Epigram on a religious dispute at Erskine, Hon. Andrew, ii. 184. ; vi.

Bath, viii. 290 n.

'Epigrammata Sacra,' vii. 152.
Epilogue to Irene,' by whom written,

i. 228.

Epilogue to the 'Distressed Mother,'
by Johnson, i. 53.

290.

Erskine, Hon. Thomas, afterwards
Lord, iii. 207 n. 208. 210, 211.
Erskine, Hon. Henry, gives Boswell
a shilling for the sight of his bear,'
iv. 31 n.

Epitaph on Philips, the musician, i. Erskine, Lady Anne, v. 137.

165, 166.

Erudition, ix. 70.

Epitaph on Sir Thomas Hanmer, i. 'Espionage,' no word in the English

205.

Epitaph on Mrs. Johnson, i. 287.

Epitaph on Admiral Byng, ii. 69.
Epitaph on Johnson, by Soame Je-
nyns, ii. 71.

language to describe, v. 261 n.

' Esquire,' the title of, i. 1.

Essex, the unfortunate Earl of, his
advice on travel, ii. 216.

Essex Head Club, viii. 249, 250, 251.

Epitaph for a creature not yet dead, Estates, obligation in settling, vi. 59.
ii. 71.

Eternal punishments, viii. 20.

Epitaph, George Dempster's, on him- Eternity, iv. 165.

self, ii. 184 n.

Epitaph on Colin Maclaurin, iv.
44 n.

Epitaph on Dr. Smollet, v. 112.
Epitaph on Dr. Parnell, viii. 24.
Epitaph on Goldsmith, vi. 207.
Epitaph on a celebrated Italian, v.
289, 289 n.

Epitaph on a wicked man, killed by a
fall from his horse, viii. 206.
Epitaph on Johnson, by Mr. Flood,

viii. 423.

Etymologies, Johnson's, character-
ised, ii. 46.

'Eugenio,' a poem, lines from, iii. 284.
Evans, Tho., a bookseller, of Pater-
noster.row, beating given to him by
Goldsmith, iii. 246.

Evans, Rev. Dr. Evan, v. 204. ; vi.81 n.
Evelyn, John, his book of Forest
Trees' mentioned, iii. 67.
'Evelina,' Miss Burney's novel of,
vii. 314. 332.; viii. 217 n.
Evil, origin of, iv, 120.; v. 111.

Epitaph on Johnson, by Dr. Parr, Evil speaking, vii. 251.

viii. 424 n.

Epitaphs, vi. 27. 204. 210.

Epitaphs, Johnson's Essay on, i. 165.
Equality, iii. 258. ; vi. 145.

Erasmus, v. 195 n. 205 n. ; ix. 311.
Erasmus, Jortin's Life of, ix. 142.
Erasmus, an expression of, applied to
Johnson, viii. 299 n.
Errol, Lord, iv. 98, 99. 105 n.
Errol, Lady Isabella, iv. 99.
Erse language, Johnson's letter on
the proposal to translate the Scrip-
tures into, iii. 12.

Erse manuscripts, v. 243, 244. 248.

290.

Evil spirits, iv. 38.; viii. 292 n.
Exaggeration, general proneness to,
vi. 272.; vii. 262.; viii. 159. 199.
'Excise,' Johnson's offensive de-
finition of, i. 31 n.; ii. 48, 49.; vii.
203.
Executions, public, iii. 94.; iv. 107.;
viii. 179. 331 n.

Exercise, benefits of, viii. 136 n.
Exhibition of paintings at the Royal
Academy, ii. 131.; viii. 191, 192.
Existence, vii. 201.

F.

Erse and Irish, both dialects of the Fable, sketch of one, by Johnson, iii.

same language, iii. 184.

Erse songs, iv. 121. 175. 262.

Erskine, Sir Harry, ii, 158.

274.

'Fable of the Bees,' Mandeville's, iii.

100.

Facility of composition, Johnson's ex-
traordinary, viii. 1.
Faction, viii. 190.
Factiousness, viii. 83 n.

Facts, mischief of mingling them with
fiction, viii. 177.

Fairfax's 'Tasso,' viii. 5.
Fairies, vii. 364.

