vi. 244. Exerts his humane and zealous interference in behalf of
Dr. Dodd, vi. 275.
1778. His visit to Bennet Langton,
at Warley Camp, vii. 224. His home made uncomfortable by the perpetual jarrings of those whom he sheltered under his roof, vii. 230.
1779. Publishes the first four vo- lumes of his Prefaces, biogra- phical and critical, to the most eminent of the English Poets,' vii. 237.
1780. Employed in the completion of the Lives of the Poets,' vii. 308.
1781. Completes his 'Lives of the Poets,' viii. 1. Loses his friend Mr. Thrale, viii. 59. Is appointed one of his executors, viii. 60. Loses his friend Mr. Strahan, viii. 78. Plans a life of greater dili- gence, viii. 118. Visits Oxford, Birmingham, and Lichfield, viii.
1782. Loses his old friend Robert Levett, viii. 121. Declining state of his health, viii. 126. Visits Oxford, viii. 137. Takes a part- ing adieu of Streatham; his prayer on leaving Mr. Thrale's family, viii. 144. Reads a book of the Æneid every night for twelve nights, viii. 213.
1783. Attacked with a stroke of the palsy, viii. 221. Visits Lich- field and Oxford, viii. 227 n. In- stitutes the Essex Head Club, viii. 249. Seized with a spasmodic asthma, viii. 251. 1784. Visits Oxford, viii. 283. friends project a tour to Italy for the benefit of his health, viii. 328. 339. 350. Visits Lichfield, Birm- ingham, and Oxford for the last time, viii. 356. His extraordi- nary expiatory visit to Uttoxeter, viii. 378.; x. 103.
His last Illness and Death, viii. 393. 418.; ix. 125. 152. 177, 178. 296. 311. 327. His will, viii. 402. His funeral in Westminster Ab- bey, 419. 424. His monument in St. Paul's, viii. 423. His epitaph by Dr. Parr, viii. 424. Chrono- logical catalogue of his prose works, x. 300. List of various portraits of him, x. 311. List of various designs intended to be executed by him, x. 294. His general character, by Boswell, viii. 425.
Johnson, Charles, author of 'Adven. tures of a Guinea,' iv. 307, 307 n. Johnson, Samuel, author of Hurlo Thrumbo,' v. 23 n.
Johnson the equestrian, ii. 172, 173 n. 'Johnsoniana,' the collection
called, vi. 60, 60 n.; vii. 179. Johnston, Arthur, his poems, ii. 248.; iv. 96, 96 n.
Johnston, Sir James, x. 102. Jones, Sir William, ii. 140 n. ; vii. 261. Jones, Philip, vi. 75. Jones, Miss, ii. 78 n. Jonson, Ben, v. 155.
Jorden, Rev. Mr., i. 58, 59, 60. 80 n. Jortin, Dr. John, his 'Sermons,' vii. 79.; viii. 46.; ix. 142. His laconic epitaph, viii. 46 n.
Joseph Andrews, ix. 322. Journal of life, its utility, ii. 218.; iii. 254.; v. 303.; vii. 42.; viii. 166. Judges, v. 148. 285.
Junius, iii. 152.; vii. 248.; viii. 307. Justamond, John Obadiah, vi. 238 n. Juvenal, v. 106. ; vii. 89, 89 n. Holy. day's notes on, viii. 317.
Kaimes, Henry Home, Lord, i. 165.; iii. 43. 93. 234.; iv. 304.; v. 112. ; ix. 144. His Elements of Criticism,' ii. 166.; vii. 78. His 'Sketches of Man,' vii. 78. 198. 215.
Kearney, Rev. Dr. Michael, i. 194 n. ;
vii. 103. 286 n.; viii. 46. Kearsley, George, bookseller, i. 250 n.; viii. 44.
Kedleston, v. 196.; vi. 300.
