Martin's Account of the Hebrides,' Melcombe, George Bubb Dodington, ii. 236. ; iv. l.; vii. 73. Lord, i. 244 n. 253 n.
Martin's Antiquitates Divi Andrei,' Melmoth, William, vii. 317 n., 318.; iv. 57, 58.
Martinelli, Vincenzio, iii. 259. 262. Martyrdom, iii. 291, 292.
Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. 119.; iv. 32.; v. 176. 188. 190. 226 n.; x. 276. Mason, Rev. William, iii. 195. ; vi. 150. His 'Elfrida,' v. 275. His 'Carac- tacus,' v. 276. His prosecution of Mr. Murray, the bookseller, vii. 138 n. His share in the Heroic Epistle,' viii. 91. 318 n.
Melville, Viscount. See Dundas. Member of parliament, duty of, on an election committee, viii. 48 n. Memis, Dr., Physician of Aberdeen, v. 223, 224. 230. 320.; vi. 221. 228. Memory, i. 34.; iv. 65.; vii. 9 n. 285.; viii. 107.; ix. 8. 185. 218. Menagiana,' iii. 285.; vii. 175. n. 200 n.; viii. 172 n.
Merchants, ii. 294 n.; v. 63.; vii. 353. Mercheta mulierum, v. 55.
Merit, intrinsic, ii. 227. Men of, not neglected, viii. 160.
Massinger, his play of 'The Picture,' Metaphysical tailor, viii. 178.
Masters, Mary, 289 n.; viii. 241 n. Matrimonial infidelities, vi. 143. Matrimonial thought, iii. 120. Maty, Dr. Matthew, ii. 35n.; vi. 238 n. His 'Bibliothèque Britannique,' ii. 35 n.
Maupertius, iii. 45.
Mawbey, Sir Joseph, iii. 65 n.
Maxwell, Rev. Dr. William, his anec- dotes of Johnson, iii. 129, 129 n. Mayne, William, Baron Newhaven, vii. 291.
Mayo, Rev. Dr., iii. 289. 291. 294,
Meadowbank, Lord, vii. 35.
Metaphysics, i. 71.
Metcalfe, Philip, vi. 210.; viii. 145. Method, advantages of, vi. 220. Methodism, iií. 133.
Methodists, ii. 246 n.; iii. 133, 138. 141.; v. 143.; viii. 332.
Meynell, Hugh, his happy expression respecting London, i. 84, 85.; vii. 251.
Mickle, William Julius, 220 n.; v. 90.; viii. 246, 247. 310. Microscopes, iii. 24. Micyllus, Jacobus, v. 195.
Middle state, i. 286 n.; v. 100 n. Middle rank in France, want of, vi. 9 n. 21.
Middlesex election, vii. 46. 292. Middleton, Lady Diana, iv. 84 n.
Medals, only valuable as a stamp of Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, viii. 189 n.
Medicated baths, of, iii. 104. Meditation on a pudding, v. 93. Mediterranean, vi. 154. Meek, Rev. Dr., ii. 18, 19. 21 n. Melancholy, i. 65.; iii. 34.; iv. 227.; vi. 70. 120 n. 213. 225. 319, 320.; vii. 301. 311. 369.; ix. 209. Johnson's remedy against, ii. 232.; vi. 70. 120. 320.; vii. 234. Johnson projects a history of his, iii. 34.
Migration of birds, iii. 289.
Military character, respect paid to, iii. 83.; vi. 125.
Miller, Andrew, bookseller, i. 211.; ii. 38 n., 39.; vii. 264 n. Miller, Lady, her vase at Batheaston, v. 277 n.
Miller, Professor John, v. 114 n. Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of the methodisis, ii. 246 n. Lauder's forgery against, i. 270. Milton, John, i. 267.270.; iii. 283 n; iv. 9.; v. 205.; vi. 21.; vii. 222. 253. 287.
Melancthon, Boswell's letter to John- son from the tomb of, vi. 251. 255.
