Trecothick, Barlow, Lord Mayor, 382, 432 Trianon, Johnson at the, 319 Trimlestown, Lord, 441, 442 Tuilleries, The, Johnson at, 318
Turk's Head Coffee House, Johnson sups at, 152
Turk's Head, meeting place of The Club, 164 Tursellinus, his "Life of St. Ignatius Loyola," 20 Turton, Dr., 416 Twalmley, box-iron, 600
the Great," inventor of a kind of
Twiss, his "Travels in Spain," criticised by John-
Veal, Mrs., story of the ghost of, 231 Versailles, visited by Johnson, 315, 319 Verses to Lady Firebrace, by Johnson, 42 Vertot, René Aubert, Sieur de, his "Révolutions Romaines," 260
Vesey, Mr., 164, 291, 537
Vestris, report of Johnson's taking dancing lessons with, 557
Vilette, Rev. Mr., Chaplain of Newgate, praised by Johnson, 652
Virgil, 18, 19, 87, 280, 485; Johnson's translation
from, 11; edited by Dr. Joseph Warton, 83n.; compared with Homer, 429; with Theocritus, 526; discussed, 610; quoted, 17, 157, 180, 218, 247, 436n., 592, 600 "Vision of Theodore the Hermit," by Johnson,63 "Vitalis, Janus," quoted, 451
Voltaire 96n., 175, 191, 203, 318., 323, 466, 485; his cruel jest on Admiral Byng, 105; his com- parison between Pope and Dryden, 173; at- tacks Johnson in "Dictionnaire Philosoph- ique," 171; his "Candide," compared with "Rasselas," 114, 495; quoted, 115, 148 Vyse, Rev. Dr., letters to, from Johnson, 400 526m.; his letter to Boswell 400
WALDEGPAVE, Ladies, Reynolds' portrait of,
Wales, Johnson's impression of, 279
Walker, Joseph Cooper, 107; his letter to Bos- well, quoted, 395n.
Walker, Mr., master of elocution, his conversation with Johnson, 605
Wall, Dr., physician at Oxford, 638 Waller, Edmund, quoted, 307n., 540, 636n.; Life of, in "Biographia Britannica," quoted, 482n.; Johnson's Life of, quoted, 541
Walmsley, Gilbert, eulogised by Johnson, in "Lives of Poets" 21; consulted by John- son about "Irene," 29; his prediction about Johnson, 65; his letter to Rev. J. Colson, 30 Walpole, Horace, 112n., 153n.; contributes to "The World," 85n. ; sale of his pictures, 654; Johnson on, 645; his "Reminiscences," 300.; his account of Dr. Dodd, 406n. ; his collection of bons mots, 428n.; his Memoirs of the Reign of George III., 647n.; quoted, 139n., 233n., 598n., 601n., 639n.; his Letters, 134n., 256n., 298n., quoted, 492.
Walpole, Sir R., 44n., 447, 647; Johnson on, 40, 244, 373, 558
Walton, Izaak, 308; his "Complete Angler," 43.; his Lives, 277, 278, 338, 339, 393; praised by Johnson, 308
Warburton, Bishop, 1847.,232n., 635; his com- pliment to Johnson, 57; his friendly message to Johnson, 87; compared by Johnson with Theobald, 109; his controversy with Lowth, 185; on Mallet's "Life of Bacon," 429; his style of comment, 475.; tribute to from Johnson, 544; his "Divine Legation," 545; his letter to Dr. Birch,quoted, 2
Ward, well-known quack, 507
Wardlaw, Lady, her ballad of Hardyknute, 204 Warley Camp, Johnson visits, 497
Warren, Dr., Johnson's physician, 165, 680, 685 Warren, John, of Pembrokeshire, 24 Warren, Mr., bookseller, 23, 24
Warton, Rev. Joseph, 35n., 165, 1842., 187, 499; his Essay on Pope, praised by Johnson, 153, 232, 442; letters to from Johnson, 83, 214 Warton, Thomas, the elder, Professor of Poetry, 83n. Warton, Rev. T., the younger, 35"., 83., 164; his account of Johnson's visit to Oxford, 90; his poem, "The Progress of Discontent," 94n. elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford, 108л.; writes in "The Idler," 110; visited by Johnson, 339; Johnson criticises his poetry, 414; his History of English Poetry, 4642.; his dispute with Huggins about Ariosto, 528, 529; his witty saying, 647; letters to from Johnson quoted, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 108, 111, 196, 213
Watson, Dr., Bishop of Llandaff, his “ Chemical Essays," 572
Watts, Dr. Isaac, his poems, 500; criticised by Johnson, 104, 401, 496; Johnson's Life of,
Welch, Saunders, 511; his intimacy with Johnson, 437, 438n.; anecdote of, 596; letter to from Johnson, 437
Wentworth, Mr., Master at Stourbridge School,
Wesley, Rev. John, believes Newcastle ghost story, 470; Johnson's opinion of his conversa- tion, 443; quoted, 2162.; letter to from John- son, 509
West, G., his translation of Pindar criticised by Johnson, 537
Westmoreland, Earl of, 117n.
