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Boswell, Mrs. Letters of Johnson to, ii. 156, 189, 513.

Dr. his character of Johnson, ii. 104.

Mr. Thomas David, ii. 397; iii. 173.

Boucher, Governour, ii. 462.

Boufflers, Mad. de, ii. 52.

Braithwaite, Mr. iii. 69.

Bribery, ii. 7.

Brocklesby, Dr. his kind attention to Johnson, ii. 527; iii. 32, 56, 109, 160.
Letters of Johnson to, iii. 34, 123, & seq.

Brown, Mr. i. 15.

Browne, Sir Thomas, his life by Johnson, i. 187.

Brydone's Tour, ii. 341.

Buchan, Earl of, anecdote of, i. 427.

Buchanan, i. 283.

Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," i. 470.

Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of and remarks on, ii. 82, 151, 318, 416,

420; iii. 67, 95, 140, 166.

the authour introduced to him, i. 471.

his "Essay on the Sublime," &c., i. 371.

his "Letter on the Affairs of America,” ii. 228.

Burke, Mr. jun. ii. 24.

Burman, his life by Johnson, i. 94.

Burnet's History, i. 454.

Burney, Dr. ii. 350.

Johnson's letters to him, i. 159, 196, 198, 307; iii. 38, 129, 142.
Anecdotes of Johnson related by him, ii. 53, 495-

Burney, Miss, Johnson's praise of her and her works, iii. 27, 67.

her imitations of Johnson's style, iii. 153.

Burrowes, Reverend Robert, his remarks on and imitations of Johnson's style,

iii. 150.

Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy," ii. 77.

"Burton's books," iii. 52.

Bute, Lord, ii. 16, 96, 150, 490.

Butter, Dr. ii. 212; iii. 160.

Byng, Admiral, his epitaph, i. 191.

Byng, Hon. John, his Letter to Mr. Malone, relative to Johnson's death, iii. 174

C.

CALLIMACHUS, ii. 406.

Cambridge University, Johnson's visit to, i. 300.

Cameron, Dr. Archibald, i. 88.

Campbell, Hon. Archibald, i. 456; ii. 70.

Dr. John, i. 257, 456; ii. 265.

his "Political Survey," ii. 81.

.Dr. Thomas, ii. 7, 12, 13.

Mungo, ii. 229.

Camus Melchoir, ii. 40.

Capel's Shakspeare, ii. 407.

Careless, Mrs. ii. 88.

"Careless Husband," origin of a scene in that comedy, i. 107.

Carleton, Captain, his "Memoirs," iii. 106.

Carlisle, Earl of, his poems, ii. 479.

his tragedy, ii. 43.

Carter, Mrs. i. 83; iii. 67.

Cator, John, Esq. Johnson's character of him and his fine seat, iii. 92. Cattle extraordinary, ii. 204.

Cave, Mr. Edward, his life by Johnson, i. 153, and see i. 429; ii. 318. Johnson's letters to him, i. 48, 60, 71, 2, 3, 81, 2, 95, 6. Chamberlayne, Reverend Mr. iii. 75.

Chambers, Sir Robert, i. 498.

Letter from Johnson to him, i. 166.

Chapone, Mrs. letter of Johnson to, iii. 43.
Charlemont, Earl of, ii. 455.

Charles I. ii. 25, Johnson's opinion of.

II. ii. 7,

Chastity, ii. 86; iii. 157, and see Marriage.

Chatterton's poems, ii. 129.

Chesterfield, Lord, i. 112, 155, 453, 535; ii. 338, 364, 526; iii. 105. his "Letters," i. 156; ii. 132.

Johnson's severe letter to him, i. 158.

Cheyne's "English Malady," ii. 157.

Children, i. 17, 277; ii. 53, 118, 188.

Christian religion, evidence of, i. 279; ii. 229, 314.

Churchill's poetry, i. 258.

Chymistry, ii. 30.

Cibber, Colley, i. 107, 247, 327; ii. 146, 226; iii. 41, and see George II.

Theophilus, his "Lives of the Poets," ii. 118, 123.

Clarendon, Lord, continuation of his "History,” ii. 65.

Clarke, Dr. his works, iii. 172.

Clarke, Richard, Esq. iii. 52.

"Cleone," Dodsley's, ii. 416.

"Cleonice," Hoole's, i. 508.

Clergy, The, i. 425, 473, & seq.; ii. 195, 306, 312, 453, 4, 463.

Advice to a young clergyman, ii. 400.

Clerk, Sir Philip Jennings, ii. 457.

Clive, Lord, ii. 374.

Clive, Mrs. the actress, ii. 409; iii. 41.

Club, Essex-he. d, established by Johnson, iii. 48, 9, 52.

Coachmakers'-hall debating society, ii. 466, 7.

Cobb, Mrs. ii. 93, 382.

Cock-lane ghost, i. 250; ii. 280.

Collections in writing, their use, i. 371.

Collins, the poet, i 234.

Colman, George, Esq. i. 529; ii. 163, 410.

his "Letter from Lexiphanes," iii. 151.

Compliments, ii. 264.

Condescension, ii. 101.

Conge d' Elire, iii. 99.

Congreve, his works, i. 367, 374.

Congreve, Reverend Mr. i. 17; ii. 89.

"Connoisseur," i. 259.

O'Conor, Charles, Esq. Johnson's letters to, on his "Account of Ireland,"

i. 195; ii. 175.

Controversial writings, ii. 78, 106.

Convents, i. 315.

Conversation, ii. 79, 83, 97, 134, 227, 329, 476, 520.

Cook, Captain, ii. 104.

Convocation, The, of the Clergy, i. 286; iii. 68.

Coriat, Tom, i. 427.