366.; viii. 9.12. 45. 306.; ix. 324. Apo- theosis of, not written by Johnson, i. 155. Johnson's prologue for the benefit of his grand-daughter, i. 267. His Tractate on Education,' vii. 222. Johnson's Life of, viii. 9. 11. His picture of man, viii. 46 n. Johnson's saying respecting, viii. 306.
Mind, vii. 190, 191.; ix. 71. 186. fluence of the weather on, ii. 89. Management of, vi. 70. Cardan's mode of composing his, vi. 320 n. Miracles, ii. 230.; vii. 5.; ix. 189. Miseries of human life, v. 295. Misers, iv. 116.; v. 48.; vii. 174. Misery, balance of, viii. 303.; x. 291. Misfortunes, vii. 378.
Missionaries, v. 143.
Modesty, vii. 215.
Moira, Earl of, iv. 196 n.
Moltzer, Jacobus, v. 195 n. Monarchy, vi. 167.
Monasteries, ii. 132. 312.; iv. 58. Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and his writings, iii. 73. 172, 172 n. 225 n. 303.; iv. 39. 73 n. 76. 82 n. 114.; v. 66 n. 125. 334.; vi. 229. 310. 316,317.; vii. 36. 319.; viii. 105.270. Money, iv. 57. ; vi. 324. ; vii. 97. 199 n.; viii. 133. 137; ix. 90. Money-getting, v. 261.; vii. 256. Monks, vi. 4.
Monkton, Hon. Mary, Countess of Cork and Orrery, vii. 320 n. 324.; viii. 87.
Monnoye, M. de la, vii. 175. Monro, Dr., viii. 259.
Montagu, Mrs., iii. 89. 91. 145.; iv. 267.;
vii. 74. 229. 247. 315 n. 317. 319. 324. 336.; viii. 36. 46. 273.; ix. 65. 254. 256. Johnson's letters to, ii. 113. 115 n.
Montaigne, iii. 134 n.
Montesquieu, iv. 220.; vii. 135'n. Monthly Review, iii. 25. ; vi. 150. Montrose, William Graham, second Duke of, vii. 70.
Montrose, James, third Duke of, vii. 256.; viii. 86.
Monuments, iii. 282. Inaccuracy of inscriptions on, vii. 239.
Moody, Mr., the actor, v. 282. 287. Morality, ix. 212.
More, Sir Thomas, v. 195 n.; vi. 168 n.; vii. 91. 137. 322 n.; viii. 73. 77. 272. 306.
More,' Hannah, vii. 137 n.; viii. 306.; ix. 65. 123. 220. Her anecdotes of Johnson, ix. 318.
More, Dr. Henry, the Platonist, iii. 192 n.
Morell, Dr. Thomas, v. 91.
Moreri's Dictionary, v. 42.
Morgann, Maurice, his Essay on the Character of Falstaff,' viii. 182 n. Morris, Corbyn, his 'Essay on Wit,' viii. 83.
Mosaic account of the creation, ii. 134.
Moss, Dr., viii. 46.
Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's watch, iii. 48.
Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, iii. 56, 56 n.
Mount Edgecumbe, iv. 104. Mountstuart, Lord (afterwards first Marquis of Bute), iii. 5.; vi. 58 n. 114. 218 n.; vii. 297.; viii. 108. 200 n. 217 n. Muck, Isle of, iv. 243. Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, ii. 147. Johnson's character of, viii. 51. Character of his Sermons,' viii. 75. Mudge, Dr. John, ii. 147.; viii. 234. Mudge, Thomas, watchmaker, ii. 147 n.
Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord, iv. 256.; vi. 123, 124 n.
Mull, Isle of, v. 39. 41. 45. 52. 72. 78. Muller, Mr., engineer, ii. 116 n. Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Cha- pone, i. 235. 289.; vii. 315 n.; viii. 242. See Chapone.
Murder, proscription of, in Scotland, iv. 14. 87.
