defeat his own purpose to preserve his mind clear, as his weakness might bring on paralytic complaints that might affect his mental powers. The Doctor, Mr. Windham said, heard him patiently; but when he had heard all, he desired to be troubled no more. He then took a most affectionate leave of Mr. Windham, who reported to us the issue of the conversation, for only Mr. Desmoulins was with them in the chamber. I did not see the Doctor that day, being fearful of disturbing him, and never conversed with him again. I came away about half past eleven with Mr. Windham.

Monday, Dec. 13. Went to Bolt Court at eleven o'clock in the morning; met a young lady coming down stairs from the Doctor, whom, upon inquiry, I found to be Miss Morris (a sister to Miss Morris, formerly on the stage). Mrs. Desmoulins told me that she had seen the Doctor; that by her desire he had been told she came to ask his blessing, and that he said, "God bless you!" I then went up into his chamber, and found him lying very composed

in a kind of doze: he spoke to nobody. Sir John Hawkins, Mr. Langton, Mrs. Gardiner, Rev. Mr. Strahan and Mrs. Strahan, Doctors Brocklesby and Butter, Mr. Steevens, and Mr. Nichols the printer, came; but no one chose to disturb him by speaking to him, and he seemed to take no notice of any person. While Mrs. Gardiner and I were there, before the rest came, he took a little warm milk in a cup, when he said something upon its not being properly given into his hand; he breathed very regular, though short, and appeared to be mostly in a calm sleep or dozing. I left bin in this state, and never more saw him alive. evening I supped with Mrs. Hoole and my son at Mr. Braithwaite's, and at night my servant brought me word that my dearest friend died that evening about seven o'clock: and next morning I went to the house, where I met Mr. Seward; we went together into the chamber, and there saw the most awful sight of Dr. Johnson laid out in his bed, without life! JOHN HOOLE.

In the

WE dined at the chop-house. Dr. Pozz was this day very instructive. We talked of books. I mentioned the History of Tommy Trip. I said it was a great work. Pozz. "Yes, Sir, it is a great work; but, Sir, it is a great work relatively; it was a great work to you when you was a little boy but now, Sir, you are a great man, and Tommy Trip is a little boy." I felt somewhat hurt at this comparison, and I believe he perceived it; for, as he was squeezing a lemon, he said, "Never be affronted at a comparison. I have been compared to many things, but I never was affronted. No, Sir, if they would call me a dog, and you a canister tied to my tail, I would not be affronted."

Cheered by this kind mention of me, though in such a situation, I asked him what he thought of a friend of ours, who was always making comparisons. Pozz." Sir, that fellow has a simile for every thing but himself. I knew him when he kept a shop: he then made money, Sir, and now he makes comparisons. Sir, he would say that you and I were two figs stuck together; two figs in adhesion, Sir; and then he would laugh." Bozz." But have not some great writers determined that comparisons are now and then odious ?" Pozz, "No, Sir, not odious in themselves, not odious as comparisons; the fellows who make them are odious. The Whigs make comparisons."

We supped that evening at his house. I showed him some lines I had made upon a pair of breeches. Pozz. "Sir, the lines are good; but where could you find such a subject in your country?" Bozz. "Therefore it is a proof of invention, which is a characteristic of poetry." Pozz. "Yes, Sir, but an invention which few of your countrymen can enjoy." I reflected afterwards on the depth of this remark: it affords a proof of that acuteness which he displayed in every branch of literature. I asked him if he approved of green spectacles? Pozz." As to green spectacles, Sir, the question seems to be this: if I wore green spectacles, it would be because they assisted vision, or because I liked them. Now, Sir, if a man tells me he does not like green spectacles, and that they hurt his eyes, I would not compel him to wear them. No, Sir, I would dissuade him." A few months after, I consulted him again on this subject, and he honoured me with a letter, in which he gives the same opinion. It will be found in its proper place, Vol. VI. p. 2789. I have thought much on this subject, and must confess that in such matters a man ought to be a free moral agent.

Next day I left town, and was absent for six weeks, three days, and seven hours, as I find by a memorandum in my journal. In this time I had only one letter from him, which is as follows:

"TO JAMES Bozz, Esq.

