the Hon. Thomas Hervey, 248- to Mr. Baretti, 169, 174, 179 -to Dr. Staunton, 170-to the Earl of Bute, 177, 178-to J. Reynolds, Esq. 226, 303, 305 -to Charles Burney, Esq. 231 -to the Reverend Mr. Warton, 153, 263, 287-to Mr. Francis Barber, 287-to Dr. Johnson, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 339- to Joseph Banks, Esq. 305---to the Rev. Mr. White, 340 Letters, various, 371 to 431, 442 to 455, 528 to 568, 632, 633, 675 to 684, 693, 701, 718 to 725, 756 to 759, 790 to 809, 827 Levett, Mr. Robert, strange gro- tesque appearance of, 106-death | of, 794,795
Levellers down, cannot bear level- ling up, 207
Lexiphanes, by Campbell, 253 Literature of Scotland, 256 Literary Club, the, when founded, 222-fraud, various instances of, 168-property, 368
Lives of the Poets, observations on, 741 to 755
London, a Poem, rapid sale of, 52—
the best view of its magnitude, 196-its extensive influence, 293 Low spirits, or melancholy, the common effects of, 22 Luxury, uses of, 505-defended, 6+1
Lydiat, the history of, 83 Lyttleton, dialogues of Lord, 29+ Macaulay, Mrs. levelling opinions of, ridiculed by Dr. Johnson, 207 Macbeth, miscellaneous observa- tions on the tragedy of, by John-
son, 75 Macaronic verses, origin of, 636 Madden, Dr. anecdote of, 145 Mahogany, a liquor, 764
Mallet, David, a poem by, 835 Marchmont, Lord, acquaintance of with Pope, 667, 694 Marriage, thoughts on, 478- the
nature of its obligations, 491 Matrimonial thought, a, 285 Mean company and low jocularity, their ill consequences, 208 Melancholy, how best cured, 207- how to be diverted, 483 Methodists, the cause of their suc- cess in preaching, 212-six justly expelled from Oxford, 328, 329
Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph, by Mrs. Sheridan, 182
Merit, intrinsic, why cannot make the only distinction among man- kind, 204
Money-getting, not all a man's busi- ness, 580, 589
Montague, Mrs. her Essay on Shakes- peare, 272, 273
Mounsey, Dr. anecdotes of, 261 Murphy, Mr. his Poetical Epistle to Samuel Johnson, A.M. 165-his death at Knightsbridge, ib. Orphan of China, by, 149 National debt, effects of the, 295 Negroes, an argument in favour of the liberty of, 591, 592, 593, 598 Nonjurors, remarks on, 874 Oat ale, and oat cakes, 473 Oglethorpe, General, his benevo- lence, 52
Old age, state of the mind in, 621 Orange peel scraped, its uses, 828 Original sin, real nature of, 785, 786
Ossian Controversy, the good state- ment of, 854
Othello, supposed defect of this tra- gedy, 498
Oxford, advantages of, for learning, 256
Pantheon, the, visited by Johnson, 319 Paoli, General, presented to Dr. Johnson, 269-his lofty port, 270 Paper sparing Pope, 60
Parliament, proper office of, 413- duty of a member of, 761 Parson Ford, account of his sup posed ghost, 670
Petitioning, a new mode of distress- ing government, 273 Philosopher, the character of a, ge- nerally misconceived, 647 Philosophers, a city of, 473 Piozzi, Mrs. incorrectness of her re-
lation, 34-her misrepresentation of Johnson's treatment of Garrick, 223
Pity, not natural to man, 202 Pope's recommendation of Johnson to Earl Gower, 54 Porter, Mrs. Lucy, 477 Predestination, how slightly men-
tioned in the Articles, 280 Priestley, Dr. tendency of the Theo- logical works of, 293 Printer's Devil, a, married, 773
Pronunciation, the true English, 314,
Quakers, remarks on the, 470-dif- ference between their precepts and practices, 833
Race, the, a Poem, by Mr. Cuth- bert Shaw, 247
Rain, what is good for, 198 Rambler, numerous subjects in the, 93, 94
Rats, the grey, Hanover, &c. 468 Razor, the various modes of apply- ing it, 571
Reading, the art of, 829, 830 Readings, various, in the lives of Cowley, 743-in Waller, ib.-- in Milton, 745-in Dryden, 746 -in Pope, 748-in Parnell, 750 -in Blackmore, ib.-in Philips, 751-in Lyttelton, 752—in Swift, 754
Retirement, a Poem, 298
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, visits Devon- shire, 177
Reviews, the Monthly and Critical, 494
Rheumatism, a medicine for, 416 Rhyme, the excellency of, over blank verse, 198
Rigmarole, how applied by Sir John Hawkins, 162, 163
Riots, account of, in 1780, 715 to 718
