Shakspeare, compared with Congreve, i. 317,with Corneille, ii. 337with Milton, ii. 372.

322.

Johnfon's opinion of, ii. 338, 342. Johnson's edition of his plays, i. 95, 175, 6, 9, 180, 3, 201, 263;-published, i. 271, i. 270, 334, 389;-remarks on, 380; ii. 72, 395

S.

SAILORS, their life, ii. 21, 211, 473.
Salamanca Univerfity, i. 247.
Sarpi, Paolo, his Council of Trent,' i. 69.
his life by Johnfon, i. 77.

Savage, Richard, anecdotes of, i. 64, 87.
his life by Johnson, i. 83, 7, 9, 91.
enquiry as to his birth,. i. 91-4.
his tragedy of Sir Thomas Overbury
prefented, ii. 115.

Savages, ii. 69, 200, 449, 510.
Scarfdale, Lord, his feat at Keddleftone, i. 148..
Schoolmasters, reflections on, i. 45, 353.

law cafes as to, i. 375,7; ii. 179,

ii.

Scott, Sir William, i: 347; 209, 383.
Scriptures, The Holy, ii. 74.

Johnfon's letters on the propofal
tranflate them into Erfe, i.. 286, 8, 9.-
Scripture-phrafes, i. 392.
Second-fight, i. 277, 355, 461.
Selected works, ii. 59: 188.
Senfibility, i. 321; ii. 40, 454, 5.
Sermons, the best, ii. 201.
ii.
Servants, i. 394; 242.
Seward, Reverend Mr. ii. 37, 143, 306.
Mifs Anna, i. 11; ii. 38, 523.
William, Efq, ii. 121.

3

Sharpe's Letters on Italy,' ii. 72.

C

Shaw, Cuthbert, his poem of The Race,' i. 290.
Reverend Mr. his Erfe Grammar, ii. 107,.
108,
474--

Shebbeare, Dr. ii. 396.

Shenstone, his verses on an inn, ii. 29.
Sheridan, Thomas, Efq. i. 208, 9, 246, 318,
344, 361, 462; ii. 44, 283, 452, 5, 522.
Mrs. i..210..

180.

Scorpion, curious enquiry concerning, i. 301.
Scotch, remarks on their pronunciation, i. 36c..
Lairds, i. 222.

of

Scotland, and the Scotch, Johnfon's opinion and bon mots on, i. 231, 301, 312, 313, 340, 394, 409, 440, 450, 3, 7, 486, 495; ii. 17, 41, 4, 70, 88, 154, 191, 334, 389, 409,

434.

R. B. Efq. his compliment to Johnfon in a prologue, ii. 115.

Shipley, Dr. (late Bishop of St. Afaph,) ii. 203, 5, 469.

ii. Short-hand, i. 399; 214. Siddons, Mrs. her vifit to Johnson, ii. 467, & feq.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, M. D. curious account of ii. 188.

Simpson, Jofeph, Efq. anecdotes of, i. 266; ii. 58.
Letter from Johnfon to, i. 188.
Sin, original, ii. 403.
Skene, Sir John, ii. 308.

Slavery, and the Slave-trade, ii. 174, 9-and
fee Negroes.
Sleep, ii. 153, 4.

Smart, Christopher, i. 168, 214, 476.
Smith, Dr. Adam, ii. 252.

his Wealth of Nations,' ii. 16.
Captain, his attention to Johnson at
Warley-camp, ii. 274.

Society, civilized, its cuftoms, &c. i. 238, 240,
243, 278, 325, 401; ii. 209, 381.
Soldiers, ii. 48, 211, 273.
Somerville, Lord, ii. 354.
Southwell, Lord, ii. 438.

Spectator The,' i. 392, 490; ii. 60, 7.

Spence's Anecdotes,' ii. 365.

to Spirits, evil, ii. 50c.

Stanhope, Mr. (Lord Chesterfield's fon,) his
character, i. 144.
Statuary, ii. 22, 190.

Staunton, Sir George, letter of Johnfon to, i. 199.

Steele, Right Hon. Thomas, i. 74.

6

Mr. his Profodia Rationalis,' i. 466.

Sir Richard, ii. 27, 356, 383.

Steevens, George, Efq. re-publishes Johnson's
Shakspeare, i. 334, 389.

Johnfon's letters to, i. 431, 2; ii. 102.

Steevens,

T.

TACITUS, remarks on his style, i. 378.
Tale of a Tub,' i. 245, 462.

