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commerce, 193

Religion and religious establishments, 13, 125, 169, 170,
184, 185, 214, &c. 275, 262, 287, 293, 383, 387, 388,
458, 467, 468, 497

Roman Catholic and Presbyterian, 168, 169,
218, 418, 521

that he, who does not feel joy in it, is as far from
the kingdom of heaven, a rash doctrine, 396
Religious orders, 275

Republicans wish to level down as far as themselves,
but cannot bear to level up to themselves, 123,
Respublica, the work so entitled, 302

Review, Johnson's plan of one, 82

Reviews and Reviewers, 151, 297, 300, 448, 496
Revolution, celebration of, 483

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, v, 63, 78, 88, 230, 233, 299, 529,

562

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Schoolmasters, 21, 183

355

law cases respecting them, 187, 195, 196,

Scorpions, curious anecdote concerning, 155
Scotch, their pronunciation, 187

lairds, 112. See Landlord and Tenant
Scotchmen, their steady perseverance to attain an ob-
ject, 432

their great nationality, 483

Scotland, and the Scotch, Johnson's opinion of, and
bon-mots on, 117, 124, 155, 162, 175, 213, 23, 244
234, 235, 274, 287, 339, 342, 362, 365, 357, 418, 461,
491

Scottish literature, 251

Scott, Sir William, 128, 160, 371, 458

Mr., of Amwell, his Elegies, 248
George Lewis, Esq. 324

Scriptures, the Holy, 304

Johnson's letter on the proposals to translate
them into Erse, 147
Scripture phrases, 204
Secker, Archbishop, 3, 438
Second sight, 142, 184, 233
Seduction, 293, 557

Selected works, 296, 360

Semel insanivimus omnes, traced to its source, 486, a
Sensibility, 165, 286. 498

Sermons, the best English, 367
Servants, 2015, 383

Steward, Rev. Mr. 285, 336, 418

Miss Anna, 6, n., 285, 534

William, Esq., 326, 341, 473, 486, 491, 496

Shakspeare, compared with Congreve, 164

165

with Corneille, 432
with Milton, 452

his deseription of night, in Macbeth,' fauity.

his description of Dover Cliff, faulty, 164
his Witches, of his own creation, 409
Johnson's opinion of, 409, 435, 437

134, 139, 520

edition of his Plays, 44, 85, 86, 98,

Johnson's opinion of his learning, 434

remarks on, 138, 165, 33, 434

See Othello and Mrs. Montagu

Shakspeare, the second folio edition of his Plays (16)
adulterated in every page, 330, n.

Sharpe, Rev. Dr. Gregory, 178

Sharpe's Letters on Italy,' 303

Shaw, Cuthbert, his poem of, The Race,' 149
Rev. Mr., his Erse Grammar, 320

his pamphlet on Ossian, 508

Dr. Thomas, the Traveller, 464

Shebbeare, Dr., 464

Shenstone, his verses at an inn, 280

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, Esq. 323

Sheridan, Thomas, Esq. 105, 125, 164, 177, 188, 239, 238
407, 496, 498, 533

Mrs., 106

Shiels, Mr. Robert, 47, 296

Shipley, Dr. Jonathan, (late Bishop of St. Asaph, 506
Short hand, 207, 378

Shrewsbury, 198

Siam, embassy from the King of, to Louis the Four-
teenth, 395

Siddons, Mrs. her visit to Johnson, 505, &c.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, M.D. 360

Sidney, Sir Philip, his receipt to preserve a wife's chas

tity, 330, n.

Simpson, Joseph, Esq. 94, 136, 296

Johnson's letter to, 94

Sin, original, 468 & seq.

Skene, Sir John, the great antiquary of Scotland, 419. n.
Slavery, and Slave trade, 352, 353, 355. See Negrues
Sleep, 141

'Slow,' its meaning, in the first line of Goldsmith's
'Traveller,' 368

Smart, Christopher, 82, 109, 246

Smith, Dr. Adam, 393, 436, 488, 555

his Wealth of Nations,' 275

Captain, 403

Edmund, his Verses to Pococke, 373

Smollett, Tobias, his letter to Wilkes, 95

Society, civilized, its customs, 121, 122, 124, 142, 167,
209, 368, 371, 457,

Solamen miseris, &c. the author of that line yet un-
discovered, 487, n.

Soldiers, 290, 372, 403

Somerville, Lord, the Author's warm and grateful re-
membrance of him, 44

South, Rev. Dr. 169

Southwell, Thomas, the second Lord, 63, 408, 484

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into Parliament, 180

jun. his death, 460

Mrs. Johnson's letters to, 461, 473

Rev. Mr. 515, 550, 562

Strickland, Mrs. 324, n.

