INDE X.

357

ABERCROMBIE, James, Esq. of Philadelphia, his com- | Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, 219, n.
munications concerning Dr. Johnson, 202

Johnson's letters to, 219, 339, 54

Baker, Sir George, 542
Abington, Lord, bon mot of, 426, n.
Mrs. 239. 240, 242

Ballads, (ancient,) 212

Balloons, 542
Abjuration, oath of, 240
Absentees from their estates, how far justifiable, 344, 345,

Ballow, Thomas, Esq. (the lawyer,) 294

Baltick, Johnson's proposed expedition tu the, 231
Abyssinia, see Lobo Rasselas

Banks, Sir Joseph's Epigram on his goat, 182

his Voyages, 183
Academy, Royal, instituted, 169
Action in public speaking, 204

Barber, Mr. Francis, 61, 63, 241, 058
Actors 22, 51, 165, 211, 264, 284, 344, 431, 507

Johnson's letters to him, 172

Barclay, Mr. the young author, 139
Adams, Rev. Dr. Advert., iv. 10, 14, 15, 31, 32, 45, 47,
50, 69, 75, 520, 524, 549

- Mr. one of Mi. Thrale's successors, 467

Baretti, Joseph, 81, 96, 98, 106, 279, 343, 439
Adams, Miss, 521, 524
Addison, Johnson's opinion of, 58, 117. 246, 301, 396

the first who received copy money in Italy, 340

his Frusta Letteraria, 343
- his style compared with Johnson's, 58
- Johnson's Life of, 445, 458

- his trial, 166
Adey, Miss Mary, 5, 284, 418

- Johnson's letters to him, 99, 101, 104
• Adventurer', Hawkesworth's, 52, 60, 65-66

Barnard, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Limerick,) 236, 316, 461, n.
Adultery, 155, 215, 398, 399.

Barretier, J. P. Johnson's Life of, 36

Barrington, Hon. Daines, 387
Ægri Xphemeris, Johnson's, 551
Agar, W. E. Esq, 324, n.

Barrow, Rev. Dr. his Sermons, iv. 464, n.

Barrowby, Dr. 522
Agutter, Rev. Mr., his Sermon on Johnson's death, 564

Barry, Sir Edward, M. D. his notion that pulsation oc-
Agriculture, 52
Akenside's poetry, 189, 297

casions death by attrition : refuted by Johnson, 298
early friendship with Charles Townshend, 228

James, Esq. (the painter,) Johnson's letter to,

492
Akerman, Mr. Keeper of Newgate, character and anec.

-
dotes of, 424, 425

his paintings, 499

Barter, the enthusiast, 191
Alchymy, 255
* Aleppo, Siege of,' a tragedy, 370

Bateman, Edward, tutor of Christ-church, his lectures,

15
Alfred, 45

Bath, Johnson's visit to, 300
his Will, 473
Allen, Mr. the printer, 130, 373, 508, 550

Bathurst, Dr. Richard, 46, 48, 63, 66, 438, 439

Baxter, Richard, his works, 218, 487, 499
Johnson's letter to, 500
America and Americans, 231, 236, 237, 363, 380, 435,

Anacreon, 481, 505, 513

Bayle's Dictionary, 84
Amyat, Dr. his anecdote of Dr. Johnson, 103, n.

Beech, Thomas, 213, n.
Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, 325

Beattie, Dr. 182, 184, 221, 488
Angelone's letters, 466

--letter from Johnson to, 426

Beauclerk, Topham, Esq. 64, 230, 377, 411, 423, 432,
Anthologia, 553

his violent altercation with Johnson, 410
Antiquities, study of, 419

- his death, 423
Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, 309

Beauty, manly, described by Shakspeare and Milton, 452
Armorial bearings, as ancient as the siege of Thebes, 193

Beauties of Johnson, 55, 476
Armstrong, Dr. 95, n. 324

Bedlam, 222, 468
Arnold, Dr. on insanity, 344

Beggars, 415, 471
Articles, thirty-nine, 169, 185

• Beggar's Opera, 253, 300
Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, 129

Belchier, Surgeon, 303
Ash, John, M. D. founder of the Eumelian Club, 556, n.