Murison, Professor, iv. 60.
Murphy, Arthur, i. 220. 290.; ii. 64.
83. 101 n. 121, 122 n. 296 n.; iii. 84. 140 n.; v. 293. 322.; vi. 147, 148, 149, 150, 151. 160.; vii. 55.; viii. 250. His anecdotes of Johnson, x. 66.
Nash, Beau, viii. 290. National debt, iii. 142. ; ix. 27. National faith, vii. 369.
Native place, love of, renewed in old age, viii. 131.
Murray, Lord George, chief of the Natural affection, iii. 106.
Pretender's staff, v. 323 n.
Murray, William, Attorney-General,
ii. 49 n. See Mansfield, Lord. Murray, Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank, iii. 161 n.
Murray, Mr., Solicitor-General of Scotland, afterwards Lord Hender. land, vi. 124.
Murray, John, bookseller (father of the proprietor and publisher of this work), vii. 138. Prosecution of, by Mason the poet, vii. 138 n. His 'Letter to W. Mason, A. M.' vii. 138 n.
Murray, John, jun., his account of the various portraits of Dr. John- son, x. 311.
'Muses' Welcome to King James,' iv. 53.
Musgrave, Sir Richard, x. 264 n. Musgrave, Dr. Samuel, vii. 169 n. Music, iii. 194. 307 n.; vii. 17. 72.; ix. 140. 169. 211. 257. 274. The only sensual pleasure without vice, vii. 369. In heaven, i. 166.; iii. 194. Johnson's wish to learn the scale of, six months before his death, iii. 307 n. His insensibility to the charms of, ii. 131 n.; v. 47.; vi. 29. Musk, vii. 229.
Myddleton, Mr., of Gwaynynog, v. 212, 212 n.; vi. 298 n. Mylne, Robert, architect, ii. 116. Mysteriousness in trifles, ix. 97. Mystery, vii. 53. 178.; ix. 131. Mythology, vii. 351. 364 n.
Nairne, William, afterwards Sir Wil-
liam, iv. 27. 48, 48 n. 52. 58. 67.
Nairne, Colonel, iv. 67, 68.
Natural equality of mankind, ii. 316 n. Natural goodness, iv. 222. 226. Natural right, vi. 38.
Nature, ix. 120.
Necessity, doctrine of, viii. 331. Needle.work, ix. 99.
Negro, Johnson's argument in favour of one claiming his liberty, vii. 21. 35. Nelson, Robert, his Festivals and Fasts,' vi. 90.
"Network,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 47.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, iii. 51 n. Newhaven, William Mayne, Lord, vii. 291 n.
Newspapers, iii. 204. ; vii. 376. Newspaper abuse, ix. 66.
New Testament, v. 116.; vii. 143. Newton, Sir Isaac, ii. 241.; v. 13. ; viii. 118. 213.
Newton, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Bristol, Johnson's character of, viii. 286 n.
'Nice' people, ix. 99.
Nichols, Dr. Frank, v. 299 n.; vi. 305. Nichols, John, viii. 4, 5 n. 34 n. 374.
388. His Anecdotes of Bowyer,' viii. 146. His Anecdotes of John- son, x. 62.
Nicknames, ix. 35.
Nicol, George, bookseller, viii. 247. Johnson's letter to, viii. 369. Nightcaps, iv. 300.; v. 37.
Nil Admirari,' ix. 118.
No, sir,' in what sense used by John- son, viii. 318.
Nobility, iv. 103. Usurpation of the, viii. 245.
Nollekens, Mr., his bust of Johnson, vii. 32. 43 n.; x. 104.
Nollekens, Mrs., viii. 42.
Nash, Rev. Dr. Treadaway, his His-Nonjuror,' Cibber's play of the, v.
tory of Worcestershire,' vii. 109.;
Nores, Jason de, his comments on Horace, vi. 74 n.
