The Life of Samuel Johnson

earnestly inculcated what appeared to him to be the truth; his piety being constant, and the ruling principle of all his conduct.

Such was SAMUEL JOHNSON, a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues were so extraordinary, that the more his character is considered, the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence.

INDEX

ABINGDON, Lord, bon mot of, II. 310 n.
Abingdon, Mrs., I. 531, 533, 536
Abjuration oath of, I. 531

Absentees from their estates, how far justi-

fiable, II. 130, 131, 180
Academy, Royal, instituted, I. 354
Action in public speaking, I. 453
Actors, I. 97, 468-469, 586; II. 134-135
Adams, Miss, II. 517, 521-522

Adams, Rev. Dr., 1. 27, 35, 38, 73, 74,
103, 109, 114, 157-158, 172, 312-315; 11.
517, 525, 580-581

Addison, Johnson's opinion of, I. 133; 263,
546; II. 32, 242

his style compared with Johnson's, I.

132-133
"Adventurer," Hawkesworth's, I. 121,
138, 148-150 n., 151
Akenside's poetry, I. 420; II. 23

Townshend, II. 6

his early friendship with Charles
his "Pleasures of the Imagination,"
I. 221-222

Akerman, Mr., Keeper of Newgate,
character and anecdotes of, II. 306-308

Alchymy, I. 566
Alfred, 1. 103

his will, II. 409

Allen, Mr., printer, II. 194, 562, 583
Johnson's letter to, II. 473

America and Americans, I. 512-513, 526-
528; 11. 149, 209, 330, 373

Amyat, Dr., his anecdote of Dr. Johnson,

I. 233

Annihilation, II. 212-213

Anthologia, II. 587
Arbuthnot, I. 263

Articles, Thirty-nine, I. 376, 411-412
Ascham, Roger, Johnson's Life of, I. 288

Astle, Rev. Mr., II. 534

"Athol Porridge," II. 372

BACON, Viscount St. Albans, II. 141
Bagshaw, Rev. Thomas, I. 64

Johnson's letters to, I. 64; II. 560
Banks, Sir Joseph, his epigram on his
goat, I. 406

his voyages, I. 409

Barber, Mr. Francis, Johnson's negro
servant, I. 139, 140, 141, 143, 214, 216,
313, 351, 565; II. 516, 599, 609

Johnson's letters to, I. 352, 384, 385
Baretti, Joseph, I. 183, 217, 223, 348, 354,
369; II. 15, 68

Baretti, Joseph, his trial, I. 370-371

Johnson's letters to, I. 223, 229, 235
Barnard, Dr. Thomas (Lord Bishop of
Limerick), I. 522; II. 58, 394 п.
Barretier, Philip, Johnson's Life of, I. 83, 85
Bateman, Edward, tutor of Christ Church,
his lectures, I. 37

619

Bathurst, Dr. Richard, I. 107, 111, 138,

143, 149, 151

Baxter, Richard, his works, II. 472
Bayle's Dictionary, I. 263
Beattie, Dr., I. 404, 405, 409; 11. 446
letter from Johnson to, II. 308
Beauclerk, Tophaın, Esq., I. 146, 147; II.
202, 276, 303, 323, 369, 382, 384, 442, 452
- his violent altercation with Johnson,
II. 272-273

his death, II. 302

his library sold, II. 388-389
Bedlam, Johnson's visits to, 1. 564-565
Beggars, II. 284
"Beggars' Opera," I. 559-560; II. 229,
381-382

Bentley, Dr., verses by, II. 332
Berkeley, Bishop, I. 292, 397; II. 334
Betterton, I. 135

Bibliotheca Harle ana, I. 87-88, 102
Biography, remarks on, I. 5-11, 617; 11.

