1784. Visits Oxford, iv. 194; pro- poses to go to a warmer climate, iv. 225, 234; last provincial tour, iv. 237; last illness and death, iv. 271-282.
Character, habits, personal ap-
pearance, &c. Defective sight, i. 6; quickness of observation, i. 6; indolence, i. 9, 35, 180, 268, 280; iii. 292; iv. 14. Retentive memory, i. 10, 146. Early love of romance, i. 11. Early poetical genius, i. 12, 20. Morbid melancholy, i. 21, 22, 23, 168, 196, 280; iii. 62; iv. 206. Irregular mode of study, i. 17, 24. Pride, i. 28, 147. Manners, i. 32, 44, 74, 75, 161, 227, 281; ii. 7; iii. 32, 102, 192, 241; iv. 133, 202, 215. Personal appear- ance, i. 40, 73, 135, 228; iv. 220, 289; v. 4. Rapidity of composition, i. 88, 103, 110, 188, 195; ii. 8; v. 45. Polite- ness, i. 32; iii. 108; iv. 64, 93, 192. Love of chemistry, i. 71; ii. 95; iv. 162. Love of conviviality and pleasures of the table, i. 136; iii. 43, 124, 192, 224; iv. 68, 195, 223; v. 42. Love of young people, i. 257. Love of London life, 1, 266; iv. 254. Love of Oxford, i. 26; ii. 32, 114. Love of con- tradiction, iii. 40, 210, 233; iv. 83; v. 56. Gratitude, i. 93; iv. 226, 227. Jacobite prejudices
i. 72, 74, 93, 168, 249; ii. 212; iv. 118. Envy of Garrick, i. 88, 226; ii. 117. Tenderness of con- science, i. 77. Prejudice against actors, i. 88, 108; iii. 123; iv. 14. Moral and religious princi- ples, i. 23, 148, 170; ii. 4, 107; iv. 281. Affection for his mother, i. 84. Love for his wife, i. 129; iii. 205. Unfitness for tragedy writing, i. 108. Conver- sational powers, i. 74, 111, 135, 243; iv. 83, 86, 130, 131, 161. Deference to public opinion, i. 108; iv. 29. Excellence as a biographer, i. 142. Hatred of Whigs and their principles, i. 249; ii. 104, 135, 277; iv. 66, 133, 153. Hatred of infidel
principles, i. 256; ii. 4, 6, 49, 55; iii. 33, 185, 203, 268, 278. Respect for authority and rank, i. 142, 175, 253, 258; ii. 8, 94, 136, 159; iii. 32, 126, 176, 239, 273; v. 73. Superstition, i. 234; ii. 6, 108, 198; iii. 199, 236; iv. 70. Regard to truth, i. 252; ii. 272; iii. 154, 197; iv. 121. Liberality in pe- cuniary matters, i. 283. Dread of death, ii. 54, 63, 186; iii. 197; iv. 178, 179, 185, 203, 268, 278. Toleration, i. 233; ii. 61, 62, 63, 157; iii. 126; iv. 188. Respect for the clergy, ii. 104; iv. 59, 67, 138, 187. Reverence for sacred subjects, ii. 130. Habit of contracting friends' names, ii. 158. Remarkable laugh, ii. 160, 233; iii. 176. Personal courage, ii. 186. Benevolence, ii. 201, iii. 16, 81, 248, 279, 296, 297; iv. 98, 134, 140, 218, 231. Habit of using strong expressions, iii. 1, 195, 199, 211. Devotion, i. 129, 138, 141, 273, 280, 283; ii. 116, 130; iv. 186. Know- ledge of the world, iii. 12; of law, iii. 14; of physic, iii. 14, 102. Generosity, iii. 151. Taci- turnity, iii. 207; v. 49. Style of dress, i. 108; iii. 218; v. 5. Violence of temper, iii. 34, 50, 138, 180, 183, 195, 199, 211, 223, 227, 234, 237; iv. 70, 74, 120, 122; v. 110. Irritability of temper, i. 226; ii. 63; iii. 180; iv. 121, 123, 188, 