquis of Shenstone, William, iv. 299.; v. 86. Slains Castle, iv. 98. 100. 102. 104. 107. Sleep, vi. 310, 311.; vii. 353. Smalridge, Dr., his 'Sermons,' vii. 79.; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, i, 192 n. ; x. 260. Sheridan, Thomas, ii. 142, 143. 156 n. Sheridan, Charles, his 'Revolution in 'She Stoops to Conquer,' iii. 244. 253. Shiels, Mr. Robert, i. 216.; vi. 149 n. 'Ship of Fools,' Barclay's, ii. 25. Shippen, William, ix. 146. Shop-keepers of London, iv. 80. 82. Sibbald, Sir Robert, vii. 55. Sick, duty of telling truth to the, viii. Siddons, Mrs., viii. 236. ; ix. 125. Smith, Rev. Edward, his verses on Smith, Dr. Adam, i. 72.; ii. 212.; iv. Smithson, Sir Hugh, first Duke of Smollett, Dr. Tobias, ii. 113.; v. 112. Solitude, iii. 33.; ix. 42. 115.; x. 87. Somerville, James, thirteenth Lord, Sorrow, iv. 61.; ix. 119.; x. 255, 256. South, Dr., his Sermons,' iii. 110.; L Speaking, public, v. 281. Speaking of one's self, vii. 176. Stirling, corporation of, Johnson's ar- gument in favour of, v. 320. Speculum, Humanæ Salvationis,' vi. Stockdale, Rev. Percival, iii. 122, 14. 'Spectator,' iii. 249. ; v. 318.; vi. 151.; Spelman, Sir Henry, on Confiscated Church Property, viii. 145. 35. 122 n.; viii. 321. Anecdotes by, x. 51. Stories, and story-telling, vi. 61, 62. ; Stowell, Lord, ii. 22 n. 111 n. 250.; iii. Spencer, John George, second Earl, Strahan, Rev. Mr., i. 278.; ii. 286.; vii. 122. 321, 321 n. Spirits, appearance of departed, ii. 106. Spirits, evil, iv. 38. iii. 23. 154, 155.; iv. 92.; viii. 268. Strahan, Mrs., Johnson's letters to, Stratagem, vii. 114. Streatfield, Mrs., x. 106. 'Spiritual Quixote,' key to the cha- Strichen, Lord, iv. 110, 110 n. racters in, x. 244. Spleen,' the, vi. 156. Spottiswoode, John, vii. 180. Stanhope, Mr. (Lord Chesterfield's Stanyan, Abraham, great accuracy of Statuary, vi. 68. Staunton, Dr., afterwards Sir George, Johnson's letter to, ii. 134, 134 n. Steevens, George, Esq., iii. 116, 116 n. 124, 125. 239. ;(v. 180. 323.; vi. 227.; Sterne, Lawrence, iii. 209. 262.; vii. Stews, licensed, vi. 134. Strickland, Mrs., vi. 15. 251. Stuart family, ii. 119. 215; iii. 258.; Stuart, Hon. and Rev. William, Arch- Stuart, Hon. Colonel James, vii. 280. Stuart, Andrew, iii. 272.; vi. 113. 126. 290. 357. 368.; ix. 218.; x. 59. Succession, vi. 36. 41. Suicide, iii. 270.; iv. 50.; viii. 135, 219. Superiors, deference to, iv. 106, 106 n. Stewart, Dugald, on the Lives of Suppers, vii. 154. the Poets,' x. 163. Suspicion, vi. 270.; ix. 148. Stewart, Francis, i. 216.; vii. 307. 312.; Swallows, iii. 46. viii. 256. Stilli ngfle et, Benjamin, viii. 85. *Swearing in conversation, iii. 197. Swift, Dr. Jonathan, his Tale of a quoted by Johnson on his death-bed, ix. 316. Swinfen, Dr., i. 63. 317. Sympathy, vi. 104. ; ix. 209. Taylor, Chevalier, vii. 264. Teapot, Johnson's, ii. 68. ; x. 105. Temple, Rev. Mr., Vicar of St. Glu- Tenants, v. 21. 34. Sympathy with others in distress, iii. Terence, vii. 365. 95. Sydenham, Dr., his description of St. Vitus's dance, i. 160. Johnson's Life of, i. 33. 175. Testimony, viii. 281. Thatching, iv. 293. Theobald, Lewis, ii. 84. Sydney, Sir Philip, his Arcadia,' vi. Thicknesse, Philip, his 'Travels,' vii. 'Tale of a Tub,' ii. 239, 239 n. ; iv. 36.; Thornton, Bonnel, i. 243. 255 n. 'Ode Talisker, iv. 276. 283.; viii. 177. Talking above the capacity of one's Tallow-chandler, Johnson's story of Tasker, Rev. William, vii. 245. Taste, iii. 227.; refinement of, viii. Taverns, vi. 82, 82 n. on St. Cecilia's Day,' ii. 197. Thrale, Henry, ii. 292. 295.; iii. 65. ; Threshing, iv. 293. Thuanus, Johnson's proposed trans- 'Taxation no Tyranny,' v. 248. 276.; Thurlow, Lord, vi. 184. ; vii. 347. ; viij. vii. 46. 126. Taylor, Jeremy, ii. 259 n.; viii. 290. Taylor, Rev. Dr. John, i. 84, 84 n. 193. 169. 330. 339. 352, 353. Tillotson, Archbishop, his Sermons, Time, ix. 148. Time and space, vii. 372. Toleration, iii. 291. 296.; vii. 252. 359. | Turks, vi. 45. 'Letter to Mr. Dunning,' vii. 217. Tory, Johnson's definition of, ii. 48. Town life, vi. 321.; vii. 86. Trade, iii. 101. 210.; v.63.; vi. 56. Tragic acting, iv. 27. Translation, vi. 154. Transubstantiation, iv. 69. 88. 'Traveller,' Goldsmith's, ii. 192. 200. 275. 308.; iii. 280.; v. 85.; vii. 85. quest of health, rules for, viii. 138. Trifles, duty of attending to, ii. 72. 218.; vii. 219. ples of Politeness,' vi. 175. Tunbridge Wells, Johnson at, i. 218. Turnpike roads, ix. 311. Turton, Dr., Physician, i. 97. Twalmley, inventor of the ironing Twining, Rev. Thomas, his Aristotle's Twiss, Richard, his Travels in Spain,' Tyers, Thomas, ii. 7.; iii. 116.; iv. Tyrconnel, Lord, i. 200 n. Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Wode- U. Union, Scotch, iv. 32 n. Universities, English, not sufficiently 'Unius lacertæ,' viii. 89, 89 n. 286.; iii. 165.; iv. 2.; ix. 257.; x. Urban Sylvanus, Latin ode to, i. 125. Uttoxeter, Johnson's extraordinary V. Vallancy, General, viii. 269. Valière, Mademoiselle de la, iv. 42. Vanity, viii. 411.; ix. 84. 'Vanity of Human Wishes,' i. 221. |