6 Egri Ephemeris,' Johnson's, v. 1, 299.
Eneid, story of the, v. 100.
Eschylus, Potter's translation of, iv. 113.
Affectation, iv. 358; v. 469.

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in writing, ii. 463.

of familiarity with the great, iv. 432.
Affection, natural, ii. 103; iv. 262; v. 90.
Johnson's, for Miss Boothby, i. 51;
iv. 426.

Agar, Welbore Ellis, esq. iii. 482 n.
Age, old, iv. 44, 110, 197, 391; v. 60, 174.
'Agis,' Home's tragedy of, ii. 424 n..
'Aglaura,' Suckling's play of, iv. 179.
Agutter, Rev. William, v. 185 n.

his sermon on Johnson's death, v. 353.
Aikin, Miss Letitia, afterwards Mrs. Bar-
bauld, iii. 294, 294 n.; iv. 23, 379.

- her imitation of Johnson's style, iv. 23.
Air-bath, Lord Monboddo's, iv. 16.
Akenside, Dr. Mark, i. 349; ii. 157;

iii. 368, 368 n., 396.

Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate, anec-
dotes of, iv. 317.

-Johnson's eulogy on, iv. 318.
Alberti, Leandro, his classical description
of Italy, iii. 3, 221, 221 n.
Alchymy, iii. 250.
Alcibiades, iv. 122.
his dog, iv. 86.

Alfred, Johnson's wish to write the Life
of, i. 152.

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Edmund, the printer, i. 326 n., 481;
ii. 523; iii. 504; iv. 125, 171, 466;
v. 284.

Johnson's letter to, v. 109.

Ralph, esq., ii. 314.

'Alley Croker,' iv. 107, 107 n.

All for Love,' Dryden's preface to, quoted,
iv. 486 n.

Alnwick Castle, iii. 538; iv. 128

Althorp, Lord, now Earl Spencer, iv. 309.
See Spencer.

"Amelia,' Fielding's, iii. 408, 408 n.
Ambition, iii. 404.

America, and the Americans, iii 167, 169,
188; iv. 54, 57, 148, 174, 324 n., 452;
v. 64 n., 182.

- right of Great Britain to tax, iv. 57.

Amusements, country, iv. 370.

- a man known by his, v. 212.

Amyat, Dr. i. 367.

'Ana,' the, French, iii. 4.

Anacreon, Baxter's, iii. 73; v. 42, 42 n.,
159.

- Dove of, translated by Johnson, iv. 548 n.
Fawkes's translation of, iv. 548 n.

Anaitis, temple of, i. 439, 442.
Analogy between body and mind, i. 28.

'Anatomy of Melancholy,' Burton's, i
379; iii. 329.
Ancestry, ii. 144.

'Ancient Ballads,' Dr. Percy's, iv. 137.
Ancient times, folly of praising, at the ex-
pense of modern, v. 98.

Anderdon MSS. v. 293, 307.
Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, iii. 64,
66, 483.

- Dr. Robert, his Life of Johnson,'
i. 22, 71, 172.

Mr., his Sketches of the Native Irish,'
ii. 149; iii. 476.

Andrew's, St., ii. 296; iii. 539.
- its library, ii. 299 n.

- ruins of its cathedral, iii. 539.
its university, iii. 540.
Anecdotes, Johnson's love of, ii. 274.
general inaccuracy of, v. 261 n.

- at second hand, little to be relied on,

v. 322 n.

Anfractuosities of the human mind, iv. 336.
Angel, Mr. John, his 'Stenography, 'ii.213.
Angel, fallen, v. 118.

Anne, Queen, Johnson touched by, for the
evil, i 16.

- wits of her reign, iv. 202 n.
Annihilation, iii. 519; iv. 154.
Animus equus,' the, not inheritable,
iii. 77.

