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King George I. ii. 7.

II. i. 88, 90, 108; ii. 7.

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III. his accession and character, i. 229; ii. 395.
Johnson's interview with, i. 334.
Ghosts, i. 249, 419, 428; ii. 257, 301, 369, 466.
some stories as to, i. 429, 431; ii. 301, 336.

Gibbon, Edward, Esq. ii. 11, 23, 452.

his imitation of Johnson's style, iii. 152.

Gillespie, Dr. consulted on Johnson's illness, iii. 55.
Glow-worm, Johnson's fable of, i. 467.

Gluttony, i. 288.

Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, character of, i. 253, & seq.

anecdotes of, i. 253, 261, 338, 366, 431, 448, 9, 458. 9. 460, 483,
485, 6, 7; ii. 123, 317, 356, 479, 526.

his death, i. 502.

Johnson's epitaphs on him, ii. 153, 4, 5.

his bon mots on Johnson, i. 354, 466, 470; iii. 66.

Johnson's opinion of him and his works, i. 251, 313, 341, 2, 434,

440, 448, 451, 466, 469, 502; ii. 18, 123, 215, 267, 271, 283, 418.

Gordon, Lord George, ii. 394, 462.

Gower, Earl, his letter to Swift, i. 78.

Graham, Lord, ii. 361, 476.

Grainger, Dr. his "Sugar Cane," ii. 84.

his "Ode on Solitude," ii. 235.

Grammar-school, Johnson's plan of, i. 54.

Granger, Reverend Mr. his "Biographical Dictionary," ii. 160.

Granville, Lord, anecdote of, ii. 412.

Gray's poetry, i. 247, 534; ii. 2, 119, 123, 412, 511.

Green, Mr. of Lichfield, his museum, ii. 92, 382.

Letter from Johnson to him, iii. 155.

Greenwich hospital, i. 282.

Greville, Richard Fulke, Esq. his "Maxims," &c. iii. 85.

Grey, Dr. ii. 48.

Grief, ii. 194.

Grierson, Mr. i. 389.

De Groot, a descendant of Grotius, ii. 185.

Guthrie, William, i. 68, 345.

Gwyn, Mr. the architect, ii. 75.

H.

HABEAS CORPUS, i. 359.

Hackman, Rev. Mr. ii. 362.

Hailes, Lord, his and Johnson's opinion of each other, i. 267, 277.

his "Annals of Scotland," i. 501, 2, 504, 5, 511; ii. 1, 32, 34, 5, 6, 55,

63, 135, 182, 346, 355, 376.

his opinion on entails, ii. 62.

Hale, Lord Chief Justice, anecdote of, iii. 89.

Hales, venerable John, his works, iii. 93.

Hall, General, his politeness to Johnson at Warley camp, ii. 347.

Hamilton, Right Hon. William Gerard, his kind offers to Johnson, iii. 42.
Letters of Johnson to, iii. 42, 132.

Hamilton's poems, ii. 204.

Hanway, Mr. Jonas, i. 190, 394.

Happiness, i. 314; ii. 132, 295.-See Life.

Harleian miscellany, i. 107.

Harris, James, Esq. ii. 266, 274.

Harte's "History of Gustavus," i. 392; ii. 455.

Harvey, Hon. Thomas, i. 331.

Harvey, Henry, i. 60.

Hastie.-See Schoolmaster.

Hastings, Warren, Esq. character of, ii. 445.

Letter from him to the authour, ii. 445.

Letters of Johnson to, ii. 447, 449.

Hawkesbury, Lord, Johnson's letter to, relative to Dr. Dodd, ii. 200.
Hawkesworth, Dr. i. 116.

his "Voyages," i. 479.

Hawkins, Sir John, remarks on his life of Johnson, i. 2, 116.

circumstances as to Johnson related by him contradicted or explained,
i. 74, 85, 6, 100, 117, 124, 127, 141, 2, 145, 176, 188, 204, 255, 295, 330,
340; iii. 102, 138, 157, 160, 164, 5.

quits the Literary Club, i. 295.

Hawkins, Mr. i. 15.

Hay, Lord Charles, ii. 105, 418.

Heberden, Dr. his kind attendance on Johnson, iii. 32, 56, 160.

Hebrides, Johnson's wish to visit, i. 277, 284, 345. 404, 410, 446, 467, 490.
Johnson's tour to them, i. 492.

