racterised by Johnson, ii. 13, 14,
14 n.; v. 268. 282. 289 n.; vi. 175.
Cheyne, Dr., his English Malady,' i.
64.; iv. 165. His admirable rule of
conduct, iv. 165. His Treatise on
Health,' vi. 145.
Cheynel, Francis, Johnson's Life of,
iv. 41.
Children, treatment and education
of, i. 42. 68. ; ii. 239.; iii. 105.; iv.
100. 226.; vi. 28. 147. 262, 262 n.; vii.
260. 368.; ix. 5. 118. 149.
China, wall of, vii. 105.
Chinese language, vii. 198.
Choice of difficulties,' iv. 157, 157 n.
Choisi, Abbé de, vii. 192, 192 n.
'Choleric Man,' Cumberland's, iii.
246, 246 n.
Churton, Rev. Ralph, iii. 302 n.; vii.
207.; x. 291.
Cibber, Colley, i. 166. 201.; ii. 3. 176.;
iii. 94.; iv. 89. 260 n. 282.; vi. 156.
193. 328, 329 n.; vii. 99.; viii. 238.
Cibber, Theophilus, his 'Lives of the
Poets,' i. 216.; vi. 149, 149 n. 331.
Cibber, Mrs., iv. 132.
Cicero, his defence of the study of the
law, iii. 37. His character of Ap-
pius, applied by Mr. Burke to John-
son, viii. 380 n.
Clans, order of the Scottish, v. 174,
174 n.
Clare, Robert Nugent, Lord, iii. 153. ;
vii. 160.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, ii.
49 n.; iii. 80.; vii. 92. 215.
Cholmondeley, George James, viii. Clarendon, Henry, Earl of, v. 55.
347, 347 n.; ix. 92, 92 n.
Clarendon Manuscripts, vi. 49, 49 n.
Cholmondeley, Mrs., iv. 272, 272 n.; Claret, characterised by Johnson, vii.
vii. 96. 334.; x. 269.
Christian, Rev. Mr., iii. 42.
'Christian Hero,' Steele's, vi. 79.
Christian charity, viii. 280.
Christian morality, ix. 129. 256.
Christian religion, evidences of, ii.
171. 212. 230. 241.; ix. 129. 256.
Christian, disturbed in his faith, viii.
219.
Christianity, the highest perfection of
humanity, iii. 11. The Atonement
the great article of, iv. 88, 89 n. ; vii.
6.; viii. 103, 103 n.; ix. 317.
Christians, differences among, unim-
portant, vii. 5.
Christ's satisfaction, iv. 88, 89 n.; viii.
103.; ix. 317.
'Clarissa Harlowe,' i. 273. ; vi. 163 n.;
vii. 376. Johnson recommends an
'Index Rerum' to, i. 273. 306.
Preface to, written by Dr. Warbur-
ton, i. 306 n.
Clark, Alderman Richard, vii. 193 n. ;
viii. 253. Johnson's letter to, viii.
253.
Clark, Mr., his pamphlet on Ossian,
viii. 248.
Clarke, Dr. Samuel, ii. 171.; iii. 110.;
v. 13. His 'Evidences'
mended by Johnson, ii. 171. His
6 Sermons,' vii. 79. Johnson's
death-bed recommendation of, viii.
417, 417 n.; ix. 317.
Church, the satisfaction of meeting at, Clenard, Nicholas, his Greek gram-
Church of England, ecclesiastical dis-
cipline of, viii. 275, 275 n.
Church patronage, v. 298, 298 n.
Church property confiscated, viii. 146.
Church architecture, vi. 68.
Churchill, Charles, i. 138.; ii. 206 n.
298.; vii. 51.; ix. 65. 144. 170. His
satire on Johnson, ii. 75. 181. John-
son's opinion of his poetry, ii. 196.
mar, vii. 367, 367 n.
'Cleone,' Dodsley's tragedy of, ii.
282.; vii. 367.
'Cleonice,' Hoole's play of, v. 221,
221 n.
Clergy, iii. 205, 206. 210, 210 n.;
iv. 123.; vi. 274.; vii. 152.; viii.
64. Their preaching not suffici
ently plain, ii. 246, 246 n.; iii. 138.
Not sufficiently acquainted with
their parishioners, iii. 143. English
iv. 276. Scottish, iii. 175.; iv. 92.
278. Irish, iii. 148. Lax jollity of,
offensive, viii. 50. Dress of, should
be in character, viii. 50.
Clergyman, Addison's portrait of, viii.
50. Johnson's model of, viii. 51.
His excellent letter to a young, vii.
339.
Clerk, Sir Philip Jennings, viii. 55.
