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Johnson's Journey to the He-
brides,' v. 159. 236.
Denbigh, v. 200.

Dennis, John, his critical works
worth collecting, vi. 159.
Departed spirits, appearance of, ii.
106. 180.; viii. 69. 279.; ix. 69.
Depression of spirits, treatment of,
i. 113 n.

Derby, china manufactory at, vi. 304.
Derby, Rev. J., curious anecdote of,
vi. 244.

Derrick, Samuel, i. 136.; ii. 156. 167.
242. 243.; iv. 120. 262.; vii. 239.;
viii. 182. 224 n. Some account of,
i. 136 n.

Descriptions, seldom correspond with
realities, iv. 130.; viii. 189.
'Deserted Village,' ii. 309.; iii. 280.
Desmoulins, Mrs., i. 64. 86.; iii. 173. ;
vii. 50. 146. 230. 244. 253 n. 296. 349.;
viii. 68. 160. 226. 251.
Despotic governments, vii. 124.
Devaynes, John, esq. viii. 270.
Devonshire, William Cavendish, third
Duke of, vii. 3. His dogged vera.
city, vii. 249.

Devotion, ix. 34.

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Dictionary of the English Language,
Johnson's, i. 210. 215, 216.; ii. 2, 3,
4, 5. 7. 24. 27. 33 n. 36. 44. 56. 79.
148. 228.; iii. 164. 182. 238. 240. 244.
302.; iv. 40. 92. 305. 313.; vi. 244.
248.; vii. 287. 352.; x. 43. 129. 173.
First published, ii. 44. Wilkes's jeu
d'esprit on, ii. 53. Garrick's epi-
gram on, ii. 53. Johnson's profits
by, ii. 57. Epitome of, ii. 60. Fe-
Ilicity with which the examples are
selected, viii. 281 n.
Dictionaries, ix. 121.
Dido, viii. 185.

Diligence, ix. 218.

Dillingham, Miss Anne, vii. 315.
Dilly, Edward and Charles, iii. 289
vi. 186. 189.; vii. 125, 126, 127, 128.
130, 131. 268. 277.; viii. 79. 96.
Dilly, Edward, his letter to Boswell
on the 'Lives of the Poets,' vi. 240.
Johnson's letters to, vi. 259. ; vii.
275.

'Dining-tables,' Macleod's, iv. 258.
Diploma from Dublin, Johnson's,
on being created a doctor of laws;
ii. 288. From Oxford; v. 270.
'Dirleton's Doubts,' characterised by
Lord Hardwicke, vii. 24.
Disappointment, ix. 116.

Disease, its effect on the mind, viii.
235.

'Dialogues of the Dead,' Lord Lyttel- Diseases, acute and chronical, viii.

ton's, vi. 77.; viii. 28. Dialogues, two, by Sir Joshua Rey. nolds, in imitation of Johnson's style of conversation, vii. 161.; ix. | 261.

Diary, Johnson's, iii. 198 n.; iv. 47. The utility of keeping one, ii. 218.; iii. 254.; vii. 56.; viii. 166.; ix. 117.

Dibdin, Charles, iii. 119.

Dick, Sir Alexander, iv. 41. ; v. 153.; vi. 262.; viii. 255. 257. 258. His letter to Johnson on the good effect produced in Scotland by his

ney,' vi. 230.

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136.

Disguise, ix. 97.

Dislike, mutual, vii. 318.

D'Israeli, J., i. 128 n. ; iii. 259 n. ; vii. 245 n.; viii. 14 n.

'Divine Legation,' Warburton's, viii. 17.

Divine Service, ix. 130.

Divines, Old English, ix. 137. 247.
Divorces, vii. 208.

Dixie, Sir Wolstan, i. 88.

Dockers and the inhabitants of Ply

mouth, dispute between, ii. 148,

149 n.

Doctoring one's self, ix, 198.

Dictionnaire Portatif' of L'Avocat, Dodd, Rev. Dr. William, vi. 253, 254, recommended, ix, 143.

260.261. 275-287. 293. 308, 309.; vii,

79. 107 n. 121 n.; viii. 198.; ix. 130. | Dovedale, v. 196.

His letters to Johnson, vi. 280. 285.
Johnson's letters to, vi. 282. 285.;

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Dodsley, James, i. 210.220. 229.; vi. 77. Dodwell, Rev. Dr., v. 200.

Dogs, v. 65.; vii. 8.; ix. 51. 91. Custom of eating them in China, iii. 275. Domestic companions, ix. 122. Domestic tragedies, ix. 113. Dominicetti, Italian quack, his medicated baths, iii. 104. Account of, iii. 104 n.

Donaldson, Alexander, the piratical bookseller, ii. 222.

Donne, Dr., his vision, vi. 76 n. 'Don Quixote,' ix. 102. Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, iv. 42.