193. Vigour of mind in old age, iv. 22, 173, 175. Vanity, iv. 130. Regard for literature, iv. 26, 29. Ex- traordinary way of walking, iv. 57. Appearance on horseback, v. 98. Readiness at retort, iv. 131. Candour, iv. 163, 217. Opinions on education, i. 9; ii. 4, 112, 115, 225, 254; iii. 8, 114, 259; v. 68; on friendship, i. 169; on marriage, i. 218; ii. 46, 65, 101, 205, 284, 286, 295; iii. 3, 254; iv. 97; on political eco- nomy, ii. 59; on future state, ii. 100; iii. 135; on duelling, ii. 109. Contempt for belief in influence of the weather, i. 188,
247, 260. Contempt for rheto- rical gesture, i. 189; ii. 129; for ballad poetry, ii. 130; for pun- ning, ii. 147; for tragic acting, v. 19; for foreigners, i. 63; iv. 17. Dislike to swearing, iii. 126; of a sailor's life, iii. 179; of being thought old, iii. 204, 206, 226; iv. 128; of literary superiority, iv. 83. Prejudice against Scotland and the Scotch, i. 64, 148, 225, 242, 246; ii. 32, 45, 47, 74, 90, 104, 195, 208, 225, 234, 270; iii. 47, 101, 114, 167, 176, 226, 235; iv. 73, 76, 98, 120, 131; v. 6, 22, 24, 59. Pre- judice against Americans, iii. 42, 125, 136, 138, 195, 211, 292. "Johnsoniana," ii. 271; iii. 219. Jordan, Mr. J.'s tutor at Pem- broke College, i. 18, 19, 20. Journal des Savans, ii. 26. keeping a, iv. 126. Junius, iii. 254; iv. 207. Juvenal, J.'s translations of Sa- tires, i. 103.
Lake in Rasay, strange legend concerning, v. 132.
Landlords and tenants, v. 234. Langton, Bennet, i. 135; dinners at house of, iii. 188, 227; change in circumstances of, iii. 224; his notes of J.'s conversation, iv. 30; visited by J. at Rochester, iv. 159; J.'s high esteem for, iii. 109; letters from J. to, i. 163, 183, 190-1, 205; ii. 9-11, 28, 82, 86, 90, 173, 224, 233; iii. 81, 246; iv. 98, 106, 165, 182, 236, 243; J. visits family of, in Lincoln- shire, i. 277.
—, Peregrine, his remarkable economy, ii. 10.
Miss Jane, J.'s godchild, letter to, iv. 186. Languages, ii. 97; connexion be- tween, iii. 158; origin of, iv. 143; the pedigree of nations, v. 177; the Celtic, v. 193; the poets pre- serve languages, iii. 21. Lapouchin, Madame, sufferings of, iii. 229.
Latin, spoken by J. to foreigners, ii. 251, 253; inscriptions, iv. 15; graces, v. 43.
Latrobe, Rev. Mr., a Moravian minister, iv. 278.
Law and lawyers, opinions on, ii.
5, 13, 29, 143, 278; v. 11, 59; arguments on points of Scotch law by J. on vicious intro- mission, ii. 119; on church pa- tronage, 148; on entails, 258; on the liberty of the pulpit, iii. 35; on the registration of deeds, iv. 58; on libels, 95. Lawrencekirk, village of, v. 51. Lawrence, Dr. Thomas, iii. 14;
letters to, ii. 185; iii. 280; iv. 105-6.
Law's "Serious Call to a Holy Life" set J. to think earnestly of religion, i. 23. Laziness, v. 183.
Learning, iv. 16; v. 88, 54; gene- ral diffusion of, iv. 151. Lectures, on instruction by, iv. 69. Lee, Arthur, an American patriot, iii. 42.
Alderman, London, meets
J., iii. 48. Leeds, doggrel verses on Duke of, iv. 17.
Legitimation by marriage, Scots law, ii. 283.
