215; unsuccessful in public speaking, 221;
his nicknames for his friends, 269; his boister-
ous laughter, 271, 313; his courage, 284; his
mode of utterance and pronunciation, 294, 346,
430; collects orange-peel, 295, 604; speaks
Latin, 322, 323; dislikes to have his birthday
noticed, 413; dislikes colloquial barbarisms,
430; his liberality, 440, 578; his unbusinesslike
habits, 569; his fondness for his cat, 601; his
kindness to a poor woman, 649; his filial affec-
tion, 669, 678; personal appearance, 690.
Opinions and arguments, etc.: his religious
opinions, 17; scheme for instruction in Latin and
Greek, 29; invective against George II., 46; on
Lord Chesterfield, 88; defence of tea-drinking,
104; defence of Admiral Byng, 105; on a future
state, 230, 431; on duelling, 237, 256, 607; on the
law of vicious intromission, 244-246; on church
patronage in Scotland, 262-264; on toleration,
265; on the liberty of the pulpit, 374-376; against
slavery, 432; on the registration of deeds, 554;
on Tory and Whig, 571; on original sin, 574;
defence of "The Caledonian Mercury," 576.
Letters from Johnson: to Thomas Astle, 578;
to Edmund Allen, 613; to Rev. Mr. Bagshaw,
661; to Sir Joseph Banks, 223; to Francis
Barber, 194, 214; to Baretti, 121, 124, 127; to
Mr. Barry, 603; to Dr. Beattie, 523; to Dr.
Birch, 51, 95; to Richard Bland, 248; to Miss
Boothby, 548n.; to Boswell, 162, 172, 179, 193,
197, 212, 221, 223, 246, 247, 271, 272, 273, 274,
275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 288,
314, 315, 316, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330,
369, 386, 387, 389, 392, 393, 394, 398, 399, 400,
401, 402, 403, 404, 435, 436, 437, 462, 497, 499,
501, 509, 510, 516, 517, 519, 523, 526, 553, 579,
583, 585, 586, 588, 614, 618, 620, 624, 625, 626,
660, 661, 671, 672; to Mrs. Boswell, 386; to Rev.
Mr. Bradshaw, 269; to Dr. Brocklesby, 615,
661, 662, 663, 664; to Dr. Burney, 95, 108, 109,
172, 617, 664, 671; to Lord Bute, 126, 127; to
Mr. Cave, 25, 31, 37, 38, 42, 43; to Sir
Robert Chambers, 91; to Mrs. Chapone, 620 ;
to Lord Chesterfield, 86; to Richard Clark, 624;
to a clergyman at Bath, 584; to a young clergy-
man, 524; to Comtesse de- (in French), 323;
to Mr. Cruikshank, 617, 666; to Thomas
Davies, 614, 666; to Mr. Dilly, 509, 623; to
Dr. Dodd, 408, 409; to William Drummond,
181, 182, 183; to Rev. Dr. Edwards, 499; to
James Elphinstone, 69; to Rev. Dr. Farmer,
213, 520; in the "General Advertiser," 75; in
the Gentleman's Magazine," 53; to George
III. (for Dr. Dodd), 408; to Mr. Green,
apothecary at Lichfield, 678; to Right Hon.
William Gerard Hamilton, 619, 665; to
Warren Hastings, 552, 553; to Mr. Hector,
583, 671; to Mr. Heely, 668; to John Hoole,
280, 664; to Ozias Humphrey, 628; to John
Hussey, 500; to Right Hon. Charles Jenkinson,
408; to his mother, 113; to a presuming lady
124; to Bennet Langton, 108, 111, 112, 120, 177,
188,220, 222, 224, 277, 307, 314, 400, 498, 578,582,
617, 627, 661, 665; to Jane Langton, 629; to Dr.
Lawrence, 283, 518, 580, 582 (in Latin); to Dr.
Lawrence's daughter, 582n.; to Dr. Leland,
168n.; to Robert Levett, 277, 315, 388; to James
Macpherson, 283; to Edmund Malone, 581; to
P. Metcalfe, 587; to Dr. Mudge, 617; to George
Nicol, 666; to John Nichols, 548, 587, 667; to

