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Jones, Miss, i. 178.

Law, Johnson's intention of studying, i. 267.
Jorden, Mr. i. 24: 5.

his opinions as to the study and practice of,
Journal or diary of life, its utility, i. 235, 395; i. 277, 282, 298, 393, 6; ii. 17, 160,
ii. 155, 189, 270, 440.

473, 494, 510.
Ireland and the Irish, i. 177, 339, 419, 454, Johnson's arguments on several cases, viz.

On Schoolmatters and their Duty, i. 375,7-
• Irene,' Johnson's tragedy of, i. 47, 50, 1, 2, 3,

Vicious Intromission, i. 382.
4, 80.– Acted, i. 105.

Rights of Lay Patrons, i. 410.
Inam, a description of, ii. 165.

Dr. Memis's Case, i. 491.
Judges, i. 4-5.

Stirling Corporation's Case, i. 492.
Junius, i. 345; ii. 283.

Entails, ii. 4, 7, 9.
Juries, ii. 52.

Liberty of the Pulpit, ii. 74, & fee 97.
Registration of Deeds, ii. 372.

the Case of the Procurators of Edin-
K.

burgh, ii. 407.

Law, Archdeacon, (now Bishop of Kilala,)
KAMES, Lord, i. 384, 6.
his works, i: 319; ii. 257, 265.

Law's Serious Call,' i. 341.
Kelly, Hugh, Johnson's prologue to his · Word Lawrence, Dr. ii. 418.
to the Wife,' ii. 114.

Letters to, i. 447; ü. 311.

.
Kemble, J. P. Esq. ii. 467.

Lea, Reverend Mr. i. 16.
Ken, Bishop, anecdotes of, ii. 154.

Learning, i. 248, 378; ii. 335.
Kennedy, Reverend Dr. his Aftronomical Chro- Lectures, their inutility, i. 276; i 383.
nology,' i. 198, 9.

Lee, Arthur, Esq. ii. 82.
M. D. a tragedy by, ii. 195.

Lenox, Mrs. i. 138, 188, 442.
Kennicot, Mrs. ii. 496, 8.

Lever, Sir Ashton, his Museum, ii. 525.
Kenrick, Dr. i. 271, 305.

Levett, Mr. Robert, i. 131, 201 ; his death, ii.
Killingley, M. her curious address, ii. 176.

413.-Johnson's lines on him, ii. 414.
King, Charles, 1. and II.-George I. II. and III. Lewis, F. i. 123.

and William III.-See under their respective Mr. (usher of Westminster-school) his
initials.

lines to Pope, ii. 509.
Kings, their fituation, i. 230, 9, 240.

Lexiphanes, i. 297.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, anecdote of, ii. 194: Libels on the dead, ii: 51.-See Topham's Cafę.
Knowledge, i. 367, 378, 396, 483, 490 ; ii. 62, Liberty, political, i. 304; ii. 287,
453

Liberty and necellity of the will, ii. 227, 370,
Knowles, Mrs. ii. 225.

522
Knox, Mr. the traveller, i. 452, 3.

Lichheld, remarks on, ii. 34, 5.
Reverend Vicefimus, ii. 522, 3.

Johnson's last visit to, and the marks
his imitations of Johnson's style, ii. 565. of respect paid himn by the Corporation,

Liddel, Sir Henry, his fpirited expedition to

Lapland, i. 366.
Life, reflections on, i. 342, 5, 400, 572 ; ii. 71,

4, 151, 173, 490, 506, 552.
LANDLORDS and 'Tenants, i. 326; ii. 202, Literary Club, i. 261, 2, 461 ; ii. 116,580.

Literary frauds, i. 137.--Instances of, i. 19;.
Langton, Bennet, Esq. i. 133, 260, 444; i. Literary Magazine, i. 169.

ii
149, 219, 273, 4, 493, 4, 576.