Wetherell, Dr., Master of University College, Oxford, 306; Johnson calls on, 337; dines with, 644; letters to from Johnson, 330 Wheatley, near Oxford, Johnson at, 644 Wheeler, Rev. Dr., 524; letter to from Johnson, 498
Whitaker, Rev. J. 2112; his "History of Man- chester," 485
White, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Episcopal Church in Virginia, letter to from Johnson, 248 Whitefield, George, the preacher, 19; Johnson's opinion of his oratory, 200, 514 Whitefoord, Caleb, his amusing essays, 649 Whitehead, Paul, Johnson's prejudice against, 38 Whitehead, William, Poet Laureate, 60; Mason's Memoirs of, 3; his Elegy to Lord Villiers, quoted, 570
"Whole Duty of Man," Johnson discusses author- ship of, 261
Wickins, Lichfield draper, his anecdote of John-
Wilkes, John, 38n., 42, 132, 133, 175, 198; essay in "The Public Advertiser," 100; befriends Francis Barber, 117; Johnson writes against, 212; meets Johnson at the Dilly's, 377-383; Johnson on, 424; his conversation with Boswell, 440; his attack on Garrick, 506; his conduct during the Gordon riots, 521, 522; repeats re- partee of Pope's, 545; his conversation with Johnson, 565-567; tells sentimental anecdote, 659n; letter to from Dr. Smollett, 117 Willes, Chief Justice, 566
William III., Johnson's opinion of, 268, 300 Williams, Anna, 80, 84, 225, 255; her account of Mrs. Johnson, 272.; lives with Johnson, 76, 173; his intimacy with Johnson, 142, 159; with Johnson at Oxford, 196n.; her dexterity in making tea, 206; petitioner for Hetherington's
charity, 279; Johnson's forbearance with, 361, 378, 489; angry with the Thrales, 372; dines with Dr. Percy, 459; her illness, 389, 390, 399, 402, 403, 435, 498, 591; her death, 615; her writings, 47, 181; Johnson's tale in her "Mis- cellanies," 258
Williams, Helen Maria, complimented by John- son, 633 Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, 184 Williams, Dr. Zachariah, Johnson writes a pam- phlet for, 912., 100
Wilson, case of, Johnson's opinion on, 244 Wilson, Father, 317
Wilson, Rev. Mr., dedicates to Johnson his "Archæological Dictionary," 588; letter to from Johnson, 588
Wilton, Joseph, R.A., 2752.
Windham, Right Hon. William, 165, 286, 494. 597, 622, 631, 658, 663; at Johnson's death- bed, 685, 686; pall-bearer, 688; letters to from Johnson, 613, 665
Windsor, visited by Johnson, 82 "Winter's Walk, The," by Johnson, quoted, 58 Wirgman's toy-shop in St. James's St., 481 Wise, F., Radclivian librarian, 90 Woffington, Peg, anecdote of, 457 Wood, Antony à, quoted, 14 Woodhouse, the poetical shoemaker, criticised by Johnson, 217
"World, The," 85, 86; Johnson's opinion of, 142 "World Displayed, The," Introduction to by Johnson, 116
Wraxall, N.W., 520; his Memoirs quoted, 593. Wray, Sir Cecil, 627n.
Wurtemberg, Prince of, anecdote of, 238 Wyndham, Sir William, letter from Bolingbroke to, quoted, 445n
XENOPHON, his "Treatise of Economy," 389 Xerxes, 256, 431
YALDEN, poems by, 500 Yonge, Sir William, 230; writes Epilogue to "Irene," 65
York, Edward, Duke of, 172 Young, Dr., 71, 451; his "Universal Passion," 549; his Satires," 573n.; his "Night Thoughts," 206, 549; quoted, 417, 474, 565, 640; life of, by Sir Herbert Croft, 548 Young, Professor, imitates Johnson, 677 Young, son of the poet, 572 Yvery, House of, 601
ZECK, George and Luke, 174
Zon, Mr., His Excellency, Venetian Resident, 91
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