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they assisted him to sit up in his bed, and move his legs, which were in much pain; when he regularly addressed himself to fervent prayer; and though, sometimes, his voice failed him, his senses never did, during that time. The only sustenance he received, was cyder and water. He said his mind was prepared, and the time to his dissolution seemed long. At six in the morning, he inquired the hour, and, on being informed, said that all went on regularly, and he felt he had but a few hours to live.

'At ten o'clock in the morning, he parted from Cawston, saying, "You should not detain Mr. Windham's servant:I thank you; bear my remembrance to your master." Cawston says, that no man could appear more collected, more devout, or less terrified at the thoughts of the approaching minute.

'This account, which is so much more agreeable than, and somewhat different from, yours, has given us the satisfaction of thinking that that great man died as he lived, full of resignation, strengthened in faith, and joyful in hope.'

A few days before his death, he had asked Sir John Hawkins, as one of his executors, where he should be buried; and on being answered, 'Doubtless, in Westminster-Abbey,' seemed to feel a satisfaction, very natural to a Poet; and indeed in my opinion very natural to every man of any imagination, who has no family sepulchre in which he can be laid with his fathers. Accordingly, upon Monday, December 20, his remains were deposited in that noble and renowned edifice; and over his grave was placed a large blue flag-stone, with this inscription:

'SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
Obiit XIII die Decembris,

Anno Domini

M.DCC.LXXXIV.

Etatis sua LXXV.'

His funeral was attended by a respectable number of his friends, particularly such of the members of the LITERARY

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CLUB as were then in town; and was also honoured with the presence of several of the Reverend Chapter of Westminster. Mr. Burke, Sir Joseph Banks, Mr. Windham, Mr. Langton, Sir Charles Bunbury, and Mr. Colman, bore his pall. His school-fellow, Dr. Taylor, performed the mournful office of reading the burial service.

I trust, I shall not be accused of affectation, when I declare, that I find myself unable to express all that I felt upon the loss of such a 'Guide, Philosopher, and Friend.' I shall, therefore, not say one word of my own, but adopt those of an eminent friend, which he uttered with an abrupt felicity, superior to all studied compositions:-'He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best:-there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.'

Abel Drugger, 298.
Abercrombie, James, 198.
Aberdeen, 184, 362.

Abington, Mrs.,

235-6, 239, 246.

Acting, 343, 344.

INDEX

the actress,

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Allen, Edmund, the printer, 129,

245, 328, 330, 373, 456-7, 500,
548.

Althorp, Lord (second earl Spen-
cer), 434.

America and Americans, 233, 353,

354, 380, 392, 452, 495, 518.
Ancestry, 185, 225.
Anne, Queen, 7.

Apostolical Ordination, 174.
Apparitions. See Spirits.
Arbuthnot, Dr. John, 110.
Argyle, Archibald, third Duke of,
42, 313.

Ashbourne, Johnson and Boswell
visit it, 284-6, 326-55; men-
tioned, 542.

Astley, the equestrian, 431.
Aston, Miss (Mrs.), 280, 282.

Aston, 'Molly', 280.

'Athol porridge', 450.

Auchinleck, 125, 341.

Auchinleck, Lord, 318, 474.

561

Authors, attacks on, 240, 417, 468.
Avarice, 311.

Bacon, Francis, 50, 186, 350, 514.
Ballads, 200.

Balloon, account of a, 543, 545.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 132, 559.
Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro

servant, 52-4, 56, 84-5, 138,
156, 184, 250, 256, 355, 415,
518, 552, 557.

Baretti, Joseph, 154, 171, 198,
258-9, 271, 288, 336, 416.
Barnard, Rev. Dr., dean of Derry,
afterwards Bishop of Killaloe,
232, 317, 459, 465.

Barretier, Philip, Life by John-
son, 35.

Barrington, Hon. Daines, 292,
507.

Barry, James, 499, 507.
Bartolozzi, Francis, 324.
Bath, 302-3.

Bathurst, Dr., 43, 52.