Literary Property, i. 237, 8, 421, 431, 476;
- Johnson's letters to him, i. 352 ; ii.
122, 276, 409, 419, 466, 484, 5, 537, 544. Lives of the English Poets,' Johnson's, ii. 110,

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communications from, as to Johnson, II, 117, 133, 307.

ii. 55!.

L.

432.

ii. 559:

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Published, ii. 181, 279, 344, 425, 8.
Miss Jane, letter of Johnson to, ii. 488. Some account of the work, and a cri-
Languages, i. 260, 287, 315, 16, 358; ii. 193, tique on its merits, ii. 344-365.

Lloyd, Mr. (the Quaker) ii. 31.
514.
Lansdowne, Marquis of, ii. 495.

Lobo's Abyslinia, i. 38; ii. 47:
Latin, Johnson's accurate knowledge of, i. 513. Lock, Mr. of Norbury Park, ii. 349.
Lauder, his forgery against Milton, i. 123–128. Loift, Capel, Esq. ii. 492.

London,

ii. 329.

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London, its immensity, i. 228, 9, 312, 341, Mallet, David, i. 344. 405; ii. 289, 453,
483

his · Life of Bacon,' ii. 169.
its superiority over the country, i. 251, Malone, Edmond, Esq. ii. 246, 416.
261, 311, 339, ; ii. 284.

Letters of Johnson to, ii. 416.
Johnson's and the authour's love of, • Man of Feeling,' (Novel,) i. 195•
i. 251, 2, 433, 472 ; ii. 159, 205, 275, Manning, Mr. (the compositor,) ii. 517.

Mansfield, Lord, i. 360, 461; ii. 211, 440.
542, 553

• London, Johnson's poem of, i. 59, 60, 4, 5.

i

5 Manucci, Count, ii. 96.

London Chronicle,' i. 175.

Maps, i. 482.

Longley, Mr. of Rochester, ii. 333.

Marchmont, Earl of, i. 361; ii. 259, 292,

Lort, Reverend Dr. ii. 501.

355.

Lovat, Lord, anecdotes of and epigram on, i. 97. Marlborough, Duchess of, i. 81; ii. 377-
Love, l. 341, 485; ii. 33, 258.–See Marriage. Marmor Norfolciense,' i.

74.

Loughborough, Lord, his talents and great good Marriage, i. 203, 325, 331, 356, 364 ; ii. 31,

fortune, i. 209.

33, 41, 5, 56, 281, 302,.312, 409.

Loyalty, ij. 436.

second, i. 312, 344.

Lucan, Lord, i. 380; and Lady, ii. 520.

· Matrimonial Thought,' a song, i.
“ Luke's iron crown."-See Zeck.

332.
Lumildaine, Andrew, Esq. i. 511.

Martinelli, Signor, his History of England, i.
Luton-Hoe, Lord Bute's seat at, ii. 406.

397:
Luxury and Extravagance, i. 367, 395, ii. 22, Mary, Queen of Scots, i. 192, 429, 437, 445:
72, 221, 8, 242, 263,

Mason, Reverend Mr. William, i. 4, 5, 471; ii.
Lydiat, i. 104.

59, 229,514

Lyttelton, George Lord, his works, i. 294, 343; Masquerades, i. 389.

ii. 6o.

Mattaire, ii. 329.

his life by Johnfon, ii. 360, 505. Maxwell, Reverend Dr. his communications as

Thomas Lord, his vision, ii. 505.

to Johnson, i. 336, &c.

Mayo, Reverend Dr. i. 417,18.

Melancholy, reflections on, i. 28, 186; ü. 11,

22, 46, 94, 101, 132, 158, 168, 313.

M.

Melanethon, ii. 118, 120.

Melmoth, Mr. his · Letters,' ii. 489.

MACAULAY, Mrs.-- Johnson's opinion of her Memis, Dr. i. 443, 6, 8, 491; ii. 103.
and her works, i. 243, 396; ii. 89, 164.

Metaphysicks, i. 316, 327.

