The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

455.-Johnson's unbounded, i. 237, 455; ii. 214, 214 n., | Clergyman, Addison's portrait of, ii. 294.-Johnson's
model of, ii. 284.-his excellent letter to a young, ii.

395.

Charlemont, James, first Earl of, i. 313, 358; ii. 194 n.,
226, 285 n.

Charles L., i. 205, 442, 528.-IL, i. 516, 528; ii. 269.-
Edward, Prince, i 386, 387, 387 n. See Pretender.-

V. celebration of his funeral obsequies during his life-
time, ii. 151.-XII., of Sweden, i. 36; ii. 158.
Charlton, Dr., ii. 358.

Charms, belief ip, i. 378, 378 n.

Chastity, i. 248, 391; ii 218 n.

Chatham, William, first Earl of, i. 60, 299, 310, 506; ii.
195, 393, 393 n.

Chatsworth, i. 479, 479 n. ; ii. 134, 416.

Chatterton, Thomas, his poems, ií. 67, 68, 311, 311 n.
Chedworth, Lord, ii. 500.

Chemistry, Johnson's fondness for, ii. 215, 245 n., 355.
Chester, i. 482.

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of, i.
18, 60, 73, 79 n., 88 n., 110-2, 113 n., 114, 115, 304, 340
n., 356 n., S65 n., 512; ii. 68, 91, 105, 194, 210, 225, 227,
285, 305, 329, 403.-his alleged neglect of Johnson, i.
111.-his papers in the World,' recommending John-
son's Dictionary, i. 111.-Johnson's celebrated letter
to, i. 112.-his Letters to his Son characterized by
Johnson, i. 115, 512, 516, 519; ii. 68.

Cheyne, Dr. George, his English Malady,' i. 22;-his ad-
mirable rule of conduct, ii. 37.-his "Treatise on
Health,' ii. 58.

Cheynel, Francis, Johnson's life of, i. 336.

238.

Club, Ivy-lane, formed by Johnson, i. 75, 138; i. 384,
374.-Literary, founded by Sir Joshua Reynolds, i. 212,
533; ii. 250, 232, 273. See Literary Club.-Boar's
head, i. 407.-Queen's Arms, ii. 289.-in Old-street, is
334, 374.-Essex-head, ii. 365.-Eumelian, ii. 431 -
Johnson's notions of the chair of, ii. 453.—his defini-
tion of a, ii. 365.

'Clubable man, ii. 365.

Coachmakers' Hall, ii. 291.

Coarse raillery, Johnson's powers of, ii. 251.

Cobb, Mrs., i. 11 n., 249, 252, 277, 479 m.; ñi. 5, 45, 213.
-some account of, ii. 222 n.

Cock-Jane ghost, ii. 159.

Cocker's Arithmetic, i. 368 n.

Coin of the realm, exportation of, ii. 295.
Coke, Lord, i. 285; ii. 400.

Col, island of, i. 421, 422, 424, 426, 428 n.; ii. 560, 561.—
the laird of, i. 353, 437, 438, 459, 439 n., 495; ii. 550.
Colborne, the calculating boy, ii. 33 n.
Colchester, i. 207.

Colebrooke, Sir George, i. 262.

Coliseum, Johnson's mind compared to the, i. 268.

Children, treatment and education of, i. 14, 16, 23, 202, Collier, Jeremy, ii. 382 n.-Dr. of the Commons, i. 59,
265, 354, 393; ii. 21, 59, 100 n., 209, 249, 259.

China, wall of, ii. 159.

Chinese language, ii. 189.

'Choice of difficulties,' i. 371, 371 n.

Choisi, Abbé de, ii. 186, 186 n.

'Choleric Man,' Cumberland's, i. 303 n.

Cholmondeley, George James, Esq., ii. 410.-some ac-
count of, ii. 410 n.-Mrs., i. 407; ii. 156, 187, 236, 358.
Christian, Rev. Mr., i. 246.

'Christian Hero,' Steele's, ii. 32.

Christian charity, ii. 379.-morality, ii. 398.-religion,
evidences of, i. 180, 194, 199, 202; ii. 398.-disturbed
in his faith, ii. 348.

Christianity, the highest perfection of humanity, i. 236.
-the atonement the great article of, i. 351 n.; ii. 127,
303, 442.

Christians, the differences among, ii. 127.
Christ's satisfaction, i. 351.

Church, the satisfaction of meeting at, ii. 291.

Church of England, ecclesiastical discipline of, ii. 378,
378 n.-patronage, i. 522.-property, confiscated, ii.
322 n.-architecture, ii. 35.

Churchill, Charles, the poet, i. 47, 192 n., 214, 222; ii.
142, 398.—his satire on Johnson, i. 138, 183.-John-
son's opinion of his poetry, i. 190.

Churton, Rev. Ralph, 1. 320; ii. 344, 387, 387 n., 493.
Cibber, Colley, i. 58, 70 n., 110, 181, 222 n., 261, 307 n.,
424 n., 445, 509 n., 516; ii. 62, 75, 125, 125 n., 157.-
his Apology,' ii. 75.-Theophilus, his Lives of the
Poets,' i. 75, 75 n.; ii. 60 n., 95 n., 559.-Mrs., i. 261,

36-1.

Cicero, his defence of the study of the law, i. 245 n.—
his character of Appius applied by Mr. Burke to John-
son, ii. 425 n.

Clans, order of the Scottish, i. 472.

Clare, Robert Nugent, Lord, i. 187, 273.—some account
of, i. 273 n.; ii. 176.

