Penance in church, iv. 219.
Penitence, gloomy, only madness
turned upside down, vi. 145.
Penmaen Mawr, v. 207.
Penmaen Rhôs, v. 206.
Pepys, William Waller, vii. 314. 322.
325.; viii. 57 n. ; ix. 49.; x. 114.
Pepys, Samuel, v. 55.
Penn, Governor Richard, vii. 338.
Pennant, Thomas, iv. 168.; v. 291.;
vi. 262.; vii. 109. 111. 113. His
Tour in Scotland, vii. 109. 111. His
merit as a zoologist, vii. 113.
'London,' vii. 113. His character
of Johnson, vii. 113.
'Pension,' Johnson's definition of, ii. | Pinkerton, John, viii. 332.
48. 142.
His
Perceval, Lady Catherine, v. 209 n.
Percy, Lord, vii. 115. 118.
Percy, Dr., Bishop of Dromore, i. 44.
46, 47. 75. 159. 221.; ii. 275. 282.;
iii. 55, 56. 153.; iv. 112. 281.; v.
323 n.; vi. 84 n. 299 n.; vii. 108.
114, 115. 230. 311.; ix. 22. 193. 239.
241. Anecdotes of Johnson by, x. 40.
Perkins, Mr., v. 218.; viii. 55. 58. 96.
138.253.
Peruvian bark, viii. 296.
Peter the Great, iv. 273.
Peterborough, Earl of, viii. 20 n. 336.
Peters, Mr., vi. 112.
Petitions, facility of getting them up,
iii. 92.
Petty, Sir William, vii. 352.
Peyton, Mr., i. 216.; iii. 182, 183. 228.;
v. 327.
Philips, musician, Johnson's epitaph
on, i. 165.
6
Philips's Cyder,' a poem, iv. 77.
Philips, Miss, singer, afterwards Mrs.
Crouch, viii. 220.
Philosophers, ancient, their good hu-
mour in disputation accounted for,
vi. 125.
Physic, vi. 140.; vii. 264.; ix. 44.
Physicians, vi. 99.; viii. 259. 322. ; ix.
44. 131.
Philosophical necessity, vii. 132.
Philosophical Transactions,' iii. 26.
Philosophy, vi. 114.; vii. 155.
Phipps, Rev. James, vii. 154 n.
Phipps's 'Voyage to the North Pole,'
iv. 256 n.
'Physico-Theology,' Derham's, v. 58.
Piazzas, iv. 118.
'Picture,' Massinger's play of the, vii.
289.
Piety, ix. 34.
Pig, the learned, viii. 379.
'Pilgrim's Progress,' iii. 282.; ix. 102.
Pindar,' West's translation of, vii.
375.
Piozzi, Mrs., commencement and pro-
gress of Johnson's acquaintance
with, ii. 292. 298. Anecdotes of
Johnson by, ix. 1. 127. Account of
her rupture with Johnson, ix. 105.
Her character of Johnson, ix. 107.
Piozzi, Signor, x. 19. 100.
Pitcairne, his Latin poetry, iv. 54.
Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham,
i. 144.; iii. 233. 269.; v. 78.; viii.
319.
Pitt, Right Hon. William, his son,
viii. 256, 256 n. 260. 295.
Pitts, Rev. John, v. 172 n.
Pity, ii. 221.
Place-hunters, vii. 64.
Plagiary, Sir Fretful, character of,
intended for Mr. Cumberland, iii.
246 n.
'Plain Dealer,' i. 179, 179 n. 200.
Planting, vii. 27. In Scotland, era of,
v. 159.; vi. 230.
Players, i. 192, 193. 231.; ii. 177.; iii.
93.277.; iv. 27. 39. 132.; vi. 23. 329. ;
vii. 99.; viii. 239.
Pleasure, v. 183.; vii. 76. 136. 263.;
ix. 41.
