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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.

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.

Bashfulness, v. 209.

Bastard,' the, Savage's poem of, i. 142.
Bat, formation of the, iv. 209.

Bateman, Edmund, of Pembroke College,
his Lectures, i. 46.

Bath, Johnson's visit to, iii. 409.

Baths, Johnson's opinion of medicated, ii.
101.

Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, iii. 524.
Batheaston vase, Horace Walpole's plea-
sant account of, iii. 211 n.
Bathurst, Allen, first Earl, ii. 128; iv.
214, 276 n., 277, 278, 418.
Captain, i. 224.

Dr. Richard, i. 158, 163, 211, 224,
237, 239 n., 241 n., 371, 495; ii. 184,
205; iv. 360, 365.

some account of, 229 n.

his letter to Johnson, i. 230.

described by Johnson as a good hater,'
i. 229.
'Batrachomyomachia,' first edition of, iii.
158, 158 n.

'Battle of the Frogs and Mice,' iii. 158,
158 n.

'Battle of the Pigmies and Cranes,' v. 232.
'Baudi Epistolæ,' quoted, iii. 143.
Baxter, Richard, quoted, ii. 238, 323; v.
63, 106.

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.

his Essay on Truth,' iv. 390.
his Hermit,' v. 65.

Beauclerk, Topham, esq., i. 65, 232, 234,
: 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.

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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.

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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.

497

Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' iv. 7.
Bensley, Mr., the actor, ii. 47.

Benson, Mr. Auditor, his monument to
Milton, i. 204.

Bentham, Dr., canon of Christchurch, iii.
333.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, ii. 63, 407, 500;
iii. 10, 332; v. 98.

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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.

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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. ; và 60 m., 97 n
Binning, Charles, Lord, ii. 180; iv. 191.

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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.

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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.

Johnson's character of, i. 288; iii.
311.

his vindication of, from the charge of
making exorbitant profits, iii. 312.
Book-trade, iii. 311.

Boothby, Miss Hill, i. 51; ii. 205; iii.
205 n., 515, 516 n.

- Johnson's high admiration of, iv. 426,
427 n., 558.

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correspondence between her and John-
son, iii. 205 n.; iv. 426, 427, 524 n.
Brook, esq., iv. 426 n.
Borough-English, iii. 15, 15 n.
Boscawen, Admiral, iv. 191.

Hon. Mrs., iv. 191, 307 n., 310.
some account of, iv. 191 n., 310 n.
Boscovich, Père, i. 384; iii. 292.
- some account of, iii, 292.
Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, iii. 4.
Bosville, Godfrey, esq., iv. 225, 327.
Mrs. ii. 164.

BOSWELL, JAMES, esq., the Author of
this Work,

- afflicted with hypochondria, i. 37 m.;
ii. 288 n.; iii. 308, 309; v. 296 n.
writes the Hypochondriac,' a series of
essays, in London Magazine, i.37; v.58.
- his nationality, i. 41 n.

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BOSWELL JAMES, esq., Mr. Courtenay's
verses on, i. 200; iii. 111.

-

contributed to create a public taste for
biographical details, i. 243 n.

- his introduction to Johnson, i. 400,
401.

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72 n., 73.

elected a member of the Literary Club,
ii. 224, 227.

- Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides,
ii. 250, 250 n.; v. 481.

his dress at the jubilee, ii. 71.

his strange propensity for witnessing
executions, ii. 92 n. ; iv. 317 n. ; v. 237.
his ancestry, ii. 262; iii. 75, 299.

his character drawn by himself, ii. 287.
. Johnson's character of him, ii. 288;
iii. 110, 255, 262; iv. 227.

his account of the escape of the young
Pretender, iii. 561.

- his announcement of the Life of John-
son' during the Doctor's lifetime, iii. 5.
his letter to the Laird of Rasay, on a
passage in Johnson's Journey,' iii. 105.
Lord Stowell's character of him, iii.
110 n.

