Smith's "best verses Smoking gone out, 550 on Pococke the traveller, 337 Smollett, T., letter to Wilkes for Barber, 84 Commissary inscription for his great kinsman, 642 and n Snakes," no snakes in Iceland," Horrebow, 340 Snatches of reading, not scholarship, but sometimes useful, 393 Soame, Jenyns, lines of Horace applied to, 340 "Evidences," and theories discussed, 343 Society of Arts, Johnson a speaker at, 160 Thrale sitting silent; Goldsmith speaking at all ventures, 614 Solander, Dr, not a Laplander, 630 Soldier, a, "gets as little as any man can get, 571 Soldier's, a, account of the '45 moves Boswell to tears, 572 work compared with Goldsmith's, 571 Soldiers, Johnson and the, at Fort Augustus: "my Song, Kingsburgh's "Green Sleeves," etc., 609 discussion on, with Principal Murison, 551 Southwell, Lord, "the most qualitied man," 437 Speakers in Parliament hoping for places, 450 of oneself improper save to state a fact, 352 of a man in his own presence offensive, 7 Spectator, The," one of the finest papers in, 266 Speldings, Johnson eats, 548 and n Spence, a weak conceited man; not a good but a pretty scholar, Johnson, 627 and n account of his anecdotes, 405 Spottiswoode "of that ilk," 353 n Sprig of myrtle," Johnson's verses on, 18 Spurs, Johnson loses his, 579 "Stately shop," at a, you will not be imposed upon, Johnson, 478 Staunton, Sir G., 89 public, 161 Sconser, Johnson and Boswell at, 608 Scorpion, the, in circle of fire, 138 Scotch, the, jests on, Johnson's and Wilkes', 279 and Irish understand each other's Gaelic, 166 Johnson had no real prejudice against, 156 success of, in London, reason for, 440 physicians (Drs Cullen, Munro, Hope, and Gillespie), consulted on Johnson's case, 461 Johnson's dislike to, reasons for, 435 Wilkes' jests on, 278 we taught you everything Johnson railing at, since the Union," 606 gardeners, Johnson on, 144 Scotchman never daunted by a refusal, instance of Dossie, 390 Scotland, absence from, Johnson's jest on, 264 Johnson's prejudice against, 138 66 more water in," owing to "your vile bogs," Johnson, 634 Johnson's prejudice against, shown early, 539 printing in, 183 "Scots made necessarily, the English by choice, ha ! ha!" Johnson, 546 a, judgment of Johnson, 308 known to each other though born in very distant counties; Johnson's explanation, 257 Scott of Amwell, his Elegies, 222 Sir W., dinner, 335 Scotticisms, Hume's collection of, Johnson, "I wonder he should find them," 143 "Scoundrel," Johnson's use of the word, 9 "Scoundrelism about a low man," Johnson, 26 Scribbler, a contemptible, assailing "The Tour," 657 Scriptural allusions in familiar talk, 182 Sea life like jail life, 247 Secker, Archbishop, Johnson prejudiced against, 395 Second sight, 164 instance of, 628 Boswell's own opinions on : case of, 648 instances of, 577 "Seducing man, a very," Johnson, 403 » Selections from an author's work, 325 Semel insanivimus omnes, where found, 439 Senate, Roman, compared with English Parliament, 318 Seneca exiled to Corsica, not farther from his home than they in the Hebrides, 621 "Sensation is sensation," Johnson, 559 "Seraglio," Johnson's, 365 Sermon, Mr Tait's, at Inverness, on inferior people attaching themselves to men of talent, 568 Sermons written for Taylor by Johnson, 312 forty, Johnson had written, 552 Servant accused of stealing coins: Sir G. Kneller's story, 328 Servants, women and men, problem as to, 183 Sexual intercourse, 357 Shakspeare, Johnson publishes his, 123 and Corneille compared, 391 witches, 369 Johnson's "Proposals," 40 confidence in "one reading" of, 272 Sharpe, Gregory, "ranting on liberty," 158 Shaving, different fashions of, 306 Shaw, Rev. Mr, supports Johnson's view of "Ossian," 458 Cuthbert, verses on Johnson, 133 and his Erse Grammar, 288 "She Stoops to