Dossie, Robert, author of a 'Treatise on Agriculture,' vii. 359. Douglas cause, iii. 272, 273.; iv. 19.; v. 94 n. 106 n. 126 n.; vi. 113 n.; vii. 45. Douglas, crowned heart in the arms of, vi. 322.

'Douglas,' Home's tragedy of, v. 105. 257; vi. 202. Douglas, Duchess of, iv. 36. Douglas, Rev. Dr. John, afterwards

Bishop of Salisbury, i. 139. 156. 269.; ii. 182. 215. ; iii. 55. 57,; vi. 29. ; viii. 275. His Milton no Plagiary,' i. 269. Douglas, Dr., his collection of editions of Horace, viii, 277.

Doyle, Sir Francis H., ii. 49 Dragons,' Madame de Sevigne's ap. plication of the word, vii. 301 n. Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson's Life of, i. 164.

Draughts, tranquillising effects of the game, ii. 72.

Dream, Johnson's, vii. 353.
Dreams, ix. 5.

Dreghorn, Lord, iv. 43 n.
'Drelincourt on Death,' iii. 194.
Drelincourt, Miss, afterwards Lady
Primrose, iv. 209 n.

Dress, i. 231.; v. 109. 297.; vi. 23,; vii,

178; viii. 50.; ix. 43. 103.

Dressing, time consumed in, iv. 65. Drinking, iii. 229.; iv. 55. 107. 166. 226. ; v. 225 n. ; vi. 64, 65. 160. 180. ; vii. 73. 75. 81. 153. 180. 254. 263. ; viii. 19. 45. 53. 67. 262.

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Drinking to excess, the practice greatly diminished, iv. 56 n. Drinking, Johnson's arguments against, v. 60.; vi. 312.

Drinking, its effect upon convers

ation and benevolence, vi. 160. Dromore, Bishop of See Percy Drowning, suicide by, iv. 49. Druid's temple, iv. 110. 138. Drumgould, Colonel, vi. 17. 21. Drummond of Hawthornden, iv. 198.; v. 155.

Drummond, Mr. William, the bookseller, iii. 11. 13. 15. 28 n.; v. 116. 135.; vi. 214.

Drummond, Dr., son of William, vi. 214.; vii. 257.

Drummond, George, of Edinburgh, iv. 35.

Drunkards, iii. 55.; vii. 264.; viii. 262. Dryden, i. 255 n.; ii. 307.; iii. 86.

200. 285.; iv. 260.; v. 262.; vi. 193.; vii. 152 n. 208. 253. 278 n.; viii. 12, 13, 14. 91 n.; ix. 18. Johnson's reverence for, viii. 12. His 'Hind and Panther' quoted, viii. 13 His philosophical lines on life, viii. 304. His Aureng-zebe, x. 90.

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Du Bos, Abbé, iii. 91.

E.

Dudley, Rev. Henry Bate, afterwards Early habits, force of, v. 313.

Sir Henry, viii. 300 n.

Duel, ancient trial by, iv. 14.

Duelling, iii. 216. 217 n. 268.; iv. 249.; viii. 206.

Du Halde, his 'Description of China,'
i. 180.; iii. 46.; vii. 377.
Dunbar, Dr. James, his Essays on
the History of Mankind,' vii. 338.
Dun Can, a Scotch mountain, iv. 183.
186, 187, 188 n.

Duncan's monument, iv. 120.
Dunces, iii. 85.

'Dunciad,' iii. 85.; v. 275.; vii. 195 m.

Duncombe, William, vii. 163. Dundas, Henry, afterwards Viscount Melville, ii. 14.; iii. 190 n.; vii. 36. Dundee, John, Viscount of, his fine epitaph, iv. 54 n. Dundonald Castle, v.120. 'Dungeon of Wit,' v. 82. Dunning, Mr., afterwards Lord Ashburton, iii. 188.; vi. 263.; vii. 71. Dunsinan, William Nairne, Lord, iv. 48 n.; v. 146.

Dunton, John, bookseller, his Life and Errors,' viii. 189.

Dunvegan, iv. 232. 239 n., 240. 253 n., 254.

Duppa, Richard, his publication of 'Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales,' v. 193. 'Durandi Rationale, 1459,' the third

book printed with a date, v. 215. Durham on the Galatians,' v. 132. Durinish, iv. 255.

Dury, Major-General A., ii, 95. Dutch language, Johnson studies it at seventy-one, vii. 65. 369. Dyer, Samuel, i. 219.; ii. 271 n. count of, 321.; iv. 112. 'Fleece,' vi. 83.; vii. 297. 358.

Early rising, iv. 221. ; vi. 310, 31L
Earthquake at Ashbourne, vi. 272.
East Indians, vii. 198.

East Indies, practice of going to, in quest of wealth, vii. 282.

East Indies, alleged delinquencies in, viii. 208.

Easter, v. 183.; vi. 142. 225.; vii 167.; viii. 203.

Eating, ii. 257.; vii. 3. 153.

Eating, Johnson's mode of, ii. 258.; iv. 216.; vi. 190.

