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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
Lord!" 571

Song, Kingsburgh's "Green Sleeves," etc., 609
Sorrow, not cured by reason, Johnson, 551

discussion on, with Principal Murison, 551
Sought people, Johnson never, 350
Sounds, on, 175

Southwell, Lord, "the most qualitied man," 437
- Lady, letter of condolence to, 386
Spade, the crooked, v. the straight one, 610
Spanish plays criticised, 391

Speakers in Parliament hoping for places, 450
Speaking, public, 218

of oneself improper save to state a fact, 352
the, of others is never the same in their absence
as when they are by, 396

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

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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
Church, patronage in the, 190

Johnson had no real prejudice against, 156
in 1745, "wanted law," 157

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
accent, the, 166

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

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Sexual intercourse, 357

Shakspeare, Johnson publishes his, 123 and Corneille compared, 391

witches, 369

Johnson's "Proposals," 40

confidence in "one reading" of, 272
and Steevens' published (1773), 179

Sharpe, Gregory, "ranting on liberty," 158
Sharpe's letters on Italy, 272

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

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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

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work compared with Goldsmith's, 571

Soldiers, Johnson and the, at Fort Augustus: "my
Lord!" 571

Song, Kingsburgh's "Green Sleeves," etc., 609
Sorrow, not cured by reason, Johnson, 551

discussion on, with Principal Murison, 551
Sought people, Johnson never, 350
Sounds, on, 175

Southwell, Lord, "the most qualitied man," 437
Lady, letter of condolence to, 386
Spade, the crooked, v. the straight one, 610
Spanish plays criticised, 391

Speakers in Parliament hoping for places, 450
Speaking, public, 218

of oneself improper save to state a fact, 352
the, of others is never the same in their absence
as when they are by, 396

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

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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-
ment, 160

"Strange I am never, in a strange place; " too much
reserve among people of condition, 468

Stuart, Colonel James, praise of, 374

A., his letters on the Douglas Cause, Boswell's
"Essence," 186 and n

Hon., and Rev. Mr, introduced to Johnson, 443
Stuarts, the, Johnson on, 183

the, and the House of Hanover, Johnson on, 304
Study, Johnson on, letter to Boswell when abroad, 117
Styles in painting, poetry, etc., on, 340
Subordination broken down in this age, 335
Subscribers, Johnson keeping no list of, 418
Subscription of articles at the Universities defended
by Johnson, 551

to the Articles, 164

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Johnson's prejudice against, 545
"Conduct of the Allies," Johnson on;

"why,

poor Tom Davies might have written it," 141

TABLE, a good, draws company, 313
Tacitus, 175

"Taken up my bed and walked," Lord Chatham's
wrong application of, 477

"Tale of a Tub," query Swift's? Johnson on, 211
Tales against oneself never to be told, 257
Talisker described, 606

pleased Johnson, with his "talk," 608
"Talk" but no conversation, 440
Talk is of Bullocks, his, and not clerical (Dr Taylor), 312

above the capacity of others, Johnson's and
Baxter's, on principle, 440

Talking, what foolish ! (Johnson), "but you said no-

thing," innocent talk, better than nothing, 544
and writing, different had he held his tongue,
Johnson, 479

by, people may come to do almost anything, 617
for victory, Johnson, 188

always his best, Johnson, 439

Tasker, "the Poet," grotesque recitation by, 367
Tasso's stanza objected to by Johnson, 354

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, Dr, Johnson to be his heir, 312

"Taylor," Demosthenes, his conversation of one word,

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Richard," 351

Chevalier, challenges Johnson to talk Latin, 371
Dr, visit to, and account of, 257

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

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her accusations of Johnson, 483

imaginary Ode to, by Johnson, 499

Boswell's verses to, in character of Mary Gulli-
ver, 571

marriage with Piozzi, 483

reproofs to, 270

her letter to Johnson and his reply, 381
kind to Johnson at Bath, 435

"had done everything wrong, since Thrale's
bridle was off her neck," 466

her inaccurate stories: 1. Hannah More's
flattery "choking him;" 2. to the gentleman
after a discussion, "I feel the disgrace, etc.,"
484-86

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
at Lichfield, 256

will, Johnson executor under, 410

house, Johnson's prayer on leaving, 433
"address" (1780), drawn up by Johnson, 386
Thrales, the, Johnson's first introduction to, 121
family, account of, 121

Three Crowns, the, at Lichfield, kept by Wilkins,

254

Thuanus, Johnson thought of translating, 506
Thurlow, Johnson's letter of thanks to, for his offer
of a loan, 486

a

fine fellow, puts his mind to yours," 438
Tobermorie, harbour, at, Johnson and Boswell,
624

Toleration and education of children, 390

argument on, by Dr Mayo, Langton, Toplady,
Boswell, Johnson, and others, 192

"you are hurt by knowing that even one man
does not believe," 368

Topic, a single, a man should take care not to make
himself a proverb by talking on, 272