'Fairy Queen,' Spenser's, vii. 355.
Falconer, Rev. Mr., a nonjuring
bishop, vii. 239.

"Falkland Islands,' Johnson's pam-
phlet respecting, iii. 151. 171.

of, ii. 221 n. 241 n. ; iii. 113.; viii.
195 n. 291 n.

Ferns, the deanery of, viii. 46.
'Festivals and Fasts,' Nelson's, vi. 90.

Feudal system, iii. 212. 236. ; vii. 302.
Fiction, viii. 230.

Fiddle, difficulty of playing upon, iii.
267.

Fielding, Henry, i. 195 n. ; viii. 255.
Fielding compared with Richardson,
iii. 38, 39. 207, 208.

Fielding, his 'Amelia,' vi. 163.; ix.
80.

'False Alarm,' Johnson's, iii. 120. Fielding, Sir John, vii. 326.
171.; vii. 377.
Fife, barrenness of, iv. 67 n.

False Delicacy,' Hugh Kelly's play Fighting-cock, v. 274.

of, iii. 37.

Falsehoods, vii. 57.

Fame, vi. 153. 303.; vii. 98.

Family influence, iii. 179. 305. ; v. 282.
Family, men of, iv. 109.

Family residences, iv. 238. 240.
Farmer, Rev. Dr., ii. 136. ; vii. 366.
Johnson's letters to, iii. 123.; vii.
325.

Farmers, vii. 217.

Farnborough, Lord, vii. 161 n.

Filmer on Government, ix. 145.

Fingal,' the poem of, iv. 94. 178.
262. 327.; v. 137. 224. 227-236. See
'Ossian.'

Finnon haddock, iv. 113 n.
Firebrace, Lady, verses to, i. 149.
Fishmonger, insensibility of one, vii.

252.

Fitzherbert, William, esq. i. 85.; ii.
92 n. 130.; iii. 262.; iv. 271 n.; v.
294.; vi. 192.; vii. 258 n. 261.

Farquhar, George, his writings, vii. Fitzherbert, Mrs., i. 85.; vii. 380.;

355.

Fashionable Lover,' Cumberland's
play of the, iv. 193.

'Father's Revenge,' the Earl of Car-
lisle's tragedy of, viii. 242.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, i. 209 n.
Fawkes, Francis, his translation of

Anacreon, ix. 14.
Fear, iii. 82.; ix. 101.

Fees, lawyers', iv. 70.

mance of, i. 45.

ix. 56.

Fitzmaurice, Mr., vii. 319.

'Fitzosborne's Letters,' vii. 317 n. 318.
Fitzroy, Lord Charles, vi. 102.
Flatman, Thomas, his poems, vi. 148.
Flattery, iii. 277.; iv. 55.; v. 202 n.
311.; vii. 175. 196. ; ix. 65. 114, 119.
'Fleece,' Dyer's poem of the, vi. 88.
Fleet Street, vi. 52. 149.

Fleetwood, Everard, vii. 176.

Felixmarte of Hircania,' Spanish ro- Fleetwood on the Sacrament, recom-

mended by Johnson, ix. 180.

Fleming, Sir Michael le, ii. 249 n.

Flexman, Mr., viii. 327.

Flint, Bet, viii. 80 n. 81.

Flogging in schools, vi. 28. ; ix. 131.

Ferguson, James, the astronomer, iii. Flood, Right Hon. Henry, his be

103.; vii. 36.

Ferguson, Sir Adam, iii. 202.

Fergussone, Captain, iv. 205 n. ; 288 n.
Fergusson, Dr. Adam, iv. 34. 38.

Ferns, Dr. Thomas Elrington, bishop

quest to Dublin University, ii. 77.
His opinion of Johnson as an ora-
tor, iii. 157. His epitaph on John-
son, viii. 423.

Floyd, Thomas, ii. 244 n.

Floyer, Sir John, on Cold Baths,' | Foulis, Sir James, some account of,

i. 38. On Asthma,' viii. 263.

Fludyer, Johnson's college compa-

nion, vi. 75 n.

