Life of Johnson

Belgrade, siege of, described by Paoli, 238
Bell, John, his "Travels,": 192

697

Bolingbroke, Lady, her description of Pope, 481
Bolingbroke, Lord, 490, 491, 492, 512, 545;
condemned by Johnson, 89, 109; letter to Sir
William Wyndham, 445.
Bolingbroke, second Lord, 264

Bologna sausages, praised by Johnson, 244
Bonhours, Dominique, on beauty, 203

Bell, Mrs., Johnson writes part of Epitaph on, Bonner, Bishop, 197.

Bibliothèque, Johnson's scheme of, 94
Bickerstaff, Isaac, 201

"Bon Ton," a play, 293

Brumoy, Père, Johnson translates for Mrs.
Lenox's English version of, 116

Booksellers, provincial, rare in Johnson's time,
5

Boothby, Miss, correspondence with Johnson,
5n., 296n.; letter from Johnson to, 548n.
Boothby, Mrs. Hill, 22

Boscawen, Hon. Mrs., 484, 520, 563
Boscovich, Père Roger Joseph, 217; praises
Johnson's Latin conversation, 323
Boswell, Sir Alexander, 238n.

Boswell, Claude Irvine, Lord Balmuto, 389n.
Boswell, David, ancestor of J. Boswell, 325
Boswell, Dr., 149; his description of Johnson,
354

Boswell, Mrs., 274, 276, 314, 315, 497; dislikes
Johnson, 273; present from Johnson to, 501;
illness and death, 437, 579; letter to Johnson,
587; letters to from Johnson, 386, 586

Bicknell, Mr., his "Musical Travels of Joel Boswell, James, his views on biography, 2-5;

Collyer," Johnson ridiculed in, 105
Binning, Lord, 240, 484

Biographia Britannica," 339; Johnson declines
to edit, 421; quoted, 482n.
"Biographia Dramatica," 120n.
"Biographical Dictionary," 120n.

Birch, Rev. Dr. T., letters to Mrs. Elizabeth
Carter, 43; to Johnson, 95; letters to, from
Cave, 47, 48, 49; from Johnson, 51, 74, 95;
from Earl of Orrery, 61; from Bishop War-
burton, 2

Birmingham, 5, 22, 27, 30; visited by Johnson
23, 25, 342, 579

Bishop, a liquor, 82

Blackfriars Bridge, 117

Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, 111; Johnson's opinion
of his poetry, 160

Blackmore, Sir Richard, his poems, 500; criti-
cised by Johnson, 211; Johnson's Life of,
quoted, 547

Blackstone, Judge, 19, 505, 561; quoted, 305n.
Blackwall, Anthony, 22
Blagden, Dr., 538

Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, 121, 133, 194, 275, 276,
283, 371; his sermons praised by Johnson, 390,
392, 418, 435, 488, 564; attacks Johnson's style,
420; letter to Boswell, 512

Blair, Kev. Robert, "The Grave," a poem, 370
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, 47
Blanchetti, Marquis and Marchioness, 317
Bland, Richard, of Virginia, 248n.
Blaney, Elizabeth, 6, 669

Blenheim Park, 340

Bocage, 317

Bocardo, 64n.

Bodleian Library, 91, 185, 499; Johnson presents
books to, 101, 2772.