"DEAR SIR,-My bowels have been very bad. Pray buy me some Turkey rhubarb, and bring with you a copy of your Tour.'

Write to me soon, and write to me often. I am, dear Sir, yours, affectionately, SAM. Pozz."

It would have been unpardonable to have omitted a letter like this, in which we see so much of his great and illumi

nated mind. On my return to town, we met again at the chop-house. We had much conversation to-day: his wit flashed like lightning: indeed, there is not one hour of my present life in which I do not profit by some of his valuable communications.

We talked of wind. I said I knew many persons much distressed with that complaint. Pozz. "Yes Sir, when confined, when pent up." I said I did not know that, but I questioned if the Romans ever knew it. Pozz. “Yes, Sir, the Romans knew it." Bozz. "Livy does not mention it." Pozz." No, Sir, Livy wrote History. Livy was not writing the Life of a Friend.

He

On medical subjects his knowledge was immense. told me of a friend of ours who had just been attacked by a most dreadful complaint: he had entirely lost the use of his limbs, so that he could neither stand nor walk, unless supported; his speech was quite gone; his eyes were much swollen, and every vein distended, yet his face was rather pale, and his extremities cold; his pulse beat 160 in a minute. I said, with tenderness, that I would go and see him; and, said 1, Sir, I will take Dr. Bolus with me.' Pozz. "No, Sir, don't go." I was startled, for I knew his compassionate heart, and earnestly asked why? Pozz. "Sir, you don't know his disorder." Bozz." Pray what is it?" Pozz. "Sir, the man is dead drunk!" This explanation threw me into a violent fit of laughter, in which he joined me, rolling about as he used to do when he enjoyed a joke; but he afterwards checked me. Pozz." Sir, you ought not to laugh at what I said. Sir, he who laughs at what another man says, will soon learn to laugh at that other man. Sir, you should laugh only at your own jokes; you should laugh seldom."

We talked of a friend of ours who was a very violent politician. I said I did not like his company. Pozz. "No, Sir, he is not healthy; he is sore, Sir; his mind is ulcerated; he has a political whitlow Sir, you cannot touch him without giving him pain. Sir, would not talk politics with that man; I would talk of cabbage and peas; Sir, I would ask him how he got his corn in, and whether his wife was with child; but I would not talk politics." Bozz. "But perhaps, Sir, he would talk of nothing else." Pozz, "Then, Sir, it is plain what he would do." On my very earnestly inquiring what that was, Dr. Pozz answered, Sir, he would let it alone."

I mentioned a tradesman who had latley set p his coach. Pozz. He is right, Sir; a man who would go on swimmingly cannot get too soon off his legs. That man keeps his coach. Now, Sir, a coach is better than a chaise, Sirit is better than a chariot." Bozz. "Why, Sir?" Pozz. "Sir, it will hold more." I begged he would repeat this, that I might remember it, and he complied with great good humour. "Dr. Pozz," said I. "you ought to keep a coach." Pozz. "Yes, Sir, I ought." Bozz. "But you do not, and that has often surprised me." Pozz. "Surprised you! There, Sir, is another prejudice of absurdity. Sir, you ought to be surprised at nothing. A man that has lived half your days ought to be above all surprise. Sir, it is a rule with me never to be surprised. It is mere ignorance; you cannot guess

why I do not keep a coach, and you are surprised. Now, Sir, if you did know you would not be surprised." I said, tenderly," I hope, my dear Sir, you will let me know before I leave town." Pozz. Yes, Sir, you shall know now. You shall not go to Mr. Wilkins, and to Mr. Jenkins, and to Mr. Stubbs, and say, why does not Pozz keep a coach? I will tell you myself- Sir, I can't afford it."