Macaulay's account of St. Kilda, i. 300.

Metcalfe, Philip, Esq. ii. 429.

Macbean, Mr. ii. 57, 327

Methodists, i. 249, 462.

his Dictionary of Geography, 384.

Mickle, Mr. ii. 509.

• Macbeth,' Johnson's Observations on, pub-

his · Lusiad,' ii. 473.

lished, i. 95

Millar, Andrew, anecdote of, i. 159.

Maccaronick verses, ii. 222.

Miller, Lady, i. 472.

Macclesfield, Lady, the poet Sarage's reputed Milne, Mr. the architect, defended, i. 191.

mother, i. 90-94-

Milton, his grand-daughter, i. 125.

Mac Donald, Sir James, i. 244.

Johnson's life of, ii. 348.
Sir Alexander, i. 359.

Mimickry, i. 357.

Macklin, the comedian, i. 209.

Miracles, i. 241.

Maclaurin, Mr. i. 486.

• Mirror The, periodical paper prefented to

Maclean, Sir Allen, ii. 103, 124.

Johnfon by its authours, ii. 564.

Maclean, Mr. Alexander, i. 514.

• Modern Characters from Shakspeare,' ii. 206.
Macpherson, James, Efq. i. 444, 6, 8.-And see Monasteries, i. 198; ii. 20.
Offian.

Monboddo, Lord, and his works, i. 311, 353,
Johnson's letter to him, i. 449.

396, 422, 497 ; ii. 405, 489.
Macquarry, ii. 124, 130.

Monckton, Hon. Miss, Johnson's pleasantry to,
Macqueen, Mr. Donald, i. 496.

ii. 394; the authour's verses to, ib.
Madden, Dr. his · Boulter's Monument,' i. Monro, Dr. his opinion on Johnson's illness,

ii. 482.
Madness, i.

Montagu, Mrs. her · Essay on Shakspeare,' i. 318.
Mahogany, a liquor so called, ii. 376.

Anecdotes of, ii. 198, 372, 491.

Montrose, ,

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Montrose (late) Duke of, anecdote of, ii. 196. Orrery, Lord, i. 100, 345; ii. 240, 43%
Monuments in St. Paul's church, i. 408.

his life of Swift, ii. 202.
More, Miss Hannah, ii. 491.

Osborn, Francis, his works, i. 380.
Morris, Miss, Johnson's laft words spoken to her, Osborne, the bookseller, anecdote of, i. 81.

Ollian's Poems, their claims to authenticity and
Mounsey, Dr. his character, i. 306.

merit discussed, i. 213, 343, 444...6, 7,
Mount/luart, Lord, i. 281; ii. 17, 44, 98, 450, 5, 6, 7, 461, 477, 497 ; ii. 70,

474.

Mudge, Reverend Dr. Zachary, i. 206; ii. 375, Oltenzation, i. 254, 303 ; ii. 68, 331..

. 387.

• Othello,' ii, 64:

Dr. ij. 466.

Murphy, Arthur, Esq. i. 194, 344

his poetical Épistle to Johnton, i. 193.

P.

Murray, Mr. Solicitor-General of Scotland,

ii. 48.
Mufick, ';. 400, 515; ii. 172, 340.

PALMERSTON, Lord, ii. 461, 520.
Myddelton, Colonel, his urn and inscription in Pamphlets, ii.

.243..
honour of Johnson, ii. 581.

Paoli, General, i. 310, 314, 399

ii. 61, 144
247, 523:

Paradise, John, Esq. letter of Johnson to, ii.

N.

547

Parish Clerks, ii. 405.

NARES, Reverend Mr. John, his · Elements of Parker, Sackville, ii. 509.

Orthoepy,' and imitations of Johnson's style, Parnell, Dr.-Goldsmith's life of, i. 365.

Johnson's life of, ii. 357 ;-his epitapht

National debt, i. 344.

on, ii. 357

Natural affection, i. 325.

a disputed passage in his poems, ii. 184,

Negroes, ii. 94, 95, 103, 124, 174, 9, 182.

