Youth.

Zozima.

YOUTH, companions of our, iv. 170; scenes, i. 429; ii. 528, n. 1; v. 513.

ZEILA, i. 102. ZELIDE, ii. 64, n. I.

Z.

ZECK, George and Luke, ii. 8. ZECKLERS, ii. 8, n. 1.

Zobeide, iii. 44.

ZOFFANI, J., iv. 485, n. 3.

ZON, Mr., i. 318.

ZOZIMA, i. 259.

Abandon.

ABANDON. 'Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would abandon his mind to it,' iv. 211. ABSTRACT. 'Why, Sir, he fancies so, because he is not accustomed to abstract,' ii. 114.

ABSURD. 'When people see a man absurd in what they understand, they may conclude the same of him in what they do not understand,' ii. 533. ABUSE. 'Warburton, by extending his abuse, rendered it ineffectual,' v. 105; 'They may be invited on purpose to abuse him,' ii. 415; 'You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one,' i. 473. ACCELERATION. 'You cannot conceive with what acceleration I advance towards death,' iv. 474. Accommode. 'J'ai accommodé un dîner qui faisait trembler toute la France' (recorded by Boswell), v. 353, n. 3.

ACTION. 'Action may augment noise, but it never can enforce argument,'

ii. 242.

ADMIRATION. Very near to admiration is the wish to admire,' iii. 467, 12. 3.

AGAIN. See him again' (Beauclerk),

iv. 228.

ALIVE.

Argument.

Almanac. 'Then, Sir, you would reduce all history to no better than an almanac' (Boswell), ii. 419.

AMAZEMENT. 'His taste is amazement,' ii. 47, 12. I. AMBASSADOR. 'The ambassador says well,' iii. 467. ⚫AMBITION.

'Every man has some time in his life an ambition to be a wag,' iv. 2, n. I. AMERICAN. 'I am willing to love all mankind, except an American,' iii. 329. AMUSEMENTS. I am a great friend to public amusements,' ii. 195. ANCIENTS. 'The ancients endeav oured to make physic a science and failed; and the moderns to make it a trade and have succeeded' (Ballow), iii. 25, n. 5.

. satire?' iv. 34.

'Sir, I have found you an argument, but I am not obliged