Anonymous writings, iv. 246.
'Annus Mirabilis, Tasker's, v. 49 n.
Anson, Lord, iv. 244, 244 n.
-Johnson's epigram on his temple of the
winds, iv. 244 n.
'Anthologia,' v. 299.

Antiquarian researches, iv. 194.
Apelles, the Venus of, iv. 477, 477 n.
Apocrypha, iv. 32.

Apology,' Cibber's, iii. 435.

Apology for the Quakers,' Barclay's,

v. 218.

'Apotheosis of Milton,' not written by
Johnson, i. 111.
Apparitions, i. 332, 414; ii. 11, 141,

157. 173, 178, 178 n; iv. 466, 469.
Appetite, riders out in quest of, v. 229.
Appius, Cicero's character of, applied to
Johnson, v. 291 n.
Applause, iv. 363.

April fools' day, iii. 473, 473 n.
Arabs, fidelity of, ii. 356.

Arbuthnot, Dr. John, i. 439; ii. 279.

Robert, esq. ii. 265, 265 n.
'Arcadia,' Sidney's, iii. 495 n.
Arches, comparative strength of semicir-
cular and elliptical, i. 340.
Architecture, ornamental, iii. 327.
Areskine, Sir John, ii. 521.

Arguing, Johnson's mode of, and fondness
for, iii. 371, 388; iv. 483; v. 179,

179 n.,
210.

- his Poetics,' iii. 403, 403 n.
Arithmetic, Johnson's resort to, when his
fancy was disordered, iv. 394.
Arkwright, Sir Richard, v. 233.
Armidale, ii. 380, 501.
Armorial bearings, ii. 173.

Arms, piling of, why insisted on, iv. 222.
Armstrong, Dr. John, i. 338 n.; iii. 481.
Army, officers of the, iii. 94.
Arnauld, Anthony, iv. 214.

Arnold, Dr. Thomas, his Observations
on Insanity,' iv. 26.

'Art of Living in London,' i. 74.
Artificial ruins, iii. 157.

'Arts corrective,' ii. 527.

Articles, subscription to the thirty-nine,
ii. 106, 142, 142 n, 300.
Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, i.
476.

Asaph, Bishop of, see Shipley.

'Ascanius,' ii. 416 n,. 418 n., 421 n.
Ash, Dr. John, founder of the Eumelian
club, v. 304 n.

Ashbourne, iv. 31, 59.

Ashburton, Lord, see Dunning.

. Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 52; ii. 45 n., 119;
iii. 255, 354, 358, 496; iv. 61.
Johnson's letters to, ii. 45, 70; iii. 468,
470, 499; iv. 62, 237, 241, 265,
291, 292; v. 25, 158.

Astley, Mr. Philip, the equestrian, iv. 285,
285 n.

'As You Like It,' the clown's answer in,
iv. 372.

Atheism, ii. 282.

'Athol porridge,' iv. 449.

'Atlas, the race-horse, iii. 126 n.
Atonement, the great article of Christianity,
ii. 322, 322 n.; iv. 41 n., 498, 498 n. ;
v. 332 n.

Attack, advantages which authors derive
from, ii. 499, 500; iii. 211.
Atterbury, Dr. Francis, Bishop of Ro-
chester, iv. 83, 102.

his funeral sermon on Lady Cutts, iv. 83.
- style of his sermons, iv. 102.
Attorney general, ludicrous title given to,
iii. 440.

Attorneys, i. 385; iii. 39; v. 210.

Avarice, iii. 9, 404, 434; iv. 182, 372,
375.

Auchinleck estate, iii. 74, 75 n., 299, 300,
565; iv. 30.

- Lord, Boswell's father, iii. 71, 72,
442 n.; v. 12.

some account of, iii. 78, 78 n.

designates Johnson Ursa Major,'iii.79.
Auchnasheal, ii. 372.

Author, rarely hurt by his critics, iv. 307.
the Young,' a poem by Johnson, i. 524.
Virgil's description of the entrance into
hell applied to, iii 5.