We talked of drinking. I asked him whether, in the course of his long and valuable life, he had not known some men who drank more than they could bear? Pozz. "Yes, Sir; and then, Sir, nobody could bear them. A man who is drunk, Sir, is a very foolish fellow." Bozz. "But, Sir, as the poet says, he is devoid of all care."" Pozz. "Yes, Sir, he cares for nobody; he has none of the cares of life: he cannot be a merchant, Sir, for he cannot write his name; he cannot be a politician, Sir, for he cannot talk; he cannot be an artist, Sir, for he cannot see; and yet, Sir, there is science in drinking." Bozz. "I suppose you mean that a man ought to know what he drinks." Pozz. "No, Sir, to know what one drinks is nothing; but the science consists of three parts. Now, Sir, were I to drink wine, I should wish to know them all; I should wish to know when I had too little, when I had enough, and when I had too much. There is our friend ** ** (mentioning a gentleman of our acquaintance); he knows when he has too little, and when he has too much, but he knows not when he has enough. Now, Sir, that is the science of drinking, to know when one has enough.'

We talked this day on a variety of topics, but I find very few memorandums in my journal. On small beer, he said it was flatulent liquor. He disapproved of those who deny the utility of absolute power, and seemed to be offended with a friend of ours who would always have his eggs poached. Sign-posts, he observed, had degenerated within his memory; and he particularly found fault with the moral of the "Beggar's Opera." I endeavoured to detend a work which had afforded me so much pleasure, but could not master that strength of mind with which he argued; and it was with great satisfaction that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled silk. In the early history of the world he preferred Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology: but as they gave employment to useful artisans, he did not dislike the large buckles then coming into use.

Next day we dined at the Mitre. I mentioned spirits. Pozz." Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it." You may not believe it, but you

1 This alludes to the jealousy about copyright, which Mr. Boswell carried so far that he actually printed separately, and entered at Stationers' Hall, Johnson's Letter to Lord

cannot deny it. I told him that my great grandmother once saw a spirit. He asked me to relate it, which I did very minutely, while he listened with profound attention. When I mentioned that the spirit once appeared in the shape of a shoulder of mutton, and another time in that of a tea-pot, he interrupted me:-Pozz. "There, Sir, is the point; the evidence is good, but the scheme is defective in ensitency. We cannot deny that the spirit appeared in these shapes; but then we cannot reconcile them. What has a tea-pot to do with a shoulder of mutton? Neither is it a terrific object. There is nothing contemporaneous. Sir, these are objects which are not seen at the same t me nor in the same place." Bozz. "I think, Sir, that old women in general are used to see ghosts." Pozz. Yes, Sir, and their conversation is full of the subject: I would have an old woman to record such conversations; their loquacity tends to minuteness."

We talked of a person who had a very bad character. Pozz." Sir, he is a scoundrel." Bozz. "I hate a scoundrel." Pozz. "There you are wrong: don't hate scoundrel. Scoundrels, Sir, are useful. There are many things we caffnot do without scoundrels. I would not choose to keep company with scoundrels, but something may be got from them." Bozz. "Are not scoundrels generally fools?" Pozz "No, Sir, they are not. A scoundrel must be a clever fellow; he must know many things of which a fool is ignorant. Any man may be a fool. I think a good book might be made out of scoundrels. I would have a Biographia Flagitrosa, the Lives of Eminent Scoundrels, from the earliest accounts to the present day." I mentioned hanging: 1 thought it a very awkward situation. Pozz. "No, Sir, hanging is not an awkward situation; it is proper, Sir, that a man whose actions tend towards flagitious obliquity should appear perpendicular at last." I told him that I had lately been in company with some gentlemen, every one of whom could recollect some friend or other who had been hanged. Pozz. · Yes, Sir, that is the easiest way. We know those who have been hanged; we can recollect that: but we cannot number those who deserve it; it would not be decorous, Sir, in a mixed company. No, Sir, that is one of the few things which we are compelled to think."

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Chesterfield and the Account of Johnson's Conversation with George III. at Buckingham House, to prevent his rivals making use of them.- CROKER.

Abernethy, Rev. John. 285. Doctor, 754.

Abingdon, Earl of, bon-mot of, 651.

, Mrs., the actress, 437, 438. 440. 447.

Abjuration, oath of, 437.

Abridgments of works, 286.

Absenteeism, 553. 579.

Absolute princes, 454.

Abstain and refrain, distinction between, 159.

Abstemiousness, Johnson's, 28. 159. 174. 187. 239. 270. 336.