Kellie, Thomas, sixth Earl of, vi. 312. Kelly, Hugh, vi. 245.; viii. 411. ; ix. 132.
Kemble, John Philip, viii. 236. Kempis, Thomas à, vii. 54, 54 n. Ken, Bishop, v. 311. Kennedy, Rev. Dr., ii. 133. Kennedy, Dr., his tragedy, vii. 68. Kennicot, Dr. Benjamin, iii. 142, 142 n.
Kenrick, Dr. William, ii. 300, 300 n. ; iii. 53.; iv. 305, 305 n.; vii. 90. Kepple, Lady Elizabeth, iii. 99 n. Kerr, James, iv. 32.
Kettel, Dr. Ralph, ii. 41 n.
Kilmorey, John, tenth Viscount, v. 197.; x. 271.
Kindersley, Mr., x. 269.
Kindness, vi. 327.; viii. 140. ; ix. 119. King, Rev. Dr., ii. 32 n.; v. 311 n. ; vii. 171.
King, Archbishop, his Essay on Evil,' vii. 283 n.
Kings, their situation, ii. 206. 226.; iii. 23.; viii. 19. King's-Head Club, ii. 218.
Kippis, Dr. Andrew, iii. 157.; iv. 89 n.; vii. 317, 318 n.
Knapton, Messrs., booksellers, ii. 211. Kneller, Sir Godfrey, vii. 66, 67 n. Knight, Lady, ii. 275.; iii. 9 n. Anec- dotes by, x. 48.
Knitting, v. 303. ; vii. 72.
Knowledge, ii. 194. ; iii. 260.; v. 303.; vi. 79. vii. 188.; ix. 4. 70. 78. Every-day the best, ix. 4. 70. 78. Knowles, Mary, quakeress, vi. 198. 200 n.; vii. 126. 129. 138. 142. 144. Her theological dialogue with John- son, vii. 144. ; x. 15. 106. Knox, John, iv. 58.
Knox, Rev. Vicesimus, i. 261.; viii. 333. His character of Johnson, x.153. Knox, John, on Johnson's 'Journey to the Hebrides,' v. 237.
Lade, Sir John, viii. 413.; ix. 38. Verses on his coming of age, viii. 414. Landlords, iii. 103.; iv. 215.; v. 25. 35.; vii. 80.
Langley, Rev. Mr., v. 195.
Langley, Charles, husband of Alley Croker,' vii. 84 n.
Langton, Bennet, i. 118. 294, 294 n. ; viii. 407.; ix. 219.; x. 57. 138. His Collectanea of Johnson's sayings, vii. 350.
Langton, Miss Jane, vi. 168. John- son's letter to, iii. 159. ; viii. 267. Langton, Peregrine, ii. 341. Langton, Bishop, i. 295 n. Language, viii. 213. Origin of, viii. 198. Of an ancient author, not to be modernised, viii. 318. On writ- ing verses in a dead, v. 319. Languages, ii. 245.; iii. 12. 81. 183. ; vi. 24. 154.; ix. 255. Irish and Gaelic, iii. 183. Chinese, vii. 198. Poets, the preservers of, vi. 154. The pedigree of nations, iv. 242. Lapidary inscriptions, inaccuracy of, vii. 239, 239 n.
Latin, ix. 148. 310. Latin epitaphs, iv. 164, 164 n.
Laud, Archbishop, his diary, iii. 251. Lauder, William, his forgery against
Milton, i. 269, 269 n.
Law, vi. 57. Profession of, vi. 23, 24 n. Opinions as to the study and practice of, ii. 289. 312.; iii. 3. 36. 253.; iv. 87.; vi. 23, 24 n. 57.; ix. 44. 136. Cicero's defence of the study of, iii. 37 n.
Law, Dr. Edmond, Bishop of Carlisle, vii. 304, 304 n. Law, William, viii. 287 n. 297. "Serious Call,' i. 69, 69 n. 137 n.; ix. 153.