Pleasures, necessary to intellectua!
health, ix. 42. No man a hypocrite
in his, viii. 318.
'Pleasures of the Imagination,'
Akenside's, ii. 125.
Plott's History of Staffordshire,'
vii. 4.
Pococke, Dr. Richard, vii. 105. 375.
Poetry, Johnson's early, v. 297. Reli-
gious, ix. 145,
Poets, iv. 85. The preservers of lan- | Pott, Archdeacon, his Sermons, vi. 91.
guages, vi. 154.
• Polite Philosopher,' vi. 138.
Politeness, iv. 81.; vi. 302.
Politian's Latin poems, i. 94, 94 n.
Politics, modern, v. 297. 316.
Polygamy, iv. 230.
Poor, ix. 31. A decent provision for,
the test of civilisation, iii. 145.
Methods of employing, vii. 352. Of
London, vii. 282.
·
Pope, Alexander, i. 61. 140. 145. 159,
160. 211. 281 n.; iii. 85, 86.; iv. 79.;
v. 86. 274.; ix. 18. 139. 193. 204. His
'Homer,' vii. 91. His Essay on
Man,' vii. 282, 283 n. His know-
ledge of Greek, vii. 283. His grotto,
vii. 357 n. Johnson's Life of, vii.
205.; viii. 14. Character of his poe-
try, vii. 188.; viii. 15. His limited
conversational powers, viii. 18. His
'Universal Prayer,' vii. 207. Lewis's
verses to, viii. 309 n.
Pope, Dr. Walter, his Old Man's
Wish,' vii. 366.
¿
Popery, i. 281.; iii. 109. 111, 112.
Population, iii. 106.
Porridge Island, ix. 40.
Porter, Mr., of Lichfield, i. 99 n. ; viii.
239.
Porter, Mrs., afterwards Johnson's
wife, i. 35. 38. 89. 100, 101 n. 106. 280,
281.
Potter, Rev. Robert, vii. 91.; ix. 22.
Poverty, ii. 226.; viii. 133. 137. 140.;
ix. 90.
•
various, X.
Post-chaise travelling, vi. 83. 119. 303.
Power, despotic, vii. 124.
Praise, iii. 40.; vii. 115. 263. 378.; viii.
57.; ix. 114. 119. 139.
Praise and flattery, v. 202.
Prayer, form of, arguments for, v.
110.; viii. 206.
Prayers, Johnson's classification of,
x. 120.
Prayers and Meditations,' Johnson's,
viii. 382.; x. 34. 95. 130. 154.
Preaching above the capacity of the
congregation, viii. 175.
Precocity, vi. 28.
'Preceptor,' i. 220.
Predestination, iii. 109.
Prejudice, viii. 156. Johnson's,against
Scotland, iv. 10.; v. 240 n.; viii.
156 n.
Prendergast, Colonel Sir Thomas, iii.
221 n.
Presbyterians, v. 130. 132.
Prescience of the Deity, vii. 134,
135 n.
Prescription of murder in Scotland,
iv. 14. 87.
Presentiment of death, iii. 221 n.
Press, superfetation of, vii. 188.
Pretender, the Young, account of the
escape of, iv. 208. 329.
Price, Archdeacon, v. 213.
Price, Dr. Richard, viii. 232.
Pride, ix. 79.
Porter, Miss Lucy, i. 35. 95 n. 281.;
ii. 97.; iii. 162.; vi. 94. 103. 105.
109 n.; vii. 299. 306.; x. 9. 14. John-
son's letters to, i. 232.; ii. 98, 99.
Porter, Mrs., the actress, viii. 238.
Porteus, Dr. Beilby, Bishop of Ches-
ter, afterwards Bishop of London,
vii. 119. 299. 304. 376.
Portland, Lady Margaret, Duchess
Dowager of, viii. 322 n.
'Prince Titi,' history of, vi. 5.
Portrait, inscription on the frame of Pringle, Sir John, iii. 195.; v. 124.
