ABINGDON, Lord, bon mot of, II. 310 я.
Abingdon, Mrs., I. 531, 533, 536
Abjuration oath of, I. 531

Absentees from their estates, how far justi-
fiable, II. 130, 131, 180

Academy, Royal, instituted, I. 354
Action in public speaking, I. 453

Actors, I. 97, 468-469, 586; II. 134-135
Adams, Miss, II. 517, 521-522

11:

Adams, Rev. Dr., I. 27, 35, 38, 73, 74,
103, 109, 114, 157-158, 172, 312-315;
517, 525, 580-581
Addison, Johnson's opinion of, I. 133; 263,
546; II. 32, 242

his style compared with Johnson's, I.

Annihilation, II. 212-213
Anthologia, II. 587

Arbuthnot, I. 263.

Articles, Thirty-nine, I. 376, 411-412

Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, I. 288
Astle, Rev. Mr., II. 534
"Athol Porridge," II. 372

BACON, Viscount St. Albans, II. 141
Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, I. 64

Johnson's letters to, 1. 64; II. 560
Banks, Sir Joseph, his epigram on his
goat, I. 406

his voyages, I. 409
Barber, Mr. Francis, Johnson's negro
servant, I. 139, 140, 141, 143, 214, 216,
313, 351, 565; II. 516, 599, 609

Johnson's letters to, I. 352, 384, 385
Baretti, Joseph, I. 183, 217, 223, 348, 354,
369; II. 15, 68

Baretti, Joseph, his trial, 1. 370-371

Johnson's letters to, I. 223, 229, 235
Barnard, Dr. Thomas (Lord Bishop of
Limerick), I. 522; II. 58, 394 n.
Barretier, Philip, Johnson's Life of, 1. 83, 85
Bateman, Edward, tutor of Christ Church,
his lectures, I. 37

Bathurst, Dr. Richard, I. 107, 111, 138,

143, 149, 151

Baxter, Richard, his works, II. 472
Bayle's Dictionary, I. 263

Beattie, Dr., I. 404, 405, 409; II. 446
letter from Johnson to, II. 308
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq., I. 146, 147; II.
202, 276, 303, 323, 369, 382, 384, 442, 45%
his violent altercation with Johnson,
II. 272-273,

his death, II. 302

his library sold, II. 388-389

Bedlam, Johnson's visits to, I. 564-565
Beggars, II. 284

"Beggars' Opera," I. 559-560; II. 229,
381-382

Bentley, Dr., verses by, II. 332
Berkeley, Bishop, I. 292, 397; II. 334
Betterton, I. 135

Bibliotheca Harleiana, 1. 87-88, 102
Biography, remarks on, I. 5-11, 617; II.
50-51, 115

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, I. 85, 86 n., 92
-Johnson's letters to, I. 93, 134, 172.

his letter to Johnson on his Diction-
ary, I. 172

Bishops, II. 368-369_

Blacklock's poetry, I. 289

Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his sermons, I
69, 74, 123, 242, 383

Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of "The
Grave," II. 33

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, I. 83
Blaney, Elizabeth, I. 13; II. 578
Blank verse, I. 265, 391; II. 186, 344
Blue-stocking Clubs, 11. 390

Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, I. 79
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Vis-
count, his works, 1. 159-160

Boswell, James, his introduction to John-
son, I. 242, 244-245

Johnson's letters to, I. 293, 312, 323
349, 356, 380, 403, 407, 446, 449, 489.
490, 491, 492, 494-501, 504-514, 524, 567-
570, 572, 590, 591, 594-602; II. 31, 61,
62, 66, 67, 74, 76, 78, 88, 90, 94, 97, 98,
101, 152, 155, 156, 258, 262, 265, 277,
280, 282, 285, 294, 296, 299, 309, 316,
365, 411, 420, 422, 424, 425, 427, 430,
476, 489, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 583
his account of Corsica, I. 342
Boswell, Mrs. See Letters to Boswell

Johnson's letters to, II. 60, 96, 426 ;
her answer, 428

Brocklesby, Dr., II. 439, 475 seq.
Browne, Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, I.

