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'Ancient Ballads, Dr. Percy's, ix. | Arches, comparative strength of se-
193. 241.

Ancient times, folly of praising, at the
expense of modern, viii. 212.
Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, v.
114. 117.; vi. 253.

Anderson, Dr. Robert, his 'Life of
Johnson,' i. 43. 111.

Anderson, Mr., his 'Sketches of the
Native Irish,' vi. 243.
Andrew's, St., iv. 57. 60.
Anecdotes, Johnson's love of, iv. 31.
Anfractuosities of the human mind,
vii. 352.

Angel, John, his 'Stenography,' iii.
265.

Anne, Queen, Johnson touched by,
for the evil, i. 38. 319.

Anne, Queen, wits of her reign, vii.
195 п.

Annihilation, vi. 293. ; vii. 140.

'Animus æquus,' the, not inheritable,
v. 129.

Anonymous writings, vii. 248.
Anson, Lord, vii. 245. Johnson's epi.
gram on his Temple of the Winds,
vii. 245 n.; ix. 26.
'Anthologia, viii. 389.

Antiquarian Researches, vii. 189.
Apelles, the Venus of, viii. 81. 81 п.
'Apology,' Cibber's, vi. 193.

• Apology for the Quakers, Barclay's,
vi. 89.

Apology, Johnson's readiness to make
one, viii. 323.

'Apotheosis of Milton, not written

by Johnson, i. 155.

Apparitions, ii. 106. 180. 313. ; iii. 175.

micircular and elliptical, ii. 116.
Architecture, ornamental, vi. 68.
Areskine, Sir John, v. 21.
Arguing, Johnson's mode of, and
fondness for, vi. 120. 141.; viii. 88.
281. 317.

Argument, Johnson's, on Schoolmas-
ters and their duty, iii. 222. 311.
On Vicious Intromission, iii. 233.
314. In defence of lay patronage
iii. 286. 319. Against Dr. Memis's
complaint, that he was styled 'doc-
tor of medicine,' instead of 'physi-
cian,' v. 320. 334. In favour of the
corporation of Stirling, v. 322. On
entails, vi. 38. On the liberty of
the pulpit, vi. 181. 334. On the
registration of deeds, viii. 47. In
favour of a negro claiming his li-
berty, vii. 20, 21. Against a prose-
cution by the procurators of Edin-
burgh against the publisher of a
libel, viii. 110.

Argument and testimony, viii. 281.
Argyle, Archibald, third Duke of, v.
41.86.

Argyle, John, fifth Duke of, v. 95.
Johnson's visit to, v. 102. John-
son's letter to, v. 108. His letter to
Johnson, v. 108.

Argyle, Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess
of, v. 94, 94 n.
Ariosto, vii. 335.

Aristotle, saying of, vii. 361. His
'Poetics, vi. 158, 158 n.
Arithmetic, Johnson's resort to, when
his fancy was disordered, ix. 27.

194. 213. 220, 220 n.; viii. 69.71.; | Arkwright, Sir Richard, ix. 148.
ix. 5. 69.

Appetite, riders out in quest of, ix.
152.

Appius, Cicero's character of, applied
to Johnson, viii. 380.

Applause, vii. 379.
April fools' day, vi. 239, 239 n.
Arabs, fidelity of, iv. 131.

Arbuthnot, Dr. John, ii. 208.; iv. 37.
Arbuthnot, Robert, iv. 19, 19 n.
Arcadia, Sidney's, vi. 266, 266 п.

Armidale, iv. 159. 307.

Armorial bearings, iii. 215.

Arms, piling of, why insisted on, vii.
219.

Armstrong, Dr. John, ii. 112.; vi. 259.
Army, officers of the, v. 151.
Arnauld, Anthony, vii. 208.
Arnold, Dr. Thomas, his 'Observ.

ations on Insanity, vi. 319.
'Art of Living in London, i. 114.
Art of Thinking, ix. 259.

