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The following is an index to BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON, 4 vols.,
and BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, 1 vol.-
The "Tour to the Hebrides" is designated as vol. v.

ABERCROMBIE, James, Philadel-
phia, sends author two letters
from Dr. J. to American gentle-
men, ii. 127.

Aberdeen, city of, visited by J.
and Boswell, v. 56; its former
condition, 57; its University
system similar to that at Oxford,
57; freedom of city conferred on
Dr. J., 62.

Abington, Mrs., the actress, ii. 200,
202, 216.

Absenteeism, its effects discussed,
iii. 119, 167.

Abstemiousness easier to Dr. J.
than temperance, i. 272; v. 169.
Absurdities, use of delineating,
iv. 19.

Abuse, difference between coarse
and refined, iv. 203.
Abyssinia, Lobo's voyage to, i. 35;
iii. 5.

Academy, Royal, Dr. J. made Pro-
fessor of Ancient Literature in,
ii. 41; Della Crusca Academy at
Florence send J. their "Vocabu-
lario," i. 168.
Accent, Scotch, may be overcome
by perseverance; instance of
Mallet, ii. 97.
Accounts, remarks on keeping,
iv. 126.
Acquaintances, desirableness of
extending, i. 168; iv. 125; J.'s
early, i. 134.
Acting, observations on, iv. 167;
v. 90.

Active sports recommended to
the young by Lord Chesterfield,
i. 10.

Adams, Rev. Dr., master of Pem-
broke College, Oxford his ac-
count of J.'s arrival at Oxford,
i. 18; his character of J. at col-
lege, i. 26; conversation with J.
on his Dictionary, i. 99; his ac-
count of the representation of
"Irene," i. 106; serious talk
with J. on his last visit to
Oxford, iv. 255.

Addison, Joseph, his Notanda, i.
111; his style, i. 123; his lite-
rary character, i. 246; found
himself unfit for conversation,
ii. 157; in delicate humour su-
perior to Swift, v. 26, 246; cor-
rects Budgell's writings, iii. 28;
conduct to Steele, iv. 42, 69;
readings in J.'s life of, 43.
Adelphi Terrace, residences of

Beauclerk and Garrick, iv. 74.
Adey, Miss, Lichfield, i. 4; iii. 275.
Admiration and judgment com-
pared, ii. 223.

"Adventurer, The," J.'s contri-
butions to, i. 113.
"Adventures of a Guinea," v. 218.
Adversaries not to be treated with
respect, v. 13,
"Adversoria, or Hints for Essays,"
J.'s, i. 111.

Adultery, heinousness of, ii. 34;
v. 164.

Affectation, J.'s aversion to, iv. 26;

Swift's, 29; in letter-writing, v.
189; in dying men, v. 314.
Affection, natural, iii. 261; iv. 147.
Agriculture, Marshall's Minutes
of, iii. 210; iv. 45.

Aiken, Miss (Mrs. Barbauld), her

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Anoch in Glenmoriston, v. 101.
Anthologia, J. translates epigrams
in, iv. 262.

Antiquarian researches, iii. 224;
iv. 262.

Apelles' Venus, iv. 78.
Arabs, their fidelity and long fast-
ing, v. 90.

Arbuthnot, Dr., a universal genius,
i. 246; superior to Swift in
coarse humour, v. 26.
Arbuthnot, Mr. Robert, Edin-
burgh, v. 13.

Arches, semi-circular and ellipti-
cal, i. 200.

Architecture, J.'s disapproval of
ornamental, ii. 274.

Argument and testimony defined,
iv. 192.

Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, a
narrow man, v. 275.

John, fifth Duke of, J.
visits at Inverary, v. 281; letter
from the Duke, and J.'s answer,
289.

Elizabeth Gunning, Du-
chess of, dislikes Boswell, but is
very attentive to J., v. 285.
Aristotle, his doctrine on the pur-
pose of tragedy, iii. 23; saying
of, iv. 14.