354, 362. 448. 480. 502. 597. 678.

Absurdities, use of delineating, 659.

Abuse, 763. personal, 194. 304.

Johnson's disregard of, 624. 663.

Abyssinia, Lobo's voyage to, 21. 285. 496.

Academy, Della Crusca send Johnson their vocabulary, 98.
Accent, Scotch, overcome by perseverance, 232.
Accounts, keeping, 716.

Achilles, shield of. 664.

Acis and Galatea, 577.

Acquaintances, 98. 716. 791.

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Johnson's numerous, 501. 733. list of, 79. 81.

Acting, 742. tragic, 275.

Action, in public speaking, 249.

Active sports in young people, not idleness, 9.

Activity of body, Johnson's, 451. of mind, 610.

Actor, qualities of a great, 522.

Actors, 51, 62. 205. 257. 274. 467. 556. 742.

Johnson's prejudice against, 51. 62. 656, 657.742.

Adair's account of America, 457.

Adams, Rev. Dr. William, Master of Pembroke College,
Oxford, 12, 13. 17. 38. 54. 57. 60. 86, 87. 93. 165. 388.
424. 482. 736. 763. 792.

his account of the first representation of " Irene," 60.
his answer to Hume's Essay on Miracles, 482.
Johnson's Letter to, 782.

Miss, afterwards Mrs. Hyett, 761.

372. 446.
Johnson's

George, dedication of Treatise on the Globes, 187.
Addison, Joseph, 8. 55. 63. 71, 72. 145. 153. 170. 255. 263, 277.
290. 372. 446, 484. 504. 509. 546. 573. 591. 662, 679.800.
his "Notanda," 63. "Remarks on Italy,'
style, 71. conduct towards Steele, 671. 684.
opinion of, 71. 145. 611. Johnson's Life of, 671.
Address of the Painters to George the Third, 119.
Adey, Mrs., 193. 197. 623. 631. Miss, 6. 197. 490. 639.
Admiration, 450.

"Adventurer," Hawkesworth's, 64. 75. 77. 81, 82. 107.

, the papers marked T, written by Johnson, 64. 81.
"Adventures of a Guinea," by whom written, 359.
"Adversaria," specimen of Johnson's, 64.
Adversaries, not to be treated with respect, 272.

Advertisements, Johnson's, in the Gent. Mag. 25. 48. in the
Universal Chronicle, 116. in the Edinburgh papers, 407.
Adultery, 192.

Egri Ephemeris, Johnson's, 794.

Eneid, story of the, 731.

Eschylus, Potter's translation of, 582.

Affectation, 402, 662. in writing, 346

of familiarity with the great, 674.

Affection, natural, 209. 630. 728.

Johnson's, for Miss Boothby, 20. 672.

Agar, Welbore Ellis, Esq., 533.

Age, old, 559. 581. 610. 613. 661. 718. 755. 832.
"Agis," Home's Tragedy of, 332.

"Aglaura," Suckling's play of, 603.

Agutter, Rev. W., 759. sermon on Johnson's death, 808.

Aikin, Miss (Barbauld) 469. 552. imitates Johnson, 552.
Air-bath, Lord Monboddo's, 550.

Akenside, Dr. Mark, 121. 234. 495. 504.

Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate, anecdotes of, 648.
Alberti Leandro, description of Italy, 372. 446.

Alchyiny, 456.

Alcibiades, 585. his dog, 573.

Aldrich, Rev. Mr., 138.

Alfred, Johnson's wish to write his Life, 54, his will, 698.
"Alias," Johnson's exemplification of the word, 730.
Allen, Rev. Thomas, 366.

Allen, Edmund, the printer, 108, 113. 160. 366. 541. 586.

601. 684. 783. 789.

- Ralph, Esq., 289.

Johnson's letters to, 699. 734.

"All for Love," Dryden's preface to, 691.

Almack's, 501. 643.

Alnwick Castle, 587.

Althorpe, Lord and Lady. See Spencer.

"Amelia." Fielding's, 508.

Ambition, 507.

America and the Americans, 428, 429. 435. 562, 563 598. 602.

651. 680, 681. 719. 758.

