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Burial service, iv. 148.
Burke, Edmund, intended to an-
swer Berkeley, i. 274; his stream
of mind perpetual, ii. 279; his
appearance in the House of Com-
mons, ii. 9, 79; J.'s remark on
seeing Burke's fine house and
lands at Beaconsfield, iii. 208;
his conversational powers, iv. 21,
119, 189; v. 16; J. denies that
Burke had wit, 16, 168.
Burnet, Bishop, his "History of
his own Times," ii. 130; v. 225.
Burney, Dr. Charles, his "History
of Music," v. 48; his visit to J.
in Gough Square, i. 185; his
note of J.'s sayings, ii. 253; re-
commended by J. to friends in
Oxford, iii. 247; relates anecdote
of J., iv. 99; letters from J. to,
i. 290; iv. 164, 242, 256.

Miss Frances, afterwards
Madame D'Arblay, iv. 154, 188;
her imitation of J.'s style, 265.
Busts of J., iv. 285.

Butcher, J., discourses on trade of,
v. 195.

Bute, John, Earl of, Prime Minis-
ter when J. received his pension,
i. 213; a theoretical man, ii. 220,
295; his influence and nation-
ality, v. 159; Letters to, i. 215,

217.

Ann, Countess of, married
Lord Strichen; her account of
her marriage, v. 74.

Butler, Samuel, the poet, ii. 146,
228; v. 36, 177.
Butler, Bishop, his "Analogy,"

v. 29.

Butter, Dr. W., iii. 1, 103, 109.
Byng, Admiral, his epitaph, i. 178;
J.'s defence of, i. 177.

Hon. John, letter on J.'s
death, iv. 282.
Byron, Lord, his simile of the
struck eagle, v. 174.

CADOGAN'S, Dr., Treatise on the
Gout criticised, v. 165.
Callimachus, remarks on, iv. 10.
Cambridge, J.'s visit to, i. 283.
Mr. Owen, ii. 224, 226;

iii. 169; iv. 136.
Camden, Lord, iii. 209.
Cameron of Lochiel, i. 75.

Cameron, Dr., i. 75; v. 157.
Campbell, Dr. John, i. 242; ii. 132,
278, 286; J.'s opinion of, iii. 163.
, author of "Lexiphanes,"

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ii. 28.

Mungo, iii. 126.
Hon. Archibald, iv. 196;
account of, v. 284.
Campbell, General, v. 206.
Campbell, Principal, v. 61.
Candide," Voltaire's, iii. 240.
Cant, iv. 152.
Card-playing, iii. 14.
Carlisle, Earl of, "Father's Re-
venge," iv. 169; poems by, iv. 85.
Carr, Rev. Mr., Episcopal Minister
in Edinburgh, v. 12.
Carte's "Life of the Duke of Or-
mond," v. 236.

Carter, Elizabeth, i. 61, 70, 71; iii.
113.

Cascade, Rorie More's, v. 163, 170.
Caste, J.'s defence of Oriental
system of, iv. 67.
Castiglione's "Il Corteggiano,” v.

219.

Cat, story of dead, iii. 127.
Catalogue of J.'s works, iii. 216.
Catcot, George, iii. 30.
Catechism of Church of England,

v. 47.

Cave, Mr. Edward, proprietor of
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 38, 54,
76; J.'s Life of, i. 142; J.'s ode
to, i. 55; letters from, i. 77; let-
ters from J. to, i. 38, 50, 59, 60,
61, 69, 70, 110, 111.

Caves, remarkable, v. 155, 187.
Cawdor Castle, v. 84; family of,

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v. 85.
Chambers, Sir Robert, ii. 15; v. 4,7.
Sir William, architect,
iv. 132; letter from J. to, i. 153.
Catherine, death of, ii. 27.
Chamberlayne, Rev. Mr., con-
version to Romanism, iv. 197.
Chancellor of Oxford's letter to
University, i. 158.
Chantilly, ii. 248.

Chapone, Mrs., letter from J. to,
iv. 170.

Charade, by J., iv. 135.

Charity, rules for the distribution
of, v. 298.

Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, i.

105.

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Charles the Fifth, Emperor, iii. 165.
First, said he could not
be a lawyer, ii. 131; his con-
cessions, v. 269; his murder, ii.

229.

Second, J. defends, ii.

212, 229.
Chatham, Lord, iii. 241; iv. 215;
v. 159.

Chatsworth, iii. 140; J.'s visit to,
iv. 240.