Armidale, Isle of Skye, v. 112,

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Atonement, doctrine of, iv. 91;

v. 60.

Attachment, family, not much oc-
casion for, in this commercial
country, ii. 108.
Atterbury, Bishop, his expression
on the use of a diary, iii.154; style
of his sermons commended, 155.
Attitudinising, J.'s aversion to, in
company, iv. 218.
Attorney. J.'s contempt for, ii. 77.
Auchinleck, estate and house of, i.
267; ii. 164; v. 302; deed of en-
tail, ii. 256, 263; v. 302.

Lord, Boswell's father,
character of, v. 299; entertains J.
at Auchinleck, 300; comes into
collision with J., 304; styles J.
the Ursa Major, 305.
Authors, J.'s kindness to small, iii.
250; attacks upon authors
serviceable to them, iii. 253; v.
217; Virgil's description of the
entrance into hell applicable to
authors and printing offices, v.
247.

Avarice, iii. 44, 216.

BACON, Lord, his works, and Mal-
lett's life of, iii. 130; precepts on
conversation, iv. 161; History of
Henry VII., v. 173.

Badenoch, Wolf of, burns Elgin
Cathedral, v. 79.
Bad management, its miserable ef-
fects, iii. 213.
Bagpipe, J. fond of, v. 250.
Bagshaw, Rev. Mr., Bromley, let-

ter to, on Dictionary, ii. 158; on
Mrs. Johnson's death, iv. 235.
Ballow, Mr., J.'s law instructor, iii.

14.

Baltic, J.'s proposed voyage up the,
iii. 89.

Banff, town of, v. 76.
Banks, Sir Joseph, J. writes motto

for his goat, ii. 88; admiration
of J.'s sentence on Iona, v. 266.
Barber, Francis, J.'s servant, i. 129,
130, 131, 199,; ii. 90; placed at
school by J., ii. 37; letters from
J. to, ii. 37, 69, 70; J.'s liberality
to, iv. 272.
Barclay, W., Oxford student, de-

ds J.'s Shakspeare, i. 290:

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Barclay and Perkins's brewhouse
(successors to Thrale), v. 95.
Baretti, Signor, ii. 35, 279; iii. 4,
61; letters from J. to, i. 207, 212,
218; trial of, for murder, ii. 56;
J.'s liberality to, iv. 272.
Barnard, Mr., librarian to George
III., ii. 22.

-, Dr., Bishop of Killaloe, J.'s
regard for, iv. 85.
Barnes, Joshua, J.'s estimate of his
Greek scholarship, iv. 21.
Barrington, Hon. Daines, his Es
say on the Migration of Birds,
ii. 152.

Barry, Dr., his Treatise on Physic,
iii. 20.

James, the artist, letter to
from J., iv. 140; grasp of mind
in his pictures, 154.
Bartalozzi, the engraver, the father
of Madame Vestris, iii. 72.
Bateman, Mr., of Christchurch
College, excellence of his lec-
tures, i. 28.

Bath, J.'s visit to, iii. 26; letter
from a clergyman of, with J.'s
answer, iv. 109.
Bathurst, Lord, his testimony as
to "Pope's Essay on Man," iii.
270.

Dr. Richard, a valued
friend of J.'s, i. 97, 102, 129, 133,
138, 140; iv. 27.

Baxter, Richard, his works com-
mended, iv. 155, 162.

Bayle's Dictionary, a very useful
work, i. 246; discussion on his
works with Highland minister,
v. 227.

Bear, epithet applied to J., with
Goldsmith's happy remark upon,
ii. 40, 215.

Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, v. 42.
Beattie, Dr. James, introduced to J.,
ii. 85; admired by J. and Mrs.
Thrale, i. 99; letter to, iii. 291;
his poem of the Hermit, iv. 132;
letter from Boswell to, v. 3; his
Essay on Truth, 13; his ode on
Birth of Lord Hay, 72; his pen-
sion, 287.
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq., his cha-
racter, i. 136; J.'s night ramble
with, i. 137; dinner at his house,
ii. 144; dispute with J., iii. 258;

137.