707

Mr. Nichols the printer, 540n.; to Charles
O'Connor, 107, 395; to John Paradise, 666; to
Mr. Perkins, 279, 571, 585, 624, 665; to Lucy
Porter, 114, 316, 317, 509, 560, 581, 603, 615,
623, 624, 678; to Right Hon. the Earl of Port-
more, 6272.; to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 167, '
222, 223, 384, 388,578, 588, 603, 610, 613, 622,
660, 666; to William Sharp, 401; to
Joseph Simpson, 116; to Mrs. Smart, 664n.;
to Sir George Staunton, 123; to George
Stevens, 274, 275, 391; to Mrs. Strahan,
565, 580; to William Strahan, 498; to Rev.
Dr. John Taylor, 78, 613, 628; to Mrs. Thrale,
296n., 313n., 383n., 404n., 499, 520, 521, 614,
618, 619, 645, 646, 653,656, 674n, 679n,; to the
Miss Thrales, 615n., 619; to Lord Thurlow,
660; to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 94:
to Rev. Dr. Vyse, 400, 526n.; to Dr. Joseph
Warton, 83, 214; to Rev. T. Warton, 89,
91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 108, III, 196, 213; to
Saunders Welch, 437; to Rev. Dr. Wetherell,
330; to Rev. John Wesley, 509; to Rev. Dr.
Wheeler, 498; to Rev. Mr. Wilson, 588; to
Right Hon. William Windham, 613, 665.

Letters to Johnson: from Mrs. Bellamy,
6192.; from Dr. Birch, 95; from Dr. Brocklesby,
6152.; from Boswell, 180, 221, 222, 223, 247, 273,
276, 278, 281, 282, 287, 323, 329, 386, 387, 388,
391, 393, 394, 397, 399n., 401, 402, 403, 435, 437,
438, 439, 462, 496, 500, 508, 509, 515, 517, 523,
525; from Mrs. Boswell, 587; from Sir Alex-
ander Dick, 392; from Dr. Dodd, 408, 409; from
Mrs. Thrale, 519; from Lord Thurlow, 526.

Works:-Early poems, 11-13, 25; extracts
from his diary, 18, 21, 94, 101, 280, 510; from
his journal in France, 317-322; list of projected
writings, 672n.; for his other works see their
several titles.

Johnsoniana-eulogies of Johnson, 22,
57, his early prose style, 23; compared to
Politian, 242.; to Appius, 67on.; his skill as a
translator, 35; his style compared with Addi-
son's, 74; called the Great Cham of Literature,
The Caliban of Literature, Oddity Johnson,
and Gargantua, 117, 218, 435, 453; excels in
writing Dedications, 172; attacked by Sheri-
dan, 203; by Bishop of Bristol, 634; notes on, by
Langton, 526-539; by a friend, 616; his know-
ledge of Greek, 674; homage of his contem-
poraries, 688n.; character, 690-692. Life of,
published by Kearsley, 553n.; list of portraits,
busts, &c., 688n.

Johnson, Samuel, Librarian of St. Martin's in
the Fields, 42

Johnson, Sarah, Dr. Johnson's mother, 5, 6, 8,
17, 25., 27, 33, 51, 70, 96; her death, 113;
Johnson's letters to, 113

Johnson, Irish equestrian, 134
Johnsonian style, begins to appear, 24
Johnsoniana, or, Bon-Mots of Dr. Johnson,"
unauthorised publication, 334; sale of, 482
Johnston, Sir James, 633
Johnstone, Arthur, Johnson's views on his verse,

Jorden, Mr., Johnson's tutor, 14, 20
Jortin, Rev. Dr. J., his sermons, 450

Lade, Sir John, 685n.
Lafeldt, battle of, 452

280, 510

Journal in France, Johnson's, 317-322
'Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland,"

284, 291, 309, 389, 405, 456, 472, 597; in the
press, 276-280; criticised, 284-287, 308; sale of,
288; quoted, 420n.