50-51, 115
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, I. 85, 86 n., 92
-Johnson's letters to, I. 93, 134, 172

his letter to Johnson on his Diction-
ary, I. 172
Bishops, II. 368-369
Blacklock's poetry, I. 289
Blair, Rev. Dr. Hugh, his sermons, II.
69, 74, 123, 242, 383
Blair, Rev. Robert, his poem of "The
Grave," II. 33

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, I. 83
Blaney, Elizabeth, I. 13; II. 578
Blank verse, I. 265, 391; II. 186, 344

Blue-stocking Clubs, II. 390
Boerhaave, Johnson's Life of, I. 79
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Vis-
count, his works, I. 159-160
Boswell, James, his introduction to John-
son, I. 242, 244-245

- Johnson's letters to, I. 293, 312, 323,
349, 356, 380, 403, 407, 446, 449, 489,
490, 491, 492, 494-501, 504-514, 524,567-
570, 572, 590, 591, 594-602; II. 31, 61,
62, 66, 67, 74, 76, 78, 88, 90, 94, 97, 98,
101, 152, 155, 156, 258, 262, 265, 277,
280, 282, 285, 294, 296, 299, 309, 316,
365, 411, 420, 422, 424, 425, 427, 430,
476, 489, 497, 498, 499, 501, 502, 583
his account of Corsica, 1. 342
Boswell, Mrs. See Letters to Boswell

Johnson's letters to, II. 60, 96, 425;

her answer, 428
Brocklesby, Dr., II. 439, 475 seq.
Browne, Sir Thomas, Johnson's Life of, I.
131

his style, how far imitated by John-
son, I. 131

Brutes, the hardships suffered by them
recompensed by the care of man, II. 36

Buchanan, I. 285; II. 445

Bunyan, his "Pilgrim's Progress," I. 470-

471

Burke, Right Hon. Edmund, anecdotes of,
and remarks on, etc., I. 44, 212, 320,
396, 619; II. 268, 269, 334, 510, 513, 538,
603

"Essay on the Sublime," etc., I. 367
his letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol

censured by Johnson, II. 136

Burnet's "History of his own Times," I.

454

his Life of Rochester, II. 140

Burney, Dr., II. 261, 262

Johnson's letters to, I. 173, 196, 199;

II. 568

- his anecdotes of Johnson, I. 200, 589,
590; II. 409

Burney, Miss, and her works, II. 470-471,

510

Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy," I.
389, 614; II. 295

Burton's Books, list of, II. 495 π.
Bute, Lord, I. 551, 552; II. 55, 403
Byng, Admiral, Johnson's defence of, I.
187, 190

his epitaph, I. 191

CALLIMACHUS, II. 318
Campbell, Dr. John, I. 258, 345; II. 176
his "Political Survey," I. 618

Campbell, Rev. Dr. Thomas, I. 193, 541-

542, 544

Careless, Mrs., Dr. Johnson's first love, I.

626

Carter, Mrs. Elizabeth, I. 68 n., 78, 118;
II. 124, 510

Carthusians, I. 610

Cave, Mr. Edward, Johnson's Life of, I.
152; II. 604

Johnson's letters to, 46, 57, 66-68, 76-

78, 88, 90

Chambers, Catherine, I. 207 11., 340
Chapone, Mrs., I. 118

Johnson's letter to, II. 488
Charade, Johnson's, on Dr. Barnard, Lord
Bishop of Limerick, II. 450

Charles I., I. 561

Charles II., I. 543, 561
Chastity, I. 348
Chatterton, II. 34-35

Chesterfield, Lord, I. 107, 153-155, 157-

1592 453; II. 104, 251, 547
-Johnson's severe letter to, I. 155-

157

his letters, I. 159 and n., 536; II. 36

Cheynel, Johnson's Life of, 1. 135
Children, I. 18-19, 280, 373; II. 21-22, 95 п.
Christian religion, I. 246, 251, 265-266,
275, 281; II. 137-138
Churchill's poetry, I. 259

Cibber, Colley, I. 249, 368, 542; II. 134, 485
Cibber, Theophilus, his

Poets," II. 22

Lives of the

Clarendon, Edward, Earl of, his style,
II. 186

Clergy, the, I. 425, 426; II. 218, 369
Clive, Mrs., the actress, II. 321-322, 484-
485

Cock-lane Ghost, I. 252; II. 192
Collins, the poet, I. 237
Condescension, II. 319
Congreve, his works, I.
"Connoisseur," the, I. 260
Convents, I. 316

365, 370

Conversation, I. 616; II. 38, 392, 432-
433, 445-446

Johnson's, Mrs. Thrale's simile of,

II. 396; 444, 480

Cook, Captain, II. 9

Cookery, II. 204

Corn-laws of Ireland, I. 396
Country life, II. 183, 217, 252, 551
Coverley, Sir Roger, I. 561-562
Cowley, Johnson's Life of, considered by

him his best, II. 341
Crabbe, Rev. Mr., his "Village," II. 438
Cumberland, Richard, Esq., II. 31
Curates, question of raising their salaries
discussed, II. тоз

