Booksellers, the, contracting with
Johnson for the Dictionary, i.135;
their rights, risks, and profits,
iii. 15, 16; their generosity, iv. 2.
Boothby, Hill, the lady for whom
Johnson had so tender and re-
spectful a regard, iv. 20.
Boscawen, Mrs., Boswell's praise
of, iii. 331, 411.
Boscovich, Père, visits England, ii.
368; account of, 368 n.
Bosville, Mr., Boswell writes from
his seat at Thorpe, iii. 355; his
wife a mighty intelligent lady,
Boswell desires to see Johnson, i.
305; his first introduction in the
back parlour of Davies' shop,
310; Reynolds's first portrait of
Johnson given to Boswell, 311;
calls on Johnson at his chambers
in the Temple, 313; meets
Johnson at an eating house,
318; his pleasant parties at the
Mitre, 336, 339; lives in Mr.
Temple's chambers in the
Temple, 347; takes a boat with
Johnson and spends the day at
Greenwich, 363-367; sets out
on his travels, 367; with John-
son at Colchester, 371, and
Harwich, 373; parts with John-
son, 375; finds Utrecht very
dull, 375; letters to and from
Johnson, 375-378; returns to
London, ii. 23; returns to Scot-
land, 36; publishes Corsica, 60;
goes to London again, 60; not
finding Johnson, follows him to
Oxford, 61; at the Shakespeare
Jubilee, 78; at the famous din-
ner when Goldsmith wore the
bloom-coloured coat, 89; marries
Miss Margaret Montgomerie,
137; his fourth visit to London,
144; his defence of the school-
master, 154, 177; calls on John-
son with General Paoli on Easter
Day, 1772, 183; invited to dine
with Johnson on Easter Day,
1773, 203; proposed by John-
son, 385, and elected a member
of the Club, 224; called by
Johnson an unscottified Scotch-
man, 226; accompanies John-
son for a three months' tour to
the Hebrides, 247; announces
the birth of a son, 348; the
estate of Auchinleck, and the
question of the entail, iii. 3-11;
arrives in London a sixth time,
and visits Johnson, 16; goes
with Johnson to Oxford, 25;
from thence they drive through
Stratford, 37, and Henley, 39;
to Birmingham, 40; learns from
Mr. Hector many particulars of
Johnson's early life, 43; arrives
at Lichfield, 44, at Ashbourne,
55; lives, Johnson says, among
savages in Scotland, and rakes
in London, 116; returns
Scotland, 118; goes to meet
Johnson at Dr. Taylor's at Ash-
bourne, 168; his seventh visit
to London, 240; Johnson says
"he is the best travelling com-
panion in the world," 301;
man whom everybody likes,"
358; his ill-behaviour at a party,
and his apology, iv. 62; a very
clubable man, 183; Johnson's
last letter to, 289; Mr. Courte-
nay's verses on, i. 168, ii. 248;
Johnson says, "If I were to
lose Boswell, it would be a limb
amputated," iv. 41.
Boswell, Mrs., did not take to
Johnson, ii. 249; her satirical
saying of Boswell being led by
a bear, 249 n.; Johnson makes
her a present of his Lives, and
the Poets, 367; her admirable
saying about the possible bless-
ings of wealth, iii. 189 n.
Sir Alexander, the author's
eldest son, born, ii. 348 n.;
killed in a duel, 174.
James, the author's son, his
sale, at which many of his fa-
ther's MSS. were sold, i. 136,
iii. 361 n.
Boswell, Veronica, the author's
eldest daughter, Johnson's mes-
sage to, iii. 163; died, 163 n.
David, the author's brother,
introduced to Johnson, iii. 417;
furnishes particulars of John-
son's last illness, iv. 320.
Thomas, founder of the
family, slain at Flodden, iii. 3.
David, iii. 3.
History of the family of,
from its founder, promised by
Johnson if Boswell would collect
the materials, iv. 136.
Botanist, Johnson says that before
he can become one, he must
turn himself into a reptile, i. 300.
Boufflers, Madame de, her visit to
Johnson, ii. 367; account of,
367 n.
