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Facility of composition, Johnson's ex-

traordinary, viii. 1.

Faction, viii. 190.

Factiousness, viii. 83 n.

Facts, mischief of mingling them with | Feudal system, iii. 212. 236. ; vii. 302.

fiction, viii. 177.

Fairfax's 'Tasso, viii. 5.

Fairies, vii. 364.

'Fairy Queen,' Spenser's, vii. 355.
Falconer, Rev. Mr., a nonjuring
bishop, vii. 239.

Falkland Islands, Johnson's pam-
phlet respecting, iii. 151. 171.
'False Alarm, Johnson's, iii. 120.
171.; vii. 377.

• False Delicacy,' Hugh Kelly's play
of, iii. 37.

Falsehoods, vii. 57.

Fame, vi. 153. 303.; vii. 98.
Family influence, iii. 179. 305. ; v. 282.
Family, men of, iv. 109.

Family residences, iv. 238. 240.

Farmer, Rev. Dr., ii. 136.; vii. 366.
Johnson's letters to, iii. 123.; vii.
325.

Farmers, vii. 217.
Farnborough, Lord, vii. 161 п.

Farquhar, George, his writings, vii.
355.

of, ii. 221 n. 241 n.; iii. 113.; vili.
195 п. 291 п.

Fashionable Lover, Cumberland's
play of the, iv. 193.

* Father's Revenge,' the Earl of Car-
lisle's tragedy of, viii. 242.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, i. 209 n.
Fawkes, Francis, his translation of
Anacreon, ix. 14.

Fear, iii. 82.; ix. 101.

Fees, lawyers', iv. 70.

Ferns, the deanery of, viii. 46.

'Festivals and Fasts, Nelson's, vi. 90.

Fiction, viii. 230.

Fiddle, difficulty of playing upon, iii.
267.

Fielding, Henry, i. 195 n.; viii. 255.
Fielding compared with Richardson,
iii. 38, 39. 207, 208.

Fielding, his 'Amelia, vi. 163. ; ix.
80.

ielding, Sir John, vii. 326.
Fife, barrenness of, iv. 67 n.
Fighting-cock, v. 274.
Filmer on Government, ix. 145.
'Fingal,' the poem of, iv. 94. 178.

262. 327. ; ν. 137. 224. 227-236. See
'Ossian.'

Finnon haddock, iv. 113 n.
Firebrace, Lady, verses to, i. 149.
Fishmonger, insensibility of one, vii.

252.

Fitzherbert, William, esq. i. 85.; ii.
92 n. 130.; iii. 262. ; iv. 271 n.; v.
294.; vi. 192.; vii. 258 n. 261.

Fitzherbert, Mrs., i. 85. ; vii. 380. ;
ix. 56.

Fitzmaurice, Mr., vii. 319.
'Fitzosborne's Letters, vii. 317 n. 318.
Fitzroy, Lord Charles, vi. 102.
Flatman, Thomas, his poems, vi. 148
Flattery, iii. 277.; iv. 55.; v. 202 π.

311.; vii. 175. 196.; ix. 65. 114. 119.
'Fleece, Dyer's poem of the, vi. 83.
Fleet Street, vi. 52. 149.

Fleetwood, Everard, vii. 176.

Felixmarte of Hircania, Spanish ro- Fleetwood on the Sacrament, recom.

mance of, i. 45.

Fencing, iv. 63.

Fenelon's 'Telemachus, v. 43.

Fenton, Elijah, his share in the trans-

lation of the Odyssey, vii. 324.

103.; vii. 26.

mended by Johnson, ix. 180.

Fleming, Sir Michael le, ii. 249 п.

Flexman, Mr., viii. 327.

Flint, Bet, viii. 80 n. 81.

Flogging in schools, vi. 28.; ix. 131.

Ferguson, James, the astronomer, iii. Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his be-

Ferguson, Sir Adam, iii. 202.

Fergussone, Captain, iv. 205 n. ; 288 n.
Fergusson, Dr. Adam, iv. 34. 38.

quest to Dublin University, ii. 77.
His opinion of Johnson as an ora
tor, iii. 157. His epitaph on John
son, viii. 423.