Artificial ruins, v. 214 n.
'Art's corrective,' v. 27.
Articles, subscription to the thirty-
nine, iii. 10. 177, 177 n.; iv. 61.
Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of,
ii. 254.; ix. 87.

Asaph, St., Bishop of. See Shipley.
'Ascanius,' iv. 203 n., 205 п., 421 п.
Ash, Dr. John, founder of the Eume-
lian club, viii. 393 n.
Ashbourne, vi. 325.; vii. 27.

Auchinleck estate, v. 126, 127 n.; vi.

34. 323.

Auchinleck, Lord, Boswell's father,
ν. 122. 124.; vi. 200 n. Some ac.
count of, v. 130, 131 n. Designates
Johnson 'Ursa Major, v. 132.

Auchnasheal, iv. 150.

Author, rarely hurt by his critics, vii.
318.

'Author, the Young, a poem by
Johnson, i. 52.

Ashburton, Lord. See Dunning.
Assertion, vii. 281.

Assize, maiden one, vii. 96.

Author, Virgil's description of the
entrance into hell applied to, v.
43.

Association of ideas, vii. 136.

Authority, parental, ix. 7.

Astle, Thomas, keeper of the records | Authors, i. 304.; iii. 54. 276. ; iv. 55.

in the Tower, i. 177. Johnson's
letter to, viii. 116. His notes on
Alfred's will, viii. 116 n.

Astle, Rev. Mr., Johnson's advice to,
as to his studies, viii. 315.
Aston, Sir Thomas, i. 85, 85 п.
Aston, Mary, afterwards Mrs. Brodie,
i. 85.; vii. 200, 200 n., 208.; viii. 27,
27 n.; ix. 55. Johnson's epigram
addressed to her, i. 154.; vii. 200,
200 n.; ix. 55.

305, 306.; ν. 288. ; vi. 136, 327.; vii,
55. 172. 189, 190. 244. 246.; viii. 100.
321.; ix. 45. 119. 134. Attacks on
them useful, iv. 306. The casuistry
which passes on the world the pro-
duction of one for that of another
conaemned, i. 304.

B.

Aston, Elizabeth, i. 85. ; iii. 32.126.; | Bách y Graig, v. 200, 200 n.

v. 330.; vi. 100. 105.; vi. 267.;
vii. 31. Johnson's letters to, iii. 32.
67.; vi. 233. 235. 271. ; vii. 31. 237.
241. 269. 300. 302.

Astley, Philip, vii. 293, 293 п.
'As You Like It,' the clown's answer
n, ix. 53.

Atheism, ix. 40.

• Athol porridge,' viii. 53.

'Atlas, the race-horse, v. 195.
Atonement, the great article of Chris-
tianity, iv. 89, 89 n.; vii. 6, 6 n.;
viii. 103.; ix. 317. 498, 498 п.

Attack, advantages which authors
derive from, iv. 305, 306.; v. 276.
Atterbury, Dr. Francis, Bishop of
Rochester, vii. 56. 78.
Attorney General, ludicrous title
given to, vi. 198.

Attorneys, iii. 141. ; v. 84.

Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, iv.
253.; vii. 12. Mallet's Life' of,
vii. 12. His 'History of Henry
VII.' iv. 234. His precept for con.
versation, viii. 231. His Essays,'
ix. 259.

Badcock, Rev. Samuel, viii. 411, 411 n.
Badenoch, Lord of, iv. 117, 117 п.
Bad habits, viii. 173.
Bad management, vii. 168.
Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, 302, 302 n.

Johnson's letter to, viii. 355.

Bagpipes, v. 47.

Baillie, Dr. Matthew, his recommend-

ation of card-playing, v. 157 п.
Baker, Sir Richard, his 'Chronicles,
quoted, iv. v.

Baker, Sir George, viii. 359.
Baker, Mrs., iii. 16.