Leibnitz, his work on languages, ii. 96; dispute on, v. 227. Leith, not Lethe, v. 34. Leland, Dr. Thomas, Dublin, J.'s letter to, on his diploma, i. 284; his "History of Ireland,” iii. 73. Lennox, Mrs., her " Shakspeare Illustrated," i. 141; her works, ii. 180; compliment to, iv. 188. Leonidas, Glover's poem of, v. 82. Letter-writing, fashion of publish- ing letters, iv. 76; mode of end- ing, v. 189.
Levett, Robert, account of, i. 133-5:
letters to, ii. 174, 237; iii. 58; his death, iv. 101; verses on, 102.
Mr., Lichfield, letter to, on interest of debt, i. 84. Lewis, Rev. Francis, translates mottoes to "Rambler," i. 124. Liberty, popular, J.'s contempt for, ii. 37; iii. 258; of conscience, 161; of the press, iii. 9. Lichfield, J.'s birthplace, i. 8, 14,
30; ii. 286; iii. 275; iv. 100, 251; bust of J. in cathedral, iv. 286. Life, human, remarks on, iii. 226; iv. 204; on success in, iv. 122; on savage, iv. 210. Lilliburlero, ballad of, ii. 215. Lindley, Miss, an eminent singer,
marries R. B. Sheridan, ii. 228. Linen cleaner than wool or silk, v. 170.
Liquors, J.'s estimate of different, iii. 256; iv. 62.
Literary labour, small remunera- tion of, i. 104; advantages of
literary life, iv. 73; instructions for writing lives of literary men, v. 190; literary property, v. 32, 48; literary men showing their writings, iii. 215.
Literary Magazine, J. a contribu- tor to, i. 174.
Literature, anecdote of J.'s respect for, iii. 209; French, v. 247. Lives of the Poets, J.'s, iv. 31; incidents connected with, 32; criticisms and attacks on, 51; new edition of, 114.
Lloyd, Olivia, J.'s affection for, i.
Mrs., godmother to Savage, the poet, i. 91. Lochbuy, J.'s visit to, v. 270. Lochlomond, ii. 164; iii. 257. Loch Ness, beautiful drive along, v. 98.
Locke, John, the philosopher, Latin verses by, v. 64. London, the great field of genius and exertion, i. 47, 244; iii. 4; life in, i. 49; ii. 45; iii. 255; iv. 254; size and increase of, ii. 221; iv. 146; state of poor in, iii. 269; cheap living in, v. 183; persons of consequence watched in, v. 196; compared with Pekin, v. 242; J.'s residences in, i. 54, 99; iii. 272; J.'s poem of "Lon- don," i. 58-65.
Chronicle, an evening news- paper, i. 179. Long, Mr. Dudley (North), his character, iv. 63.
Longley, Mr., of Rochester, his learning, iv. 14.,
Loudon, Countess of (daughter of Earl Stair), iii. 247; v. 296.
Earl of, entertains J. in Ayrshire, v. 296. Loughborough, Lord (Wedder- burne), iii. 2.
Lovat, Simon, Lord, verses on his execution, i. 126; assists in ab- duction of Lady Grange, v. 181; erects memorial in Skye to his father, v. 186; boasts of his clan, v. 314. Lowe, Mauritius, a painter, J. kind to, iii. 296; iv. 139; his picture of the Deluge, iv. 140. Lowth, Bishop, his controversy
with Warburton, ii. 25; v. 89; his learning, v. 55. Lowther, noble family of, v. 79. Loyola, Ignatius, founder of the Jesuits, i. 28.
Loyalty of Highlanders, v. 160. Lucan. Lord and Lady, their at- tention to J., iv. 220. Luke, Gospel of St., remarks on chap. vii. ver. 50, iv. 12. Lutterel, Col.,rival of Wilkes,ii.67. Luxury, remarks on, ii. 133; iii. 33, 190, 196. Lydiat, Thomas, his history, i. 104. Lyttelton, Geo., Lord, his anxiety
as an author, iii. 20; his "Dia- logues," ii. 76; caricature of, v. 225; his "History of Henry the Second," ii. 25.