Taxation no Tyranny,' i. 458.

additional paffages in that pamphlet,

Trade, Johnson's remarks on, i. 323.
Tranflation, i. 39; ii. 62.

Traveller, The, Goldfmith's poem of, i.
Johnson's lines in, i. 276.—His high
praise of, ii.

Travelling, ii. 47, 61, 194, 213, 233, 270, 1,
510, 517.

Travels, the authour's, his intention of publish-
ing, ii. 233.
Trimbleftown, Lord, ii. 188.

Trinity, Johnson's belief in, and juft difappro-
bation of its being difcuffed in a mixed
company, i. 419.

Truth, importance of a regard to, i. 237; ii. 19, 132, 188, 9, 300, 332, 379, 434, 440, 507, 544.

Tea, i. 172.

Twifs's travels in Spain, i. 477.

Temple, Reverend Mr. i. 277, 460.

Tyers, Mr. Thomas, anecdotes of, ii. 237.

his well-written character, of Gray, ii. Tytler's vindication of Mary Queen of Scots, 425. i. 192.

i. 459. Taylor, Dr.-Johnson's vifit to, ii. 42, 128,

161.

Teft, i. 463.

Teftimony, general, i. 232, 3, 241..
Theocritus, ii. 329.

Thomas à Kempis, ii. 186, 493.
Thomson, Reverend James, his cafe, ii. 74,
& feq.
the poet, his works, i. 246, 306;
ii. 62.
anecdotes of, ii. 117, 130,

Johnfon's letters to, ii. 458, 487. Reverend Dr. i. 13, 33, 106, 129; ii. 42, 134, 146, 161.

the Chevalier, ii, 291.
Jeremy, ii. 503.

272.

Thornton, Bonnel, his burlefque Ode, i. 227.
Thrale, Mr. i. 267, 313; ii. 32, 187, 326, 380.
his death, ii. 379.

fale of his brewhoufe, ii. 410.
Mrs. See Piozzi.

Thurlow, Lord, an opinion of his on the Liberty
of the Pulpit, ii. 79.

Letter to Dr. Johnson from him, ii.

327.

Johnson's opinion of, ii. 441. his letter to the authour, on Johnson's going to Italy, ii. 526.

Johnfon's letter to him on that occafion, ii. 535.

Toleration, i. 415, 418; ii. 285, 335, 452.
Topham's Cafe, ii. 51

Torture, how used in Holland, i. 255-
Tory, Johnfon's definition of, ii. 399, 501..
Towers, Dr. Joseph, i. 460.

·

his Effay on the Life,' &c. of Johnson, ii. 348.

Townshend, Right Hon. Charles, anecdote of,. i. 398.

Since the note referred to was written, the Cafe has received the determination of the Court of King's Pench; but it turned chiefly on the informality of the Indictment, and did not go into the general principles of "libe's on the dead."See Term Reports, Hilary Term, 31 Geo. III.

U. and V.

< VANITY of human Wishes,' Johnfon's poem,
i. 103.

Vanfittart, Dr. Robert, i. 189.

Vauxhall-gardens, ii. 237.

Vicar of Wakefield,' (novel,) i. 225.

Vilette, Reverend Mr. Ordinary of Newgate,

U and V.

ii. 522.

Village, Deferted,' a poem by Goldsmith;-
Johnfon's lines in, i. 275.
Village,' a poem, by the Reverend Mr. Crabbe,
ii. 438.
Virgil, compared with Homer, ii. 169.

Johnfon's juvenile tranflations from, i.

17.

Baskerville's edition of, prefented by
Johnfon to Pembroke College, i. 308.

Virtue and Vice, ii. 263, 5, 501.

Vifitor, The,' a periodical paper, i. 476.

Vivacity, acquirable, ii. 34.

Univerfal History,' the authours of, ii. 558.

Univerfities, i. 300, 490; ii. 50.

Volcanos, ii. 38.

Voltaire, i. 236, 274, 8, 342; ii. 267.

Vows, ii. 268.

· Ufury, ii. 57, 257.

Vyfe, Reverend Dr. letter of to the Authour,

and letter of Johnson to him, ii. 123;-and

fee ii..551.

Warton, Reverend Dr. Jofeph, his Effay on

Pope's Genius,' &c. i. 243.

Letters of Johnfon to, i. 136, 335.

Reverend Thomas, i. 146; ii. 26, 332.

his entertaining account of Johnson's

converfation when at Oxford in 1754, i.
147.