Authors, i. 240; ii. 63, 222, 294, 499,
500; iii. 219, 384; iv. 33, 81, 180,
194, 195, 243, 244, 246, 495; v. 215,
227.

modern, the moons of literature, iv. 194.
attacks on them useful, ii. 499.
the casuistry which passes on the world
the production of one, for that of an-
other, condemned, i. 240, 240 n.

B.

Båch y Graig, iii. 135, 135 n.
Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, ii. 456;
iv. 46.

Mallet's 'Life' of, iv. 47.

his History of Henry VII.,' ii. 441.
his precept for conversation, v. 121.

Badcock, Rev. Samuel, v. 321.

his visit to Johnson, v. 321.

some account of, v. 321 n.

Badenoch, Lord of, ii. 346, 346 n.

Banks, Sir Joseph, ii. 135, 138, 138 n.,
139; iii. 30 n.; iv. 233, 235.
Johnson's motto for his goat, ii. 135.
Baptism, iii. 346; v. 189, 189 n.
Barbauld, Mr., iii. 294, 294 n.
- Letitia, see Aikin.

Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro servant,
i. 212, 215, 218, 224, 225, 337; ii.
31 n., 63, 64, 120, 137; iii. 124 n. ; iv.
232; v. 285, 339, 350.
-Johnson's letter to, ii. 120.
Barclay, his Ship of Fooles,' i. 263.

- Mr., the young author, his defence of
Johnson's Shakspeare against Kenrick,
i. 517; ii. 499 n.

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Robert, of Ury, his Apology for the
Quakers,' iii. 345.

Robert, esq., one of Mr. Thrale's suc-
cessors, iv. 492; v. 414.

his character, iv. 492 n.

Baretti, Signor Giuseppe, i. 249, 265, 286,
322, 351, 359, 370; ii. 8 n., 58, 67, 93,
119, 194; iii. 166, 260, 265, 290, 290
n, 336, 372 n., 383 n., 413 n., 420 n.,
458; iv. 7, 23, 364, 427.

Johnson's letters to, i. 351, 359, 370.
his trial for murder, ii. 98; v. 221.
- his 'Travels,' ii. 119.

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the first who received copy-money in
Italy, iv. 10.

his strictures on Mrs. Piozzi's marriage,
iii. 413 n.

his Frustra Letteraria,' iv. 23.

Bark, Peruvian, v. 192.

Barker, Dr. Edmund, i. 163, 308.
Barnard, Rev. Dr., bishop of Killaloe,
i. 71 n.; iii. 448, 448 n.; iv. 93, 486.
altercation between Johnson and, on the
question, whether a man can improve
after the age of forty-five, iv. 487.
his pleasant verses thereon, iv. 488.

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Barnard, Dr. provost of Eton, iv. 199.
Francis, esq., afterwards Sir Francis,
king's librarian, ii. 34, 34 n., 35 n.
Johnson's letter of instructions to, on
the formation of the king's library, ii.
537.

Barnes, Rev. Joshua, iii. 73; iv. 351.
Barnwall, Nicholas, Lord Trimlestown,
iv. 82, 82 n.

-Thomas, his son, singular instance of
filial affection in, iv. 82 n.

Baron Hill, the seat of Lord Bulkeley,
iii. 147 n.

Barretier, John Philip, Johnson's Life of,
i. 119, 120, 129.

Barrington, Hon. Daines, iv. 484; v. 145.
-his Essay on the Emigration of Birds,'
ii. 232.

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his Observations on the Statutes,' iv.
173.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac, his sermon against
foolish talking and jesting, iv. 478 n.
Barrowby, Dr., anecdote of, v. 191 n.
Barry, Sir Edward, his notion that pulsa-
tion occasions death by attrition, iii.
398.

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Beatniffe, Richard, esq., Johnson's letter
to, v. 434.

Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, ii. 298.

some account of, ii. 298 n.
Beattie, Dr.James, i. 186 n.; ii. 132, 133,
136, 139, 187, 187 n., 190, 192, 243,
249, 253; iii. 56, 252, 446; iv. 474;
v. 238.

his letter to Boswell, ii. 139 n.

Johnson's letter to, iv. 322.

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347, 359, 360, 370, 428, 445, 490,
500; ii. 32, 218, 311, 341, 532 n.;
iii. 24, 168, 174, 187, 219, 234, 371,
383; iv. 35, 139, 220, 262. 300 n., 301,
309, 310, 341, 342, 358, 446, 468,
478; v. 59.

his altercation with Johnson, iv. 255.
his death, iv. 298.

his character by Lord Charlemont, iv.
298.

his character by Johnson, iv. 301, 309.
his letters to Lord Charlemont, iv. 298.
Lady Diana, ii. 230; iii. 160; iv. 299,
299 n., 470.

some account of, 230 n.

Lady Sydney, ii. 523.
Beaumaris Castle, iii. 147.

Beaumont, Sir George, iv. 169 n., 514 n.
Beaumont and Fletcher, iii. 209.

'Beauties of Johnson,' i. 190; v. 25, 27,

28.

Beauty, ii. 159; iv. 505.

Beckenham, v. 210.

Becket, Thomas, the bookseller, iii. 170.
Beckett, Sir John, iii. 375 n.
Beckford, Alderman, iv. 54.

Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, v. 213.
Bedlam, iii. 248; v. 85.

Beech, Thomas, his 'Eugenio,' ii. 228.
-some account of, ii. 228 n.
Beggars, i. 365, 377; iv, 276, 364.
'Beggars' Opera,' ii. 515; iii. 242, 242 n.,
243; iv. 51, 181, 469.

Behaviour, Johnson a nice observer of,
iii. 418.

how it should be taught, iv. 380.

Behmen, Jacob, i. 381.

- some account of, i. 381 n.

Bell, Mr. John, of Antermony, his 'Travels
in Russia,' ii. 56.

VOL. V.

Bell, John, esq., of Hertfordshire, ii. 133;
iii. 193 n.

Mr. John, his 'British Poets,' iv. 474.
Bellamy, Mrs. George Anne, the actress,
i. 324.

- her letter to Johnson, v. 132.
'Bellerophon' of Euripides, quoted, i. 263.
Belsham, Mr., his Essay on Dramatic
Poetry' quoted, i. 399 n.
Benedictine monks, v. 87.

Benevolence, an excuse for drinking, iv.
187.

the only English verses written by him,
iv. 355.

Berenger, Richard, esq., ii. 84; iv. 120,
464, 465.

- some account of, iv. 464 n.
Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, v. 182.
Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of Cloyne,
i. 391, 484.

his theory, iv. 13, 13 n., 359.
Berni, Francesco, quoted, iv. 389.
Berwick, Duke of, his Memoirs,' iv. 144.
Bethune, Rev. Mr., ii. 429, 450.
Betterton, Mr., the actor, iv. 36.
Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, i. 477.
Beverage, Johnson's favourite, iii. 407.
Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Hammond,
the poet, iv. 434 n.

Bewley, Mr., his extraordinary veneration
for Johnson, v. 5, 5 n.

Bexley, Lord, his communication con-
cerning Dr. Robert Vansittart, ii. 185 n.
Bible, should be read with a commentary,
iii. 424.

Johnson's death-bed recommendation
to read, v. 465.

'Bibliotheca Harleiana,' Johnson's ac-
count of, i. 129.

'Bibliotheca Literaria,' iii. 144, 144 n.
Bibliothèque,' Johnson's scheme for
opening a, i. 269, 270.
Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, iii. 84.

some account of, iii. 84 n.

Bicknell, Mr., i. 299.

