Borough English, an old tenure,

277.

Bossuet, Boswell's enthusiasm for,

268.

Boswell, as early as 1763, suggested

to Johnson the Tour to the
Hebrides, 1; in 1764 mentioned
the design to Voltaire, 1; in
1773, seeing hopes of success, he
gets Mrs. Thrale and Dr. Robert-
son to add their persuasions to
his, 3; begs also the assistance
of Dr. Beattie, 4; a sketch of
Johnson s character and person,
5-7; receives a note from John-
son, saying he had actually ar-
rived in Edinburgh, 9; conducts
Johnson through the dangers of
the streets to the house he rented
from David Hume in James's
Court, 10, 11; expresses his de-
light that his wife gives up her
bedroom for Johnson's accommo-
dation, and makes tea for him at
all hours, 11, 12, and is so
pleased that his little daughter
Veronica takes a fancy to John-
son that he promises to add to
her fortune, 13; shows Johnson
points of interest in Edinburgh,
and takes him to call on different
people, 12-35; "chuckles at be-
holding Samuel Johnson rolling
among the antiquities," 25; in-
vites to meet Johnson, Sir Wil-
liam Forbes of Pitsligo, 12;
Lord Chief Baron Orde, 15;
Mr. Arbuthnot, 18; Dr. Robert-
son, 24; Mr. W. Nairne, and
Mr. Hamilton, 23; the Duchess
of Douglas, Sir Adolphus Ough-
ton, Principal Robertson, Mr.
Cullen, 28; Dr. Blacklock, Sir
Alexander Dick, Lord Hailes,
Mr. Maclaurin, Dr. Gregory,
and Dr. Boswell, 30-32; Dr.
Webster and Mr. Murray, 35;
reads to Johnson some of his
law notes, 35; gives a sketch of
himself, 36; leaves Edinburgh
with Johnson, 36; begins his

Journal, 42 n.; acknowledges
with thanks the civilities of the
Professors at St. Andrew's, 48;
defends Johnson's Journey,
51;
hints at his leaning towards
a belief in transubstantiation,
53; Johnson compliments him
on defending his profession with
ability, 53; his good humour,
Burke says, is scarce a virtue,
he has so much naturally, 57;
at Aberdeen known from his
likeness to his father, 63; most
kindly entertained by Lord
Errol at Slains Castle, 80;
regrets the decay of respect for
men of family, 81; his two
titles, Dalblair and Auchinleck,
89; makes out a plan for the
Tour with Mr. Macaulay at
Calder Manse, 93; ecstatic over
the comfort and luxury of Fort
George, 98; has a fit of melan-
choly, 99; pays his respects
to old friends in Inverness,
102; his imagination strongly
affected by the Rambler' 103;
his nervous tremors, 109;
excites Johnson's wrath by
riding forward, 114; uneasy
and fretful himself, he admires
the philosophic calm of the
Rambler,' 115; indulges in
some sneers at the meanness
of the Macdonalds, in his
first edition, 117 n, 118 n.; but
expunges them in the second
and third, 118; suffers from
an attack of spleen, 123; de-
tained, dull and dreary, at Cor-
richatachin, he is thankful for
tea, 129; sentimental over the
realization of his long-cherished
scheme, 131; leaves Johnson for
a day, 136; complains of irri-
table nerves, 144; in "high
glee," 151; makes an abstract
of what he beard from Flora
Macdonald, 153; shows himself
a good critic, 179; compares
himself to a dog running away

as a young English Buck,"
151; Johnson a "buck indeed,"
224.

Budgell Eustace, his suicide, 38.
Buffon, his conversation, 194 n.
Burke, Edmund, his extraordinary
abilities 18-20; his eloquence,
"the first man every-

179;
where," 231.
Burnet's History of his own
Times, found in a Highland
hut, 244.

Burney, Dr. Charles, his History of
Music, 53 n.

Butter, Aberdeen, a duel fought

for the honour of, 298.
Byron, Commodore, his story of
finding giants in Patagonia,

337.

Cabbage, "such a woman might

be cut out of a cabbage," 196.
Cadogan, Dr., his book on the
gout, 176 n.

Calder Manse, an evening at, 92;
the library in, 93.
Campbell, Bishop Archibald, on a
Middle State, 310; Johnson's
account of, 311.

Dr. John, translator of Her-
mippus Redivivus, author of the
Political Survey of Great
Britain, 280, 281.
Candlestick, Mackinnon's, 288.
Cards, Johnson wishes he had
learned to play, 351.
Carelessness, Johnson's, about let-
ters and papers, 317.
Caricature, of Walpole, referred
to, 244; Hogarth's, of Wilkes,
in Flora Macdonald's room in
Sky, 152.