Johnson's, viii. 170 n.
Portrait-painting, v. 308.
Portraits, iv. 234.
131 n. 132.; vi. 55. 125. 185.; vii. 79.
Printer's devil, viii. 76.
Printing, iii. 203.; v. 215.; vi. 155 n.
Portraits of Dr. Johnson, list of the Printing-house, Virgil's description
of the entrance into hell applied
to, v. 43.
Priestley, Dr. Joseph, iii. 138.; vii.
135.; viii. 232 n.
Primrose, Lady Dorothea, viii. 22 n.
Prince of Wales, his situation, viii.
172. Afterwards George IV., iit.
28 n.
Prior, Matthew, iii. 79.; vii. 10, 11.
Prior's Life of Burke,' quoted, ii.
173.; x. 121.
Pritchard, Mrs., actress, i. 228. ; iii.
94.; iv. 132.; v. 293.; viii. 238.
Private conversation, viii. 211.
Prize-fighting, iv. 248.
Procrastination, i. 236.
Procurators of Edinburgh, argument
against a prosecution by, viii. 109.
Prologues, i. 209.; iii. 35.; v. 262.
vi. 245.
Propensions, evil, ix. 209.
Property, iii. 294.; vi. 37. 46.
Prophecies, ix. 189.
Propitiatory sacrifice, iv. 89.
Prospects, ix. 39. 95.
Prosperity, vii. 212
Prostitution, vi. 134.
Prussia, King of, i. 220.; vii. 190.;
viii. 85.
Psalmanazar, George, vii. 163. ; viii.
178. 271.; ix. 62. 132.
Psalms, biblical version of, v. 204.
Public amusements, iii. 202.
Public institutions, administration of,
vi. 175.
Public opinion, ix. 135.
Public schools, vi. 127. ; vii. 316. ; ix.
78.
Public speaking, v. 281.
Pudding, meditation on a, v. 93.
Puffendorf, iii. 185.; vi. 57.
Pulpit, liberty of, vi. 182, 183. 217. 334.
Pulsation, theory of, vi. 152.
Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, ix.
147.
Punctuation, vi. 150 n.
Punishment, eternity of, vii. 20.;
viii. 102. 302.
Punishments, vii. 105.; ix. 208.
Puns, iii. 249. 285 n.; viii. 319. ; ix. 136.
Purcell, v. 285.
Purgatory, i. 286.; iii. 111. 193.
Q.
Quakers, their female preachers, ii.
251.; vi. 89.; viii. 211.
Quarrels, vii. 2.
Ranby, John, vii. 24.
Ranelagh, iii. 201, 201 n. ; vii. 19.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, i. 267.
Rank, its importance in society, ii.
227. 233. 316. ; iii. 211, 211 n. 305.;
v. 267.
Rasay, Isle of, iv. 178. 185. 188.
Rasay, John Macleod, Laird of, iv.
178. 188.; v. 163. 167. 325.; vi. 262.
Rasay, Lady, iv. 185.
Rasay, Miss Flora, iv. 195.
'Rasselas,' ii. 101 n. 103, 104. 218.;
vii. 167. 219.; viii. 97.; x. 23. 91. 140.
Ratcliff, Dr., master of Pembroke, his
neglect of Johnson at Oxford, ii. 18.
Rattakin mountain, iv. 153.
Rawlinson, Dr. Richard, the antiqua-
rian, viii. 146 n.
Ray, Miss, vii. 257.
Raynal, Abbé, ix. 37. 329.
Reading, i. 56.; ii. 213.; v. 306.; vi.
163.; vii. 11. ; ix. 16. 169.
Reay, Lord, v. 55.
Red ink, properties of, vii. 332.
Reed, Isaac, i. 229.; iii. 285.; viii. 6.
Registration of deeds, viii. 47.
'Rehearsal,' iii. 200.; viii. 322. ; ix, 18.