Topics, two, which I am sick of, "yourself and me,"

272

Tory and Whig, Johnson on, 420

Toryism, Johnson's, abated after knowing Gilbert
Walmesley, 648

"Tossed and gored several persons," 141

Tour, the, magnified, "as if we had been to Nova
Zembla," Johnson, 649

Boswell's defence of, and suppression of all that
could give offence, 657

the conclusion of, and Johnson's return to town,
653

Towers, Dr, on Johnson, 398

- his letter to Johnson, 213

Townshend, Charles and Fitzherbert, 184

Mr T., defence in Parliament of Johnson's
pension, and verses on

Retaliation," 477

Toyshop, Johnson at a, "it was toying with one,"
353
"Tractable," if (Johnson) you were, I should prescribe
for you, 436

Trade, learning a, now; the "Assembly man," not by
Butler, 549

Johnson on, exchange of goods, 148

Trader, why are we angry at the opulence of, dis-
cussion, 630

Tradesman's "inferiority," Johnson on, 156
Trained Bands, Johnson once "drawn" for the, 478
Translation, on, 267

on, and Potter's Eschylus, 334

- by a Irishman and a Scot, and their blunders,
395

six sheets of, written in a day by Johnson, 552
"Transpire," Johnson's definition of, criticised, 358
Travel v. description of places, on, 443
"Traveller, The," Goldsmith's, Johnson's share in, 124

a, must carry knowledge with him to bring home
knowledge 346

Travellers, modern, more authentic than ancient, 362
Travelling, grand object of, to see the shores of the
Mediterranean, 267

in distant countries, the mind enlarged by, John-
son, 337

over Johnson's mind and Goldsmith, 439
Travels written in a feigned character objected to, 478
Boswell's, proposal to publish, objected to by
Johnson, 346

Treason, constructive, Johnson against, 412
"Tree falls, as the," etc., explained, 450

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
travellers mean to tell it but are often mistaken,
328

a test of the value of a story, 246
Boswell's quarto vols. not folios, 411

"to be shot at," 262

"believe half of what he tells, but which half?"
438

moral and physical defined, 389

economy of, example, a murderer asking what
way a man has gone, etc., 474

the exact, exhortation to, "do not tell this
again," 326

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
speaking till you are spoken to," 348

ULINISH, the travellers at, 602

Uncivil thing, no more to be said than to be done, 395
Uneasiness, no, in this world "a lie," 465

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VAILS to servants, 144

Valley, Johnson's description of a beautiful, at Glen-
sheal, 572 n

"Vanity of Human Wishes," 43

· Johnson's historical mistakes in, 547
Vauxhall Gardens, praised and described, 348 and n
Veal in Scotland, Johnson on, 542
Velocipede or hobby-horse, 149

Veronica, Boswell's daughter, and Johnson, 540
a Dutch lady of Boswell's family, 540 n
Verse-making, Johnson on, 127

Vesey, Mrs, party at, and court paid to Johnson, 382
Vestris, Johnson taking lessons from, 410
"Vicar of Wakefield," 102

Vice does not hurt character, discussion, 360
Vicissitudes of anticipation, "I shall be much at this
place" (Luton Hoe), 423

Villette, Rev. M., and the convicts, 480
Virtues natural to man? 361
Vow, a,

"a horrible thing, a snare for sin,” 362
"Vulgar Prosperity," 377

WAGES of day labourers "wrong" to raise, 438
'Wait, Sir, I can," some one introduced to Johnson,
who after a time would be found very enter-
taining, 393

Wales, Johnson's Tour in, 203

Wales, Prince of, happiest person in the kingdom,
Johnson, 439

Walker the elocutionist, 445

Wall, “might fall upon a very learned man,” 545
"giving" or "taking" the, 600

Waller, descendant of the poet near Aberdeen, 556
Walmesley, Gilbert, 15

99 66

Walpole, "Horry,' 'got together many curious little
things," Johnson, 476

Walton's lives, Lord Halles and Dr Horne to edit,
225, 249

Want.

"Have you no better manners? There is
your want," Johnson to Boswell, 258
Wants, our, more uneasy in thinking of, than happy
in thinking of our acquisitions, Johnson, 361
Wapping explored by Boswell and Windham, 443 n
War and soldiers, Johnson on, 336

Warburton and Lowth, controversy between, 567

Johnson's treatment of, 400 n

praised, 554

Warton, Dr, his account of Johnson at Oxford, 62
Wasting a fortune "by evaporation," 350
Watching, the, and spying on persons in London,
Johnson's case, 606

"Water, the same everywhere," Johnson apropos of
the Frith of Forth, 548

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drinker, Boswell a,

"on trial," 354 n

Johnson drinking, his dislike at being ques-
tioned about, 569

Wawking" cloth, process of, in the Hebrides, 583
Webster, Dr A., praised, 547

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