Johnson's opinion of him, 373;
letter from Johnson to, 431; he
publishes some of Johnson's Latin
poems, iii. 459; his tender atten-
tions during Johnson's last illness,
482; he writes to Boswell inform-
ing him of Johnson's death, 490.
Langton, Peregrine, his marvellous
household management, i. 423,
425, n.
Miss Jane, Johnson's letter to,
iii. 366.
in Lincolnshire, Johnson's visit
to, i. 390.
Language, origin of, iii. 312; scanty
and inadequate to express the
gradations of feeling, 322; an
author's, must not be changed or
modernized, 401.
Languages, Greek and Latin essen-
tial to a good education, i. 374;
the desirability of having every
language, however narrow and
incommodious, preserved in a ver-
sion of some known book, 434; to
know a language we must know
the people, their notions and
manners, i. 479; Leibnitz on, re-
ferred to ii. 11; observations on
the Irish and Gaelic, 11, n. ; poets
preserve languages, because poe-
try cannot be translated, 318; the
pedigree of nations, iv. 200.
Latin, Johnson spoke it admirably
and frequently, 227, 229; inscrip-
tions should be in, as more uni-
versal and permanent, iv. 129,
334, 335.
Latiner, story of the good preacher
who was no, iii. 294, n.
Late, Johnson too, in setting out on
his tour to the Hebrides, iv. 284.
Late hours, loved by Johnson, ii.
462, n.
Laud, Archbishop, his Diary quo-
ted, ii. 61.
Lauder, William, impudently assails
Milton and deceives Johnson by
forgeries, i. 180.
Laugh, Johnson's, very hearty, ii.
202; Johnson's violent, about the
testator, 104; his fits of laughing,
Laurence, Chauncey, recommended
to Warren Hastings by Johnson,
iii. 198.
Law, William, his Serious Call, i.
39, 514; no reasoner, iii. 279.
public, continental writers on,
ii. 250; Johnson intended at one
time to study law, i. 401.
Lawrence, Dr., Thomas ; Johnson's
letter to, on the death of his wife,
iii. 121; his sad state, 260, n.
Miss, her account of Johnson,
i. 49.
Laxity. Johnson confesses laxity of
talk, iv. 321.
Laxness, a bigot to, Johnson calls
Kenneth McAulay, iv. 98.
Lay patronage, Johnson's argument
in defence of, ii. 87.
Laziness, worse than toothache, iv.
206.
Learning, "in Scotland like bread
in a besieged town, every man
has a little, but no man gets a
full meal," ii. 190; decrease of, iv.
62, 63; more general than for-
merly, iii. 321, 322.
Lectures, Johnson disliked this
method of teaching, i. 415.
Lee, Mr. Arthur, the American
patriot, meets Johnson at dinner
at Mr. Dilly's, ii. 345.
Leechman, Wm., on prayer, iv. 53.
Legitimitation, by subsequent mar-
riage, ii. 272.
Leeds, the Duke of, lines on his
marriage, iii. 151.
Leibnitz, argument about, iv. 258,
259.
Leith, water of, " Lethe," iv. 40.
Leland, Rev. Dr., letter to, i. 401, n.
Lenox, Mrs. Charlotte, account of,
i. 204.
Leslie, Charles, a reasoner, iii. 379.
Letter writing, iii. 224.
to a clergyman recommending
exercise, iii. 267.
Letters from Johnson to different
persons, published by Mr. Croker
in various editions, i. 546-568, ii.
531-543, iii. 503-522.
Leuchars, supposed Danish colony
of, iv. 55.
Levett, Mr., of Lichfield, i. 48, 121,
547.
Levett, Robert, i. 192, 193, n.;
marries wretchedly, 303: John-
son's letters to, ii. 121; from
Calais, 207; his death, iii. 255,
256; Johnson's beautiful verses
on, 256, 257.
Lever, Sir Ashton, his museum, iii.
415, n.
Lewis, Mr. F., lived in London and
hung loose upon society, i. 177.
David, his lines on Pope, re-
peated by Johnson, iii. 394,
395, n.
Lexiphanes, a parody on Johnson's
style, i. 449.
Lexicographers, previous to John-
son, i. 143.
Liberty, universal and private, i.
463; all boys love, iii. 90; liberty
of conscience not liberty of speech,
ii. 93, 94, iii. 320, 321; of the
press, ii. 301; of the pulpit, ii.
336-342.
Liberality, Johnson's, ii. 478, 479.
Library, Johnson's, i. 357; sold at
his death, iii. 480; Topham Beau-
clerk's great, sold, 226.
- at Buckingham House, i.440, n.;
at St. Andrews, iv. 148, n.
Lichfield, Johnson born there, i. 9,
56; Johnson's father Sheriff of, i.