Bouhours, Dominique, writes to
prove that all beauty depends on
truth, ii. 94.
Boulter's monument, Dr. Madden's
poem, so called, corrected by
Johnson, i. 250.
Boulton, the iron chieftain of Bir-
mingham, iii. 42.
Bourdaloue, "prêche fort bien, ct
moi bien fort," ii. 226 n.
Bourdonne, Madame de, her witty
reply, ii. 226 n.
Bouts-rimès, Lady Miller's, ii.
309 n.
Bow, Johnson's, to an Archbishop,
described, iv. 135.
Bow-wow way, Lord Pembroke
says Johnson's sayings would
not seem so extraordinary but
for his bow-wow way, ii. 300 n.
Bowles, William, Esq., entertains
Johnson at Heale, iv. 165.
Bower, Mr., writes the history of
the Romans for Ancient Uni-
versal History, iv. 291.
Bowyer, Mr., his Life, "full of con-
temporary history," iv. 279 n.
Boy or man, which is the hap-
piest? i. 358.
"Boy, I love to be a," says Burke,
iv. 39.
Boydell, Mr. Alderman," that emi-
nent patron of the arts," ii. 272.
Boyish days, Johnson and Garrick
tell old stories of their, iii. 25.
Boyle, John, Earl of Orrery, i.
137 n.; letter from, to Dr.
Birch, ibid.
Mr., his Martyrdom of Theo-
dora, characterized by Johnson,
i. 244.
Boyse, Samuel, Johnson's early
associate, for whom he collected
sixpences to get his clothes out
of pawn, iv. 315.
Bradshaigh, Lady, her flattery of
Richardson, i. 150.
Braithwaite, Mr., of the Post
Office, iv. 203.
Bramhill, Bishop, on liberty and
necessity, ii. 106.
Bramins, Johnson calls them the
mastiffs of mankind, iv. 45.
Bread, better than the bread fruit,
ii. 232.
Breakfast, Johnson entertains a
party at, ii. 341; delightful con-
versation at, with Johnson and
Mr. and Mrs. Thrale, iii. 17;
"in splendour," 389.
Brewery, Thrale's, sold, iv. 44 n. ;
Johnson describes the property
as, "the potentiality of growing
rich," 44 n.; price given for,
£135,000, iv. 82.
Brighthelmstone, Johnson's stay
at, iii. 128.
Bristol, visited, iii. 94, 95.
Britain, state of ancient, little
known of it, iii. 333.
British Princes, the poem, absurd
lines from, ii. 109 n.
British Synonymy, Mrs. Piozzi's,
Brocklesby, Dr., a delightful com-
panion, iv. 120; his constant at-
tendance on Johnson, 189, 193;
Johnson's letter to, from Ash-
bourne, iv. 262; his generous
and liberal offer to Johnson, iv.
249;
Johnson desires him to
choose a book as a remembrance,
Browne, Sir Thomas, Life of, by
Johnson, i. 240; imitated by
Johnson, i. 168; his saying about
devils, iii. 300; one of Johnson's
archetypes, iii. 270.
Dr. John, ii. 128.
Isaac Hawkins, got into
Parliament and never opened
his mouth, ii. 310.
Brownism, so Boswell calls the
strange words, and pompous
style Johnson sometimes bor-
rowed from Sir Thomas Browne,
i. 240, 241.
Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller,
ii. 306 n.
Robert, Johnson requested
to draw a character of him for
Lord Hailes, ii. 348; desires his
heart to be taken to Jerusalem,
iii. 203.
Brundusium, Horace's journey to,
discussed, iii. 264.
Bryant, Jacob, his saying about
Johnson's knowledge of Greek,
iv. 292.
Brydone, Patr., his Tour through
Sicily and Malta, iii. 50 n.;
would be a good traveller if more
attentive to his Bible, iii. 353.
Buchanan, his poems discussed, i.
365; has fewer centos than any
modern Latin poet, ii. 98; John-
son's praise of, though a Scotch-
man, iv. 127.
Buckingham House, Queen Char-
lotte's house where Johnson had
the interview with George III.,
ii. 50.
Buckles, Mrs. Thrale makes John-
son buy new ones, iii. 326.