Clift, William, iii. 56.
Climate, vii. 143.
Clive, Robert, first Lord, vii. 190. 212.
282.
Collins, William, the poet, i. 155 n.
303 n.; ii. 24, 24 n. 26. 60. 153.
Colman, George, i. 243, 243 n.; iv.
111.; vii. 358. 365. His 'Odes to
Obscurity and Oblivion,' v. 275.
His imitation of Johnson's style,
x. 286.
Colman, George, jun., his 'Random
Records' quoted, vi. 176 n.
Colquhoun, Sir James, v. 107.
Colquhoun, Lady Helen, v. 109, 109 n
Colson, Rev. John, i. 111, 111 n.
253 n.; v. 215, 215 n. 329, 329 n.
Colville, Lady Dowager, v. 137, 137 n.
Clive, Mrs., iv. 132.; vii. 355.; viii. 238. Colville, Alexander, fourth Lord, v.
Clothes, fine, vi. 114.
Club, Ivy-lane, formed by Johnson,
i. 218.; viii. 249.; x. 273.
Club, Literary, founded by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, 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. See Lite-
rary Club.
Club, Boar's Head, iv. 271.
Club, Queen's Arms, viii. 63.
Club, in Old Street, ix. 63.; x. 272.
Club, Essex Head, viii. 249, 250 n.
Club, Eumelian, viii. 393.
Club, Johnson's definition of a, viii.
'Clubable' man, viii. 250.
Combermere, v. 197, 197 n.
Commandment, the seventh, ix. 153.
Commandment, the ninth, modes of
placing the emphasis on, i. 195.
Commentary, the Bible to be read
with a, vi. 181.
Commerce, v. 232.
Common Prayer, Book of, viii. 296.
Communion of Saints, viii. 292, 292 n.
Community of souls, doctrine of, iii.
294.
Company, viii. 316. Cause of John-
son's fondness for, i. 161.
Compassion, ix. 119.
Competency, small, the bane of men
of talents, v. 260.
Coarse raillery, Johnson's powers of, Compliments, v. 330.; vi. 302.; ix.
Cobb, Mrs., v. 331.; vi. 101.; 298, Complaints and complainers, vii. 378.;
298 n. ; x. 13.
Cock-lane ghost, vii. 103.
Cocker's Arithmetic, iv. 146, 146 n.
Coke, Lord, iii. 187.; ix. 136, 136 n.
Col, island of, v. 11. 30 n.
Col, the Laird of, v. 62. 68, 68 n. 219.
Colborne, the calculating boy, vi. 65 n.
Colchester, ii. 256.
Cold Baths, ix. 245.
Coliseum, Johnson's mind compared
to the, iii. 114.
Collier, Jeremy, viii. 287 n.
Collier, Dr., of the Commons, vii. 229,
229 n.
Composition, vii. 340. 359, 360.; ix.
150. 173. 195. Happy moments for,
iv. 32. Johnson's advice respect-
ing, iv. 32. His extraordinary
powers of, iv. 63, 64.; v. 287.; vi.
182 n.
'Compositor,' the, viii. 323 n.
Compton, Rev. James, a Benedictine
monk, viii. 201, 201 n.; ix. 36 n.
Condamine's account of the savage
girl, iv. 113.
Condescension, vii. 352.
Conferring favours, ix. 98.
Confession, iii. 112.; iv. 124.
'Confessions,' Rousseau's, ii. 315,
315 n.
Confidence with respect to futurity,
ix. 123.
Confinement, vii. 104.
'Congé d'élire,' viii. 325.
Congreve, William, iii. 86, 87 n. ; vii.
41.; ix. 19.
Congreve, Rev. Charles, Johnson's
school-fellow, i. 19.; vi. 92, 93.
Conjugal infidelity, vii. 288, 288 n.
'Connoisseur,' the, ii. 198.
Conscience, scruples of, ix. 44. 82.
219.
Const, Francis, vi. 131 n.
Constitution, British, vi. 71.
Constructive treason, viii. 63.
Contradiction, ix. 49. 81.
Cookery, Mrs. Glasse's, written by Dr.
Hill, vii. 127.
Cooper, John Gilbert, author of the
'Life of Socrates,' ii. 143, 143 n.;
vi. 289.; vii. 352.
Coote, Sir Eyre, iv. 131.
Copy-money, in Italy, vi. 303.
Copy-right, ii. 222.; iv. 70. See Li-
terary Property.
Corbett, Andrew, i. 57 n.
Corelli, the singer, v. 285, 285.
Coriat, Tom, iii. 209, 209 n.
