his book of the dialects, iv. 335.
Maty, Dr. Matthew, i. 270; iii. 472 n.
some account of, i, 270 n.
Gibbon's character of his
thèque Britannique,' i. 270 n.
Maupertius, ii. 55.

Mawbey, Sir Joseph, ii. 68 n.

Biblio-

Maxwell, Rev. Dr. William, his anecdotes
of Johnson, i. 373, 388 n., 428; ii.
121.

some account of, i. 373 n.

Mayne, William, esq., iv. 284 n.

Mayo, Rev. Dr., ii. 231, 233, 237, 237 n.
Mead, Dr., iv. 17, 222.

Meadowbank, Lord, iv. 66 n.

Meals, stated, iv. 164.

Medals, only valuable as a stamp of merit,
iii. 195.

Medicated baths, of, ii. 101.
Meditation on a pudding, iii. 46.
Mediterranean, iii. 400.

Meek, Rev. Dr., i. 258, 261.

Melancholy, i. 36, 74 n., 460; ii. 46,
435; iii. 329, 371, 452, 461; iv. 25,
27, 292, 301, 354; v. 119.

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- Johnson's remedy against, i. 460; iii.
329, 371; iv. 26, 235.

Johnson projects a history of his, ii.

46.

Melville, Viscount: see Dundas.
Member of parliament, duty of, on an
election committee, iv. 444.

Memis, Dr., iii. 167, 172, 247, 458, 464,
529.

Memory, i. 12, 300, 393 n.; ii. 248, 303;

iv. 44, 44 m., 278, 346, 501.
'Menagiana,' ii. 228; iii. 292 n., 371;
iv. 182 n., 207 n.; v. 61 n.
Mental diseases, not to be dwelt on, v. 302.
'Merchant of Venice,' curious mistake in
a French translation of, iv. 513.
Merchants, i. 507; iii. 22.

-enlarged views of our great, iv. 336.
Mercheta mulierum, iii. 15.

Merit, intrinsic, i. 455.

-men of, not neglected, v. 51.
Metaphysical tailor, v. 66.
Metaphysics, i. 40.

Metcalfe, Philip, esq., i. 398 n. ; iii. 450;
v. 165.

Method, advantages of, iii. 457.
Methodism, i. 377.

Methodists, i. 377, 382, 385, 479; iii. 87;
v. 238, 338 n.

-

appellation of, when first given, i. 470.
Rev. Joseph Milner's Defence of, i.
470.

Meynell, Mr., i. 51; iv. 249.

Hugh, esq., his happy expression re-
specting London, iv. 249.

Mickle, William Julius, ii. 177 n.; iii.
44 m.; v. 140, 204.

- his Lusiad,' v. 140.

Microscopes, ii. 38.

Micyllus, Jacobus, iii. 127 n.

Middle state, doctrine of a, i. 219; iii.
52, 52 n.

rank in France, want of, iii. 274,
274 n., 287.

Middlesex election, iv. 74, 284.

Middleton, Lady Diana, ii. 318 n.; iii. 542.
Middleton's Life of Cicero,' v. 228.
Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, v. 77, 77 n.
Migration of birds, ii. 232.

Military character, respect paid to, ii. 83;
iii. 375.

Miller, Andrew, the bookseller, anecdotes
of, i. 157, 273; iv. 261.

Lady, account of her vase at Bath-
easton, iii. 211, 211 n.

Professor John, iii. 65 n.

Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of the
methodists, i. 470 n.

Lauder's forgery against, i. 204.
Milton, John, i. 204; ii. 226, 257; iii.
143 n., 286; iv. 225, 251, 279, 351,
407, 435, 442; v. 201, 223.

Milton, John, his grandaughter, John-
son's prologue for the benefit of, i. 204.
- his Tractate on Education,' iv. 225.
Johnson's Life of, iv. 407.

his picture of man, iv. 442, 442 n.
- Johnson's saying respecting, v. 201.
Mimickry, ii. 145.

-

Mind, ii. 145; iii. 417; iv. 110, 195,
196; v. 469.

-

-

- influence of the weather on the, i. 318.
management of the, iii. 329.

Cardan's mode of composing his, iv.
26 n.