Conquer," Johnson's praise of, 187 Boswell's peculiar system of, Johnson's test of, 337 Shyness not to be cured by sending to a public school, 476 Siam, Embassy of Louis XIV. to, 356 Sibbald, Sir R., MS. life of, account of his conversion and reconversion. Boswell's proposal to publish it opposed by Johnson, 325 Sick, being, at a friend's house, 439 Sick man, one who satisfies a, has done his part well, 476 Siddons, Mrs, her visit to Johnson described by Kemble, 455 Silence of Johnson: "you never speak till you are spoken to: like a ghost," Tom Tyers' speech, 553 Simpson, J., Johnson's early Lichfield friend, 84, 265 Singularities:walking, talking to himself, counting steps, etc., 119 work compared with Goldsmith's, 571 Soldiers, Johnson and the, at Fort Augustus: "my Song, Kingsburgh's "Green Sleeves," etc., 609 discussion on, with Principal Murison, 551 Southwell, Lord, "the most qualitied man," 437 Speakers in Parliament hoping for places, 450 of oneself improper save to state a fact, 352 of a man in his own presence offensive, 7 Spence, a weak conceited man; not a good but a pretty scholar, Johnson, 627 and n account of his anecdotes, 405 Spottiswoode "of that ilk," 353 n Sprig of myrtle," Johnson's verses on, 18 Spurs, Johnson loses his, 579 "Stately shop," at a, you will not be imposed upon, Johnson, 478 Staunton, Sir G., 89 Steele, Sir R., "practised the lighter vices," 250 his object in publishing "The Christian Hero," 250 execution in his house by Addison, 413 Mr, system of recording talking tones in score, 215 Steevens, G., "deserved to be kicked," 340 elected to The Club, 199 "running about with little weight upon his mind," 228 his "collections" of Johnson's sayings, etc., 479 Stephani, Maittaire's account of the, "a heavy book,' 388 Stewart, Francis, letter of Johnson to, in pocket-book, 379 Stewart's, Mrs, pocket-book, Johnson's eagerness about, 462 "Stews, licensed," the principle censured, 262 Stillingfleet, Mr, and his blue stockings, 417 Stockings, Aberdeen, exported, difference in war and peace, 557 Stopford, Col., breakfasts with Johnson, 228 Stories, altitude of a man's taste to be measured by his (Reynolds'); also by his amusements, 477 Strahan, a judge of what is not an epigram, 334 his supposed intimacy with Warburton, 558 Strahan's suggestion that Johnson should enter Parlia- "Strange I am never, in a strange place; " too much Stuart, Colonel James, praise of, 374 A., his letters on the Douglas Cause, Boswell's Hon., and Rev. Mr, introduced to Johnson, 443 the, and the House of Hanover, Johnson on, 304 to the Articles, 164 Johnson's prejudice against, 545 "why, poor Tom Davies might have written it," 141 TABLE, a good, draws company, 313 "Taken up my bed and walked," Lord Chatham's "Tale of a Tub," query Swift's? Johnson on, 211 pleased Johnson, with his "talk," 608 above the capacity of others, Johnson's and Talking, what foolish ! (Johnson), "but you said no- thing," innocent talk, better than nothing, 544 by, people may come to do almost anything, 617 always his best, Johnson, 439 Tasker, "the Poet," grotesque recitation by, 367 Taste, refinement of, a disadvantage? Johnson, "a paltry notion" that, 483 difference in, is difference of skill, 175 Tavern in Catharine Street described by Johnson, 600 66 Taxation no Tyranny," Johnson's tract, 212 "Taylor," Demosthenes, his conversation of one word, Richard," 351 Chevalier, challenges Johnson to talk Latin, 371 described by Johnson, 299 on Johnson, 303 Temper of Johnson not rough or harsh, 280 Temple, Rev. Mr, Boswell's friend, 107 Tenants, duty to one's, 623 her accusations of Johnson, 483 imaginary Ode to, by Johnson, 499 Boswell's verses to, in character of Mary Gulli- marriage with Piozzi, 483 reproofs to, 270 her letter to Johnson and his reply, 381 "had done