Lawyers, ii. 312. 324.; vi. 57.; viii. 48. Lay patronage, argument in defence of, iii. 319.
Laziness, iv. 251. ; ix. 148. Lea, Rev. Samuel, i. 46. Learned ladies, ix. 129.
Learning, iv. 55. 79.; v. 131. 310.; viii.
Lectures, on the practice of teaching
by, ii. 310.; viii. 68.
Lee, Alderman, vi. 198, 198 n. Lee, Arthur, vi. 189. 196. Lee, John, vii. 52, 52 n. Leechman, Dr. William, iv. 66, 66 n. ; v. 115.
Leeds, Francis, fifth Earl of, vii. 361. Legitimation by subsequent mar- riage, vi. 88, 88 n. Leibnitz, iii. 183.; v. 12.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, v. 201.
Leisure, the source of intellectual im- provement, iii. 258. Leith, iv. 49.
Leland, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 288.; vi. 243.; vii. 158.
Lenox, Mrs. Charlotte, i. 307, 308.; ii. 134; v. 222.; vii. 358.; viii. 272. Leslie, Charles, viii. 287 n. Letter-writing, viii. 80.
Letters, sanctity of private, iii. 49. 'None received in the grave,' viii. 415, 415 n.
Lever, Sir Ashton, viii. 337, 337 n. Levett, Robert, i. 185.; viii. 121. ; x. 45. 82. 258. 263. Verses to the me- mory of, viii. 122.
Lewis, David, his lines to Pope, viii. 309.
Lewis, Francis, i. 266, 266 n. 'Lexiphanes,' Campbell's, iii. 31, 31 n. Libels, v. 23.; vi. 60. 130. From the pulpit, vi. 181. On the character of the dead, vi, 130. Liberty, iii. 53.; vii. 258. Political, iii. 53. Of conscience, iii. 291. Of teach-
ing, viii. 211. Of the press, iii. 58.; vi. 130. Of the pulpit, vi. 181. Liberty and necessity, viii. 433. Libraries, iv. 60 n. ; ix. 172. Licensed stews, vi. 134. Lichfield, vi. 97.
Liddell, Sir Henry, iii. 200 n. Lies, ii. 120. 220.
Life, rules for the conduct of, viii. 140. Dryden's lines on, viii. 304. Human, viii. 331. Reflections on, ii. 135.; iii. 3.; vi. 175. 219. 262.; ix. 34. 53. 71. 97. 175. 'Lillibullero,' ballad of, v. 290, 291 n. Linen, advantages of wearing, iv. 229.
Lintot, the bookseller, i. 112. 'Literary Club,' founded, ii. 272. 320,
321. 323. 325.; iii. 279. 299.; iv. 111.; v. 255. 288, 288 n.; vi. 235. 248. 263.; vii. 59, 59 n. 122. 375.; ix. 47. Complete list of its mem- bers from its foundation to the pre- sent time, ii. 325. 'Literary Anecdotes,' Nichols's, a storehouse of facts and dates, viii. 374.
Literary fame, v. 303.
Literary fraud, i. 304.; ii. 72. 125. Literary Journals, iii. 25. Literary man, life of, viii, 76. Literary property, ii. 222.; iii. 302.; iv. 70.; viii. 100.
Literary reputation, iii. 276. Literature, good, superfetation of the press prejudicial to, vii. 188. Small quantity of, in the world, vii. 151 n. Dignity of, vii. 159.
Little books, ix. 255.
Liturgy of the Church of England,
Liverpool, Charles Jenkinson, first
'Lives of the English Poets,' vi. 149. 194. 240. 331.; vii. 168. 236. 253. 267. 308.; viii. 1-36.; ix. 243. 250. Lleweney, v. 199, 200, 201.; viii. 288 n. Lloyd, Dr., Bishop of St. Asaph, v. 200 n.
