Erskine, Hon. Henry, gives Boswell a
shilling for the sight of his 'bear,' ii.
274 n.

Lady Anne, iii. 82.

'Espionage,' no word in the English lan-
guage to describe, iii. 198 n.
"Esquire,' the title of, i. 1.

Essex, the unfortunate Earl of, his advice
on travel, i. 446.

- Head Club, instituted, v. 144.

its rules, v. 145, 146 n.

Estates, obligation in settling, iii. 318.
Eternal punishments, iv. 53, 198.
Eternity, ii. 384; v. 159.

Etymologies, Johnson's, characterized, i.
278.

'Eugenio,' a poem, lines from, ii. 228.
Evans, a bookseller, beating given to him
by Goldsmith, ii. 197.

Rev. Dr. Evan, iii. 142, 338 n.
'Evelina,' Miss Burney's novel of, iv.
304, 319; v. 104.

Evil, origin of, ii. 348; iii. 61.

speaking, iv. 249.

spirits, ii. 280; v. 189, 189 n.,
190. n.
Exaggeration, general proneness to, iii.
500; iv. 259, 385; v. 50, 85.
'Excise,' Johnson's offensive definition of,
i. 7 n., 280 n., 281; iv. 210.
Executions, public. ii. 92, 337; v. 67, 237.
Exercise, benefits of, v. 28 n.
Exhibition of paintings at the Royal Aca-
demy, i. 353; v. 78, 79, 98, 99, 166.
Existence, iv. 209, 359.

Expectation, usefulness of comparing ex-
perience with, i. 313.
Expense, iv. 336.

Extraordinary characters given of people,
not to be credited, iii. 337.

Fear, ii. 83; iii. 173; v. 227, 331 n.
'Feeling people,' ii. 93.
Fees, lawyers, ii. 306.

Felixmarte of Hircania,' Spanish ro-
mance of, i. 24.
Fencing, ii. 301.

Fenelon's Telemachus,' iii. 4.

Fenton, Elijah, his share in the transla-
tion of the Odyssey, iv. 312.
Ferguson, Mr. James, iv. 66.

Mr., the astronomer, ii. 100.
Sir Adam, ii, 164.

Fergusone, Captain, ii. 418 n., 485 n..
Fergusson, Dr. Adam, ii. 277, 280.
Ferns, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas El-
rington, Bishop of, i. 197 n., 308 n.,
451 n., 466 n.; ii. 38 n., 43 n., 83 n.,
108 n.; v. 81 n., 189 n

the deanery of, iv. 443.

'Festivals and Fasts,' Nelson's, iii. 346.
Feudal system, ii. 172, 191, 339; iv.

Finery in dress, iv. 382.

Fingal,' the poem of, i. 385; ii. 327,
395, 464, 559; iii. 83, 167, 170-177;
v. 142: see 'Ossian.'

Finnon haddock, ii. 343 n.
Firebrace, Lady, verses to, i. 106.
Fishmonger, insensibility of one, iv. 252.
Fitzherbert, William, esq. i. 51, 321,
353; ii. 211, 471 n., iii. 225, 513; iv.
258.

Mrs., i. 51; iii. 513; iv. 365, 426.
Fitzmaurice, Mr., iv. 120 n., 307, 308.
'Fitzosborne's Letters,' iv. 305 N., 307.
Fitzroy, Lord Charles, iii. 356.

Flatman, Thomas, his poems, iii. 395.
Flattery, ii. 222, 295; iii. 139 n., 239;

iv. 95 n., 182, 204; v. 254.

'Fleece,' Dyer's poem of the, iii. 340.
Fleet-street, iii. 213; iv. 160.
Fleetwood, Everard, esq., iv. 183.

on the Sacrament, recommended by
Johnson, v. 465.

Fleming, Sir Michael le, i. 472.

some account of, i. 472 n.

Flexman, Mr., v. 223.

Flint, Bet, iv. 476, 476 n.

Flogging in schools, iii. 294; v. 230.
Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his bequest to
Dublin University, i. 311.

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his opinion of Johnson as an orator,
ii. 127.

his epitaph on Johnson, v. 354.
Floyd, Thomas, i. 467.

Floyer, Sir John, on Cold Baths,' i. 60.
-on Asthma,' v. 161.

Fludyer, Johnson's college companion, iii.
333.

Folengo, Theopolo, iv. 142 n.

Fondness, v. 32.

Fontainebleau, iii. 275.
Fontenelle, iii. 292.

Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and character

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of, i. 346, 416; ii. 93, 96, 97 n., 99,
109, 146, 182 n., 273, 309; iii. 87,
175, 320, 432, 432 n., 459; iv. 34, 36,
300; v. 57, 105, 173, 227.

his description of Johnson at Paris, iii.
288, 289 n.

Forbes, Sir William, of Pitsligo, ii. 262,

264, 278, 336 n., 470; iii. 88, 107,
107 n., 405, 406, 447, 448 n., 450;
iv. 60.

Ford, Rev. Cornelius, a cousin of John-
son's, i. 5; ii. 132.

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Rev. Dr. Thomas, Johnson's letter to,
on receiving his diploma from Oxford,
iii. 207.

