Fortune, a rhapsody by Derrick,
quoted, i. 86.
Fort," Bourdaloue prêche fort bien,

et moi bien fort," ii. 226 n.
Fothergill, Dr. Thomas, Vice-
Chancellor at Oxford, when
Johnson received his diploma
of D.C.L, ii. 303, 306.

John, the quaker physician,
iii. 48 n.
Fowke, Mr. Joseph, one of John-
son's early friends, i. 186; John-
son gives a sketch of his charac-
ter, iii. 72; and receives a costly
parcel from, 74.

Fox, Charles, joins the Literary

Club, ii. 255; President, though
absent, of one of its meetings, 318.
Johnson's praise of his abilities,
iii. 277; did not talk freely
before Johnson, 112; returned
for Westminster, iv. 193; the
cry of "no Fox" raised, 204;
"has divided the kingdom with
Cæsar," 216.

Lady Susan, married William
O'Brien, an actor, ii. 301.
France, Johnson's notes of a Tour
in, ii. 346, 352-63; "worse than
Scotland in everything but cli-
mate," 365; Johnson's dress
in, 365 n.; Johnson on the state
of literature in, iii. 267.
Francis, Mr. Philip, publishes the
Temple letters, i. 347 n.

Rev. Dr., his translation of
Horace commended, iii. 353; his
conversation with Johnson on
the Debates, i. 412, 413.
Franciscans, The, a profane club,
i. 87.

Franklin, Dr., his definition of Man,

as a tool-making animal, iii. 259;
his translation of Lucian in-
scribed to Johnson, iii. 451.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, story
of some Memoirs said to have
been written by him, ii. 408-10.
Free-will and predestination dis-
cussed, ii. 88, 103.

French, Johnson's account of the,

French, Johnson does not succeed
very well in his attempt to talk,
ii. 88.

Mrs., the lady at whose house
Johnson and Warburton met, iv.
12.

Frèron, M. Voltaire's antagonist,
Johnson visits, ii. 354; his son
afterwards infamous, 354 n.
Frewen, Dr. Accepted, Archbishop
of York, the supposed author of
the Whole Duty of Man, ii. 224.
Friend, Sir John, executed for
high treason, ii. 177.

Friends, many, are not to be ex-
pected, ii. 23; none to be com
pared to those of our youth, iii.
164; Aristotle's saying,
"He
that has friends has no friend,"
iii. 297, 378; list of John-
son's, given by Francis Barber,
i. 184, 185.
Friendship, "the wine of life." i.
235; "should be kept in constant
repair," 235; and love compared,
ii. 327; is absolute agreement
necessary for? 175; an ode by
Johnson, 42; "the cordial drop
to make the nauseous draught of
life go down," iii. 378.

an ode by Johnson, i. 115.
Frisick, Johnson inquires if there
are any books in that language,
i. 378.

Frugality, Johnson recommends to
Boswell. iv. 100, 103, 105, 110.
Fruit, difficulty of growing in Scot-
land, iv. 142; not at all plenti-
ful in England, 142.

Frusta Letteraria, Baretti's review
iii. 199.

Fugitive Pieces, published by Tom
Davies in Johnson's absence, ii.
251; Johnson's account of the
meeting afterwards, 251 n.
Fullarton, Mr., his travels in India,
iii. 353 n.

Fundamentally sensible, the woman
who was, iv. 54.
Funeral, Garrick's, said to have
been too ostentatious, iv. 144;
Johnson's, iv. 322.
Futurity, Johnson's views of, iv.

302.

Gabble, "Nay, if you are to bring
in gabble, I'll talk no more," iii.
349; Johnson calls the preface
to Capel's Shakespeare "gabble,"

429.

Gaelic and Irish languages the
same, ii. 153.

Gaelic Dictionary, by Mr. Shaw,
iv. 180.

Gait, Johnson's peculiar, ii. 7.
Gaming, Johnson on, ii. 170, iii.
75.

Ganganelli, pretended letters of,
iii. 295.

Gardener, Mr., the bookseller, ii.
315.