Amusements, 837. Country, 370. A man known by his, 768.
Amyat, Dr., 127.

Amyot, Mr. Thomas, 839.

"Ana," the French, 372. 605.
Anacreon, Baxter's, 396. 712.

dove of, translated by Johnson and Fawkes, 548.

Anaitis, temple of, 337, 338.

Analogy between body and mind, 12.

"Anatomy of Melancholy," Burton's, 12. 217. 482.
Ancestry, 229.

"Ancient Ballads," Dr. Percy's, 137.

Ancient times, not better than modern, 730.

Anderdon MSS., 57. 792. 799.

Anderson, Professor, at Glasgow, 393. 534.

-, Dr. Robert, his Life of Johnson, 8. 27. 35. 61. 72. 135.
188. 231. 277.357. 425.

-, Mr., his " Sketches of the Native Irish," 231.
Andrews, Dr. Francis, Provost of Dublin College, 168.
Androcles, 243.

Anecdotes, Johnson's love of, 275.

- Piozzi's general accuracy of, 780.

-, at second hand, little to be relied on, 805.
"Anfractuosities" of the human mind, 655.
Angel, Mr. John, his " Stenography," 254.
fallen, 737.

Angus More, 3×3.

Barclay, Robert, one of Mr. Thrale's successors, 692. Aner-
dotes of Johnson, $37.

Baretti, Signor Giuseppe, 85, 91. 99. 112. 122. 125, 128, 129.
174. 192. 195. 206. 214. 247. 302. 427. 457. 464. 484. 500 $10,
512. 525, 552. 664. 780.

-, Johnson's letters to, 122. 135. 128. His trial for murder,
207. 771. His "Travels," 214. The first who received
copy money in Italy, 548. His strictures on Mrs. Piozzi`s,
510. his Frustra Literaria," 552.

Bark, Peruvian, 762.

Barker, Dr. Edmund, 58. 107. 399.

Barnard, Rev. Dr., Bishop of Killaloe, 27. 433. 520, 521. 176.
691. 722. Altercation with Johnson and, 691. Pietrant
verses thereon, 76. 722. 833.

Captain, 1.

Dr. Richard, 56. 58. 75. 77. 79. 81, 82, 83. 129. 163. 207.
251. 663, 664. a "good hater," 78.

"Batrachomyomachia," first edition of, 425.

"Baudii Epistolæ," quoted, 420.

Baxter, Richard, quoted, 262. 292. 219. 733.

"Reasons of the Christian Religion," comresied 73
William, his "Anacreon," 396. 712. 740. 750%

"Bayes," character of, 235, 236.

Bayle, 93. His Dictionary, 145. 363. 416.

"Bear," the epithet applied to Johnson, 195. 446. K3L,
Bears, 446.

Beatniffe, Richard, Esq., Johnson's letter to, 701.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, 283.

Beattie, Dr. James, 65. 224, 225, 225, 228. 244, 24, 290
265. 272. 293. 296. 358, 390, 519. 555 687.773.

his letter to Boswell, 228. Johnson's letter to 51.
his Essay on Truth," 245. his "Herm+1, 78
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq.. 25. 80. 121. 12. 12. 12. ir
166, 167. 183. 255. 260. 288, 298. 370, 379, 48, 490 42
445. 450, 451. 496. 500, 529. 590, 615, 616. 630, 642
662. 679. 688. 718. Altercation with Johnson, **.
death, 642. His character, 642, 643. 6rit
Lord Charlemont, 643.

Lady Diana, 260-428, 643, 686.

Lord Sydney, 804. Lady Sydney, 366.

Beaufort, Duchess of,646.

Beaumaris Castle, 421.

Beaumont, Sir George, 601.

Beaumont and Fletcher, 18. 442.

"Beauties of Johnson," 67. 706, 707.

Beauty, 234. €96.

Becket, Thomas, the bookseller, 429.

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Ballow, Mr. Thomas, 501.

Balmuto, Lord, 518.

Baltic, Johnson's proposed voyage to, 539.

Bankes, Mr., of Dorsetshire, 42. 166.

Banks, Sir Joseph, 226, 227, 228, 287. 379. 381. 496. 620, 621.