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, i. 257; ii. 194.-his
'History,' i. 127 n.—his style, ii. 155.-Manuscripts, ii.
28, 28 n.

Claret, characterised by Johnson, ii. 186, 207, 285.
Clarissa Harlowe,' i. 95; ii. 65 n., 252.-Johnson
recommends an Index Rerum' to, i. 95.-preface
to, written by Dr. Warburton, i. 110 n.
Clark, Alderman Richard, ii. 188 n., 366.-Johnson's
letter to, ii. 366.-Mr., his pamphlet on Ossian, ii. 363.
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, i. 180, 267, 422.-his Evidences'
recommended by Johnson, i. 180.-his Sermons,' ii.
151.-Johnson's death-bed recommendation of, ii. 442,
447, 447 n.

Clenard, Nicholas, his Greek grammar, ii. 249.-some
account of, ii. 249 n.

'Cleone,' Dodsley's tragedy of, i. 145.
'Cleonice,' Hoole's play of, i. 495.

Clergy, ii. 291, 293 n., 361; ii. 104, 174, 290.-their
preaching not sufficiently plain, i. 170, 204.-not suffi-
ciently acquainted with their parishioners, i. 172.-
English, i. 361, 408.-Scottish, i. 281, 352, 408.-Irish,
i. 173.-lax jollity of, offensive, ii. 284.-dress of,
should be in character, ii. 284.

198.

Collins, William, the poet, i. 54 n., 108, 119, 131, 166: B. 4.
Colman, George, Esq., i. 84, 358, 507; 11. 69 8., 85, 180,
245, 248.-his 'Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion,' i. 514.
-his imitation of Johnson's style, ii. 455.-George,
Esq., jun., bis 'Random Records' quoted, ii. 69,
Colquhoun, Sir James, i. 451.-Lady Helen, i. 452.
Colson, Rev. John, i. 33.-some account of, i. 38, 35 £
88, 88 n., 492, 493 n. See Coulson.

Colville, Lady Dowager, i. 460, 460 n.—Alexander, fourth
Lord, i. 460 n.-Lady, i. 460 n., 463.
Combermere, i. 481, 481 n.

Commandment, the ninth, modes of placing the empliss
on, i. 68.

Commentaries on the Bible, ii. 71.

Commerce, i. 523.

Common Prayer, Book of, ii. 385.

Commons, House of, ii. 296. See Parliament.

Communion of Saints, ii. 384, 384 n.

Community of goods, doctrine of, i. 318.

Company, ii. 391.-cause of Johnson's fondness for, i. 3.
Compassion, Johnson's, ii. 381.

Compliments, ii. 4, 116, 129, 197, 256, 263.
Complaints, ii. 253, 260, $28, 399.

Composition, ii. 239, 246.-happy moments for, i. 333.—
Johnson's advice respecting, i. 343.-his extraordinary
powers of, i. 343, 358, 518; ii. 71 m.
'Compositor,' the, ii. 394.

Compton, Rev. James, a Benedictine monk, il. 541, 941 a.
-his conversion to protestantism by the 110th Rambler,
ii. 341.-Johnson's kind conduct towards him, ii. 542.
Condamine's account of the savage girl, i. 358.
Condescension, ii. 243.

Conduct, gradations in, ii. 284.
Confession, i. 267; ii. 43.

'Confessions,' Rousseau's, i. 228, 228 n.
Confinement, ii. 159.
'Congé d'élire,' ii. 395.

Congreve, William, the poet, i. 222, 259, 258 m., 253; £
127.-Johnson's Life of, ii. 276.-Rev. Charles, John-
son's school-fellow, i. 16; ii. 42, 48.
Conjugal infidelity, ii. 218, 218 n.
'Connoisseur,' the, i. 190.
Conscience, scruples of, ii. 265.
Const, Francis, Esq. ii., 54 n.
Constitution, the British, ii. 35.
Constructive treason, ii. 290.
Contentment, i. 559; ii. 149.
Contradiction, ii. 209.-Johnson's spirit of, ii. 50. 57, 72,
111, 287, 287 n.

Convents, i. 158, 227, 342; ii. SS.

Conversation, i. 135, 525; ii. S6, 47, 70, 151, 132, 252, 254,
265, 273, 129, 136, 139, 179, 5399.-the happiest kind of
i. 524.-and talk, distinction between, ii, 383.-Lord
Bacon's precept for, ii. 355.-questioning, not the prop-
er mode of, ii. 47, 159.-Johnson's great powers of, ii.
166, 179, 209, 227, 227 n., 254, 255, 261, 266, 277, 298,
301, 388.

Conversions, i. 267; ii. 144, 171.
Convicts, ii. 391.

Conway Castle, i. 487, 490.

Cook, captain James, the circumnavigator, ii. 51.-his
Voyages to the South Seas,' ii. 390.

Cooke, Thomas, the translator of Hesiod, i. 332.-his ex-
traordinary speech on presenting Foote to a club, i. 332.
Cookery, i. 330 n.-Johnson's opinion of French, i. 208.
-his affected discernment in the art of, i. 141 n.-books
of, should be written on philosophical principles, ii.
166.-Glass's, written by Dr. Hill, ii. 167.

Cooper, John Gilbert, author of the Life of Socrates,' i.
171; ii. 109, 243.-some account of. i. 171 n.
Coote, Sir Eyre, i. SCS.

Copy-money, in Italy, ii. 116.

Copy-right, i. 197, 345.

See Literary Property.

Corbett, Mr. Andrew, i. 20.

Corelli, the singer, i. 517.

Coriat, Tom, i. 292.

