Hawkesworth, Dr., Johnson's contri- butions to his' Adventurer,' i. 300, An imitator of the style of Johnson, i. 300.; iii. 253. His Collection of Voyages,' iii. 289.; vi. 122. objections against a particular Pro- vidence, v. 6 n. Falls a sacrifice to newspaper abuse, v. 6 n. Hawkins, Mr., Johnson's instructor in Latin, i. 39.
98. 180 n. 182. 321.; vi. 87. 91, 92, 93.; viii. 118. 381 n. Johnson's let- ters to, viii. 130, 131. 384. Hector, George, i. 316. Heely, Mr. and Mrs., iii. 15 n.; viii. 376. Johnson's letter to, viii. 376. Heirs, vi. 37 n. 45. 59. 221. 'Héloise,' Rousseau's, ii. 314 n. 'Hell paved with good intentions,' v. 305 n.
Hawkins, Rev. William, his Siege of Henault, Charles, v. 334. Aleppo,' vii. 94 n.
Hawkins, Sir John, his miscellaneous
anecdotes of Johnson, ix. 128. His journal of the last fortnight of Johnson's life, ix. 152.
Hawkins, Miss (daughter of Sir John), viii. 250 n. Her description of Mrs. Williams, i. 276 n. Her de- scription of Bennet Langton, i. 294 n. Her description of Garrick's person and mode of living, vii. 99 n. anecdotes of Johnson, x. 56. Hawthornden, iv. 198.; v. 155. Hay, Lord Charles, some account of, vi. 124 n.; vii. 370.
Hay's translation of Martial,' v. 113. Hayes, Rev. Mr., vi. 326.
Hayman, Mr., painter, ii. 10 n. Health, iii. 159.
Health, Johnson's rules for travellers
in quest of, viii. 138.
Healths, drinking of, vii. 291.
Henderson, John, actor, viii. 237.239. His imitations of Johnson, v. 265. Henderson, Mr. John, student of Pembroke College, viii. 287 n. Some account of, viii. 301 n. 302. Henry II.,' Lyttelton's History of, iii. 23.
Henry VIII.' vii. 292. Shakspeare's play of, viii. 237. Harlowe's pic-
ture of the trial scene in, viii. 238 n. Henry, Dr. Robert, his 'History of Great Britain,' vii. 189.
Herbert, George, his Jacula Pru- dentum' quoted, v. 305 n. Hereditary insanity, an important chapter in the history of the human mind still to be written, i. 29 n. Hereditary right, vi. 296, 297. Heritable jurisdictions, iv. 194.
Hermippus Redivivus,' Campbell's, ii. 195.; vi. 54.
Hermit, life of, iv. 59.
'Heard,' Johnson's mode of pro- Hermit, Parnell's, vii. 46. 119.
nouncing, vii. 16.; x. I27.
Heaven, happiness of, vii. 136. 'He-bear and She-bear,' viii. 90. Heber, Rev. Reginald, on Evil Spirits, viii, 293 n.
Heberden, Dr., vii. 273.; viii. 224. 357, 358.; x. 64. Johnson's letter to, x. 281.
Hebrides, Johnson's wish to visit, ii. 235. 251.; iii. 41. 161. 174. 235. 275. 308. Johnson's Tour to, iv. 1. Johnson's published Account of his Journey,' v. 186. 189. 223. 233. ; vi. 230.; vii. 179 n.
Hector, Edmund, Johnson's school- fellow, i. 32. 42, 43, 44. 88, 89, 90.
'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Cham- bers,' vii. 110 n.; 165 n.; viii. 91. 317 n.
Heroic virtues, ix. 34.
Hervey, Rev. James, his Medita- tions,' v. 92.
Hervey, Hon. Henry, i. 115. Hervey, Hon. Thomas, some account of, iii. 17 n. 77 n.; v. 283. Hesiod, vii. 290.
Hickes, Rev. Dr., v. 100 n. ; viii. 288. Hickman, George, Johnson's letter to, i. 86 n. Hickman, Miss, i. 97 n. Hicky, Mr., painter, v. 282. Hierarchy, English, vi. 274.
Hierarchy, Johnson's reverence for, viii. 48.
'High Life below Stairs,' Garrick's
Highland chief, iv. 161 n. 167 n. 251. Highlanders, iii. 184.
Highwaymen, the question of shoot- ing them discussed, vii. 70. Hill, Sir John, Johnson's character of, iii. 24 n.
