Facility of composition, Johnson's ex- traordinary, viii. 1. Faction, viii. 190. Factiousness, viii. 83 n.
Facts, mischief of mingling them with 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.
of, ii. 221 n. 241 n. ; iii. 113.; viii. 195 n. 291 n.
Ferns, the deanery of, viii. 46. 'Festivals and Fasts,' Nelson's, vi. 90. Feudal system, iii. 212. 236. ; vii. 302. 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.
Fielding, Sir John, vii. 326. Fife, barrenness of, iv. 67 n.
'False Delicacy,' Hugh Kelly's play Fighting-cock, v. 274.
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.
Farnborough, Lord, vii. 161 n. Farquhar, George, his writings, vii.
'Fashionable Lover,' Cumberland's play of the, iv. 193.
Filmer on Government, ix. 145. 'Fingal,' the poem of, iv. 94. 178. 262. 327.; v. 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.
Father's Revenge,' the Earl of Car- Fitzroy, Lord Charles, vi. 102.
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.
Flatman, Thomas, his poems, vi. 148. Flattery, iii. 277.; iv. 55.; v. 202 n.
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.
Fenelon's Telemachus,' v. 43.
mended by Johnson, ix. 180.
Fleming, Sir Michael le, ii. 249 n.
Fenton, Elijah, his share in the trans-
Flint, Bet, viii. 80 n. 81.
lation of the Odyssey, vii. S24.
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. Ferns, Dr. Thomas Elrington, bishop
quest to Dublin University, ii. 77. His opinion of Johnson as an ora tor, iii. 157. His epitaph on John. son, viii. 423. Floyd, Thomas, ii. 244 n.
Floyer, Sir John, on Cold Baths,' | Foulis, Sir James, some account of,
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 n. 101. 113. 181 n. 182. 225 n. ; iv. 27 n. 73 n.; v. 142. 232, 233.; vi. 23 n. 61 n. 191, 192 n. 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 n. Foreigners, vii. 362. Fores, iv. 120.
Form of prayer, arguments for, v. 110.
Fornication, iv. 219.; vi. 134.
Forrester, Colonel, vi. 138.
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- monax" 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 manners and customs, iv. 109.; vi. 22, 23.; vii. 215. 362.
French Academy send Johnson their Dictionary, ii. 51.
French language, vi. 24.
French writers superficial, and why, ii. 241.
French, credulity of the, v. 66.
French literature, iv. 247.; v. 42. ; viii. 231.; ix. 103.
Forster, Mrs. Elizabeth, Milton's Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire,
grandaughter, i, 267. 271.
Johnson's visit to, vi. 6. 27.
Foster, Dr. James, some account of, Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, iii. vii. 357 n.
Foster, Thomas, surgeon, iii. 56. Fothergill, Dr. John, vi. 99 n. Fothergill, Rev. Dr. Thomas, John-
son's letter to, v. 272. Lord North's letter to, v. 270.
Friends and Friendship, i. 182. 248.; ii. 52. 81. 305.; iii. 95. 192. 218.; iv. 90.; v. 306. 185.; vii. 132, 132 n. 261.; viii. 93. 279.; ix. 54. 121. 138. 203.; x. 90. 270.
"Friendship', an Ode, by Johnson,
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.
Gaelic language, iii. 184, 184 n.; viii. 247, 247 n.
Gaiety, vi. 235.; ix. 41.
Gaubius, Professor, his distinction be- 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. Generosity, v. 153. ; ix. 218. 298. Genius, iv. 92.; vii. 246. 333. Gentility, ix. 54.
Galatians, Durham on the, iv. 132, Gentleman, Francis, ii. 155, 155 n.
Gaming, iii. 209.; vi. 140, 140 n.
Canganelli's Letters,' not authentic, vii. 129, 129 n.
'Garagantua,' Johnson compared to, vii. 90.
Gardener, Mr., bookseller, v. 288. Gardening, iii. 78.; ix. 95. Gardenston, Lord, iv. 74, 74 n. Gardiner, Mrs., i. 289.; viii. 241. Garrick, David, i. 83. 104. 106. 109. 112. 165. 192, 193. 209. 223. 227. 230. 234 n. 253, 253 n. 296. 299.; ii. 15. 53. 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 n. 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 n. 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,' v. 32.
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 95. 103. 123. 165. 171.; vii. 174. Gentlemen, ix. 54.
'Gentle Shepherd,' Allan Ramsay's, iii. 259. ; v. 120 n.
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 n. 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, i. 141. 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 n. 372, 372 n.
George IV. See Prince of Wales. Georgics,' viii. 213. Gerard, Dr., iv. 92. 136. German courts, iv. 304. Gesticulation, viii. 324.; ix. 173.
Ghosts, ii. 106. 180. 313.; iii. 175. 194.
213. 220, 220 n.; vii. 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. 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.
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.
Glow-worm, iii. 46. 275.
Gluttony, ii 258.; ix. 120.
Goldsmith, Oliver, ii. 188. 190, 190 n.
192. 194. 199, 199 n. 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 n. 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 n. 369. 374. 376.; viii. 84. 91. 96. 163. 172, 173.; ix. 64. 148. 205. 230. 237. Beats Evans, the bookseller,
'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.
Graham, Miss, afterwards Lady Dash-, Grenville, Right Hon. George, iii.
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 n. Granger, Rev. James, his Biogra- phical History,' iv. 282, 282 n.; vi. 217. Johnson's letter to, vi. 32. Grant, Sir Archibald, vi. 231.
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.
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 'Spiritual Quixote,' x. 244 n. Graves, Mr. Morgan, i. 99 n. Gray's poetry, iv. 172, 172 n. ; v. 19. 265, 266. 275, 275 m. ; vi. 149. 157. ; x. 140. 163. His Odes, v. 275, 275 n.; vii. 361. His 'Letters,' v. 325. 'Gray's Inn Journal,' ii. 121.
Griffiths, Mr., of Kefnamwycllh, v.
Grimston, Viscount, his Love in a hollow Tree,' viii. 55, 55 n. Groot, Isaac de, descendant of Gro- tius, Johnson's kindness to, vi. 258, 258 n.
Grotius, ii. 241.; vi. 259, 259 n. Grotius, on the Christian Religion, re- commended by Johnson, ii. 171. Grotius de Satisfactione Christi,' iv. 90.
'Great,' how pronounced, iii. 191, Grotto, Pope's, vii. 357, 357 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 n.
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 n. 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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