. Johnson's character of his Tour to
the Hebrides,' iii. 255.

his attempt to imitate the style of War-
burton, iv. 167 n.

his short quarrel with Johnson, iv. 202,
202 n.

his Letter to the People of Scotland,'
v. 149, 154 n.

his expectations from Mr. Pitt, v. 159.
his controversy with Miss Seward, v.
240.

Johnson's Letters to him, i. 485; ii. 2,
20, 59, 72, 113, 130, 190, 193, 248,
249; iii. 112, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123,
161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 170, 171, 261,
263, 266, 296, 298, 301, 302, 305, 306,
308, 309, 409, 452, 456, 458, 467, 469,
472, 484, 486, 490, 493; iv. 64, 68,
69, 134, 227, 235, 242, 270, 271, 291,
295, 301, 323, 332, 440; v. 10, 24,
29, 31, 32, 35, 113, 138, 150, 154, 155,
158, 160, 245, 249, 296, 297, 298.
his Letters to Johnson, ii. 129, 192;
iii. 112, 121, 122, 160, 161, 166, 169,
170, 183, 252, 261, 265, 293, 451, 453,
455, 464, 468, 471, 472, 480, 485, 490,
493, 494, 496; iv. 63, 65, 68, 72, 74,
75, 133, 226, 238, 270, 289, 293, 321.
- his letter to Garrick, iii. 43.
Boswell, Mrs., the author's wife, ii. 130;

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iii. 112, 112 n., 308, 309, 451, 492,
493, 564; iv. 8 n., 242, 332; v. 107.
some account of, ii. 130 n.

Johnson's letters to, iii. 451, 492; v. 34.

Boswell, Thomas David, the founder of
the author's family, iii. 75, 299.

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- David, the author's brother, iv. 33 n.,
321, 321 n., 326.

- Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander,
the author's eldest son, ii. 175; iii. 265.
some account of, iii. 265 n.

David, the author's second son, iii. 458.
James, the author's third son, i. 53,
392; iii. 403 n.; iv. 233.

some account of, iv. 233 n.

- Elizabeth, the author's stepmother, iii.
442 n.

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- Miss Veronica, the author's daughter,
ii. 262; iii. 494 n.

- Dr., the author's uncle, ii. 283; iii.
90, 373.

. NOTES, corrective of Boswell's errors,
inconsistencies, exaggerations, contra-
dictions, and misrepresentations, i. 37,
53, 136, 138, 144, 150, 158, 159, 166,
172, 179, 186, 195, 196, 197, 200, 202,
277, 294, 295, 300, 304, 306, 314, 317,
319, 325, 330, 333 n., 343, 349, 362,
363, 394, 395, 396, 398, 401, 402, 412,
413, 419, 427, 428, 429, 430, 437, 452,
467, 483, 492, 505, 508, 510, 512.

ii. 1, 54, 56, 71, 72, 73, 88, 92, 101,
109, 114, 160, 244, 265, 287, 328, 311,
399, 421, 435, 450, 466, 476, 515, 571.

iii. 2, 5, 37, 66, 108, 109, 110, 172,
175, 176, 179, 191, 192, 194, 197, 198,
202, 204, 220, 225, 249, 255, 317, 336,
366, 391, 408, 417, 423, 429, 452, 485,
493.

iv. 17, 31, 45, 77, 81, 86, 95, 97, 99,
113, 123, 126, 148, 152, 157, 189, 202,
204, 211, 212, 215, 242, 265, 269, 292,
300, 302, 317, 321, 426, 435, 450, 453,
486, 501.

- v. 37, 45, 162, 181, 183, 186, 188,

197, 206, 235, 237, 238, 250, 254,
257, 260, 261, 264, 265, 267, 282,
284, 286, 291, 295, 296, 302, 305,
306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 316, 331,
335, 339, 481.
Bottom,' iv. 473.