Coriat, Junior,' Paterson's, i. 292.

Cork and Orrery, Hamilton, sixth Earl of, i. 172; ii.
125.-Edmund, seventh Earl of, ii. 230.-Countess of,
ii. 230, 297.-some account of, ii. 231 n.

Corn laws, i. 173.

Corneille, Pierre, i. 222, 431; ii. 247.

Cornish fisherman, i. 285.

Corpulency, ii. 344.

Corsica, i. 228, 233, 244, 249, 253 n., 254, 257, 426 n.
Corteggiano' of Castiglione, the best book on good-
breeding, i. 419.

Cottages in Skie described, i. 410.

Cotterel, Admiral, i. 103 n.—Miss, i. 103, 161, 165, 445 n.
Cotton, Sir Lynch Salusbury, i. 441.-Sir Robert Salus-
bury, i. 481 n., 484 n.; ii. 246.—Mrs., i, 485 n.

Coulson, Rev. John, i. 492, 433 n.; ii. 4, 4 n.
Council of Trent,' History of, i. 40, 51, 51 n.

Cuchillen's well, i. 409.

Cucumbers, i. 423; ii. 246.
'Cui-bono' man, ii. 293.
Cuillen, the, i. 402, 402 n.

Cullen, Dr. William, ii. 119, 137, 369.
Culloden, battle of, i. 529 n.

Cumberland, William, duke of, i. 529, 529 n.; ii. 429.-
Richard, Esq., i. 39 n., 382.-his 4 Choleric Man,' i.
303 n.-character of Sir Fretful Plagiary intended for
him, i. 303 n.-his Odes,' ii. 65.-his mode of study,
ii. 269.-his Walloons,' ii. 318, 318 n.-his conversa-
tion described, ii. 429.-anecdotes of Johnson by, ii.
429 n., 497.-his Lines descriptive of Johnson's charac-
ter, ii. 500.

Cumming, Thomas, the quaker, i. 354, 355, 400, 524 n. ;
ii. 343.-some account of, i. 400 n.
Cuninghame, Sir John, i. 455.
Cunning, i. 394.

Cuper's Gardens, i. 425, 425 n.
Curates, salaries of, ii. 104.

'Curiosities of Literature,' Mr. D'Israeli's, ii. 271 n.
Curiosity, i. 32.

Curran, John Philpot, i. 510 n.
Currants, ii. 340.

Cust, Francis Cockayne, i. 68 n.

Cutts, Lady Atterbury's funeral sermon on, ii. 144.
'Cyder,' Philips's, i. 347.

'Cypress Grove,' Drummond of Hawthornden's, i. 384,

'Counsellor Van,' a sharp-pointed rock on the Wye, Cyrus, the resignation of, ii. 205.
why so called, i. 298 n.

Counting, the good of, ii. 339.

Country amusements, ii. 255.-gentlemen, i. 357, 359,
376 n.; ii. 243, 325.-life, i. 447; ii. 123, 152, 153, 153
n., 173, 194, 255, 529.

Courage, i. 393; ii. 153, 185, 218 n.-Johnson's, i. 500.
Court, attendants ou a, described, i. 142.-of Session in
Scotland, i. 465, 496 n.

Courting the acquaintance of the great, i. 50, 50 n., 227.
Courtenay, John, Esq., ii. 392.-his Poetical Review'
quoted, i. 21, 73 n., 91, 134, 149, 472, 527 n.-his de-
scription of the style and economy of Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds's table, i. 78.-his Poetical Review of Johnson's
literary and moral Character,' ii. 518.-biographical
notice of, by Sir James Mackintosh, ii. 518.
Courts of Germany, manners best learnt at, i. 417.-
martial, ii. 246.

Coverley, Sir Roger De, i. 528.

Cow, Boswell's skill in imitating the lowing of, i. 463.
Cowardice, ii. 182, 398.

Cowdray, the seat of the Lords Montague, popular su-
perstition respecting, ii. 322.

Cowley, Abraham, the poet, i. 107 n., 440 n., 445; ii.
59, 143.-Johnson's Life of, ii. 268.

Cowper, William, his translation of Homer, ii. 185 n.
Coxcombs, i. 172; ii 266.

Cox, ii. 396.

Coxeter, Thomas, Esq., i. 222; ii. 113.-some account
of, ì. 222 n.

Crabbe, Rev. George, his Village,' ii. $29.-some ac-
count of, ii. 329 n.-Johnson's commendation of the
Village,' ii. 51 1.

Cradock, Joseph, Esq., his anecdotes of Johnson, ii. 32,
63, 165, 562.-sundry inaccuracies in his 'Memoirs'
pointed out, ii. 462, 434 n.

Craftsman,' the, i. 155 n.

Craig, Mr., the architect, i. 343; ii. 196.

Crashaw, Richard, his Epigrammata Sacra,' il 174 n.

Craven, Lady, ii. 56, 231, 253.

Creation,' Blackmore's, i. 268.

Credulity, i. 439; ii. 193.-Johnson's, ii. 184.

Creeds, i. 361.

Crichton, Robert, Lord Sanquhar, i. 356 n.
Critical Review, i. 185, 213, 241; ii. 60, 65, 120.
Criticism, L 417; ii. 204, 230.-examples of true, i. 261.
Croft, Rev. Herbert, ii. 236 n.-his Life of Young,' ii.
277. his style described by Burke, ii. 277.-his 'Love
and Madness,' ii. 334.-Johnson's opinion of his 'Family
Discourses,' ii. 345.-his singular advice to a pupil, ii.
390.

