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Leading events of his life.

[1709] his birth, i. 1.

inherited from his father a vile me-
lancholy,' i. 3.

his account of the members of his
family, i. 6.

-traditional stories of his infant pre-
cocity, i. 11.

— afflicted with scrofula, i. 14.
[1712] taken to London to be touched by
Queen Anne for the evil, i. 16.
[1716] goes to school at Lichfield, i. 17.
particulars of his boyish days, i. 22.
[1726] removed to the school of Stour-
bridge, i. 25.

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[1727] leaves Stourbridge and passes two
years with his father, i. 27.
[1728] enters at Pembroke College, Ox-
ford, i. 29.

his college life, i. 30.

translates Pope's Messiah' into
Latin verse, i. 32.

the 'morbid melancholy' lurking in
his constitution gains strength, i. 34.
his course of reading at Oxford, i. 40.
specimens of his themes or exercises,
i. 44.

[1731] quits college, i. 47.

[1732] becomes usher of Market-Bosworth
school, i. 52.

[1733] removes to Birmingham, i. 54.

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translates Lobo's voyage to Abys-
sinia, i. 55.

[1734] returns to Lichfield, i. 58.

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proposes to print the Latin poems of
Politian, i. 58.

offers to write for the Gentleman's
Magazine, i. 59.

[1736] marries Mrs. Porter, nearly double
his own age, i. 64.

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opens a private academy at Edial,
i. 66.
[1737] goes to London with Garrick, i. 72.
-retires to lodgings at Greenwich, i. 76.
-projects a translation of the 'History

of the Council of Trent,' i. 76.
-returns to Lichfield and finishes his
tragedy of Irene,' i. 76.

- removes to London with his wife,
i. 80.

[1738] becomes a writer in the Gentle-
man's Magazine, i. 83.

.writes the debates in both houses of
parliament, under the name of The
Senate of Lilliput,' i. 87.

publishes his London,' for which
he receives ten guineas, i. 89.
endeavours without success to obtain
the degree of Master of Arts, i. 101.
[1739] publishes Marmor Norfolciense,'
i. 112.

[1740] writes the Lives of Blake, Drake,
and Barretier, i. 119.

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[1741] writes translation of the Jests of
Hierocles,' of Guyon's Dissertation
on the Amazons,' and of Fontenelle's
'Panegyric on Dr. Morin,' i. 120.
[1742] writes Essay on the Account of
the Conduct of the Duchess of Marl-
borough,' Life of Burman and of
Sydenham, and 'Proposals for print-
ing Bibliotheca Harleiana,' i. 129.
[1743] writes Considerations on the Dis-
pute between Crousaz and Warburton,'
&c. and Dedication to Dr. Mead of
James's Medicinal Dictionary,' i.

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writes his Rasselas' to defray the
expenses of her funeral and to pay
some debts, i. 330.

makes an excursion to Oxford, i.
337.

writes a Dissertation on the Greek
Comedy,' the Introduction to the
World Displayed,' and Three
Letters concerning the best Plan for
Blackfriars Bridge,' i. 340.
[1760] writes Address of the Painters to
George III. on his Accession,' the
Dedication to Baretti's Italian Dic-
tionary, and a review of Tytler's
Vindication of Mary, Queen of
Scots, i. 342.

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forms rules and resolutions for the
guidance of his moral conduct and
literary studies, i. 343.
[1761] writes Preface to

Rolt's' Dic-

tionary of Trade and Commerce, i.
348.

[1762] writes Dedication to the king of
'Kennedy's Astronomical Chrono-
logy,' and Preface to the Catalogue
of the Artists' Exhibition, i. 356.

[1766] writes the noble dedication to the
king of Gwyn's London and West-
minster improved,' and 'The Foun-
tains,' a fairy tale, ii. 25.

[1767] his interview with the king, ii. 34.
- interesting extract from his devo-
tional record, ii. 43.

writes dedication to the king of
Adam's Treatise on the Globe,' ii.
44.

[1768] writes prologue to Goldsmith's
"Good-natured Man,' ii. 47.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL-

Leading events of his life.

[1773] publishes new edition of his folio
Dictionary, i. 192.

I writes preface to Macbean's Dic-
tionary of Ancient Geography,' and
Argument in Favour of Lay Patrons,
ii. 192.

- at sixty-four, attempts to learn the
Low Dutch languages, ii. 247.

- injures his eyesight by the impru-
dent use of small print, ii. 247.

his journey with Boswell to the He-
brides, ii. 250.

presented with the freedom of Aber-
deen, ii. 324.