Blackfriars Bridge, its erection, i.

death of, 281, 283; J.'s affection | Bishop, a liquor relished by J., i.
for, iv. 15; sale of his library, 77.
Beauclerk, Lady Sydney (mother
to Topham), had no notion of a
joke, v. 236.
Beaumont and Fletcher, anecdote
of, ii. 209.

Beauty independent of utility, ii.
101; an insipid beauty, v. 183.
Beckford, Lord Mayor of London,
iii. 136.

Bedlam visited by J., ii. 231.
Beggar's Opera, J.'s opinion of, ii.

227.

Bellamy, Mrs., the actress, letter

to J. from, iv. 167.
Bentley, Dr. Richard, J.'s appro-
bation of, ii. 277; v. 135; Eng-
lish verses by, iv. 23.
Bentham, Dr., Canon of Christ-
church, ii. 277.
Beresford, Mrs., and daughter,
travel with J. in coach to Ox-
ford, iv. 194.

Berkeley, Bishop, his ideal system
refuted, i. 273; iv. 26; his
learning, ii. 79.

Berwick, Memoirs of the Duke of,
by the Abbé Hook, iii. 192.
Betterton, the actor, inferior to
Foote, iii. 124.
Bible, Lowth and Patrick's com-
mentaries, iii. 34.
Bibliothèque, J.'s scheme of, i. 160.
Binning, Lord (Langton's brother-
in-law), ii, 114; iii. 223.
Biography esteemed by J., v. 54;
defects as well as virtues should
be recorded, 188; literary bio-
graphy in England very defec-
tive, 190; King George III. pro-
poses literary biography to J.,

11. 26.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, Greek
epigram to, i. 84; his writing
dull compared with his conver-
sation, i. 84: had more anec-
dotes than any man, v. 201;
Letters to, by J., i. 84, 161; Let-
ter from, to J., i. 161.
Birmingham Market, attended by
J.'s father, i. 2, J.'s visit to his
friends there, i. 34: iv. 100, 254.
Bishops, few made for their learn-
ing, ii. 219; v. 54; high degree
of decorum necessary in, iy. 59.

200.

Blacklock, Dr., the blind poet, i.
271; v. 28; addresses letter to
Boswell, v. 328.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, Life of,
praised, iv. 44.

Blackstone, Sir William, his Com-
mentaries, V. 158; composed
with a bottle of port before him,
iv. 69.

Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, iii. 61, 228,
269; v. 23, 44; his Sermons, iii.
62, 112; criticises J.'s style in
his lectures, iii. 116; letter to
Boswell on conversation with J.,
v. 315.

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Rev. Robert, his poem of the
'Grave," iii. 28.
Blaney, Elizabeth, passion for J.'s
father; her death and burial,
i. 3; J. repairs her tomb, iv.

252.

Blank verse inferior to rhyme, i.
247; ii. 75; iv. 36.
Blasphemy, question as to literary
property in, v. 32.

Bleeding, periodical, diapproved
of, iii. 102.

Blenheim Park visited, ii. 280.
Blind persons cannot distinguish
colours by the touch, ii. 116.
Blue-stocking clubs, origin of name
of, iv. 80.

Boar's Head Club in Eastcheap, v.

195.

Bodleian Library, Oxford, i. 154.
Boileau, iii. 235.

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Bolingbroke, Viscount St. John,
J.'s striking character of, i. 148;
said to have supplied Pope with
substance of his Essay on
Man," iii. 270.
Bones, human, J.'s horror at sight
of, v. 131; uses of old bones, iv.
141.

Bon mots, iii. 216.

Books seldom read unless pur-
chased, ii. 140; J. fond of looking
at libraries, ii. 226: such as are
read with pleasure, iv. 151;
common for people to talk from
books, v. 301; number of books
in Skye, v. 208.

Booksellers liberal patrons of lite- | Boufflers, Madame de, visits J., ii.

rature, i. 162, 173.
Boothby, Mrs. Hill, i. 32; Miss,
iv. 46.