Budgel, Eustace, his suicide, ii. 216.
Buffier, Claude, his Traité des
vérités premières much com-
mended by Reid, i. 374 n.; ac-
count of, 374.
Bulkeley, Mrs., plays Miss Hard-
castle, ii. 206.
Bulldog, Dr. Taylor's, criticized by
Johnson, iii. 214.
Bunbury, Mr. Henry, marries
Goldsmith's friend Miss Hor-
neck, i. 328.
Bunyan, John, Johnson's praise
of, compares his commencement
of the Pilgrim's Progress with
Dante, ii. 223.
Burgoyne, General, the disaster of
his army, iii. 352.
Burke, Edmund, his saying that
Johnson's ladies were all John-
sons in petticoats, i. 170; his ad-
vice to live pleasant," 272; his
ironical vindication of natural
society, 368; one of the ori-
ginal members of the Club, ii.
2; attacked by Sir John Haw-
kins at the Club, 3; his duties
oblige him to leave the Club, 32;
his slight Irish accent, 157; his
Essay on the Sublime and Beau-
tiful, an example of true cri-
ticism, 94; Boswell introduced
to, 224; winds into a subject
like a serpent, 242; his manu-
scripts lent to Campbell and
lost, 402; Johnson acknow-
ledges an" extraordinary man,"
ii. 34, and calls forth all his
powers, 35; his private and
public life, 91; his commenda-
tion of Johnson's argument in
defence of liberty of censure in
the pulpit, 105; his share in
the Round Robin, 123; com-
mends Johnson's Journey for its
description of the inhabitants
of mountainous countries, 170;
his Letter to the Inhabitants of
Bristol on the Affairs of America,
211; his dispute with Johnson
as to the comparative excellence
of Homer and Virgil, 216; his
classical pun on Wilkes carried
by the mob, 324; his fine house
and lands, 313; Johnson's speech
about, 313, 314, n.; the only
man whose common conversa-
tion corresponds with the ge-
neral fame, 440; his high ap-
preciation of Johnson, "It is
enough for me to have rung the
bell to him," 446; his saying
about an imitation of Johnson,
iv. 21; a wonderful man, 42;
the ebullition of his mind, 112;
his constant stream of conversa-
tion, 201; in all places an ex-
traordinary man," 201; John-
son's last interview with, 313.
Burke, Richard, account of, iv.
153 n.; visits Jolinson, and
"did very well indeed," 153 n.
Burman, Peter, account of the
Life of, by Johnson, i. 111.
Burnet, his History of his Own
Times" very entertaining," ii.
Burnett, Miss, Lord Monboddo's
daughter, whose beauty was ex-
tolled by Burns, ii. 145 n.
Burney, Dr. C., on the reception of
the Rambler, i. 155; compares
the Rambler with the Specta-
tor, 171; his delight with the
Rambler, 223, and with the plan
of the Dictionary, 224, 254;
Johnson's letter to, 254; his ac-
count of his visit to Johnson,
256; his conversation with John-
son on Smart's madness, 315;
his praise of Johnson's Preface
to Shakespeare, and Johnson's
letter in reply, ii. 20; gets an
introduction from Johnson to
enable him to examine the MS.
music at Oxford, iii. 362; wishes
to examine a Welsh manuscript in
the Bodleian, 362; his youngest
son accompanied to College by
Johnson, 363; his story of an
admiring friend and the hearth-
brush, iv. 84; his entertaining
Travels, 128.
Burney, Fanny, her imitation of
Johnson's style, iv. 297; at tea
with Johnson and Boswell,
Boswell talks of Cecilia, iv. 156;
note concerning, and her age
when she wrote Evelina, with
Mr. Croker's remarks, 368; the
register of her baptism, 369;
Lord Macaulay on, 371; Lord
Jeffrey on, 371.
Burrowes, Dr., Rector of St. Cle-
ment Danes, preaches on evil
speaking, iii. 372.
Dr., Dean of Cork, his essay
on the style of Dr. Johnson, i.
165 n.; iv. 293.
