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.
Johnson and
Burke on his Essays, 257.
Ball, a, at Spring Gardens, Bath,
the belles of the season described
by Dr. Campbell, 269.
Bangor, Dr. Campbell describes,
235; a funeral in the Cathedral
at, 236.
Banks, Sir Joseph, Johnson's in-
scription for his goat, 32.
Barbauld, Mrs., Johnson's appre-
ciation of, 10.
Barber, Francis, and his wife, 86;
Johnson's care not to hurt his
feelings, 103; mentioned as an
Ethiopian, 457.
Baretti, Signor, described by Dr.
Campbell, 246, 247; a "mortal
foe" of Boswell's, 256.
Barnard, Dr., Provost of Eton, his
character, 18; Johnson's regret
at having been rude to him, 338;
his generous verses on the occa-
sion, 339.
Baskerville, the printer, 272.
Bath, and its beauties, described
by Dr. Campbell, 269.
Bathurst, Dr., Johnson's great
love for, 11, 86; a "good
hater," 37.
Beauclerk, Topham, his story of
Johnson and the fighting dogs,
48; agreeable without effort,
76; Johnson compares himself
with, 434.
Beauties, or selections, much liked
by Johnson, 125.
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.
"Blinking Sam," Johnson protests
against being handed down to
posterity as, 99.
Boileau, his father's predictions of
him, 10; Johnson's delight with
his works, 112.
Bolingbroke, "loaded a blunder-
buss against religion, and left a
scoundrel to pull the trigger,"
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 (6
strous vessel," 261; dines with
the Thrales with Johnson, 261;
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