Gardeners, Johnson's reason for

Scotchmen being good, ii. 85.
Gardiner, Mrs., a worthy friend of
Johnson's, i. 185; Johnson's kind
attention to, iv. 175; Johnson
leaves her a book as a remem-
brance, iv. 309.
Garagantua, Johnson so-called in
Modern Characters from Shake-
speare, iii. 269.
Garrick, David, a pupil of John.
son's, i. 62; his account of John-
son and Mrs. Johnson, 63; ac-
companies Johnson to London,
66; goes to Mr. Colson's aca-
demy, 67; makes his first ap-
pearance, 122 n.; he and John-
son have a dispute on emphasis,
122, 123; becomes manager of
Drury Lane, 134; brings out

Irene," 145; "Our Garrick is
a salad," 149; his ode on the
death of Mr. Pelham, i. 208;
his complimentary epigram on
the Dictionary, 236; refuses
Johnson an order for the play
for Miss Williams, 311; his

liberal charity praised by John-
son, 312; "the first man in
the world for sprightly conver-
sation," 316; at dinner with
Johnson at Boswell's lodging, ii.
89; Johnson's treatment of, 184;
is not free in lending books,
184; Hawkins's misstatement
with respect to him and John-
son, ii. 3; Boswell gives the true
account of Garrick's entering the
Club, 3, 4; Mrs. Piozzi's mis-
representation of Johnson's con-
duct towards him, 4; his irrita-
tion at Johnson's ridicule, 86;

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no wonder he is vain," 214;
Lord Chatham's lines to, 214 n.;
his description of Johnson's wit,
218; his prologues excellent,
299; his imitation of Johnson,
299; "tis a futile fellow,"
300; finds out "Latin by the
meaning, instead of the meaning
by the Latin," 342; begins to
look old, 370; Johnson requests
him to look over some plays in
his edition of Shakespeare, 376;
Johnson writes to, about Ho-
garth's epitaph, 383; "the life
and soul of the company" tell-
ing old stories against John-
son, at Hannah More's, iii. 25;
about to leave the stage, 26;
as Abel Drugger, 83; his great
liberality, 113; and Foote com-
pared, 208; his discussion with
Johnson on translations, and
on the concoction of a play,
269, 270, 271, 272; his fame,
274; and character, 275 n.
Johnson allowed no one to
praise or blame him but him-
self, 315; his death, 366; his
bust in Lichfield Cathedral,
366 n.; had friends, but no
friend," 378; Johnson's de-
scription of, 378; his death
"eclipsed the gaiety of nations,"
379; Johnson applauds but teases
him, 431; Johnson on his death,
465; his portrait given to Lang-

ton by Lady Diana Beauclerk, iv.
51; inscription placed beneath
it by Beauclerk, 51, 52; John-
son expatiates to Mrs. Siddons
on Garrick's great qualities, iv.
173;
his funeral discussed, 144;
story of Foote and his bust,

156.

Garrick, Mrs., entertains Johnson,

&c., for the first time after Gar-
rick's death, iv. 51; Johnson
dines with, to meet Hannah
More and Dr. Burney, 200.

George, a pupil of Johnson's,
i. 62; thinks Johnson "a tremen-
dous companion," iii. 171.

Peter, David Garrick's bro-
ther, ii. 288: his great resem.
blance to his brother, iii. 45;
his social talents, 49.

Gastrel, Rev. Mr., the barbarian
who cut down Shakespeare's
mulberry tree, iii. 52.

Mrs., entertains Johnson and
Boswell at Lichfield, iii. 52;
Johnson's letter to, iv. 353.
Gaubius, Professor Jerome David,
on madness, i. 36.

Gay, the Orpheus of highwaymen,
ii. 333; his letters contain no
information, iv. 3.

Gelidus, a character in one of
the Ramblers, said to be taken
from Professor Colson, i. 163.
Generosity of booksellers in general,
and to Johnson in particular, iv.

2 n.

Gentilhomme, un, est toujours gen-
tilhomme, ii. 16.

Gentle Shepherd, Allan Ramsay's,
the best pastoral ever written,
ii. 208.