Folengo, Theopilo, vii. 125 n.
Fondness, viii. 140.
Fontainebleau, vi. 9. 23.
Fontenelle, vi. 26 n.; vii. 78.
Foote, Samuel, anecdotes and cha-
racter of, ii. 121. 170. 183 n.; iii. 95,
96, 97 n. 101. 113. 181 n. 182. 225 n. ;
iv. 27 n. 73 n.; v. 142. 232, 233.;
vi. 23 n. 61 n. 191, 192 n. 222.; viii.
168. 218. 227.; ix. 62. 129. His de-
scription of Johnson at Paris, vi.
23 n.

Forbes, Sir William, of Pitsligo, iv.
15, 16. 18. 22. 36.; v. 144. 168 n.; vi.
160, 161. 207, 208 n. 211.; vii. 29.
48.

Ford, Rev. Cornelius, a cousin of
Johnson's, i. 45 n. ; ix. 3. Ghost story
respecting, vii. 210.

Ford, Sarah, Johnson's mother, i. 29.
Fordyce, Rev. Dr. James, ii. 168 n.
169.; viii. 413.; x. 155.
Fordyce, Dr. George, vii. 59 n.
Foreigners, vii. 362.
Fores, iv. 120.

Form of prayer, arguments for, v.
110.

Fornication, iv. 219.; vi. 134.
Forrester, Colonel, vi. 138.

Forster, George, his 'Voyage to the

South Seas,' vi. 324.

Fort Augustus, vii. 235.

Fort George, iv. 128.

Fortune, ix. 213.

iv. 162 n. 261.

Foulis, the Messieurs, the Elzevirs of
Glasgow, v. 116.

'Fountains,' the, a tale, by Johnson,
iii. 10.

Fowke, Joseph, v. 436.; x. 119. 254.
262.

Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, iii.
177 n. 263 n.; v. 182 n. 288 n.; vi.
140 n.; vii. 84. 96. 103. 122 n.;
viii. 154. 262. 278. 295.

France, Johnson's Journal of his
Tour in, vi. 1-20.

France, want of middle rank in, vi.
8. 21.

France, state of literature in, vii. 87.
Francis, Rev. Dr. Philip, i. 169 n. His
translation of Horace, vii. 219.
Francklin, Rev. Dr. Thomas, the
translator of Sophocles, ii. 120.; vi.
210 n. His translation of the "De
monax " of Lucian, and inscribed
to Johnson, vii. 380.

Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, iv. 28.
Fraser, Mr., engineer, vii. 180.
Fraser, Simon, Lord, iv. 255.
Frederick of Prussia, Johnson's Life
of, ii. 62.; iii. 45 n.

Free will, iii. 83.; vii. 133 n.

French, Johnson's notions of their
manners and customs, iv. 109.; vi.
22, 23.; vii. 215. 362.

French Academy send Johnson their
Dictionary, ii. 51.

French language, vi. 24.

French writers superficial, and why,
ii. 241.

'Fortune,' Derrick's poem of, quoted, French, credulity of the, v. 66.

French literature, iv. 247.; v. 42.;

viii. 231.; ix. 103.

Freron, M., the antagonist of Voltaire,
Johnson's visit to, vi. 6. 27.
Frewen, Rev. Dr. Accepted, iii

283.

Friends and Friendship, i. 182. 248.;
ii. 52. 81. 305.; iii. 95. 192. 218.; iv.
90.; v. 306. 185.; vii. 132, 132 n.
261.;
viii. 93. 279.; ix. 54. 121. 138.
203.; x. 90. 270.

'Friendship', an Ode, by Johnson, Gaubius, Professor, his distinction be-

Galatians, Durham on the, iv. 132, Gentleman, Francis, ii. 155, 155 n.

'Garagantua,' Johnson compared to, George I., Johnson's character of, v.

213. 220, 220 n.; vii. 59. 103. 141.
210. 215. 270.; viii. 69. 71. ; ix. 5. 69.
Giannone, vii. 352.

Giants' Causeway, vii. 295.
"Giants of Literature,' i. 258.
Giardini, iii. 266.

