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Female characters, J.'s, i. 122.
Ferguson, Sir Adam, ii. 103; Dr.
Adam, v. 24.

Ferns, deanery of, iv. 58.
Fiction, real, little in the world,
iv. 161.

Fidelity, conjugal, iii. 15.
Fielding, Henry, i. 139; ii. 106;|
and Richardson, curious com-
parison between, ii. 30, 106.
Fife, Earl of, v. 76.
Findlater, Lord, v. 77.
Fitzherbert, Mr., remarks on, iii.
100; Alleyne, Minister to Court
of Russia, i. 32.
Fladder, Isle of, v. 133.
Flattery, generally pleasing, ii.
226; of Johnson, iii. 197.
Flaxman, Mr., origin of J.'s dis-
like to, iv. 220.

Fleet Street, i. 266; ii. 210; iii. 202.
Flint, Bet, iv. 77.

Florentine boar, iii. 156.
Florizel and Perdita, song in, ii. 47.
Floyd, Thomas, the author, i. 263.
Floyer, Sir John, "Treatise on
Cold Baths," i. 38; iv. 183.
Foote, Sam., ii. 55, 56, 95, 187, 251;
iii. 43, 124; iv. 189; v. 19, 219.
Forbes, Sir William, v. 10, 28;
letter to Boswell, v. 325.
Ford, Parson, i. 11; story of his
ghost, iii. 236.
Forests, Scotch, v. 188.
Forres, v. 81; pillar, v. 82.
Fort Augustus, v. 100; George,

V. 88.

Fortitude and Insensibility, i. 19.
Foster, Elizabeth, grand-daughter
of Milton, i. 125.

Foulis, Messrs., v. 296; Sir James,
V. 114, 191.
"Fountains, the," a tale by J.,
ii. 16.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James,
iii. 179; iv. 119, 191, 200; his
conversation, iv. 119.
France, J.'s visit to, ii. 237;
Journal of Tour in, ii. 241;
royal family of, ii. 238; state of
literature in, iii. 171.
Fraser, Mr., of Strichen, v. 74;
General, iii. 3.
Freewill, remarks on, iii. 195; iv.
222.

French writers, their superficial

character, i. 261; character, ii.
251; maid of honour, flattery by
a, iii. 210; invasion, fear of, iii.
219; garrulity, iv. 17; blunder
from ignorance of language, iv.
28; literature, iv. 162; manners,
iv. 17, 162; credulity, v. 262.
Friday, Good, J.'s strict obser-
vance of, ii. 219; iii. 210.
Friends, J.'s, anxiety for religious
improvement of, iv. 280; at-
tention of, in J.'s last illness,
iv. 276.

Friendship, ii. 223; iii. 195; acti-
vity of J.'s, iv. 231; importance
of old, v. 61; ode to, i. 82.
Funeral, an extraordinary one, v.
186; J.'s, iv. 283.

Future State, recognition in, ii. 99.

GAELIC, proposal to translate Bible
into, ii. 16-19.
Gaming, ii. 107; iii. 14.
Garragantua, J. compared to, iii.

173.

Gardening, oriental, v. 145.
Gardens, remarks on, iv. 142.
Gardenstone, Lord, v. 50.
Gardiner, Mrs., i. 133.
Gardiner, Mr., the bookseller, ii.

214.

Garrick, David, i. 43, 47, 75, 103,
106, 169, 226, 229, 279; ii. 47,
50, 79, 139, 143, 203, 254; iii. 21,
31, 44, 173, 174, 175, 177, 209,
259; iv. 71, 188; v. 90, 193,
217; J.'s envy of, i. 88, 226; iii.
14, 209; becomes manager of
Drury Lane Theatre, i. 106;
epigram on J.'s Dictionary, i.
169; death of, iii. 251; monu-
ment in Lichfield Cathedral, iii.
251; expense of his funeral, iv.
144; J.'s eulogium on, iii. 160;
his embarrassment in West-
minster Hall, v. 193; and Foote
compared, v. 310; letter from,
to Boswell, v. 277; Mrs., ac-
count of, iv. 71; Captain, i. 31;
George, i. 43; Peter, i. 46; ii.
287, 290, 291; iii. 276.
Gastrel, Mrs., ii. 294; iii. 276.
Gataker "On Loots and the Chris-
tian Watch," v. 240.
Gay's "Beggar's Opera," ii. 227.
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 54, 55,

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Ghosts, ii. 100, 108, 111; iii. 155,
199, 236, 238, 180; iv. 71.
Gibbon, Edward, the historian, ii.
215; iii. 32, 169.

Gibbons, Dr., dissenting minister,
iv. 93.