Foulis, Sir James, ii. 382, 466.

some account of, ii. 382 n.

the Messieurs, the Elzevirs of Glasgow,
iii. 66.

'Fountains,' the, a tale, by Johnson, ii. 26.
Fowke, Joseph, esq., v. 436.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, ii. 142n.,
211 n.; iii. 118, 118 n., 223 n., 387 n.;
iv. 107, 116, 122, 139; v. 150, 161,
176, 192.

his conversation, v. 45.

France, Johnson's Journal of his Tour in,
iii. 268-285.

- want of middle rank in, iii. 274, 287.
-state of literature in, iv. 109.

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his translation of Lucian's 'Demonax'
and dedication to Johnson, iv. 400.
Fraser, Mr., the engineer, iv. 186.
Simon, Lord, ii. 458.

Fraternal intercourse, i. 324 n.
Frederick of Prussia, Johnson's Life of,
i. 293; ii. 55.

Free will, ii. 84, 237; iv. 149.
Freeling, J. C. esq., v. 113 n., 127 n.
French, Johnson's notions of their manners
and customs, ii. 340; iii. 288, 288 r.,
289; iv. 219, 347; v. 122.
Academy, send Johnson their Dic-
tionary, i. 283.

language, i. 488; iii. 291.

writers superficial, and why, i. 466.
novels, i. 384.

credulity of the, iii. 25.

- literature, ii. 452; iii. 4; iv. 378;

v. 122, 423.

Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire,
Johnson's visit to, iii. 272, 292.
Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, ii. 227 n.
Friends, and Friendship, i. 134, 188, 283,
284, 324, 329; ii. 2, 93, 94, 155, 176,
324, 339; iii. 236, 427; iv. 148, 148
1., 258, 259, 390, 397, 487; v. 121,
161, 177.

Friendship, an Ode, by Johnson, i. 134;

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68, 70, 71, 85, 119, 143, 144, 156,
168, 170, 173, 177 n., 192, 216, 233,
235, 255, 288, 324, 402, 407, 492,
493 n.

ii. 4, 37, 71, 80, 185, 215, 222, 229,
467, 468, 499.

iii. 44, 199, 200, 352, 352 n., 399,
417, 433, 503, 517.

· iv. 34, 36, 112, 115, 118, 139 n., 152,
169, 201, 238, 241 n., 260, 336, 339,
349, 356, 390, 470, 473, 489.
-v. 85, 105, 130 n., 131.

- Johnson's envy of, i. 143.

- his 'Ode' on the death of Mr. Pelham,
i. 256.

Gelidus, character of, in the Rambler,'
i. 192; iii. 159 n.

Gell, Mr., of Hopton Hall, iii. 129 n.
Gell, Sir William, iii. 129 n.
General warrants, legality of, ii. 74.
Generosity, iii. 95.

Genius, ii. 326; iv. 244, 320.
Gentility, iii. 215; iv. 381.
Gentleman, Mr. Francis, i. 394.
some account of, i. 394 n.
'Gentleman,' the appellation of, i. 1.
Gentleman's Magazine, i. 59, 66, 82, 119,
124, 134, 140; iv. 157 n., 182, 207 u.,
346 n., 404 n.

'Gentle Shepherd,' Allan Ramsay's, ii.
208; iii. 69 n.

George the First, Johnson's character of,
iii. 217; iv. 480.

George the Second, his severity in the case
of Dr. Cameron, i. 117.

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. Johnson's uniform invective against,
i. 117, 319 n. ; iii. 216.

Johnson's epigram on, i. 120.

not an Augustus to learning or genius,
i. 183.

his destruction of his father's will,
iii. 216, 216 n.

George the Third, his accession and cha-
racter, i. 342, 353, 361; ii. 418; iii.
229 n.

- Johnson's character of, i. 353.

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George the Third, grants Johnson a pen-
sion, i. 361.

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Johnson's interview with, ii. 34.
- happy expression of, i. 196 n.

his magnanimous conduct during the
riots in 1780, iv. 315, 316.

his alleged refusal of an addition to
Johnson's pension disproved, v. 265,
282, 282 n., 283.

George the Fourth. See Prince of Wales.
"Georgics,' the, v. 100.

Gerard, Dr., ii. 325, 361.
German courts, ii. 501.
Gesticulation, v. 220.

Gestures, Johnson's, i. 116; ii. 256 n.;
iii. 200 n.

Ghosts, i. 333, 414; ii. 141, 157, 173,
178, 178 n., 309 n.; iii. 22 n.; iv. 85,
123, 155, 216, 219, 266, 467, 469.

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Gilbert on Evidence,' iii. 84.

Gillespie, Dr. v. 155.

Gin-shops, ii. 206.

Gisborne, Dr., iii. 514 n.

Glanville, William Evelyn, esq., iv.
191 n.

Glasgow, iii. 64, 65; v. 64.

Glasse, Mrs., her book of 'Cookery,'
written by Dr. Hill, iv. 144.

Glensheal, ii. 172, 372 n.

Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, v.
14.

Glover's Leonidas, ii. 348.