293

Newhaven, Lord, ii. 303.

Parr, Reverend Dr. ii. 336, 582.

Newton, Sir Isaac, eloquent praise of him by Paterson, Mr. Samuel and his son, ü. 486, 7;

Johnson, i. 342.

and see 458.

Dr. Thomas, (late Bishop of Bristol,) Patriotism, i. 478.

Pearce, Dr. Zachary, i. 163; ii. 113.

Nichols, Dr. ii. 150.

Peers, House of, ii. 261.

Mr.

ii. 430, 549

Peers of Scotland, their undue influence, ii.

Nicoll, Mr. George, letter of Johnson to, ii.

471, 2,
547

Pembroke College, Oxford, eminent men edu.

Nollekens, Mr. ii. 271.

cated there, i. 33.

Nonjurors, i. 463. 498.

Pembroke, Lord, i. 465.

Nowell, Reverend Dr. ii. 503, 4.

Pendergraft, ftrange anecdote of, i. 374.

.

Nuş yap sp%8766, the motto on Johnson's watch, Pennant's • Tour, ii. 215.
i. 303 ;-and see • Corrections, &c.' Pension, Johnson's, i, 204, & seq. 233.

Percy, Dr. (Bishop of Dromore,) i. 265; ii.

214.
0.

ji. 497

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- his « Reliques of Ancient Poetry,'
ODE to Friendship, by Johnfon, i. 84.

Letters on the difference between Johnson
Oglethorpe, General, anecdotes of, i. 65, 372, 3, and him, i. 218.
479, 480 ; ii. 73, 221, 435, 6.

Perkins, Mr. ii..377, 9.
Oldfield, Dr. anecdote of, ü. 73.

Peterborough, Lord, ii. 524.
Oldham's imitation of Juvenal, i. 59.

Petitions, popular, i. 319.
Oidys's part in Harleian miscellany, i. 94. Philips, the musician, Johnson's epitaph on, i. 78..
Omai, ii. 48.

Mifs, (the finger,) ii. 458.
Oratory, i: 391, 473 ; ii. 390, 515.

• Philosophy, ii. 235.
Orford, Lord, his gallery of pi turcs, ii. 525.

Pig, the learned, ii. 552.

Orme, Mr. i.

450;

ii.

223•

Piozzi, Mrs. i. 269; ii. 15, 378, 429, 492,

- Captain, ii. 381.

562.

Piozzi,

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Piozzi, Mrs. anecdotes related by her of John- Publick amusements, i. 367.

son refuted or explained, i. 11, 29, 43, Purs, i. 391., 409.

225, 263, 378, 381, 479; ii. 515, 528,

529-533,

Letter from her to Johnson, ii. 314.

from Johnson to her, ii. 315)

459.

Burlesque Ode to her, ii. 562.

QUAKERS, ii. 32, 450.

Pitt, Right Hon. William, his letter to the Au-

of their women preaching, i, 2;2.
thour oa his exertions for Goverment, ii. Queensberry, Duke of, flate,) i. 489.
480.

Quintillian, ii. 345.

Piiy, i. 2376

Planta, Mr. i. 509.

Planting trees, ii. 105, 175:

Poetry, reflections on, i. 480; ii. 63, 146, 207,

R.

347:
of Dr. Johnson, while young, i. 11, RACKSTROW, Johnson's Colorel'in the Trair.-

bands, ii. 516.
Poets, Johnson's Lives of „See Lives.

• Rambler,' Johnson's, published, i. 108, 9,

Politian's poems, Johnson's projected translation 110, 113

remarks on, i. 123; ii. 65, 42?.

Pope, i. 75, 316, 471, 9; ii. 262, 292, 354, Ramsay, Allan, Esq. ii. 203, 251, 287, 303.

.
509.