Cork, Earl of, ii. 226.

Corsican language, i. 365.

Courtenay, John, Esq. extracts from his poem on Johnson's character, i. 29, 136,

191, 209, 493; iii. 148.

Cowley, Johnson's life of, ii. 426.

Cowper, Gilbert, i. 398.

Crabbe, Reverend Mr. his "Village," ii. 526.

Croft, Reverend Herbert, iii. 81, 88.

his "Life of Young," ii. 441.

Cromwell, Oliver, Johnson's design of writing his life, iii. 35.

Crousaz, i. 83, 97.

Cruikshank, Mr. letter of Johnson to, iii. 134.

Cullen, Dr. consulted on Johnson's illness, iii. 57.

Cumberland, Richard, Esq. ii. 445; iii. 149.

D.

DALRYMPLE, Sir John, his "Memoirs," i. 453.

Davies, Mr. Thomas, character and anecdotes of, i. 239, 240, 353, 373, 495; ii. 9, 12, 123, 252, 269; iii. 32.

- Johnson's kind letters to, iii. 32, 134.
his "Memoirs of Garrick," ii. 398.

Deane's "Future Life of Brutes," i. 346.

Death, reflections on, i. 372, 381; ii. 299, 311; iii. 28, and see Johnson.

Dedications and Prefaces by Johnson, and remarks on, i. 98, 107, 112, 155, 192,

217, 223, 4, 234, 306, 309, 325, 340, 447, 462; ii. 172, 177; iii. 148. Defoe, Daniel, ii. 280.

Delaney's "Observations on Swift," ii. 270.

Dempster, George, Esq. i. 268, 518.

Dennis, John, ii. 125.

Derby, some particulars as to, ii. 212.

Derrick, i. 242, 280, 1; iii. 32.

Desmoulins, Mrs. ii. 252.

Devaynes, Mr. iii. 65.

Devil, his influence upon the souls of men, iii. 77.

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. 228; and Duchess, iii. 127.

Dick, Sir Alexander, his letters to and concerning Johnson, ii. 168, 188; iii. 55. "Dictionary of the English Language," Johnson's, i. III, 112, 115, &c., 414, 447; ii. 377, 407.

First published, i. 79.

Epitome of, i. 186.

Garrick's Epigram on, i. 184.

Dilly, Messieurs, ii. 142, 174, 483, 493.

letters of Johnson to, ii. 186; iii. 51.

Dodd, Reverend Dr. ii. 181, 2, 206, 214, 269, 282, 290.

Johnson's assistance to him, ii. 182, 186, 196; iii. 90.

Dodsley, Robert, ii. 80, 123, 416.

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Edinburgh Royal Society Transactions, absurd criticism on Johnson in, ii. 420.

Education, i. 278; ii. 53, 75, 107, 216, 256, 342, 363; iii. 91.

Edwards, Reverend Dr. letter of Johnson to, ii. 350.

Mr. (Johnson's fellow collegian) anecdotes ot, ii. 305, ¡6f.

Eglintoune, Alexander, Earl of, i. 354; ii. 229.

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F.

FABLE, sketch of one by Johnson, i. 467.

Falconer, Reverend Mr. ii. 354.

Falkland's islands, i. 399.

Fame, i. 317; ii. 238, 291; iii. 27.

Farmer, Reverend Dr. letters from Johnson to, i. 387; ii. 393.

Favours, unreasonable, i. 225.

Females, of their succession to land, ii. 57, 63, 95.

Fergusson, Sir Adam, i. 423.

Fergusson, the astronomer, i. 376.

Feudal system, i. 428, 446, 489; ii. 57, 69, 278.

Fielding's works, i. 342, 426; ii. 127.

Fingal. See Ossian.

Fitzherbert, Mr. ii. 203.

Flatman's poems, ii. 118.

Flint, Bet, anecdotes of, ii. 472

Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his epitaph on Johnson, iii. 178.

Floyer, Sir John, anecdotes of, iii. 61.

Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and character of, i. 373, 4, 5, 414; ii. 73, 145, 227;

iii. 28, 67.

Forbes, Sir William, ii. 241.

Ford, Parson, ii. 336.

Fox, Right Hon. C. J. ii. 280, 521; iii. 78.

France, Johnson's visit to, ii. 35, 6.

his Journal there, ii. 39, & seq.

Francis's Horace, ii. 341.

Franklin, Rev. Dr. his "Demonax,” ii. 421.

French language, Johnson's knowledge of, i. 365; iii. 50.
French, their manners and writings, i. 395; ii. 338; iii. 36.

Frederick III. his life by Johnson, i. 187.

Friends and Friendship, i. 97, 183, 430; ii. 262, 296, 364. departed, i. 129; ii. 194, 311, 388, 402.

Future state of man, ii. 237, 295; iii. 20.

GAMING, i. 427; ii. 114.

G.

"Ganganelli's Letters," ii. 294.

Gardiner, Mrs. iii. 42.

Garrick, David, anecdotes of, i. 53, 56, 103, 111, 184, 294, 364, 466; ii. 91, 274,

275, 278, 468; iii. 28.

his Shakspeare-Jubilee, i. 356.

Johnson's opinion of him, i. 244, 372, 437, 8, 463, 532; ii. 75, 122, 131 146, 226, 278, 364, 409, 414; iii. 41.

his death, ii. 353.

Garrick, Peter, i. 524; ii. 90, 93, 382.
Mrs. ii. 467.

Gastrel, Mrs. ii. 95, 6, 382.

General Warrants, i. 359.

Gentility, i. 303; ii. 6.

Gentleman, Mr. Francis, i. 235.

Gentleman's Magazine, i. 63, &c.

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