[1774] engaged in writing his Journey to
the Western Islands,' iii. 115.

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iii. 187.

receives his diploma as Doctor of
Laws from the University of Oxford,
iii. 205.

- makes a tour to France with Mr.
and Mrs. Thrale, iii. 264.
[1776] writes an Argument in support of

the Liberty of the Pulpit, Proposals
for an Analysis of the Scotch Celtick
Language, and a Defence of the
Booksellers from the Charge of
making exorbitant Profits, iii. 311.
pays a visit to Oxford and Lichfield,
iii. 326.

- visits Bath with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale,
iii. 409.

[1777] engages with the booksellers to
write The Lives of the English

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Poets,' iii. 474.

writes dedication to the king of the
Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce,
iii. 476.

- visits Oxford and Derby shire, iii. 496.
-- exerts his humane and zealous in-
terference in behalf of Dr. Dodd,
iii. 503.

[1778] his visit to Warley Camp, iv. 228.
- his home made uncomfortable by the
perpetual jarrings of those whom he
sheltered under his roof, iv. 232.
[1779] publishes the first four volumes of
his Prefaces, biographical and cri-
tical, to the most eminent of the En-
glish Poets,' iv. 237.

[1780] employed in the completion of the
'Lives of the Poets,' iv. 296.

visits Lichfield and Oxford, v. 116.
institutes the Essex Head Club, v.
144.

seized with a spasmodic asthma, v.
146.

[1784] visits Oxford, v. 182.

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his friends project a tour to Italy for
the benefit of his health, v. 234, 245,
261.

visits Lichfield, Birmingham, and
Oxford for the last time, v. 268.
his extraordinary expiatory visit to
Uttoxeter, v. 288,288.

His last illness and death.

rapid increase of his disorders, v. 298.
his preparations for death, v. 304.
- particulars, by Boswell, of his re-
maining days, v. 310.

makes a liberal provision for his
negro servant, Francis Barber, v. 311.
- particulars, by Mr. Nichols, of his
conversation within a few days of his
death, v. 318.

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His last illness and death.

- his Monument in St. Paul's, v. 354,
354 n.

his Epitaph by Dr. Parr, v. 355,
356 n.

Chronological Catalogue of his
PROSE WORKS, V. 483.

List of various PORTRAITS of him,
v. 378.

List of various DESIGNS intended
to be executed by him, v. 374.

his general character by Boswell,
v. 357.

his character by Dr. Horne, Bishop
of Norwich, v. 461.

Mr. Courtenay's Poetical Review of
his literary and moral character, v.
445.

Verses summing up his character
by Mrs. Piozzi, iv. 427.

- Sepulchral Verses on him by Mr.
Flood, v. 354.

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RECOLLECTIONS of him by Miss
Reynolds, v. 384.

MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES of

him

by Mr. Cumberland, v. 398.
by Lord Chedworth, v. 404.

by Mr. Wickens of Lichfield, v. 405.
by the Rev. Mr. Parker, v. 409.

by Mrs. Rose, v. 413.

by Dr. Parr, v. 414.

by Mr. Robert Barclay, v. 414.
by Miss Hawkins, v. 415.

by Mr. George Steevens, v. 416.
by Mrs. Piozzi, v. 422.

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, V.

428.

Leading points of his habits, manners,
and character.

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his peculiarities of person and man-
ner, i. 14, 21, 22, 23, 41, 61, 63, 68,
115, 116, 167, 254, 302, 496, 497; ii.
13, 68, 254, 255, 295 n., 534; iii.
112, 143 n., 419.

his very imperfect sight, iii. 286 n.,
419; iv. 384, 396.

his inability to discriminate features,
iv. 200.

- his defective hearing, and his un-
accommodating

manners ascribed

thercto, iv. 200, 354.

- his extraordinary gesticulations, ii.
256; iii. 200; iv. 380, 441 n.

his peculiar march, iv. 441.

his loud and imperious tone of voice,
iv. 201.

his dress, ii. 257; iv. 184.

general traits of his character and
mode of living, i. 20, 23, 27, 28, 46,
63, 65, 86, 100, 113, 114, 136, 143,
164, 178, 228, 236, 376; ii. 254,
535.

his morbid melancholy, i. 34, 116,
282, 284, 333, 495, 514; ii. 46,
110, 255, 435; iii. 329, 371, 461;
iv. 25, 292, 301, 354; v. 119,
199.

his mind preserved from insanity by
his devotional aspirations, iv. 27.
his resort to arithmetic when his fancy
was disordered, iv. 392.

his uncouth habits, iii. 112.

his occasional rudeness and violence
of temper, iii. 65 n., 66 n., 77, 143,
346, 413, 427, 443; iv. 20, 148,
200, 255, 345, 360, 369, 376, 384 n.,
417, 469, 487.

his readiness to take offence at any
slight, iv. 558.

his notions about eating, i 480,
481, 482; ii. 258; iv. 164; v. 304,
305, 305 n.

