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Law, On Schoolmasters and their Duty, i. 432, 434.
Vicious Intromission, i. 440.

Rights of Lay Patrons, i. 473.

Dr. Memis's Case, ii. 27.

Stirling Corporation's Case, ii. 28.
Entails, ii. 58, 61, 63.

Liberty of the Pulpit, ii. 136, and see 159.

Registration of Deeds, ii. 452.

the Case of the Procurators of Edinburgli, ii. 491.

Law, Archdeacon, (now Bishop of Killala,) ii. 385.
Law's "Serious Call," i. 394.

Lawrence, Dr. ii. 503.

Letters to, i. 514; ii. 388.

Lea, Reverend Mr. i. 20.

Learning, i. 281, 435; ii. 412.

Lectures, their inutility, i. 313; ii. 465.

Lee, Arthur, Esq. ii. 144.

Lenox, Mrs. i. 155, 210, 509.

Lever, Sir Ashton, his Museum, iii. 106.

Levett, Mr. Robert, i. 147, 226; his death, ii. 498.-Johnson's lines on him,

ii. 499.

Lewis, F. i. 138.

Mr. (usher of Westminster-school) his lines to Pope, iii. 87.

Lexiphanes, i. 340.

Libels on the dead, ii. 109.—See Topham's Case.

Liberty, political, i. 350; ii. 361.

Liberty and necessity of the will, ii. 297, 450; iii. 103.

Lichfield, remarks on, ii. 90, I.

Johnson's last visit to, and the marks of respect paid him by the
Corporation, iii. 139.

Liddell, Sir Henry, his spirited expedition to Lapland, i. 422.

Life, reflections on, i. 395, 399, 400, 463; ii. 50, 132, 135, 213, 236; iii. 06,

85, 139.

Literary Club, i. 294, 5, 529; ii. 179; iii. 175.

Literary frauds, i. 154.-Instances of, i. 218.

Literary Magazine, i. 187.

Literary Property, i. 269, 270, 487, 497; ii. 9; iii. 148

"Lives of the English Poets," Johnson's, ii. 173, 4, 180, 195, 383.

Published, ii. 246, 353, 424, 511, 514.

Some account of the work, and a critique on its merits, ii. 424-445-

Lloyd, Mr. (the Quaker) ii. 86.

Lobo's Abyssinia, i. 44; ii. 104.

Lock, Mr. of Norbury Park, ii. 429.

Lofft, Capel, Esq. iii. 69.

London, its immensity, i. 260, 360, 395; ii. 17.

its superiority over the country, i. 283, 294, 360, 392; ii. 358.

Johnson's and the authour's love of, i. 283, 499; ii. 3, 222, 275, 348 ;

iii. 128, 140.

"London," Johnson's poem of, i. 69, 70, 73, 4.

"London Chronicle," i. 193.

Longley, Mr. of Rochester, ii. 409.

Lort, Reverend Dr. iii. 77.

Lovat, Lord, anecdotes of and epigram on, i. 110.

Love, i. 394; ii. 19, 89, 330.—See Marriage.

Loughborough, Lord, his talents and great good fortune, i. 237.

Loyalty, ii. 523.

Lucan, Lord, ii. 461; and Lady, iii. 101.

"Luke's iron crown."-See Zeck.

Lumisdaine, Andrew, Esq. ii. 49.

Luton-Hoe, Lord Bute's seat at, ii. 490.

Luxury and Extravagance, i. 423, 457; ii. 76, 133, 291, 298, 315, 336.
Lydiat, i. 118.

Lyttelton, George Lord, his works, i. 336, 396; ii. 120.

his life by Johnson, ii. 439; iii. 82.

Thomas Lord, his vision, iii. 82.

M.

MACAULAY, Mrs.-Johnson's opinion of her and her works, i. 275, 458;

ii. 150, 227.

Macaulay's account of St. Kilda, i. 345.

Macbean, Mr. ii. 116, 404.

his Dictionary of Geography, i. 447.

"Macbeth," Johnson's "Observations on," published, i. 107.

Maccaronick verses, ii. 292.

Macclesfield, Lady, the poet Savage's reputed mother, i. 104, 107.
Mac Donald, Sir James, i. 276.

Sir Alexander, i, 416.

Macklin, the comedian, i, 237.

Maclaurin, Mr. ii. 21.