Rein-deer, iii. 200.
6
139 n.; iii. 140. 208.; vi. 329.; vii.
315.; ix. 66. 192. 202. A contributor
to the Rambler,' i. 235. Johnson's
character of, i. 235. 273 n. ; iii. 208. ;
v. 147. Johnson's letters to, i. 273.
306.; ii. 42. 56, 57. Compared with
Fielding, iii. 38. 208. His limited
conversational powers, vii. 375.
his second
Richardson, Martha,
daughter, ii. 139 n.
Richardson, Jonathan, son of the
painter, i. 141.
Richardson, Mr., attorney, i. 254.
Riches, ii, 225.; iii. 199.; iv. 116.
Riddoch, Rev. Mr., iv. 87, 88. 91. 96.
Retired tradesmen, v. 278.
Retirement from the world, iv. 58.; Ridicule, vii. 251. 364.; ix. 258.
Riots of 1780, vii. 326. 330. 338.
Ritter, Joseph, iii. 109.; iv. 47 n.; vi.
31 n.
Relations and relationship, iii. 212. ;
iv. 108.
Religious discipline, viii. 101.
Religious discourse, viii. 210.
Religious impressions, viii. 101.
Religious orders, vi. 63.
Remembrance and recollection, dis-
tinction between, viii. 107.
Renegado, ii. 50.
Rents, iii. 107. ; iv. 215. ; v. 21.
Repentance, vii. 139. viii. 206.
Republican, ix. 212.
"Respublicæ,' volumes entitled, vi. 174.
Resurrection, ii. 126.; viii. 69. 207.
ix. 89. 136.
Reviews and reviewers, viii. 208.
Reviews, monthly and critical, vi. 150.
409.
Reviewers, viii. 28.
Revolution of 1688, iii. 264.; viii. 159.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, i. 159. 291. 236.;
ii. 131. 138. 271. 273. 275.; iii. 118.
279.; iv. 112. 135.; v. 225 n. 239. 308.
311.; vi. 61 n. 120. 160. 208. 210.;
vii. 148. 159, 160. 181. 354.; viii. 318.;
ix. 39. 259. His prices for portraits,
ii. 82 n. His visit to Devonshire
Johnson's
with Johnson, ii. 146.
letters to, ii. 283.; iii. 163. 168.; vi.
204. 206. 216.; viii. 115. 214. 221. 249.
371. Two dialogues by, in imita-
tion of Johnson's style of convers.
ation, vii. 161 n.; ix. 261.
Reynolds, Miss, i. 283 n. ; ii. 82. 283 n.;
v. 308.; vi. 20 n. Her character by
Johnson, i. 283 n. Johnson's letters
to, vi. 152. 164. 206.; vii. 240. 297.
332.; viii. 115. 134. Her Essay on
Taste,' viii. 115. Her Recollec-
tions' of Johnson, ix. 202.
Rhetorical gesture, ii. 90.
Rheumatism, recipe for, v. 307.
Rhubarb, viii. 258.
Rhudland Castle, v. 203.
Rhyme, its excellence over blank
Rivers, Earl, i. 196.
Rizzio, David, iv. 35.
Robertson, Dr. James, iv. 34.
Robertson, Dr. William, the historian,
ii. 62.; iii. 15. 43. 232. 280.; iv. 3.
22. 30. 33. 35. 125. ; v. 117. 145. 150.;
vii. 186. 190. 192. 286.; viii. 53.; ix.
20. His style formed upon that of
Johnson, vi. 316. His History of
Scotland,' vii. 190.; viii. 53.
Robin-Hood Society, religious, viii. 69.
Robinson Crusoe, vii. 103.; ix. 102.
Robinson, Dr. Richard, Primate of
Ireland, iii. 147.
"
Robinson, Sir Thomas, ii. 219.; iii.
146.
Rochefoucault, Duc de, ix. 32. ; x. 113.
