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,
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," |
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,"
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.
Cascade, Rorie More's, v. 163, 170. Caste, J.'s defence of Oriental system of, iv. 67. Castiglione's "Il Corteggiano," v.
Cat, story of dead, iii. 127. Catalogue of J.'s works, iii. 216. Catcot, George, iii. 30. Catechism of Church of England,
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,
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.
Second, J. defends, ii.
212, 229. Chatham, Lord, iii. 241; iv. 215; v. 159.
Chatsworth, iii. 140; J.'s visit to, iv. 240.
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.
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.
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. lassics, 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.
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.
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.
ment 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.
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.
Cumming, Thomas, the Quaker, V. 69,
DALRYMPLE, Sir John, entertains J., v. 317; his Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, ii. 128.
Sir David, vide Hailes.
Dancing, report of J.'s learning, iv. 62.
Danes, colony of, in Fifeshire, v.
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.
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., 1. 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- lished, 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. 142. Dominicetti's medicated baths, ii. 58.
Donaldson, Alexander, bookseller, i. 253. Douglas cause, famous Scots law- suit, ii. 31; v. 12.
- Rev. Dr., Bishop of Salis- bury, detects Lauder's forgery, i. 126; sups at the Crown and Anchor with J., ii. 38; his opinion on ecclesiastical disci- pline, iv. 189.
-, Tragedy of, by John Home, J.'s contempt for, ii. 199; v. 287.
Draughts, game of, tranquillizes the mind, i. 179.
, ii. 298; J.'s gay dress as a natic author, i. 108; his less morning style, i. 228;
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,
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.
on, ii. 258, 261, 263. Enthusiasm, ancient Highland, v.
Holyrood House, v. 25; St. | Entails, ii. 268; v. 70; J.'s letters 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,
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.
Envy natural to mankind, iii. 182. Epictetus on the voyage of death,
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.
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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