'Coriat, Junior,' Paterson's, iii. 209,
209 n.
Cork and Orrery, Hamilton, sixth
Earl of, iii, 144.; vi. 328.
Cork, Edmund, seventh Earl of, vii.
320 n.
Corke, Countess of, vii. 320 n.; viii. 861.
Corneille, Pierre, v. 42.; vii. 363.;
ix. 19.
Convents, ii. 132. 312.; iv. 59.; vi. Corpulency, viii. 207.
Conversation, v. 304. 306.; vi. 74. 110.
179.; vii. 77. 181. 375. 381.; viii. 18,
19.; ix. 34. 66. 75. 100. 128. 175. 259.
Conversation, the happiest kind of,
v. 304.
Conversation, Lord Bacon's precept
for, viii. 23.
Conversation, questioning not the
proper mode of, vi. 110.
Conversions, iii. 112.; vii. 55. 142,
142 n.
Convicts, viii. 316.
Convocation of the clergy, ii. 253.
Conway, iii. 192.
Conway Castle, v. 207. 211.
Cook, Captain James, the circumna-
vigator, vi. 132. His 'Voyages to
the South Seas,' viii. 311.
Cooke, Thomas, the translator of
Hesiod, iv. 26, 26 n. His extraor-
dinary speech on presenting Foote
to a club, iv. 27.
Cookery, iv. 28 n.; vii. 127.
Cookery,Johnson's opinion of French,
ii. 259.
Cookery, books of, should be written
on philosophical principles, vii. 127.
Corsica, ii. 313.; iii. 4. 35. 49, 50. 68 n.,
69. 71. 80.; iv. 24 n.
' Corteggiano' of Castiglione, the best
book on good-breeding, iv. 308.
Cotterel, Admiral, i. 291 n.
Cotterel, Miss, i. 291 n. ; ii. 138, 138 n.
Cotton, Sir Lynch Salusbury, v. 198,
198 n.
Cotton, Sir Robert Salusbury, v. 198,
198 n.
'Council of Trent,' History of, i. 117.
147, 147 n.
Counting, the good of, viii. 93.
Country amusements, ix. 95.
Country gentlemen, iv. 111. 116.170 n. ;
vii. 353.; viii. 151.
Country life, v. 94. ; vi. 321.; vii. 80.
86, 86 n. 150. 216.; viii. 342.; ix. 95.
Courage, v. 281.; vii. 102. 191. 288 n.
Court, attendants on a, ii. 90, 90 n.
Court of Session in Scotland, v. 153.
224, 224 n.
Courting the acquaintance of the
great, i. 144, 144 n.; ii. 312.
Courtenay, John, his 'Poetical Re-
view' quoted, i. 61. 262.; ii. 70.
108.; v. 173. His description of the
Crouch, Mrs., viii. 220.
Crousaz's Examen' of Pope's Essay
on Man, i. 152. 180.
Crown, power of the, iii. 203. In-
fluence of, in parliament, iii. 131.
Crudities,' Coriat's, iii. 209, 209 n.
Cruikshanks, Mr., the surgeon, viii.
214. 234. 370.
Cuchillen's well, iv. 280.
Cucumbers, v. 14.; vii. 361.
Cuillen, the, iv. 257, 257 n.
Cullen, Dr. William, vi. 311.
Culloden, battle of, v. 323 n.
Cumberland, William, Duke of, v.
323, 323 n.
Cumberland, Richard, viii. 390. His
'Fashionable Lover,' iv. 193. His
'Choleric Man,' iii. 246, 246 n.
Character of Sir Fretful Plagiary
intended for him, iii. 246 n. His
'Odes,' vi. 164. HisWalloons,'
x. 260, 260 n. Anecdotes of John-
son by, ix. 228.
His lines descrip-
tive of Johnson's character, ix.
235.
Cumming, Thomas, the quaker, iv,
99. 103. 250, 250 n.; viii. 206.
Cuninghame, Sir John, v. 119.
Cunning, iv. 231.; ix. 98.
Cuper's Gardens, v. 23, 23 n.
Curates, salaries of, vi, 274.
Critical Review, ii. 188. 275.; iii. 25.; Curiosities of Literature,' D'Israeli's,
'Life of Young,' viii. 29, 29 n. His
style described by Burke, viii. 29.
His Love and Madness,' viii. 177.
His singular advice to a pupil, viii.
311.
Croker, Rev. Temple Henry, trans-
lator of Ariosto, ii. 152 n.
Croker, Alley, vii. 84, 84 n.
Croker, Colonel,of Ballinagard, vii.84 n.
Cromwell, Oliver, Johnson's design of
writing the Life of, viii. 230, 230 n.