Balance of Misery, viii. 305.; x. 291.

Avarice, v. 48.; vi. 159. 193.; vii. Balcarras, Earl of, vi. 208 n.
174.; ix. 54. 90.

Ball without powder, vii. 355.

Ballantine, George, ii. 126.
Balloons, viii, 359. 362.
Ballow, Thomas, vi. 139, 139 п.
Baltic, Johnson's proposed voyage to,
vi. 269, 269 n.

Bankes, Mr., of Dorsetshire, i. 161.
Banks, Sir Joseph, iii. 168. 172, 172 п.
173.; ν. 74.; vii. 230.235. John-
son's motto for his goat, iii. 168.
Baptism, vi. 90.

Barbauld, Mr., vi. 28. ; viii. 291, 291 n.
Barbauld, Letitia. See Aikin.
Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro ser-
vant, i. 278. 281. 285.287.; ii. 111.;
iii. 15 n. 54. 128. 170.; ν. 193 n.;
vii. 234.; viii. 376. 405, 405 n.; ix.
163, 164.

Barclay, his 'Ship of Fooles,' ii. 25.
Barclay, Mr., the young author, his | Barry, Sir Edward, his notion that
Baxter, Richard, iii. 296. ; iv. 90. ; viii. | Behaviour, ix. 7.

defence of Johnson's Shakspeare
against Kenrick, ii. 500.; iv. 305.
Barclay, Robert, of Ury, his 'Apo-
logy for the Quakers, vi. 89.
Barclay, Robert, one of Mr. Thrale's
successors, viii. 96, 96 n.; x. 122.
Baretti, Joseph, ii. 6. 28. 55, 55 n. 95.
128. 138. 150.; iii. 48.59. 95. 98, 98 п.,
99 п. 127. 241. ; v. 222. 31.; vi. 24,
24 п. 79. 121. 135. 169, 169 n. 222.;
Johnson's
His trial

vi. 303 316.379.; ix. 158.

letters to, ii. 128. 138. 150.

His

His

for murder, iii. 98, 98 n. 99 n.
'Travels,' iii. 48. 127. The first
who received copy-money in Italy,
vi. 303. His strictures on Mrs.
Piozzi's marriage, vi. 169.
Anecdotes of Johnson, x. 35.
Bark, Peruvian, viii. 296.
Barker, Dr. Edmund, i. 219 n.; ii.
Barnard, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Killaloe,
i. 110 n.; vi. 208, 208 n.; vii. 68,
68 n.; viii. 93, 93 n.; ix. 215. Al-
tercation between Johnson and, on
the question, whether a man can
improve after the age of forty-five,
viii. 93, 93 n.; ix. 215. His plea-
sant verses thereon, ix. 216.

Barnard, Dr., provost of Eaton, ix. 9.
Barnard, Frederick, afterwards Sir
Frederick, king's librarian, iii. 19.
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19 n, 20. 60. Johnson's letter of in-
structions to, on the formation of
the king's library, iii. 60.

Barnes, Rev. Joshua, v. 124. ; vii. 366.
Barnwall, Nicholas, Lord Trimles..

town, vii. 55, 55 п.

Baron Hill, the seat of Lord Bulkeley,

v. 108 n.

Barretier, John Philip, Johnson's Life
of, i. 164. 167.

Barrington, Hon. Daines, ii 980;
vii. 164; viii. 90. 250. His 'Essay
on the Emigration of Birds, iii. 289.
His Observations on the Statutes,
vii. 164.

Barrow, Dr Isaac, his sermon against
foolish talking and jesting, viii. 83 n.
Barrowby, Dr., anecdote of, viii. 294.

pulsation occasions death by at-
trition, vi. 152.

Barry, Spranger, the actor, i. 227 n.
Barry, James, the painter, viii. 192.
218, 218 п.; x. 249. Johnson's let.
ter to, viii. 192.
Barter, Mr., iii. 196.

