Wilton, i. 599; ii. 91. Wilton, Miss, i. 530. Winchester, i. 411.
Winchester College, ii. 277. Windham, Right Hon. William, i. 320, 555; ii. 89, 268, 471, 480, 499, 521, 538, 587, 597, 602 seq., 636, 648; visits Johnson when dying, ii. 639, 643, 644.
Wine, its effect on different per- sons, ii. 39, 126-7, 186-7; its effect on conversation and bene- volence, i. 465; ii. 28-9, 246, 501; drives away care,' i. 468; melancholy increased by it, i. 298; abstinence a great deduc- tion from life, ii. 130, 187, 246; reasons for abstinence, i. 651; ii. 187, 190; claret and ignor- ance, ii. 253; claret, port, and brandy distinguished, ii. 286. Wirgman, keeper of a toy-shop, ii.
Wirtemberg, Prince of, i. 459. Wise, Francis, Radclivian Libra-
rian, i. 183-6; Johnson visits him at Elsfield, i. 180. Wit, ii. 292, 400 n. Witches, evidence of their having
existed, i. 458; 'machinery of poetry,' ii. 344; Shakespeare's, ii. 287.
Woffington, Margaret (Peg), ii. 200. Wood, Anthony à, i. 41; ii. 454.
Woodcocks, i. 371, 510. Woodhouse, the poetical shoe maker, 420.
Woolwich, hulk at, ii. 203. Word to the Wise, ii. 84. World, The, Chesterfield's papers on the Dictionary, i. 171-2; Johnson thinks little of it, i. 280. World Displayed, Introduction to the, i. 230.
Woty, Mr., i. 255.
Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel W., Tour to the Northern Parts of Europe, ii. 321.
Xenophon, delineation of characters in the Anabasis, ii. 355; Trea- tise of Oeconomy, ii. 68.
Yalden, Rev. Thomas, Johnson adds him to the Lives, ii. 280. Yonge, Sir William, i. 446; Epi- logue to Irene, i. 133. York, ii. 332.
York, Duke of, Johnson dedicates music to him, i. 333. Young, Arthur, Tours, ii. 123. Young, Dr. Edward, i. 145; ii.
126, 191, 232, 554; Johnson and Boswell visit his house, ii. 420-2; estimate of his poetry, i. 396; ii. 377-8; Life by Croft, revised by Johnson, ii. 375; Night Thoughts, i. 396; ii. 377-8.
Young, Mr. (Dr. Young's son), Bos- well and Johnson visit him, ii. 420-1.
Young, Professor, of Glasgow, imi-
tates Johnson's style, ii. 628.
Zeck, George and Luke, i. 336. Zobeide, ii. 26.
Zoffani, J., ii. 649 n. Zon, Mr., i. 182.
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