Stratford Jubilee. See Garrick

Stuart Family, 206

209

Hon. Col. James, 414, 418

Hon. and Rev. William, 491

Andrew, Esq., his letters to Lord Mansfield,

Study, method of, 13, 123, 127

Style, 377; and see Temple, Sir William

of English writers, how far distinguishable, 377
miserably bad in general, in the beginning of the
seventeenth century, 365

Johnson's remarks on, 58, 143

Style, various kinds of, 197

the modern much superior to that of the last
century, 367-and to that of the reign of Queen
Anne, 365

instances of particular imitations, 553, &c.
Subordination necessary for society and human happi-
ness, 112, 122, 123, 142, 185, 241, 371, 409

ments, 206

the ground of all intellectual improve-

impaired in England, in modern times,
by the increase of money, 371

Suicide, 209, 477

Swallows, 155

Swearing, 189, 348

Sweden, the late King of, 331

Swift, Earl Gower's letter to, concerning Johnson's ob
taining a degree, 31

485

Johnson's opinion of his Works, 125, 158
of his Journal-letters to Stella,
Johnson's Life of, 448

Delany's and Lord Orrery's account of him, 367
Swinfen, Dr. 12, 17

Sydenham, Dr., Johnson's Life of, 37
Sympathy with others in distress, 165

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Temple, Rev. Mr. (the author's old and intimate friend,)
120, 142, 238

his well-written character of Gray, 478
Temple, Sir William, first gave cadence to English rose,

370

Tenderness, the want of, a proof of want of parts, 175
Testimony, general, 118, 123:-compared with argu

ment, 519

Tests, 239

Thames' wit, 437
Theocritus, 430

Thomas, Mr. Nathanael, 315, n.

Thomas à Kempis, 360, 518

Thomson, Rev. James, 304 & seq

the Poet, his works, 125, 158, 298

anecdotes of, 324, 330, 402

Thornton, Bonnel, Esq. his burlesque Ode for St Ceci-
lia's Day, 116

Thrale, Henry, Esq. 137, 161, 228, 360, 428, 456

his death, 456

sale of his brewhouse, 436

Mrs. See Piozzi

Thuanus, Johnson's proposed translation of, 561
Thurlow, Lord, his opinion on the Liberty of the Pul-
pit, 307

his letter to Johnson, 429

Johnson's opinion of, 486, 532

his letter to the Author on Johnson's propo-

sed tour to Italy, 534

Johnson's letter to him on that occasion, 539
Toleration, 216, 218, 408, 433, 497

Topham's case, 292, n.

Toplady, Rev. Mr. 218

Torture in Holland, 129

Tory, Johnson's description of, 465, 522

moderate, when in opposition to government, 460
Towers, Dr. Joseph, 238

- his Essay on the Life, &c. of Johnson,' 441

Townley, Charles, Esq. 324, n.

Mr. (the engraver, 364, n.
Townsend, Right Hon. Charles, 207
Townson, Rev. Dr. 525

Trade, Johnson's remarks on, 166

adventurous, more persons ruined by it than by
gaming, 244

Tradesmen retired from business, 174
Translation, 18, 298, 968

'Traveller,' Goldsmith's poem, 134

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Travelling, 290, 298, 363, 373, 383, 528, 530
Travels, the Author's, 383

— books of, good in proportion to what the tra
veller has previously in his mind, 383
Trimlestown, Lord, 360

Trinity, Johnson's belief in, and just disapprobation of
its being discussed in a mixed company, 218
Tristram Shandy,' 279

Truth, importance of a regard to, 120, 275, 331, 361,
381, 416, 431, 456, 482, 486, 319, 544
Turkish Spy,' authors of, 492

Twiss's Travels in Spain, 246

Tyburn. See Execution of Criminals

Tyers, Mr. Thomas, his odd description of Johnson,
386

anecdotes of, 386

Tyrawley, James O'Hara, second Lord, 204
Tytler's vindication of Mary, Queen of Scots, 96

Valetudinarian, generally a disagreeable character, 282
Vanity of Human Wishes,' Johnson's Poem, 48, 143
Vanity cured by living in London, 174
Vansittart, Dr. Robert, 94
Vauxhall Gardens, 386
Veal, Mrs., 189

Vesey, Agmondesham, Esq. 437
Vicar of Wakefield,' 114 ̧

written before the Traveller,

but published after, 390

two fine passages, originally in it.