538; visits with Boswell, ii. 276;
Johnson's love for, ii. 298, iii.
450; Johnson visits, iii. 254; for
the last time, 450; ale, iii. 220;
Boswell's visit to, and letter de-
scribing, iii. 114-116.
Life, a progress from want to want,
ii. 331; should resemble a well-
ordered poem, iii. 271; Dryden's
fine lines on, iii. 391; is it happy
or miserable? iii. 391.
Lilliput, Senate of, veiled expres-
sion for the English parliament,
i. 81.
Lillibulero, the famous song, ii.
176, n.
Linley, Miss, ii. 195.
Literary undertakings proposed by
Johnson, i. 550; conversation, ii.
306.
Literature, French, praised, iii. 336;
iv. 281.
Ancient, Johnson made Pro-
fessor of, i. 468; diffusion of, iii.
46; "Sir, it is amazing how
little there is in the world,” iii.
19, n.
Literati, Scotch, collected by Bos-
well to meet Johnson, i. 464.
Lives of the Poets, ii. 386, first
publication of four vols., iii. 80,
81; completed, 168; MS. of
given to Boswell by Johnson, iii.
200; Johnson presents a copy to
Wilkes, 228; Dr. Newton on,
378; Boswell's account of, and
remarks on, iii. 168-194.
"Live while you live," Dr. Dod-
dridge's fine epigram, iv. 244.
Lloyd, Olivia, a young Quakeress
loved by Johnson, i. 58.
Mr., the Quaker, ii. 272, 273.
Lobo, Father Jerome, notice of, i.
53; translation of his Voyage to
Abyssinia, Johnson's first literary
work, ib.
Lochbuy, Laird and Lady, cour-
teously entertain Johnson, iv. 311-
314.
Loch Lomond, visited, iv. 333.
Lock, Mr., of Norbury Park, iii.
175.
Locke, John, Latin verses by, iv. 74.
Lockman, Mr. J., l'illustre Lock-
man, iii. 145.
Lofft, Mr. Capel, "the little David
of popular spirit,” iii. 371.
Lombe, Mr. John, his silk mill, ii.
428.
London, Johnson reasons on the im-
mensity of, i. 345; happiness of life
in, 474; when a man is tired of
London he is tired of life, ii. 440 ;
the advantage of living in, iii. 86 ;
the poor in, 105.
a poem of Johnson's, i. 83, 89;
published, 90-97.
London Chronicle, the newspaper
Johnson took, and which Boswell
read to him, i. 257, 497.
Longley, Mr., of Rochester, iii. 147.
Longman, Messrs., contracting par-
ties for the Dictionary, i. 140.
"Long-expected one-and-twenty,"
verses by Johnson, on Sir John
Lade's coming of age, iii. 486.
Longitude, attempt to ascertain,
at sea, a pamphlet written by
Johnson for G. Williams, i.
244, n.
Looking-glasses, the making of, in
Paris, described, ii. 219.
Loudoun, John, Earl of, his hospi-
tality to Johnson, iv. 340; Lady,
his mother, her vivacity at ninety-
five, 339.
Lovat, Thomas, Lord, verses on his
execution, i. 138, n.; inscription
to his memory, iv. 209.
Love and friendship, ii. 187.
Lowe, Mauritius, the painter, iii.
37, n.; a natural son of Lord South-
well, 87, 307, 308, 314; the son
and daughter of, legatees of John-
son, 478, n.; Johnson's relations
with, 538.
Lowther, Sir James, riches of, iv. 92.
Lucan, Lord and Lady, their kind-
ness to Johnson, iii. 409.
Lucas, Dr., unjustly driven from
Ireland, i. 251.
Lusiad, The, translated by Mr.
Mickle, iii. 348.
Luton Hoe, Lord Bute's seat, iii.
246.
Luxembourg, the, visited by John-
son, ii. 221.
Luxury, what is it, ii. 1, 65; pro-
duces much good, iii. 10, 334.
Lydiat, Rev. Mr., history of, i.
149, n.
Lye, Edward, his Saxon and
Gothic dictionary, i. 422, n.
Lyttelton, Lord, his History, i. 444 ;
his anxiety as an author, ii. 315;
observations on the Life of, iii.
187.
Macaulay, Lord, his dispute with
Mr. Croker about Prince Titi, ii.
553-558; Rev. Kenneth, his ac-
count of St. Kilda, i. 455, 456; iv.
98; Rev. John, minister of Inve-
rary, iv. 324-8 n., 329.
Mrs. Catherine, i. 366, ii. 446.
Macbean, Mr., Johnson's amanuen-
sis, i. 144, iii. 139.
Macbeth, Johnson on the tragedy
of, i. 134; he recites from, iv. 94.
Maccaronic verses, iii. 2.