Gentleman, Mr., gives Boswell a
description of" Dictionary John-
son," i. 305.
Gentleman's Magazine, Johnson's
first connection with, i. 75-79; the
great success of, iii. 323; John-
son contributes to the, i. 55, 76-
80, 99, 100, 106, 107, 110, 114,
120, 131, 133, 134, 141.

scribed, i. 59, 104.
Gestures, Johnson asked the rea-
son of his strange, iv. 125.
Ghost, The, a poem by Churchill,
caricaturing Johnson, i. 322.

of Dr. Johnson, poetical epis-
tle from the, iv. 406.

said to have been seen at
Newcastle, ii. 384.

Ghosts, Johnson on, i. 321-3; dis-
cussed by Johnson and Boswell,
ii. 160; Mr. Edward Cave de-
clares he has seen one, 172; the
question as to, not yet decided,
iii. 303; argument against them
general belief for them, 247;
Johnson like a, does not speak
till he is spoken to, iii. 311; the
appearance of, discussed at the
Robin Hood Society, iv. 50, 51.
Giannone, his saying, "Tu, sei santo
ma tu non sei filosopho," iii. 428.
Giants, several great writers so

styled by George III., i. 166.
Giardini, Felix, Italian violinist, ii.
213.

Gibbon, his praise of Maty's Bib-
liothèque Britannique, i. 222;
admitted a member of the Lite-
rary Club, ii. 255; his sar-
castic remark about Johnson,
317; his great work published,
iii. 33 n.; his memoirs, ibid. n.;
his imitation of Johnson's style,
iv. 296.

Charles, author of A Work
worth the Reading, quoted, ii.

267.

Gibbons, Dr., the dissenting mini-
ster, Johnson takes to, iv. 76.

Giffard, manager of the playhouse
where Garrick made his first ap.
pearance, i. 122.

Gifford, Mr., quoted in his Life of
Ford, on Johnson's knowledge of
Greek, iv. 292.

Gillespie, Dr., gives a full opinion

on Johnson's case, iv. 189.
"Girls, unidea'd," Johnson's say-
ing about, i. 191.

Giasse, Mrs., her cookery book the
best, iii. 293.

Glowworm, fable of, by Johnson,
ii. 218.

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Gobelins, the tapestry examined
by Johnson, ii. 353.
Godchild, Johnson's letter to kis,
in large hand, iv. 197.
Goldsmith, Oliver, "one of the first
men we now have," i. 324; Bos-
well's account of, 327, 328; "An
inspired idiot," 328; wrote like
an angel, and talked like poor
Poll," 328 n.; writes the Vicar
of Wakefield, 329; story of
Johnson selling it for him, 330;
his vanity amusingly exposed
by Burke,331 n.; The Traveller,
ii. 24; his envy of Johnson's in-
terview with the King, ii. 57;
his comedy The Good-Natured
Mam, 62; his bloom-coloured
coat, 89; his Life of Parnell,

162;
afraid of being unnoticed,
180; his character, 187; his
comedy, She Stoops to Conquer,
196;
he beats a bookseller for
an abusive letter, 199; requested
by Johnson to nominate Boswell
for election to the Club, 384;

liberties with Johnson un-
punished, iv. 65; his witty saying
on the impossibility of arguing
with Johnson, 200.
Goldsmith, Dr. Isaac, Dean of
Cloyne, i. 329.

Mrs., a relative of Gold-
smith's, befriended by Johnson,
iii. 134.

Good Friday, 1773, Boswell spends
with Johnson, ii. 202; obser-
vance of, ii. 322, 325; 1783, ser-
vice at St. Clement's, iv. 140.
Good humour, a rare quality, ii.
329; Johnson thinks himself a
"good-humoured fellow," 330.
Good-Natured Man, The, Johnson
praises, ii. 62.
Gombauld, three

instances of
Prior's borrowing from, iii. 386.
Gordon, Sir Alexander, ii. 249.
Rev. Dr., iii., 355.

Gordon Riots, the, described by
Johnson, iii. 413-5.

Gout, Johnson attacked by, iii.

125.

Government, Johnson maintains
that all forms of, are safe, ii.
166;
"the characteristic of our
own, at present, is imbecility,"
iii. 92; different kinds of, dis-
cussed, 291.