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Chatterton, his literary forgeries,
iii. 29; iv. 104.
Cheating, ii. 212.
Chester, iii. 276-8.
Chesterfield, Lord, i. 97, 143-148;
iii. 32; iv. 224; J. dedicates plan
of Dictionary to, i. 97, 98; J.'s
quarrel with, i. 143-148; his pa-
pers in the World," i. 143;
J.'s celebrated letter to, i. 145;
iv. 95; applies epithet of "re-
spectable Hottentot" to J., i.
148; his puns, ii. 129; "Letters
to his Son," i. 148; ii. 205; Dil-
ly's edition of his works, iii. 238.
Cheyne, Dr. George, on the "Eng-
lish Malady,' i. 32; iii. 55;
J.'s opinion of his works, iii.
16; his rules for living, v. 117.
Cheynel, J.'s Life of, i. 126.
Chief, Highland, duty of, v. 161,
183, 218.

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Children, education of, i. 9, 23, 260;
should not always be brought
into company, iii. 17.
China, manufacture of, iii. 109.
Chinese, remarks on the, iii. 228.
Cholmondeley, Hon. Mrs., iii. 173,
213; v. 196.

Church, attendance at, iii. 269;
holidays of, ii. 285.
Cibber, Colley, i. 143, 231, 232; ii.
211; iii. 45, 123; Lives of the
Poets, iii. 18; Mrs., v. 91.
Clarke, Dr. S., i. 229; ii. 61; iii.
166.

Clark, Alderman, letter from J. to,
iv. 177.

Clarendon, style of, iii. 174.
Claret and Port, J.'s comparison
between, iii. 256.
Classical terms, modern use of, iii.
189; quotations, iv. 128.

Classics, iv. 151.

131, 221; iii. 202; inscription in
J.'s pew at, ii. 130.
Clergy, Scotch and English com-
pared, v. 199.

Clerical decorum and dress, iv. 59,

60.

Clive, Lord, remarks on, iv. 225,
269.

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Mrs., the actress, iv. 13.
Cloth, Scotch process of wawk-
ing," v. 138.

Club in Fox Lane, formed by J.,
i. 102; Literary, founded by Sir
Joshua Reynolds, i. 277; Essex
Head, formed by J., iv. 174.
Coachmakers' Hall, religious meet-
ings at, iv. 61, 71.

Cobb, Mrs., ii. 291; iii. 275.
Cock Lane Ghost, i. 234; iii. 180.
Coll, island of, ii. 164; v. 23.
Colchester, siege of, i. 271.
Colman, George, ii. 198; iv. 220.
Colquhoun, Sir James and Lady
Helen, entertain J. at Rosedow,
v. 288.
"Collectanea," Dr. Maxwell's, ii.
70-80.

Colleges, bequests to, iii. 206.
Collins, the poet, his melancholy,
i. 219; J.'s "Life of," i. 219.
Colson, Rev. Mr., letter to, from
Gilbert Walmesley, i. 48.
Composition, instructions relative
to, iii. 293; v. 44.
Compositor, story of a, iv. 218.
Compliment, letters of, to J. from
abroad, iv. 12.

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Comus," J.'s prologue to, i. 124.
Condescension, iv. 11.
Congreve, fine passage in "Mourn-
ing Bride" of, ii. 51; Life of,
iv. 45.

Congé d'élire, J.'s definition of,
iv. 219.
Convents, ii. 6, 272.
Conversation, remarks on, ii. 224,
296; iii. 180; Evening Society
for, iv. 68; Mrs. Thrale's re-
marks on J.'s, iv. 87; general
remarks on, iv. 118, 218.
Convicts, religious instruction of,

iv. 222.
Cooke, Captain, iii. 5.

Mr., his singular presenta-
tion of Foote, v. 19.

Clement Danes, St., Church of, ii. | Cookery, Mrs. Glass's, iii. 192.

Coote, Sir Eyre, v. 89, 92.
"Coriat Junior," book of Travels,
ii. 106.

Cork, Earl of, J.'s remark on, iii.
122.

Corneille and Shakspeare, iv. 18.
Corpulency, iv. 121.

Corrichatachin, J.'s kind reception
at, v. 119.

Cotterel, Misses, incidents of J.'s
acquaintance with, i. 134.
Country, love of, ii. 60; life in the,
iii. 239; iv. 227; v. 75.
Courage, iv. 202.

Court of Session, mode of pleading
in, v. 316.