- his mode of drinking wine, i. 482;
iii. 407, 407 n.

his ten years' forbearance from all
fluids but tea and sherbet, iii. 407.
his respect for birth and family, i.
389.

his profound reverence for the hier-
archy, iv. 444.

his bow to an archbishop, v. 75.
his insensibility to the charms of
music, i. 355; ii. 8; iii. 295.

and to the beauties of paintings,
355; v. 217.

his alleged superstition, i. 496; ii.
141 n.; v. 153.

his personal courage, iii. 174.
his great love of late hours, iv. 56.
- his disregard of public abuse, iv.
245, 361, 424, 435.

his abhorrence of affectation, iv. 358.
his diligent study of medicine, v. 16.
his love of chymistry, iv. 272.
his extensive knowledge of literary
history, iv. 37.

his alleged deficiency in Greek, i.
300, 300 n., 301 n., 302, 302 n.
wonderful power and extent of his
memory, i. 12, 23, 250, 300.
his political prejudices, i. 114.
his prejudice against the Scotch, ii.
257; iii. 181, 181 n.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL-

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his rule always to talk his best, v. 62.
his great talent for humour, i. 165.
his powers of improvisation, iii. 460.
his dislike to be teased with questions,
iv. 123.

extraordinary fertility of his mind,
i. 182.

at sixty-seven purposes to apply vi-
gorously to the Greek and Italian
languages, iii. 454.

his style characterized, i. 195, 195 n.,
198, 200, 201; iv. 113, 406, 428.
various imitations of, v. 362.

his objection to the use of paren-
theses, v. 68.

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his writing, whether for the public,
or privately to his friends, by fits and
starts, v. 284.

his extraordinary powers of composi-
tion, i. 167, 178, 300; ii. 301, 302,
342; iii. 219, 425 n.; iv. 401, 502.
the Ramblers' written as they were
wanted for the press, i. 178; iii. 408.
wrote a hundred lines of the Vanity
of Human Wishes' in a day, ii. 15.
-wrote his 'False Alarm' in twenty-
eight hours, ii. 116.

-wrote a sermon after dinner, and sent
it off by the post that night, ii. 302.
-wrote forty-eight pages of the 'Life
of Savage' at a sitting, ii. 302.
-wrote six sheets of translation from
the French in one day, ii. 302.
wrote The Patriot' in one day, iii.
164.

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his general tenderness of nature, hu-
manity, and affability, i. 20, 50, 86,
136, 219, 220, 289, 303, 326, 327,
342, 343, 365, 381, 499; ii. 43; iii.
260, 486; iv. 132, 165, 208; v. 219,
243.

his candour and amiableness of dis-
position, iii. 197.

his gratitude for kindness conferred,
i. 502.

- his active benevolence, iii. 199.

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his uncommon kindness to his ser.
vants, v. 74.

his constancy to those whom he once
employed, v. 215.

- his great distress at the loss of his
friends, iv. 240.

his fondness for animals under his
protection, v. 74.

his inexhaustible charity, iii. 489;
iv. 77, 269 n., 397; v. 182.

his love of the poor, i. 366, 377,
430; v. 2.

his kindness to authors in looking
over their works and suggesting im-
provements, iv. 243.

his rigid honesty, i. 45.

his early, habitual, and systematic
piety, i. 10, 38, 63, 114, 289, 326.
-his inviolable regard to truth, i. 125,
127, 302, 450; iii. 320; iv. 83.

never greedy of money, but without
money could not be stimulated to
write, i. 113, 309.

his hatred of disguise, iv. 372.
his fixed incredulity of every thing
he heard, iv. 386, 386 n.

his kindness to children, i. 20; iii.
394 n.; v. 74.

his confidence in the efficacy of
prayer, ii. 203, 334.

his habitual endeavour to refer every
transaction of his life to the will of the
Supreme Being, v. 295.

his awful dread of death, ii. 92, 109;
iii. 76, 173, 519; iv. 153; v. 150,
151, 175, 188.

Johnson, Charles, author of Adven-
ventures of a Guinea,' ii. 500.
-Samuel, author of Hurlo Thrumbo,'
ii. 523 n.