Maclean, Sir Allan, ii. 167, 187.

Maclean, Mr. Alexander, ii. 52.

Macpherson, James, Esq. i. 510, 513, 515.—And see Ossian.

Johnson's letter to him, i. 515.

Macquarry, ii. 187, 192.

Macqueen, Mr. Donald, ii. 33.

Madden, Dr. his "Boulter's Monument," i. 193.

Madness, i. 243; ii. 221.

Mahogany, a liquor so called, ii. 456.

Mallet, David, i. 397, 468; ii. 364; iii. 23.

his "Life of Bacon," ii. 233.

Malone, Edmond, Esq. ii. 319, 501.

Letters of Johnson to, ii. 501.

"Man of Feeling," (Novel,) i. 219.

Manning, Mr. (the compositor,) iii. 97.

Mansfield, Lord, i. 416, 529; ii. 279; iii. 2.

Manucci, Count, ii. 158.

Maps, ii. 17.

Marchmont, Earl of, i. 417; ii. 332, 367, 434.

Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 93; ii. 457.

"Marmor Norfolciense,” i. 85.

Marriage, i. 228, 378, 384, 412, 421; ii. 86, 89, 97, 101, 115, 358, 378, 388,

492.

second, i. 362, 397.

"Matrimonial Thought," a song, i. 385.

Martinelli, Signor, his History of England, i. 459.

Mary, Queen of Scots, i. 215, 495, 504, 511.

Mason, Reverend Mr. William, i. 4, 5; ii. 2, 120, 299; iii. 92.
Masquerades, i. 448.

Mattaire, ii. 406.

Maxwell, Reverend Dr. his communications as to Johnson, i. 389, &c.

Mayo, Reverend Dr. i. 482, 3.

Melancholy, reflections on, i. 31, 208; ii. 65, 77, 103, 157, 164, 194, 221, 232,

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"Mirror, The," periodical paper presented to Johnson by its authoars, iii. 153. "Modern Characters from Shakspeare," iii. 273.

Monasteries, i. 222; ii. 73.

Monboddo, Lord, and his works, i. 359, 409, 459, 487; ii. 33, 4, 488;

iii. 65.

Monckton, Hon. Miss, Johnson's pleasantry to, ii. 476; the authour's verses to, ib.

Monro, Dr. his opinion on Johnson's illness, iii. 57.

Montagu, Mrs. her "Essay on Shakspeare," i. 368, 9.

Anecdotes of, ii. 266, 452; 1ii. 67.

Montrose (late) Duke of, anecdote of, ii. 263.

Monuments in St. Paul's church, i. 471.

More, Miss Hannah, iii. 67.

Morris, Miss, Johnson's last words spoken to her, iii, 174.

Mounsey, Dr. his character, i. 353.

Mountstuart, Lord, i. 324; ii. 71, 100, 160, 381, 489.

Mudge, Reverend Dr. Zachary, i. 232; ii. 454, 469.

Dr. iii. 39.

Murphy, Arthur, Esq., i. 216, 397.

his poetical Epistle to Johnson, i. 216.

Murray, Mr. Solicitor-General of Scotland, ii. 105.

Musick, i. 462; ii. 53, 235, 417.

Myddelton, Colonel, his urn and inscription in honour of Johnson, iii. 176.

N.

NARES, Reverend Mr. John, his "Elements of Orthoepy," and imitations of

Johnson's style, iii. 153.

National debt, i. 397.

Natural affection, i. 378.

Negroes, ii. 156, 7, 167, 187, 237, 244, 247.

Newhaven, Lord, ii. 379.

Newton, Sir Isaac, eloquent praise of him by Johnson, i. 396.

Dr. Thomas, (late Bishop of Bristol,) iii. 73.

Nichols, Dr. ii. 212.

Mr. John, ii. 517; iii. 136.

Nicoll, Mr. George, letter of Johnson to, iii. 133.

Nollekens, Mr. ii. 345.

Nonjurors, i. 530; iii. 75.

Nowell, Reverend Dr. iii. 80, 1.

Nu yap EPXeral, the motto on Johnson's watch, i. 348;-and see "Corrections, &c."

0.

ODE to Friendship, by Johnson, i. 97.

Oglethorpe, General, anecdotes of, i. 75, 429, 430; ii. 13, 14, 134, 291, 523.
Oldfield, Dr. anecdote of, ii. 134.