Rochester, John Wilmot, second Earl
of, his poems, iv. 206.; vii. 10.
Rockville, Alexander Gordon, Lord,
ii. 259 n.; v. 146.
Rod, punishment of the, i. 42. ; iv. 100.
Rodney, Admiral Lord, vi. 16.
Roffette, Abbé, vi. 21 n.
Rogers, Captain Francis, ii, 147.
Rollin, ix. 7.
Rolt, Richard, his Dictionary of
Commerce,' ii. 125.
Roman Catholic Church, i. 281 n. ; iii.
verse, ii. 212.
Richardson, Samuel, i. 162. 243 n. ; ii. | 109. 111, 112. 177.
Romance, ix. 71.
Romances, i. 45.; vii. 363.
Romans, ii. 66.
Rome, the fountain of elegance, vii.
188.
Romney, Mr., painter, vi. 164.
Rose, Dr., of Chiswick, viii, 156.
Rose, Rev. Charles, ii. 287.
Rose, Mrs., her anecdotes of Johnson,
ix. 252.
Roscommon, Johnson's Life of, i. 220.
Roslin Castle, v. 155.
Ross, Rev. Dr. John, Bishop of Exeter,
viii. 270.
Rothes, Lady, Bennet Langton's wife, Sallust, viii. 184.
iii. 153 n. 165.; vi. 232.
Round-robin on the subject of Gold-
Sailor, English, v. 153.; vii. 102.
St. Andrew's, iv. 48.
St. Asaph, Bishop of. See Shipley, v
201.; viii. 241.
S.
Sabbath, ii. 56.; iii. 72 n.
viii.
Sacheverel, Dr., i. 33, 34.; v. 75.
Sacrament, iv. 122.; vii. 254.;
101. 291 n.; ix. 180.; x. 113.
Sagacity and intuition, viii. 337.
Sailor, life of a, ii. 112.; iv. 145. 273.;
vi. 66.; vii. 102.
St. Columba, v. 74. 76.
St. Kilda, iii. 41, 42. 174. ; iv. 311.
St. Rule's chapel, iv. 57 n.
St. Vitus's dance, i. 160.; iv. 9.
Saints, worship of, iii. 111.
Salamanca, University of, ii. 242.
Salisbury, Bishop of. See Douglas, x.
270.
Salisbury, Mrs., mother of Mrs.
Thrale, v. 329.
Salter, Rev. Dr., i. 219 n.
Sanderson, Bishop, iii. 110 n.
Sanderson, Professor, iii. 227 n.
Sandwich, John, sixth Earl of, vii. 257.
Santerre, Parisian brewer, vi. 14.
Saratoga, surrender at, vii. 219.
Sardinia, iii. 83 n.
Sarpi, Father Paul, his
the Council of Trent,'
153.
Sastres, Mr., vi. 139. Johnson's let-
ters to, x. 277.
Satire, general, ix. 44.
C
Savage, Richard, Life of, i. 138,
139 n. 179. 18t n., 187, 188. 190, 191.
194-201. His tragedy of Sir Tho-
mas Overbury,' vi. 247. His' Wan-
derer,' quoted, viii. 288.
Savage girl of Amiens, iv. 113.
Savage life, iii. 269.
Savages, iii. 73. 197. 269. 290,; iv.
80. 82 n.; vi. 170. 174.; viii. 204.
312.
Scalpa, island of, iv. 175.
Scarsdale, Lord, v. 196. ; vi. 300. 302.
Scepticism, iv. 40. 314. Eleven causes
of, x. 121.
Schomberg, Dr. Ralph, vi. 99.
Schoolmasters, i. 41. 103.; iii. 171.
185. 204. 222.; ix. 8. 131.
Schools, public, vi. 127 n.; ix. 78,
Science, books of, iv. 146 n.
Scorpions, iii. 45.
Score, a song in, v. 265 n.
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