"Journal des Savans," criticised by Johnson, 186
Junius, Letters of, 232, 502, 643; attacked by
Johnson, 219

Justitia, the, hulk at Woolwich, 458
Juvenal, 19, 37; imitated in Johnson's "Vanity
of Human Wises," 63; quoted, 87, 88, 112, 256,
453, 496, 57on., 595, 663, 681

KAMES, Lord, 47, 191; his "Elements of Criti-
cism," Johnson's opinion of, 132; his "Histor-
ical Law Tracts," 245, 246; his "Sketches of
the History of Man," 450, 488, 493
Kearsley, bookseller, letter to, from Johnson,

7on.

Keddlestone, visited by Johnson, 414

Kelly, Hugh, his "False Delicacy," 189; Johnson
writes prologue to "A Word to the Wise," 396
Kemble, John Philip. describes Mrs. Siddons's
visit to Johnson, 618
Kempis, Thomas à, 441, 534, 632
Ken, Bishop, his early rising, 418n.
Kennedy, Dr., tragedy by, 446

Kennedy, Rev. Dr., Johnson writes dedication
for, 123

Kennicott, Benjamin, his "Collations of Hebrew
MSS.," 217

Kennicott, Mrs., 634, 636, 643.

Kenrick, William, 188, 454; his attacks on John-
son, 171, 194; on Goldsmith and Garrick, 171n.
Keppel, Admiral, court-martial on, 531.
Keysler, his "Travels," 391
Killaloe, Bishop of, see Barnard

Killingley, M., landlady of the Green Man at
Ashbourne, her address to Boswell, 434
Kimchi, Rabbi David, 4

King, Captain, his "Voyages to the South Sea,"
644

King, Dr., bishop of Chichester, 3081.
King, Dr., dissenting minister, 467

King, Dr., Principal of St. Mary Hall, 93, 94,

32

Kippis, Dr., 633, 670; his edition of "Bio-
graphia Britannica," 421

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, anecdote of, 446
Knight, Joseph, Johnson's argument on his be-
half, 432; wins his cause, 436
Knight, Lady, her account of Mrs. Johnson, 27n.
Knapton, Messrs., booksellers, 60

Knolles, his "History of the Turks," 29n.
Knowles, Mrs., Quaker lady, 382, 383; conver-
sation with Johnson, 465-471

Knox, Mr., on Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides,"
285
Knox, Rev. Dr., Master of Tunbridge School,
652, 653; copies Johnson's style, 73n., 677;
attacks Oxford, 6772.

Kristrom, Mr., a Swede, 228

School, 405

Langton, Bennet, copies draft of "Irene" for
George III., 32; introduced to Johnson, 81;
midnight ramble with Johnson, 82; writes for
"The Idler," 110; an original member of the
Literary Club, 164; his account of P. Langton,
178n.; succeeds Johnson as Professor in Ancient
Literature, 81n., 196n.; his marriage, 220%;
entertains Johnson at dinner, 269, 463, 487;
makes his will, 270; Johnson's opinion of, 281,
415, 492, 609, 632; edits Johnson's Latin verses,
2832.; his extravagance, 370, 478; militia
officer, 497-499, 582; recollection of Johnson
dictated, 526-539; defaces inscription on John-
son's portrait, 595; Johnson stays with, 164.
497, 615; sells some of Johnson's Latin poems,
674; his devotion in Johnson's last illness, 683;
one of Johnson's pall-bearers, 688; letters to
Boswell, 497, 520 ; letters to, from Johnson, gć.
108, 111, 112, 120, 188, 220, 222, 277, 307, 314.
400, 498, 578, 582, 617, 618, 627, 661, 665
Langton, George, 277

Langton, Jane, letter to, from Johnson, 629
Langton, Miss, 177, 179, 224

Langton, Mr., the elder, 120, 177, 179; offers
Johnson a living, 107; entertains Johnson at
dinner, 146; Johnson stays with, 164; Johnson's
opinion of, 264, 37°, 536

Langton, Mrs., 120 177, 220

Langton, Peregrine, death of, 177; account of,
178n.