Rolt, author of a dictionary, a sin- gular character, 167-personates Akenside in Dublin, 168 Rome, remarks on the tenets of the church of, 875
Roman Catholic religion, abuses of the, 488
Rousseau's Treatise on the Inequality of Mankind, when a fashionable topic, 203 censured, ib. Rudd, the celebrated Mrs. Marga-
Ruddiman, Mr. Thomas, zeal of for the Royal House of Stuart, 91 Russia, how a great empire, 279 Sacheverel, Dr. at Litchfield, 8 Savage, Richard, the life of, 69-
letter from, to a noble peer, ib.- talents and endowments of, 74 Savage in Scotland, how the object
ofa, may be frustrated, 200 Savage life, on the happiness of, 266 Savage's narrative, falsity of, 73, 74
Scarsdale, Lord, seat of, described 570
Scotch law, a question upon, 333, 334-militia, proposed, 458-na- tionality, remarks on, 399 Scoundrel, definition of a, 481 Second marriages, thoughts on, 267 -sight, remarks on, 235 Severity of a schoolmaster, how far necessary, 307, 312 Seward, Miss Anna, 476 Shebbeare, Dr. some account of,780,
Sheridan, Mr. his unforgiving tem-
per, 182-what the effect of his teaching, 209
Sleep, various methods of being roused from, 574
Smith, Dr. Adam, on the Wealth of Nations, 457
Smollet, Dr. letter from, to Mr.
Wilkes, soliciting the release of
Dr. Johnson's black servant, 162 Snakes, observations concerning, 634 Soame Jenyns on the Origin of Evil, 143 epitaph ascribed to him, 144-View of the Internal Evi- dence of the Christian Religion, by, 639
Soldier, the character of a, 485 Spectator, who the writers in the, 495
Spelling book, a, dedicated to the universe, 10
Stanza, licentious in Pope, 669 Stealing, what turpitude is attached to, 204
Strahan, Mr. proposes Dr. Johnson as a proper representative in par- liament, 301
Student, the, or Oxford and Cam- bridge Miscellany, 90
Style, thoughts on that of different sermon writers, 617 Subordination, remarks on, 236-
decrease of, remarkable, 625 Swallows, where deposited in winter, 257
Swift, how treated by Johnson, 261 Tacitus, deficiency of, as an author, 329.
Tea, how made by Mrs. Williams, 277
Temple and Johnson, the difference
between the styles of, 95 Tenants and landlords, the mutual dependence of, 279
Theory, continually contradicted by human experience, 209
Thinking too deeply, not to be en- couraged, 159
Thomson, poet, Johnson's thoughts on, 261
Thrale, Mr. the rise of the father of, from working at six shillings per week, 228, 229—death of his son, 477-death of Mr. 766
Thrale, Mr. and Mrs. described, 228, 229-her three warnings, 244 her correspondence with
Dr. Johnson at Bath, 712 Toleration discussion, 363, 364, 365, 366
Tory and Whig, on the difference of, 782
Towers, Dr. Joseph, 396 Trade, why much money is not brought into a country by, 277-- its real utility, ib.
Tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury brought out, 541
Translation, remarks on, 496 Travels, propriety of publishing, 645 Truth, disadvantage of disputing in
racter of, 157-compared with Johnson's Rasselas, ib.-observa- tions on Pope and Dryden by, 233 Ushers, various in Litchfield school,
Walton's Lives, a favourite book,417 Warburton, Dr. on Biography, 2, 3, 4-Dr. Johnson's predilection for,
Warton, Dr. Joseph, a very agreeable
Waste of wealth, how unaccount- able, 626
Weather, the disagreeable effects of bad, 208, 209
Whig, the devil the first, 658 Whitehead Paul, 52 Whoremonger, a, defined, 321 Wild prospects, many, in Scotland, Norway, and Lapland, 198 Wilkes, the celebrated Mr., Jeu d'Esprit of, 136, 137
Williams, Mr. Zachariah, account of, 137
Williams, Miss, makes tea for Dr. Johnson and his friends, 195, 196 Wine, its real properties,658, 659,663
favour of, 486, 487-its import-Winter, an Ode, 78
ance in trifles, 608, 609
Verses to a young lady, 15
Virgil, translation of, 13 Visitor, the Universal, 139
Union with Ireland, effects of, anti- cipated by Johnson, 704, 705 Universities, poverty of the, in Eng- Jand, 487
Voltaire's Candide, object and cha-
Witches and Ghosts, 324, 326 Woodhouse, the poetical shoemaker, 295
Women, how enjoy less liberty than men, 638
Young, Dr. mode of folding the Rambler by, 93
Young's Night Thoughts, 276 Youth's entry, 38
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