Facility of composition, Johnson's ex- Facts, mischief of mingling them with Fairfax's Tasso,' viii. 5. 'Fairy Queen,' Spenser's, vii. 355. of, ii. 221 n. 241 n. ; iii. 113.; viii. Ferns, the deanery of, viii. 46. Fiddle, difficulty of playing upon, iii. Fielding, Henry, i. 195 n.; viii. 255. 'Falkland Islands,' Johnson's pam- Fielding, his 'Amelia,' vi. 163.; ix. 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 residences, iv. 238. 240. Farmer, Rev. Dr., ii. 136. ; vii. 366. Johnson's letters to, iii. 123.; vii. 325. Farmers, vii. 217. Farnborough, Lord, vii. 161 n. Filmer on Government, ix. 145. Finnon haddock, iv. 113 n. Fitzherbert, William, esq. i. 85.; ii. Farquhar, George, his writings, vii. Fitzherbert, Mrs., i. 85.; vii. 380.; 355. 'Fashionable Lover,' Cumberland's play of the, iv. 193. 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. Fear, iii. 82.; ix. 101. Fees, lawyers', iv. 70. mance of, i. 45. Flatman, Thomas, his poems, vi. 148 311.; 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 Fencing, iv. 63. Fenelon's' Telemachus,' v. 43. Fenton, Elijah, his share in the translation of the Odyssey, vii. 324. mended by Johnson, ix. 180. Fleming, Sir Michael le, ii. 249 n. Flexman, Mr., viii. 327. Flint, Bet, viii. 80 n. 81. Flogging in schools, vi. 28.; ix. 131. Ferguson, James, the astronomer, iii. Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his be 103.; vii. 36. Ferguson, Sir Adam, iii. 202. Fergussone, Captain, iv. 205 n.; 288 n. 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 companion, 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 character 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. 199. His description 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. Form of prayer, arguments for, v. 110. Fornication, iv. 219.; vi. 134. Forster, George, his 'Voyage to the 'Fortune,' Derrick's poem of, quoted, i. 136. Fortune hunters, i. 136. Forster, Mrs. Elizabeth, Milton's grandaughter, i. 267. 271. Foster, Dr. James, some account of, 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. iv. 162 n. 261. 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 monar" 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. S62. 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. Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire, 283. Friends and Friendship, i. 182. 248. ; ii. 52. 81. 305.; iii. 95. 192. 218.; iv. 90.; v. 306. 185.; vii. 182, 132 n. 261.; viii. 93. 279.; ix. 54. 121. 138. 203.; x. 90. 270. 'Friendship', an Ode, by Johnson, Gaubius, Professor, his distinction be i. 182. 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 principles, ix. 4. General warrants, legality of, ii. 73. Gentility, ix. 54. Galatians, Durham on the, iv. 132, Gentleman, Francis, ii. 155, 155 n. 132.n. Galen, vii. 356. Gaming, iii. 209.; vi. 140, 140 n. ⚫ Canganelli's Letters,' not authentic, vii. 129, 129 n. Gentleman's Magazine, i. 95. 103. 123. 165. 171.; vii. 174. Gentlemen, ix. 54. 'Gentle Shepherd,' Allan Ramsay's, iii. 259.; v. 120 n. 'Garagantua,' Johnson compared to, George I., Johnson's character of, v. 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 mulberry-tree, vi. 106, 106 n. Gastrel, Mrs., vii. 31. 237. 241. 259. Gastrell, Bishop, his Christian Institutes,' v. 58. Gataker, Rev. Thomas, 'on Lots, and on the Christian Watch,' v. 32. 284. George II., his severity in the case of Dr. Cameron, i. 162, 163 n. Johnson'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 character, 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. Gesticulation, viii. 324.; ix. 173. 221. Ghosts, ii. 106. 180. 313.; iii. 175. 194. 213. 220, 220 m.; 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. His 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, Gilbert on Evidence,' v. 140. Gin-shops, iii. 257. Gisborne, Dr., v. 289 n. Glanville, William Evelyn, vii. 186 n. written by Dr. Hill, vii. 127. Glensheal, iv. 149, 149 n. for abusing him, lii. 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 Goodness, infinite, viii. 302. Gordon, Professor Thomas, iv. 86. 91 Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, Gordon, Sir Alexander, iv. 86. 91. viii. 125. 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. Johnson'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, Gout, iv. 220. '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 Grace, vii. 133, 133 n.; viii. 86. Graham, Miss, afterwards Lady Dash. wood, vii. 291. 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 confinement at St. Kilda, iv. 246, 246 n. Granger, Rev. James, his Biographical History,' iv. 282, 282 n.; vi. 217. Johnson's letter to, vi. 32. Grant, Sir Archibald, vi. 231. Grenville, Right Hon. George, iii. 152, 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. 'Grave,' Blair's, vi. 167. 130 n. Griffiths, Mr., of Kefnamwycllh, v. 211. Grimston, Viscount, his Love in a hollow Tree,' viii. 55, 55 n. Graves, Rev. Richard, vi. 83. His Groot, Isaac de, descendant of Gro 'Spiritual Quixote,' x. 244 n. Graves, Mr. Morgan, i. 99 n. Gray's poetry, iv. 172, 172 n.; v. 19. 265, 266. 275, 275 n.; vi. 149. 157.; x. 140. 163. His Odes, v. 275, 275 n.; vii. 361. His Letters,' v. 325. 'Gray's Inn Journal,' ii. 121. Great,' how pronounced, iii. 191, 191 n. Great, manners of the, vii. 216. 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 Shakspeare, 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. tius, Johnson's kindness to, vi. 258, 258 . Grotius, ii. 241.; vi. 259, 259 n. Grotius, on the Christian Religion, recommended by Johnson, ii. 171. Grotius de Satisfactione Christi,' iv. 90. Grotto, Pope's, vii. 357, 357 n. Grottos, vii. 357 n. ; ix. 74. Grove, Rev. Henry, author of the paper 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 Argyle, 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. |