Croker, Rev. Temple Henry, translator of Ariosto, 1.
165 n.-Alley, ií, 152, 152 n.—Colonel, of Ballinagard,
ii. 152 n.

Cromwell, Johnson's design of writing the Life of, ii.
355.-Noble's Memoirs' of, ii. 355 n.

Dacier, Madame, her Homer, ii. 185 n.
Dalen, Olaus von, his
ed, i. 284.
Dalloway, Dr., ii. 529.
Dalrymple, Sir David, afterwards Lord Hailes, i. 115,
195, 201, 336, 466, 493. See Lord Hailes.-Sir John, i.
304, 313, 465, 466.-his discoveries respecting Russell
and Sydney, i. 304.-Johnson's laughable imitation of
his style, i. 466, 466 n.-Lady Margaret, i. 454.-some
account of, i. 454 n.

History of Sweden' recommend-

Dalzel, Andrew, Greek professor at Edinburgh, ii. 430.
Damer, Hon. John, ii. 208.-some account of, ii. 208 n
Dance, Mr., the architect, i. 286 n.

Dancing, advocated by Johnson, i. 256; ii. 285.
Dancing-Master, Johnson's conversation with one, ii. 255
'Dandy,' i. 386.

Danes, the, ii. 358.

Danish colony at Leuchars, i. 344, 344 n.-fort, i. 379.
D'Arblay, Madame. See Burney.

Darius, shade of, ii. 247.

Darteneuf, Charles, ii. 37.--some account of, ii. 37 n.
Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, mutual dislike between Johnson
and, i. 479 n.

Dashwood, Lady, ii. 220, 220 n.

Dating letters, a laudable habit, ii. 230 n.

Daughters, benefit of taking them early into company,
ii. 256.

Davies, Mr. Thomas, the actor and bookseller, character
and anecdotes of, i. 177, 179, 192, 206, 214, 214 n., 217,
251, 262 n., 302, 320, 473, 500, 516, 517 n., 518; ii. 1,
141, 142, 151, 244, 247, 528.-his 'Life of Garrick,' i.
16 n., 38 n.; ii. 237, 237 n.-Johnson's letters to, ii.
851, 420.-Churchill's sarcasm on his acting, i. 177 n.
-his pretty wife,' i. 177, 177 n; ii. 351.

Davis, Rev. Henry Edward, his answer to Gibbon,' ii.
164.

Dawkins, Henry, Esq. ii. S04, 304 n.

Day-labourers, wages of, ii. 330.

Dead, legal redress for libels on the character of, ii. 54.
Dead language, on writing verses in, i. 528.

Deaf and dumb, Mr. Broadwood's academy for, i. 464.
Deafness, Johnson's, ii. 187.

Deane, Rev. Richard, on the Future Life of Brutes,' i.
247.

Death, i. 72, 144, 149, 261, 267, 257, 384, 387, 443, 464;
ii. 111, 113, 170, 176, 202, 318, 320, 348, 360, 367, 369,
374, 378, 387.-reflections on a violent, i. 144.-South-
well's stanzas upon, i 486 n.-preparation for, i. 433.
Death-bed resentments, i. 403.-repentance, Dr. Wishart
on, i. 408.

Debates in Parliament, Johnson's share in them, i. 44,
58, 59, 60; ii. 437.

Debt, misery of being in, ii. 319.

Debtor, proverbial wretchedness of, il. 319.
Debts, i. 150; ii. 99.

Decay of the mental faculties, ii. 49.
Decline and Fall,' Gibbon's, ii. 37.
Dedications, i. 310, 421; ii. 93.-and Prefaces, by John-
son, and remarks on, i. 64, 71, 73, 110, 129 n., 137, 138,
158, 156, 159, 166, 206, 233, 254, 235, 243, 301, 310,
421; ii. 93.

Definition, i. S35 n.

Definitions, i. 12 n., 32 n., 126, 126 n., 330 n., 336, 460
n.; ii. 150, 179, 182 n., 191, 192.

De Foe, Daniel, i. 287; ii. 159.-his 'Robinson Crusoe,'
ii. 159.-invents the story of Mrs. Veal's ghost, i. 287,
287 n.

Degeneracy of the human race disputed, i. 307, 307 n.
De Groot, Isaac, a relative of Grotius, Johnson's kind in-
terference in behalf of, ii. 98.

Dennis, John, his 'Critical Works' worth collecting, ii.
63.

Departed spirits, appearance of, i. 149, 182; ii. 292, 379.
'Depeditation,' i. 365.

Depression of spirits, treatment of, i. 39 n.
'Derange,' ii. 400.

Derby, china manufactory at, ii. 116.

Derby, Rev. J., ii. 93-curious anecdote of, ii. 93 n.
Derrick, Samuel, Esq., i. 47, 175, 179, 203, 360, 404; ii.
202, 335, 351 n.-some account of, i. 175 n.-his 'Let-
ters,' i. 360.

Descriptions, seldom correspond with realities, i. 563,
369; ii. 337.

'Deserted Village,' i. 226, S13.

Desmoulins, Mrs., i. 22, 23, 280; ii. 142, 142 n., 172, 199,
203, 207 n., 221, 212, 291, 353, 366.
Despotic governments, ii. 166.
Devaynes, John, Esq., ii. 376.

Devonshire, William Cavendish, third Duke of, ii. 126. --
his dogged veracity, ii. 206.

Dick, Sir Alexander, i. 336, 465; ii. 99, 367, 369, S69 n.-
his letter to Johnson on the good effect produced in
Scotland by his Journey,' ii 82.