Langton, Stephen, the Archbishop, 81

Lansdowne, Marquis of, 599, 6332.; his "Drink
ing Song to Sleep" quoted, 82; Johnson's
opinion of, 365, 593; on money matters, 457
Johnson's Intimacy with, 599

Lapland, reindeer imported from, 233.
Lapouchin, Madame, 488

La Trobe, Mr., a Moravian, 685
Laud, Archbishop, his diary quoted, 250
Lauder, William, Johnson writes preface to his
Essay on Milton, 75, 76
Lauderdale, Lord, 360n.
Law, Archdeacon, 517

Law, Bishop of Carlisle, 512n., 517

Law, William, his "Serious Call" praised by
Johnson, 17, 216; quoted, 638
Lawrence, Chauncey, 553

Lawrence, Dr., 22, 112, 360, 524, 662; letters to
from Johnson, 283, 518, 580, 582 (Latin)
Lea, Rev. Samuel, head-master of Newpcr
School, II

Le Courayer, Dr., History of the Council
Trent, Fr. trans. by, 31

Lee, Alderman, 382

Lee, Arthur, American diplomatist, 378, 379. 38
Lee, Jack, 440

Leeds, Duke of, 165; verses on his marriag
quoted, 531

Leek, in Staffordshire, earthquake at, 404
Le Fleming, Sir Michael, 158n.
Legrand, Abbé, 23n.
Leibnitz, G. W. 228

Leland, Rev. Dr. T., letter to from Johnsch,
168n.; his "History of Ireland," 268
Lenox, Mrs. C., 530, 630; Johnson writes
dedication for, 84, 123: translates for, 116

Le Roy, Julien, 318

"Lethe," a dramatic satire, 75

Lever, Sir Ashton, his Museum, 654

Levett, Mr., of Lichfield, 21; letter to, from John-

Lewis, Mrs. Charlotte, 124, 128
"Lexiphanes," a satire on Johnson, 188
Lichfield, 17,

verses

31, 96, 516; Johnson's birth-
place, 5; Johnson educated at, 8; lives at, 21,
24, 32, 33; visits, 187, 196, 284, 345, 579,
661, 669; manufactures of, 346; accent, 346; ale,
563; verses on, by Miss Seward, 653; tribute to,
in Dictionary, 669; corporation of, presents to
Johnson his father's house, 669n.
Lichfield, Lord, death of, 475

Liddel, Sir Henry, brings reindeer to Northum-
berland, 233.

Lilliburlero, ballad of, 302
Lincoln, 496

Lintot, Mr., bookseller, 30

Lintot, Mr., son of the bookseller, 148

Literary Magazine," The, comes out, 102;
gradually declines, 107; Johnson contributes
to, 102, 105, 109; article by Johnson quoted,

442

Literary Property, question before the Lords,

274, 301

Liverpool, Earl of, see Jenkinson, Right Hon.
Charles

"Lives of the Poets," Ion., 18n., 49n., 53n.,
10бn., 173n., 295n., 405, 420n., 490; advertised,
394; first four vols. published, 500; advertise-
ment quoted, 539n.; book completed, 539;
Johnson gives copy to Mrs. Boswell, 501; to
Lord Marchmont, 508; to Wilkes, 567; general
observations on, 539-551; quoted, 21, 317, 506,
541-551

Lloyd, Mr., a Quaker, 343
Lloyd, Mrs., 343

Lloyd, Olivia, Johnson in love with, 25
Lloyd, R., his Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion,"

297

66

Lobo, his "Voyage to Abyssinia," translated by
Johnson, 23

Lock, Mr., of Norbury Park in Surrey, quoted
by Johnson, 542
Locke, John, his "

Commonplace Book," 67; his
Thoughts on Education," 239, 496
Lochlomond, Johnson visits, 272; climate of,

504

Lockman, Mr., 528

Lofft, Capel, 631

Lombe, John, his silk mill, 416
London, Johnson first goes to, 30; settles in,
with his wife, 33; his love of, 107, 198, 215,
453, 503; his views on, 143, 305
London" Johnson's poem, 63, 155, 202; publi-
cation of, 36-40; Pope's note concerning, 45;
quoted, 40, 157, 379,

London Chronicle," The, 249, 439; Johnson
writes Introduction to, 106; Boswell reads
aloud to Johnson, 208; quoted, 556

70g

"London Magazine," The, 44n.; quoted, 219
"London Review," The, 171n.