Oldham's imitation of Juvenal, i. 69.

Oldys's part in Harleian miscellany, i. 107.

Omai, ii. 105.

Oratory, i. 453; ii. 4, 472; iii. 94.

Orford, Lord, his gallery of pictures, iii. 106.

Orme, Mr. i. 517; ii. 292.

Captain, ii. 462.

Orrery, Lord, i. 113, 398; ii. 313, 526.

his life of Swift, ii. 270.

Osborn, Francis, his works, i. 438.

Osborne, the bookseller, anecdote of, i. 94.

Ossian's Poems, their claims to authenticity and merit discussed, i. 243, 396.

510, 512, 518, 522, 3, 4, 529; ii. 10, 34, 130; iii. 47.

Ostentation, i. 287, 348; ii. 129, 408.

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Othello," ii. 124.

P.

PALMERSTON, Lord, iii. 33, 101.

Pamphlets, ii. 316.

Paoli, General, i. 358, 364, 461; ii. 121, 206, 319; iii. 104.
Paradise, John, Esq. letter of Johnson to, iii. 133.

Parish Clerks, iii. 488.

Parker, Sackville, iii. 88.

Parnell, Dr.-Goldsmith's life of, i. 421.

Johnson's life of, ii. 437;—his epitaph on, & it.
a disputed passage in his poems, ii. 250, 368.

Parr, Reverend Dr. ii. 413; iii. 177.

Paterson, Mr. Samuel and his Son, iii. 62, 3; and see iii. 29.
Patriotism, ii. 11.

Pearce, Dr. Zachary, i. 180; ii. 113.

Peers, House of, ii. 334.

Peers of Scotland, their undue influence, iii. 44, 5.

Pembroke College, Oxford, eminent men educated there, i. 36.
Pembroke, Lord, i. 533.

Pendergrast, strange anecdote of, i. 431.

Pennant's "Tour," ii. 215.

Pension, Johnson's, i. 229, & seq. 265.

Percy, Dr. (Bishop of Dromore,) i. 299; ii. 283.

his "Reliques of Ancient Poetry," i.

Letters on the difference between Johnson and him, ii. 287.

Perkins, Mr. ii. 457, 9.

Peterborough, Lord, iii. 106.

Petitions, popular, i. 371.

Philips, the musician, Johnson's epitaph on, i. 89.

Miss, (the singer,) iii. 29.

Philosophy, ii. 307.

Pig, the learned, iii. 139.

Piozzi, Mrs. i. 305; ii. 69, 458, 516; iii. 68, 151.

anecdotes related by her of Johnson refuted or explained, i. 13, 33,

50, 255, 296, 435, 439; ii. 12; iii. 95, 110, 11, 117.

Letter from her to Johnson, ii. 390.

from Johnson to her, ii. 391; iii. 31.

Burlesque Ode to her, iii. 151.

Pitt, Right Hon. William, his letter to the Authour on his exertions for Government, iii. 55.

Pity, i. 269.

Planta, Mr. ii. 47.

Planting trees, ii. 168, 240.

Poetry, reflections on, ii. 15, 124, 209, 275, 427.

of Dr. Johnson, while young, i. 13, 21, & seq.

Poets, Johnson's Lives of-See Lives.

Politian's poems, Johnson's projected translation of, i. 47.
Pope, i. 86, 367; ii. 2, 13, 335, 367, 434; iii. 87.

his "Messiah" translated into Latin by Johnson, i 29.

his "Homer," ii. 275, 375.

his "Universal Prayer," ii. 334.

his "Essay on Man," ii. 375.

his life by Johnson, ii. 431.

Porter, Mrs. (afterwards Johnson's wife) i. 50, 54.

Mrs. Lucy, ii. 90, 382 ;-Johnson's lines to, i. 49.

54, 156.

Johnson's letters to, i. 37, 8; ii. 369, 463, 502, 3; iii. 33, 51

Mrs. (the actress,) iii. 41.

Portmore, Lord, iii. 61.

Prayer, iii. 79.

Predestination, i. 380: ii. 103.

Presentiment, a remarkable story concerning, i. 431.

Priestley, Dr.-Johnson's opinion of, i. 394; iii. 37, 8.
Pringle, Sir John, ii. 141.

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