tells Dr. Campbell he had been at supper with her, 261. Abuse, Public, Johnson's disregard of, 75.
Abyssinia, Voyage to, by Lobo, Murphy's account of Johnson's translation of, 367-372. Accuracy and veracity, Johnson's,
Action and emphasis in the pulpit,
Dr. Campbell on, 246, 249. Addison," Give nights and days to the study of, if you would be a good writer or an honest man,' 53; Johnson criticises and com- mends his admirable prose, 81; Tyers compares his life of Milton with Johnson's, 203. Adventurer, the, Johnson some- times wrote in, 144, 146. Almack's ball-room in 1775, 251. Amelia, Fielding's, the finest of all heroines, but for her broken nose, 90. American affairs, Johnson and Dr. Campbell argue on, 255. Amusements, so called, are de- spicable, 106.
Anderson, Dr., his Life of Johnson annotated by Bishop Percy,
Anecdotes of Johnson by Mrs. Piozzi, 1-121.
Anne, Queen, Johnson's confused recollection of her, 8. Anson, Lord, Johnson's epigram on, 32.
Apophthegms by Johnson, from Hawkins, 125.
Arithmetic resorted to by Johnson to steady his mind, 35. Ascham, Roger, his saying about Wits, 101.
Aston, Molly, a beauty, a scholar, a wit, and a Whig, 65; epigram on, ibid. Athletics, Johnson's uncles ex- celled in, 6; Johnson's own attempts at, 7. Attorneys, Johnson's against, 109. Auchinleck, Lord," on bad terms" with Boswell, 449; threatens to disinherit him, 450; proposes to Boswell to go to study at Utrecht, 450.
Bed, Johnson's parody of an in- scription to a, 32. Behaviour, cannot be taught by general rules, 14.
Belief and opinion not to be con- founded, 78.
Pelles, The, of the season in 1775, 269, 270.
Benedictines, mutual regard be- tween Johnson and the, 40; two of them visited Johnson at Bolt Court, 41. Benevolence, Johnson's, 38; his
numerous dependents, 45, 120. Berenger, Richard, his History of Horsemanship, 287.
Biographer. "Who will be my biographer?" asks Johnson, 16; "Poor Johnson's six or eight biographers" alluded to by Mr. Twining, 324.
Biographical Sketch by T. Tyers, 183-207.
Biography, the duties and difficul- ties of, 5, 126.
Birmingham, Dr. Campbell visits,
Birthday, Johnson's verses to Mrs.
Thrale on her, 68; party in honour of Johnson and Miss Thrale, 86.
Bonduca, Garrick's unsuccessful epilogue to, 298.
Bookmaking has reached a pro- digious height, says Boswell in 1763, 453.
Books, for children, 10; we should have books about us, 24; the most useful are those that can be carried to the fire, 125. Boothby, Miss Hill, Johnson's ad- miration and regard for, 66, 67; her letters to Johnson, and his to her, 142, 179; epitaph on, 179. Boswell, "listened to Johnson for so many years," says Tyers, 204; wrong in his account of the manner in which Johnson compiled the Dictionary, 227; Dr. Campbell mentions and de- scribes, 256, 259, 261; at General Oglethorpe's when he annoys Johnson with questions, 263; Hannah More says "he is a very agreeable good-natured man," 287; Mr. Twining on, 325; his Life of Johnson criti- cised and commended by Mr. Twining, 325; Mr Cumberland says, "Every man who can buy a book has bought a Boswell," 212; his letters to Lord Hailes, 449-459; begs Lord Hailes to intercede for him with his father, 450; says he is now on a very good footing with Mr. Johnson, 452; on the orthography of the name Boswell, 453. Boulter, Bishop, lines in memory of, repeated by Johnson, 331. Bowling Green Club, the members of the, think themselves satirised by Johnson, 94.
Boyce, Mr., his verses and his poverty, 51. Braganza, a play by Robert Jeph- son, 240; a rough scene at the acting of it, 241; Johnson calls it a onesided play, 257. Brewery, Mr. Thrale's, inspected by Dr. Campbell, 245. Brighton, and its fashionable so- ciety described by Dr. Camp- bell, 277.
Bristol described, 270.
Brocklesby, Dr., his advice and generous behaviour to Johnson, 201, 293, 419.
Browne, Hawkins, his delightful conversation, 72.
Sir William, his clever an- swer to Johnson's exaltation of Oxford over Cambridge, 19. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, 131, 370.