North, Dudley, viii. 48 n. 56 n. North, Frederick, Lord, iii. 153. 171.; v. 163. 270, 316.; vii. 46.
North Pole, Johnson's conjectures re- specting, vi. 128.
Officers, military, v. 151.; vi. 124. ; ix.
Ogden, Dr. Samuel, v. 6.; viii. 103 n. On prayer, iv. 30. 66. His Sermons, iv. 19. 88.; v. 61. 91.; vii. 79. Ogilvie, Dr. John, ii. 202. of Judgment,' ii. 206 n.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, iii. 92.; vi. Oglethorpe, General, i. 140 n.; iii.
Nourse, Mr., bookseller, vi. 130. Novelty, paper on, in the 'Spectator,' vi. 151.
Nowell, Rev. Dr., iii. 178.; viii. 298, 299.
'Nugæ Antiquæ,' Harington's, viii. 170.
Nugent, Robert, Lord, iii. 153 n. Number, ix. 27.
Numbers, science of, vi. 65. Numeration, ix. 27.
Nuremberg Chronicle, v. 215.
• Νυξ γαρ ερχεται,” (“ for the night cometh,') the motto on the dial- plate of Johnson's watch, iii. 48.
Oath of abjuration, v. 259 n. policy and inefficacy of such tests, v. 260.
Oaths, iii. 259. ; v. 141. 260.; vi. 160.
Oats,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 48.;
v. 136 n.; vi. 96.; vii. 114.
Obedience, vii. 139. Obscenity, viii. 298.
'Observer,' Cumberland's, viii. 36. Occupations, hereditary, iv. 124. O'Connor, Charles, his Dissertations on the History of Ireland,' ii. 76 n. ; vi. 243.
Ode, Ad ornatissimam Puellam,' i. 181. To Friendship, i. 182. 'Ad Urbanum,' i. 125. Upon the Isle of Skie, iv. 166. To Mrs. Thrale, iv. 169. In Theatro, iii. 154. Odyssey, vii. 324.; viii. 18. 213. Edipus, ix. 236.
Ofellus, in the Art of Living in Lon- don,' who, i. 114.
Offely, Mr., a pupil of Johnson, i. 104.
215. 217, 218. 220, 221 n.; v. 294. vii. 123, 124. ;
296 n.; vi. 173. 179.; viii. 90. 158, 159. • Οι φιλοι, ον φίλος," he that has friends has no friend,") a phrase fre- quently quoted by Johnson, i. 240. ; vii. 132 n. 261.
O'Kane, Irish harper, v. 48.
Old age, vii. 10. 88, 88 n. 193. 203. 369. ; viii. 171. 275.; ix. 91. 212.
Old Bailey dinners, vii. 192 n. Old English divines, ix. 137. 247. Old friendships, ix. 121.
Oldfield, Dr., vi. 180.
Oldham's imitation of Juvenal, i. 130. Old men, folly of putting themselves to nurse, vi. 112.
Oldmixon, John, ii. 49.
Oldys, William, i. 176. 202.
Omai, vi. 123.
Opera girls, viii. 160.
Opinion, ix. 68.
Opinion of the world, ix. 88. 135.
Opium, viii. 159.
Orange peels, v. 269.
Oratory, iii. 248.; viii. 81. 197. Ord, Mrs., vii. 315 n. 319. 332. Orde, Lord Chief Baron, iv. 19. Orford, Earl of, vii. 10 n.; viii. 317. 337 n. Organ, v. 276.
Origin of evil, v. 111.
Original sin, viii. 103. ; ix. 208. Orme, Mr., his character of Johnson's 'Journey,' v. 162 n. 233 n. His eulogy on Johnson, vii. 126. Ormond, James, second Duke of, iv. 149.
Orrery, John, fifth Earl of, iv. 259. Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, i. 214. 289.; ii. 51.; vii. 81. 163.; viii. 8. 163.
Orton's Life of Doddridge,' iv. 303. Osborne, Francis, his works, iii. 229 n. Osborne, Thomas, the bookseller, i. 176. 181.; vii. 204. ; x. 96.