Bellamy, Mrs. her letter to Johnson, 506, n.
Ashbourne, mistress of an inn there, 354

Belsham, Mr. his Essay on Dramatic Poetry, 107, n.
Astle, Thomas, Esq. 472, 528

Bentham, the Rev. Dr. 278
Rev. Mr., 528

Bentley, Dr. verses by, 436
Aston, Molly, 16, 396, 447

Berenger, Richard, Esq. 457
Mrs. her maiden sister, 230, 419

Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, 519
Athol porridge, 454

Berkeley, Bishop, 131, 178, 437
Atterbury, Bishop, his funeral sermon on Lady Cutts, Berwick, Duke of, his Memoirs, 379
361

Beville, Rev. Mr. his ingenious defence of Hammond,
Attorneys, Johnson's notion of them, 177

449, n.
Avarice, 417

Bewley, Mr. his enthusiastic veneration for Johnson,
Auchinleck, Lord, (the Author's father,) 208

473
place of, 267

Bible, the, should be read with the comments by Lowth,
Authors, of deciding on their MSS. 198, 370, 390, 407 Patrick, and Hammond, 304
of their writing for profit, 340

• Bibliotheca Harleiana,' 38
- respect due to them, 387, 464. See Books Bicknel, Mr. 84
-should put as much into their books as they Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, 163
will hold, 212

• Biddulph, Miss Sidney,' the Novel, 107
had better be attacked than unnoticed, 407 • Biographia Britannica,' 343, 616, n.
Author, the young, (Johnson's poem,) 10

Biography, remarks on, 1-5, 118, 201, 283, 309, 337 157
Authorship, 393

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, 36, 37, 40, 69

- Johnson's letters to, 59, 76
Bacon, Lord Verulam, 250

his letter to Johnson on his Dictionary. 76
his rules for conversation, 503

Birds, their migration, 216
Badcock, Rev. Mr. 561, n.

Bishops, 457, 522. See Clergy.

Angels, 521 letters, 466. Glasgow, Shinson, 1o

Croft, Rev. Herbert, his Life of Young,' 447
Cromwell, the Usurper, Johnson's design of writing his

life, 502
Crosbie, Mr. Andrew, 255
Crouch, Mrs. 500
Crousaz, 33, 39
Cruikshank, Mr., Johnson's letters to, 546, 658
Cullen, Dr. 512
Cumberland, Richard, Esq. 300, 440, 583
Curates, the question of raising their salaries discussed,

331

Cheyney's English Malady,' 296-314
Cheynel, Johnson's Life of, 59
Children, 7, 125, 167, 296, 328

- always cruel, 121
Cholmondeley, Hon. Mrs. 37

- George James, Esq. 539
Christian, Rev. Mr., his solution of a strange fact at St.

Kilda, 154
Christian religion, evidence of, 118, 129, 322, 388
Churchill's poetry, 115
Churton, Rev. Mr. Ralph, his excellent remarks, 496,

524
Chemistry, 505.
Cibber, Colley, 36, 44, n. 110, 165, 245, 309, 246, 505,

See George II.

- Theophilus, his Lives of the Poets,' 48, 296,

297, n.
Clarendon, Lord, continuation of his · History,' 272

- his style, 370.

commendation of, 79, n. 162
Claret, its inefficacy as wine, 400
Clarke, Richard, Esq., 513
Clarke, Dr., his Works, 562
• Cleone,' Dodsley's, 87, 435
• Cleonice,' Hoole's, 229
Clergy, the, 175, 192, 213, &c. 331, 384, 388, 457, 487
Clergyman, advice to a young one, 427
Clerk, Sir P. J. 455
Climate, contributes little to happiness, 198
Clive, Lord, 415
Clive, Mrs., the actress, 432, 506
Club, Essex-head, 511

Eurelian, 389

LITERABY. See L.
Coachmakers'-hall Debating Society, 459
Cobb, Mrs. 418
Cock-lane Ghost, 112, 373
Colchester, 129
Collections in writing, their use, 165
College tutor, an old one's advice to one of his pupils re-

lative to composition, 212
Collins, the poet, 105
Colman, George, Esq. 239, 243, 317

his Letter from Lexiphanes,' 554
Combabus, 304 n.
Commandment, the ninth, 42.
Condescension, 288
Confession, auricular, 269, 305
Congé d'elire, 531
Congreve, his works, 164, 166, 248

-- Johnson's Life of, 446

--- Rev. Mr. 7, 283, 287
• Connoisseur,' the, 116
O'Connor, Charles, Esq. his Account of Ireland,' 86
- - Johnson's letter to, 322
Const, Francis, Esq. 292, n.
Controversial writings, 291
Convents, 141
Conversation, 251, 278, 279, 304, 347, 396, 486, 487, 503
Conversation, solid, disagreeable to men of moderate

capacity, because they are left out of wmpany by

it, 303
Converts, 169
Cook, Captain, 290
Cooper, John Gilbert, Esq. 177, 336, n. 430
Convocation, the, of the Clergy, 129
Coriat, Tom, 192
Cork and Orrery, John, Earl of, 177, 246, 364, 368, 387,