DAVIES, Mr. Thomas, I. 241-243, 301, 352-
354, 369, 545; II., 163, 179-180, 322, 325,
475, 573

Death, I. 377-378; II. 212, 425, 512

Johnson's fear of, I. 368, 377-378, 516;
II. 114, 212, 520, 595
Derrick, Samuel, Esq., I. 238, 244, 281-
283; II. 449
Desmoulins, Mrs. Johnson's generosity to,
etc., II. 162, 224, 262, 434, 435,477,609
Devil, the first Whig, II. 232

Dr. Hurd's sermon upon, II. 520-521
"Dictionary of the English Language,"
Johnson's, I. 106-109; 178-181; II. 287
Garrick's epigram on, 183

Dodd, Rev. Dr., II. 87, 88-89, 94, 114,
122-123, 194, 459

Johnson's efforts on his behalf, and
letters to, II. 104-111

Dodsley, Robert, I. 106, 107, 116, 118 n.,
158; II. 329

Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, I.
83, 85

Drummond, Mr. William, Johnson's letters
to, I. 329, 331, 332

Drunkenness. See Wine

Dryden, compared with Pope, I. 313, 365
Duelling, I. 430, 463; II. 463-464

Dyer's" Fleece," I. 621

ECONOMY, II. 215

Education, I. 280, 314, 589, 611; II. 11,

35-36, 125, 255

Edwards, Mr. (Johnson's fellow-collegian),
anecdotes of, II. 216, etc., 378

Egotism, II. 126
Elizabeth, Queen, II. 325
Elphinstone, Mr. James, his edition of

"The Rambler," I. 123, 133

Johnson's letters to, I. 124, 125

Emigration, II. 168-169

Entails, I. 592-593,597

Johnson's letters on, I, 594-600, боб-

607
Epitaphs, I. 83, 84, 85, 143 n.

Johnson's, for his father, mother, and
brother, II. 593

France and the French, Johnson's opinion
of, II. 51, 480

Frederick the Great, Johnson's criticism
on, I. 269

Frenchman, difference between an English-
man and a, II. 326
- story of his ghost, II. 249
Friendship, I. 182; II. 208, 274
Frisick language, less cultivated than
any of the Northern dialects, I. 296
Future state of man, I. 418-420; II. 223

GAMING, I. 427; II. 18

Garrick, David, Johnson's opinion of him,
etc., I. 39, 49, 51, 54, 55, 61, 105, 114,
135, 160, 183, 198, 243, 247, 299, 361,
368, 533-534, 612, 629; II. 35, 49, 50,
134, 135, 190-191, 274, 275, 320, 384,
471, 485

anecdotes of, 52, 54 n., 84, 97, 146,
148, 361, 364, 463; II. 25, 187, 322, 323,

333

his Shakespeare Jubilee, I. 355

his death, II. 264

his portrait, II. 382

his funeral, II. 459

Garrick, Peter, I. 627-628, 630, 631; II.

292

Greek, II. 331
Grief, II. 102

Guardians to children, instructions relative

to appointment of, II. 284

Guthrie, William, Esq., I. 64, 345

Habeas Corpus, I. 358

Habits, early, not conquerable without un-
remitting exertion, I. 559

Hailes, Lord (Sir David Dalrymple, Bart.),
his and Johnson's opinion of each other,
I. 268, 279

his "Annals of Scotland," II. 39
Hall, Mrs., II. 380, 381
Happiness, I. 113, 211, 315, 441, 549; II.
7, 36, 177

in a future state, II. 207, 208, 210
Hastings, Warren, Esq., character of, II
361

Johnson's letters to, II. 363, 364, 365
his letter to author, II. 361
Hawkesworth, Dr., I. 111, 138, 143, 149
his voyages, I. 478
Hawkins, Sir John, I. III

119

remarks on his life of Johnson, I. 6,

Gentleman's Magazine, I. 61, 62, etc.
George I., I. 544
George II., I. 544

Ghosts, I. 251-252, 429, 433; II., 167, 213,
381

Gibbon, Edward, Esq., I. 547, 559; II.
368

Goldsmith, Dr. Oliver, character of, I. 253,
255 seq.; II. 121, 194-195, 229
- anecdotes of, I. 126, 256-258, 260, 262,
273 n., 339, 363-364, 435, 452, 455, 461,
462, 466, 470, 482, 484-485, 486-487,554;
II. 27, 334, 393, 438, 444

