Paterson, Mr. Samuel and his Son, iii. 62, 3; and see iii. 29. Peers of Scotland, their undue influence, iii. 44, 5. Pembroke College, Oxford, eminent men educated there, i. 36. Pendergrast, strange anecdote of, i. 431. Pension, Johnson's, i. 229, & seq. 265. Percy, Dr. (Bishop of Dromore,) i. 299; ii. 283. Perkins, Mr. ii. 457, 9. Peterborough, Lord, iii. 106. Petitions, popular, i. 371. Philips, the musician, Johnson's epitaph on, i. 89. Miss, (the singer,) iii. 29. Pig, the learned, iii. 139. Piozzi, Mrs. i. 305; ii. 69, 458, 516; iii. 68, 151. anecdotes related by her of Johnson refuted or explained, i. 13, 33, 50, 255, 296, 435, 439; ii. 12; iii. 95, 110, 11, 117. Letter from her to Johnson, ii. 390. from Johnson to her, ii. 391; iii. 31. Burlesque Ode to her, iii. 151. of Dr. Johnson, while young, i. 13, 21, & seq. Poets, Johnson's Lives of-See Lives. Politian's poems, Johnson's projected translation of, i. 47. Mrs. (the actress,) iii. 41. Portmore, Lord, iii. 61. Prayer, iii. 79. Predestination, i. 380; ii. 103. Presentiment, a remarkable story concerning, i. 431. Priestley, Dr.-Johnson's opinion of, i. 394; iii. 37, 8. RACKSTROW, Johnson's Colonel in the Train-bands, iii. 96. remarks on, i. 137; ii. 126, 508. Ramsay, Allan, Esq. ii. 270, 324, 361, 379. Rank, its importance in society, i. 272, 412, 534, 5. "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia," Johnson's, i. 47, 205–8, 267; ii. 314, 483. Rein-deer, of introducing into England, i. 422. Relationship, i. 428. Religion, and religious establishments, Johnson's opinion concerning, i. 33, 4, ii. 73, 87, 8, 93, 98, 301—3, 466, 485-8; iii. 22, 3, 28, 9, 171. the Roman Catholick and Presbyterian, i. 379–81, 485; ü. 378; "Respublica," (the work so entitled) ii. 132. Review, Johnson's plan of an intended one, i. 173, 4. Reviews, Monthly and Critical, and Reviewers, i. 237; ii. 120, 127, 440; iii. 22. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, i. 148, 511; ii. 125, 408; iii. 108, 171. his "Discourses," ii. 353; iii. 97. Letters from Johnson to him, i. 299, 405, 6; ii. 153, 159, 494, 517; iii. 12, 24, 29, 48, 134. Rhyme, its excellency, i. 264. Richardson, Samuel, anecdotes of, i. 88; ii. 226, 313. his works praised, i. 342, 395, 426. Riches, i. 422; ii. 279, 314, 488, 510, 525. Ridicule, ii. 456. Riots in 1780, account of, ii. 394-7, 399. Robertson, Reverend Dr. William, ii. 324. his works, i. 329, 346, 469, 470; ii. 326. Rochester's poems, ii. 232. Rolt, his "Dictionary of Trade and Commerce," i, 218 anecdotes of, i. 218. Romances, i. 19; ii. 414. Round Robin, (literary,) ii. 154. Rosseau, i. 315. Rowe, Mrs. her works, i. 271. Royal Academy instituted, i. 355. Rudd, Mrs. Margaret Caroline, ii. 151, 323 Ruff head's life of Pope, i. 422. Russia, Empress of, ii. 193, 353. Rutty, Dr. his "Spiritual Diary,” ii. 217. S. SAILORS, their life, ii. 75, 280; iii. 46. Sarpi, Paolo, his "Council of Trent," i. 80. Savage, Richard, anecdotes of, i. 100, I. his life by Johnson, i. 96, 99, 102. enquiry as to his birth, i. 104-7. his tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury presented, ii. 178. Savages, ii. 130, 267; iii. 18, 88. Scarsdale, Lord, his seat at Keddlestone, ii. 210. Schoolmasters, reflections on, i. 54, 408. law cases as to, i. 432—4; ii. 244, 246. Scotland, and the Scotch, Johnson's opinion of and bon mots on, i. 263, 345, Scott, Sir William, i. 403; ii. 277, 465. Scriptures, The Holy, ii. 135. 