434, 484
Corn-laws of Ireland, 178
Corsican language, 163
Cotterell, Misses, 63
Country Gentlemen, 198

should visit London with their
wives, to acquire topics of conversation, 345
Country life, 368
Courtship of great men, how far allowable, 141, 348
Courtnay, John, Esq. his poem on Johnson's character,

11, 57, 84, 239
Coverley, Sir Roger de, 254
Cowley, Johnson's Life of, 296, 442

the edition of his select works by Bishop Hurd,
296, 360
Coxeter, Thomas, Esq. his great collection of English

Poetry, 338

- the Lives of the Poets, by Shields, and Cibber

compiled from his manuscripts, 338, n.
Crabbe, Rev. Mr., his Village, 484
Cradock, Joseph, Esq. 299
Craven, Lady, (now Margravine of Anspach,) 294
Croft, Rev. Herbert, 524, 528

Dalrymple, Sir John, his Memoirs, 204

Sir David. See Hailes, Lord
Dalzel, Mr., Professor of Greek at Edinburgh, 193
Dartineuf, 278
Davies, Mr. Thomas, character and anecdotes of, 107,

158, 165, 223, 246, 247, 299, 359, 367, 432, 601
- Johnson's kind letters to, 503, 546

his Memoirs of Garrick, 426
Dawkins, Esq. the traveller, 468
Deane's Future Life of Brutes,' 155
Death, reflections on, 90, 169, 282, 387, 518, 524. See

Johnson
Debts, contracting them, the source of much evil and

calamity, 480
Dedications, Prefaces, Introductions, &c. by Johnson,

and remarks on, 40, 44, 46, 48, 66, 86, 94, 100, 100,

139, 147, 153, 202, 208, 229, 320, 662, n.
Defoe, Daniel, 373
Delany's Observation on Swift,' 367
Dempster, George, Esq. 112, 120, 233
Dennis, John, his critical works worth collecting, 290
Derby, some particulars relating to, 339
Derrick, Samuel, Esq. 105, 108, 126, 406, 489, 001
Desmoulins, Mrs. 12, 61, 300, 363
Devaynes, John, Esq. 516
Devil, the first Whig, 391

his influence upon the souls of men, 821
Devonshire, Duke of, 247, 407

-Duchess of, 542
Diamond, Mr. 63
Dibdin, Mr. 171
Dick, Sir Alexander, letters of, 318, 328, 512

Johnson's praise of his liberality as a Scotchman,

328
Dictionary of the English language, Johnson's, 46, 47,
106, n. 122, &c. 180, 202, 323, 416, 430

first published, 78
- epitome of, 81

Garrick's epigram
on, 80

- Mr. Harris of S&-
lisbury's praise of, 323
Dilly, Messrs. 307, 321, 466, 470

Johnson's letters to, 327, 413, 510
Diomede, his father's noble exhortation to him in the

Iliad, 177
• Distressed Mother,' Johnson's Epilogue to, 10
Dodd, Rev. Dr. 325, 332, 333, 341, 374, 377

Johnson's assistance to him, 333, 334
Johnson's opinion concerning him, 494

Johnson's letters to him, 334, 335
Doddington, George Bubb, Esq. (afterwards Lord Mel-

combe,) 56, n. 448, n.
Dodsley, Robert, 29, 69, 278, 299, 435
Dogs do not compare, 167
Dominicetti's baths, 233
Dossie, Mr. 432
Douglas, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Salisbury,) 29, 59, 68, n

158, 517
Douglas Cause, 154, 210
Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, 36
Draughts, game of, 84
Dreams, 431

Drelincourt on death,' 189
Drumgould, Colonel, 263
Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters to, 147, 148,
149

Dr. 314
Drunkenness. See Wine
Dryden, Johnson's Life of, 309, 308, 440, 442

- compared with Pope, 140, 163
— has sometimes a profundity which Pope could
never reach, 163

- his style easily distinguished from that of
others, 377

- his description of life, 528
- his character at Will's Coffee house, 309

his lines on royal patronage, 208
his Prologues, 240
puzzled himself about predestination, 308