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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