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. merit as a zoologist, vii. 113. 'London,' vii. 113. His character
Physic, vi. 140.; vii. 264.; ix. 44. Physicians, vi. 99.; viii. 259. 322. ; ix. 44. 131.
'Physico-Theology,' Derham's, v. 58. Piazzas, iv. 118.
'Picture,' Massinger's play of the, vii. 289.
Pig, the learned, viii. 379. 'Pilgrim's Progress,' iii. 282.; ix. 102. Pindar,' West's translation of, vii. 375.
'Pension,' Johnson's definition of, ii. | Pinkerton, John, viii. 332.
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.
Piozzi, Mrs., commencement and pro- gress of Johnson's acquaintance with, ii. 292. 298. Anecdotes of Johnson by, ix. 1. 127. Account of her rupture with Johnson, ix. 105. Her character of Johnson, ix. 107. Piozzi, Signor, x. 19. 100.
Pitcairne, his Latin poetry, iv. 54. Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, i. 144.; iii. 233. 269.; v. 78.; viii. 319.
Pitt, Right Hon. William, his son, viii. 256, 256 n. 260. 295. Pitts, Rev. John, v. 172 n. Pity, ii. 221.
Place-hunters, vii. 64.
Plagiary, Sir Fretful, character of, intended for Mr. Cumberland, iii. 246 n.
'Plain Dealer,' i. 179, 179 n.
Planting, vii. 27. In Scotland, era of,
Players, i. 192, 193. 231.; ii. 177.; iii. 93.277.; iv. 27. 39. 132.; vi. 23. 329. ; vii. 99.; viii. 239.
Pleasure, v. 183.; vii. 76. 136. 263.; ix. 41.
Pleasures, necessary to intellectua! health, ix. 42. No man a hypocrite in his, viii. 318.
'Pleasures of the Imagination,' Akenside's, ii. 125.
Plott's History of Staffordshire,' vii. 4.
Pococke, Dr. Richard, vii. 105. 375. Poetry, Johnson's early, v. 297. Reli- gious, ix. 145,
Poets, iv. 85. The preservers of lan- | Pott, Archdeacon, his Sermons, vi. 91.
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,
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.
Potter, Rev. Robert, vii. 91.; ix. 22. Poverty, ii. 226.; viii. 133. 137. 140.; ix. 90.
Power, despotic, vii. 124.
Praise, iii. 40.; vii. 115. 263. 378.; viii. 57.; ix. 114. 119. 139. Praise and flattery, v. 202. Prayer, form of, arguments for, v. 110.; viii. 206.
Prayers, Johnson's classification of, x. 120.
Prayers and Meditations,' Johnson's, viii. 382.; x. 34. 95. 130. 154. Preaching above the capacity of the congregation, viii. 175. Precocity, vi. 28. 'Preceptor,' i. 220. Predestination, iii. 109.
Prejudice, viii. 156. Johnson's,against Scotland, iv. 10.; v. 240 n.; viii. 156 n.
Prendergast, Colonel Sir Thomas, iii. 221 n.
Presbyterians, v. 130. 132.
Prescience of the Deity, vii. 134, 135 n.
Prescription of murder in Scotland, iv. 14. 87.
Presentiment of death, iii. 221 n. Press, superfetation of, vii. 188. Pretender, the Young, account of the escape of, iv. 208. 329. Price, Archdeacon, v. 213. Price, Dr. Richard, viii. 232. Pride, ix. 79.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, iii. 138.; vii. 135.; viii. 232 n.
Primrose, Lady Dorothea, viii. 22 n. Prince of Wales, his situation, viii. 172. Afterwards George IV., iit. 28 n.
'Prince Titi,' history of, vi. 5.
Portrait, inscription on the frame of Pringle, Sir John, iii. 195.; v. 124.
Portrait-painting, v. 308.
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
Prior, Matthew, iii. 79.; vii. 10, 11. Prior's Life of Burke,' quoted, ii.
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.
Quakers, their female preachers, ii. 251.; vi. 89.; viii. 211.
Ramsay, Allan, his Gentle Shep- herd,' iii. 259.
Ramsay, Allan, painter, vii. 82. 84. 186. 188. 193.; viii. 371.
'Rambler,' i. 233, 234. 242. 249. 266, 266 n.; x. 46. 83. 131. Italian trans- lation of, vii. 295. Translated into Russian, viii. 274.
Ranby, John, vii. 24.
Ranelagh, iii. 201, 201 n. ; vii. 19. Raleigh, Sir Walter, i. 267.
Rank, its importance in society, ii. 227. 233. 316. ; iii. 211, 211 n. 305.; v. 267.
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.
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.
"Respublicæ,' volumes entitled, vi. 174. Resurrection, ii. 126.; viii. 69. 207. Retired tradesmen, v. 278.
Richardson, Jonathan, son of the painter, i. 141.
Richardson, Mr., attorney, i. 254. Riches, ii, 225.; iii. 199.; iv. 116. Riddoch, Rev. Mr., iv. 87, 88. 91. 96.
Retirement from the world, iv. 58.; Ridicule, vii. 251. 364.; ix. 258.
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 Johnson's with Johnson, ii. 146. 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 Taste,' viii. 115. Her
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.
Riots of 1780, vii. 326. 330. 338.
Ritter, Joseph, iii. 109.; iv. 47 n.; vi. 31 n.
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.
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.
Richardson, Samuel, i. 162. 243 n. ; ii. | 109. 111, 112. 177.
Romance, ix. 71.
Romances, i. 45.; vii. 363. Romans, ii. 66.
Rome, the fountain of elegance, vii. 188.
Romney, Mr., painter, vi. 164. Rose, Dr., of Chiswick, viii, 156. Rose, Rev. Charles, ii. 287.
Rose, Mrs., her anecdotes of Johnson, ix. 252.
Roscommon, Johnson's Life of, i. 220. Roslin Castle, v. 155.
Ross, Rev. Dr. John, Bishop of Exeter, viii. 270.
Sailor, English, v. 153.; vii. 102. St. Andrew's, iv. 48.
St. Asaph, Bishop of. See Shipley, v 201.; viii. 241.
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. Salisbury, Bishop of. See Douglas, x.
Salisbury, Mrs., mother of Mrs. 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.
Rowley, Thomas, vi. 171.
Royal Academy, iii. 65.
Royal Family, iv. 302.; 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. 236.; viii. 274.
Russell, Lord, iii. 248.; vii. 114.
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.
Sarpi, Father Paul, his History of the Council of Trent,' i. 117. 147. 153.
Sastres, Mr., vi. 139. Johnson's let- ters to, x. 277.
Satire, general, ix. 44.
Savage, Richard, Life of, i. 138, 139 n. 179. 18t 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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