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.

39.

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.

V. 142.

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