Aberbrothick, Johnson's delight
with, 52; tea at, 238.
Aberdeen, reached, 63; people of,
taught by Cromwell's soldiers to
make shoes and stockings and
plant cabbages, 63; Johnson
receives the freedom of the
town, 68; Sunday evening at,
269; a duel fought for the hon-
our of Aberdeen butter, 298 n.;
Johnson thinks the people of,
very dull, 72.
Abernethy, Dr. John, his theory
concerning prayer, 50.
Acting, tragic, Johnson despises,
Adams, Dr., Johnson calls on, 395.
Addison, Johnson thinks his "Re-
marks on Italy " feeble, 268.
Advertisement, Johnson's apolo-
getic, in the Edinburgh papers,
358.
Affectation to be found even on
death beds, 345.
Allan of Muidart, song to, trans-
lated from the Erse, 248.
Allen, Edmund, printer and friend
of Johnson, 353.
America, the dance called, 237.
Ana, the French, are good, 268.
Anacreon, Baxter's, long sought
for by Johnson, found at Auchin-
leck, 328.
Anaitis, Temple of the Goddess,
near Dunvegan, 183; origin of
the name, 185.
Andrews, St., Johnson at, 41-52.
Anecdote, Johnson loves, 24;
Birch, Percy, Goldsmith, and
Lord Hailes cited as men of
anecdote, 218; Granger's Bio-
graphical History, full of, 218.
Animals, the two noblest in the
world, a Scotch Highlander and
an English sailor, 348.
Arbuthnot, Mr. Robert, presented
to Johnson, 16; account of 16 n.
Arguing, Cibber's clever saying
applied to Johnson, 251.
Argument, Johnson supplies
Boswell with one on vicious in-
tromission, 32.
Argyle, the Duke of, invites John-
son and Boswell to dinner, 308.
the Duchess of, her coldness
to Boswell, and Boswell's imper-
tinence and insolence, 310.
Arithmetic, Cocker's, Johnson pre-
sents to a girl in the Highlands,
108.
Armidale, grand view at, 117,
118.
Ascanius, the Narrative of Charles
Edward's escape, quoted, 150,
166, 167.
Assembly man, the, "who cries
Fire, fire, in Noah's Flood,"
Atlas, the race-horse, 376.
Attacks, authors are the better
for, 235; no man ever written,
down but by himself, 235.
Attention, Boswell's assiduous, to
Johnson, he takes credit for,
Auchinleck, arrival at, 327; Li-
brary at, 328; Castle described,
330.
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