'Dictionnaire Portatif' of L'Avocat, recommended, ii.
396.

'Dictionary of the English Language,' Johnson's, i. 71,
73, 74, 75, 110, 112, 116, 119, 122, 123, 125, 129, 140,
164, 199, 278, 283, 301, 302, 303, 320, 335, 352, 365,
417; ii. 33, 93, 91, 191, 209, 218, 243, 475.-first pub-
lished, i. 125.-Wilkes's jeu d'esprit on, i. 128.-Gar
rick's epigram on, i. 128-Johnson's profits by, i. 130.
-epitome of, i 131-felicity with which the exam-
ples are selected, ii. 379.-curious particulars as to the
practical compilation of, ii. 531.

Dido, ii. 336.

Difficile est propriè,' &c., of Horace, ii. 75, 75 n.
Dilatoriness, Johnson's, ii. 266.

Dillingham, Miss Anne, ii. 229 n.

Dilly, Edward, i 316; ii. 72, 166, 194, 196, 212, 214, 215,
294, 301-his letter to Boswell on the Lives of the
Poets,' ii. 92.-Jolinson's letter to, ii. 98.
'Dining-tables,' Macleod's, i. 402 n.
Dinners, i 209; ii. 70, 260.

Diploma, Johnson's, on being created a doctor of laws, i.
217, 513.

Dirleton's Doubts,' characterized by Lord Hardwicke,
ii. 135.

D'Israeli, J., Esq., i. 23 n., 44 n., 47 m., 54 m., 234 m.
308 n.; i 204 n., 271 n.

Dissimulation, i. 241.

Distinctions, ii. 195.

Distrust, ii. 103.

Divine Legation,' Warburton's, fi. 272.
Divine worship, duty of attending, ii. 400.
Divorces, ii. 193.

Dixie, Sir Wolstan, i. 30, 30 n.

Dockers and the inhabitants of Plymouth, dispute be
tween, i 164, 164 n.

Doctor of Physic,' i. 499, 529, 550.
'Doctrine of Grace,' Warburton's, i. $52.

Dodd, Rev. Dr. William, ii. 94, 96, 99, 108, 111, 118, 151,
160, 160 m., 165, 165 n., 341, 400-Johnson's asVİNİ-
ance to, ii 96, 105.-his letters to Johnson, 11, 106, 107
-Johnson's letter to, ii. 108.-his 'Thoughts in
Prison,' ii. 160, 160 n.-his letter descriptive of John-
son's person and manner, ii. 165 n.

Doddington, George Bubb, afterwards Lord Melcombe, i.
85, 85 m., 68 n. ii. 273 n.

Doddridge, Dr. Philip, i 416, 416 n.

Dodsley, Robert, the bookseller, i. 33 m, 47, 74, 74 m.,g
76, 79, 81 n., 114, 137, 145, 148; 1. 37, 63, 153, 155,
218, 219-his Public Virtue,' ii. 249.-his tragedy of
'Cleone,' ii. 249. – James, i. 73, 79; ii. 57.

Dodwell, Rev. Dr., i. 483, 483 n.

Dogs, i. 263, 439, 439 n., 500; ii. 128, 263.-custom of
eating, in China, i. $12.

Doing penance in church, i. 391.

Dominicetti, an Italian quack, his medicated baths, i-
265.-some account of, i. 265 n.

Donaldson, Alexander, the piratical bookseller, i. 197
Donne, Dr., his vision, ii. 57, S7 n.
'Don Quixote,' ii 258.

Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, i. 356, 535 m.
Dossie, Robert, Esq., ii. 246.

Douglas cause, i. 248, 311, 512 n., 329, 447, 451, 457; ☎
48 n., 140.-crowned heart in the arms of . 123
Home's tragedy of, i. 450, 508; ii. 78 -Duches of i
134, 551.-Rev. Dr. John, afterwards Bishop of Sais
bury, i. 48, 48 n., 51, 94, 143, 183, 195, 251; EL
20, 378.-his Milton no Plaigiary,' i. 91 m.—Dr., a
physician, his collection of editions of Horace, ii. 374,
378 ".

Dovedale, i. 480.

Doyle, Sir F. H., i. 127 n.

'Dragons, Madame de Sevigné's application of the
word, ii. 223 n.

Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, i. 57.

Draughts, tranquillizing effects of the game, i. 157.

Dream, Johnson's, ii. 243, 264.

Dreams, efficacy of, i. 97.

Dreghorn, Lord, i. 208 n., 357 n., 526.

'Drelincourt on Death,' i. 287 287 .-Miss, afterwards
Lady Primrose, i. 387, 587 n.

Dress, i. 80, 179, 256, 258, 326, 452, 478 m., 521 ; il 19 m,
69, 121, 259, 260.

Dressing, time consumed in, i. 343.

Drinking, i. 298, 310, 356, 374, 393, 497, 497 m.; . $, 64,
70, 149, 149 n., 150, 152, 174, 182, 207, 210, 275 m., 242,
285, 291, 371.-to excess, the practice greatly diminished,
i. 340 n.-Johnson's arguments against, i. 537, à 120.
-its effect upon conversation and benevolence, ú. 64.
-by deputy, ii. 183.

Dromore, Bishop of. See Percy.
Drowning, suicide by, i. 359.
Druids' temple, i. 357, 365, 537.
Drumgoold, Colonel, ii. 16, 18.

Drummond, of Hawthornden, i. $84, 465; it. 166.—Mr.
William, the bookseller, i. 235, 242 n., 454, 459 ; ii. 12.
-Johnson's letters to, i. 255, 256, 257.—Dr. 1. 12,
268. Mr. George, i. 334.