Johnson's motto for his goat, 226.

Baptism, 487.760.

Barbauld, Mr., 470. Mrs. See Aikin.

Barber, Francis, Johnson's negro servant, 75, 76, 77, 78.
102. 117, 118, 183. 194. 215. 227. 415, 620. 790. 801, 802.
--, Johnson's letters to, 194. 215. 739.

Barclay, his Ship of Fooles," 91.

Mr., his defence of Johnson's Shakspeare, 171. 358.
-, Robert, of Ury, his "Apology for the Quakers," 487.

Beckenham, 767.

Beckford, Alderman, 517. 562.

Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, 769.

Bedlam, 455. 726.

Bee, the, by Goldsmith, 140.

Beech, Thomas, his "Eugenio," 259.

Beggars, 127, 216, 635. 664,

"Beggar's Opera," 364. 453. 561. 604. 685.

Behaviour, Johnson a nice observer of, 511.
Behmen, Jacob, 218.

Belchier, Mr., the surgeon, 513.

Beighton, Mr., 167.

Bell, Dr. 644.

John, of Antermony, "Travels in Russia, * 192.
John, Esq., of Hertfordshire, 115, 146,

Mr. John, his "British Poeta," 34

Bellamy, Mrs. Anne, the actress, 113. Letter to J., 742.
"Bellerophon" of Euripides quoted, 91.
Bellièvre, H. du Plessis, 279.

Belsham, Mr., his "Essay on Dramatic Poetry" quoted, 132.
Benedictine monks, 727.

Benevolence, Johnson's, 535, 536. 834. Human, 509.

-, an excuse for drinking, 606.

Bennet, Mr., the publisher, 158.

Bensley, Mr., the actor, 189.

Benson, Auditor, his monument to Milton, 72.

Bentham, Dr., canon of Christchurch, 483.

Bentley, Dr. Richard, 194. 321. 345. 359. 374. 483. 731. His

-, verses, 661.

Richard, Junior, 760.

Berenger, Richard, Esq., 584. 684.

Beresford, Rev. Mr., 591. Mrs. and Miss, 758.

Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of Cloyne, 160.221. Ilis Theory,
549. 662.

Berwick, Duke of, his " Memoirs," 592.

Bethune, Rev. Mr., 334. 341.

Betterton, Mr., the actor, 556.

Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, 158.

Beverage, Johnson's favourite, 508.

Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Hammond, 675.

Bewley, Mr., his veneration for Johnson, 698.
Bexley, Lord, concerning Dr. Vansittart, 117.

Bible, early translations of, 197. Johnson's plan of reading
the, 17. should be read with a commentary, 513.
-Johnson's death-bed recommendation to read, 842.
Bibliotheca Harleiana," Johnson's account of, 46.
"Bibliotheca Literaria," 420.

"Bibliothèque," Johnson's scheme for opening a, 93.
Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, 142. 203.

Bicknell, Mr., 106.

Bidder, William, the calculating boy, 480.
Bigamy, 337.

Big man,' a jocular Irish phrase, applied to J. 176. 409.
Bindley, James, Esq., 48. 52. 605. 718. 730.

Binning, Charles, Lord, 241.608.

Biographer, duties of a, 546. Of Johnson's, 235.
"Biographia Britannica," 552. 671.

Biography, 235. 289. 346. 483. 516. 546. 588. 671.

literary, recommended to J. by George III., 186.
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, 39. 45. 48. 57. 121. 351. J's. Greek
epigram to, 40. Letters from Johnson. to, 48. 72. 94.101.
His letter to Johnson, 94. Letter to Lord Royston, 121.
Birds, migration of, 260, 261.
Birkenhead, Sir John, 282.
Birmingham, 486. 565.

Rev. Dr. Hugh, 55. 122. 134. 276, 285. 289. 390. 402,
403. 412, 413. 429. 509, 510. 525. 530.

-, his sermons, 525. 528. 550. 566. 611 686. Lectures, 552.
Imitation of J's. style, 552. Letter concerning a conversa-
tion with J. 403. Letter on Pope's "Essay on Man," 635.
, Rev. Robert, and his poem of "The Grave," 509.

