Historians, English, iii. 502. how characters should be drawn by, iv. History, i. 438; ii. 81, 81 n.; iii. 241, little really authentic, ii. 81, 81 n., iii. - an old almanack,' iii. 241 n. not supported by contemporary evi- of manners, the most valuable, ii. 313. jected translation of, i. 76, 104. Hobbes, Thomas, on the state of the mind Hogarth, his first interview with Johnson, Johnson's lines on the death of, i. 118. Holdbrook, Mr., Johnson's early instructor, - Johnson's seal, a head of, i. 388 n. 523. antiquity of, iv. 191. Pope's translation of, iv. 401. Madame Dacier's translation of, iv. Macpherson's translation of, iv. 194 n. 'Homo caudatus,' iii. 262. Honesty, noble instance of, ii. 341 n. Hook, Abbé, his translation of Berwick's Hooke, Nathaniel, ii. 408. -wrote the Duchess of Marlborough's Hoole, John, esq., i. 214 n., 372. his early instruction, v. 65. Johnson's letter to Warren Hastings - Johnson's elegant dedication of his Hoole, John, esq., his tragedy of 'Cleo- some account of, iii. 165 n. Hoole, John, esq., Johnson's letters to, - his diary of Johnson's last illness, v. Hope, i. 358; iv. 554. Hope, Dr., iii. 99; v. 157. Hopeton, John, Earl of, iv. 410 n. - - Dr. Douglas's collection of editions of, Horace's villa, iv. 105. Horne, Dr. George, Bishop of Norwich, his character of Johnson, v. 359, 461. Horrebow's History of Iceland, iv. 137. Horsley, Dr. Samuel, i. 466 n.; v. 145. Hospitality, ii. 161, 210; iv. 190, 349, - as formerly practised towards the poor, - to strangers and foreigners, decline of, Hospitals, administration of, iii. 418. power of expulsion by, iv. 284. best mode of speaking at the bar of, its power over the national purse, v. 50, Lord Bolingbroke's description of, iv. Hulks, punishment of the, iv. 124. miseries and happiness of, iii. 226. bones, Johnson's horror at the sight Hume, David, i. 175, 255, 452; ii. 8, his political principles, v. 71. his scepticism, iii. 483, 519; v. 187. I. Iceland, curious chapter out of the Na- Icolmkill, iii. 29, 34, 562. Idleness, i. 317, 443, 477; ii. 100; iv. 'Idler," Johnson's, i. 280, 317, 330, 334; character of the, i. 317. character of Sober in, intended as John- Ignorance, ii. 91; iv. 388. singular instance of, ii. 353; iv. 387. Ilam, Johnson's visit to, iv. 39. natural curiosity at, iv. 39, 40 n. Imitations, instances of Johnson's all' im- Imlac, character of, iv. 363. Immortality, iii. 234; iv. 41, 41 n. Impressions, folly of trusting to, iv. 497. - Improvisatore, Italian, iii. 463. Impudence, difference between Scotch and Ince, Richard, esq., author of papers in Inch Keith, ii. 291. Inch Kenneth, iii. 3, 16, 16 n., 23, 168, Johnson's Latin Ode on the island of, 'Incidit in Scyllam,' &c., whence taken, Income, living within, v. 106. India, government of, v. 94. - practice of going to, in quest of wealth, Indians, why not weak or deformed, v. Indigestion, Johnson's remedy for, iii. Indolence, Johnson's, i. 474, 494; iv. 397. Infidel writers, ii. 497; iii. 330; v. 187. conjugal, iii. 390; iv. 280, 280 n. Inheritance, consequences of anticipating, Inward light, i. 385. Inyon, Dr. i. 134. Ireland, i. 379, 391; ii. 240, 278. - injured by the union with England, hospitality to strangers in, iv. 350. its ancient state less known than that necessity of poor laws in, i. 389. acted at Drury-lane Theatre, i. 171. - - -- mix better with the English than the Johnson's compassion for the distresses Johnson's kindness for, iv. 287. - union, iv. 287. - gentlemen, good scholars among them, accent, ii. 153. impudence, iii. 182. language, iii. 476; iv. 91. parliament, iv. 299. and Welsh languages, affinity between, i. 312. his Origin of Evil,' i. 298. his epitaph on Johnson, i. 29. - epitaph prepared for him by Boswell, -application of a passage in Horace, to, - his Evidence of the Christian Reli. Jephson, Robert, esq., ii. 89 n. ; v. 224 n. Jodrell, Richard Paul, esq. iv. 302, 145; - some account of, v. 170 n. Johnson, Michael, father of Samuel, i. 1, JOHNSON, SAMUEL- Leading events of his life. [1709] his birth, i. 1. - --- inherited from his father 'a vile me- his account of the members of his traditional stories of his infant pre- afflicted with scrofula, i. 14. particulars of his boyish days, i. 22. [1727] leaves Stourbridge and passes two translates Pope's Messiah' into the 'morbid melancholy' lurking in - [1731] quits college, i. 47. [1732] becomes usher of Market-Bosworth [1733] removes to Birmingham, i. 54. [1734] returns to Lichfield, i. 58. - proposes to print the Latin poems of offers to write for the Gentleman's [1736] marries Mrs. Porter, nearly double opens a private academy at Edial, [1737] goes to London with Garrick, i. 72. - - retires to lodgings at Greenwich, i. 76. - projects a translation of the History returns to Lichfield and finishes his removes to London with his wife, [1738] becomes a writer in the Gentle- writes the debates in both houses of -- i. 112. [1740] writes the Lives of Blake, Drake, 6 [1741] writes translation of the Jests of [1747] publishes the plan, or prospectus, forms the King's Head Club in Ivy- [1749] publishes The Vanity of Human his Irene' acted at Drury-lane The- [1750] begins to publish The Rambler," his prayer on commencing the under- [1751] writes Life of Cheynel,' Letter [1752] occupied with his Dictionary, and - - death of his wife, i. 212; his af- circle of his friends at this time, i. [1753] writes the papers in the Adven- [1754] writes the Life of Cave, i. 243. - JOHNSON, SAMUEL- Leading events of his life. [1754] obtains the degree of Master of - his depressed state of mind at this the Academy della Crusca present – projects a scheme of life for Sunday, [1756] publishes an abridgment of his writes essays in the Universal Vi- - superintends, and largely contributes - - issues proposals for an edition of - is offered a living, but declines en- - [1759] loses his mother, i. 324. .writes his Rasselas' to defray the makes an excursion to Oxford, i. 6 writes a Dissertation on the Greek - forms rules and resolutions for the [1761] writes Preface to 'Rolt's' Dic- [1762] writes Dedication to the king of 'Kennedy's Astronomical Chrono- |