Feins, Dr. Thomas Elringtor, bishop | Floyd, Thomas, ii. 244 n.

Floyer, Sir John, on 'Cold Baths,
i. 38. On 'Asthma, viii. 263.
Fludyer, Johnson's college compa-
nion, vi. 75 n.

Folengo, Theopilo, vii. 125 n.
Fondness, viii. 140.
Fontainebleau, vi. 9. 23.
Fontenelle, vi. 26 n.; vii. 78.
Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and cha.

racter of, ii. 121. 170. 183 n.; iii. 95,
96, 97 п. 101. 113. 181 n. 182. 225 п.;
iv. 27 n. 73 n.; v. 142. 232, 233.;
vi. 23 n. 61 n. 191, 192 п. 222.; viii.
168. 218. 227.; ix. 62. 129. His de-
scription of Johnson at Paris, vi.
23 n.

Forbes, Sir William, of Pitsligo, iv.
15, 16. 18. 22. 36. ; v. 144. 168 n.; vi.
160, 161. 207, 208 n. 211.; vii. 29.
48.

Ford, Rev. Cornelius, a cousin of
Johnson's, i. 45 n. ; ix. 3. Ghost story
respecting, vii. 210.

Ford, Sarah, Johnson's mother, i. 29.
Fordyce, Rev. Dr. James, ii. 168 n.
169.; viii. 413. ; x. 155.
Fordyce, Dr. George, vii. 59 п.
Foreigners, vii. 562.

Fores, iv. 120.

Form of prayer, arguments for, v.
110.

Fornication, iv. 219. ; vi. 134.

Forrester, Colonel, vi. 138.

Foulis, Sir James, some account of,
iv. 162 n. 264.

Foulis, the Messieurs, the Elzevirs of
Glasgow, v. 116.

'Fountains,' the, a tale, by Johnson,
iii. 10.

Fowke, Joseph, v. 436.; x. 119. 254.
262.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, iii
177 n. 263 n.; v. 182 n. 288 n.; vi.
140 n.; vii. 84. 96. 103. 122 n.;
viii. 154. 262. 278. 295.

France, Johnson's Journal of his
Tour in, vi. 1—20.
France, want of middle rank in, vi.
8. 21.

France, state of literature in, vii. 87.
Francis, Rev. Dr. Philip, i. 169 n. His
translation of Horace, vii. 219.
Francklin, Rev. Dr. Thomas, the
translator of Sophocles, ii. 120.; vi.
210 n. His translation of the "De-
monar" of Lucian, and inscribed
to Johnson, vii. 380.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, iv. 28.
Fraser, Mr., engineer, vii. 180.
Fraser, Simon, Lord, iv. 255.
Frederick of Prussia, Johnson's Life
of, ii. 62.; iii. 45 n.

Free will, iii. 83.; vii. 133 n.
French, Johnson's notions of their

Forster, George, his 'Voyage to the French Academy send Johnson their

South Seas, vi. 324.

Fort Augustus, vii. 235.

Fort George, iv. 128.

Fortune, ix. 213.

manners and customs, iv. 109. ; vi.

22, 23.; vii. 215. 362.

Dictionary, ii. 51.

French language, vi. 24.

French writers superficial, and why,
ii. 241.

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'Fortune, Derrick's poem of, quoted, French, credulity of the, v. 66.

i. 136.

Fortune hunters, i. 136.

Forster, Mrs. Elizabeth,

grandaughter, i. 267. 271.
Foster, Dr. James, some account of,
vii. 357 n.

Foster, Thomas, surgeon, iii. 56.
Fothergill, Dr. John, vi. 99 п.
Fothergili, Rev. Dr. Thomas, John-
son's letter to, v. 272. Lord North's
letter to, v. 270.

Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, iii.
283.

Friends and Friendship, i. 182. 248.;
ii. 52. 81. 305.; iii. 95. 192. 218.; iv.
90.; ν. 306. 185.; vii. 132, 132 п.
261.; viii. 93. 279.; ix. 54. 121. 138.
203.; x. 90. 270.

'Friendship', an Ode, by Johnson, | Gaubius, Professor, his distinction be-
i. 182.

Frisick language, ii. 269.

