'Ancient Ballads,' Dr. Percy's, ix. 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 n.
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 n. 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. 194. 213. 220, 220 n.; viii. 69. 71.; 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 n.
Arches, comparative strength of se 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.
'Poetics,' vi. 158, 158 n. Arithmetic, Johnson's resort to, when his fancy was disordered, ix. 27. Arkwright, Sir Richard, ix. 148. 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. 110. 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 n., 421 n. Ash, Dr. John, founder of the Eume- lian club, viii. 393 n. Ashbourne, vi. 825.; vii. 27. Ashburton, Lord. See Dunning.
Assize, maiden one, vii. 96. Association of ideas, vii. 136. Astle, Thomas, keeper of the records 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 n. 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.
Aston, Elizabeth, i. 85.; iii. 32. 126.; 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 n.
'As You Like It,' the clown's answer in, 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 n. 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.
Avarice, v. 48.; vi. 159. 198.; vii. 174.; ix. 54. 90,
Auchinleck estate, v. 126, 127 n.; vi.
Auchinleck, Lord, Boswell's father, v. 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.
Author, Virgil's description of the entrance into hell applied to, v.
Authority, parental, ix. 7. Authors, i. 304.; iii. 54. 276.; iv. 55. 305,306.; v. 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 condemned, i. 304.
Bâch y Graig, v. 200, 200 n. 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 n. Bad habits, viii. 173.
Bad management, vii. 168. Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, 302, 302 n. Johnson's letter to, viii. $55. Bagpipes, v. 47.
Baillie, Dr. Matthew, his recommend-
ation of card-playing, v. 157 n.
Baker, Sir Richard, his Chronicles,'
Baker, Sir George, viii. 359.
Baker, Mrs., iii. 16.
Balance of Misery, viii. 305.; x. 291, Balcarras, Earl of, vi. 208 n.
Ball without powder, vii, 355,
Ballantine, George, ii. 126.
Bailoons, viii. 359. 362.
Ballow, Thomas, vi. 139, 139 n.
19 n, 20. 60. Johnson's letter of in- structions to, on the formation of the king's library, iii. 60.
Baltic, Johnson's proposed voyage to, Barnes, Rev. Joshua, v. 124. ; vii. 366.
Bankes, Mr., of Dorsetshire, i. 161. Banks, Sir Joseph, iii. 168. 172, 172 n. 173.; v. 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.; v. 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 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, iì. 6. 28. 55, 55 n. 95.
128. 138. 150.; iii. 48. 59. 95. 98, 98 n., 99 n. 127. 241.; v. 222. 331.; vi. 24, 24 n. 79. 121. 135. 169, 169 n. 222.; vi. 303. 316. 379.; ix.158. Johnson's letters to, ii. 128. 138. 150. His trial for murder, iii. 98, 98 n. 99 n. His 'Travels,' iii. 48. 127. The first who received copy-money in Italy, vi. 303. His strictures on Mrs. Piozzi's marriage, vi. 169. His Anecdotes of Johnson, x. 35. Bark, Peruvian, viii. 296. Barker, Dr. Edmund, i. 219 ₪.; ii. Barnard, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Killaloe,
i. 110 n.; vi. 208, 208 n.; vii. 68, 68 n.; viii. 93, 93 m.; 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.
Barnwall, Nicholas, Lord Trimles-
Baron Hill, the seat of Lord Bulkeley, v. 108 n.
Barretier, John Philip, Johnson's Life of, i. 164. 167. Barrington, Hon. Daines, iii. 289. 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. Barry, Sir Edward, his notion that pulsation occasions death by at- trition, vi. 152.
Barry, Spranger, the actor, i. 227 n. Barry, James, the painter, viii. 192. 218, 218 n.; 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 n.
'Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes,' ix. 143.
'Baudi Epistolæ,' v. 203.
Baxter, Richard, iii. 296. ; iv. 90.; viii.
175. 219.; ix. 141. 321. Baxter, Richard, viii. 232.; ix. 141. 321. His 'Reasons of the Christian Religion' recommended by John- son, viii. 232.
Baxter, William, his Anacreon,' v. 124.; viii. 152. 260.
'Bayes,' character of, iii. 200, 200 n. Bayle, M., his Dictionary, ii. 208.; v. 12.
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.; v. 105. 328. ; vi. 205.; vii. 336.; viii. 79. 352. His letter to Boswell, fii. 173. Johnson's letter to, vii. 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.
Beauclerk, Lady Sydney, v. 23.
Beaumaris Castle, v. 208.
Behmen, Jacob, iii. 137, 137 n. Bell, John, of Antermony, his Tra- vels in Russia,' iii. 46, 46 n. Bell, John, of Hertfordshire, iii. 165. 238 n.
Bell, John, his edition of the ' British Poets,' vi. 241.
Bellamy, George Anne, actress, ii. 82.; viii. 239.
'Bellerophon' of Euripides, ii. 25. Belsham, Mr., hisEssay 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. Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' ix. 25. Bensley, Mr., actor, iii. 35.
Benson, Mr., auditor, his monument to Milton, i. 268.
Bentham, Dr., canon of Christchurch, vi. 75.
Bentley, Dr. Richard, iii. 54.; iv. 191. 307.; v. 50.; vi. 74.; vii. 870.; viii. 213. The only English verses writ- ten by him, vii. 370.
Berenger, Richard, iii. 38. ; vii. 100 n.; viii. 66, 67.
Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, viii. 283.
Beaumont, Sir George, i. 13 n.; vii. Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of
Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.
'Beauties of Johnson,' i. 250.; viii.
Beauty, iii. 197.; viii. 112. Beckenham, viii. 316.
Becket, Thomas, bookseller, v. 227. Beckford, Alderman, vii. 21.
Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, viii. 319.
Bedlam, v. 322.; viii. 199.
Cloyne, ii. 262.; iii. 148. His theory, vi. 307, 307 n.; vii. 374.
Berwick, Duke of, his Memoirs,' vii. 128.
Bethune, Rev. Mr., iv. 219.244. Betterton, Mr., actor, vi. 330. Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, ii. 254 n. Beverage, Johnson's favourite, vi. 162.
Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Ham- mond, the poet, viii. 36 n.
Beech, Thomas, his 'Eugenio,' iii. 284. Bewley, William, his extraordinary
Some account of, iii. 285 n. Beggars, ii 133. 145 n.; vii. 282. 379. 'Beggars' Opera,' v. 14. 313, 314, 314 n. 315.; vii, 18. 173.; viii. 71.
veneration for Johnson, viii. 117, 117 n.; ix. 273.
Bible, to be read with a commen- tary, vi. 181. Johnson's death-
'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.
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 152. 173. 214.; iv. 281. Johnson's Greek epi- 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 n.
His letter on a passage in Johnson's 'Journey,' iv. 313.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, iii. 117.; ıx 142. Johnson's Life of, vii. 237 viii. 25.
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 n. 186. 229.; vi. 171. 222. 239. His Sermons,' vi. 222. 232. 309. vii. 33. 197, 197 n.; viii. 75. His 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 of, 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. Blasphemy, literary property in, iv.
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 of the word, iii. 207.; vi. 87. Blue-stocking clubs, origin of, viii. 86.
Boarding schools, ix. 52.
Bocage, Madame du, vi. 3. 22, 22 n. Her Columbiade,' viii. 333. Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 154. Boece, Hector, the historian, viii. 260.
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