everything wrong, since Thrale's her inaccurate stories: 1. Hannah More's Johnson's Latin Ode to, 477 Thrale, Mr, removed to Grosvenor Square, 407 death of, (April 4, 1781), 410 paid £20,000 a year to the Revenue, 569 Thrale's son, news of his death received by Johnson will, Johnson executor under, 410 house, Johnson's prayer on leaving, 433 Three Crowns, the, at Lichfield, kept by Wilkins, 254 Thuanus, Johnson thought of translating, 506 a fine fellow, puts his mind to yours," 438 Toleration and education of children, 390 argument on, by Dr Mayo, Langton, Toplady, "you are hurt by knowing that even one man Topic, a single, a man should take care not to make Topics, two, which I am sick of, "yourself and me," 272 Tory and Whig, Johnson on, 420 Toryism, Johnson's, abated after knowing Gilbert "Tossed and gored several persons," 141 Tour, the, magnified, "as if we had been to Nova Boswell's defence of, and suppression of all that the conclusion of, and Johnson's return to town, Towers, Dr, on Johnson, 398 - his letter to Johnson, 213 Townshend, Charles and Fitzherbert, 184 Mr T., defence in Parliament of Johnson's Retaliation," 477 Toyshop, Johnson at a, "it was toying with one," Trade, learning a, now; the "Assembly man," not by Johnson on, exchange of goods, 148 Trader, why are we angry at the opulence of, dis- Tradesman's "inferiority," Johnson on, 156 on, and Potter's Eschylus, 334 - by a Irishman and a Scot, and their blunders, six sheets of, written in a day by Johnson, 552 a, must carry knowledge with him to bring home Travellers, modern, more authentic than ancient, 362 in distant countries, the mind enlarged by, John- over Johnson's mind and Goldsmith, 439 Treason, constructive, Johnson against, 412 Trees, no old, in Scotland, 211 in Scotland, Johnson's ridicule of, 552 Trial for murder, Scotch, plea in bar from lapse of time, 540 Trimlestown, Lord, 325 Trinity the, and transubstantiation, some objections to? 557 Tristram Shandy "did not last," 250 Truth, precise, annoying what deviations from, 375 a test of the value of a story, 246 "to be shot at," 262 "believe half of what he tells, but which half?" moral and physical defined, 389 economy of, example, a murderer asking what the exact, exhortation to, "do not tell this a cow, etc., 109 "Turk, read like a," Johnson, 506 "Turkish Spy, The," Johnson on, 634 genuine? 443 Turnspit, awkward as a, 506 "Twalmley, Johnson and the great," and his flood- gate iron, 441 Twiss's "Travels," 220 Tyburn executions, the old processions to, whole- some, 440 Tyers, Tom, account of, 348 describing Johnson as "like a ghost, never ULINISH, the travellers at, 602 Uncivil thing, no more to be said than to be done, 395 VAILS to servants, 144 Valley, Johnson's description of a beautiful, at Glen- "Vanity of Human Wishes," 43 · Johnson's historical mistakes in, 547 Veronica, Boswell's daughter, and Johnson, 540 Vesey, Mrs, party at, and court paid to Johnson, 382 Vice does not hurt character, discussion, 360 Villette, Rev. M., and the convicts, 480 "a horrible thing, a snare for sin,” 362 WAGES of day labourers "wrong" to raise, 438 Wales, Johnson's Tour in, 203 Wales, Prince of, happiest person in the kingdom, Walker the elocutionist, 445 Wall, “might fall upon a very learned man,” 545 Waller, descendant of the poet near Aberdeen, 556 99 66 Walpole, "Horry,' 'got together many curious little Walton's lives, Lord Halles and Dr Horne to edit, Want. "Have you no better manners? There is Warburton and Lowth, controversy between, 567 Johnson's treatment of, 400 n praised, 554 Warton, Dr, his account of Johnson at Oxford, 62 "Water, the same everywhere," Johnson apropos of drinker, Boswell a, "on trial," 354 n Johnson drinking, his dislike at being ques- Wawking" cloth, process of, in the Hebrides, 583 |