Biographer, duties of a, iii. 520; v. 225. 'Biographia Britannica,' iv. 24, 25 n., 420. Biography, ii. 160, 313, 464; iii. 334, 434, 520; iv. 131 n., 421; v. 228. - literary, of England, Johnson recom- mended by George the Third to under- take, ii. 40.
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 107, 128, 159; ii. 480.
- Johnson's Greek epigram to, i. 110. letters from Johnson to, i. 136, 203, 271.
his letter to Johnson on receiving his Dictionary, i. 271. Birds, migration of, ii. 232. Birkenhead, Sir John, ii. 293 n. Birmingham, iii. 343; iv. 62. Biron, Marshal Duc de, iii. 282 n. Births, extraordinary, i. 1.
Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 235. Bishops, in the House of Lords, ii. 166. -requisites in, ii. 314; iii. 328.
- great decorum required from, iv. 445, 462; v. 195.
- the Seven, iv. 186.
Blackfriars Bridge, i. 340 n. Black-letter books, i. 379. 'Black Dog,' iv. 292, 292 n.
Men, cause of their being so, i. 410. Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind poet, i. 320, 478; ii. 282; iii. 539.
some account of, i. 478 n.; ii. 281 n. his letter on a passage in Johnson's 'Journey,' iii. 526.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, ii. 111; v. 232.
Johnson's Life of, iv. 237, 308, 423. Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Commen-
taries,' iii. 15 n.; iv. 202 n., 465. Blackwall, Mr. Anthony, i. 53, 53 n. Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles, iii. 284 n.; iv. 362.
Blainville, M., his Travels,' iii. 221. Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, i. 350, 405; ii. 276, 302; iii. 92, 92 n., 93, 118, 118 n., 121, 172, 415, 459, 473.
his Sermons,' iii. 459, 467; iv. 16, 64, 204, 204 n., 472.
his 'Lectures,' iv. 23, 23 n.
his imitation of Johnson's style, iv. 23. his letter concerning Pope's 'Essay on Man,' iv. 277.
Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of "The Grave,' iii. 411.
Hon. Mrs., iv. 191, 307 n., 310.
some account of, iv. 191 n., 310 n. Boscovich, Père, i. 384; iii. 292.
some account of, iii, 292.
Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux, iii. 4. Bosville, Godfrey, esq., iv. 225, 327. . Mrs. ii. 164.
BOSWELL, JAMES, esq., the Author of this Work,
- afflicted with hypochondria, i. 37 ; ii. 288 n.; iii. 308, 309; v. 296 n. - writes the Hypochondriac,' a series of essays, in London Magazine, i. 37; v. 58. - his nationality, i. 41 n.
elected a member of the Literary Club, ii. 224, 227.
- Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides, ii. 250, 250 n.; v. 481.
his dress at the jubilee, ii. 71.
his strange propensity for witnessing executions, ii. 92 n.; iv. 317 n. ; v. 237. his ancestry, ii. 262; iii. 75, 299.
his character drawn by himself, ii. 287. Johnson's character of him, ii. 288; iii. 110, 255, 262; iv. 227.
his account of the escape of the young Pretender, iii. 561.
his announcement of the Life of John- son' during the Doctor's lifetime, iii. 5. his letter to the Laird of Rasay, on a passage in Johnson's Journey,' iii. 105. Lord Stowell's character of him, iii. 110 n.
Johnson's character of his Tour to the Hebrides,' iii. 255.
his attempt to imitate the style of War- burton, iv. 167 n.
his short quarrel with Johnson, iv. 202, 202 n.
Johnson's Letters to him, i. 485; ii. 2, 20, 59, 72, 113, 130, 190, 193, 248, 249; iii. 112, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 170, 171, 261, 263, 266, 296, 298, 301, 302, 305, 306, 308, 309, 409, 452, 456, 458, 467, 469, 472, 484, 486, 490, 493; iv. 64, 68, 69, 134, 227, 235, 242, 270, 271, 291, 295, 301, 323, 332, 440; v. 10, 24, 29, 31, 32, 35, 113, 138, 150, 154, 155, 158, 160, 245, 249, 296, 297, 298.
his Letters to Johnson, ii. 129, 192; iii. 112, 121, 122, 160, 161, 166, 169, 170, 183, 252, 261, 265, 293, 451, 453, 455, 464, 468, 471, 472, 480, 485, 490, 493, 494, 496; iv. 63, 65, 68, 72, 74, 75, 133, 226, 238, 270, 289, 293, 321. his letter to Garrick, iii. 43. Boswell, Mrs., the author's wife, ii. 130; iii. 112, 112 n., 308, 309, 451, 492, 493, 564; iv. 8 n., 242, 332; v. 107. some account of, ii. 130 n.
Johnson's letters to, iii. 451, 492; v. 34.
Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander, the author's eldest son, ii. 175; iii. 265. some account of, iii. 265 n.
David, the author's second son, iii. 458. James, the author's third son, i. 53, 392; iii. 403 n.; iv. 233.
some account of, iv. 233 n.
- Elizabeth, the author's stepmother, iii. 442 n.
Miss Veronica, the author's daughter, ii. 262; iii. 494 n.
- Dr., the author's uncle, ii. 283; iii. 90, 373.
- NOTES, corrective of Boswell's errors, inconsistencies, exaggerations, contra- dictions, and misrepresentations, i. 37, 53, 136, 138, 144, 150, 158, 159, 166, 172, 179, 186, 195, 196, 197, 200, 202, 277, 294, 295, 300, 304, 306, 314, 317, 319, 325, 330, 333 n., 343, 349, 362, 363, 394, 395, 396, 398, 401, 402, 412, 413, 419, 427, 428, 429, 430, 437, 452, 467, 483, 492, 505, 508, 510, 512.
ii. 1, 54, 56, 71, 72, 73, 88, 92, 101, 109, 114, 160, 244, 265, 287, 328, 311, 399, 421, 435, 450, 466, 476, 515, 571. iii. 2, 5, 37, 66, 108, 109, 110, 172, 175, 176, 179, 191, 192, 194, 197, 198, 202, 204, 220, 225, 249, 255, 317, 336, 366, 391, 408, 417, 423, 429, 452, 485, 493.
iv. 17, 31, 45, 77, 81, 86, 95, 97, 99, 113, 123, 126, 148, 152, 157, 189, 202, 204, 211, 212, 215, 242, 265, 269, 292, 300, 302, 317, 321, 426, 435, 450, 453, 486, 501.
v. 37, 45, 162, 181, 183, 186, 188, 197, 206, 235, 237, 238, 250, 254, 257, 260, 261, 264, 265, 267, 282, 284, 286, 291, 295, 296, 302, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 316, 331, 335, 339, 481. 'Bottom,' iv. 473.
Bouchier, Governor, iv. 461. Boufflers, Madame de, i. 376 n. ; iii. 291 n. her visit to Johnson, i. 428.
some account of, i. 428 n.
Boufflers, Père, his First Truths,' i. 484. Bouheurs, Dominique, ii. 90. Boulter, Dr. Hugh, i. 307 n.
his Monument,' a poem, i. 307. Boulton, Matthew, esq, iii. 158, 347. Bourdaloue, Père, ii. 229; iii. 4. Bourdonne, Madame de, ii. 229 n. Bourk, Hon. J. D., afterwards Earl of Mayo, v. 117. Bouts-rimés, iii. 212.
Bowels, Johnson's recipe for lubricity of, iii. 205; iv. 556. KK 2
Bowles, William, esq., v. 119. Bow-wow way, Johnson's, ii. 256; iii. 201 n.
Bowyer, William, the printer, v. 283, 283 n. Box-clubs, iii. 255.
Boxing, Johnson's skill in, ii. 452. Boyce, Samuel, the poet, v. 71, 320. Boyd, Hon. Charles, ii. 318 n., 330, 332; iii. 542.
- some account of, v. 320 n. Boyd's inn, ii. 259.
Boydell, Mr. Alderman, iii. 168. Boyle, the noble family of, ii. 461.
Hon. Robert, i. 296.
Boys at school, i. 463.
Bozzy,' Boswell so called by Johnson, iii. 2; v. 181.
Bradshaigh, Lady, i. 178 n.
Bradshaw, John, the regicide, v. 121 n.
Braganza,' Jephson's tragedy of, ii. 89. Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the deaf and dumb, iii. 94.
Braithwaite, Daniel, esq., of the general post-office, v. 176.
Bramhall, Archbishop, on Liberty and Necessity, ii. 106 n. Bramins, iv. 344, 362. Brandy, iv. 252, 449. Bravery, iv. 186; v. 304.
Brentford, iii. 65; v. 64.
Brett, Colonel, i. 150 n.
Bribery at elections, iii. 214. Brighthelmstone, i. 440; iii. 457. Bristol, inns at, iii. 416.
Britain, little known of the ancient state of, iv. 194.
British parliament, alleged corruption of, iv. 58.
'British Poets,' Bell's edition of, iii. 474. 'British Princes,' quoted, ii. 111 n. 'British Essayists,' Chalmers's, i. 189. 'British Synonimy,' Mrs. Piozzi's, v. 324. Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, iii. 368; v. 55. his kind attention and liberality to Johnson, iii. 112, 128.
Johnson's letters to, v. 119, 268.. some account of, v. 274 n. Brodhurst, Mr., Johnson's play fellow, iv. 267.
Brodie, Alexander, esq., ii. 428 n. Brooke, Mr., author of Gustavus Vasa,' i. 111; ii. 46 n.