Gibbon, Edward, iii. 65. 177.; iv. 20 n. ;
v. 182 n. 291, 292, 292 n. 314 n.; vi.
127. 176.; ix. 240. Sketch of his
appearance and manners, by George
Colman, jun., vi. 176, 176 n. His
character of Dr. Maty, i. S5n. His
panegyric on public schools, vi. 127.
Gibbon, Charles, his Work worth
the Reading,' ii. 311 n.

Gibbon, Rev. Dr., viii. 106, 106 n.
Giffard, a clergyman, verses by, iii.
149, 149 n.; iv. 122.

Gifford, William, anecdote related by,
on Johnson's proficiency in Greek,
viii. 389 n.

Gilbert on Evidence,' v. 140.
Gillespie, Dr., viii. 257.

Gin-shops, iii. 257.

Gisborne, Dr., v. 289 n.

Glanville, William Evelyn, vii. 186 n.
Glasgow, v. 114.; viii. 176. ; ix. 95.

Glasse, Mrs., her book of Cookery,'
written by Dr. Hill, vii. 127.

Glensheal, iv. 149, 149 n.

for abusing him, iii. 246, 246 n. His
death, v. 188. Johnson's tetrastic
on, v. 189. Johnson's Latin epitaph
on, vi. 204. 207. Garrick's descrip-
tion of him, ii. 190 n. His Vicar
of Wakefield,' i. 192, 192 n. viii.
172. His Traveller,' ii. 308.; iii.
280.; viii. 84. 96. His Deserted
Village,' ii. 309.; iii. 280. Johnson's
prologue to his 'Good-natured
Man,' iii. 37. His Life of Parnell,
iii. 160. Dedicates She Stoops to
Conquer' to Johnson, iii. 253. His
'Animated Nature,' vi. 209 n.
Goldsmith, Rev. Mr., iii. 220.
Goldsmith, Mrs., vi, 227.

Good breeding, iv. 81.; ix. 9. 212. In
what it consists, iii. 83. The best
book upon, iv. 308.
Gooddere, Captain, iv. 27 n.
Good Hater, ix. 219.

Good-humour, iv. 222.; v. 309.

'Good-natured Man,' Goldsmith's,
iii. 35. 37.

Goodness, infinite, viii. 302.
Goodness, natural, iv. 227.
Good, Dr. Mason, i. 64.

Gordon, Professor Thomas, iv. 86. 91.
Gordon, Lord George, vii. 326, 327,
328 n.; viii. 3.

Gloominess, folly and sinfulness of, Gordon, Sir Alexander, iv. 86. 91.

viii. 125.

Glow-worm, iii. 46. 275.

Gluttony, ii. 258. ; ix. 120.

Goldsmith, Oliver, ii. 188. 190, 190 n.

192. 194. 199, 199 n. 201. 318.; iii.
27. 35. 59. 84. 197. 216. 218, 219. 222.
246. 252. 257. 273. 275, 276. 284. 296.
299, 300. 301.; iv. 98. ; v. 85. 188.
303.; vi. 155, 155 n. 156. 222, 223.
241. 252, 253. 273. 276. 279. 280.; viii.
84 n. 90 n. 91. 163. 173. 211 n. John-
son's opinion of, and of his writings,
i. 184. 308. 309.; iii. 37. 197. 281, 282.
300. 304.; iv. 145. 306. 309.; v. 85.
188. 303.; vi 155, 155 n.; vii. 77.
84, 85. 108. 160. 228. 247. 305. 309.
245 n. 369. 374. 376.; viii. 84. 91. 96.
163. 172, 173.; ix. 64. 148. 205. 230.
237. Beats Evans, the bookseller,

Gout, iv. 220.

'Government of the Tongue,' vii. 251.

Government, iii. 202.; ix. 145.

Government influence, v. 297. 300.;
vi. 167.; viii. 56.

Government of India, viii. 208.
Governments, different kinds of, vii.

124.

Gower, Earl, his letter to a friend of
Swift in behalf of Johnson, i. 145.
Gower, Earl, probable cause of John-
son's aversion to, i. 146: ii. 50,
50 n.

Grace, vii. 133, 133 n. ; viii. 86.
Grace at meals, iv. 128.

Graham, author of Telemachus, a

Masque,' ii. 188.; iv. 988.
Graham, Lord, third Duke of Mon-
trose, vii. 256.