"Gifford, Old," manager of Good-
man's-Fields Theatre, i. 89.
Gillespie, Dr., iv. 179.
Glasgow, ii. 164.

Glenelg, wretched inn at, v. 110.
Gleig, Mr., Montrose, v. 49.
Glenshiel, v. 106.

Glenmoriston, laird of, v. 102.
Gobelin's Tapestry, ii. 241.
Goldsmith, Oliver, i. 239, 240,
241; ii. 8, 119, 136, 141, 142,
145, 147, 159; iii. 22, 170, 182;
v. 76, 103; his peculiar dress,
ii. 50; love of talking, ii. 114, 155,
157; v. 219; quarrel with Evans
the bookseller, ii. 128; quarrel
with Johnson, ii. 155; anecdotes
of, i. 240; ii. 27, 50, 159; iv. 14,
26; v. 67; project of going to
Aleppo, iv. 23; his death, ii.
173; debt at his death, ii. 173;
J.'s epitaph on, iii. 52; his
"Vicar of Wakefield," iii. 215;
his comedies refused by Garrick
and Colman, iii. 215; J.'s pro-
logue to "Good-natured Man,"
ii. 28; "Traveller," ii. 3; "De-
serted Village," ii. 4; "Life of
Parnell," ii. 101; "Animated
Nature," ii. 111, 142; "Goldy,"
so called by J., ii. 158.
Good breeding, in what it consists,
ii. 49; effect of, iv. 216.
Goodier, Samuel, Esq., v. 19.
Good humour acquirable, v. 166.
Goodness, observations upon na-
tural, v. 169.

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Gordon, Lord George, iii. 286; iv.
66; his riots, J.'s account of,
iii. 285-9.

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Graham, Lord, iii. 257; Miss (Lady
Dashwood), iii. 273.
Grainger, Dr., ii. 282; his Biogra-
phical Dictionary, v. 202; Ode
on Solitude, iii. 133.
Grange, Lady, strange history of,

v. 179.

Grant, Rev. Mr., of Daviot, v. 86,

96.

Gratitude, a fruit of cultivation,

v. 184.

Grattan, Mr., Speech on Irish free-
dom, iv. 215.

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Grave," Blair's, iii. 28.
Gray, the poet, J.'s opinion of, i.
232; poems, ii. 100, 204, 209;
odes, iv. 16.

Greek, J.'s advice on study of,
iii. 272; J.'s knowledge of, iv.
262; compared to lace by J.,
iv. 23; Clenardus's Grammar,
iv. 21.

Green, Mr. Richard, apothecary,
iii. 275; his museum, ii. 290;
letter from J. to, iv. 167.
Greenwich, J.'s residence at, i. 50;
J. and B. at, i. 265.
Gregory, Dr., Edinburgh, v. 29.
Grief on loss of friends, iii. 92.
Groot, De, J.'s kindness to, iii. 82.
Ground, consecrated, v. 131.
Grub Street, iv. 132.
Grugach stones, Highland super-
stition, v. 127.
Guardians, iii. 268.
Gulliver, Mrs., Pope's epistle in
name of, v. 104.

Gustavus Adolphus, Dr. Harte's
History of, iv. 61.

Guthrie, Mr. William, i. 57.
Gwyn, the architect, ii. 273.

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HABIT, force of, ii. 210.
Hackman, Mr., trial of, for murder
of Miss Ray, iii. 258.
Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrym-
ple), i. 148, 260: ii. 234, 256,
260, 263; iv. 214; v. 20, 29;
Annals of Scotland," ii. 171;
iii. 34; letter to Boswell, v. 320.
Hales, John, of Eton, iv. 214.
Hale, Lord Chief Justice, iv. 211.
Hall, Bishop. ii. 5; Mrs., letter
from John Wesley to, iv. 69.
Hamilton, Hon. Gerard, i. 285;
letters from J. to, iv. 169, 245;
kindness to J., iv. 169; of Ban-
gor's Poems, iii. 101.

Mr., of Sundrum, v. 19.
Duke, v. 283; Lady Betty,

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Hampstead, Mrs., J.'s lodgings at,
i. 131.

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, his edition
of Shakespeare, i. 93; epitaph
on, i. 94; ii. 16.

Happiness, ii. 5; iii. 108, 134,
194; Pope's remark on, ii. 217;|
not to be found in this life, v.
140; in a cottage considered, v.
233.

Hardyknute, Ballad of, ii. 53.
Harleian Miscellany, J.'s preface
to, i. 93.

Harrington, Dr., "Nuga Anti-
quæ," iv. 128.
Harris, Mr., of Salisbury, iii. 173;
V. 301.

Harrison, Elizabeth, her "Miscel-
lanies," i. 176.