185. 380.; ix. 208. ; x. 53. Johnson's veneration for, iii. 144.; vii. 185. 189. Johnson's seal, a head of, iii. 144 n. Johnson's early translations from, i. 50. Antiquity of, vii. 185. Pope's translation of, vii. 91. 188. Ma- dame Dacier's translation of, vii. 189 n. Macpherson's translation of, vii. 189 n. Cowper's translation of, vii. 189 n.
Hill, Aaron, his account of Irene,' Homer and Virgil, comparative ex-
Hinchcliffe, Dr. John, vii. 317. 'Historia Studiorum,' Johnson's, vii. 173.
Historian, requisites for an, fi. 207. Historians, iv. 234.; vii. 286.
cellence of, vii. 188. 'Homo caudatus,' v. 334.
Honesty, noble instance of, iv. 110 n. Honey-suckle wives, iii. 60.
Hook, Abbé, his translation of Ber- wick's' Memoirs,' vii. 128.
Historians, how characters should be Hooke, Nathaniel, wrote the Duchess
drawn by, vii. 286. Historical Fact, ix. 28.
History, little really authentic, ii. 207. iii. 80 n.; v. 312. An old alma- nack,' v. 313. Unsupported by con- temporary evidence, a romance, v. 156.
History of manners, the most valu- able, iv. 78.
History of the Council of Trent,' Johnson's projected translation of, i. 117. 147.
Hobbes, Thomas, on the State of the
Mind in Old Age, vii. 88 n. Hogarth, his first interview with Johnson, i. 162. Johnson's lines on the death of, 164 n. His character of Johnson, i. 164 n. Holdbrook, Mr., Johnson's early in- structor, i. 40.
Holidays, or Fast Days, vi. 90. Hollis, Thomas, i. 47. ; viii. 75. Holyday's Juvenal, Johnson's high opinion of, ix. 317. Holyrood House, iv. 35. ; v. 106. Holywell, v. 202.
Home, John, ii. 343.; iv. 214.; v. 136. 300.; vi. 167 n. 202 n. 303 n, His tragedy of Douglas,' v. 106 n. 257x 258 n.
Homer, iv. 77, 78 n. 178.; vii. 12. 91.
of Marlborough's 'Apology,' iv. 192. Hoole, John, ii. 154.; viii. 177. 246, 247. 264. Johnson's letter to War- ren Hastings in behalf of, viii. 43. Johnson's dedication of his Tasso to the queen, ii. 154. His tragedy of 'Cleonice,' v. 221. Some account of, v. 221 n. Johnson's letters to, v. 221.; viii. 363, 364. His diary of Johnson's last illness, ix. 178. Hope, ii. 137.; ix. 69.; x. 245. Hope, Dr., botanical professor at Edinburgh, v. 158.; viii. 259. Hopeton, John, Earl of, viii. 11. Horace, i. 259. ; v. 306.; vi. 195, 196 n. 339.; vii. 55. 83. 171. 175. 219. 244. ; viii. 92 n. 209. 277. Johnson's early translation from, i. 48, 49. Francis's translation of, vii. 219. Dr. Dou- glas's collection of editions of, viii. 277 n.
Horace's villa, vii. 83. Horne, Dr. George, Bishop of Nor-
wich, v. 188. 194.; vi. 75. 237. His character of Johnson, viii. 427.; ix. 330.
Horne, Rev. John. See Tooke. Horrebow's History of Iceland, vii. 119.
Horses, old, what should be done with, viii. 244, 245.
Horseley, Dr. Samuel, ii. 241 n.; viii.
Horseley, William, iii. 19.
Hospitality, iii. 199. 262.; vii. 184. ; viii. 216.; x. 146. As formerly prac tised towards the poor, decline of, vii. 365. To strangers and foreign- ers, decline of, vii. 365. Hospitals, administration of, vi. 175. House of Commons, vii. 63, 64.; viii. 159. Influence of Peers in, iv. 52. Power of expulsion by, vii. 292. Originally a check for the Crown on the House of Lords, vii. 292. Best mode of speaking at the bar of, vii. 52. Its power over the national purse, viii. 159. Lord Bolingbroke's description of, vii. 64. Coarse in-
vectives used in, viii. 300. House of Peers, iv. 104. Housebreakers, viii. 107.
How, Mr. Richard, of Aspley, viii. 172 n.
Howard, Mr., of Lichfield, ii. 101. Howard, John, the philanthropist, iv. 77.; v. 167.
Howard, Hon. Edward, iii. 117 n. Howard, Sir George, v. 323. Howell's Letters,' v. 289 n. Huddersford, Dr., Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, ii. 30 n. 78.