Carr, Rev. George, his sermons,
and account of, 14 n.
Carriage, Rasay's, a fine strong
open boat, 130.

Carte, his life of the Duke of Or-

mond, ill written, 254.
Cascade, Mrs. Cotton's dry, 385 n.
Case, with spoon, fork, &c., given

by Prince Charles Edward to

Cave, Mackinnon's, Scott's note
on, 288.

Cawdor Castle, the Thane of Caw-
dor's seat, 92.

Chambers, Sir Robert, conducts
Johnson to Newcastle, 5.

Sir William, his account of
Oriental gardening, 152.

Dr. William, the restorer of
St. Giles', 26.
Chapel, Baron Smith's attended
by Johnson, 14; ruins of a, in
Inchkenneth, Boswell visits at
night for devotion, but returns
in haste for fear of ghosts, 284 n.
Charles Edward, Prince, escape of
with Flora Macdonald, 155-65;
Voltaire's saying on, 165.
Chatsworth visited, 376.
Chester visited, 381; a disagree-

ment takes place there between
Johnson aud Mrs. Thrale, 381.
Cheyne, Dr., his rule of life, 123.
Chief, a Highland, should make
his house like a Court, 235.
Cholmondeley, Mrs., "a very airy
lady," 211.

Christ, His atonement and satis-
faction, 66, 67.

Christian Institutes, by Dr. J. Gas-
trell, 280.

Clarendon's fine passage on the

execution of Montrose, 257.
Claymore, Rorie More's shown to
Johnson, 178.

Clergy, Scotch and English, com-
pared, 215; dispute as to which
are most learned, 216.

Clive, Mrs., the best player John-

a college there, each member to
be a professor of some subject,

83.

Cocker's Arithmetic, Johnson pre-
sents to a girl in the Highlands,
108.

Col, the young chieftain, 217; his
plan for Johnson's excursion,
217; leader of the party, 219;
his dogs, 243; brings Johnson
a number of books to pass the
time, 253; Johnson's gratitude
283; Johnson parts from him,
with regret, 287; his excellent
qualities, and untimely death,
286, 287 n.

Col, life in, described, 259; wind
in, louder than any other place,
"its noise all its own," 354; the
castle of, the account of it given
by Johnson in his Journey
quoted, 255.
Colquhoun, Sir James, his hospi-
tality, 316.

Lady Helen, disputes with
Johnson on the use of a liturgy,
318.

Columba, St., tradition of his
having landed at Portawherry in
Iona, 293.

Combermere, Johnson stays at,
379, 380.

Comedy, Mr. Cumberland's, 143;
Boswell finds in Rasay, 143.
Companions, Foote and Garrick
as, compared, 340.

Composition, Johnson's advice on,
48, 49.

Congratulations to Johnson on his

return from the tour, 344.
Connor, a Catholic priest, a pri-
soner for some years in Harris,

adversary with respect, is strik-
ing soft in battle, 16; on Burke,

66

a man

step aside to take shelter with
him for five minutes, and you
will say this is an extraordinary
man," 20, 179; on mind and the
direction of mental power, 21;
on "sticking to a party," the
faggot of principles may have
some rotten sticks in it, and
they cannot well be separated,"
22; "I fancy mankind may, in
time, grow weary of prepara
tion, and connection, and illustra-
tion, and all those arts by which
a big book is made," 24;
may write at any time, if he
will set himself doggedly to it,"
25; on literary patronage, 42;
on composition, 49; on literary
property, 53; on Homer, and
the value of biography, 59; on
politeness, 61; on public schools,
64; on
the satisfaction of
Christ, 67; on the training of
children, 75; on friends and re-
lations, 81; on moral evil, and
free-will, 90; "custom is to be
followed," said of seasons of
prayer, 95; on true fame, said
of Goldsmith, 107; on Death,
this world a mere show, and
when it is over spectators should
leave it cheerfully and give place
to others, 146; of a certain book,

so many words to so little mat-
ter, that there was no getting
through the book," 173; good
humour acquired, increases with
age, 177; cunning shows no
great ability, 183; pains and
attention in consulting records,
a modern habit, 185; on the
Rock of Dunvegan, 188; on
the accounts of savage nations
given by themselves, 190;
on the different kinds of fools
men choose for wives, 191; on
land and trade, 197; on dying
men and their duties, 201; a
man is seldom disposed to work