- Mrs., author of 'Emily Montague,' i. 439, 439 n.
Brooks, or rivulets, iv. 105.
Broome, William, the poet, iv. 312.
Johnson's Life of, iv. 417.
Brother and sister, relation of, i. 324. Brown, Tom, Johnson's instructor in En- glish, i. 17.
dedicates his Spelling-book Universe,' i. 17.
some account of, i. 390 n.
Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, i. 198, 293, 315.
his style, how far imitated by Johnson, i. 198 n., 293; iv. 113 n.
fond of Anglo-Saxon diction, i. 198. his saying of devils, iv. 152.
- Sir William, the physician, iv. 395, 395 n.
his extemporaneous epigram on the two universities, iv. 396.
Isaac Hawkins, esq., ii. 386; iii. 214, 315; iv. 35.
his poem De Animi Immortalitate,' ii. 386.
through Sicily,' iv. 223.
his anti-mosaical remark, iii. 356. Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, eleventh Earl of, anecdote of, ii. 171. Buchan's Buller, ii. 333, 334 n. Buchanan, George, i. 471, 471 n.; ii. 97, 293; iv. 416; v. 64.
'Buck,' nearly synonymous with ‘dandy,' ii. 417.
Buckingham, Duke of, his 'Rehearsal,' iv. 411; v. 216. Buckles, shoe, ii. 257.
- Johnson's, iv. 184, 185.
Budgell, Eustace, ii. 217, 218 n., 290; iii. 411.
Budworth, Rev. Mr., i. 53 n., 61. Buffon, Count de, ii. 452; iii. 449 n. Bull, by Johnson, v. 220.
Buller of Buchan, ii. 333, 334 n. ; iii. 542. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' ii. 226; iv. 377.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, ii. 242 n., 474; iii. 362 n.
Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aberdeen, ii. 324.
Burgoyne, General, surrender of his army at Saratoga, iv. 222.
-, Lady Frances, her saying, iv. 374 n. Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, and remarks upon, i. 57, 334, 390, 423 n., 465, 484 n., 490.
Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of, and remarks upon, ii. 16, 98, 128, 153 n., 176, 212, 227, 241, 245, 252 n., 268, 269 n., 270, 272 n., 311, 313 n., 341, 434, 496.
iii. 159, 223, 323 n., 337, 410, 410 n., 425, 449, 450, 501.
• iv. 16 n., 86 n., 101 n, 117, 139 n., 181, 246, 248, 262, 288, 313, 353, 358, 393, 421 n., 429 n., 448, 455, 489.
— v. 53, 103 n., 128, 150, 177, 178, 199, 221, 317, 317 n.
his pleasant observation on Johnson's ladies, i. 200.
his counsel to a grave gentleman to 'live pleasant,' i. 334.
his Vindication of Civil Society,' i. 474.
his Essay on the Sublime and Beau- tiful,' ii. 90.
hisLetter to the Sheriffs of Bristol,' iv. 38.
Johnson's exclamation on seeing his house at Beaconsfield, iv. 167, 167 n. his classical pun on Wilkes, iv. 182. his lively conceit on a line of Horace, iv. 183.
his conversation described by Johnson, iv. 351, 368; v. 46, 173.
his playful sally on Dean Marlay, iv. 443.
his oratory characterized by Wilkes, iv. 447.
his uniform respect for Johnson, v. 214. his pun on Dr. Brocklesby's name, v. 247 n.
his strikingly characteristic will, v. 314 n.
Burke, Richard, esq., Edmund's brother, iv. 511.
Richard, esq., Edmund's son, v. 8, 101, 101 n., 282.
some account of, v. 8 n. Burial service, v. 93. Burlamaqui, iii. 316.
Burman, Peter, Johnson's Life of, i. 129. Burnaby, Mr. Edward, i. 500 n.
Burnet, Bishop, his 'Own Times,' ii. 201, 512; iv. 44.
-James, ii. 138 n., 334. See Monboddo. Burney, Dr. Charles, i 41, 172 n., 174 n.,
255 h., 271, 313, 315, 406, 454, 492 n., 496 p.; ii. 307; iii. 293; iv. 4, 112, 231, 234, 245 n., 305, 354 n., 377 n., 392, 397 n., 470; v. 5, 117.
his account of the first representation of 'Irene,' i. 172.
his comparison of the style of Addison and Johnson, i. 201 n.
Calculators, extraordinary, possess little other intellectual power, iii. 325.
• Caliban of Literature,' epithet applied to Johnson, i. 387.
Caligula, his exclamation, iv. 141, 141 n. Callimachus, merits of, iv. 334.
'Called,' phenomenon of hearing oneself, iv. 468.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, esq., i. 184 n. ; iii. 237, 240; iv. 105; v. 72, 73 n. - university, ii. 36; iv. 198.