Gloves, iv. 116.

Glow-worm, ii. 56, 220.
Gluttony, i. 479.

Gobelins, iii. 270.

Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, Boswell's charac-

ter of, i. 420, 426, 427, 429.

Sir J. Hawkins's character of, i. 423.

Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, anecdotes of, i.
423, 424, 426, 429, 434, 437; ii. 14,
41, 68, 85, 197, 207, 212, 239, 241,
242, 330: iv. 12, 299.
-Johnson's opinion of, and of his
writings, i. 417; ii. 6, 7, 160, 179, 188,
194, 202, 203, 219, 222, 224, 225, 226,
241, 244, 368, 500, 502; iii. 40, 233,
233 n., 401, 401 n., 402, 449 n. ; iv.
16, 101, 107, 108, 112, 127, 168, 245,
245 m., 354, 361, 388, 389, 485; v.
54, 62, 211, 227.

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beats Evans, the bookseller, for abusing
him, ii. 197, 197 n.

his bon-mots on Johnson, ii. 68, 220,
239, 244.

his death, iii. 122, 123.

- Johnson's tetrastic on, iii. 123, 451 я.
- Johnson's Latin epitaph on, iii. 445,
447.

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Garrick's description of him, i. 422 n.
Horace Walpole's opinion of him, i.
422 n.

- affected Johnson's style and manner of
conversation, i. 423.

trick played on him by Roubiliac, i. 424.
his Vicar of Wakefield,' i. 427.

- his comedies refused by Garrick and
Colman, iv. 180.

Dr. Warton's opinion of, ii. 4.

- his Traveller,' ii. 6, 224; iii. 40; iv.
107, 180.

his Deserted Village,' ii. 7, 224.
-Johnson's prologue to his Good-na-
tured Man,' ii. 470.

his Life of Parnell, ii. 160.

dedicates She Stoops to Conquer' to
Johnson, ii. 203.

- his Animated Nature,' iii. 449 n.
Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., ii. 178.

Mrs. iii. 464.

Good breeding, ii. 316.

in what it consists, ii. 84.
the best book upon, ii. 501.
Gooddere, Captain, ii. 273 n.
Good Friday, iv. 158, 171; v. 80.
Good-humour, ii. 431; iii. 238.
Good man,' v. 124.

"Good-natured Man,' Goldsmith's, ii. 47,
49.

Goodness, infinite, v. 198.

- natural, ii. 435.

his Sugar Cane,' iii. 340, 341 n.
his
Grammar-school, Johnson's scheme for
the classes of a, i. 69

Ode on Solitude,' iv. 50.

Grand Chartreux, iii. 281, 281 n.
Grange, Lady, her extraordinary confine-
ment at St. Kilda, ii. 451.
Granger, Rev. James, his Biographical
History,' ii. 480; iii. 455.

- Johnson's letter to, iii. 297.
Grant, Sir Archibald, iii. 467.
Granville, John Carteret, first Earl, iv.
344, 449.

'Green Sleeves,' the song of, ii. 485,
Greenwich Hospital, i. 471, 472.
Grenville Act, iii. 86.

Right Hon. George, ii. 122.
Gresham college, iii. 379.

Greswold, Henry, his character of John-
son, i. 61.

Greville, Mr., hisMaxims, Characters,
and Reflections,' v. 200.

— a name assumed by Hawkesworth, i.
153 n.

Grey, Dr. Zachary, iv. 178.

Dr. Richard, iv. 178.

Grief, ii. 94; iii. 500; iv. 495.
Grierson, Mr., king's printer at Dublin, i.
373.

Grose's Olio,' v. 473.

Grotius, i. 466; iii. 316, 488.

- on the Christian religion, recommner.ded
by Johnson, i. 407.

'de Satisfactione Christi,' ii. 323.
Grotto, Pope's, iv. 340, 419.
Grottos, iv. 341 n., 345.

Grove, Rev. Henry, author of the excel-
lent paper in the Spectator' on novelty,
iii. 397; iv. 361.

'Grub-street,' Johnson's description of,
i. 282.

Gualtier, Philip, v. 61.

Guarini, quoted, iv. 214.

Guardians, Johnson's advice on the ap-

pointment of, iv. 274.

'Gulliver's Travels,' iii. 194.

Gunisbury Park, Johnson in, iv. 451.
Gunning, Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyle,
iii. 48, 48 n.

Gunpowder, ii. 355; iv. 228.

'Gustavus Vasa,' Brooke's, i. 111.
Guthrie, Mr. William, i. 88, 111; ii. 53.
- his Apotheosis of Milton,' i. 111.
Gwatkin. Mrs., v. 383 n.

Gwynn, Mr, the architect, ii. 24; iii. 155,
155 n., 326, 328.

Johnson's dedication to his 'London
and Westminster Improved,' ii. 24.
- his proposals for the improvement of
the metropolis, ii. 25.

- Mrs., i. 423; iv. 514 n.

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H.

Habeas Corpus, ii. 75.

Habits, early, iii. 241.

Hackman, Rev. Mr., his trial for shooting
Miss Ray, iv. 254, 255, 256.