'Bas Bleu, Hannah More's poem of,
viii. 86.; ix. 123. x. 118.

Bashfulness, viii. 316.

'Bastard, Savage's poem of the, i.

191.

Bat, formation of the, vii. 202.
Bateman, Edmund, of Pembroke Col-

lege, his Lectures, i. 78.
Bath, Johnson's visit to, v. 164.
Baths, Johnson's opinion of medi-
cated, iii. 104.

Batheaston vase, Horace Walpole's
pleasant account of, v. 277.

Bathurst, Allen, first Earl, vii. 208.

277, 278.; 285 n.; viii. 20.; ix. 11.
Bathurst, Captain, i. 285.
Bathurst, Dr. Richard, i. 212. 219.
278. 288. 300. 305.; ii. 152. 276.; iii.
228. 255.; vii. 375. 380.

'Batrachomyomachia,' first edition
of, v. 215, 215 п.

'Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes,'
ix. 143.

'Baudi Epistolæ, v. 203.

Religion' recommended by John-Bell, John, of Hertfordshire, iii. 165.

175. 219.; ix. 141. 321.

Behmen, Jacob, iii. 137, 137 n.

Baxter, Richard, viii. 232.; ix. 141.
321. His 'Reasons of the Christian

Bell, John, of Antermony, his 'Tra

vels in Russia, iii. 46, 46 n.

son, viii. 232.

238 n.

124.; viii. 152. 260.

Poets, vi. 241.

Bellamy, George Anne, actress, ii. 82. ;

Baxter, William, his 'Anacreon,' v. Bell, John, his edition of the 'British

'Bayes,' character of, iii. 200, 200 п.
Bayle, M., his Dictionary, ii. 208.; v.
12.

Bears, v. 291.

Beatniffe, Richard, Johnson's letter
to, respecting Levett, x. 258.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, ii. 60,
60 n.

Beattie, Dr. James, i. 245 n.; iii. 163.

165. 169. 173, 173 n. 232. 235. 302.

310. ; ν. 105. 328. ; vi. 205. ; vii, 336. ;

viii. 79. 352. His letter to Boswell,

viii. 239.

'Bellerophon' of Euripides, ii. 25.
Belsham, Mr., his 'Essay on Dra-
matic Poetry' quoted, ii. 161.
Benedictine monks, vi. 17.; viii. 201.;
ix. 36.

Benevolence, an excuse for drinking,
vii. 181. 187.

Benevolence, Johnson's, vi. 256. ; ix.
31. 41. 150. 176. 220.

Benevolence, human, vi. 168.

iii. 173. Johnson's letter to, vii. ❘ Benserade, M. de, ' à son lit, ix. 25.

336. His 'Essay on Truth, ix. 64.
His 'Hermit,' viii. 117.

Beauclerk, Topham, i. 102. 296, 297.;
ii. 122. 214. 271. 283.; iii. 17. 272.;
iv. 76. 112. ; v. 34. 65. 225. 232. 287.
304.; vi. 25. 120. 135.; vii. 121. 216.
258. 265. 310, 310 n. 321. 357. 358.
374.; viii. 50. 82. 170.; ix. 66. 69.
Beauclerk, Lady Diana, iii. 284. 287,
287 n.; viii. 74.

Bensley, Mr., actor, iii. 35.

Benson, Mr., auditor, his monument
to Milton, i. 268.
Benthara, Dr., canon of Christchurch,
vi. 75.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, iii. 54.; iv. 191.
307.; v. 50.; vi. 74.; vii. 370.; viii.
213. The only English verses writ-
ten by him, vii. 370.

Beauclerk, Lady Sydney, v. 23.

Beaumaris Castle, v. 208.

Berenger, Richard, iii. 38. ; vii. 100 n.;
viii. 66, 67.

Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, viii. 283.

