Baxter, Richard, iii. 296. ; iv. 90.; viii. 175.219.; ix. 141. 321.
Baxter, Richard, viii. 232.; ix. 141. 321. His Reasons of the Christian Religion' recommended by John- son, viii. 232.
Baxter, William, his Anacreon,' v. 124.; viii. 152. 260.
'Bayes,' character of, iii. 200, 200 n. Bayle, M., his Dictionary, ii. 208.; v.
Beatniffe, Richard, Johnson's letter to, respecting Levett, x. 258. Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, ii. 60, 60 n.
Beattie, Dr. James, i. 245 n.; iii. 163. 165. 169. 173, 173 n. 232. 235. 302. 310.; v. 105. 328.; vi. 205.; vii. 336.; viii. 79. 352. His letter to Boswell, iii. 173. Johnson's letter to, vii. 336. His Essay on Truth,' ix. 64. His Hermit,' viii. 117. Beauclerk, Topham, i. 102. 296, 297.; ii. 122. 214. 271. 283.; iii. 17. 272.; iv. 76. 112.; v. 34. 65. 225. 232. 287. 304.; vi. 25. 120. 135.; vii. 121. 216. 258. 265. 310, 310 n. 321. 357. 358. 374.; viii. 50. 82. 170.; ix. 66. 69. Beauclerk, Lady Diana, iii. 284. 287, 287 n.; viii. 74.
Beauclerk, Lady Sydney, v. 23. Beaumaris Castle, v. 208.
Beaumont, Sir George, i. 13 n.; vii. 16 n.; ix. 261.
Beaumont and Fletcher, v. 275.
Beauties of Johnson,' i. 250.; viii. 133. 135, 136.
Beauty, iii. 197.; viii. 112. Beckenham, viii. 316.
Becket, Thomas, bookseller, v. 227. Beckford, Alderman, vii. 21.
Bedford, John, fourth Duke of, viii. 319.
Bedlam, v. 322.; viii. 199.
Behmen, Jacob, iii. 137, 137 n. Bell, John, of Antermony, his ' Tra- vels in Russia,' iii. 46, 46 n. Bell, John, of Hertfordshire, iii. 165. 238 n.
Bell, John, his edition of the 'British Poets,' vi. 241.
Bellamy, George Anne, actress, ii. 82.; viii. 239.
Bellerophon' of Euripides, ii. 25. Belsham, Mr., his Essay on Dra. matic Poetry' quoted, ii. 161. Benedictine monks, vi. 17.; viii. 201.; ix. 36.
Benevolence, an excuse for drinking, vii. 181. 187.
Benevolence, Johnson's, vi. 256.; ix. 81. 41. 150. 176. 220. Benevolence, human, vi. 168. Benserade, M. de, à son lit,' ix. 25. Bensley, Mr., actor, iii. 35. Benson, Mr., auditor, his monument to Milton, i. 268.
Bentham, Dr., canon of Christchurch, vi. 75.
Bentley, Dr. Richard, iii. 54.; iv. 191. 307.; v. 50.; vi. 74.; vii. 370.; viii. 213. The only English verses writ- ten by him, vii. 370. Berenger, Richard, iii. 38.; vii. 100n; viii. 66, 67.
Beresford, Mrs. and Miss, viii. 283. Berkeley, Dr. George, Bishop of
Cloyne, ii. 262.; iii. 148. His theory, vi. 307, 307 n.; vii. 374. Berwick, Duke of, his Memoirs,' vii. 128.
Bethune, Rev. Mr., iv. 219.244. Betterton, Mr., actor, vi. 330. Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, ii. 254 n. Beverage, Johnson's favourite, vi. 162.
Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Ham- mond, the poet, viii. 36 n.
Beech, Thomas, his Eugenio,' iii. 284. Bewley, William, his extraordinary
Some account of, iii. 285 n.
Beggars, ii, 133. 145 n.; vii. 282. 379. 'Beggars' Opera,' v. 14. 313, 314, 314 n. 315.; vii. 18. 173.; viii. 71.
veneration for Johnson, viii. 117, 117 n.; ix. 273.
Bible, to be read with a commen. tary, vi. 181. Johnson's death-
'Biographia Britannica,' vi. 317, 318 n.; viii. 22.
Biography, iii. 198.; iv. 78.; vi. 76. 193. 294.; vii. 113, 113 n.; viii. 23.; ix. 138.; x. 119.
Biography, literary, of England, John- son recommended by George III to undertake, iii. 26.
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, i. 152. 173. 214.; iv. 281. Johnson's Greek epi- gram to, i. 155. Letters from John- son to, i. 184. 267.; ii. 36. His letter to Johnson, on receiving his Dic- tionary, ii. 36.
