earnestly inculcated what appeared to him to be the truth; his piety being constant, and the ruling principle of all his conduct. Such was SAMUEL JOHNSON, a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues were so extraordinary, that the more his character is considered, the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence. INDEX ABINGDON, Lord, bon mot of, II. 310 n. Absentees from their estates, how far justi- Adams, Rev. Dr., I. 27, 35, 38, 73: 14. Addison, Johnson's opinion of, I. 133; 263,- his style compared with Johnson's, I. his early friendship with Charles his "Pleasures of the Imagination," Akerman, Mr., Keeper of Newgate, Alfred, I. 103 his will, II. 409 Allen, Mr., printer, II. 194, 562, 583 America and Americans, I. 512-513, 526-—— Amyat, Dr., his anecdote of Dr. Johnson, I. 233 Arbuthnot, I. 263. Articles, Thirty-nine, I. 376, 411-412 BACON, Viscount St. Albans, II. 141 Johnson's letters to, 1. 64; II. 560 his voyages, I. 409 Barber, Mr. Francis, Johnson's negro Johnson's letters to, I. 352, 384, 385 Baretti, Joseph, his trial, I. 370-371- Johnson's letters to, I. 223, 229, 235 Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, I. 85, 86 n., 92 his letter to Johnson on his Diction- Bishops, II. 368-369 Blacklock's poetry, I. 289, Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his sermons, II. Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of "The Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, I. 83 Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, I. 79 Boswell, James, his introduction to John- Johnson's letters to, I. 293, 312, 323, his account of Corsica, 1. 342 Brocklesby, Dr., II. 439, 475 seq. 131 his style, how far imitated by John- 619 Buchanan, I. 285; II. 445 471 Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, his Life of Rochester, II. 140 Johnson's letters to, I. 173, 196, 199; his anecdotes of Johnson, I. 200, 589, Burney, Miss, and her works, II. 470-471, Chesterfield, Lord, I. 107, 153-155, 157- 157 Johnson's severe letter to, I. 155- his letters, I. 159 and ., 536; II. 36 Cibber, Colley, 1. 249, 368, 542; II. 134, 485 Clarendon, Edward, Earl of, his style, Clergy, the, I. 425, 426; II. 218, 369 485 Cock-lane Ghost, I. 252; II. 192 Conversation, I. 616; II. 38, 392, 432- Johnson's, Mrs. Thrale's simile of, Cook, Captain, II. 9 Corn-laws of Ireland, I. 396 Country life, II. 183, 217, 252, 551 Cowley, Johnson's Life of, considered by Crabbe, Rev. Mr., his "Village," II. 438 Curates, question of raising their salaries DAVIES, Mr. Thomas, I. 241-243, 301, 352- Death, I. 377-378; II. 212, 425, 512 Johnson's fear of, I. 368, 377-378, 516; Desmoulins, Mrs. Johnson's generosity to, Dr. Hurd's sermon upon, II. 520-521 Dodd, Rev. Dr., II. 87, 88-89, 94, 114, Johnson's efforts on his behalf, and Dodsley, Robert, I. 106, 107, 116, 118 ., Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, I. Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters Drunkenness. See Wine Dryden, compared with Pope, I. 313, 365 433, 522 France and the French, Johnson's opinion Frederick the Great, Johnson's criticism Frenchman, difference between an English- story of his ghost, II. 249 any of the Northern dialects, I. 296 GAMING, I. 427; II. 18 Garrick, David, Johnson's opinion of him, anecdotes of, 52, 54 n., 84, 97, 146, George II., I. 544 Ghosts, I. 251-252, 429, 433; II., 167, 213, Gibbon, Edward, Esq., I. 547, 559; II. Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, character of, I. 253, - anecdotes of, I. 126, 256-258, 260, 262, Johnson's opinion of him and his his bon mots on Johnson, I. 354, 466 Guardians to children, instructions relative Habeas Corpus, I. 358 Habits, early, not conquerable without un- Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple, Bart.), his "Annals of Scotland," II. 39 Happiness, I. 113, 211, 315, 441, 549; II.~ -in a future state, II. 207, 208, 210 361 Johnson's letters to, II. 363, 364, 365 119 remarks on his life of Johnson, I. 6, contradicted and corrected, I. 70 m., a great deal in it that the world did Hector, Mr. Edmund, I. 19, 20, 24 n., 47, Hell, paved with good intentions, I. 555 Hervey, Hon. Thomas, I. 334 History and historians, I. 268, 361, 440, Homer, I. 395 crítiques on, II. 141, 236, 237, 338 translated, II. 253, 466 Hospitality, II. 328, 469 promiscuous, does not procure lasting in London, I. 460 Hume, David, his style french, I. 272 removes to Birmingham, I. 42 endeavours to get the degree of A. M. his distressed circumstances, I. 94-95 his extreme grief for her loss, I. 139, composes her funeral sermon, I. 143 obtains his degree of A. M. from that his letters on that occurrence, I. 167 the diploma, I. 169-170 declines taking holy orders, I. 194 obtains a pension, I. 231 seq. created LL.D. by Trinity College, his interview with the King, 334-338 I. visits the Hebrides, I. 491 visits Wales, I. 502 seq. created D.C.L. by Oxford University, I. Johnson, Dr. Samuel. his account of it, I. 574-586 his visit to Staffordshire and Derby- his visit to Lichfield, II. 578 progress of his dissolution, II. 584 seg. his burning his MSS., II. 601 II. 448 humanity, II. 540 kindness to animals, II. 451-452 liberality, II. 163 love of little children, II. 451 Johnson, Sarah (Dr. Johnson's mother), I. letters to, I. 206 seq. death, I. 206, 208 Jorden, Mr. Johnson's tutor), I. 28, 29 KEMBLE, J. P., Esq., II. 485 Kings, their situations, I, 262, 263, 273 Knowles, Mrs., II. 205-207, 211-214 LANGTON, Bennet, Esq., I. 145, 146, 147; -Johnson's letters to, 1. 175, 197, 204, 322 Language, origin of, II. 459 Lauder, William, his forgery against Law, Johnson's intention of studying, I. his opinion as to the study and practice Lawyers, great, often distinguished for |