INDEX. A. ABERCROMBIE, James, Esq. of Philadelphia, his communi- Abingdon, Lord, bon mot of, iv. 271, n. Abington, Mrs. iii. 48, 51, 55. Abjuration, oath of, ii. 305. Absentees from their estates, how far justifiable, iv. 19, 20. Abyssinia, see Lobo, Rasselas. Academy, Royal, instituted, ii. 161. Action in public speaking, ii. 298. Actors, i. 130, 152; ii. 180, 319; iii. 186; iv. 25, 287; v. 123. Miss, v. 176. Addison, Johnson's opinion of, i. 176; ii. 33; iii. 70. his style compared with Johnson's, i. 176. Adey, Miss Mary, i. 14; iii. 188. "Adventurer," Hawkesworth's, i. 162, 183, 198, 201. Adultery, ii. 150; iv. 179. Egri Ephemeris, Johnson's, v. 266. Agar, W. E. Esq. iii. 313, n. Agutter, Rev. Mr. his sermon on Johnson's death, v. 309. Akenside's poetry, ii. 252; iii. 225. his early friendship with Charles Townshend, iii. 199 Allen, Mr. the printer, ii. 72; iv. 151; v. 235. America and Americans, iii. 22, 40, 42, 43; iv. 45, 129, 362. Angelone's Letters, iv. 390, Angels, v. 174, n. Anthologia, v. 271. Antiquities, study of iv. 250. Arbuthnot, ii. 33. Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, iii. 264. Armorial bearings, as ancient as the siege of Troy, ii. 266. Armstrong, Dr. i. 341; iii. 312. Arnold, Dr. on insanity', iv. 17. Articles, thirty-nine, ii. 240. Ascham, Roger, Johnson's life of, ii. 68. Ash, John, M. D. founder of the Eumelian Club, v. 282. Astle, Thomas, Esq. v. 18, Rev. Mr. v. 195. Aston, Molly, i. 50, 326; iv. 178, 336, n. Athol porridge, iv. 360. Atterbury, Bishop, his funeral sermon on Lady Cutts, iv. 69. Avarice, iii. 263; iv. 159. Auchinleck, Lord, (the Authour's father), iii. 136. Authours, of deciding on their MSS. ii. 280; iv. 157. respect due to them, iv. 152. See Books. should put as much into their books as they will hold, ii. 321. had better be attacked than unnoticed, iv. 212. Authour, the young, (Johnson's poem), i, 24. B. Bacon, Lord Verulam, iv. 34; v. 165. Badcock, Rev. Mr. v. 297, n. Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, ii. 343. Johnson's letters to, ii. 343; v. 232. Baker, Sir Geo. v. 237. Ballow, Thomas, Esq. (the lawyer), iii. 216. Baltick, Johnson's proposed expedition to the, iii. 333. Barber, Mr. Francis, i. 184, 188; ii. 202, 203; iv. 429. Barclay, Mr. the young authour, ii. 98. Mr. one of Mr. Thrale's successors, iv. 395. his trial, ii. 181. Johnson's letters to him, i. 298, 306, 314. Barnard, Rev. Dr. (Bishop of Limerick), iii. 35; iv. 392. Barretier, J. P. Johnson's Life of, i. 109. Barrington, Hon. Daines, ii. 333; iv. 152. Barrow, Rev. Dr. his sermons, iv. 383. Barrowby, Dr. v. 176. Barry, Sir Edward, M. D. his notion that pulsation occasions James, Esq. (the painter), Johnson's letter to, v. 84. his paintings, v. 105. Bateman, Edward, Tutor of Christ-church, his lectures, i. 47. Bathurst, Dr. Richard, i. 197, 199, 336. Bayle's Dictionary, ii. 33. Beech, Thomas, ii. 3. Beattie, Dr. ii. 230, 234; v. 71. letter from Johnson to, iv. 269. Beauclerk, Topham, Esq. i. 194; iv. 261. his violent altercation with Johnson, iv. 220. Beauty, manly, described by Shakspeare and Milton, iv. 353. Bedlam, iii. 96; v. 90. Beggars, iv. 236. Beggars' Opera,' iii. 88, 89; iv. 158. Belchier, Surgeon, iii. 246. Bellamy, Mrs. her letter to Johnson, v. 125, n. Belsham, Mr. his Essay on Dramatick Poetry, i. 322. Bentham, the Rev. Dr. iii. 168. Beville, Rev. Mr. his ingenious defence of Hammond, iv. 343, π. 'Bibliotheca Harleiana,' i. 115. Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, ii. 173. ' Biddulph, Miss Sydney,' the Novel, i. 322. Biography, remarks on, i. 1, 10; iii. 169, 354. Johnson's letters to, i. 178, 229. his letter to Johnson on his Dictionary, i. 230. Birds, their migration, ii. 190, 333. Bishops, iv. 355, 356. See Clergy. Blackfriars Bridge, i. 289, n. Black-letter books, their value, ii. 208. Blacklock's poetry, ii. 69. Blackmore, Sir Richard, assisted in his Creation,' ii. 195. Johnson's Life of, iv. 333. Blackstone, Sir William, ii. 366, 429; iv. 219, 378. Blackwell, Anthony, i. 51. Blagden, Dr. iv. 309. Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his Sermons, iii. 288; iv. 13, 50, 176. 6 Rev. Robert, author of The Grave,' iii. 238. Robert, Esq. Solicitor-General for Scotland, iii. 238, n. Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, i. 109. Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 13; v. 257. Blank verse, ii. 212; iv. 96, 157, 320, 340. Blenheim Park, iii. 172. Blue-stocking Club, iv. 385. Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 102. Boetius magis Philosophus quàm Christianas, ii. 215. Bolton, Mr. Birmingham, iii. 181. Bonaventura, ii. 99. Books and booksellers, iii. 149; iv. 16. Boothby, Miss Hill, some account of, iv. 536, n. Boothby, Johnson's letter to, iv. 335, n. Bosville, Godfrey, Esq. iv. 195, 276. BOSWELL, (the Authour of this Work.) introduced to Johnson, i. 318, and ii. 2, 3, 6. his Account of Corsica,' ii. 107, 119, 153, 163, n. his Letter to the People of Scotland,' v. 141. his Letter on Fox's India Bill, v. 143. Johnson's argument in favour of his trying his fortune Johnson's excellent letter to him on his succeeding to Johnson's other letters to him, ii. 74, 101, 117, 152, letters to Johnson from him, ii. 120, 153, 228, 233, Mrs. ii. 356, 359; iv. 2, 60, 258. Johnson's letters to, iii. 277, 326; v. 43, 45; her answer, v. 45. Dr. his character of Johnson, iii. 203. James, Esq. (the authour's second son), iii. 207. Bouchier, Governour, iv. 367. Boufflers, Mad. de, iii. 128. • Boulter's Monument,' a poem, i. 257. Bowles, William, Esq. v. 115. Bowyer, printer, his life, v. 253. Boyse, Mr. Samuel, v. 291. Braithwaite, Daniel, Esq. v. 162. Bramhall, Archbishop, his work on Liberty and Necessity, ii. 100. Brocklesby, Dr. his kind attention to Johnson, v. 114, 149, 150, |