Cloyne, ii. 262.; iii. 148. His theory,

vi. 307, 307 n.; vii. 374.

Beaumont, Sir George, i. 13 n.; vii. Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of

16 n.; ix. 261.

Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.

'Beauties of Johnson, i. 250.; viii. Berwick, Duke of, his 'Memoirs, vii.

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bed recommendation to read, ix.

His letter on a passage in Johnson's
'Journey,' iv. 313.

142. Johnson's Life of, vii. 237

viii. 25.

179.

Bibliotheca Harleiana, Johnson's Blackmore, Sir Richard, iii. 117.; 1x

account of, i. 175.

Bibliotheca Literaria, v. 206, 206 n.
'Bibliothèque,' Johnson's scheme for
opening a, ii. 34.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, iii. 84 n.
Bicknell, Mr., ii. 70.

Bidder, George, the calculating boy,
vi. 65 n.

Bigamy, iv. 230.

Bindley, James, i. 180. 196 n.; vii.

176 n.; viii. 171 n. 212 n.
Binning, Charles, Lord, iii. 223,
223 n.; vii. 186.

Biographer, duties of a, vi. 294; ix.
138.

'Biographia Britannica, vi. 317, 318
n.; viii. 22.

Biography, iii. 198.; iv. 78.; vi. 76.
193. 294.; vii. 113, 113 n.; viii. 23.;
ix. 138.; x. 119.

Biography, literary, of England, John-
son recommended by George III.
to undertake, iii. 26.

Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Com-
mentaries, v. 55 n.; vii. 193 n.
Blackwall, Anthony, i. 87.
Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles

vi. 19.; vii. 377, 377 n.
Blainville, M., his 'Travels, v. 289.
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, ii. 126. 168.;
iv. 33. 64. ; v. 149, 149 n., 150. 182,
182 п. 186. 229.; vi. 171. 222.239
His 'Sermons, vi. 222. 232. 309. ;
vii. 33. 197, 197 n.; viii. 75. Hit
imitation of Johnson's style, vi. 315.
His letter concerning Pope's 'Essay
on Man,' vii. 284.

Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of 'The
Grave, vi. 167, 167 n.
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life
i. 164.

Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 32.; viii. 378.
Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, ii.
212.; iii. 139. ; vii. 367. Excellence
of rhyme over, viii. 11.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 152. 173.

45.

214.; iv. 281. Johnson's Greek epi- | Blasphemy, literary property in, iv.
gram to, i. 155. Letters from John-
son to, i. 184 267. ; ii. 36. His letter
to Johnson, on receiving his Dic-
tionary, ii. 36.

Birds, migration of, iii. 289.
Birkenhead, Sir John, iv. 53 n.
Birmingham, vi. 86. ; vii. 31.
Biron, Marshal Duc de, vi. 16 n.
Births, extraordinary, i. 316.
* Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 299.
Bishops, in the House of Lords, iii.
204. Requisites in, iv. 79. Great
decorum required from, viii. 49. 64.
298.

Blackfriars' Bridge, ii. 116.
Black-letter books, iii. 135.

* Black Dog, vii. 301, 301 n.; x. 266.
Black men, cause of their being so,
ii. 175.

Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind
poet, ii. 91. 256, 256 n. ; iv. 39, 39 п.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to pe-
riodical, vi. 292.

Blenheim, v. 33. 214. ; vi. 81.
Blind, notion that they can distin-
guish colours by the touch, iii. 226.
'Blockhead, Johnson's application
the word, iii. 207.; vi. 87.
Blue-stocking clubs, origin of, viii.
86.

Boarding-schools, ix. 52.
Bocage, Madame du, vi. 3. 22, 22 п.
Her 'Columbiade, viii. 333.
Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 154.
Boece, Hector, the historian, viii.

20.

Boethius, 'de Consolatione Philoso
phiæ, i. 153.; iii. 142.
Boileau, i. 129, 130 n.; vii. 208.; ix.
103.

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