Miracles, i. 458; iv. 40.

Miseries of human life, iii. 226.
Misers, ii. 345; iii. 9; iv. 182.
Misery, balance of, v. 199, 371.
Misfortunes, iv. 362.
Missionaries, iii. 87.
Mistresses, i. 370; iii. 87.
Modesty, iv. 219.

Moira, Earl of, ii. 411 n.
Molière, iii. 4; iv. 378.
Moltzer, Jacobus, iii. 127 n.
Monarchy, iii. 411.

Monasteries, i. 354; ii. 10, 297.
Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and his

writings, ii. 75, 138, 182 n., 244, 281,
309, 309 n., 311, 317 n., 343; iii.
25 n., 73, 262, 466, 540; iv. 16, 24,
67, 307, 500; v. 170.

- some account of, ii. 138 n.

- Johnson's visit to, ii. 311.

his remarks on Johnson's style, iv. 24.
Money, ii. 296; iv. 118, 206.
advantages of, iv. 31.
borrowers, v. 25, 29.
Money-getting, iii. 198; iv. 253.
Monks, iii. 270.

Monkton, Hon. Mary, the present Countess
of Cork and Orrery, iv. 307, 313.
-some account of, iv. 307 n.
Boswell's verses to, iv. 482.
Monnoye, M. de la, iv. 182.
Monro, Dr., v. 157.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, her 'Let-
ters,' iv. 378.

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Mrs., anecdotes of, i. 222 n., 339,
342, 389, 490 n.; ii. 65 n., 88, 468;
iii. 114, 256, 295, 296, 412; iv. 78,
98, 99 n., 230, 245, 304 n., 312, 322,
435, 443; v. 99, 124, 128, 173.

- Johnson's letters to, i. 339, 342.
- Johnson's admiration and esteem for,
i. 339 n.; v. 173.

- her 'Letters,' edited by Lord Rokeby,
i. 339 n.

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Montaigne, his affection for Paris compared
to Johnson's love of London, i. 377 n.
Montausier, Duke de, the Misanthrope'
of Molière, iii. 371 n.
Montesquieu, ii. 430; iv. 150 n.

-

Letter Ixix. of his Lettres Persannes'
recommended, iv. 150 n.

Monthly Review, ii. 39; iii. 396, 409.
Montrose, William Graham, second Duke
of, anecdote of his shooting a highway-
man, iv. 95 n.

James, third Duke of, iv. 253, 481.
Monuments, ii. 226.

inaccuracy of inscriptions on, iv. 238 n.
Moody, Mr., the actor, iii. 214, 217.
Moore, Thomas, his Life of Lord By-
ron' quoted, iii. 200 n., 397 n.
his Irish Melodies, ii. 207 n.
Morality, iv. 221, 376.

More, Sir Thomas, iii. 127 n.

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Miss Hannah, iii. 413 n.; iv. 112,
152 n., 310 n., 470, 473; v. 172,
201, 255.

her flattery of Johnson, iv. 152.
Johnson's saying to, respecting Milton,
v. 201.

- Dr. Henry, the Platonist, ii. 155.
Morell, Dr. Thomas, iii. 45.
Moreri's Dictionary, iii. 4.
Morgann, Maurice, esq., his
the Character of Falstaff,' v.
Morris, Corbyn, his Essay on

478 n.

Miss, v. 473, 473 n.

Essay on
70, 70 n.

Wit,' iv.

Mosaic account of the creation, i. 356.
Moss, Dr., iv. 443.

Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's
watch, ii. 59.

Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, his character,
ii. 65.

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his extraordinary direction in his will,
ii. 65 n.

Mount Edgecumbe, ii. 335.
Mountstuart, Lord (afterwards first Mar-

quis of Bute), ii. 22; iii. 317, 317 n.,
366, 455, 455 n.; iv. 289, 502; v.
86 n., 103 n.

Muck, Isle of, ii. 448.

Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, i. 367; iv. 447;
v. 41 n.

Johnson's character of, iv. 447.
character of his Sermons,' iv. 472.
- Dr. John, i. 367.

-

-

Johnson's letter to, v. 126.

- Mr. Thomas, the eminent watchmaker,
i. 367 n.

Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord, iii.
374 n.

Mull, Isle of, iii. 7, 12, 34, 561.
Muller, Mr., the engineer, i. 341 n.
Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Chapone,
i. 178, 223; iv. 305 m., 325; v. 136.
Mummies, iv. 500.

Murder, proscription of, in Scotland, ii.
261, 321.

Murison, Professor, ii. 299, 299 n.
Murphy, Arthur, esq., i. 25, 165, 172 n.,

290 n., 294, 315, 325, 328, 344, 346,
384 n., 504 n., 512; ii. 52, 84, 386 n.;
iii. 224 n., 393, 404; iv. 82, 139; v.
116, 145.

- his Poetical Epistle' to Johnson
quoted, i. 345.

instances of his unacknowledged use of
Boileau, i. 345 n.

- manner in which Johnson became ac-
quainted with, i. 346.

Murray, Lord George, chief of the Pre-
tender's staff, iii. 248 n.

Melville, Viscount: see Dundas.
Member of parliament, duty of, on an
election committee, iv. 444.

Memis, Dr., iii. 167, 172, 247, 458, 464,
529.

Memory, i. 12, 300, 393 n.; ii. 248, 303;
iv. 44, 44 n., 278, 346, 501.
'Menagiana,' ii. 228; iii. 292 n., 371;
iv. 182 n., 207 n.; v. 61 n.
Mental diseases, not to be dwelt on, v. 302.
'Merchant of Venice,' curious mistake in
a French translation of, iv. 513.
Merchants, i. 507; iii. 22.

enlarged views of our great, iv. 336.
Mercheta mulierum, iii. 15.

Merit, intrinsic, i. 455.

-men of, not neglected, v. 51.
Metaphysical tailor, v. 66.
Metaphysics, i. 40.

Metcalfe, Philip, esq., i. 398 n. ; iii. 450;

v. 165.

Method, advantages of, iii. 457.
Methodism, i. 377.

Methodists, i. 377, 382, 385, 479; iii. 87;
v. 238, 338 n.

-

appellation of, when first given, i. 470.
Rev. Joseph Milner's Defence of, i.
470.

Meynell, Mr., i. 51; iv. 249.

Hugh, esq., his happy expression re-
specting London, iv. 249.

Mickle, William Julius, ii. 177 n.; iii.
44 n.; v. 140, 204.

- his Lusiad,' v. 140.

Microscopes, ii. 38.

Micyllus, Jacobus, iii. 127 n.

Middle state, doctrine of a, i. 219; iii.
52, 52 n.

rank in France, want of, iii. 274,
274 n., 287.

Middlesex election, iv. 74, 284.

Middleton, Lady Diana, ii. 318 n.; iii. 542.
Middleton's 'Life of Cicero,' v. 228.
Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, v. 77, 77 n.
Migration of birds, ii. 232.

Military character, respect paid to, ii. 83;
iii. 375.

Miller, Andrew, the bookseller, anecdotes
of, i. 157, 273; iv. 261.

--

Lady, account of her vase at Bath-
easton, iii. 211, 211 n.

Professor John, iii. 65 n.

Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of the
methodists, i. 470 n.

Lauder's forgery against, i. 204.
Milton, John, i. 204; ii. 226, 257; iii.
143 n., 286; iv. 225, 251, 279, 351,
407, 435, 442; v. 201, 223.

Milton, John, his grandaughter, Jolur-
son's prologue for the benefit of, i. 204.
his Tractate on Education,' iv. 225.
Johnson's Life of, iv. 407.

his picture of man, iv. 442, 442 n.
-Johnson's saying respecting, v. 201.
Mimickry, ii. 145.

Mind, ii. 145; iii. 417; iv. 110, 195,
196; v. 469.

- influence of the weather on the, i. 318.

-

-

management of the, iii. 329.

Cardan's mode of composing his, iv.
26 n.

Miracles, i. 458; iv. 40.

Miseries of human life, iii. 226.
Misers, ii. 345; iii. 9; iv. 182,
Misery, balance of, v. 199, 371.
Misfortunes, iv. 362.
Missionaries, iii. 87.
Mistresses, i. 370; iii. 87.
Modesty, iv. 219.