Drunkards, i. 341; ii. 210, 371.

Dryden, i. 89 n., 170, 226, 259, 289, 315, 408, 510; 11. 74,
174 n., 192, 207, 215 m., 270, 271, 280 -Johnson's
reverence for, ii. 270.-his Hind and Panther' quoted,
ii. 270.-his philosophical lines on life, ii. 388. —Jobs
son's Life of, ii. 503.

Dublin University, premiums in, i. 137 K.-Mr. Flood
bequeaths his estate to, i 139 .—grant a diploma to
Johnson, i. 217.

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-his translations of the mottoes to the Rambler,' 1.
92, 92 n.-Johnson's character of, i. 291.-his transla
tion of Martial, ii. 155.

Elrington, Rev. Dr. Charles, engaged in writing the Life
of Archbishop Usher, i. 173 n.

'Elvira,' Mallet's tragedy of, i. 184.
Elwal, E., the enthusiast, i. 289, 318.
Emigration, i. 328, 347, 389, 418, 427.

Emmet, Mrs., the actress, Johnson in love with, i. 449.
Emphasis, modes of placing, in reading the ninth com-
mandment, i. 68.

Dunning, Mr., afterwards Lord Ashburton, i. 286; ii. Employment, ii. 124.-female, ii. 257.-of wealth, ii.
100, 149.

Dunsinan, William Nairne, Lord, i. 358, 338 n., 463.
Dunton, John, the bookseller, his Life and Errors,' ii.

353.

Dunvegan, i. 396, 396 n., 401.

Duppa, Richard, Esq., his publication of JOHNSON'S
DIARY of a Journey into North Wales,' incorporated,
by his permission, into the present edition of this work,
i. 478.

• Durandi Rationale, 1459,' the third book printed with a
date, i. 492.

Durham cathedral, i. 551.

Durham on the Galatians,' i. 459, 459 n.
Durinish, i. 401.

Dury, Major General A., i. 144, 144 n.

Dutch language, ii. 147, 249.-Johnson studies it at sev-
enty-one, ii. 249.

Dyer, Samuel, i. 75, 138, 211, 225, 230, 311, 358, 524 n. ;
ii. 130 n., 149 n, 222, 245.—some account of, i. 225.—
his Fleece,' ii. 39.

East Indies, practice of going to, in quest of wealth, ii.
216.-alleged delinquencies in, ii. 344.

Easter, i. 475; ii. 57, 86, 173 n.

Easy Phraseology,' Baretti's, ii. 115.

Eating, i. 208; ii. 126, 174.-Johnson's mode of, i. 115
n., 208, 390; ii. 74.

Eccles, Rev. Mr., his literary fraud, i. 156.-some account
of, i. 156 n.-Isaac Ambrose, Esq., i. 192.
Ecole Militaire, ii. 11.

Economy, i. 173; ii. 158, 172, 349.

Edinburgh, i. 326, 460, 551.-Castle, i. 4€0.-procurators
of, Jolinson's argument against a prosecution for a libel
by, ii. 305, 468.

Education, i. 226, 297, 354; ii. 33, 68, 119, 209, 249, 291.
-of children, i. 17, 201.-Johnson's plan of, i. 36; ii.
209. great influence of, ii. 34.-by-roads in, ii. 21-
of the people, i. 297; ii. 62.—in public schools, i. S49;
ii. 21, 53, 53 n.-in England. ii. 196.-Milton's Trac-
tate' on, ii. 196.-Locke's Essay on, ii. 196.
Edwards, Thomas, his 'Canons of Criticism,' i. 114 n.—
Mr., on Grace,' ii. 168.-Oliver, Johnson's fellow col-
legian, ii. 173, 173 n., 291.-Rev. Dr. Edward, ii. 200.
-his Xenophon's Memorabilia,' ii. 200, 200 n.
Eel, ii. 207.

Egalité, Duke of Orleans, ii. 329 n.
Eglintoune, Alexander, Earl of, i. 36, 455; ii. 128, 178.-
Susanna, Countess of, i. 454 n., 455, 563; ii. 199.-some
account of, i, 455 n.

Egmont, John, first Earl of, his 'History of the House
of Yvery,' ii. 337.-John, second Earl of, his 'Faction
Detected,' i. 55.

Egotism, ii. 181.

Egotists, the four classes of, ii. 120.

Egyptians, ancient, question as to their colour, ii. 304.
Eldo, Earl of, i. 337 n.

Election committees, duty of members of parliament
sitting upon, ii. 283.

Elephant, Johnson compared to, ii. 264.

$29.

English Malady,' Cheyne's, ii. 82.-bar, ii. 390.—clergy,
i. 409.-drama, ii. 359, 362.

English merchant, i. 219 n.-Poets, Johnson's edition of.
See Lives of the Poets.'
Englishmen, their cold reserve towards strangers, ii. 335.
-and Frenchmen compared, i. 74, 170; ii. 153, 247.-
and Scotchmen compared, i. 326 ii. 246.
Entails, i. 355; ii. 24, 27, 30, 31.-Johnson's letters on, ii.
24, 26, 27.

Envy, ii. 160, 175 n., 250.

Epigram, Johnson's, to Mrs. Carter, i. 54.-on George
the Second, i. 58.-ad Lauram Parituram, i. 63 n.-
ad Ricardum Savage, i. 65 n.-Garrick's, on Johnson's
Dictionary, i. 128.-on the marriage of an Austrian
Arch-duchess to Buonaparte, i. 401 n.-on seeing Blen-
heim, ii. 38.-to Miss Mary Aston, ii. 190 n.-on Lord
Anson's temple of the winds, ii. 204 n.-Dr. Trayp's
celebrated, ii. 265.-on a religious dispute at Bath, ii.
383 n.