Boscawen, Hon. Mrs., iii. 223.
Boswell, James (the author), his
ancestors, v. 11, 62; his charac-
ter drawn by himself, v. 32; his
introduction to J., i. 225; his ac-
count of Corsica, ii. 43; elected a
member of the Literary Club, 147;
accompanies J. to the Hebrides,
164; his Journal of the Tour
praised by J., v. 178; resolves to
write the Life of J., v. 248; in-
stance of his servile attentions to
J., v. 211; insulted by J. at Sir
Joshua Reynolds's, iii. 227; his
tendency to jollity, v. 196, 205; a
clubable man, iv. 174; letters
from J. to, i. 274; ii. 2, 12, 35, 43,
65, 126, 162, 163, 169-176, 181-5,
193, 233, 234-236, 239, 255, 256,
258-264; iii. 26, 55, 56, 59, 60, 66,
67, 69, 79, 81, 84, 86, 89, 141, 143,
144, 187, 244, 248, 252, 265, 266,
277, 278, 280, 292, 297; iv. 56,
101, 108, 110-114, 117, 158, 171,
178, 180, 181, 182, 235, 256-258;
his Letters to J., ii. 13-15, 35, 85,
89, 166, 171, 172, 175, 181-184,
192, 238, 253, 263; iii. 55, 56, 57,
64, 67, 68, 69, 76, 80, 83, 85, 86,
88, 140, 142, 144, 147, 148, 186,
242, 251, 262, 265, 275, 277, 291,
294; Letters from E. Dilley, iii.
72; from Dr. Vyse, 82; from Mr.
Langton, 283; from Dr. Blair,
270; from Warren Hastings, iv.
53; from Lord Thurlow, 225; to
Garrick, from Inverness, with
Garrick's answer, v. 276.
Boswell, Mrs. (the author's wife),
her marriage, ii. 84; her at-
tentions to J., ii. 166; v. 9; her
witticism on J.'s influence over
her husband, ii. 166; Letters of
J. to, iii. 54, 85; iv. 113; answer,

115.

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Bowles, W., Esq., Heale, visited
by J., iv. 159.

Boyd, Hon. Charles, Slains Castle,
v. 67.

Boyd's Inn (White Horse), Edin-
burgh, v. 7.

Boy at school, happiest of beings,
ì. 260.
Braidwood, his academy for deaf
and dumb, v. 316.

Brandy, drink for heroes, iii. 257;
iv. 62.

Brett, Colonel, Mrs. and Miss, i. 93.
Bristol, J.'s excursion to, iii. 29.
British Poets, J.'s Lives of, terms
with publishers, iii. 77.
Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, iv. 125;
his liberality, 227; letters from
J. to, iv. 160, 237.

Brothers and sisters born to
friends, i. 184.

Brown, Sir Thomas, his Anglo-
Latin diction and elevated style
imitated by J., i. 121; his re-
mark concerning devils, iii. 197.
Brown, Tom, dedicates his spel-
ling-book to the universe, i. 7.

Capability, the landscape
gardener, iii. 269.
Brooks, Mrs., the actress, and her
father, v. 121.

Bruce, James, Esq., the Abyssinian
traveller, ii. 208.

Brutes not endowed with reason,
ii. 152.
Buchan, Earl of, his refusal to go
to Spain as secretary, ii. 107.
Buller of, v. 69.
Buchanan, George, his elegant
verses to Queen Mary, i. 265;
his learning and genius, ii. 56;
iv. 131.

Buckles, shoe, v. 64; J's silver
buckles, iii. 219.

Buck, a term ludicrously applied
to J., v. 145.

Budgell, Eustace, his suicide, ii.

140.

Bull-dogs, iii. 127.

Bull, one uttered by J., iv. 218.
Bunyan, John, praise of his "Pil-
grim's Progress," ii. 146.
Burgoyne, General, his disaster at
Saratoga, iii. 240.

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