Coverley, Sir Roger de, ii. 229.
Cowdray Hall, iv. 115.
Cowley, Hurd's Select Works of,
iii. 17; J.'s Life of, iv. 34; his
condensation of thought, v. 274.
Coxeter, Thomas Eyre, makes
large collection of Works of
British Poets, iii. 105.
Cradock, Mr., author of "Zo-
beide," iii. 23.
Credulity, French, v. 262; English
not less than Scotch, v. 308.
Creeds and confessions, v. 86.
Criticism not injurious to authors,
iii. 283; Kames's Elements of,
ii. 53.

Cromwell, J.'s projected Life of,
iv. 160.

Crosbie, Mr. Andrew, ii. 232; v.
27; his comparison of the Eng-
lish and Scotch, v. 7.
Crosses, ancient, v. 132.
Crowns, Three, Inn, at Lichfield,
ii. 287.

Cruikshank, Mr., surgeon, J.'s
letter to, iv. 246.
Cullen, town of, v. 76.

Dr., iv. 179; v. 26.
Culloden, battle of, ii. 166; v. 151.
Cumberland, Mr., Odes of, iii. 26;
his Fashionable Lovers," v.

136.

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Cumming, Thomas, the Quaker,
v. 69,

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Dancing, report of J.'s learning,
iv. 62.

Danes, colony of, in Fifeshire, v.

47.

Davies, Thomas, actor and book-
seller, character of, i. 224; in-
troduces Boswell to J., i. 225;
his wife remarkable for beauty,
i. 224, 281; his Life of Garrick,
iii. 291; letters from J. to, iv.
157, 246.

Death, remarks on, i. 191; ii. 54;
iv. 109, 191, 203; v. 139; fear
of, ii. 63; iii. 197, 210; warrants
signed by Sixtus Quintus on his
death-bed, v. 190.

Deeds, remarks on registration of,
iv. 58.

De Foe, Daniel, J.'s opinion of, iii.

180.

"Deformities of J.," iv. 108.
Dempster, George, Esq., his high

opinion of J.'s conversation, i.
251; letter on J.'s Journey, v.

321.

Demonax Johnson, so styled by
Rev. Dr. Francklin, iv. 30.
Denis, St., J.'s description of, ii.

248.

Dennis, John, the critic, iii. 24.
Derby, manufactory of china at,
iii. 109; J.'s marriage at, i. 42.
Derrick, Mr., the poet, J.'s regard
for, i. 221.

Desmoulins, Mrs., i. 21, 131; J.'s
kindness to, iii. 151, 298; her
account of J., i. 32.

Devil, printer's, marriage of a, iv.
73.

Devonshire, J.'s trip to, i. 215;
Duke of, iii. 125.
Devotion, remarks on, iv. 155.
Diary, J.'s, i. 27.

Diaries, remarks on, ii. 133.
Dictionary of the English language
by J., i. 96, 97, 143, 271; plan
of, dedicated to Lord Chester-
field, i. 97; anecdote of its com-
mencement, i. 97; amanuenses
employed on, i. 99; principal
publishers of, i. 97, 162; pub-
fished, i. 165; preface to, i. 165,
168; definitions in, i. 167, 168;
Garrick's complimentary Epi-
gram on, i. 169; authorities
cited, iv. 11.

Dictionaries, pronouncing, ii. 98.
Dick, Sir Alexander, iv. 179; v.
29; letter to J. from, iii. 65.
Dilly, Messrs., booksellers, iii., 4,
40; dinners at, ii. 210; iii. 40-
43, 191; iv. 76, 190; letters from
J. to, iii. 83; iv. 177; death of
E. Dilly, iii. 266.

Dinner, at J.'s house, on Easter
Sunday, ii. 132.

Divorce, remarks on, iii. 236.
Dixie, Sir Wolstan, i. 34.
Dodd, Dr., iii, 78, 79, 110; iv. 144;
J.'s interference in behalf of, iii.
93-100; his "Thoughts in Pri-
son," iii. 181.

Doddridge, Dr. Philip, his fine
epigram, v. 216.
Dodsley, Robert, author and pub-
lisher, purchases copyright of
J.'s "London," i. 61; advises
J. to address plan of his Dic-
tionary to Lord Chesterfield, i.
97, 98; his "Preceptor," i. 102;
describes effect of J.'s letter to
Chesterfield, i. 147; his "Cleone"
and "Public Virtue," iv. 21; is
one of the purchasers of "Ras-
selas," i. 195; his character, ii.
278.

Dogs, Maclean of Col could run
down, v. 261; J. separates two
fighting dogs, ii. 186; describes
a well-shaped bull-dog, iii. 127;
eaten at Otaheite and China, ii.