Boerhave, 311; his Life by Johnson, 44
Boethius, 44, 217

Boileau, 491; his imitation of Juvenal, 36;
quoted, 661

on the Slave Trade, 433; suffers from hypo-
chondria, 16; first interview with Johnson,
131; gives Johnson a sketch of his life, 136;
anecdote of his childhood. 147n.; goes with
Johnson to Greenwich, 156; to Oxford, 188,
336; to the Pantheon, 233; to Bedlam, 312;
to Birmingham, 342; to Lichfield, 345; to
Bath, 369; to Bristol, 370; to Ashbourne,
404; to Keddleston, 414; to Derby, 416; to
Shefford, 577; goes abroad, 162; goes to
Shakespeare Jubilee, 196; visits the Thrales
at Streatham, 199, 441, 490; presents Paoli to
Johnson, 200; witnesses execution at Tyburn,
204; at Newgate, 652; quarrels with Johnson,
210, 487; marries his cousin, 221; questions
Johnson as to his history, 232; goes to Mrs.
Abington's benefit, 293; has a room in John-
son's house, 313; consults Lord Hailes about
the entail, 328; his conversation with Captain
Cook, 354; lives with General Paoli, 365;
defends liberty of pulpit, 374; sends Johnson
Lord Hailes Annals of Scotland," 398;
regrets his censure of "Biographia Britannica,"
421n.; engaged at the Parliamentary Bar, 440;
his shorthand, 459; is introduced to Wesley,
508; his illness, 508; procures for Johnson
information about Pope, 518; attends meeting
of Robin Hood Society, 562, 563; engaged in
ludicrous action in Court of Sessions, 576;
parts with apprehension from Johnson, 612,
613; makes application to Lord Thurlow on
Johnson's behalf, 651; bids farewell to John-
son, 656; letters to Dr. Cullen, 625; to
Dr. Hope, 625; to Johnson, 163, 180, 193,
221-223, 247, 273, 276, 278, 281, 282, 287, 314,
316, 323, 329, 386, 387, 388, 391, 393, 394,
397, 399n., 401-403, 435, 437, 438, 462, 496,
500, 508, 509, 515, 517, 523, 525, 618, 620; to
Munro, 625; to Dr. Percy, 462; to Pitt,
625n.; letters to, from Dr. Adams, 670, 686n.;
from Rev. Mr. Agutter, 689.; from Dr.

Beattie, 2252.; from Dr. Blair, 512; from E.
Dilly, 395; from Sir W. Forbes, enclosing the
Round Robin, 384; from Lord Hailes, 147;
from Warren Hastings, 551; from Johnson,
162, 172, 179, 193, 197, 212, 223, 246, 247, 271
-283, 288, 314-316, 324, 326-330, 369, 386,
387, 389, 392-394, 398-400, 401-404, 435-
437, 462, 497, 499, 501, 508-510, 516-519, 523,
526, 553, 579, 583, 585-588, 614, 618, 620, 624,
625, 626, 660, 661, 671, 672; from Langton,
497, 520; from Mickle, 621; from Lord Thur-
low, 655; from Rev. Dr. Vyse, 400; his
"Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides," 166, 237n.
251, 285.392n., 428, 481n., 497, 591n., 631n.,
635n., 679.; praised by Courtenay, by Mrs.
Thrale, 272, 315; quoted, 5, 33, 53, 66, 7322., 117,
146, 156, 607. his "Thesis in Civil Law,
179; his "Account of Corsica" published, 188;
quoted, 1972.; his "Hypochondriac," 204.,
595; his "Matrimonial Thought," 212; his
Essence of the Douglas cause,"
Journal, 434; quoted, 441; verses to Hon. Miss
Monckton, quoted, 568n.; letter to the People
of Scotland, 5921., 694

257n.;

Boswell, Thomas, founder of the family, 325
Boswell, Thomas David, 4242., 525; introduced
to Johnson, 523; his account of Johnson's death,
687

Bosville, Mrs., 233

Bouchier, Governor, 560

Bouffier, Claude, 162n.

Boufflers, Madame de, visits Johnson, 215, 323
Boulter, Archbishop, 106

Bouquet, Mr., bookseller, 80
Bourdonne, Madame de, 262n.

Bowles, William, Johnson stays with, 615
Bowyer, William, Life of, 667n.

Boyle, Mr., his "Martyrdom of Theodora," 104
Boydell, Alderman, 282n.

Bradley, in Derbyshire, visited by Johnson, 22
Braithwaite, Mr., of the Post Office, 632

Bramhall, Bishop, on "Liberty and Necessity,"

209

Brett, Colonel, 57.