Rank, its importance in fociety, i. 240, 3, 356,

his · Messiah' translated into Latin by 467.

Johnson, i. 25.

• Rafielas, Prince of Abyffinia,' Johnson's, i. 41,

his · Homer,' ii. 207, 300.

184, 5, 235; ii. 242, 400.

his Universal Prayer,' ii. 261.

Reading, the manner and effect of, i. 24, 400,

his • Essay on Man,' ii. 299.

483; ii. 65, 169, 223, 252, 340, 453,

his life by Johnson, ii. 352.

Porter, Mrs. (afterward Johnson's wife,) i. 43, Rein-deer, of introducing into England, i. 366.

46.

Relationship, i. 371.

Mrs. Lucy, ii. 34, 306;-Johnson's Religion, and religious establishments, Johnson's

i.

42.

opinion concerning, i. 29, 168, 275, 279,

Johnson's letters to, i. 246, 327, 8, 341, 3, 5, 355,6, 362, 9,
500, 1; ii. 293, 382, 416, 417, 461, 377, 415, 434; ii, 20, 32, 7, 42, 231, 394,
477, 9, 566.

402—4, 452, 7, 576."

Mrs. (the actress,) ii. 468.

the Roman Catholick and Presbyterian,

Portmore, Lord, ii. 485.

i. 327, 8,

419;

ii.

303, 499

Prayer, ii. 502.

Refpublicæ,' (the work fo entitled) ii. 71.

Predeftination, i. 327; ii. 46.

Review, Johnson's plan of an intended one,
Prefentiment, a remarkable story concerning,

i. 156, 7

Reviews, Monthly and Critical, and Reviewers,
Prieftley, Dr.-Johnson's opinion of, i. 341 ; i. 275; ii. 60, 6, 361, 451.

Reynolds, Sir Joshuia, i. 132, 4++; ii. 64, 331,

444,
Pringle, Sir John, ii. 8o.

528, 577

Printing, is. 62.

his · Discourses,' ji. 279, 517;

ancient, i. 509

Letters from Johnfon to him, i. 263,

Prior's

poetry, i. .313; 1.168, 295.

349: ii. 430, 458, 474, 524, 549, 9.

Pritchard, Mrs. i. 478; ii. 468.

Rhyme, its excellency, i. 232.

Procurators of Edinburgh, their case, ii. 406, Richardson, Samuei, anecdotes of, i. 77; ii.

&c.

163, 241:

The Project,' a poem, ii. 243.

his works praised, i. 299, 342,

Pronunciation, i. 360, 2; ii. 178.

369.

Profitution, i. 248 ; 11. 52.

Riches, i. 365; 211, 242, 475, 424, 438.
Providence, a particular; sentiments as to, ji. Ridicule, ii. 337.

Riots in 1980, account of, ii. 357, 322.
Prusia, King of, his writings, i. 236.

Rifing early, ii. 153.

Robertfor,

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Robertson, Reverend Dr. William, ii. 251. Shakspeare, compared with Congreve, i. 377

his works, i. 289, 301, 406 ; ii. 253. 322.

his imitation of Johnson's style, ii.

with Corneille, ii. 337

563.

with Milton, ii. 372.

Rochester's poems, ii. 168.

Johnson's opinion of, ii. 338, 342.

Rolt, his · Dictionary of Trade and Commerce,'

Johnson's edition of his plays, i. 95.

175, 6, 9, 180, 3, 201, 263 ;-published,

anecdotes of, i. 195.

i. 270, 334, 389;-remarks on, i. 271,

Romances, i. 15; ii. 337.

380; 11. 72, 395;

Round Robin, (literary,) ii. 92.

Sharpe's Letters on Italy,' ii. 72.

Rousseau, i. 278.

Shaw, Cuthbert, his poem of • The Race,' i. 290.

Rowe, Mrs. her works, i. 271.

Reverend Mr. his Erse Grammas, ii. 107,

Royal Academy inftituted, i. 308.