Fullarton, Colonel John, vii. 219.
Future state, iii. 192.; vii. 20.
Future state, knowledge of friends in,
iii. 192.; vi. 293.; vii. 130, 130 n.

131.; viii. 279.

Futurity, ix. 123.

G.

Gaelic language, iii. 184, 184 n.; viii. Generosity, v. 153.; ix. 218. 298.

247, 247 п.

Gaiety, vi. 235.; ix. 41.

Galatians, Durham on the, iv. 132, Gentleman, Francis, ii. 155, 155 n.

tween hypochondria and madness,

i. 65.

Gay, the poet, v. 14.; viii. 5. His
'Beggar's Opera, vii. 173. The
'Orpheus of Highwaymen, v. 314.
Gelidus, character of, in the 'Ram-
bler,' i. 253. ; v. 215.

Gell, Mr., of Hopton Hall, v. 196.
General knowledge, ix. 4.

General polity, ix. 28.

General principles, ix. 4.

General warrants, legality of, ii. 73.

Genius, iv. 92.; vii. 246. 333.

Gentility, ix. 54.

132 n.

Galen, vii. 356.

Gaming, iii. 209.; vi. 140, 140 n.
'Canganelli's Letters, not authentic,
vii. 129, 129 п.
'Garagantua, Johnson compared to,
vii. 90.

Gardener, Mr., bookseller, v. 288.
Gardening, iii. 78.; ix. 95.
Gardenston, Lord, iv. 74, 74 п.
Gardiner, Mrs., 1. 289.; viii. 241.
Garrick, David, i. 83. 104. 106. 109.
112. 165. 192, 193. 209. 223. 227. 230.
234 n. 253, 253 п. 296. 299. ; (ii. 15453.
56. 82. 165. 172. 274, 275, 275 n.
iii.
23.68.79. 229. 268. 277. 286. ; iv. 266,
266 n. 305.; v. 90. 262. 264. ; vi. 96,
96 п. 174. 191. 291. 328. 330.; vii. 91.
93. 137. 160. 238.241.261.352.356.
372.; viii. 238.; ix. 11. 18. 67. 125.
133. 232. 237.247.280.320.

Garrick, Peter, i. 109. ; v. 194 п. 247. ;
vi. 94. 101.

Garrick, Mrs., viii. 73.

Gastrel, Rev. Mr., his gothic barbarity
in cutting down Shakspeare's mul-
berry-tree, vi. 106, 106 n.
Gastrel, Mrs., vii. 31. 237. 241. 269.
Gastrell, Bishop, his 'Christian Insti-
tutes,' v. 58.

Gataker, Rev. Thomas, 'on Lots, and
on the Christian Watch,' ν. 32.

Gentleman's Magazine, i. 95. 103. 123.

165. 171.; vii. 174.
Gentlemen, ix. 54.
'Gentle Shepherd, Allan Ramsay's,
iii. 259.; v. 120 п.

George I., Johnson's character of, v.
284.

George II., his severity in the case of
Dr. Cameron, i. 162, 163 n. John-
son's uniform invective against, i.
162.; v. 284. Johnson's epigram on,
i. 166. Not an Augustus to learning
or genius, i. 243. His destruction
of his father's will, v. 284, 284 п.
George III., his accession and cha-
racter, ii. 118. 130. 140.; iv. 206 n.
v. 229 n. Johnson's character of,
ii. 130. Grants Johnson a pension,
Johnson's interview with,
iii. 19. Happy expression of, i. 258.
His magnanimous conduct during
the riots in 1780, vii. 327. 329. His
alleged refusal of an addition to
Johnson's pension disproved, viii.
353 п. 372, 372 n.

i. 141.

George IV. See Prince of Wales.
'Georgics, viii. 213.
Gerard, Dr., iv. 92. 136.
German courts, iv. 304.
Gesticulation, viii. 324.; ix. 173.
221.

Ghosts, ii. 106. 180. 313. ; iii. 175. 194.

213. 220, 220 n.; vil. 59. 103. 141.
210. 215. 270. ; viii. 69. 71. ; ix. 5. 69.
Giannone, vii. 352.
Giants' Causeway, vii. 295.
Giants of Literature,' i. 258.
Giardini, iii. 266.