Birds, migration of, iii. 289. Birkenhead, Sir John, iv. 53 n. Birmingham, vi. 86. ; vii. 31. Biron, Marshal Duc de, vi. 16 n. Births, extraordinary, i. 316. 'Bishop,' a beverage so called, i. 299. Bishops, in the House of Lords, iii. 204. Requisites in, iv. 79. Great decorum required from, viii. 49. 64. 298.
Blackfriars' Bridge, ii. 116. Black-letter books, iii. 135. 'Black Dog,' vii. 301, 301 n.; x. 266. Black men, cause of their being so, ii. 175.
Blacklock, Dr. Thomas, the blind poet, ii. 91. 256, 256 n.; iv. 3o, 39 n.
His letter on a passage in Johnson's 'Journey,' iv. 313.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, iii. 117.; ix 142. Johnson's Life of, vii. 237 viii. 25.
Blackstone, Sir William, his 'Com- mentaries,' v. 55 n.; vii. 193 n. Blackwall, Anthony, i. 87. Blagden, Dr., afterwards Sir Charles vi. 19.; vii. 377, 377 n. Blainville, M., his 'Travels,' v. 289. Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, ii. 126. 168.; iv. 33. 64.; v. 149, 149 n., 150. 182, 182 n. 186. 229.; vi. 171. 222. 239. His Sermons,' vi. 222. 232. 309.; vii. 33. 197, 197 n.; viii. 75. His imitation of Johnson's style, vi. 315. His letter concerning Pope's 'Essay on Man,' vii. 284.
Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of 'The Grave,' vi. 167, 167 n.
Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, i. 164.
Blaney, Elizabeth, i. 32. ; viii. 378. Blank verse, Johnson's dislike of, ii.
212.; iii. 139. ; vii. 367. Excellence of rhyme over, viii. 11. Blasphemy, literary property in, iv.
Bleeding, Johnson's objection to pe- riodical, vi. 292.
Blenheim, v. 33. 214.; vi. 81. Blind, notion that they can distin- guish colours by the touch, iii. 226. 'Blockhead,' Johnson's application of the word, iii. 207.; vi. 87. Blue-stocking clubs, origin of, viii. 86.
Boarding-schools, ix. 52.
Bocage, Madame du, vi. 3. 22, 22 n. Her Columbiade,' viii. 333. Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, i. 154. Boece, Hector, the historian, viii. 230.
Boethius, de Consolatione Philoso- phiæ,' i. 153.; iii. 142.
Boileau, i. 129, 130 n.; vii. 208.; ix. 103.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first
Viscount, ii. 15. 85.; viii. 20. His share in Pope's Essay on Man,' vii. 283 n., 284, 285. Bolingbroke, Frederick, second Vis- count, ix. 43.
Bolt Court, vii. 113.; x. 57. Bonaventura, the 'Seraphic Doctor,' ii. 302.
Bones, uses to which they are ap- plied, viii. 194. Bon-mots, vii. 174.
Book, one always to be carried in the pocket, ix. 16.
Book collecting, viii. 277.
Book, the only one Johnson ever read through, x.
Books, iii. 272.; v. 311.; viii. 213. 277.; ix. 97. 102.
Books, practice of talking from, v. 126.
Books, advantages of small portable ones, ix. 128. 255.
Books, how to read, viii. 311. Booksellers, liberality of several emi- nent ones, ii. 39. 57. Johnson's character of, ii. 57.; vi. 50. His vindication of, from the charge of making exorbitant profits, vi. 50. Book-trade, vi. 50.
Boothby, Miss Hill, i. 85.; iii. 255. ; v. 269, 269 n.; viii. 28, 28 n.; ix. 57.; x. 244.
Boothby, Sir Brook, x, 101. Borough-English, v. 55, 55 n. Boscawen, Admiral, vii. 186.
Boscawen, Hon. Mrs., vii. 186. 322,
cal details, ii. 2. His introduction to Johnson, i. 163. Story told by Johnson of his early years, ii. 216 n. His Account of Corsica,' iii. 35. 69, 69 n., 70. Elected a member of the Literary Club, iii. 279. 284. His dress at the jubilee, iii. 68. His strange propensity for witness- ing executions, iii. 94, 94 n.; vii. 329, 329 n.; viii. 331, 331 n. His ancestry, iv. 15.; v. 127.; vi. 34. His character drawn by himself, iv. 46. Johnson's character of him, iv. 46.; v. 172. 331. 334. His account of the escape of the young Pre- tender, iv. 229. His announcement of the Life of Johnson' during the Doctor's lifetime, v. 44. His letter to the Laird of Rasay, on a passage in Johnson's 'Journey,' v. 167. Lord Stowell's character of him, v. 172. Johnson's character of his 'Tour to the Hebrides,' v. 331. His attempt to imitate the style of Warburton, vii. 159. His short quarrel with Johnson, vii. 194, 195 n. HisLetter to the People of Scotland,' viii. 254. 256, 256 n. Character of, x. 141. 143. Memoir of, x. 204.