Harte, Dr., "Gustavus Adolphus,"
ii. 73; his excessive vanity, iv.
61.
Harwich, J. accompanies Boswell
to, i. 270-4.
Harwood, Dr., iii. 23.
Hastings, Warren, J.'s corres-
pondence with, iv. 52-6.
Hastie, the schoolmaster, prose-
cuted, ii. 112; J.'s argument in
favour of, ii. 112-114.
Hawkesworth, Dr., i. 94; happy
imitations of J.'s style, i. 138.
Hawthornden, v. 318.
Hay's Martial, v. 293.

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Hay, Lord Charles, iii. 6; court-
martial on, iv. 23.
Heberden, Dr., iv. 238.
Hebrides, ii. 164; Journey to, può-
lished, ii. 187; origin of J.'s ex-
pedition to, v. 1.

Hector, Mr., i. 35, 40, 82; ii. 284,
294; iv. 101, 254; letters from
J. to, iv. 107, 256.

Heeley, Mr., iv. 249; letters from
J. to, iv. 250.

Hell, Virgil's description of en-
trance to, v. 247.
Henderson, Mr. John, iv. 203.
Henry, Dr. Robert, History of
Britain, iii. 224.
Hereditary right, iii. 104.
Hervey, Hon. Henry, i. 59: Hon.
F., ii. 20; "Hervey's Medita-
tions," v. 279.

Hetherington's Charity, Miss Wil-
liams' petitions for, ii. 177.
“High Life below Stairs," iv. 13.
Highland hut, description of, v.
98; travelling, v. 96; forest, v.
188; tradition relative to two
houses, v. 240; roads, formation
of, v. 96.

Hill, Dr., ii. 25; v. 42.
History, remarks on, ii. 226: v.
54; of England, v. 369.
Historians, ii. 118.
Hodge, J.'s cat, iv. 136.
Hogarth, his first interview with
J., i. 74.
Holbrooke, Mr., i. 8.

Hollis, Mr. Thomas, iv. 72.
Home, John, parody by, i. 263;
his tragedy of "Douglas," iii.
51; v. 287.

Homer, i. 14; v. 53; antiquity of,
iii. 222; compared with Virgil,
iii. 129, 224; J.'s veneration for,
ii. 78; v. 128; opinions respect-
ing, v. 53; "Pope's Homer," iii.

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241; translation of, i. 13; J. re-
peats ode of, v. 126; Bentley and
Jason de Nore's comments on, ii.
277; "Art of Poetry," iii. 176.
Horne, Bishop, ii. 277; Rev. Mr.,
his letter on the English particle,
iii. 239.

Hospitality, remarks on, iv. 20,
141, 153; ancient, ii. 102.
House of Commons, talents re-
quired in, v. 214.
Houses, subterranean, v. 131, 187.
Households, large, iii. 212.
Howard, Mr., i. 31; iii. 151.
Hoy, Mr. James, Gordon Castle,
v. 81.

Huddesford, Dr., Vice-chancellor
of Oxford, letter to, i. 158, 159.
Huggins, translator of " Ariosto,"
iv. 12.

Humanity, instance of J.'s, iv. 218.
Hume, David, i. 253, 256; ii. 5;
v. 13; his political principles, iv.
135; Dr. A. Smith's panegyrical
letter upon, v. 14.
Humphrey, Ozias, letter from J.
to, iv. 184.
Hunter, Mr., i. 8, 9.
Hunting, French, v. 200.
Hurd, Bishop, iv. 133, 198.
Hussey, Rev. Mr., letter from J.
to, iii. 249.
Hutchinson, William, remarkable
honesty of, v. 74.
Hypochondria, "The English Ma-
lady," i. 22; Professor Gaubin's
distinction between, and mad-
ness, i. 22.

ICELAND, natural history of, iii. 188.
"Idler," i. 187-9.
Idleness, i. 248, 270.
Impartiality, historical, v. 201.
Impostor, pretended brother of J.,

v. 235.

Inch Keith, island of, v. 35.
Inchkenneth, ii. 164; v. 25-6.
India, government of, iv. 149.
Indian Judges, ii. 213.
Infidelity, ii. 4; iv. 197; v. 130;
conjugal ii. 34; iii. 272.
Infidels, ii. 223; modern, v. 263;
writings, increase of, v. 216.
Ingratitude, false story of J.'s, iii.
130.

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Inns, J.'s love of, ii. 280; Shen-
stone's lines on, ii. 281.
Innovation, remarks on, iv. 133.
Inquisition, J. defends, i. 271.
Interest, landed and trading, com-
pared, v. 184.