Johnson's published "Account of his Journey," i. 501, 507, 8, 9, 510,
516, 519, 520, 1, 524; ii. 21, 168, 219, 304, 320.

Hector, Mr. i. 18; ii. 86, 7, 8, 496; iii. 64, 140.

Letters from Johnson to, ii. 505, 6; iii. 142.

Heely, Mr. and Mrs. i. 329; iii. 138.

Henderson, Mr. John, iii. 81.

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Hermippus Redivivus," Campbell's, i. 257.

Highwaymen, ii. 263.

Hill, Dr. his works, i. 337.

History and Historians, reflections on, i. 262, 364, 439, 459, 469; ii. 23, 110,

376.

Hogarth, i. 88.

Hollis, Mr. Thomas, ii. 468.

Home, Mr. John, his parody on Derrick, i. 280.

his proposed history of the rising in 1745, ii. 212.

Homer, Johnson's translations from, i. 23.

critiques on the merits of that poet, ii. 233, 324, 5.

Hoole, John, Esq. his "Tasso," i. 234.

his "Cleonice," i. 508.

Letters of Johnson to him, iii. 128, 9.

Hoole, John, Esq. his attention to Johnson during his last illness, iii. 156.

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

Horace, Johnson's translations from, i. 21, 2.

criticism on a passage in that Latin poet, ii. 147.

Horne, Reverend Dr. ii. 80; iii. 180.

Horne Tooke, Mr. ii. 340.

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Hunter, Mr. i. 15, 16, 17.

Hurd, Dr. (Bishop of Worcester,) ii. 148; iii. 77.

Hussey, Reverend Mr. John, ii. 352.

Dr. Thomas, iii. 169.

I. and J.

JOHNSON, DR. SAMUEL, his birth, i. 9.

touched by Queen Anne for the evil, i. 15.

goes to school at Lichfield, i. 16.-Stourbridge, 19.

enters at Pembroke College, Oxon, i. 28.

leaves College, i. 39.

becomes usher to Market-Bosworth school, i. 42.

removes to Birmingham, i. 44.

marries Mrs. Porter, i. 52.

opens an academy at Edial, i. 53.

goes to London, (with Garrick,) i. 56.

a writer in "The Gentleman's Magazine," i. 66, &c.

endeavours to obtain the degree of A. M. i. 78.

his distrest circumstances, and filial piety, i. 99, 100.

loses his wife, i. 142-his grief on that occasion, 143; ii. 42; iii. 122,
156-Composes her funeral sermon, i. 146.

obtains his degree of A. M. from that University, i. 169, 170, 1.-His

letters on that occurrence, i. 167, 8, 9, 170, 172.-The diploma, i. 171, 2.
declines taking Holy Orders, i. 194.

loses his mother, i. 204.

obtains a pension of 300l. a year, i. 229, & seq.
visits Cambridge, i. 300.

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JOHNSON, created LL. D. by Trinity College, Dublin, i. 308.

i. 355.

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by Oxford University, i. 536, 7, 8.

his interview with the King, i. 333.

appointed Professor of Ancient Literature in the Royal Academy,

endeavour to get him into Parliament, i. 401, & seq.

visits the Hebrides, i. 492.—See Hebrides.

Wales, i. 503.

France, ii. 35, 6.-His account of it, ii. 49, 50, I.

his various places of residence, ii. 377.

his long illness and gradual decline, ii. 497, &c.-His various dis-
orders, iii. 30, 1, 33, 38, 50, 53, 4, 57, & seq.-Medical opinions on his
case, iii. 55, 67.

his proposed tour to Italy for his health, iii. 101, 107, 8, 121.

progress of his dissolution, iii. 156, to the end.

his Will and Codicil, iii. 162.-Remarks on them, iii. 163.

his MS. account of his own life, iii. 165.

his death, iii. 174.-His funeral, iii. 175.