326-8. Johnson's letters on the proposal to translate them into Erse, i. Johnson's edition of his plays, i. 107, 193, 4, 196, 7, 202, 3, 226, 296;-published, i. 306, 388, 447;—remarks on, i. 306, 437; ii. 133, 477. Sharpe's "Letters on Italy," ii. 133. Shaw, Cuthbert, his poem of "The Race," i. 330. Reverend Mr. his Erse Grammar, ii. 170, 1; iii. 47. Shebbeare, Dr. ii. 478. Shenstone, his verses on an inn, ii. 83. Sheridan, Thomas, Esq. i. 236, 238, 278, 368, 398, 417, 530; ii. 101, 357; ii. 22, 26, 104. Mrs. i. 238. R. B. Esq. his compliment to Johnson, in a prologue, ii. 178. Shipley, Dr. (late Bishop of St. Asaph,) ii. 270, 273; iii. 43. Sin, original, ii. 487. Skene, Sir John, ii. 384. Slavery, and the Slave-trade, ii. 238, 9, 244;—and see Negroes. Smart, Christopher, i. 186, 244; ii. 9. Smith, Dr. Adam, ii. 324. - his "Wealth of Nations," ii. 70. Captain, his attention to Johnson at Warley-camp, ii. 347. Society, civilized, its customs, &c. i. 270, 272, 275, 316, 378, 464; ii. 278, 462. Somerville, Lord, ii. 434. Southwell, Lord, ii. 526. "Spectator, The," i. 454; ii. 26, 120, 128. Spence's "Anecdotes,” ii. 444. Spirits, evil, iii. 77. Stanhope, Mr. (Lord Chesterfield's son,) his character, i. 161. Statuary, ii. 76, 257. Staunton, Sir George, letter of Johnson to, i. 224. Steele, Right Hon. Thomas, i. 86. Mr. his "Prosodia Rationalis," i 534. Sir Richard, ii. 81, 436, 465. Steevens, George, Esq. re-publishes Johnson's Shakspeare, i. 387, 447. George, Esq. communications from as to Johnson, iii. 99, & seq. Sterne, i. 460. Stirling Corporation, ii. 28. Strahan, William, Esq. i. 530; H. 348;—his letter as to obtaining Johnson a jun. his death, and Johnson's letter on, ii. 470. Mrs. Johnson's letters to, ii. 470, 500. Reverend Mr. iii. 172. Stratford-Jubilee.-See Garrick. Stuart, Hon. Colonel James, ii. 373. Stuart, Andrew, Esq. his "Letters to Lord Mansfield," i. 465. Study, method of, i. 264, 291. Style, ii. 290. Style, Johnson's remarks on, and on the imitations of, i. 137; ii, 218, 19. instances of particular imitations, iii. 150, & seq. Suicide, i. 464; ii. 508, 9. Swearing, i. 421; ii. 230. Sweden, King of, ii. 193. Swift, letter to, as to Johnson's obtaining a degree, i. 78. Swinton, Reverend Mr. anecdote of, i. 165. Sydenham, Dr.-Johnson's life of, i. 94. T. TACITUS, remarks on his style, i. 436. "Tale of a Tub," i. 278, 529. "Taxation no Tyranny," i. 525. additional passages in that pamphlet, i. 526, 7. Taylor, Dr.-Johnson's visit to, ii. 98, 190, 224. Johnson's letters to, iii. 30, 63. Reverend Dr. i. 16, 37, 120, 144; ii. 99. 196, 208, 225. Jeremy, iii. 79. Thurlow, Lord, an opinion of his on the Liberty of the Pulpit, ii. 14. Johnson's opinion of, iii. 3. his letter to the authour, on Johnson's going to Italy, iii. 107. Toleration, i. 480—3; ii. 360, 441; iii. 23. Topham's Case, ii. 109. Torture, how used in Holland, i. 287. Tory, Johnson's definition of, ii. 482; iii. 77. Since the note referred to was written, the Case has received the determination of the Court of King's Bench; but it turned chiefly on the informality of the Indictment, and did not go into the general principles of "libe's on the dead."-See Term Reports, Hilary Term, 31 Geo. III. |