Bathurst, Lord Chancellor, 329.
Baxter, Rev. Richard, 220, 485.
Bayle, his Dictionary, 110.
Beattie, Dr. James, 182-3, 460,
534, 535; his Hermit, 486.
Beauclerk Hon. Topham, 59-61,
209, 260, 412, 438, 445, 450;
death, 434; dinners and suppers
at his house, 212, 237, 423-5;
Johnson's affection for him,
439, 460, 483; Johnson's alter-
cations with, 375-6, 421-2.
Beauclerk, Lady Diana, wife of
Topham Beauclerk, 214, 239.
Beauty, of women, 470.
Bedlam, Johnson visits it, 255.
Bellamy, Mrs., the actress, 79.
Bentley, Dr., 16, 442, 443, 496.
Berkeley, Bishop, 130.
Betty Broom, 506.

Bickerstaff, Isaac, 165-6.
Binning, Lord, 194, 402.

Biography, 1-3, 110, 149, 187,
270, 312, 333, 547.

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Blackstone, Sir William, 18, 421.
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, 96.
Blaney, Mrs. Elizabeth, 545.
Blank verse, 111.

Blenheim Park, Johnson visits it,
271.

Blue-stocking Clubs, 462.
Boccage, Mme. du, 259.
Boileau, 30.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first
Viscount, 408, 410; Johnson's
criticisms on, 67, 80.
Bolingbroke, Lady, 397.
Bon-mots, 397.

Books, abundance of modern, 403;
death, leaving one's books at,
391; getting boys to have en-
tertainment from them, 422;
knowledge of the world through
books, 27; looking over their
backs in a library, 253; not read
willingly, 497; seldom read when
given away, 209; variety of them
to be kept about a man, 349.
Booksellers, 75, 245, 322, 468.
Boscawen, Hon. Mrs., 402, 458.
Boscovich, Père, 179, 261
Bosville, Mrs., 188.

Boswell, Sir Alexander, Baronet,
Boswell's eldest son, 318.
Boswell, Dr., 115, 289.
Boswell, James.

Chief Events and

Works: 1760, first visit to
London, 91-2; 1762, second
visit to London, 92; gets to
know Johnson, 94; visits Lon-
don, 138-43; visits London and
Oxford, 152-5; Account of Cor-
sica, 140; 1769, visits London,
151, 320; first visit to Streat-
ham, 159-76; attends the
Stratford Jubilee, 162; 1772,
visits London, 184-97; 1773,
visits London, 199-226; elected
a member of the Literary Club,
214; tour to the Hebrides, 226;
1775, visits London, 232-57;
visits Wilton and Mamhead in
Devonshire, 255; visits Lon-
don, 263-6, 287-315; becomes

Paoli's constant guest in Lon-
don, 298; visits Oxford, Bir-
mingham, Lichfield, and Ash-
bourne with Johnson, 266-87;
visits Bath, 302-4; introduces
Wilkes to Johnson, 307; meets
Johnson at Ashbourne, 326-55;
1778, visits London, 355-413;
attacked violently by Johnson,
406; 1779, visits London (in
the spring), 416-26; visits
London (in the autumn), 427-
32; 1781, visits London, 447-
66; visits Southill with John-
son, 466-70; 1782, death of his
father, 474; 1783, visits Lon-
don, 476-500; visits London,
511-39; visits Oxford with
Johnson, 517-26; Journal of a
Tour to the Hebrides, 257, 333,
348, 494.

His letters to Johnson, 155, 229,
322, 425, 548.
Johnson's letters to Boswell, 155,

182, 198, 226, 257-8, 321–2,
326, 415, 425, 447, 540.
Boswell, Mrs. (the author's wife),
257, 318, 322, 325, 415, 474,
500, 548.
Boswell, Veronica (Boswell's eld-
est daughter), 318, 416.

Boufflers, Comtesse de, 177, 260.
Brandy, the drink for heroes, 419,
451.

Brighthelmstone (Brighton), 159,

475.

Bristol, Boswell and Johnson's
visit, 303.

Brocklesby, Dr., 481, 503, 507,
536, 538, 542, 551, 552, 555,
556.

Brown, Launcelot (Capability),
271, 428.

Brown, Tom, author of a spelling-
book, 8.

Browne, Sir Thomas, 50.
Brutes, their future life, 153.
Budgell, Eustace, 209.
Bulkeley, Mrs., 203.

Bull-dog, Dr. Taylor's, 347.
Bunbury, Sir Charles, 132, 234,
559.

Bunyan, John, 214.

Burke, Edmund, 131, 214, 222,

315, 370, 390, 396, 445, 449, 450.

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