- Dr. Sharpe's picturesque account of Johnson's visit to, i. 500.
Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl, iii. 116 n., 190 n.; iv. 168.
Camden's Remains,' iv. 163; v. 92. Cameron, Dr. Archibald, rigour exercised in his case, i. 117.
his Doctrines of a Middle State,' iii. 52, 424; v. 185.
some account of, iii. 53.
Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 306; iii. 213, 217, 225.
his Philosophical Survey of Ireland.' iii. 213, 476.
a sketch of, iii. 217 n.
Rev. Dr. John, i. 350, 430; ii. 52, 117 n., 203; iii. 188; iv. 98, 98 n. his Political Survey,' iii. 18, 335. some account of, i. 430 n.; ii. 116 n. Rev. John, minister of Kippen, ii. 29. Mungo, who shot Lord Eglintoune, ii. 67 n.; iv. 41.
some account of, iv, 41 n.
'Candide,' of Voltaire, i. 331, 334; iv. 222. Candour, Johnson's, v. 124.
Canning, Right Hon. George, on the ad-
vantage of a public education, iii. 377 n. "Canons of Criticism,' Edwards's, i, 251 n. Cant, the mind to be cleared of, iv. 102. Canus, Melchior, a Spanish dominican, iii. 271.
Capel, Edward, preface to his Shakspeare, iv. 337.
Cardan, Dr. Jerom, his mode of com- posing his mind, iv. 26 n. Card-playing, ii, 76; iii. 99, 387 n., 388. recommended by Dr. Baillie, iii. 99. Cardross, Lord, afterwards Earl of Buchan, ii. 171, 171 n.
Careless, Mrs., Johnson's first love, iii. 347, 348; v. 19.
< Careless Husband,' Cibber's, iii. 215. Carelessness, iv. 353,
Carleton, Captain, his amusing 'Me- moirs,' v. 243, 243 n.
Carlisle, Frederick, fifth Earl of, iv. 485.
Johnson's favourable opinion of his 'Father's Revenge,' v. 136, 136 n.
- Lord Byron's wayward attack on his poems, iv. 486 n.
Carmichael, Miss, iv. 77, 231 n. Carre, Rev. Mr., his 'Sermons,' ii. 264. Carstares''State Papers,' ii. 451 n. Carte, Thomas, his Life of the Duke of Ormond,' ii. 524.
Carter, Mr., iii. 186, 207.
Mrs. Elizabeth, i. 43, 93, 108, 109, 110, 129 n., 147 n., 178; ii. 25 n.; iv. 16, 470; v. 172, 229.
Cato,' Addison's, iv. 140; v. 229.
learnt Greek at an advanced age, iv. 450.
Cator, Mr. John, iii. 257; iv. 400; v. 165, 210.
Cave, Mr. Edward, character and anec- dotes of, i. 73, 85, 124, 128, 139, 183, 187, 243, 288, 527; ii. 157, 173, 178; v. 318.
- Johnson's letters to, i. 59, 76, 91, 92, 93, 94, 105, 107, 108, 130, 132.
- Latin verses addressed to him by John- son, i. 83, 83 u.
his letter to Richardson respecting the 'Rambler,' i. 184.
his Life by Johnson, i. 243; iv. 532 n. Cawdor Castle, ii. 350, 351 n.; iii. 543. Cecil, Colonel, ii. 178.
Cecilia,' Miss Burney's, v. 104. Cervantes, iv. 378.
Certainties, small, the bane of men of talents, iii. 198.
Chadworth, Lord, v. 404.
Chalmers, George, esq., i. 127 n.
Alexander, esq, editor of the British Essayists,' i. 179 n., 186 n.,
196, 200; ii. 112, 200.
his Lesson in Biography,' v. 447. Chamberlaine, Mrs., iii. 200 n. Chamberlayne, Rev. Mr., v. 187 n. Chambers, Ephraim, his Proposal for his Dictionary, i. 196.
Johnson's style founded partly upon that of, i. 196, 196 n.
- Robert, afterwards Sir Robert, i. 261; ii. 24, 245, 246, 248, 254, 342; iii. 116, 118, 123; iv. 202 n., 438, 439. some account of, i. 261 n.
Sir William, his Chinese Architecture,' 66, 66 n., 67 n.
'Heroic Epistle' to, quoted, ii. 419; iv. 128 n.; v. 211 n.
- Catharine, Johnson's maid-servant, i. 327, 329, 330; ii. 42.
Chamier, Anthony, esq., i. 490; ii. 342; iii. 450 n., 484; iv. 70, 107.
Champion,' a periodical paper, i. 145. Chancellors, how chosen, ii. 150. Chapone, Hester, formerly Miss Mulso, a contributor to the Rambler,' i. 178; v. 384.
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