'Cross readings,' Caleb Whitefoord's
diverting, viii. 324, 324 n.
viii. 14 n.
Curiosity, i. 93 n.
Curran, John Philpot, v. 263 n.
Currants, viii. 196.
Cust, Francis Cockayne, i. 196 n.
Cutts, Lady, Atterbury's funeral ser-
mon on, vii. 56.
'Cyder,' Philips's, iv. 77.
'Cypress Grove,' Drummond of Haw.
thornden's, iv. 198.
Cyrus, the resignation of, ix. 7
Dacier, Madame, her Homer vii.
189 n.
Daline, his History of Sweden' re-
commended, iii. 183.
Dalrymple,
Sir David, afterwards
Lord Hailes, ii. 14 217. 237.; iv. 41,
42.; v. 159. 191. See Lord Hailes.
Dalrymple, Sir John, iii. 247. 280.; v.
153, 154, 155. 157. Johnson's imi-
tation of his style, iii. 156.
Dalrymple, Lady Margaret, v. 118.
Dalzel, Andrew, Greek Professor at
Edinburgh, viii. 390.
Dance, Mr., architect, iii. 189 n.
Dancing, advocated by Johnson, viii.
54.; ix. 43.
Dancing-master, Johnson's convers-
ation with one, ix. 37.
'Dandy,' iv. 204.
Danes, Stonehenge supposed to be
erected by them, x. 269.
Danish colony at Leuchars, iv. 69.
Fort, iv. 182.
D'Arblay, Madame. See Burney.
Darius, shade of, vii. 363.
Darteneuf, Charles, vi. 77 n.
Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, mutual dislike
between Johnson and, v. 194.; x.
21.
Dashwood, Lady, vii. 291.
Dating letters, a laudable habit, vii.
317 n.
Daughters, benefit of taking them
early into company, ix. 42.
Davies, Thomas, the actor and book-
seller, character and anecdotes of,
ii. 162, 163. 168. 205. 277 n., 278. 287.;
iii. 55, 56. 58. 96 n. 241. 301.; v. 176.
233. 282, 283. 285 n. 287. 327.; vii.
47. 51. 80. 356. 361. His Life of
Garrick,' vii. 337. Johnson's let-
ters to, viii. 224. 370. Churchill's
sarcasm on his acting, i. 163 n.
His pretty wife,' i. 163 n.; viii.
Davis, Rev. Henry Edward, his
'Answer to Gibbon,' ix. 240.
Dawkins, Henry, viii. 106.
Day-labourers, wages of, viii. 166.
Days, bright and cloudy, ix. 116.
Dead, the, legal redress for libels on
Dead language, on writing verses in
v. 318.
Deaf and Dumb, Mr. Braidwood's
academy for, v. 152. Account of
him, v. 152 n.
Deane, Rev. Richard, 'on the Future
Life of Brutes,' iii. 68.
Death, i. 208.; ii. 95. 106. ; iii. 94. 113.
193.; iv. 198.; v. 49. 149.; vi. 298.;
vii. 138. 161.; viii. 135. 140. 219. 239.
255. 279. 302.; ix. 67. 122. 135. 248.;
x. 47. 71. 89. Reflections on a vio-
lent, ii. 95.
Death-bed resentments, iv. 261.
Death-bed repentance, Dr. Wishart
on, iv. 277.
Debates in Parliament, Johnson's
share in them, i. 127. 167, 168, 169.;
viii. 408.; x. 64.
Debt, misery of being in, viii. 137.
Debtor, proverbial wretchedness of,
viii. 137.
Debts, ii. 110.
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Decay of the mental faculties, vi.
115.
Decline and Fall,' Gibbon's, vi. 78.
Dedications and Prefaces, by John-
son, and remarks on, i. 180. 183.
202. 211. 307.; ii. 71. 118. 124. 133,
134. 154. 254.; iii. 8. 31. 238. 265.;
v. 10.; vi. 244.
Definitions, ii. 48 n.; iv. 28. 40 n.;
v. 136 n.; vii. 75, 180 n.; 203. 207.
De Foe, Daniel, invents the story of
Mrs. Veal's ghost, iii. 194. His Ro-
binson Crusoe, vii. 103.
Degeneracy of the human race dis-
puted, iii. 256.
De Groot, Isaac, a relative of Grotius,
Johnson's interference in behalf of,
vi. 258,259.
Deist, ii. 310.
Delany, Dr., his Observations on
Swift,' iv. 259. ; vii. 81.; viii. 8.
Delay, danger of, ii. 80.
Delicacy, ix. 44. 98.
Democritus, viii. 83.
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