Inverary, ii. 164; v. 276.
Inverness, ii. 164,172; v. 92; Eng-
lish chapel at, v. 93; castle, v. 93.
Iona, ii. 164; v. 265.
Ireland, J.'s aversion to visit, iii.
274; and the Irish, ii. 154;
Union. with, iii. 274.
"Irene," tragedy of, i. 46, 51, 52,
53, 78; performed at Drury Lane,
i. 96: ill success of, i. 106, 107;
J.'s dress on the occasion, i. 108;
manuscript copy of, i. 51; ex-
tracts from, i. 52.

Isa, island of, v. 197.
Islands, prisons, a song, v. 202.
Italy, iii. 21; proposal that J.
should visit, iv. 221, 225.

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Rev. Samuel, Curate of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, i. 68.
Mrs., his wife, i. 40, 41,

42, 51, 114, 130, 132.
death of, i. 129.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL-
1709. Born at Lichfield, i. 1.
1712. Early religious impres-
sions from his mother, i. 3;
anecdotes of his precocity, i. 4;
inherits his father's disease, i.
6; touched by Queen Anne, i. 7.
1719. Sent to Lichfield School, i.
7.

1724. Removed to Stourbridge
School, i. 11; poetical trans-
lations, i. 12-17.

1727. Leaves Stourbridge, i. 17;
two years at home, his pursuits
during that time, i. 18.
1728. Entered at Pembroke Col-
lege, Oxford, i. 18; incidents of
college life, i. 19, 26-29; trans-
lates Pope's "Messiah," i. 20.
1729. Morbid melancholyincreases,
i.21; religious impressions, i. 23.
1731. Leaves Oxford,i. 30; death of
his father, i. 30.

1733. Goes to Birmingham, em-
ployment there, i. 34; trans-
lates Lobo's "Abyssinia," i. 35.
1736. Marries, and opens academy
at Edial, i. 41-43; commences
tragedy of "Irene," i. 46.
1737. Goes to London with Gar-
rick, i. 47; retires to Greenwich,
i. 50; returns to Lichfield and
publishes Irene," i. 51; re-
moves back to London with Mrs.
J., i. 54.
1738. First contribution to "Gen-
tleman's Magazine," i. 55; re-
ports parliamentary debates in,
1. 57; publishes poem of "Lon-
don," i. 62.

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1739. Publishes 'Marmor Wor-
folciense," i. 72.

1743. Embarrassed circumstances,
i. 84.

1744. Publishes "Life of Richard
Savage," i. 85.
1747. Publishes plan of "Dic-
tionary," i. 97.

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1748. Institutes club in Ivy Lane,
i. 102; visits Tunbridge Wells,
i. 102.

1749. Publishes "Vanity of Hu-
man Wishes," i. 103; "Irene"
performed at Drury Lane, i. 106.
1750. Commences Rambler," i.

110.

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1759. Death of mother, i. 192;
publishes "Rasselas," i. 194.
1762. Obtains pension from George
III., i. 213; visits Devonshire
with Sir J. Reynolds, i. 215
1763. First interview with Bos-
well, i. 225; accompanies Bos-
well to Harwich, i. 270.
1764. Visits the Langton family,
i. 277.

1765. Makes an excursion to Cam-
bridge with Beauclerk, i. 283;
degree of LL.D. conferred by
University of Dublin, i. 284;
engagement with Gerard Ha-
milton, i. 284; introduction to
Thrale family, i. 285; publishes
edition of Shakspeare, i. 289.
1767. Interview with George III.,
ii. 22; visits Lichfield, ii. 27.
1768. Visits Oxford, ii. 29.
1769. Appointed Professor of An-
cient Literature, ii. 41.

1770. Publishes "False Alarm,”
ii. 67.

1771. Attempt to bring J. into
Parliament, ii. 84; visits Lich-
field and Ashbourne, ii. 85.
1773. Publishes new editions of
"Dictionary' and Shak-
speare, ii. 125; sets out on
Tour to the Hebrides, ii. 165;
writes account of Tour, ii. 167.
1774. Visits Wales with Mr. and
Mrs. Thrale, ii. 176.

1775. Receives degree of LL.D.
from University of Oxford, ii.

206.

1776. Visits Bath and Bristol
with the Thrales, iii. 26; visits
Brighton, iii. 60.

1777. Goes on provincial tour, iii.

91.

1778. Meets with Edwards, an old
college fellow, iii. 203.

1779. Publishes first four vols. of
"Lives of the Poets," iii. 250.
1781. Completes "Lives of the
Poets," iv. 31; provincial tour,
iv. 100.

1782. Constitutional disease in-
creases, iv. 101; Mrs. Thrale's
coolness to Johnson, iv. 115.
1783. Paralytic stroke, iv. 156;
institutes Essex Head Club, iv.
174; increased illness, iv. 175.

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