poems,

Buchanan, George, Johnson admires his
157, 205, 597
Buckingham, Duchess of, 447
Budgell, Eustace, 257, 369
Budworth, Rev. Mr., 22n.
Bulse, Indian measure of diamonds, 495
Bunbury, Henry, 140
Bunbury, Sir Charles, 165, 275, 291, 505n; pall-
bearer at Johnson's funeral, 688
Bunyan, John, admired by Johnson, 260
Burgoyne, General, his surrender at Saratoga, 495
Burke, Edmund, 115, 164, 177, 221, 238, 254,
261, 268, 302n., 369, 383, 455, 473, 475, 502, 503,
536, 548, 556, 558, 564, 630, 658; in praise of
Johnson, 24, 376; Johnson's views on, 154, 219,
340, 450n.; witness at Baretti's trial, 206; Gold-
smith's view of his oratory, 270; writes Round
Robin, 385; his equable disposition, 428; his
witticisms, 481, 554; his argument on happiness,
642; his speech parodied by Johnson, 648; his
defence of Johnson, 648: differs from Johnson
on Baretti's case, 650; compares Johnson to Ap-
pius, 670n.; at Johnson's sick bed, 683; pall-
bearer at Johnson's funeral, 688; his "Vindica-
tion of Natural Society," 159n. ; his essay on the
Sublime and Beautiful, 203; his speech on
American Taxation, 282; his "Letter to the
Sheriff of Bristol," criticised by Johnson, 426
Burke, Richard, 165, 667; his death, 610n.; his
argument with Johnson, 654
Burlington, Lord, 491

Burnet, Bishop, History of his own Times,"
criticised by Johnson, 250

Burney, Dr. Charles, 133, 165, 171, 324, 454, 563;
praises Johnson's "Preface to Shakespeare,"
172; engaged on his "History of Music," 498,
499; his "Travels," praised by Johnson, 597;
letters to, from Johnson, 95, 108, 109, 172, 617,
664, 671; from a lady, 190; quoted, 109, 145,
271, 300n., 578

Burney, Dr. Charles, the younger, 674

Burney, Frances, 519, 520, 630, 664; takes tea
with Johnson, 612; quoted, 676

Burney, Mrs., 169n., 605, 606; her illness, 664

Brighthelmstone, Johnson visits, 196, 389, 435, Burrows, Rev. Dr., his sermon, 503
586

Bristol, Johnson visits, 370

Brocklesby, Dr., 593, 614, 619, 622, 625, 629; his
generosity to Johnson, 656, 680; his account
of Johnson's death, 686; letter to Johnson,
6152., letters to, from Johnson, 615, 661-664
Bromley, in Kent, 79

Brooke, Henry, author of "The Fool of Quality
and "Gustavus Vasa," 44".; Johnson's essay
on the latter, 44.

Brooks's Club, origin of, 360n.
Broome, Life of, by Johnson, 545
Brown, Capability, 340, 511
Browne, Isaac Hawkins, 299, 629

Browne, Rev. Dr. John, of Cambridge, 218
Brown, Rev. Robert, of Utrecht, 174, 467
Brown, Tom, teaches Johnson, 8
Browne, Sir Thomas, 19n., 469; influence on
Johnson's style, 73; his "Christian Morals,"
edited by Johnson, with life prefixed, 102
Bruce, James, criticised by Johnson, 297
Bruce, Robert, 2732.

Brydone, Patrick, "A tour through Sicily and
Malta," 301, 348, 495
Buchan, Earl of, 236

Burrowes, Rev. Robert, his "Essay on the style of
Dr. Samuel Johnson," 675

Burton, Robert, at Oxford, 14; his "Anatomy of
Melancholy" praised by Johnson, 215, 337
Burton's Books, 623

Bute, Earl of, 125, 129, 292n., 304, 305, 383;
Johnson's opinion of, 349; letters from Johnson
to, 126, 127

Butler, Samuel, 261; Johnson's opinion of
'Hudibras," 310; quoted, 639

Butter, Dr., of Derby, 351, 412, 416, 680
Byng, Admiral, 218; defended by Johnson, 105;
his Epitaph quoted, 105

Byng, Hon. John, his letter to Malone, 687

INDEX

Camden, William, his "Remains," 473, 608
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, execution of, 46
Campbell, Archibald, his "Lexiphanes," satire
on Johnson, 188

Campbell, Hon. Archibald, non-juring bishop,
251; praised by Johnson, 635
Campbell, Sir Archibald, 374

Campbell, Rev. Dr., of St. Andrew's, 121
Campbell, Dr. John, 190, 289; Johnson's opinion
of, 141, 251, 339, 448

Campbell, Rev. John, of Kippen, letter to
Boswell, 182n.