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improved dress, iii. 219; iv. 220;
his dress on his Scottish tour, v.
5; time wasted in dressing, 45.
Drinking, much declined of late
years, v. 38; arguments against,
iii. 24, 114, 261; v. 257.
Drummond, William, the poet,
his "Cypress Grove," v. 139;
his seat of Hawthornden visited,
318.

Mr. W., the bookseller,
J.'s letters to, on translating the
Scriptures into the Gaelic lan-
guage, ii. 17-19.

Dryden, John. compared with
Pope, by Voltaire and J., ii. 3,
51; his dedications, v. 189; his
coffee-house habits, iii. 45; his
religious opinions, 235; iv. 37;
his philosophical lines on life,
iv. 206.

Duelling, J.'s defence of, ii. 109;
iv. 147; v. 9, 182.
Dunbui, a remarkable rock, v. 68.
"Dunciad," criticism on, ii. 50.
Dundas, Henry Viscount Melville,
i. 148; ii. 98; iii. 143.
Dun, Rev. Mr., v. 304.
Dun Can, a high mountain, v. 132.
Duncombe, W., Esq., of Canter-
bury, iii. 211.

Dunning's, Mr., Remark on J.,iii.

162.

Duntulm Castle, ancient residence
of the Macdonalds, v. 112.
Dunvegan Castle, seat of Macleod,
v. 162, 175, 185.
Durham on the Galatians, v. 304.
Dutch language, affinity to Eng-

lish, iii. 158; Johnson tries in
advanced life to learn it, iv. 22;
v. 202; Dyer's "Fleece," sub-
ject unpoetical, ii. 281.

EAGLE, classical fable of, v. 17.
Early rising, J.'s aversion to, iii.

113.

East Indies, wealth acquired in,
iii. 298.

Economy, paltry, iii. 200.
Edensor Inn, Derbyshire, iii. 140.
Edial House, J.'s Academy, i. 43.
Edinburgh, J.'s arrival in, v. 7;
White Horse Inn, v. 7.

Episcopal Chapel in, v.
12; Parliament House, v. 12;

Holyrood House, v. 25; St.
Giles's Church, v. 23; College,
v. 24; Royal Infirmary, v. 24.
Education, J.'s opinion on, ii. 4,
262; public and private, v. 58;
Scotch, ii. 225; national, iv. 150.
Edwards on Grace, discussion on,
iii. 195.

Rev. Dr., letter from J. to,

iii. 248.

Mr. J.'s fellow-collegian,
meeting with, iii. 203, 206.
Eels, skinning of, iii. 256.
Eglintoune, Earl of, remark on J.'s
manners, ii. 40; character of, v.
114; shot by Mungo Campbell,
iii. 126.

Countess of, celebrated
for her beauty and accomplish-
ments, v. 298; adopts J. as her
son, v. 299.

Egyptians, ancient, discussion as
to appearance, iv. 93.
Eldon, Lord, opinion on law of
copyright, v. 32.

Election, freedom of, ii. 211.
"Elfrida," Mr. Mason's, criticised,
ii. 209.

Elgin, v. 79, 81; cathedral, v. 79.
Elibank, Lord, his admiration of
J.'s powers, iii. 15; J.'s cha-
racter of, v. 307; letter to Bos-
well, v. 140; to J., v. 141.
Eliot, Mr., of Port Eliot, iv. 61.
Elizabeth, Queen, her learning, iv.

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V. 221.

Epigram, Johnson's, to Richard
Savage, i. 86; Garrick's on J.'s
Dictionary, i. 169; on a miracle,
iii. 205; one of the finest in the
language, v. 216.

Epitaphs, on Elizabeth Blaney, i.
3; on Phillips, the singer, i. 76;
on Mrs. Johnson, i. 133; on Ad-
miral Byng, i. 133; on Soame
Jenyns, by Boswell, i. 179; on
Goldsmith, iii. 52; on Dr.
Adams, iv. 255; on Dr. J., iv.
287; on Smollett, v. 292; on Sir
J. Macdonald, v. 115; J.'s essay
on, i. 75.
Erasmus, iv. 202.

Errol, Earl of, visit to, v. 67, 71.
Countess of, v. 67, 68.
Erskine, Hon. Thomas, afterwards
Lord, ii. 106, 107; Sir Harry, i.
222; Rev. Dr., v. 311.
Estates, sale of, v. 254.

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Essay on Man," Pope's, Boling-
broke's share in, iii. 269.
Evil, origin of, v. 82.
Exaggeration, its bad effects, iv.
63, 126.

Excise, J.'s definition of, i. 167.
Execution, account of one, v. 72.
Exhibition of paintings, i. 209; iv.

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