struck out by the Author, 407

Vilette, Rev. Mr. (ordinary of Newgate, his just claim
on the public, 533

Village, Deserted,' Goldsmith's, 141

WVillage,' Rev. Mr. Crabbe's, 485

Virgil, compared with Homer, 349

Johnson's juvenile translations from, 9

Baskerville's edition of, presented by Johnson to
Pembroke College, 159

Virtue and vice, 309, 522

Vision of Theodore the Hermit,' considered by John-
son the best thing he ever wrote, 48

580

Visiter, the Universal,' a periodical paper, 247
Vivacity, acquirable, 283

Universal History, the Authors of, 551

Universities, English, not rich enough, 155, 253, 291
Urban, Sylvanus, Johnson's Latin Ode on, 26

Volcanoes, 285

Voltaire, 120, 139, 140, 142, 401

Vows, 145, 146, 401

Usher, Archbishop,

Usury, 295, 396

178

Vyse, Rev. Dr. 178, 548

Johnson's letters to, 326, 327, 558

Wales, Johnson's visit to, 227

Prince of. See Prince

Walker, J. Cooper, Esq. of the Treasury, Dublin, 86,

323, n.

James, 494

Wall, Dr., Physician at Oxford, 522

Wall of China, 373

Waller, the poet, 387

extract from his

Divine Poesy,' 521

Johnson's Life of, 441

Walmsley, Gilbert, Esq. 16, 17, 51

his letter, recommending Johnson and Gar-
rick, 23

Walpole, Hon. Horace, 529

Sir Robert, his administration defended, 30
his table-talk, 304

Walton, Isaac, his Lives,' 226, 227, 251, 278, 320
Wapping, worth being explored, 492

War, 372

Warburton, 45, 69, 88

made a Bishop by Pope, 151, n.
his contest with Lowth, 151

Johnson's character of, 443, 521

his judgement concerning biographers, 1, 2

Ward, the noted Dr. 411

Warley Camp, 402

Warren, the first bookseller in Birmingham, 17

Dr., his generous attendance on Johnson, during
his last illness, 558

Warton, Rev. Dr. Joseph, his Essay on Pope's Life
and Genius,' 124, 190

Johnson's letters to, 65, 172, 173
Rev. Thomas, iv, 86, 88, 90, 278, 431

- his entertaining account of John-
son's conversation when at Oxford in 1752, 71
Johnson's letters to, 70, 72, 73,
75, 77, 86, 90, 159, 172
Waste, household, hardly definable, 372
Watson, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Landaff,) 466
Watts, Dr., his works, 83

his life, 327, 402

Wealth, the right employment of it, 484

Weather, its influence, 118, 125, 250, 543, n.

Webster, Rev. Dr. Alexander, 223, 224

Wedderburne. See Loughborough

Welch, Saunders, Esq. 357, 415

Johnson's letter to, 357

Wentworth, Mr., Johnson's schoolmaster at Stourbridge,

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William III., King, 243

Williams, Mr. Zachary, 60, 272, n. 80, 81

Mrs. Anna, 60, 116, 128, 166, 184, 308, 316, 317,
328, 330, 403

her general peevishness, 295, 358, 459
Johnson's tenderness for her, 295, 396
her death, 502, 505

Miss Helen Maria, 519

Sir Charles Hanbury, 150

Wilson, Rev. Mr.,-Johnson's letter to, 481
Windham, Right Hon. William, 325, 491, 562
Johnson's high eulogium on, 542

Johnson's letters to, 499, 544

Wine, the use of, 196, 275, 299, 342, 365, 366, 37, 3,
392, 394, 411, 452, 454, 457

Wirtemberg, Prince of, anecdote of, 194
Wit, 461

Witches, 193, 409. See Shakspeare
Woodhouse, the poetical shoemaker, 177

Words, big ones, not to be used for little matters, 131, 34
Wraxall, N. W. Esq. 423

'World, the,' Periodical Essays, 116

Xenophon's Treatise on Economy, 316

Retreat of the Ten Thousand,' (Book

affords the earliest specimen of a delincation of the
racters, 439

Xerxes, Juvenal's fine verses on, 209

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368

anecdotes of, 447, 448, 466

pined for preferment, yet affected to despise

his fine image of delicate satire, 523

Mr. (Professor of Greek at Glasgow,) his C
ticisms on Gray's Elegy,' in imitation of Johnsa',

555

Zeck, anecdote of, 141

Zobeide,' a tragedy, 209

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