Johnson's opinion of him and his
works, I. 253, 313, 343, 431-432, 441, 456,
468, 469-470, 472; II. 123, 178, 182, 331,
336

his bon mots on Johnson, I. 354, 466
his death, I. 501-502

contradicted and corrected, I. 70 n.,
80, 94 m., 119, 122 N., 137, 138, 142, 174 п.,
188, 206 п., 257, 298, 340; II. 577, 595
Hebrides, Johnson's journey to, and "Ac-
count of," I. 500, 502, 507, 517, 530, 557;
II. 73, 103, 127, 216, 453

- a great deal in it that the world did
not know before, II. 232

Hector, Mr. Edmund, I. 19, 20, 24 N., 47,
91, 95, 625, etc.; II. 580, 582
Hell, paved with good intentions, I. 555
Hervey, Hon. Henry, I. 57
Hervey, Hon. Thomas, I. 334
History and historians, I. 268, 361, 440,

558-559
Homer, I. 395

critiques on, II. 141, 236, 237, 338
Horace, his odes cannot be perfectly
translated, II. 253, 466
Hospitality, II. 328, 469

promiscuous, does not procure lasting
regard, I. 422

in London, I. 460

Hume, David, his style french, I. 272

his scepticism, I. 275, 288, 615; II.
113-114, 137

never read the New Testament with
attention, I. 315

Hunter, Mr., Johnson's schoolmaster, I. 18

IDLENESS, I. 266
"Idler," Johnson's, I. 200-201, 212
Immortality, I. 554

Infidelity and infidels, I. 362, 554, 615;
11. 37

conjugal, II. 288

Inquisition, I. 289

Intoxication, 1. 611

Intuition and sagacity, II. 548

Ireland and the Irish, I. 195, 483-484, 522;

II. 291

"Irene," Johnson's tragedy of, I. 27, 57-
61, 86-87, 116

acted, 114-115

Irish language, II. 171

JACOBITE, Johnson's ingenious defence of
that character, I. 267

Jacobitism, Johnson's, I. 266-267
James, Dr. Robert, his "Medicinal Dic-
tionary," I. 92

Jenyns, Soame, his "Origin of Evil," I.
191

Johnson, Michael (Dr. Johnson's father),
I. 12 seq.

his death, I. 38

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his birth, I. II

touched by Queen Anne for the evil,

I. 17

goes to school at Lichfield, I. 17

at Stourbridge, I. 21

enters at Pembroke College, Oxon.,

I. 27

his poverty, I. 37

leaves Oxford, I. 37.

becomes usher of Market-Bosworth

school, I. 41

removes to Birmingham, I. 42

marries Mrs. Porter, I. 50

opens an academy at Edial. I. 51
goes to London with Garrick, 1. 54
a writer in "The Gentleman's Maga-

zine," I. 62, etc.

endeavours to get the degree of A. M.
to get a school, I. 73-74

his distressed circumstances, I. 94-95
loses his wife, I. 138

his extreme grief for her loss, I. 139,

144, 166, 182

composes her funeral sermon, I. 143
visits Oxford, I. 160

obtains his degree of A. M. from that

University, I. 165

seq.

his letters on that occurrence, I. 167

the diploma, I. 169-170
declines taking holy orders, I. 194
loses his mother, I. 206
obtains a pension, I. 231 seq.
visits Cambridge, I. 303

created LL.D. by Trinity College,

Dublin, I. 304

his interview with the King, 334-338
appointed Professor of Ancient
Literature in the Royal Academy, I. 355
endeavours to get into Parliament,
I. 400 seq.

visits the Hebrides, I. 491
visits Wales, I. 502 seq.
created D.C.L. by Oxford University,
1. 537.

visits France, I. 571

candour, II. 449, 481
courage, I. 516-517
extraordinary memory, I. 15
fear of death. See Death

general description, II. 614 seq.
habit of talking to himself, I. 300
his attention to small things,

humanity, II. 540

kindness to animals, II. 451-452
kindness to servants, II. 451
laugh, I. 566

liberality, II. 163

love of little children, II. 451

Johnson, Sarah (Dr. Johnson's mother), I.

« Vorige Doorgaan »

Boeken