Gibbon, Edward, iii. 66. 177. ; iv. 20 n. ;
v. 182 n. 291, 292, 292 n. 314 n.; vi.
127. 176.; ix. 240. Sketch of his
appearance and manners, by George
Colman, jun., vi. 176, 176 n. His
character of Dr. Maty, i. 35n. His
panegyric on public schools, vi. 127.
Gibbon, Charles, his 'Work worth
the Reading,' ii. 311 n.

Gibbon, Rev. Dr., viii. 106, 106 n.
Giffard, a clergyman, verses by, iii.
149, 149 n.; iv. 122.

Gifford, William, anecdote related by,
on Johnson's proficiency in Greek,

viii. 389 n.

Gilbert on 'Evidence, v. 140.
Gillespie, Dr., viii. 257.

Gin-shops, iii. 257.

Gisborne, Dr., v. 289 n.

Glanville, William Evelyn, vii. 186 n.
Glasgow, v. 114.; viii. 176. ; ix. 95.
Glasse, Mrs., her book of 'Cookery,
written by Dr. Hill, vii. 127.

Glensheal, iv. 149, 149 n.

for abusing him, iii. 246, 246 n. His
death, v. 188. Johnson's tetrastic
on, v. 189. Johnson's Latin epitaph
on, vi. 204. 207. Garrick's descrip-
tion of him, ii. 190 n. His 'Vicar
of Wakefield, i. 192, 192 n.; viii.
172. His 'Traveller,' ii. 308.; iii.
280.; viii. 84. 96. His 'Deserted
Village,' ii. 309.; iii. 280. Johnson's
prologue to his 'Good-natured
Man,' iii. 37. His Life of Parnell,
iii. 160. Dedicates 'She Stoops to
Conquer' to Johnson, iii. 253. His
'Animated Nature,' vi, 209 n.
Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., iii. 220.
Goldsmith, Mrs., vi. 227.
Good breeding, iv. 81.; ix. 9. 212. In
what it consists, iii. 83. The best
book upon, iv. 308.
Gooddere, Captain, iv. 27 n.
Good Hater, ix. 219.
Good-humour, iv. 222.; v. 309,
'Good-natured Man, Goldsmith's,
iii. 35. 37.

Goodness, infinite, viii. 302.
Goodness, natural, iv. 227.
Good, Dr. Mason, i. 64.
Gordon, Professor Thomas, iv. 86. 91.
Gordon, Lord George, vii. 326, 327,
328 n.; viii. 3.

Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, Gordon, Sir Alexander, iv. 86. 91.

viii. 125.

Glow-worm, iii. 46. 275.

Gluttony, ii. 258.; ix. 120.
Goldsmith, Oliver, ii. 188. 190, 190 n.
192. 194. 199, 199 п. 201. 318.; iii.
27. 35. 59. 84. 197. 216. 218, 219. 222.
246. 252. 257. 273. 275, 276. 284. 296.
299, 300. 301.; iv. 98.; v. 85. 188.
303.; vi. 155, 155 n. 156. 222, 223.
241.252, 253. 273. 276. 279. 280.; viii.
84 п. 90 n. 91. 163. 173. 211 n. John-
son's opinion of, and of his writings,
i. 184. 308. 309.; iii. 37. 197. 281, 282.
300. 304.; iv. 145. 306. 309. ; v. 85.
188. 303.; vi 155, 155 n.; vii. 77.
84, 85. 108. 160. 228. 247. 305. 309.
245 п. 369. 374. 376. ; viii. 84. 91. 96.
163. 172, 173.; ix. 64. 148. 205. 230.
237. Beats Evans, the bookseller,

Gout, iv. 220.

'Government of the Tongue,' vii. 251.
Government, iii. 202.; ix. 145.
Government influence, v. 297. 300.;
vi. 167.; viii. 56.
Government of India, viii. 208.
Governments, different kinds of, vii.

124.

Gower, Earl, his letter to a friend of
Swift in behalf of Johnson, i. 145.
Gower, Earl, probable cause of John-
son's aversion to, i. 146: ii. 50,
50 n.

