1728. Enters a Commoner of Pembroke College, Oxford . Translates Pope's Messiah into Latin verse, Christmas, Prostrated by an attack of hypochondria during the Christmas vacation of 1729 His exertions to overcome it. Boswell's reflections on this malady PAGE Johnson's religious history at this early period His erratic course of reading at Oxford 39-41 41-42 ference to Pembroke. Æt. 22. Loved and caressed at college. Recommends Taylor to enter at Christ Church in pre- Disdains the eleemosynary pair of shoes. Compelled to leave College in the autumn of 1731, returns to his native city in poverty. 43-44 His friendship with Hon. Henry Hervey Letter to Mr. Cave proposing to translate Le Courayer's 70-72 74 III Pope's enquiries after the unknown author of London Earl Gower's effort to obtain for Johnson a degree from Marmor Norfolciense Pope's note to Mr. Richardson about Johnson Johnson's convulsive infirmities His beautiful Epitaph on a musician Writes the Parliamentary debates which he had for two years revised for Gentleman's Magazine Employed by Osborne the bookseller 1747. 122-134 149-150 Specimens of notes for Rambler 158-160 163-164 1752. Epitaph on Mrs. Johnson's tombstone Johnson's friends at this time. His friendship for Mr. Robert Levett Bennett Langton, Esq., and Mr. Topham Beauclerk 1755. 1759. Æt. 50. His review of Soame Jenyns' Origin of Evil Dr. Burney's description of a visit to Johnson. The death of his mother . Writes Rasselas to defray the expense of her funeral incident Letters from Johnson to Baretti at Milan. Johnson accompanies Sir Joshua Reynolds on a visit to Devonshire Boswell's first visit to London . Johnson's affectation of Jacobitism . Recommends Boswell to keep a journal The first idea of the Tour to the Hebrides Johnson and Boswell "take a sculler" to Greenwich Boswell sets out on his travels, Johnson accompanying him to Harwich Johnson encourages Boswell to publish an account of 1770. Johnson's displeasure with Boswell and forgiveness of 501-502 Total cessation of correspondence between Johnson and Collectanea by Dr. Maxwell of Falkland. 504 508 Burke's opinion of what Johnson's power would have been as a speaker Johnson's state of body and mind in 1771 Annals, or An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel John- son from his birth to his eleventh year, written by Various letters from Johnson to different persons Johnson's residence at Oxford (note by Editor) |