Lloyd, Mr., quaker, of Birmingham,
Lloyd, Humphry, the antiquary, v.
Lloyd, Olivia, quakeress, i. 97.
Lord Chancellors, mode of choosing, iii. 186.
Loudoun, John, fourth Earl of,v.118 n. Loudoun, Lady Margaret Dalrymple, Countess of, vii. 231.
Lobo's 'Account of Abyssinia,' i. 90.; Loughborough, Lord, ii. 141. 143. 158,
Local attachment, iii. 108. Locality, viii. 227.
Lochbuy, the Laird of, v. 81, 82 n. Lochbuy, Lady, v. 82.
Loch Lomond, v. 109.; vii. 256. Lock, William, of Norbury Park, viii. 11.
Locke, John, iv. 93; vii. 355. His verses to Dr. Sydenham, iv. 94. His plan of education, vii. 222.
Lodgings, list of Johnson's various, in London, i. 217.; vii. 288.
Lofft, Capel, viii. 276.
159.; v. 299 n.; vi. 116, 117.; viii. 168 n.
Louis XIV., iii. 26.; vii. 192. Lovat, Simon, twelfth Lord, i. 208. ; iv. 246 n.; v. 149.
Love, ii. 151.; iii. 157.; v. 306.; vi. 92.; vii. 19.; viii. 55. ; ix. 76. Love and Madness, viii. 177. A play, viii. 55.
Loveday, Dr. John, iii. 302 n. Lovibond, Edward, i. 111. Low company, viii. 316.
Lombe, John, his silk-mill at Derby, Lowe, Mauritius, painter, vii. 252.
London, i. 110. 114.; v. 278. 301 n.; vi. 138. 322. ; vii. 77. 87. 149. 227. 282.; viii. 152. 380. The great field of genius and exertion, i. 110. Art of Living' in, i. 114. Johnson's poem of, i. 129. 132. 140. 142. 144. 222. Johnson's love of, ii. 76. 202.; iii. 134. 148. 75.; vi. 323.; vii. 87. 249.; viii. 363 n. The fountain of intelligence, v. 183. No place where economy can be so well practised as in, vii. 249. State of the poor in, vii. 282. Too large, v. 301. Mode of choosing its mayors, vii. 220. Pennant's Account' of, vii. 113. Shopkeeper, iv. 80. 82 n., 83. No place cures a man's vanity so well as, iii. 134.
London Chronicle,' ii. 72. 275.; iii. 108. 246.; vii. 48.; viii. 52. Londoners, iii. 105.; v. 35. Long, Dudley. See North, viii. 48. 56. Longitude, ii. 54. Longlands, Mr., iii. 223. Longley, John, vii. 356 n. Lonsdale, first Earl of, iv. 116. Looking glasses, vi. 13. Lopez de Vega, ix. 24.
Lowth, Dr. Robert, Bishop of Lon-
don, iii. 23.; iv. 80. 130.; vi. 181. Lowther, Sir James, the miser, iv. 116. Lowthers, family of the, iv. 117. Lucas, Dr. Charles, ii. 65 n. Lucian, vi. 126 n.; vii. 380. Lumisden, Andrew, vi. 20. Lunardi, aëronaut, viii. 361, 362. 'Lusiad,' viii. 246. Luton Hoe, viii. 96.
Luxury, iii. 202. 256. ; iv. 56. ; v. 102. 3 vi. 178.; vii. 54. 123. 135. Lydiat, Thomas, i. 225 n. Lye, Edward, his Saxon Dictionary, ii. 321.
Lyttelton, George, Lord, ii. 3. 14. ; iii. 23. 140. 260 n. 280.; iv. 164.; v. 9 n. 213.; vi. 77. 150. ; vii. 334. ; viii. 27.; ix. 135. 254.; x.114. His 'Life of Henry II.,' iii. 23. 260 n.; vi. 150 n. Johnson's Life of, viii. 27. His 'Dialogues of the Dead,' vi. 77-5 viii. 28.