Bidder, William, the calculating boy,
iii. 325 n.
Bigamy, ii. 438.

'Big man,' a jocular Irish phrase applied
to Johnson, ii. 14, 14 n.
Bindley, James, esq., i. 133, 134, 146 n.;
iv. 163 n., 183 n.; v. 60 n., 97 #.
Binning, Charles, Lord, ii. 180; iv. 191.

K K

Biographer, duties of a, iii. 520; v. 225.
'Biographia Britannica,' iv. 24, 25 n., 420.
Biography, ii. 160, 313, 464; iii. 334,

434, 520; iv. 131 n., 421; v. 228.
-literary, of England, Johnson recom-
mended by George the Third to under-
take, ii. 40.

Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 107, 128,
159; ii. 480.

- Johnson's Greek epigram to, i. 110.
- letters from Johnson to, i. 136, 203,
271.

- his letter to Johnson on receiving his
Dictionary, i. 271.
Birds, migration of, ii. 232.
Birkenhead, Sir John, ii. 293 n.
Birmingham, iii. 343; iv. 62.
Biron, Marshal Duc de, iii, 282 n.
Births, extraordinary, i. 1.

Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 235.
Bishops, in the House of Lords, ii. 166.
-requisites in, ii. 314; iii. 328.

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great decorum required from, iv. 445,
462; v. 195.

- the Seven, iv. 186.
Blackfriars Bridge, i. 340 n.
Black-letter books, i. 379.
'Black Dog,' iv. 292, 292 n.

Men, cause of their being so, i. 410.
Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind poet,
i. 320, 478; ii. 282; iii. 539.

some account of, i. 478 n.; ii. 281 n.
his letter on a passage in Johnson's
'Journey,' iii. 526.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, ii. 111; v. 232.
-Johnson's Life of, iv. 237, 308, 423.
Blackstone, Sir William, his Commen-

taries,' iii. lo n.; iv. 202 n., 465.
Blackwall, Mr. Anthony, i. 53, 53 n.
Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles,

iii. 284 n.; iv. 362.

Blainville, M., his Travels,' iii. 221.
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, i. 350, 405; ii. 276,
302; iii. 92, 92 n., 93, 118, 118 n.,
121, 172, 415, 459, 473.

- his Sermons,' iii. 459, 467; iv. 16,
64, 204, 204 n., 472.

his Lectures,' iv. 23, 23 n.

.

- his imitation of Johnson's style, iv. 23.
- his letter concerning Pope's Essay on
Man,' iv. 277.

Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of 'The
Grave,' iii. 411.

some account of, iii. 411 n.
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, i. 119.
Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 8; v. 288.
Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, i. 383,
442; iv. 352.

- excellence of rhyme over, iv. 410.
Blasphemy, literary property in, ii. 286.
Bleeding, Johnson's objection to periodical,

iii. 518.

Blenheim, ii. 531; iii. 158, 337.

Blind, notion that they can distinguish
colours by the touch, ii. 183.
'Blockhead,' Johnson's application of the
word, ii. 168; iii. 343, 343 n.
Blue-stocking Clubs, origin of, iv. 480.
Boarding-schools, iv. 282.

Bocage, Madame du, iii. 269, 288, 290 n.
her Columbiade,' v. 239.

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Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 110.
Boece, Hector, the historian, v. 159.
Boethius, de Consolatione Philosophiæ,'
i. 109, 386.

Boileau, i. 89, 345 n.; iv. 214, 378.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Vis-
count, i. 255, 316; iv. 419; v. 228.
Johnson's character of, i. 255, 316.
- his share in Pope's Essay on Man,'
iv. 276 n., 277, 278.

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Frederick, second Viscount, iv. 384.
Bolt-court, iv. 131.

Bonaventura, the 'seraphic doctor,' i. 518.
Bones, uses applied to, v. 80.
Bon-mots, iv. 182.

Book, one always to be carried in the
pocket, iv. 257.