Macclesfield, Countess of, and
Savage, i. 129-33, n.
MacCruslick, Sandie Macleod, men-
tioned for his high spirits, iv. 141.
Macdonald, Sir James, the Marcel-
lus of Scotland, i. 368, n.; popu-
larity of, iv. 125; his epitaph, 127;
his letters when dying, 128, 129, n.
Sir Alexander, ii. 13, n.; in-
vites Johnson to visit him at Armin-
dale, iv. 3; receives him hospit-
ably, 124; a good scholar, John-
son says, but no Highland chief,
124; stories of his penuriousness,
iv. 285, 286.
- Miss Flora, iv. 157, n. ; assists
Prince Charles Edward to escape,
162-76; letter from, 176, n.
Malcolm, went to London to
be hanged, and returned in a post-
chaise with Miss Flora Mac-
donald, iv. 176.
Maclaurin, Sir Walter Scott's ac-
count of him, iv. 35, n.; Gold-
smith published an absurd story
about his violent yawning, ii. 301-
469, n.
Maclean, Sir Alexander, his suit to
recover his inheritance, ii. 371;
gains his cause, 394; Donald, the
young Laird of Col, iv. 241-302.
Macleans, The, of Col, iv. 268, n.;
Sir Alan, his pleasant reception
of the travellers, iv. 293, n.; Miss,
a most accomplished lady, iv..
288.
Macleod's maidens, iv. 211, n.; his
dining tables, Scott's note, 211.
Macleod, The, invites Johnson to
visit him, iv. 3; Malcolm, a fine
Highland gentleman, iv. 126-36;
Alexander, the MacCruslick, iv.
Mackenzie, Sir George, his works
noticed, iv. 187.
Henry, the Man of Feeling,
his novels, i. 294, iv. 248, n.
MacLonichs, The, a branch of the
Camerons, iv. 268, n.
Macquarry, The, sale of his islands,
ii. 395-401.
MacNicol, Rev. Donald, his abuse
of Johnson's "Journey," ii. 144.
Macklin, Mr., the actor, instructs
in pronunciation, i. 316, ii. 291.
Macpherson, James, the pretended
translator of Ossian, ii. 135;
Johnson's letter to him, 136, n.
Macraes, The, a fine bold race, iv.
118, iv. 199, n.
Macqueen, Rev. Donald, iv. 125,
136, 139, 141.
Madden, Dr., pays Johnson ten
guineas for correcting his poem
called Boulter's monument, i.
258, n.
Madness, i. 36, 37, iii. 166, iv. 189;
of Christopher Smart, i. 324, 325.
Magazine, the Literary, Johnson
contributes to, i. 248.
Mahogany, Cornish drink so called,
iii. 206.
Maitland, Mr., one of the amanuen-
ses of the Dictionary, i. 144.
Maittaire, his account of the Ste-
phani a heavy book, iii. 142.
Male succession, Johnson strong
for, ii. 103.
Mallet, publishes Bolingbroke's
works, i. 215; incompetent to
write the life of Bacon, ii. 454.
Major, Doctor, and Doctor Minor,
iv. 77.
Malone, Edmund, Johnson's letters
Man, Shakespeare's picture of, com-
pared with Milton's, iii. 201; the
difference between a well and an
ill-bred man, 404.
Man of the World, a novel praised
by Scott, iv. 248, n.
Man, he was a, yesterday, said of
the dead Clanranald, iv. 261.
Management, bad, Johnson's fine
saying on, iii. 32; a sad thing to
pass through the quagmire of
parsimony to the gulf of ruin,
i. 61.
Manners, gentle, a sufficient recom-
mendation for membership of the
Club, iii. 163; change of, iv. 45,
46.
Manse, the, at Calder, an evening
at, iv. 97.
Mansfield, Lord, iii. 289.
Marchmont, Lord, Boswell asks
him to give Johnson information
about Pope, iii. 55; he fears to
place himself in the position of
Osborne, the bookseller, 57; his
interview with Johnson, 97; Bos-
well censures Johnson for unfair-
ness to, 182.
Marcus Antoninus, an egotist of the
second class, ii. 434.
Market Bosworth, school of, John-
son was usher of, i. 51.
Marklew, alias Belison, Johnson's
nurse, a common name still in
Lichfield, i. 538.
Marlborough, Duke of, Mallet's
projected life of, iii. 92.
Marmalade, Mrs. Boswell sends
Johnson some of her own making,
ii. 374.
Marmor Norfolciense, its malicious
republication, i. 106.
Marriage is natural to man, ii. 19,
20; Johnson on, 286; marriages,
second, defended, i. 475; would
in general be as happy if made
by the Lord Chancellor, ii. 276.
Marshall's absurd and offensive
book on agriculture, iii. 28.