'Epigrammata Sacra,' ii. 174 n.

Epilogue to Irene,' by whom written, i. 79, 79 n.-to
the Distressed Mother,' by Johnson, i. 532.
Epitaph on Philips, the musician, i. 57, 58, 58 n.-on Sir
Thomas Hammer, i. 71.-on Mrs. Johnson, i. 100.-on
Admiral Byng, i. 134.-on Johnson, by Soame Jenyns,
i. 134 n.—for a creature not yet dead, i. 135 n.-George
Dempster's, on himself, i. 184 n.-on Colin Maclaurin,
i. 337 n.-on Dr. Smollet, i. 455.-on Dr. Parnell, ii.
275.-on Goldsmith, ii. 80.-on a celebrated Italian, i.
519, 519 n.-on a wicked man, killed by a fall from
his horse, ii. 343.-on Johnson, by Mr. Flood, ii. 451.-
on Johnson, by Dr. Parr, ii. 452, 452 n.

Epitaphs, i. 373 n., 452 n.; ii. 21, 79, 81, 268, 275, 336.- -
Johnson's Essay on, i. 57.

Equality, i. 229, 307; ii. 58, 398.

Erasmus, i. 479 n, 486.-Jortin's Life of, ii. 399.—an ex-
pression of, applied to Johnson, ii. 386.

Errol, Lord, i. 353, 354, 355, 355 n.-Lady Isabella, i.

354.

Errors of the press,' Caleb Whitefoord's witty paper on,
ii. 395 n.

Erse language, Johnson's letter on the proposal to trans-
late the Scriptures into, i. 235, 236.-manuscripts, i.
504, 505, 519, 520.-and Irish, both dialects of the
sanie language, i, 204-songs, i. 361, 377, 404.
Erskine, Sir Harry, i. 176.-Hon. Andrew, i. 184; ii. 110.
-Hon. Thomas, afterwards Lord, i. 292, 293, 293 n.-
some account of, i. 292 n.-Hon. Henry, gives Boswell
a shilling for the sight of his 'bear,' i. 333 n.-Lady
Anne, i. 460.

Espionage,' no word in the English language to describe,
i. 509 n.

"Esquire,' the title of, i. 9.

Essex, the unfortunate Earl of, his advice on travel, i.
195.-Head Club, instituted, ii. 364.-its rules, ii. 565,

365 n.

Estates, obligation in settling, ii. 31.
Eternal punishments, ii. 152, 186.
Eternity, i. 574; ii. 371.

Elements of Criticism,' Lord Kaimes's, i. 57, 179, 261; Etymologies, Johnson's, characterized, i. 126.

ii. 151.

Elfrida,' Mason's, i. 514.

Elgin, i. 359, 359 n., 553.

Elibank, Patrick Murray, fifth Lord, i. 277, 296, 324, 384,

453, 459, 460, 462, 475; ii. 57, 70, 245, 300.-some ac-
count of, i. 277 n.

Eliot, Mr., afterwards Lord, ii. 69, 225, 285 n., 285, 367.
Elizabeth, Queen, i. 153, 260; ii. 247, 288.

Ellis, John, the money-scrivener, ii. 56.-some account
of, ii. 56 n.-Ellis, Heury, Esq., of the British Museum,

Eugenio,' a poem, lines from, i. 315.

Evans, a bookseller, beating given to him by Goldsmith,

i. 304.-Rev. Dr. Evan, i. 46; ii. 38 m.
'Evelina,' Miss Burney's novel of, ii. 229, 355, 348.
Evil, origin of, i. 380, 452.-speaking, ii. 206.-spirits, 1.
335; ii. 384, 324 n.

Exaggeration, general proneness to, ii. 103, 210, 251, 528,

341.

'Excise,' Johnson's offensive definition of, i. 12 n., 126,
126 n. ii. 191.

Executions, public, i. 261, 556; ii. 334, 401.
Exercise, benefits of, ii. 318 n.

Exhibition of paintings at the Royal Academy, i. 158; ii.
333, 346, 374.

Existence, li. 190, 251.

Floyd, Thomas, i. 203.

Expectation, usefulness of comparing experience with, Floyer, Sir John, on Cold Baths,' i. 32.-on Asthma,
i. 149.

Expense, ii 243.

ii. 372.

Fludyer,

Johnson's college companion, ii. 36.
Extraordinary characters given of people, not to be cred- Folengo, Theopolo, ii. 166 n.
ited, ii. 33.

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Family influence, i. 282, 321, 516.-men of, i. 357.—resi-

dences, i. 396.-disputes, ii. 221.

Fancy, i. 272; ii. 188, 264.

Fonduess, ii. 320.
Fontainebleau, ii. 13.
Fontenelle, ii. 20.

Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and character of, i. 154, 183
262, 263, 263 n., 264, 263, 225, 237 n., 302, 545, 462
500; ii. S2, 74, 74 n., 85, 125, 126, 227, 50, 54, 577,
398.-his description of Johnson at Paris, ii. 19, 13 m.
Forbes, Sir William, of Pitsligo, i. 327, 334, S55 m., 406,
462, 470, 470 n.; ii. 64, 80, 80 n., 81, 131.