Long, Dudley, afterwards North, 555; Johnson
on, 558
Longlands, Mr., 240
Longley, Mr., 529

Longman, the Messrs., 69
Looking-glasses, manufacture of, 320
Loudoun, Countess of, 498

Loughborough, Lord, see Wedderburn, Alexander
Louis XIV, 187, 234, 311, 319; saying of, 233;
statue of, 317; his embassy to Siam, 486
Louis XVI., 316, 319, 320n.
Lovage, or Levisticum, 307

Love, Mr., of Drury Lane theatre, 229
Loveday, Dr. John, 269

Loveday, John, of Caversham, 269
Lovibond, E., poems, 30

9, 10

Lowe, Rev. Canon, schoolfellow of Johnson's,
Lowe, Mauritius, a poor artist, befriended by
Johnson, 481, 503, 602, 603, 606

Lowth, R., Professor of Poetry, his controversy
with Warburton, 185.

Loyola, St. Ignatius, his asceticism, 20

Lucan, Lord, 165, 520, 651; tells anecdote of
Johnson, 559

Lucan, Lady, 520, 651

Lucas, Dr., his "Essay on Waters reviewed
by Johnson, 104
Lucian, quoted, 539

Lumm, Sir Francis, 1842.

Lunardi, Vincent, his balloon ascent, 663n.
Lutterel, Colonel, Wilkes's opponent, 212
Lydiat, history of, 63n.

Lye, Edward, his "Saxon and Gothic Diction-
ary," 177

Lynn Regis, 95

Lyttelton, George, Lord, 85, 89, 253, 260, 364,
448, 551; his History," 186; his Dialogues,
217, 339; Johnson's Life of, quoted, 548
Lyttelton, Thomas, Lord, his vision, 645

MACARTNEY, Lord, 1232., 127, 141n., 165, 292n.,
520; tells anecdote of Johnson, 360n. ; quoted
448n., 53on.

Macaulay, Rev. Kenneth, his "History of
St. Kilda," 190, 191; criticised by Johnson,
226

314

Macaulay, Mrs., wife of Rev. K. Macaulay,
Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine, 80, 252, 425; Johnson,
tells anecdote of, 153, 382; criticises, 167, 298,
369

Macbean, Mr., 43, 361, 561; Johnson's amanuen-
sis, 61; Johnson writes preface to his "Diction-
ary of Ancient Geography," 247; admitted to
Charterhouse, 526

Macbeth, Johnson's pamphlet on, 57
Macconochie, Mr., pleads for J. Knight, 436
Maccaronic verses, discussed by Johnson, 464
Macclesfield, Anne, Countess of, 55-57
Macdonalds, The, at Culloden, 273
Macdonald, Sir Alexander, 228, 229, 235
Macdonald, Angus, Lord of the Isles, 273.
Macdonald, Flora, 272, 275n.
Macdonald, Sir James, 153, 558n.
Macdonald, Lady Margaret, 504
Macdonald, Ronald, 288

66

Monckton, Miss, see Cork, Countess of
Moniteur, Le," founded by Panckoucke, 96n.
Montague, Mrs. E., 218, 370, 458, 519; painted
by Miss Reynolds, 448; Johnson's opinion of,
448, 630; her "Essay on Shakespeare," criti-
cised by Johnson, 203; her illness, 523; her con-
troversy with Johnson, 551

Montesquieu, his "Lettres Persannes," 468n.
"Monthly Review, The," Johnson's opinion of,
186, 364; quoted, 363n.

Montrose, Duke of, 568; anecdote of, 447n.
Monville, Mr., 317

Moody, Mr., 299, 300, 301

More, Hannah, 454, 563, 630, 643; her flattery
of Johnson, 469, 657; her Memoirs, 560n.;
quoted, 561n. ; her poem "Bas Bleu," 568
More, Dr. Henry, the Platonist, 230
More, Sir Thomas, 97

Morgan, Morice, tells two anecdotes of Johnson,

599

'Morning Chronicle, The," quoted, 584n.
Morris, Corbyn, quoted, 566n.