W.

WALES, Johnfon's vifit to, i. 439.

Wall, Dr. ii. 502.

Wall of China, ii. 213.

Walmsley, Gilbert, Efq. character of, i. 35.

his letter recommending Johnfon and

Garrick, i. 48.

Letters of Johnfon to, 146, 150, 1, 2,

153, 6, 160, 1, 177, 183, 4, 308, 334.

Watts, Dr. his works, i. 171.

his life, ii. 123, 269.

Weather, its influence, i. 232, 245, 484; ii. 488,

538, 543.

Webster, Reverend Dr. Alexander, i. 428, 432.

Wedderburne, Alexander, Efq.-See Loughbo-
rough, Lord.

Whigs, Johnfon's definition of, ii. 399; no
great private enmity between them and
Tories, ii. 501.

Whitefield, Reverend George, his character,
i. 33, 314; ii. 304.

Whitefoord, Caleb, Efq. ii. 518.

Whitehead, Paul, i. 64, 217.

Whole Duty of Man,' conjectures on its

authour, i. 408.

Waller, i. 485; ii. 248.

C

extract from his Divine Poefie,' as to Wife, qualities of, Sir Thomas Overbury's
the communion of faints, ii. 500.

verfes on, i. 312.

Johnfon's life of, ii. 347.

Walpole, Hon. Horace, ii. 514.

Sir Robert, his adminiftration de-
fended, i..66.

Walton, Ifaac, his Lives,' i. 435, 7, 9, 487;

ii. 26, 108.

Warburton, his conteft with Lowth, i. 293.
Johnfon's character of, ii. 352, 3,

498.
Ward, the noted Dr. ii. 291.
Warley-camp, Johnson's vifit to, ii. 273, 9.
Warren, Dr. his generous attendance on Johnfon
during his last illness, i. 570, 6.

Welch, Saunders, Efq. ii. 269, 271, 298.
Letter of Johnson to, ii. 269.
Wentworth, Mr.-Johnson at his school, i. 16.
Welley, Reverend John, ii. 190, 231.
Letter of Johnfon to, ii. 294.

Weftcote, Lord, confirms to Johnson the truth
of his nephew Lord Lyttelton's vision, ii.
595
Westminster-abbey, firft mufical feftival at, ii.

495, 7.

Wetherell, Reverend Dr. ii. 23, 509.

Letter of Johnfon to, ii. 12.

Wheeler, Reverend Dr. ii. 277.

Johnfon's letter to, ii. 12.

Wilkes, John, Efq. his jeu d'efprit on Johnson's
Dictionary, i. 166.

meetings between him and Johnfon, ii.
80, & feq. 389.

Johnfon's opinion of him, ii. 163.
anecdote of gallantry related by him,
ii. 523.

his advice how best to speak at the bar of
the Houfe of Commons, ii. 187.

his pleafantry on Johnfon and himself,
as to their politicks and religion, ii. 187.

K. William III. i. 474.

Williams, Mr. Zachariah, account of, i. 149,
166, 7.

Williams Mrs. Anna, i. 127, 228, 252, 323;

ii. 57, 82, 98, 126, 9, 278.

Williams,

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VOLUME I.

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P. 80, 1. 13, dele out.

Page 133, line 24, for a warren, read free warren.

P. 136, 1. 6, for is certainly the performance of Dr. Charles Bathurst, read has been erroneously afcribed to Dr. Bathurst, whofe chriftian name was Richard.

P. 173, l. 16, 17, 24, 26, for Jennings, read Jennyns.

P. 16c, l. 8, for Pancoek, read Panckoucke.

P. 195, 1. 4, upon the word name put the following note:-I have had inquiry made in Ireland as to this ftory, but do not find it recollected there. I give it on the authority of Dr. Johnfon, to which may be added, that of "The Biographical Dictionary," in which it has flood many years.

Ibid. 1. 4, for a book on the authenticity of the Gospel History, read " An Enquiry into the Origin of Moral Virtue."

P. 191, 1. 8, for Johnfton read Johnson.

P. 346, 1. 12, for one of his excellent prefatory difcourfes to his plays, read his excellent Dedication of his Juvenal.

Ibid. 1. 15, after novelty infert and.

P. 367, in Note, for Chalmers, read Chambers.

P. 352, 1. 16, after Pope infert inverted commas, and dele them 1. 1, after impofition.

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