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, 43.

Blakeway, 43. 128. 169. 467.

Blanchetti, Marquis and Marchioness of, 461.
Bland, Mr., 247.

Blaney, Elizabeth, 5. 790.

Blank verse, J. dislikes, 146. 218. 660. Inferior to rhyme, €68.
Blasphemy, literary property in, 279.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to periodical, 545.

Blenheim, 370. 425. 485.

Borough-English, 376.

Boroughs and corporations, 455.

Boscawen, Admiral, 608. Hon. Mrs., 608. 646. 685, 686.
Boscovitch, Père, 218. 468.

Bossuet, bishop of Méaux, 372.
Bosville, Godfrey, Esq., 618. 652.

Mrs., 236.

Boswell, James, Esq., the author of this work,
afflicted with hypochondria, 15. 280. 475. 793.
writes the "Hypochondriac," 15. 717.

-, his nationality, 16. made notes at dinner, 837.
Mr. Courtenay's verses on, 70. 409.

contributed to the taste for biographical details, 84.
introduction to Johnson, 133, 134.

story told by Johnson of his early years, 148.
"Account of Corsica," 189. 199.

elected a member of the Literary Club, 257.259.
Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides, 267.

dress at the jubilee, 198.

propensity to see executions, 206. 648. 720. 772.
his ancestry, 271. 396. 472.

his character drawn by himself, 279.

Johnson's character of him, 280. 459. 619.

his account of the escape of the Pretender, 326.
announces the "Life of J." during his lifetime 373.
Lord Stowell's character of him, 280.

Johnson's character of his "Tour to the Hebrides," 458.

-, attempt to imitate the style of Warburton, 600.
a quarrel with Johnson, 610.

"Letter to the People of Scotland," 747, 748.
expectations from Mr. Pitt, 750.

controversy with Miss Seward, 773.

Johnson's letters to him, 162. 172. 179. 193. 199. 212. 224.

226. 245, 246, 266, 268. 270. 409. 411, 412, 413, 414. 426, 427,
428, 429. 433, 434. 457, 458, 459. 468. 470, 471, 472, 473, 474,
475. 508. 522. 524. 528. 530. 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539. 565.
567. 589. 619, 621, 624. 630. 633. 640, 641, 642. 651, 654. 677.
700. 705. 707, 708, 709. 736. 744. 748, 749, 750. 782. 793.

his letters to Johnson, 179. 193. 223, 224. 226. 245, 410.
413, 414, 427, 428, 429. 433. 468, 469. 475, 522, 523. 526. 528,
529. 533, 534. 536, 537, 538. 564. 566, 967. 569, 570. 589, 618.
622. 630. 633. 639, 640, 650. 652.

letter to Garrick, 385.
Garrick's letter to, 386.

letter to Rasay, 407.

-, letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 747.

letter to Lord Thurlow on Johnson's pension, 77.

Lord Thurlow's answer, 775.

letter to Wilkes, 732.

letters to Malone about this work, 828.

Mrs., the author's wife, 75. 224. 409, 410. 475, 521. 537.

548, 624.654. 733.

her letter to Johnson, 710.

Johnson's letters to, 521, 537. 640. 709.

Mrs., the author's mother, 395.

Thomas, the founder of the author's family, 396. 472.
T. David, the author's brother, 244. 555. 650, 652.
Sir A., the author's eldest son, 212. 240. 270. 468. 555.

, David, the author's second son, 525. 529.

James, the author's third son, 17. 20. 52. 57. 66. 79. 189.
203. 211. 220, 221. 239, 240, 429. 452. 460. 483. 506. 629. 634.
Elizabeth, the author's step-mother, 518.
Veronica, the author's daughter, 271. 537.
Dr. the author's uncle, 278. 402, 496. 533.
"Bottom," 687.

Bouchier, Governor, £83.

Boutfier, Père, his "First Truths," 160.
Boufflers, Madame de, 216. 467, 468.

Bouheurs, Dominique, 205.
Boulter, Dr. Hugh, his

Monument," a poem,

107.830.

Boulton, Matthew, Esq., 425. 488.