-, Thomas, second Lord, his remarkable vision, iv. 203.
MACALLAN, Eupham, a reputed witch, v. 20. Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine, a great republican, i. 258; her remarks on J.'s political principles, ii. 134; J. severe upon, 209; J. does not wish to be pitted against her, iii. 124.
Rev. Kenneth, Minister of Calder, Nairnshire, his "His- tory of St. Kilda," ii. 32, 93; visited by J. at Calder, v. 83; his claim to authorship of " His- tory of St. Kilda" disputed, 84; and affirmed, 287; J. promises his son a Servitorship at Oxford,
mother, v. 116; bond to Kings- burgh, 204. Macdonald, Sir Alexander, after- wards Lord Macdonald, ii. 96 106; visited by J. at Armidale, v. 112; his parsimony and want of spirit, v. 113, 115, 124, 221.
,Lady Margaret, her great popularity in Skye, iii. 257; Y. 116, 207; assists Prince Charles Edward in his escape, v. 146.
Flora, v. 142-146, 157. Allan (husband of Flora),
Alexander, old Kings- burgh, v. 143, 146-7, 204, 206-7. Mackenzie, Sir George, his works, V. 167.
Henry, his "Man of Feeling," i. 207; his "Life of Blacklock," v. 28; his " Man of the World," v. 219.
Roderick, a chivalrous young Jacobite, v. 207. Mackinnon, Laird of, assists in es- cape of Charles Edward, v. 155.
family of, at Corricha- tachin, hospitably entertain J., v. 119; account of, 123; entertain J. a second time, 204; Boswell's excess of drinking at, 205. Maclaine, John, Laird of Lochbuy, entertains J., v. 270; his curious mistake about J., 271; his son killed in a duel, 272. Maclaurin, Colin, the mathemati- cian, his epitaph, v. 31.
John, Lord Dreghorn,
ii. 225; v. 31, 217. Maclean, Donald, young Laird of Coll, v. 198, 201; plans an ex- pedition for J. and acts as leader, 203; their danger at sea, 222; entertains J. at island of Coll, 231; they sail for Mull, 245; his character and merits, 259; his death, 262.
Sir Allan, and his daughters, visited at Inchken- neth by J., v. 256; accompanies him to Iona, 262; reverence for his feudal power as chief, 267.
Capt. Lachlan, Coll, en-
tertains J., v. 225.
Rev. Hector, Coll, dis- putes with J., v. 227.
Madden, Dr. Samuel, engages J. to revise his poem, i. 180. Madness, various kinds of, i. 228; iii. 118; iv. 28.
Maittaire, Michael, and his works, iv. 10.
Mallet, David, his edition of Bolingbroke's works; i. 148; anecdote of, v. 134.
Malthe, Chevalier de, anecdote of, V. 73.
Man, J.'s gloomy estimate of, ii. 217; definitions of, v. 16; not naturally good, 66; difference between well-bred and ill-bred, iv. 216; comparative merits of Shakspeare and Milton's por- traits of, iv. 58.
"Whole Duty of," author of work so called unknown, ii. 146. Mandeville, Bernard, fallacy of his doctrine that private vices are public benefits, iii. 196. Manners of high rank, iv. 123; change of, v. 38; value of his- tory of, 54; those of the great families of Wales, 218.
Mansfield, Lord, ii. 97, 114, 118; v. 66, 313; his house burned in the riots of 1780, iii. 286. Marchmont, Earl of, one of Pope's executors, iii. 232; J.'s visit to, 262; his insinuation against, iv. 41.
Markham, Archdeacon, quoted and eulogised, v. 18.
Marlborough, the great Duke of, epigram on, ii. 280.
Sarah, Duchess of, essay on her conduct by J., i. 78; v. 135.
Marriage, remarks on, ii. 46, 59, 65, 101, 205, 286; the church
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