Buchanan, I. 285; II. 445
Bunyan, his "Pilgrim's Progress," I. 470-

471

Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of,
and remarks on, etc., I. 44, 212, 320,
396, 619; II. 268, 269, 334, 510, 513, 538,
603

" Essay on the Sublime," etc., I. 367
his letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol
censured by Johnson, II. 136
Burnet's "History of his own Times," I.
454

his Life of Rochester, II. 140
Burney, Dr., II. 261, 262

Johnson's letters to, I. 173, 196, 199;
II. 568

his anecdotes of Johnson, I. 200, 589,
590; II. 409

Burney, Miss, and her works, II. 470-471,

Cock-lane Ghost, I. 252; II. 192
Collins, the poet, I. 237
Condescension, II. 319
Congreve, his works, I. 365, 370
"Connoisseur," the, I. 260
Convents, I. 316

Conversation, I. 616; II. 38, 392, 432-
445-446

4333ohnson's, Mrs. Thrale's simile of,
II. 396; 444, 480
Cook, Captain, II. 9
Cookery, II. 204

Corn-laws of Ireland, I. 396
Country life, II. 183, 217, 252, 551
Coverley, Sir Roger, I. 561-562

Cowley, Johnson's Life of, considered by
him his best, II. 341

Crabbe, Rev. Mr., his "Village," II. 438
Cumberland, Richard, Esq., II. 31

Curates, question of raising their salaries
discussed, II. 103

DAVIES, Mr. Thomas, I. 241-243, 301, 352-
354, 369, 545; II., 163, 179-180, 322, 325,
475, 573

Death, I. 377-378; II. 212, 425, 512

Johnson's fear of, I. 368, 377-378, 516 ;
II. 114, 212, 520, 595
Derrick, Samuel, Esq., I. 238, 244, 281-
283; II. 449

Desmoulins, Mrs. Johnson's generosity to,
etc., II. 162, 224, 262, 434, 435, 477, 60g
Devil, the first Whig, II. 232

Dr. Hurd's sermon upon, II. 520-521
"Dictionary of the English Language,"
Johnson's, I. 106-109; 178-181; II. 287
Garrick's epigram on, 183

Dodd, Rev. Dr., II. 87, 88-89, 94, 114,
122-123, 194, 459

Johnson's efforts on his behalf, and
letters to, II. 104-111

Dodsley, Robert, I. 106, 107, 116, 118 m.,
158; II. 329

Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, I.
83, 85

Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters
to, I. 329, 331, 332

Drunkenness. See Wine

Dryden, compared with Pope, I. 313, 365

Duelling, I. 430, 463; II. 463-464
Dyer's "Fleece," I. 621

433, 522

France and the French, Johnson's opinion
of, II. 251, 480

Frederick the Great, Johnson's criticism
on, I. 269

Frenchman, difference between an English-
man and a, II. 326

story of his ghost, II. 249
Friendship, I. 182; II. 208, 274
Frisick language, less cultivated than

any of the Northern dialects, I. 296
Future state of man, I. 418-420; II. 223

GAMING, I. 427 ; II. 18
Garrick, David, Johnson's opinion of him,
etc., I. 39, 49, 51, 54, 55, 61, 105, 114,
135, 160, 183, 198, 243, 247, 299, 361,
368, 533-534, 612, 629; II. 35, 49, 50,
134, 135, 190-191, 274, 275, 320, 384,
471, 485

anecdotes of, 52, 54 m., 84, 97, 146,
148, 361, 364, 463; II. 25, 187, 322, 323,

381

Gibbon, Edward, Esq., I. 547, 559; II.
368

Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, character of, I. 253,
255 seq.; II. 121, 194-195, 229

anecdotes of, I. 126, 256-258, 260, 262,
273 n., 339, 363-364, 435, 452, 455, 461,
462, 466, 470, 482, 484-485, 486-487, 554;
II. 27, 334, 393, 438, 444