Campbell, Mungo, case of, 427

Campbell, Dr. Thomas, 298, 300, 303, 395; his
"Diary of a Visit to England" quoted, 28m.,
106; his "Philosophical Survey of the South
of Ireland," 299

Candide, compared with Rasselas, 114, 495
Canus, Melchior, of Toledo, 318

Cardross, Lord, see Buchan, Earl of
Careless, Mrs., Johnson's first love, 344, 345
Carleton, Captain, his "Memoirs," 654

Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, his poems
criticised by Johnson, 570, 619, 620
Carmichael, Miss, 440
Carter, Dr. Nicholas, 37n.

Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 80, 153., 563, 630;
account of, 37.; advised by Johnson, 40;
writes in the "Rambler," 66; her early rising,
418; letter from Dr. Birch to, 43
Carteret, Lord, see Granville, Lord
Catcot, George, 371
Catiline, Sallust on, 4
Cator, Mr., 646
Catullus, quoted, 595
Cave, Miss, 25n.

Cave, Edward, 34, 35, 47, 51, 532., 69, 480;
Johnson's first publisher, 30; begins Gentle-
man's Magazine, 33; sees a ghost, 237;
Johnson's opinion of, 684; his letters to Dr.
Birch, 44, 48, 49; letters from Johnson to, 25,
31. 37, 38, 42, 43, 50; Johnson's life of, 85'
Cavendish Debates, 648n.

Caxton, William, 453

Cecil, Colonel, 239

Cervantes, 311

Chalmers, George, 48n.

Chamberlayne, Rev. Mr., 636

Chambers, Catherine, 113, 114, 187

Chambers, Ephraim, his "Proposal" for the
Dictionary, 72

Chambers, Sir Robert, 111, 124, 164, 271, 274,
277, 360, 552, 658; his intimacy with Johnson,
181; Vinerian Professor, 188; draws
Langton's will, 270; his marriage, 275; letter
to, from Johnson, 91

Chambers, Sir William, his "Chinese Archi-
tecture" praised by Johnson, 598
Chamier, Mr., 164, 301n., 437, 452
"Champion, The," quoted, 54
Chapone, Mrs., writes for the "Rambler," 66;
letter from Johnson to, 620

Charlemont, James, first Earl of, 164, 259, 494,
556, 557

Charles I., 250, 310, 311

Charles II., 81, 150, 187, 310, 311; defended by
Johnson, 299

Charles V., witty saying of, 201; censured by
Lord Kames, 450

Charles Edward, Prince, 94n., 146

699

Charles XII. of Sweden, 457; Johnson's lines on.
64

Charlotte, Queen, 222

Charterhouse, the, 61, 526

Chatham, Earl of, 217, 254"., 256, 290; Johnson's
opinion of, 495; first speech in House of Lords,
647

Chatsworth, visited by Johnson, 663
Chatterton, T., the "Rowley Poems," 371, 581
Chelsea College, 194

Chesterfield, Philip, fourth Earl of, 282., 48, 94n.
"Plan
299, 379, 506, 556;
of Dictionary
addressed to, 60; his insolence, 85, 593; his
eulogy of the "Dictionary" in the "World,"
85; his epigram on Sir Thomas Robinson
1482.; his pronunciation, 230; Johnson's opinion
of him, 88, 250, 653; letter from Johnson to, 86;
Dilly's edition of his miscellaneous works,
493; his "Letters," criticised by Johnson, 88,
295, 372; Literary Property of letters con-
tested, 89; quoted, ro

Chesterfield, Philip, fifth Earl of, at Dodd's trial,
406

Cheyne, Dr. George, "The English Malady,"
16, 362, 387

China, wall of, 458

Cheynel, Johnson's Life of, 75
Choïsi, Abbé, 486

Cholmondeley, George James, anecdote of, 658
Cholmondeley, Hon. Mrs., 217, 454, 455, 479
Christian, Rev. Mr., of Docking, 191

Churchill, Rev. C., 133, 143., 451; satirizes
Johnson in "The Ghost," 137; his poems criti-
cised by Johnson, 141; his "Prophecy of Fam-
ine," 142; his "Rosciad," 186n., 195n. ; quoted,
38, 107, 166, 440

Churton, Rev. Ralph, 269n. ; his views on a pas-
sage in the burial service, 608n.; on Boswell's
Life of Johnson, 641n.