Eccles, Rev. Mr., his literary fraud ii. 126, 126 n.

Ecclés, Isaac Ambrose, of Cronroe il 105.

Ecole Militaire, at Paris, vi. 2. Economy, vii. 101. 147.; viii. 220. Edinburgh, iv. 12.; v. 134. Castle, v. 136.

Edinburgh, procurators of, Johnson's argument against a prosecution for a libel by, viii. 109, 110. 112. Education, ii. 309.; iii. 224.; iv. 100.; vi. 65. 174.; vii. 260.; ix. 5. 118. 149.; x. 25.

Education of children, ii. 239.; ix. 5. 118. 149.

Education, Johnson's plan of, i. 107. ; vii. 260.

Education, great influence of, vi. 65. Education, by-roads in, vi. 28. Education of the people, iii. 224.; vi. 155.

Education in public schools, iv. 85.; vi. 127. 294.

Education in England, by Milton and Locke, vii. 222.

Edwards, Thomas, his Canons of Criticism,' ii. 10 n.

Ac

His

Edwards, Mr., 'on Grace,' vii. 133.

Edwards, Oliver, Johnson's fellow

'Dying with a grace,' ix. 124.

collegian, vii. 149 n.; viii. 66.

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Egalité, Duke 162 n. Eglintoune, Alexander, Earl of, iii. 59.; v. 121.; vii. 6. 166. Eglintoune, Susanna, Countess of, v. 118.; vii. 231. Some account of, v. 120 n. 121.

of Orleans, viii.

Egmont, John, first Earl of, his 'History of the House of Yvery,' viii. 188.

Egmont, John, second Earl of, his

"Faction Detected,' i. 158 n. Egotists, the four classes of, vi. 314. Egyptians, ancient, question as to their colour, viii. 105 n.

Eld, Mr., of Staffordshire, vii. 179.
Eldon, Earl of, iv. 45.

Election committees, duty of mem
bers of parliament sitting upon,
viii. 48.
Elements

of Criticism,' Lord Kaimes's, i. 165. ; ii. 166.; iii. 91.;

ix. 144.

Elfrida,' Mason's, v. 275. Elgin, iv. 117 n.

Elibank, Patrick Murray, fifth Lord, iii. 161. 224.; iv. 5.; v. 50. 135. 138. 144. 182.; vi. 142 n. 179.; vii. 358 n.; viii. 95. Letters to Boswell and Johnson, iv. 200, 201.

204. His translation of Martial, vii. 93.

'Elvira,' Mallet's tragedy of, ii. 184. Elwall, E., the enthusiast, iii. 195. 294.

Emigration, iv. 17. 77. 214. 310.; V. 28.

Emphasis, modes of placing, in reading the ninth commandment, i. 193. Employment, vi. 324.

Employment, female, iv. 374.
Employment of wealth, viii. 162.
Emulation, iv. 101.

English and Dutch languages radi-
cally the same, vii. 353.; viii. 369.
'English Malady,' Cheyne's, vi. 213.
English bar, viii. 312.

English clergy, iv. 276.

English drama, viii. 236. 243. 'English Poets,' Johnson's edition of. See Lives of the Poets.' Englishmen, their cold reserve to. wards strangers, viii. 181. Englishmen and Frenchmen compared, i. 215.; vii. 87. 362. Englishmen and Scotchmen compared, iv. 10.; vii. 359. Entails, iv. 103.; vi. 36. 46. 55. 59. Johnson's letters on, vi. 37. 38. 42. 44. 46.

Envy, vii. 108. 159 n. 371.

Epigram, Johnson's, to Mrs. Carter i. 154.

Epigram on George II., i. 166.

Eliot, Mr., afterwards Lord, vi. 176.; Epigram, ad Lauram Parituram, i.

vii. 307 n.; viii. 52 n. 53.

Elizabeth, Queen, ii. 119.; vii. 361.;

180.

Epigram, ad Ricardum Savage, i. 187 n.

viii. 60 n. Ellis, John, the money-scrivener, vi. Epigram, Garrick's, on Johnson's

138.

Dictionary, ii. 53.

Ellis, Sir Henry, of the British Mu- Epigram on the marriage of an Ausseum, v. 205 n.

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trian Archduchess to Bonaparte, iv. 254 n.

Epigram on seeing Blenheim, vi. 81. Epigram to Miss Mary Aston, vii.

200 n.

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

Bath, viii. 290 m.

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

i. 228.

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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. 81 n.

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

Erudition, ix. 70.

165, 166.
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.

Epitaph for a creature not yet dead,
ii. 71.

Epitaph, George Dempster's, on him-
self, ii. 184 n.

Epitaph on Colin Maclaurin, iv.
44. 1.

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.

Epitaph on Johnson, by Dr. Parr,
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.


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.
Estates, obligation in settling, vi. 59.
Eternal punishments, viii, 20.
Eternity, iv. 165.

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.
Evil speaking, vii. 251.

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.

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