Gower, Earl, endeavours to pro-
cure Johnson a degree from
Dublin, i. 93.

Graces. Every man of education

would rather be called a rascal
than be accused of any deficiency
in the graces, iii. 97.
Graham, Colonel, Boswell's cousin,
ii. 154.

Miss, the beautiful, iii. 396.
Rev. George, author of Tele-
machus, à Mask, i. 326.

Dr., a Scotch physician, in-
troduces Dr. Percy to Johnson,
ii. 66.

Grainger, Dr., his poem The Sugar
Cane, iii. 37, 38; his excellent
qualities, iii. 38 n.; his ode on
Solitude, iii. 219.

Grammar-school, scheme for teach-
ing, i. 64.
Grandiloquence, Johnson makes
fun of Sir John Dalrymple's, ii.

200.
Grand Chartreuse, visited, ii. 361.
Granger, Rev. James, his Bio-
graphical History, iii. 128.
Grant, Sir Archibald, plants some
wild ground, iii. 137.
Granville, Lord, his letter after

the battle of Dettingen, iii. 435.
Grattan, Mr., a false expression in
one of his fine speeches, "one
link cannot clank," iv. 233.
Grave, The, a poem by the Rev.

Robert Blair, iii. 92.
Graves, Rev. Richard, a contri-
butor to the Bath-Easton vase,
ii. 309.

Gravina, an Italian critic, iv. 136.
Gray, Thomas, the poet, Johnson

on, i. 320; his letter to Walpole
quoted, on Boswell's Corsica, ii.
60; the Remains of, published
by Mason, 160; Johnson said
he was dull in a new way, and
that made many people think he
was great, 306; Boswell's sur-
prise at Johnson's inability to
appreciate his poetry, 307,
iii.
80; the very Torré of poetry,
85 n.; his Odes "forced plants
raised in a hotbed," 435.

John, bookseller, i. 110.
Greaves, Samuel, an old servant of
Mr. Thrale's, iv. 182.
Greece, the fountain of knowledge,

Rome, of elegance, iii. 333.
Greek and Latin languages essen-
tial to a good education, i. 363;
Testament, Johnson reads regu-
larly, ii. 268; Johnson's know.
ledge of, iv. 292; Johnson pro-
poses to study Greek at the age
of sixty-seven, iii. 127.
Green, Dr. John, Bishop of Lin-
coln, i. 19.

Mr. Richard, of Lichfield,
his museum, iii. 47, 48, 399;
Johnson's letter to, with epitaph

for his father, mother, and
brother, iv. 300.
Green Man at Ashbourne, the
mistress of the, her amusing
address to Boswell, iii. 227.
Green room, Johnson finds great
amusement in, i. 148, iii. 431;
but relinquishes, i. 148.
Greenwich, Johnson and Boswell
take a boat, and spend the day
at, i. 363; Hospital criticized,
365; Johnson does not like the
Park at, so well as Fleet Street,

366.

Grenville, Mr. George, his cha-
racter contemptuously given by
Johnson, ii. 133.

Greville, Fulke, his Maxims, Cha-
racters, and Reflections quoted,
iv. 223.

Grief, the passing nature of, iii.

169.

Grierson, Mr., an Irish printer, ii.
117.

Mrs., a very learned lady,
ii. 117.
Griffiths, Mr. R., gives his account
of the authorship of Cibber's
Lives of the Poets, iii. 472, 473.
Groot, Isaac de, nephew of Grotius,
befriended by Johnson, iii. 157,

158.

Grotius, i. 360; "from whom every
man of learning has learnt
something." iii. 157.

Grove, Henry, his four excellent
papers in the Spectator, iii. 81,

451.

Grub Street, i. 238.
Gustavus Vasa, tragedy by Henry
Brooke, i. 100.

Guthrie, Mr. William, his Parlia-
mentary debates, i. 79, ii. 66.
Gwyn, Col., marries Goldsmith's
friend, Miss Horneck, i. 328 n.

Mr., the architect, and his
"prophetic eye of taste," ii. 41,
iii. 26, 27.

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vantage of our government