Cibber, Colley, 57n., 85, 456; Johnson's epigram
on, 47, 135; his opinion of, 135, 204, 299, 618;
Poet Laureate, 6on.; his recollection of Dryden,
380; consults Johnson, 425; his "Provoked
Husband," 189; his "Nonjuror," 292; quoted,
207, 630

Cibber, Mrs., 65, 204

Cibber, Theophilus, "Lives of the Poets," 363
Clare, Lord, see Nugent, Robert

Clarendon, Lord, his " History," 99n.; his MSS.
presented to the University of Oxford, 330;
criticised by Johnson, 454; his account of
Villiers' Ghost, 493; his character of Falk-
land, 691n

Clarendon Press, 330, 337

Clark, Mr., of Edinburgh, his pamphlet answered
by Johnson, 622

Clark, Alderman Richard, letter from Johnson
to, 624

Clarke, Rev. Dr., 62n., 134, 209, 686; his ser-

mons, 450

Clenardus's Greek Grammar, 533
Clerk, Sir Philip Jennings, 557
Clermont, Lady, 520

Clive, Lord, 486; his suicide, 493; anecdote of,
511

Clive, Mrs., 122., 618; Johnson's praise of, 529
Clubs: the Literary, 164, 177, 179, 259, 268, 291,
295, 402, 435, 443n., 463, 498, 499, 505n., 688;
proposed augmentation of, 393; note to, from
Johnson, 559; the Blue-Stocking, 568; the

City, 559; the Eumelian, 678; the Essex Head,
15n., 622, 623n., 624, 662; the King's Head, 62,
622

Cobb, Mrs., 317, 347, 516

Cock Lane Ghost, 458; Johnson's account of,
137, 138

Cohausen, J. H., his "Hermippus Redivivus,"

141, 332

Coke, Lord, 229

in, 139, 165; opinion of, 186, 364; quoted, 138n.,
419
"Critical Strictures," pamphlet by Boswell and
others, 138
"Life of

Croft, Rev. Sir Herbert, 640; his
Young," 548; his "Love and Madness,” 597′′.,
his advice to his pupil, 644

Crousaz, his Examen of Pope's "Essay on Man,"

Col, Island of, visited by Johnson, 272, 285; the Crouch, Mrs., 613
Laird of, 285.

Colchester, visited by Johnson, 160
Collins, W., 91, 92; his character, written by
Johnson, 128

Colman, George, the elder, 68, 165, 189n., 291, 390,
480, 530, 533; pall-bearer at Johnson's funeral,
688; his Jealous Wife," 122; his "Odes to
Obscurity and Oblivion," 297; his "Letter from
Lexiphanes," quoted, 676

Colman, George, the younger, his "Random
Records," quoted, 372n.

Colson, Rev. John, letter from Walmsley, 30
Combabus, story of, 446n.

"Comus" Johnson's Prologue to, 75

Confession of Faith of Assembly of Divines at
Westminster (Erse), 277
Congreve, Rev. Charles, Johnson's schoolfellow,
9; Johnson laments his condition, 344, 351
Congreve, W., his "
'Mourning Bride, praised,
by Johnson, 202, 205; his verdict on the
"Beggar's Opera," 310n.; stays at Ilam, 426;
quoted, 130n., 256; Johnson's Life of, quoted,

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Cotterell, the Misses, 80, 124, 128
Coughlan, Anne, wife of Hon. Thomas Hervey,
183n.
Courtenay, John, 165, 473; on the Beggar's
Opera," 309.; his "Poetical Review of John-
son," 291., 649n.; quoted, 15, 59n., 73, 105,
115, 673n.

Court of Session, decision of in the Negro cause,
436

Coverley, Sir Roger de, praised by Johnson,
311

Covington, Lord, 436

Cowley, Abraham, on Plants," 83n.; Hurd's
selection of his works, 441; Johnson's Life of,
58; quoted, 541

Cowper, William, 485.

Coxeter, Mr., his collection of English poets, 414
Crabbe, Rev. George, his " Village" revised
by Johnson, 593.