Ford, Rev. Cornelius, a cousin of Johnson's, i. 11.-—-in-
structs Johnson in the classics, i. 18.-some account
of, i. 18 n.-ghost story respecting, iL 103.—Sarah,
Johnson's mother, i. 9, 11.

Fordyce, Rev. Dr. James, i. 179, 475; ii. 459.—Dr. George,
ii. 145 n.-Miss, i. 551.
Foreigners, ii. 247.

Fores, i. 300, 360 n.

Forgetfulness, i. 343; ii. 305.

Form of prayer, arguments for, i. 452.

Fornication, i. 291, 391; ii. 55, 219.

Forrester, Colonel, ii. 56.

Forster, George, his Voyage to the South Seas,' ii. 124
Fort Augustus, ii. 200.-George, i. 362.

Farmer, Rev. Dr., i. 160; ii. 232, 248.-Johnson's letters Fortune,' Derrick's poem of, quoted, i. 47.-bunters, i

to, i. 270; ii. 233,

Farmers, ii. 194.

Farnborough, Lord, ii. 176 n.

Farquhar, George, his writings, ii. 244.

Fashionable Lover,' Cumberland's play of the, i. 382.
Fasting, ii. 33.

Father's Revenge,' the Earl of Carlisle's tragedy of, ii.
361.

Faulkner, George, Johnson's conversation with, i, 341.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, i. 72 n.

Fawkes, Francis, his translation of Anacreon, ii. 479 n.
Fear, i 253, 500; ii. 393, 442 n.

'Feeling people,' i. 262.

Fees, lawyers', i. 345

Felixmarte of Hircania,' Spanish romance of, i. 18.
Fencing i. 343.

Fenelon's Telemachus,' i. 431.

Fenton, Elijah, his share in the translation of the Odys-
sey, ii. 233.

Ferguson, Mr. James, ii. 137.-Mr., the astronomer, i.
264.-Sir Adam, i 290.

Fergusone, Captain, i. 386 n., 412 n.
Fergusson, Dr. Adam, i. 333, 335.

Ferns, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Elrington, Bishop of, i.
90 n., 138 197 n., 202 n., 240 n., 242 n., 258 n., 267
n.; if. 339 n., 383 n.-the deanery of, ii. 283,
'Festivals and Fasts,' Nelson's, ii. 41.
Feudal system, i. 293, 300, 357; ii. 223.
Fiction, ii. 355.

Fiddle, difficulty of playing upon, i. 310.

Fielding, Henry, i. 68 n., 109 n.; ii. 367.-compared with
Richardson, i. 245, 292, 292 n.—his 'Amelia,' ii. 65,
65 n.-Sir John, ii. 233, 233 n.

Fife, barrenness of, i. 344.

Fighting-cock, i. 514.

Filial affection, very singular instance of, il. 143 n.

Filmer on government, ii. 112.

Finery in dress, ii. 260.

173.

Foster, Dr. James, ii. 245 n.-some account of, ii. 245 m.
-Mrs. Elizabeth, Milton's grandaughter, i. 93, 94.
Fothergill, Dr. John, the physician, ii. 41 n.-Rev. Dr.
Thomas, Johnson's letter to, ou receiving his diploma
from Oxford, i. 513.

Foulis, Sir James, i. 373, 404.-some account of i. 573 m
-the Messieurs, the Elzevirs of Glasgow, i. 454.
'Fountains, the, a tale, by Johnson, i. 235
Fowke, Joseph, Esq., ii. 514.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, i. 281 m., 309 m... 473,
475 n., 520 n.; ii. 57 n., 153, 156, 159, 165, 367, Stay
378, 385.-his conversation, ii. $26.

France, Johnson's Journal of his Tour in, ü 19-17-
want of middle rank in, ii. 13, 18.-state of literature
in, ii. 153.

Francis, Rev. Dr. Philip, i. 59.—his translation of Horace,
ii. 195.

Franklin, Rev. Dr. Thomas, the translator of Sophocles,
i. 154, 330 n.; ii. 81 n., 150, 26.-his tramiten of
Lucian's Demonax' and dedication to Johnson, # 266
Fraser, Mr., the engineer, ii. 182-Simon, Lord, i. 401.
Fraternal intercourse, i. 145, 145 n.

Frederick of Prussia, Johnson's Life of, i. 132, 245.
Free will, i 258, S18; ii. 168.

Freeling, J. C. Esq., ii. 352 n., 353 n.

French, Johnson's notions of their manners and customs,
i. 357; ii. 18, 18 n., 19, 194, 247, $55.—Academy, sead
Johnson their Dictionary, i. 129.-language, E. 19 —
writers superficial, and why, i. 203.-novels, i. 170.—
credulity of the, i. 439.-literature, i. 399, 451; IL 259,
355, 509,

Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire, Johnson's visit ta,
ii. 12, 20.

Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, i. 314 n.

Friends, and Friendship, i. 65, 86, 128, 145, 147, 224, 262,
287, 295, 351, 357, 524; ii. 72, 168, 168 m., 209, 210, 253
265, 299, 355, S72, 378.

'Fingal,' the poem of, i. 171, 352, 378, 404, 544, 460, 497, Friendship, an Ode, by Johnson, i. 63, 234.

498, 501; ii. 364. See 'Ossian.'

Finnon haddock, i. 359 n.

Firebrace, Lady, verses to, i. 52.

Fishmonger, insensibility of one, ii. 207.

Fitzherbert, William, Esq., i. 29, 143, 158, 309, 407 n.,

520; ii. 209.-Mrs., i. 29; ii. 109, 254, 276,

Fitzmaurice, Mr., ii. 158 n., 230, 231.