Budworth, Mr., master of the school at Brerewood, 373. Burke, Edmund, his famous speech
on American affairs, 20; John- son describes what he would have answered to it, ibid.; John- son's great regard for, 97; "Burke in a bag," 97. Burney, Dr., Johnson's alterca- tion with, 59.
Mrs., Johnson obliges her to change her dress, 301.
Fanny, Extracts from her Diary concerning Johnson, 297- 322; meets Johnson, 297; her dress admired by Johnson, 301; her Evelina discussed, 306-8; encouraged by Johnson "down Mrs. Montagu, 309; goes to see Johnson when ill, 316, 319; entreated to pray for him, 318. Burrows, Mr., Dr. Campbell goes to hear him preach at St. Cle- ment's, 362.
Butler, Johnson lamented that so little had been said about, 5.
Cambridge, "downed" by John-
son in comparison with Oxford,
Campbell, Dr. Thomas, his Diary, 236-80; his first visit to Eng- land in 1775, 236-72; his second visit in 1776, 272; his third visit in 1781, 272; his fourth visit in 1786, 274; his fifth visit in 1787, 275; his sixth visit in 1789, 279; his seventh visit, 1792, 279; describes Ban- gor, Chester, and Birmingham, 236; visits Stratford-on-Avon, 238; his enthusiasm for an Ox- ford education abated, 239; describes a disgraceful scene at a theatre, 240; the service and sermon at the Temple Church, 241; and one still more dull at Westminster Abbey, 242; hears Johnson abused at a club, 244; calls on Mr. and Mrs. Thrale and inspects the brewery, 245; dines with the Thrales with Johnson and Baretti, 246; hears a ranting preacher, 249; de- scribes an Irish comedy, 250; a shilling ordinary, 251; dines again with the Thrales, 251, 252; visits Reynolds's pictures, 253; describes the fashionable company at the Pantheon, 253; dines at Thrales' and with Lord Dacre, and complains that all great dinners are alike, 254; reads an answer to Taxation no Tyranny, 255; meets Boswell and Baretti at the Thrales', and hears all the Johnson stories, 256; describes a sermon at the Chapel Royal, 257; on the architecture of some of the Lon- don churches, 258; visits the British Museum and sees Sir William Hamilton's picture of Vesuvius, 258; dines at the Dilly's with Johnson and Bos- well, 259; describes Wilkes, 260; at Woolwich sees a mon- strous vessel," 261; dines with the Thrales with Johnson, 261;
dines with General Oglethorpe when Boswell annoys Johnson with questions, 263; sees the king go to give the royal assent to the Restraining Bill, 264; hears Dr. Dodd preach, 264; calls on Johnson, 267; goes to Bath, 269; describes the beaux and belles there, 269, 270; his conversation with Johnson in 1781 on Ireland and Irish affairs, 273, 274; takes his History of the Revolutions of Ireland to the booksellers, 274; visits and describes Paris, 275; describes Brighton and the society there, 277, 278; English and French society compared, 279; brings his Life of Goldsmith to show to Bishop Percy, 279.
Candide, Voltaire's, published at the same time as Johnson's Ras- selas, 436.
Canters, to be scorned, 100.
Chelsea China, a dessert service of, presented to Johnson, pre- served at Holland House, 222; Johnson's visits to the manufac tory of, 222. Chemistry, Johnson's dangerous experiments in, 95.
Chester, Dr. Campbell visits, 237. Chesterfield, Lord, Tyers' account
of, 191; Murphy's account of, 383, 394; Johnson's letter to, 395, 396. Childhood, Johnson speaks of his own, 10, 11, 12. Children, often made annoying by fond parents, 8; their books, 10; their management, 13; Johnson tells that he had often found them asleep on thresholds and stalls and put pennies into their hands, 342; the Langton's, troublesome, 300; Mrs. Thrale's, well managed, 300.
China, Johnson conceives the idea that he can improve the manu- facture of, 222.
Cholmondeley, Mr., Johnson's rudeness to, 103.
Churchill, the satirist, 70; chal- lenges Johnson, 194; his satire, The Ghost, in which Johnson is Pomposo," 451; his Epistle to Hogarth, 452.
Cicerone, Johnson is Hannah More's at Oxford, 290.
City, cost of lighting and paving the, 244, 253.
Cleanliness, Mrs. Johnson worries Johnson with her excessive,
Clerke, Sir Philip Jennings, his discussion with Johnson, on some political questions, 314.
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