Cradock, Mr., author of " Zobeide," 366
Crashaw, R., quoted, 473

Craven, Lady, 360

Cruikshanks, Mr., 610; letters from Johnson to,
617, 666

Cullen, Dr., 311; on sleep, 418; his letter to Bos-
well, 626; letter to, from Boswell, 625
Cullen, Mr., concerned in Negro cause, 401, 436
Cumberland, William Duke of, 94n., 312, 452.
Cumberland, R., 3672., 674; his Memoirs,"
30n, 227n.; his "Observer," 551; his "Odes,"
368
Cumming, a Quaker, 607

Cunningham, Mr., his duel, 607
Cust, Francis Cockayne, 52n., 55

DACIER, Madame, 485n.

Daline, his History of Sweden, 228
Dalrymple, Sir David, see Hailes, Lord
Dalrymple, Sir John, his "Memoirs of Great
Britain and Ireland" criticised by Johnson,

249

Dalzel, Professor, on Johnson's knowledge of
Greek, 674

Dante, 261; quoted, 443n.
Dartineuf, Charles, 3392.
Dashwood, Sir Francis, 38n.

Davies, Thomas, 143, 166, 194, 195, 201, 202.
269, 529, 531; introduces Boswell to Johnson,
131; quarrels with Baretti, 248; his un-
authorised publication of Johnson's miscel
lanies, 274; misquotes bon mot of Johnson's,
303; describes Johnson's laugh, 314; in bad
circumstances, 440; plans benefit at Drury
Lane, 450; his "Memoirs of David Garrick,
523; Johnson dines with, 284, 299, 366; John-
son's views on, 205, 531; letters from Johnson
to, 614, 666

Davies, Mrs., 131, 166

Davison, Secretary, 147.
Dawkins, his "Jamaica," 575

Dawson, his "Lexicon to the Greek New Testa

ment," 514

Deane, Rev. Mr., his essay "On the future life
of Brutes," 191

Death-warrants, 3992.

"Debate on Proposal of Parliament to Crom-
well to assume the Title of King" by John-

son, 47

Defoe, Daniel, 231.; Johnson gives list of his
works, 458

De Groot befriended by Johnson, 400
Delany, his "Observations on Swift" praised by
Johnson, 451

De Moret, aeronaut, 662n.
Demosthenes, 234, 249

Dempster, Mr., 138, 148, 149, 150, 244, 286
censured by Johnson, 151; letter to Boswell
quoted, 285

Dennis, John, his " Critical Works" commended
by Johnson 367

"Critical Review," The, 119; Johnson's writings Derby, Johnson married at, 27

INDEX

Derby, Rev. Mr., Johnson writes Dedication for,
396
Derrick, Samuel, 6142.; Johnson on, 129, 132, 155,
599; quoted, 38; anecdote of, 156
Desmoulins, Mrs., 224, 615; supported by Dr.
Johnson, 16, 22, 440; her story of Mrs.
Johnson's selfishness, 78; her illness, 591, 623;
her anecdote of Johnson, 649; at Johnson's
death-bed, 687

Devaynes, Mr., apothecary to His Majesty, 629
Devonshire, Duchess of, 501

Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of, entertain
Johnson at Chatsworth, 663

Devonshire, William, third Duke of, characterised
by Johnson, 426
Diamond, Mr., 79

Diary, Johnson's, quoted, 18, 21, 22, 83, 84, 168,
172, 579, 580, 615, 631; his "Egri Ephemeris,'
672

Dibden, C., 212

Dick, Sir Alexander, Bart., 401; consulted by
Johnson, 625; his letter to Johnson, 392
Dictionary of the English Language, by Johnson,
72, 85, 95, 96, 129n., 151, 159, 227, 247, 249,
269, 527; first proposed to Johnson by Dodsley,
59, 513; publication of Plan, 59; its dedi-
cation to Lord Chesterfield, 60; praised by
Lord Orrery, 61; mode of writing, 62; dis-
cussed, 97-100; not a financial success, 101;
reviewed in the "Bibliothèque des Savans,'
108; quoted, 60, 82n., 98, 99, 430n., 490; parody
of, quoted, 675

Dictionary, Medicinal, Johnson's Dedication to
Dr. Mead, quoted, 51

Dilly, Charles and Edward, 264, 331, 353, 466;
Johnson dines with, 298, 377, 465, 495, 496, 508,
565, 631, 652; letters to Charles from Johnson,
509, 623; letter from Edward to Boswell, 395;
death of Edward, 510

Dilly, Mr., of Southill, Beds., 86, 264; Johnson
stays with, 572

Diogenes Laertius, records saying of Aristotle,

531

D'Israeli, Isaac, "Calamities and Quarrels of
Authors," 35.