Lyttelton, Thomas, Lord, his vision, viii. 302 n.
Lyttelton, Mr., uncle of Lord Lyttel- ton, iii. 162.; vi. 176 n. Lyttelton, Miss, vi. 176 n.
Macaulay, Mrs., wife of the Rev. K. Maclean, Sir Allan, iv. 167 n. ; v. 41.
Macaulay, Catharine, i. 289 n.; ii. 233. 284. ; iii. 258. ; v. 277 n.; vi. 166 n. 198.; vii. 1. ; ix. 130. 144. Macbean, Alexander, i. 152. 216.; iii. 238.; vii. 347.; viii. 68.
Macbeth, i. 203.; iii. 93. ; iv. 119. 'Maccaroni,' iv. 204.
Maccaronic verses, vii. 125. Macclesfield, George, Earl of, ii. 14 n. Macclesfield, Countess of, reputed mother of Savage, i. 195. 201 n. Macconochie, Mr., afterwards Lord Meadowbank, vii. 35 n. Maccruslick, iv. 180 n. 197. Macdonald, Sir James, ii. 235.; iii.
187 n. ; iv. 161. 164. 191. 285.; v. 15.; viii. 57.
Macdonald, Sir Alexander, iii. 186.; iv. 159, 160 n. 163. 173.; v. 48.; vi. 126.
Macdonald, Lady Margaret, vii. 257. Macdonald, Flora, iv. 203 n., 204, 205, 206. 208 n. 288. 329.
Macdonald, Major-general, iv. 295. Macdonalds, the, v. 174 n. Macfarlane, Mr., antiquary, iv. 167. Mackenzie, Sir George, iv. 224. Mackenzie, Henry, ii. 127. His ' Man of the World ;' 'Man of Feeling,' iv. 309.
Mackinnon, Mrs., iv. 294. Mackinnon's Cave, v. 69, 70 n. Mackintosh, Sir James, v. 182 n. 292 n.; vi. 203 n.; viii. 318. 320. His character of Johnson, x. 168. Macklin, Charles, actor, ii. 158.; vi. 117.
57. 59, 60. 62 n. 69, 70. 75. 80. 84 n. 329.; vi. 229. 260.
Maclean, Rev. Hector, v. 12. Maclean, Dr. Alexander, his descrip- tion of Johnson, v. 41. 80. Maclean, Captain Lauchlan, v. 10. Maclean, Miss, v. 51. 60. Maclean of Torloisk, v. 242 n. Macleod, General John, Laird of Rasay, iv. 162. 193 n. 215 n. John- son's letter to, iv. 298. His Me- moirs' of his own life, iv, 320. Macleod, Lady, some account of, iv. 217, 218 n. 220.
Macleod, Miss, of Rasay, iv. 195.; v. 11.
Macleod, Sir Roderick, iv. 218. 223. Macleod, Rev. Neil, v. 78, 79, 80. Macleod, Malcolm, iii. 551.; iv. 174. 197.
Macleod, Alexander or 'Sandie, of Muiravenside, iv. 179, 180 n. 195. 197. 210.
Macleod, Dr., iv. 179.
Macleod, Colonel, of Talisker, iv. 179. Macleod, Professor, his brother, iv. 95. Macleod, Mr., of Ulinish, iv. 194. 223. 258.
Macleod, Colin, iv. 193.
Macleod's dining tables, iv. 258.
Macleod's maidens, iv. 258.
Maclure, Captain, v. 54. Macneil, of Barra, iv. 247. M'Nicol, Rev. Donald, i. 5 n.; v. 242 n.
Macpherson, James, ii. 168.; iv. 95. 262.; v. 138. 224. 227. 229, 230. 233. 235. 243. 245. See Ossian. Macpherson, Mr., in Slate, v. 47.
Maclaurin, Colin, mathematician, ii.
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