Johnson's opinion of him and his
works, I. 253, 313, 343, 431-432, 441, 456,
468, 469-470, 472; II. 123, 178, 182, 331,
336

his bon mots on Johnson, I. 354, 466
his death, I. 501-502

Guardians to children, instructions relative
to appointment of, II. 284

Guthrie, William, Esq., I. 64, 345

Habeas Corpus, I. 358

Habits, early, not conquerable without un-
remitting exertion, I. 559

Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple, Bart.),
his and Johnson's opinion of each other,
I. 268, 279

his "Annals of Scotland," II. 39
Hall, Mrs., II. 380, 381

Happiness, I. 113, 211, 315, 441, 549; II.
7, 36, 177

in a future state, II. 207, 208, 210
Hastings, Warren, Esq., character of, II
361

Johnson's letters to, II. 363, 364, 365
his letter to author, II. 361
Hawkesworth, Dr., I. 111, 138, 143, 149
his voyages, I. 478
Hawkins, Sir John, I. 111

119

remarks on his life of Johnson, I. 6,

contradicted and corrected, I. 70 n.,
80, 94 m., 119, 122 n., 137, 138, 142, 174 %.,
188, 206 n., 257, 298, 340; II. 577, 595
Hebrides, Johnson's journey to, and Ac-
count of," I. 500, 502, 507, 517, 530, 557;
II. 73, 103, 127, 216, 453

a great deal in it that the world did
not know before, II. 232

Hector, Mr. Edmund, I. 19, 20, 24 n., 47,
91, 95, 625, etc.; II. 580, 582

Hell, paved with good intentions, I. 555
Hervey, Hon. Henry, I. 57

Hervey, Hon. Thomas, I. 334

History and historians, I. 268, 361, 440,
558-559

Homer, 1. 395

crítiques on, II. 141, 236, 237, 338
Horace, his odes cannot be perfectly
translated, II. 253, 466

Hospitality, II. 328, 469

promiscuous, does not procure lasting
regard, I. 422

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;
II. 291

"Irene," Johnson's tragedy of, I. 27, 57-
61, 86-87, 116

acted, 114-115
Irish language, II. 171

JACOBITE, Johnson's ingenious defence of
that character, I. 267

Jacobitism, Johnson's, I. 266-267

James, Dr. Robert, his "Medicinal Dic-
tionary," I. 92

Jenyns, Soame, his "Origin of Evil," I.

school, I. 41

removes to Birmingham, I. 42
marries Mrs. Porter, I. 50
opens an academy at Edial, I. 51
goes to London with Garrick, I. 54
a writer in "The Gentleman's Maga-
zine," I. 62, etc.

endeavours to get the degree of A. M.
to get a school, I. 73-74

his distressed circumstances, I. 94-95
loses his wife, I. 138

his extreme grief for her loss, I. 139,
144, 166, 182

composes her funeral sermon, I. 143
visits Oxford, I. 160

obtains his degree of A. M. from that
University, I. 165

his letters on that occurrence, I. 167
seq.

the diploma, I. 169-170

declines taking holy orders, I. 194
loses his mother, I. 206
obtains a pension, I. 231 seq.
visits Cambridge, I. 303
created LL.D. by Trinity College,
Dublin, I. 304

his interview with the King, 334-338
appointed Professor of Ancient
Literature in the Royal Academy, I. 355
endeavours to get into Parliament,
I. 400 seg.

visits the Hebrides, I. 491

visits Wales, I. 502 seq.
created D.C.L. by Oxford University,

I. 537.
-visits France, I. 571

Johnson, Dr. Samuel.

his account of it, I. 574-586
his paralytic stroke, II. 473-474
his various disorders, II. 482
his visit to Oxford, II. 515 seq.
proposed tour to Italy for his health,
II. 544, 550

his visit to Staffordshire and Derby-
shire, II. 561 seg.

his visit to Lichfield, II. 578
progress of his dissolution, II. 584 seg.
his will, II. 600

his burning his MSS., II. 601
his death, II. 609
his last words, II. 609
his funeral, II. 611
monument to, II. 612
portraits of, II. 612
Appearance, character, etc.
candour, II. 449, 481
courage, I. 516-517
extraordinary memory, I. 15
fear of death.

II. 448

See Death

general description, II. 614 seq.
habit of talking to himself, I. 300
his attention to small things,

humanity, II. 540

kindness to animals, II. 451-452
kindness to servants, II. 451
laugh, I. 566

liberality, II. 163

love of little children, II. 451

Johnson, Sarah (Dr. Johnson's mother), I.