"Dissertation on the State of Literature and
Authors," by Johnson, 102

Dixie, Sir Wolstan, Johnson disagrees with, 22
Dodd, Rev. Dr. William, 401, 463; history of his
crime, 406-410; his execution, 399, 409; John-
son's opinion of, 398, 417, 605; his sermons,
450; his poem, Thoughts in Prison," 459;
his letters to Johnson, 408, 409
Doddington, Mr., see (Lord Melcombe), 549.
Dodsley, James, 59, 65

Dodsley, Robert, 37, 38, 60, 66n, 80, 88, 95, 106,
114, 339; suggests the "Dictionary" to John-
son, 59, 513; buys" Irene," 65; disputes with
Goldsmith, 366; "Public Virtue," a poem by,
533; "Cleone," a tragedy by, 112, 534
Dominicetti, Italian quack, 207
Donaldson, Alexander, bookseller, censured by
Johnson, 149

Donne, Dr., Walton's Life of, 339; praised by
Johnson, 308
Don Quixote, 18n.

Dosa, the brothers, 1742.

Dossie, Mr., Johnson's kindness to, 530

Douglas, his collection of editions of Horace, 632
Douglas, Dr., Bishop of Salisbury, 44, 86n, 165,

701

194, 195; his history, 39; detects Lauder's
forgery, 75; investigates Cock Lane Ghost,
137; anecdote of Johnson by, 146; Johnson dines
with, 323; calls on Johnson, 631

Douglas, Dr., his literary fraud, 121
Douglas Estate, litigation concerning the, 257,

355

Douglas, Mr. and Lady Jane, 257
Douglas, Sir James, 422

Doxy, Miss, Garrick's niece, 517n., 518
Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, 47
"Draughts, Introduction to the Game of," John-
son's dedication for, 106

Dreghorn, Lord, see Maclaurin, Mr.
Drelincourt on Death, 231

Dromore, Bishop of, see Percy, Dr.
Drumgold, Colonel, Johnson dines with, 321;
praised by Johnson, 322
Drummond, Dr., 387, 504

Drummond of Hawthornden, his "Polemo-Mid-
dinia," 465

Drummond, William, 181; letters from Johnson,
to, 181-83

Drury Lane Journal, 72
Drury Lane Theatre, 33, 49, 59, 64, 75, 138, 293
Dryden, J., 233, 541; Johnson on, 202, 293, 491;
quoted, 217, 254, 262, 543, 642; Johnson's Life
of, quoted, 543
Dublin Journal, 227
Dublin Society, 10бn.

Dublin, Trinity College, 139; confers Doctor's
degree on Johnson, 168; Flood's bequest to,

Dundas, Henry, (Lord Melville), 89; his pro-
nunciation, 230; counsel for Joseph Knight
(the negro), 436

Dunfermline, contested election for, 374
Dunning, John, Lord Ashburton, 164, 402; his
accent, 229; compliments Johnson, 447
Dunsinan, Lord, 367
Dunvegan, House of, 315

Du Ros, his "Réflexions Critiques sur la Poésie
,et la Peinture," 203

Dury, Major-General Alexander, 111
Dyer, John, "The Fleece," by, 341
Dyer, Samuel, 164, 177., 530

EASTON MAUDIT, visited by Johnson, 167
Eccles, Rev. Mr., literary fraud by, 121
Eccles, Mr., 143

Ecclesiasticus, quoted, 424

Ecole Militaire, visited by Johnson, 317
Eddystone, Johnson tries to land on, 126
Edial, 33, 223: Johnson's school at, 27
Edinburgh visited by Johnson, 272, 273; Advo-
cate's Library at, 69n.; Transactions of Royal
Society of, quoted, 536n.

Edward I., Lord Hailes on, 278

Edwards, fellow-collegian of Johnson's, 472,
561

Edwards, of New England, on Grace, 467, 468

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