Grace, vii. 133, 133 n.; viii. 86.
Grace at meals, iv. 128.
Graham, author of 'Telemachus, a
Masque,' ii. 188.; iv. 988.
Graham, Lord, third Duke of Mon-
trose, vii. 256.

152.

Gresham College, vi. 129.
Greswold, Henry, his character of
Johnson, i. 100.

Greville, Mr., his 'Maxims, Charac-

ters, and Reflections, viii. 305.
Grey, Dr. Zachary, vii. 170.
Grey, Dr. Richard, vii. 170.
Grief, vi. 272.; viii. 99. ; ix. 113. 117.
Grierson, Mr., king's printer at Dub-
lin, iii. 130, 130 n.

130 n.

Griffiths, Mr., of Kefnamwycllh, v.
211.

Grimston, Viscount, his 'Love in a
hollow Tree,' viii. 55, 55 n.

tius, Johnson's kindness to, vi. 258,

258 п.

Grotius, ii. 241. ; vi. 259, 259 n.
Grotius, on the Christian Religion, re-

commended by Johnson, ii. 171.
Grotius 'de Satisfactione Christi,' iv.
90.

Graham, Miss, afterwards Lady Dash, Grenville, Right Hon. George, iii.

wood, vii. 291.

Grainger, Dr. James, vi. 44. 44 n.;
vii. 16.

Grammar-school, Johnson's scheme
for the classes of a, i. 107.
Grange, Lady, her extraordinary con-

finement at St. Kilda, iv. 246, 246 п.
Granger, Rev. James, his 'Biogra-
phical History,' iv. 282, 282 n.; vi.
217. Johnson's letter to, vi. 32.

Grant, Sir Archibald, vi. 231.

Granville, John Carteret, first Earl, Grierson, Mrs., some account of, iii.

vii. 360, 360 n.; viii. 53.

Gratitude, iv. 252.

Grattan, Right Hon. Henry, v. 263. ;
viii. 320.

'Grave,' Blair's, vi. 167.

Graves, Rev. Richard, vi. 83. His Groot, Isaac de, descendant of Gro.

'Spiritual Quixote,' x. 244 n.

Graves, Mr. Morgan, i. 99 n.

Gray's poetry, iv. 172, 172 n.; v. 19.
265, 266. 275, 275 n.; vi. 149. 157.;
x. 140. 163. His Odes, v. 275, 275 n.;
vii. 361. His 'Letters, v. 325.

'Gray's Inn Journal, ii. 121.

'Great, how pronounced, iii. 191, Grotto, Pope's, vii. 357, 357 n.

191 n.

Great, manners of the, vii. 216.
Great men, on paying court to, ii. 312.
Greece, the fountain of knowledge,
vii. 188.

Greek, ix. 17. 168. Johnson's advice
on studying, ix. 17. 169. Compared

by Johnson to lace, vii. 370, 370 n.
Greek grammar, Clenardus's, vii. 367.
Green, Matthew, his 'Spleen' quoted,
vii. 287.

Green, Richard, of Lichfield, v. 194.;
vi. 98.; ix. 248. His cast of Shak-
speare, v. 331.

Green, T. of Ipswich, his 'Diary of a
Lover of Literature, quoted, v.
292 n.; x, 139.

Green-room, Johnson's reasons for
not frequenting, i. 231.
*Green Sleeves, song of, iv. 288.
Greenwich Hospital, ii. 248.
Grenville Act, v. 142.

Grottos, vii. 357 n.; ix. 74.

Grove, Rev. Henry, author of the pa.
per in the 'Spectator,' on novelty,
vi. 151, 151 п.

Grub Street, Johnson's description of,
ii. 50.

Guardians, Johnson's advice on the
appointment of, vii. 281.
'Gulliver's Travels, vi. 257.
Gunning, Elizabeth, Duchess of Ar-
gyle, v. 94, 94 п.

Gunpowder,

Gustavus Vasa, Brooke's, i. 156,
156. n.

Guthrie, William, i. 127, 128 n. 156. ;
iii. 43.

Gwyn, Mr., architect, iii. 8. ; v. 213 n. ;
vi. 67. 69. Johnson's dedication to
his 'London and Westminster Im.
proved, iii. 8. His proposals for
the improvement of the metropolis,
iii. 98 n.

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