Martin, M., his description of the
western islands of Scotland, iv.
I-3, n.
Martinelli, Vincenzo, author of
Italian History of England, ii.
67, n.; Goldsmith and Johnson
argue whether it should be con-
tinued to date, ii. 68.
Mary, Queen of Scots, Tytler's vin-
dication of, praised, i. 288; pic-
ture of her abdication, by Gavin
Hamilton, ii. III.
Mason, Mr., his memoirs of Gray,
adopted as Boswell's model, i. 4;
of Whitehead, 5; his Elfrida
praised by Boswell, ii. 166.
Masquerade, the first in Scotland,
ii. 54.
Master of Arts, degree of, conferred,
i. 221, 223.
Matrimony, Boswell's song on, i.
504.
Maty, Dr., "the little black dog," i.
230; account of, ibid. n.; his Life
of Chesterfield quoted, 574.
Maupertius, an esprit fort, i.
458, n.
Maxwell, Rev. Dr., i. 509.
Mayne, William, Baron Newhaven,
iii. III.
Mayo, Dr., defends toleration
against Johnson, ii. 96.
Mead, Dr. Richard, “lived more in
the broad sunshine of life than
any man," iii. 66.
Mediterranean, general anxiety to
see the shores of, ii. 318; Gen.
Paoli thinks the Mediterranean
would be a noble subject for a
poem, ibid.
Medicine for rheumatism, ii. 188.
Medal, a, presented to Home by
Sheridan, ii. 154, n.
Meeke, Mr., Fellow of Trinity, his
superiority distressed Johnson, i.
Melancthon, Boswell writes a letter
to Johnson on the tombstone of,
ii. 389.
Melancholy, Anatomy of, Burton's,
valued by Johnson, ii. 259; mor-
bid, Johnson's sufferings from, i.
35, 242, 366; constitutional, ii.
258, 437, 438; Johnson says he
inherited a vile, from his father,
iv. 189.
Memis, Dr., his action in the Court
of Session, ii. 130, 198; decided
against him, 370.
Memory, Johnson's extraordinary,
iv. 336; for even trifling things,
iii. 151; will play strange tricks,
Mercheta Mulierum, an ancient
law, iv. 291, n.
Metcalfe, Mr. Philip, drives John-
son out at Brighton, i. 523, iii.
275.
Methodists, i. 375, n. 515.
Mickle, W. J., translator of the
Lusiad, ii. 35.
Middle state, the, discussed, iv.
325.
Militia, the Lincolnshire, Johnson
visits their camp, iii. 71; Johnson
drawn to serve in, iii. 403.
Mill for grinding corn, Johnson
sends to Mrs. Aston, i. 565.
Millar, Mr. Andrew, publishes the
Dictionary, i. 232.
Milton, iii. 392; observations on
the life of, iii. 173; Johnson on,
as author of Paradise Lost, i. 182;
Johnson's admiration of, ii. 83; his
granddaughter, Johnson's letter
about, i. 179; benefit for, pro-
duced but little, 180, n.
Mimicry, Garrick's admirable talent
for, ii. 158.
Mine, lead, Johnson and Boswell
visit, iv. 274.
Ministry, Johnson's thankfulness
for the dissolution of, iii. 264.
Miracles, arguments against, i. 364;
Hume's argument against, ii. 449.
Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces,
published by Tom Davies during
Johnson's absence in Scotland, ii.
111, n.
Misfortunes, if a man talks of them,
they are not entirely disagree-
able, iii. 166.
Miser, stories of a, iv. 286.
Mitre, the, Johnson and Boswell
meet at, for supper, i. 327, 328;
they dine "according to the old
custom," iii. 54-
Modern writers, the moons of lite-
rature, iii. 46.
Molière, Racine, and Corneille, "go
round the world," iv. 281.
Monasteries, Johnson's veneration
for, iv. 47.
Monckton, Miss, her merry en-
counter with Johnson, iii. 230.
Monboddo, Lord, i. 473, ii. 2; his
air bath, 430; Boswell reads the
"Journey" to him, 371; praises
it, 435; a judge, à posteriori, iv.
31; Johnson visits him, 58-65;
his account of a savage girl, 89, 90.
Montgomerie, Miss Margaret, Bos-
well marries, i. 529, n.
Montagu, Mrs., her essay on
Shakespeare, i. 484, iv. 219, n.;
her saying on Voltaire, 485; she
drops Johnson, iii. 201.
Money. "There are few ways in
which a man can be more inno-
cently employed than in getting
money," ii. 156; "none better
spent than what is laid out for
domestic satisfaction," 181; "it
should be spent," iii. 285.
Montrose, letters from, iv. 270, 271.
Monument to Johnson in Lichfield
Cathedral, iii. 494; in St. Paul's,
iii. 495.
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