Burton, Robert, author of the
Anatomy of Melancholy, i. 31;
iii. 27; the only book that ever
took Johnson out of bed two
hours sooner than he wished to
rise, ii. 120; Byron's praise of
it, quoted, 120.
Burton's books, Johnson inquires
for, iv. 185 n.
Bust of Johnson, by Nollekens, iv.
324, 411; by Bacon, iv. 406.
Bute, the Earl of, announces to
Johnson the pension granted by
King George III., i. 296; John-
son's letters to, 298, 302; his
advice to the King criticized, ii.
322; his undue partiality to
Scotchmen, 323; took down too
fast without building up, 324;
it would have been better for
the nation if, had never been
minister, or had never resigned,
iii. 53.
Butler, the poet, quoted, ii. 336.
Butter, Dr., one of Johnson's phy-
sicians, iii. 56; at one time lived
at Derby, 191; Johnson leaves
him a book as a remembrance,
iv. 309.
Byng, Admiral, his cause pleaded
by Johnson, i. 245; Voltaire's
efforts in his behalf, 245 n.;
not a martyr to "political per-
secution," 246 n.
the Hon. John, his letter de-
scribing Johnson's death, iv. 321.
Byron, on Johnson's Vanity of
Human Wishes, i. 143; on
Sheridan doing everything of the
best, iii. 149.
Cabbages, Johnson proposes as a
subject for a poem, iii. 38.
Cadell, Mr., publisher of Johnson's
political pamphlets, and of the
Journey, ii. 112, 288; agent for
the Clarendon Press in London,
iii. 15, 16.
Caliban, the, of literature, John-
son so called, ii. 127.
Called, being, mysterious facts re-
lated, iv. 50.
Callimachus, a writer of little ex-
cellence, iii. 427.
Cambray, the English nunnery
there, ii. 263.
Cambridge, Johnson's visit to, ii. 9.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, enter-
tains Johnson, Reynolds, &c., at
his villa at Twickenham, ii. 329;
his books, 331; fortunate senex,
his beautiful villa, happy circum-
stances, and animation of mind,
iv. 134; discusses with Johnson
the Spanish translation of Sal-
lust, 133; has a picture made of
Johnson as the ghost appearing
to Boswell, iv. 406.
Camden, Lord, and Goldsmith,
iii. 314; and Garrick, 315.
Cameron, Dr. Archibald, executed,
Campbell, Bishop Archibald, on
the Middle State, ii. 204 n., 394,
395; Johnson's account of, iv.
210.
Campbell, Mr. Archibald, author
of Lexiphanes, 59 n.
Rev. Dr., of St. Andrew's,
his MS. Essay, published by Mr.
Innes, as his own, i. 285.
Dr. John, translator of Her-
mippus Redivivus, i. 331, 332 n.,
ii. 65, 203; "not much in his Po-
litical Survey," iii. 33; his inac-
curacy, 258.
Rev. Mr. John, minister of
Kippen, his letter quoted, ii.
45.
Mungo, his shooting Lord
Eglintoune, ii. 76.
Colonel Mure, marries Miss
Macleod, of Rasay, iii. 152.
Dr. Thomas, the Irish Dr.
Campbell, account of, ii. 396;
his works, 396, 397; visits
London chiefly to see Johnson,
398; his Life of Goldsmith,
401; his Diary lost and found,
401, 402; his "Strictures "
quoted, ii. 479; his different
version of Johnson's letter to
O'Connor, 479.
Candide, its resemblance to Rasse-
las, i. 270 n., iii. 353.
Candour, anecdote exemplifying
Johnson's, iv. 33, 169.
"Canst thou not minister to a
mind diseased?" quoted by
Johnson, i. 306.
Cant, modern, Johnson thus stig-
matizes the wrong use of certain
words, iii. 219; "A man who
has been canting all his life may
cant to the last," says Johnson
of Dr. Dodd, 280;
66 Clear
your mind of cant," iv. 154.
Canus, Melchior, a Spanish Do-
minican, ii. 353.
Capability Brown, the gardener,
iii. 390.
Capitulate Johnson says in his
illness, "I will be conquered, I
will not capitulate," iv. 285."
Care: Horace says, "No ship
leaves care behind," ii. 197,
198.
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