Boswell, Mrs., the author's wife, iii. 160, 160 n.; v. 174, 174 n.; vi. 46. 48.211. 263. 265.; vi. 301.; vii. 242. 349.; viii. 141. 143. 220. Boswell, Thomas David, the founder of the author's family, v. 127.; vi.
Boswell, David, the author's brother, vi. 327 n.; vii. 334, 334 n. 342. Boswell, Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander, the author's eldest son, iii. 217.; v. 338, 338 n. Boswell, David, the author's second son, vi. 221.
Boswell, James, the author's third son, i. 87.; iii. 149.; vi. 158 n.; vii. 231.
Boswell, Elizabeth, the author's step- mother, vi. 201 n. Boswell, Veronica,
daughter, iv. 15, 15 n.; vi. 265, | Britain, little known of the ancient
Boswell, Dr., the author's uncle, iv. 41.; v. 146.; vi. 122.
'Bottom,' viii. 76.
Bouchier, Governor, viii. 63.
Boufflers, Madame de, iii. 133.; vi. 25, 25 n.
Boufflers, Père, his First Truths,' ii. 263.
Bouheurs, Dominique, iii. 91. Boulter, Dr. Hugh, ii. 74, 74 n. Boulton, Matthew, v. 215.; vi. 91. Bourdaloue, Père, ii. 229.; iii. 4. Bourdonne, Madame de, iii. 285 n. Bouts-rimés, v. 278.
British parliament, alleged corruption of, vii. 26.
'British Poets,' Bell's edition of, vi. 241.
'British Princes,' quoted, iii. 117 n. British Essayists,' Chalmers's, į. 249 n.
'British Synonymy,'Mrs. Piozzi's, viii. 414.
Brocklesby, Dr. Richard, vi. 117 n.; viii. 169. 328. 356.; ix. 177.; x. 266. Brodhurst, Mr., Johnson's play fel- low, viii. 272.
Brodie, Alexander, ii. 428 n.
Bowels, Johnson's recipe for lubricity Brooke, Henry, author of Gustavus
of, v. 269, 269 n.
Bowles, William, viii. 228.
Vasa,' i. 156, 156 n.
Brooke, Francis, iii. 34 n.
Bowyer, William, printer, viii. 374, Brooke, Mrs., author of 'Emily Mon-
tague,' ii. 209, 209 n. Brooks, or rivulets, vii. 88.
Boxing, Johnson's skill in, iv. 248, Broome, William, poet, vii. 324. ; viii.
Boyd, Hon. Charles, iv. 84 n. 99, 100. Boydell, Alderman, v. 226 n.
Boyle, the noble family of, iv. 259. Boyle, Hon. Robert, ii. 67.
Brother and Sister, relation of, ii. 81. Brown, Tom, Johnson's instructor in English, i. 39. Dedicates his spell- ing-book to the Universe,' i. 39. Brown, Rev. Robert, ii. 311. ; vii. 131.
Boyse, Samuel, poet, v. 183, 183 n.; Brown, 'Capability,' vii. 272.
viii. 411.; ix. 46.
Bradshaigh, i. 235 n.
Bradshaw, John, regicide, viii. 230, 230 n.
Bradshaw, William, viii. 189 n.
Braganza,' Jephson's tragedy of, iii. 90 n.
Braidwood, Mr., his academy for the
deaf and dumb, v. 152, 152 n. Braithwaite, Daniel, viii. 277. Bramhall, Archbishop, on Liberty and Necessity, iii. 110, 110 n. Bramins, vii. 360.
Brandy, vii. 255.; viii, 54. Bravery, vii. 180.; viii. 394. Brentford, v. 115.; viii. 176. Brett, Colonel, i. 201. Bribery at elections, v. 281. Brighthelmstone, ii. 209 n.; vi. 220. Bristol, inn at, vi. 173.
Browne, Dr. John, his Estimate of the Manners of the Times,' iii. 146, 146 n. Browne, Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, i. 261, 261 n.; ii. 62. 84. His style, how far imitated by Johnson, i. 261 n. His saying of devils, vii.
Browne, Sir William, the physician, ix. 10, 10 n.
Browne, Isaac Hawkins, iv. 166. ; v.