'Hudibras,' iv. 242.; v. 317.; v. 157. Huet, Bishop of Avranches, vi. 315 Huggins, William, translator of Ari- osto, ii. 152.; vii. 335.
Hughes, John, poet, ii. 17.; vii. 163. ; viii. 5.
Hulks, punishment of the, vii. 104. Human benevolence, vi. 168. Humanity, Johnson's, viii. 323.
Human life, viii. 331.; ix. 34. 53. 71. 120.
131.; viii.183. 289. ; ix. 37. 137. 149. ; x. 149. An echo of Voltaire, iii. 43. His political principles, viii. 183. His scepticism, vi. 253. 292, 293.; viii. 289. His Life,' vi. 253. Humour, ix. 151.
Humour, good and bad, vii. 191.; viii. 109
'Humours of Ballamagairy,' iii. 257 n. Humphry, Ozias, R. A., Johnson's let-
ters to, viii. 264, 265. His inter- view with Johnson in 1764, ix. 257. Some account of, v. 264 n. Hunter, Mr., Johnson's early tutor, tutor, i. 40, 41.
Hunter, Miss, viii. 173.
Hunting, iv. 279.; ix. 75,; x. 130. 136. Hurd, Dr. Richard, i. 87.; vi. 339.; vii. 55.; viii. 16 n. ; ix. 179. 292. His 'Select Works of Cowley,' vi. 148. Johnson's character of, viii. 179. His sermon on Evil Spirits, viii. 292 n.
'Hurlo Thrumbo,' the eccentric au- thor of, v. 23 n.
Husbands, vii. 288, 289 n. Husband, John, i. 61.
Hussey, Rev. Dr. Thomas, tutelar Bishop of Waterford, viii. 412 n. Hussey, Rev. John, Johnson's let- ter to, vii. 235,
Hutchinson, William, a drover, noble instance of honesty in, iv. 110 n. Hutchinson, John, his Moral Philo- sophy,' vi. 174.
Hutchinson, Mrs., i. 381,
Hutton, William, his History of Derby,' vi. 306 n.
Hutton, Mr., the Moravian, viii. 412.
Hyde, Henry, Lord, vi. 49 n.
Human life, miseries and happiness Hyperbole, Johnson's dislike to, ix.
Human will, liberty of, viii. 331. Human bones, Johnson's horror at the sight of, iv., 184. Hume, David, i. 231.; ii. 223. 310.; iii. 72 n. 113.; iv. 20, 21. 304.; v.
Hyperbolical praise, ix. 119.
Hypocaust, a Roman one described, v. 199 n.
Hypochondria, vii. 11. 301. Termed by Cheyne the English malady,'
Iceland, curious chapter out of the 'Natural History' of, vii. 120.
Icolmkill, v. 73. 77.
Incommunicative taciturnity, ix. 12. India, government of, viii. 208. India, practice of going to in quest of wealth, vii. 282.
Indians, why not weak or deformed, viii. 204.
Indigestion, Johnson's remedy for, v. 269 n.
Inequality, iii. 258.
Infidel writers, iv. 303.; vi. 72.; viii
Infidelity, ii. 310. 317.; iii. 82. 97. ; iv. 212.; v. 304..; vi. 72. 178. 292.
Idleness, ii. 88. 213. 254.; iii. 102.; Infidelity, conjugal, vi. 143, 143 n.;
'Idler,' Johnson's, ii. 85. 88. 101. Character of Sober in, intended as Johnson's portrait, ix. 15. Ignorance, iii. 92.; ix. 79. Singular instance of, iv. 126. Guilt of con- tinuing in voluntary, iii. 11. Among men of eminence, instances of, iii.
Ilam, Johnson's visit to, vii. 4, 5 n. 'Ilk,' sense of the word, vii. 180 n. Imagination, ix. 218.
Imlac, in 'Rasselas,' vii. 378. Immortality, v. 305.; vii. 6, 6 n. mpartiality, vi. 61.
Impressions, folly of trusting to, viii. 102. Should be described while fresh on the mind, ii. 294. Improvement, viii. 133.; ix. 133. Improvisation, ix. 58.
Improvisatore, Italian, vi. 53 n. Impudence, difference
Scotch and Irish, v. 241.
Ince, Richard, author of papers in the 'Spectator,' vi. 151.
Inch Kenneth, v. 41. 61, 61 n. John- son's Latin Ode on the Island of,
Infidels, keeping company with, viii.
