'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.

41. 86.

'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.

Assertion, vii. 281.

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.

34. 323.

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.

43.

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.

·

B.

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,'

quoted, iv. v.

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.

vi. 269, 269 n.

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-

town, vii. 55, 55 n.

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.

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.; 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.

Behaviour, ix. 7.

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.

16 n.; ix. 261.

Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.

'Beauties of Johnson,' i. 250.; viii.

133. 135, 136.

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.

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.

45.

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.