Ossian, ii. 168.; iii. 141.; iv. 37. 178. 262, 263, 264, 265. 327.; v. 138, 139. 227. 234, 235, 236. 243, 244. 247. 290.; viii. 125. 173.; ix. 94.
Ostervald's Sacred History,' iii. 28. Otaheite, vi. 170.
Otway, Thomas, vii. 368, 368 n. Oughton, Sir Adolphus, iv. 36, 37. 180.
Ouran-outang, iv. 39. 273.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, iii. 76.; vi. 247.
Overall, Bishop, v. 100.
Parker, Sackville, bookseller, viii. 310. Parkhurst, Rev. Mr., letter from Dr. Dodd to, vii. 121.
Parliament, iii. 73. 131.; iv. 52.; v. 300.; vii. 26. 46. 89. 124. 292.; viii. 48. 82. 215.; ix. 118. Parliamentary debates, i. 127. 167- 172.; iv. 52.; x. 64.
Parnell, Dr., v. 199.; vi. 294.; vii. 46. 268 n.; viii. 16. 24.
Parr, Dr. Samuel, ii. 124 n.; vii. 363, 363 n. His epitaph on Johnson, viii. 424. Anecdotes by, x. 22. Parson, the life of a, vii. 152.
Party, necessity of sticking to, iv. 25. Passion week, viii. 64. 'Pastern,' ii. 47. 148.
Paten, Rev. Dr. Thomas, viii. 148, 149 n.
Oxford University, advantages of, iii. Pater Noster, iv. 126. 42.; ix. 9.; x. 26.
Oxford, Earl of, his library, i. 176.
Pagan mythology, vii. 363.
Painters, vii. 120.
Paterson, Samuel, author of Coriat, Junior,' iii. 209 n.; vi. 216.; viii.
Paterson, Samuel, his son, viii. 265 n. 'Patriot,' v. 217.; vi. 147.
Patriots, self-styled, viii. 63. ; ix. 147.
Painting, ii. 131 n. ; vi. 68. ; ix. 39. 139. Patronage, iv. 55.; viii. 160.
169. 211.
Palaces, vi. 8.
Paley, Dr., iv. 211, 212.
Palmer, Rev. John, on Philosophical Necessity, vii. 135.
Palmer, Rev. Thomas Fysche, viii. 104, 105 n.
• Palmerino d'Inghilterra,' vi. 115. Palmerston, Henry Temple, second Viscount, viii. 225. Panegyric, vi. 295. Panting, Dr. Matthew, i. 74. Paoli, General, iii. 71. 81. 196. 259. 264, 265. 304.; vi. 153. 294.; vii. 177. 180. 185. 235.; viii. 79.; x. 226. 229-237. Paradise, John, i. 63 n.; vii. 261.; viii. 250. 369.
Parental authority, vii. 249. ; ix. 7. Parentheses, viii. 180. Paris, vi. 1.; vii. 87.
Parish clerk, viii. 105.
Parker, Rev. Mr., ii. 68. Anecdotes
Patronage, lay, iii. 286. 319.
Payne, William, his work on 'Draughts,' ii. 71.
Pearce, Dr. Zachary, Bishop of Ro- chester, ii. 46.; vi. 76. 244, 244 n., 245.
Pearson, Rev. Mr., vi. 109 n.; vii. 241.; viii. 226.
Pearson, Mrs., of Lichfield, i. ix. Pecuniary embarrassment, evil of, viii. 140.
Peel, Right Hon. Robert, vi. 88 n. Peers, House of, iv. 104.; vii. 206. Judicial powers of, vii. 206. Influ- ence of, in the House of Commons, iv. 52.
Peiresc, his death lamented in forty languages, v. 319. Pelham, Henry, ii. 15. Pellet, Dr., vii. 210.
Pembroke, Lord, his description of Johnson's conversation, iv. 8.
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