& jeg. Steevens, George, Esq. communications from as Telt, i. 463. Testimony, general, i. 232, 3, 241. Theocritus, ii. 329. Thomas à Kempis, ii. 186, 49?: Strahan, William, Esq. 1. 464; ii. 275;—his Thomson, Reverend james, his case, ii. 74, letter as to obtaining Johnson a seat in par- the poet, his works, i. 246, 306; ii. 62. Mrs. - Johnson's letters to, ii. 389, 272 Thornton, Bonnel, his burlesque Ode, i. 227. Thrale, Mr. i. 267, 313; ii. 32, 187, 325, 380. Stratford. Jubilee. See Garrick. Stuart, Hon. Colonel James, ii. 297 sale of his brewhouse, ii. 410. Stuart, Andrew, Erq his Letters to Lord Mrs.--See Piozzi. Thurlow, Lord, an opinion of his on the Liberty Study, method of, i. 233, 258. Style, ii. 220. Letter to Dr. Johnson from him, ii. Johnson's, remarks on, and on the imi- tations of, i. 122 ; ii. 156. Johnson's opinion of, ii. 441. his letier to the authour, on J hnson's going to Italy, ii. 526. Johnson's letter to him on t'iat occa. Toleration, i. 415, 418; ii. 285, 335, 452. Swift, letter to, as to Johnson's obtaining a Topham's Cafe, ii. S1* Torture, how used in Holland, i. 255. Johnson's opinion of his works, i. 245, Tory, Johnson's definition of, ii. 399, 501. Towers, Dr. Joseph, i. 460. his life by Johnson, ii. 363. his • Ellay on the Life,' &c. of Johnson, Trade, Johpson's remarks on, i. 323. Translation, i. 39; ii. 62. T. • Traveller, The,' Goldsmith's poem of, i. Johnson's lines in, i: 276.-His high TACITUS, remarks on his style, i. 378. praise of, ii. • Tale of a Tub,' i. 245,462. Travelling, ii. 47, 61., 194, 213, 233, 270, 1, • Taxation no Tyranny,' i. 458. 510, 517 ing, ii. 233. Trinity, Johnson's belief in, and just disappro- bation of its being discussed in a mixed Truth, importance of a regard to, i. 237 ; ii. 19, 132, 188, 9, 300, 332, 379, 434, 440, Jeremy, ii. 503. , 507, 544. Twifs's tras els in Spain, i. 477- Temple, Reverend Mr. i. 277, 460. Tyers, Mr. Thomas, anecdotes of, ii. 237. his well-written character, of Gray, ii. Tytler's vindication of Mary Queen of Scots, ii. 348. i. 398. i. 459. Tea, i. 172. i. 192. * Since the note referred to was written, the Case has received the determination of the Court of King's Bench; U. and V. Warton, Reverend Dr. Joseph, his · Exay on * VANITY of human Wishes,' Jolinson's poem, Letters of Johnson to, i. 136, 335. Reverend Thomas, i. 146 ; i. 26, 332. Vanfittart, Dr. Robert, i. 189. his entertaining account of Johnfon's conversation when at Oxford in 1754, i. « Vicar of Wakefield,' (novel,) i. 225. Vilette, Reverend Mr. Ordinary of Newgate, Letters of Johnson to, 146, 150, 1, 2, 153, 6, 160, 1, 177, 183, 4, 308, 334. • Village, Deserted,' a poem by Goldfınith ;- Watts, Dr. his works, i. 171. • Village,' a poem, by the Reverend Mr. Crabbe, Weather, its influence, i. 232, 245, 484; ii. 483, ii. 438. 538, 543 Johnson's juvenile translations from, i. Wedderburne, Alexander, Esq.-Sce Loughbo- Baskerville's edition of, presented by Welch, Saunders, Esq. ii. 269, 271, 298. Johnson to le.nbroke College, i. 308. Letter of Johnson to, ii. 269. Virtue and Vice, ii. 263, 5, 501. Wentworth, Mr. Johnson at his school, i. 16. • Visitor, The,' a periodical paper, i. 476. Welley, Reverend John, ii. 190, 231. Letter of Johnson to, ii. 294. of his nephew Lord Lyttelton's vision, ii. 5०९. 