Morris, Miss, at Johnson's death-bed, 687
Mother's Catechism, (in Erse), presented by
Johnson to Bodleian Library, 277
Mounsey, Dr., censured by Johnson, 194
Mountstuart, Lord, 388, 516, 575; his bill for a
Scotch militia, 333, 351

Mudge, Dr., 126; letters to, from Johnson,
quoted, 617

Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, 126; his "Sermons"
criticised by Johnson, 564
Mulgrave, Lord, 354

Mull, visited by Johnson, 272, 285
Muller, Mr., engineer, 118n.
Mulso, Miss, see Chapone, Mrs.

Munro, Dr., his letter to Boswell, quoted, 626;
letter to, from Boswell, 625

Murphy, Arthur, 103, 153., 201, 215, 269, 274,
312, 362, 441, 622, 629; his Essay on Johnson,
18n., 48n., 131n.; his "Gray's Inn Journal," 109;
his Orphan of China, 112; his Poetical
Epistle to Johnson, quoted, 119; his share in
procuring Johnson's pension, 125; introduces
Johnson to the Thrales, 170; criticised by
Johnson, 217

Murray, Lord George, 273n.

Newport School, 11, 40n.

711

New Testament (Erse), presented by Johnson
to the Bodleian Library, 277
Newton, Sir Isaac, 158; praised by Johnson, 217
Newton, Dr., Bishop of Bristol, his censure of
Johnson, 634; his "Dissertations on the Pro-
phecies," 635

Nichols, Dr., 305; his "De Animâ Medicâ," 416
Nichols, John, 6192., 622; editor of the "Gentle-
man's Magazine," 25n; possesses papers of
Johnson's, 29, 42, 673; anecdotes of Johnson,
30n., 569; his account of Johnson's last days,
684; letters to, from Johnson, 548, 667

Nichols, Mr., the printer; letters to, from Johnson,
quoted, 540n.

Nicol, George, the King's bookseller, 621; letter
to, from Johnson, 666

Nicolaida, a learned Greek, 314

Nores, Jason de, his "Comments upon Horace,"
338

Norris, Mr., Johnson lodges with, 30

North, Lord, suppresses pamphlet of Johnson's,
220; unfriendly to Johnson, 221n., 224; his
letter to Vice-Chancellor concerning Johnson's
degree, 296

Norton, Sir Fletcher (Lord Grantley), Speaker
of the House of Commons, 204, 350
Northumberland, reindeer in, 2332.
Northumberland, Duke of, 195, 219
Northumberland, Duchess of, 298
Northumberland, Elizabeth, Duchess of, 460n.
Northumberland House, fire in, 519
Nottingham, learned pig of, 669
Nourse, Mr., bookseller, 357n.

Nowell, Dr., Principal of St. Mary Hall, visited
by Johnson, 639

Nugent, Dr., 164, 177, 261

Nugent, Robert, Lord Clare, 220, 476

"OBSERVATIONS on the Present State of Affairs,"
by Johnson, quoted, 103

O'Connor, Charles, account of, 395.; letters to
from Johnson, 107, 395

Odes by Johnson, on Friendship, 51; on Winter,
Offely, Mr., pupil of Johnson's, 27

59

469

Musgrave, Dr., 479

Murray, William, see Mansfield, Lord

Musgrave, Sir William, 48

Mylne, Mr., architect, 117

Mysargyrus, 83

NAIRNE, Mr., see Dunsinan, Lord

Nares, Rev. Mr., imitates Johnson, 676

5742.
Ogilvie, Dr. John, his poems criticised by John-

son, 143

Oldfield, Mrs., speaks epilogue to "The Dis
tressed Mother," 592.

Oldham, John, his Satires quoted, 36
Oldmixon, John, 992.

Oldys, William, 49; his literary work, 57
Oliver, Dame, teaches Johnson, 8

"Olla Podrida," Oxford collection of essays,
691n.

Omai, a South Sea Islander, Johnson's account