Bouchier, Governor, iv. 461.
Boufflers, Madame de, i. 376 n. ; iii. 291 n.
her visit to Johnson, i. 428.
some account of, i. 428 n.
Boufflers, Père, his First Truths,' i. 484.
Bouheurs, Dominique, ii. 90.
Boulter, Dr. Hugh, i. 307 n.

his Monument,' a poem, i. 307.
Boulton, Matthew, esq, iii. 158, 347.
Bourdaloue, Père, ii. 229; iii. 4.
Bourdonne, Madame de, ii. 229 n.
Bourk, Hon. J. D., afterwards Earl of
Mayo, v. 117.
Bouts-rimés, iii. 212.

Bowels, Johnson's recipe for lubricity of,
iii. 205; iv. 556.

'Braganza,' Jephson's tragedy of, ii. 89.
Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the deaf
and dumb, iii. 94.

Braithwaite, Daniel, esq., of the general
post-office, v. 176.

Bramhall, Archbishop, on Liberty and
Necessity, ii. 106 n.
Bramins, iv. 344, 362.
Brandy, iv. 252, 449.
Bravery, iv. 186; v. 304.

Brentford, iii. 65; v. 64.

Brett, Colonel, i. 150 n.
Bribery at elections, iii. 214.
Brighthelmstone, i. 440; iii. 457.
"Bristol, inns at, iii. 416.

Britain, little known of the ancient state
of, iv. 194.

British parliament, alleged corruption of,
iv. 58.

'British Poets,' Bell's edition of, iii. 474.
'British Princes,' quoted, ii. 111 n.
'British Essayists,' Chalmers's, i. 189.
'British Synonimy,' Mrs. Piozzi's, v. 324.
Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, iii. 368; v. 55.
- his kind attention and liberality to
Johnson, iii. 112, 128.

Johnson's letters to, v. 119, 268.
- some account of, v. 274 n.
Brodhurst, Mr., Johnson's play fellow,
iv. 267.

Brodie, Alexander, esq., ii. 428 n.
Brooke, Mr., author of Gustavus Vasa,'
i. 111; ii. 46 n.

- Mrs., author of 'Emily Montague,'
i. 439, 439 n.

Brooks, or rivulets, iv. 105.

Broome, William, the poet, iv. 312.

Johnson's Life of, iv. 417.

Brother and sister, relation of, i. 324.
Brown, Tom, Johnson's instructor in En-

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some account of, i. 390 n.

- Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, i. 198,
293, 315.

his style, how far imitated by Johnson,
i. 198 n., 293; iv. 113 n.

fond of Anglo-Saxon diction, i. 198.
his saying of devils, iv. 152.

Sir William, the physician, iv. 395,
395 n.

his extemporaneous epigram on the
two universities, iv. 396.

- Isaac Hawkins, esq., ii. 386; iii. 214,
315; iv. 35.

his Son, v. 170 n.

Bruce, Robert, iii. 265.

James, the Abyssinian traveller, iii.
208; v. 229.

Brumoy's Greek Theatre, i. 336 n.
Brundusium, Horace's journey to, iv. 105.
Brunet, M., iii. 275 n.

Brussels trimming, compared by Johnson
to bread sauce, iv. 283.
Brutes, ii. 55, 233; iii. 417.
Bryant, Jacob, esq., v. 300 n.

Brydone, Captain Patrick, his

through Sicily,' iv. 223.

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his anti-mosaical remark, iii. 356.
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, eleventh
Earl of, anecdote of, ii. 171.

Buchan's Buller, ii. 333, 334 n.
Buchanan, George, i. 471, 471 n.; ii. 97,
293; iv. 416; v. 64.

'Buck,' nearly synonymous with ‘dandy,'
ii. 417.

Bull-dogs, iv. 42.

Buller of Buchan, ii. 333, 334 n. ; iii. 542.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' ii. 226;
iv. 377.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, ii. 242 n., 474;
iii. 362 n.

Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aberdeen,
ii. 324.

Burgoyne, General, surrender of his army
at Saratoga, iv. 222.

-, Lady Frances, her saying, iv. 374 n.
Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes
of, and remarks upon, i. 57, 334, 390,
423 n., 465, 484 n., 490.