108, 474•
Rudd, Mrs. Margaret Caroline, ii. 90, 251. Shebbeare, Dr. ii. 396.
Ruffhead's life of Pope, i. 365.

Shenstene, his verses on an inn, ii. 29.

Ruslia, Empress of, ii. 131, 280..

Sheridan, Thomas, Esq. i. 208, 9, 246, 318,

Ruty, Dr. his • Spiritual Diary,' ii. 155.

34+, 361, 462 ; ii. 44, 283, 452, 5, 522.

Mrs. i. 210.

R. B. Esq. his compliment to John-

son in a prologue, ii. 115.

S.

Shipley, Dr. (late Bishop of St. Afaph,) ii. 203, 57

469.

SAILORS, their life, ii. 21, 211, 473.

Short-hand, i. 399; ii.

214.

Salamanca University, i. 247.

Siddons, Mrs. her visit to Johnson, ii. 467,

Sarpi, Paolo, his • Council of Trent,' i. 69,
his life by Johnson, i. 77.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, M. D. curious account of,

ii. 188.
Savage, Richard, anecdotes of, i. 64, 87.

his life by Johnson, i. 83, 7, 9, 91. Simpson, Joseph, Esq. anecdotes of, i. 266; ii. 58.
enquiry as to his birth, i..91-4.

Letter from Johnson to, i. 188.
his tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury Sin, original, ii. 403.

presented, ii. 115.

Skene, Sir John, ii. 308.

Savages, ii. 69, 2co, 449, 510.

Slavery, and the Slave-trade, ii. 174, 9;-and
Scarldale, Lord, his feat at Keddlestone, i. 148. fee Negroes.
Schoolmasters, reflections

i. 45,353•

Sleep, ii. 153, 4:
law cafes as to, i. 375, 7; ii. 179, Smart, Christopher, i. 168, 214, 476.

180.

Smith, Dr. Adam, ii. 252..

his

Scorpion, curious enquiry concerning, i..301.

Wealth of Nations,' ii. 16.
Scotch, remarks on their pronunciation, i. 360.

Captain, his attention to Johnson at
Lairds, i. 222.

Warley-camp, ii. 274.
Scotland, and the Scotch, Johnson's opinion of Society, civilized, its customs, &c. i. 238, 240,.

and bon mots on, i. 231, 301, 312, 3131.340, 2:43, 278, 325, 401; ii. 209, 381.
394, 409, 440, 450, 3, 7, 486, 495; ii..17, Soldiers, ii. 48, 211, 273.
41, 4, 70, 88, 154, 191, 334, 389, 409, Somerville, Lord, ii. 354.

Southwell, Lord, ii. 438.
434

Scott, Sir William, i: 347; i. 209, 383.

ii

Spectator The,' i. 392, 490; ij. 60, 7.

Scriptures, The Holy, ii. 74.

Spence's Anecdotes,' ii. 365.

Johnson's letters on the proposal to Spirits, evil, ii. 500.
translate them into Erse, i. 286, 8, 9.. Stanhope, Mr. (Lord Chesterfield's fon) his

Scripture-phrases, i. 392.

character, i. 144.

Second-light, i. 277, 355, 461.

Statuary, ii. 22, 190.

Selected works, ii. 59:
188.

Staunton, Sir George, letter of Johnson to, i. 199.
Sensibility, i. 321 ; 11. 40, 454, 5.

Steele, Right Hon. Thomas, i. 74

Sermons, the best, ii. 201.

Mr his Profodia Ratimalis,' i. 466.

Servants, i. 394 ; ii. 242.

Sir Richard, ii. 27, 356, 383.

Seward, Reverend Mr. ii. 37, 143, 306. Steevens, George, Esq. re-publishes Johnson's

Miss Anna, i. 11; ii. 38, 523.

Shakspeare, i. 334, 389.

William, Esg, ii. 121.

Johnson's letters io, i. 431, 2 ; ï. 102.

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