495, 7: Wetherell,' Reverend Dr. ii. 23, 509. Vyse, Reverend Dr. letter of to the Authour, Letter of Johnson to, ii, 12. and letter of Johnson to him, ii. 123:--and Wheeler, Rererend Dr. ii. 277. Whigs, Johnson's defnition of, ii. 399; no greai private enmity between them and Tories, ii. 501. Whitefield, Reverend George, his character, i. 33, 314; ii. 304. Whitefoord, Caleb, Esq. ii. 518. Whitehead, Paul, i. 64, 217. · Whole Duty of Man,' conjectures on its extract from his · Divine Poesie,' as to Wife, qualities of, Sir Thomas Overbury's the communion of faints, ii. 500. Johnson's life of, ii. 347. Wilkes, John, Esq. his jeu d'esprit on Johnson's his letter reconimending Johnson and meetings between him and Johnson, ii. 80, & jeq. 389. Jolifon's opinion of him, ii. 163. anecdote of gallantry related by him, Walton, Isaac, his · Lives,' i. 435, 7, 9, 487; his advice how beit to speak at the bar of the House of Commons, ii. 187. Warburton, his contest with Lowth, i. 293. his pleasantry on Johnson and himself, Johofon's character of, ii. 352, 3, , as to their politicks and religion, ii. 187. Wari, the noted Dr. ii. 291. Williams, Mr. Zachariah, account of, i. Warley-camp, Johnson's visit to, ii. 273, 9. Warren, Dr. his generous attendance on Johnson Williams Mrs. Anna, i. 127, 228, 252, 323; ii. 5:3• 498. 149, 166, 7: 6 ii. 430. i. 362. 576. Williams, Mrs. Anna, her death, ii. 463, 7, Willon, Reverend Mr. letter of Johnson to, YOUNG, Dr. his Night Thoughts,' i. 322 Johnson's life of, i. 361. anecdotes of, ii. 400, 2. his fine image of delicate fatire, ii. Wine, the use of, i. 378, 380; ii. 20, 64, 154, 505. 199, 202, 248, 254, 286, 290, 371, 6, Mr. (Greek Professor at Glasgow,) his · Criticism on Gray's Elegy,' in imi. Wirtemberg, Prince of, anecdote of, i. 373. tation of Johnson, ii, 565. «The World,' (periodical essays,) i. 228. ZECK, Luke, anecdote of, i. 275.- X. XERXES, Juvenal's fine verses on, i. 401. CORRECTIONS Which the Reader is requested to make with his Pen, before perusing the following Life. P. 32, 1. 3 from the foot, for cotemporarics, read contemporaries. ascribed to Dr. Bathurst, whose christian name was Richard. , has stood many years. Origin of Moral Virtue.” P. 191, 1. 8, for Johnston read Johnson. Dedication of his Juvenal. To Mr. EDMUND ALLEN. * DEAR SIR, “ IT has pleased God this morning to deprive me of the powers of speech; and as I do not know but that it may be his farther good pleasure to deprive me foon of my senses, I request you will, on the receipt of this note, come to me, and act for me, as the exigencies of my case may require. I am sincerely yours, “ SAM. JOHNSO N." P. 562, 1. 3, from the foot, after tongue insert a and prefix inverted commas to the following word. P. 582, 1. 10, after respectable contribution, add-But the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's having come to a resolution of admitting monuments there, upon a liberal and magnificent plan, that cathedral was afterwards fixed on as the place. THE N 1776, Johnson wrote, so far as I can discover, nothing for the publick: 1776. . but that his mind was still ardent, and fraught with generous wishes to Ætat. 67. attain to still higher degrees of literary excellence, is proved by his private notes of this year, which I shall insert in their proper place. TO JAMES BOSWELL, Esq. « DEAR SIR, “ I HAVE at last sent you all Lord Hailes's papers. While I was in France, I looked very often into Henault; but Lord Hailes, in my opinion, leaves him far, and far, behind. Why I did not dispatch so short a perusal sooner, when I look back, I am utterly unable to discover: but human moments are stolen away by a thousand petty impediments which leave no trace behind them. I have been afflicted, through the whole Christmas, with the general disorder, of which the worst effect was a cough, which is now much mitigated, though the country, on which I look from a window at Streatham, is now covered with a deep snow. Mrs. Williams is very ill : every body else is as usual. “ Among the papers, I found a letter to you, which I think you had not , I opened ; and a paper for · The Chronicle, which I suppose it not necessary now to insert. I return them both, Vol. II. “ I have, B |