281.; viii. 270.; ix. 62. His poem, 'De Animi Immortalitate,' iv. 166. Bruce, Robert, v. 338.
Bruce, James, the Abyssinian tra- veller, v. 274.; ix. 145. Brundusium, Horace's journey to, vii. 83.
Brutes, iii. 44. 290.; vi. 174. Bryant, Jacob, viii. 389 n.
Brydone, Patrick, his Tour through Sicily,' vi. 103.; vii. 220. Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, eleventh Earl of, anecdote of, iii. 211, 211 n.
Buchan's Buller, iv. 101, 102 n. Buchanan, George, ii. 248.; iii. 97.; iv. 53.; viii. 176.; ix. 134. 'Buck,' term nearly synonymous with 'dandy,' iv. 204.
Buckingham, Duke of, his 'Re- hearsal,' viii. 322.; ix. 18. Buckles, shoe, iv. 9.
Budgell, Eustace, 271, 271 n.; iv. 50.; vi. 166.
Budworth, Rev. Mr., i. 87 n. 100 n. Buffon Count de, iii. 247 n.; vi. 209 n.
Bull, Irish, by Johnson, viii. 324. Bull-dogs, vii. 7.
Buller of Buchan, iv. 101, 102 n. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress,' iii. 282.; ix. 102. Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aber- deen, iv. 91.
Burgoyne, General, surrender of his army at Saratoga, vii. 219. Burgoyne, Lady Frances, her saying, ix. 99, 99 n.
Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anec- dotes of, and remarks upon, i. 92. ; ii. 103. 191 n. 239, 239 n. 263, 264 n. 320.; iii. 91. 146. 189 n. 218. 284. 299. 304. ; iv. 4 n. 23. 28 n. 75. 78 1. 111. 225. 301.; v. 216. 292, 292 n. ; vi. 63. 80. 165. 182. 208. 211. 274. 309.; vii. 59 n. 77. 96. 122. 173. 248. 250. 369. 373, 374.; viii. 22 n. 57. 162. 217. 304. 326. 408.; ix. 11. 83. 157. 237.; x. 269. His pleasant observ- ation on Johnson's ladies, i. 263. His counsel to a grave gentleman to' live pleasant,' ii. 108. His ' Es- say on the Sublime and Beautiful,' iii. 90. His Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol,' vii. 3. Johnson's ex- clamation on seeing his house at Beaconsfield, vii. 159, 159 n. His classical pun on Wilkes, vii. 175. His lively conceit on a line of Horace, vii. 175. His conversation
described by Johnson, vii, 366.; viii. 155. 273. His playful sally on Dean Marlay, viii. 46.
Burke, Richard, esq. (Edmund's bro- ther), ix. 238, 238 n.
Burke, Richard, esq. (Edmund's son), viii. 213. 373.; x. 256 n. Burial service, v. 207. Burlamaqui, vi. 57.
Burman, Peter, Johnson's Life of, i. 175.
Burnaby, Edward, ii. 284 n.
Burnet, Bishop, his Own Times,' iii.
250.; v. 10.; vii. 10.
Burnet, James, iii. 172. See Monboddo. Burney, Dr. Charles, i. 73 n.; 229 n.;
ii. 36, 37. 79. 84. 170. 210. 225. 273. 278 n.; vi. 27.; vii. 229. 232, 233. 247 n. 369 n.; viii. 116.; ix. 49. 275. His comparison of the style of Ad- dison and Johnson, i. 265. John- son's praise of his Travels,' viii. 177.
Burney, Dr. Charles, the younger, v. 390. x. 27.
Burney, Mrs., ii. 294 n.
Burney, Miss Frances, afterwards Madame D'Arblay, vii. 314. 317. 332.; viii. 217. 272.; ix. 76. 273. Burrowes, Rev. Dr., his Essay on the Style of Johnson,' i 256 n.; x. 284. Burton, Robert, his Anatomy of Me. lancholy,' i. 58.; iii. 135.; vi. 70. His great direction against melan- choly, vii. 302. ix. 115. Butcher, trade of, iv. 270. Bute, John, third Earl of, ii. 141. 144.; iii. 5. 298, 299, 300.; vi. 108. 199. Johnson's letter to, respect- ing his pension, ii. 145. 149. Butler, Dr. Joseph, Bishop of Dur- ham, his Analogy,' iv. 41. Butler, Samuel, iii. 283.; iv. 53, 53 m. 242.; viii. 299.
Butter, Aberdeen, duel fought for the honour of, v. 83 n.
Butter, Dr. William, vi. 113. 303. 305 n.; viii. 88.
Buxton, Jedediah, the extraordinary calculator, vi. 65 n.
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