Influence of age, ix. 212.
Influence of the crown, iii. 131. viii.
Influence of fortune, ix. 213. Ingenuity, superfluous, ix. 85. Ingratitude, vi. 116.
Inheritance, consequences of antici- pating, viii. 133. Initials, ix. 121.
Innes, Mr. William, ix. 156. Innes, Rev. Mr., ii. 126.
Inns, comforts of, vi. 81.; ix. 204. Shen- stone's lines on, vi. 81 n. Inoculation, viii. 96.
Innovation, rage for, viii. 179. Inquisition, ii. 255.
Insanity, i. 29 n. 62. 64. 170.; iv. 227.; vi. 319.; vii. 378.
Insanity, hereditary, an important chapter in the history of the human mind still to be written, i. 29 n. Insects, iii. 289.
Insensibility of a fishmonger, vii. 264.
Insults, iii. 216, 217.
Intentions, ii. 314.
'Incidit in Scyllam,' &c., whence ta- Intentions, good, viii. 365.
Intuition and sagacity, distinction be- Jackson, Richard, commonly called
tween, viii. 337, 337 n.
Invasion, ridiculous fears of, ix. 30. Ivectives, viii. 300.
Inverary,
Inverness, v. 87.
'Inverted understanding,' vii 251. Invitations, vi. 309.
Invocation of saints, iii. 299.; vii. 290.
Inward light, iii. 141.
Ireland, iii. 135. 145. 148. 298.; iv. 36. Injured by the union with Eng- land, vii. 295. Hospitality to strangers in, vii. 365. Its ancient state less known than that of any other country, ii. 77. Johnson's wish to see its literature cultivated, ii. 77. Necessity of poor laws in, iii. 145. Ireland, William Henry, his forgery of the Shakspeare papers, viii. 124. Irene,' Johnson's tragedy of, i. 109. 116. 118. 122. 173. 227.; vii. 353.; ix. 124. ; x. 80.
Irish, the, a fair people, v. 241. Mix better with the English than the Scotch do, iii. 286. Johnson's compassion for the distresses of, iii. 135. 298.
Irish clergy, iii. 148. Johnson's kind- ness for, vii. 295.
omniscient,' vi. 136, 136 n. 273. Jacobites, ii. 214. 216.; v. 260. Jacobitism, Johnson's ingenious de- fence of, ii. 214. 216.
James I., his Dæmonology,' vii. 256.
James II., iv. 205, 205 n.; v. 283. 297.
James, Dr., i. 83. 180 n. 183. ; iii. 198 n.; vi. 118. 140, 140 n. 'Jane Shore,' ix. 72. Janes, Mr., iv. 161. 175. Japix, Gisbert, his 'Rymelerie,' ii.
Jenkinson, Right Hon. Charles, after- wards Earl of Liverpool, v. 280.; x. 127. Johnson's letter to, on be- half of Dr. Dodd, vi. 280, 280 n. Jennens, Mr., his edition of ' Hamlet,' iii. 246.
Jenyns, Soame, ii. 69.; vi. 168.; vii. 181.; ix. 27. His 'Origin of Evil,' ii. 69. His epitaph on Johnson, ii. 70 n. Epitaph prepared for him by Boswell, ii. 71 n. Application of a passage in Horace to, vii. 120. His 'Evidence of the Christian Reli- gion,' viii. 131.
Jephson, Robert, x. 114.
Irish gentlemen, good scholars among Jesting, ix. 45.
them, iii. 147.
Irish accent, iii. 189.
Irish impudence, v. 241 n.
Irish language, vi. 243.; vii. 65.
Irish and Welsh languages, affinity between, ii. 77.
Jesuits, destruction of the order of, vi. 20 n.
Jodrell, Richard Paul, viii. 270. Johnson, Michael, father of Samuel, i. 29. 311. 313.; v. 260 n.; x. 180.
Irish and Erse languages, compared, Johnson, Mrs., mother of Samuel, i.
Irish papists, iii. 153. 298.
'Irreparable,' or 'irrepàirable?' vi.
Isle of Muck, iv. 243.
Ivy Lane Club, i. 218.
32. 37. 313.; ii. 96.; x. 180. Johnson, Nathaniel, brother of Sa- muel, i. 29. 94. 95 n. 312.
Johnson, Mrs., wife of Samuel, i. 100. 106. 221. 244. 278-287. JOHNSON, SAMUEL-
Leading Events of his Life.
Jackson, Henry, Johnson's school- fellow, vi. 95, 95 n. 266.
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