His Character and Manners.

his peculiarities of person and manner, i. 13, 87, 297, & seq. 533, 536;
ii. 450.

general traits of his character and mode of living, i. 30, 59, 60, 284,
391, & seq. 489, 508, 516, 7; ii. 18, 164, 231, 236, 309, 324, 328, 412, 417,
430, 438, 477; iii. 30, 6, 7, 97, 100, 150, &c.

his early, habitual, and systematick piety, i. 11, 33, 289, 297, 339, 359,
387, 406, 436, 455, 508; ii. 15, 19, 115, 158, 165, 303, 312, 359, 453, 464,
496; iii. 29, 35, 45, 65, 137, 142, 158, 9, 172, 3.

his superstition, i. 298; ii. 82.

his aweful dread of death, i. 372, 382, 394, 516; ii. 206, 209, 299;
iii. 54, 63, 68, 82, 157.

his general tenderness of nature, humanity and affability, i. 41, 252,
277, 329, 340, 384, 517; ii. 91, 152, 184, 211, 252, 329; iii. 46, 65, 78, 98,

101, 139.

his warm and sometimes violent manner, i. 377, 393; ii. 116, 295,
313, 328, 333, 363, 478, 524; iii. 66, 107.

iii. 44.

his occasional jocularity, i. 489; ii. 21, 31, 85, 203, 209, 420, 456.
his inviolable regard to truth, i. 269, 480; ii. 73, 249, 265, 298, 433;

his respect for birth and family, i. 275, 6, 412, 428, 488, 535; ii. 188,
339, 479.

his love of good eating, i. 287, 8; ii. 144, 228, 293, 464.

his political character and opinions, i. 188, 263, 266, 286, 350, 385,
390, 393, 399, 400, 416, 423, 4, 441, 458, 9, 529; ii. 6, 11, 17, 25, 128, 207,
240, 292, 296, 313, 321, 340, 1, 452, 457, 470, 482, 500, 520, 523, 4, 526;
iii. 25, 58, 60.

and pamphlets, i. 85, 385, 398, 409, 506, 525, 527; ii. 2.—
[For his other works see their several titles.]

catalogue of works proposed to be executed by him, iii. 146.
stories to his prejudice refuted, ii. 234, 522 (and see Hawkins and

Piozzi.)

JOHNSON, various portraits of him, iii. 176.

his general character by the Authour, iii. 179.

"Johnsoniana," collection so called, ii. 72.

Jones, Miss, i. 96.

Jorden, Mr. i. 28, 9.

Journal or diary of life, its utility, i. 267, 457; ii. 217, 18, 255, 344; iii. t.
Ireland and the Irish, i. 195, 392, 484, 521; ii. 380.

"Irene," Johnson's tragedy of, i. 56, 60, 1, 2, 3, 4, 92, 3.—Acted, i. 119.
Islam, a description of, ii. 229.

Judges, ii. 8.

Junius, i. 400; ii. 357.

Juries, ii. 109.

K.

KAMES, Lord, i. 442, 445.

his works, i. 371; ii. 330, 338.

Kelly, Hugh, Johnson's prologue to his "Word to the Wise," ii. 177.
Kemble, J. P. Esq. iii. 40.

Ken, Bishop, anecdotes of, ii. 216.

Kennedy, Reverend Dr. his " Astronomical Chronology,” i. 223.

M. D. a tragedy by, ii. 262.

Kennicot, Mrs. iii. 73, 75.

Kenrick, Dr. i. 306, 7, 351.

Killingley, M. her curious address, ii. 241.

King, Charles, I. and II.-George I. II. and III. and William III.-See under

their respective initials.

Kings, their situation, i. 261, 272.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, anecdote of, ii. 261.

Knowledge, i. 424, 435, 459; ii. 18, 26, 123; iii. 23.

Knowles, Mrs. ii. 294.

Knox, Mr. the traveller, i. 518, 520.

Reverend Vicesimus, iii. 103.

his imitations of Johnson's style, iii. 154.

L.

LANDLORDS and Tenants, i. 378; ii. 269, 519.

Langton, Bennet, Esq. i. 149, 293, 511; ii. 211, 289, 346, 7; iii. 70, 1, 166.
Johnson's letters to him, i. 318, 19, 401, 405, 408, 503; ii. 31, 185.
493, 504; iii. 39, 131.

communications from, as to Johnson, ii. 405.

Miss Jane, letter of Johnson to, iii. 64.
Languages, i. 293, 327, 364, 5, 415; ii. 260; iii. 93.
Lansdowne, Marquis of, iii. 71.

Latin, Johnson's accurate knowledge of, ii. 52.

Lauder, his forgery against Milton, i. 140-142.

Law, Johnson's intention of studying, i. 301.

his opinions as to the study and practice of, i. 314, 332, 341, 455, 459;
ii. 71, 223; iii. 45, 71, 89.

Johnson's arguments on several cases, viz.

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