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 я. Absentees from their estates, how far justi- Academy, Royal, instituted, I. 354 Actors, I. 97, 468-469, 586; II. 134-135 11: Adams, Rev. Dr., I. 27, 35, 38, 73, 74, his style compared with Johnson's, I. Annihilation, II. 212-213 Arbuthnot, I. 263. Articles, Thirty-nine, I. 376, 411-412 Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, I. 288 BACON, Viscount St. Albans, II. 141 Johnson's letters to, 1. 64; II. 560 his voyages, I. 409 Johnson's letters to, I. 352, 384, 385 Baretti, Joseph, his trial, 1. 370-371 Johnson's letters to, I. 223, 229, 235 Bathurst, Dr. Richard, I. 107, 111, 138, 143, 149, 151 Baxter, Richard, his works, II. 472 Beattie, Dr., I. 404, 405, 409; II. 446 his death, II. 302 his library sold, II. 388-389 Bedlam, Johnson's visits to, I. 564-565 "Beggars' Opera," I. 559-560; II. 229, Bentley, Dr., verses by, II. 332 Bibliotheca Harleiana, 1. 87-88, 102 Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, I. 85, 86 n., 92 his letter to Johnson on his Diction- Bishops, II. 368-369_ Blacklock's poetry, I. 289 619 Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his sermons, I 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 Johnson's letters to, II. 60, 96, 426 ; Brocklesby, Dr., II. 439, 475 seq. Buchanan, I. 285; II. 445 471 Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, " Essay on the Sublime," etc., I. 367 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, Cock-lane Ghost, I. 252; II. 192 Conversation, I. 616; II. 38, 392, 432- 4333ohnson's, Mrs. Thrale's simile of, Corn-laws of Ireland, I. 396 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 m., Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, I. Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters Drunkenness. See Wine Dryden, compared with Pope, I. 313, 365 Duelling, I. 430, 463; II. 463-464 433, 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 anecdotes of, 52, 54 m., 84, 97, 146, 381 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 Guthrie, William, Esq., I. 64, 345 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 Johnson's letters to, II. 363, 364, 365 119 remarks on his life of Johnson, I. 6, contradicted and corrected, I. 70 n., 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, 1. 395 crítiques on, II. 141, 236, 237, 338 Hospitality, II. 328, 469 promiscuous, does not procure lasting in London, I. 460 Infidelity and infidels, I. 362, 554, 615; II. 37 conjugal, II. 288 Inquisition, I. 289 Intoxication, I. 611 Intuition and sagacity, II. 548 Ireland and the Irish, I. 195, 483-484, 522; "Irene," Johnson's tragedy of, I. 27, 57- acted, 114-115 JACOBITE, Johnson's ingenious defence of Jacobitism, Johnson's, I. 266-267 James, Dr. Robert, his "Medicinal Dic- Jenyns, Soame, his "Origin of Evil," I. school, I. 41 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 his interview with the King, 334-338 visits the Hebrides, I. 491 visits Wales, I. 502 seq. I. 537. Johnson, Dr. Samuel. his account of it, I. 574-586 his visit to Staffordshire and Derby- his visit to Lichfield, II. 578 his burning his MSS., II. 601 II. 448 See Death general description, II. 614 seq. 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. |