Moira, Earl of, ii. 411 n.
Molière, iii. 4; iv. 378.
Moltzer, Jacobus, iii. 127 n.
Monarchy, iii. 411.

Monasteries, i. 354; ii. 10, 297.
Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and his

writings, ii. 75, 138, 182 n., 244, 281,
309, 309 n., 311, 317 n., 343; iii.
25 n., 73, 262, 466, 540; iv. 16, 24,
67, 307, 500; v. 170.

-some account of, ii. 138 n.

-

Johnson's visit to, ii. 311.

his remarks on Johnson's style, iv. 24.
Money, ii. 296; iv. 118, 206.

advantages of, iv. 31.
borrowers, v. 25, 29.
Money-getting, iii. 198; iv. 253.
Monks, iii. 270.

Monkton, Hon. Mary, the present Countess
of Cork and Orrery, iv. 307, 313.
--some account of, iv. 307 n.
Boswell's verses to, iv. 482.
Monnoye, M. de la, iv. 182.
Monro, Dr., v. 157.

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, her 'Let-
ters,' iv. 378.

-

-

Mrs., anecdotes of, i. 222 n., 339,
342, 389, 490 n.; ii. 65 n., 88, 468;
iii. 114, 256, 295, 296, 412; iv. 78,
98, 99 n., 230, 245, 304 n., 312, 322,
435, 443; v. 99, 124, 128, 173.

- Johnson's letters to, i. 339, 342.

- Johnson's admiration and esteem for,
i. 339 n. ; v. 173.

- her Letters,' edited by Lord Rokeby,
i. 339 n.

- her
468.

Essay on Shakspeare,' ii. 88,

- coolness between Johnson and, ii. 90 n.

- takes offence at Johnson's Life of Lord
Lyttleton, iv. 435, 435 n., 443, 443 n.
Montaigne, i. 377 n.

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Montaigne, his affection for Paris compared
to Johnson's love of London, i. 377 n.
Montausier, Duke de, the Misanthrope'
of Molière, iii. 371 n.
Montesquieu, ii. 430; iv. 150 n.

-

Letter lxix. of his Lettres Persannes'
recommended, iv. 150 n.

Monthly Review, ii. 39; iii. 396, 409.
Montrose, William Graham, second Duke
of, anecdote of his shooting a highway-
man, iv. 95 n.

James, third Duke of, iv. 253, 481.
Monuments, ii. 226.

inaccuracy of inscriptions on, iv. 238 n.
Moody, Mr., the actor, iii. 214, 217.
Moore, Thomas, his Life of Lord By-
ron' quoted, iii. 200 n., 397 n.
his Irish Melodies, ii. 207 n.
Morality, iv. 221, 376.

More, Sir Thomas, iii. 127 n.

-

·

Johnson's character of, iv. 447.
character of his Sermons,' iv. 472.
- Dr. John, i. 367.

Johnson's letter to, v. 126.

Mr. Thomas, the eminent watchmaker,
i. 367 n.

Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord, iii.
374 n.

Mull, Isle of, iii. 7, 12, 34, 561.
Muller, Mr., the engineer, i. 341 n.
Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Chapone,
i. 178, 223; iv. 305 n., 325; v. 136.
Mummies, iv. 500.

some account of, iv. 177 n.

Music, ii. 156, 247 n.; iv. 51, 96, 354,
the only sensual pleasure without vice,
iv. 354.

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in heaven, i. 120 n.; ii. 156.

- Johnson's wish to learn the scale of,
six months before his death, ii. 247.
- Johnson's insensibility to the charms
of, i. 355; iii. 8, 295.

Musk, used medicinally by Johnson, iv.
231.

Myddleton, Mr., of Gwaynynog, iii. 153.
-urn erected by him, to commemorate
Johnson's visit, iii. 153 n.; iv. 2.
Mylne, Robert, the architect, i. 340.
Mysteriousness in trifles, iv. 373.
Mystery, iv. 80, 184; v. 223.
Mythology, iv. 348, 349 n.

N.

Nairne, Mr. William, afterwards Sir
William, ii. 273, 289, 297, 298.
-some account of, ii. 289 n.