Scotch, Johnson's feelings towards, i. 208.; iii. 43. 78. 136. 188. 231. 286.; iv. 32. 87. 272.; v. 80. 236. 240. 248. 310.; vi. 58 n.; vii. 79. 262. 359.; viii. 79. 113. 156 n. 176, 177. Scotch, accent, overcome by perseve- rance, iii. 189. Clergy, iv. 276. Im- pudence, v. 241. Origin of John- son's antipathy to, viii. 156 n. Ex- treme nationality of, iii. 286. High. lander, v. 153. Learning of the, v. 310. Cause of their success in Lon- don, viii. 177. Lairds, ii. 185. Jea- lousy of the, v. 240. Nationality of the, v. 240, 241. 263.; viii. 177. Scotland, episcopal church of, vii. 239.
Scotland, peers of, their interference in the elections of the commons, viii. 244, 245.
Scots, Mary, Queen of, ii. 119.; iv. 32. Scott, Sir Walter, iv. 168. 185. 240, 241. 257. 263.; v. 7. 9. 15. 37. Cha- racter of Johnson by, x. 166. Scott, George Lewis, i. 224; vi. 250. Scott, John, of Amwell, v. 280. 296. Scott, Sir William. See Lord Stowell. 'Scoundrel,' Johnson's use and ap- plication of the epithet, vi. 87 n. 115 n. ; ix. 137. Scoundrelism, iv. 109. Scripture phrases, iii. 250.
Scriptures, proposal to translate them into Erse, iii. 10. 12.
Scruples, viii. 396. ; ix. 44. 82. Sea-life, vi. 66.
Seasons, influence of, iii. 307.
Secker, Archbishop, vii. 376.
'Semel insanivimus omnes,' &c. whence taken, viii. 171 n. Seneca, v. 24.
Selwyn, George, vii. 263.
'Senectus,' use of the word, vii. 203 n. Sensual intercourse, vii. 76. 201. 'Sentimental Journey,' Sterne's, vi 379.
Serious Call,' Law's, i. 69.; iii. 137. ; ix. 153.
Sermons, the best English, for style, vii. 79. Collections of, viii. 83. Advice on the composition of, vii. 340.
Settle, Elkana, vi. 196 n. Sêves china, vi. 304. Sevigné, Madame de, ii. 26 n.; vi. 175.; vii. 301 n.
Seward, Rev. Mr., of Lichfield, vi. 102.291.
Seward, William, iii. 76 n.; vi. 256. 260.; vii. 312.; viii. 314. dotes by, ix. 255. ; x. 110. Seward, Miss Anna, i. 36 n. 95. 98, 99. 280 n.; v. 194. 269 n.; vi. 102.; vii. 72. 126. 133. 141, 142 n. 144 m.; viii. 333. Anecdotes by, x. 9. Shakspeare, i. 204.; ii. 74. 84. 138. 275. 298. 300. 302.; iii. 87. 97.; iv. 129.; vii. 90. 256. 365. 372 n.; viii. 45, 46 n.; ix. 19. 86. 256.; x. 6. 31. 91. 139. 'Shall' and 'will,' use of the words, i. 96.; vii. 258.
Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, his monument, iv. 62 n. 65 n. Sharp, Samuel, his 'Letters on Italy, vi. 177 n.
Second sight, ii. 313.; iii. 175.; iv. Sharp, Dr. John, ii. 283.
171. 177. 245 n. 329.
Secrecy, ix. 131..; x. 112.
Sharpe, Rev. Dr. Gregory, i. 145 n. Shaving, varieties in, vi. 304.
Sedley, Catherine, Countess of Dor- Shaw, Cuthbert, iii. 16.
chester, iv. 42 n.
Seduction, vii. 211.; ix. 42.
Seed, Rev. Jeremiah, his Sermons,'
Self-importance, vi. 314.
Self-praise, vii. 176.
Shaw, William, his Analysis of the Scotch Celtic Language,' vi. 234. 237. His pamphlet on Ossian, viii. 247, 248.
Shebbeare, Dr., iii. 59 n.; vii. 165.; viii. 90. 208.
Selden's "Table Talk,' i. 113 n.; v. 42.; Sheep's head, v. 83 n.
Shelburne, William Petty, second
Earl, afterwards first Marquis of | Slains Castle, iv. 98. 100, 102, 104. 107. Lansdowne, vii. 101.; vii. 163 n. 182. 282.
Shenstone, William, iv. 299.; v. 86. 215.; vi. 82 n.; viii. 129. 219. ; ix. 135. 141.
Slave-trade, vii. 21. 375. Sleep, vi. 310, 311.; vii. 353. Smalbroke, Dr., his Sermons,' i. 146 n.
Smalridge, Dr., his 'Sermons,' vii. 79.; ix. 138.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, i. 192 n.; ii. 124. 156.; v. 316.; vi. 210. 248.; Smart, Christopher, ii. 60. 170, 171.; vii. 59. vii. 378.; ix. 168. Sheridan, Mrs., formerly Miss Linley, Smart, Mrs., viii. 363.
Sheridan, Thomas, ii. 142, 143. 156 n. 158. 160, 161. 167. 239, 240. 280 n. ; iii. 88, 89 n. 136. 143. 189. 191. 301.; v. 105. 257. 293.; vi. 116.; vii. 174. 248.; viii. 155, 156 n. 197. 216. Sheridan, Mrs., her 'Sydney Bid- dulph,' some account of, ii. 124, 124 n. 161.
Sheridan, Charles, his 'Revolution in Sweden,' vii. 126.
'She Stoops to Conquer,' iii. 244. 253. 264. 276.
Shiels, Mr. Robert, i. 216.; vi. 149 n. 156. 250. 331.
'Ship of Fools,' Barclay's, ii. 25. Shipley, Dr. Jonathan, Bishop of St. Asaph, v. 200.; vi. 203.; viii. 49. 241.
Shippen, William, ix. 146. Shoe-buckles, iv. 9.
Shop-keepers of London, iv. 80. 82. Short-hand, iii. 265.; vii. 106 n. ; viii. 154.
Sibbald, Sir Robert, vii. 55.
Sick, duty of telling truth to the, viii. 308 n.
Siddons, Mrs., viii. 236.; ix. 125. Silk, disadvantages of wearing, iv. 229.
Simpson, Joseph, vi. 147 n.
son's letter to, ii. 110.
Smith, Rev. Edward, his verses on Pococke, the oriental linguist, vii. 105.
Smith, Dr. Adam, i. 72.; ii. 212.; iv. 9. 21.; v. 114; vi. 128 n.; vii. 187. His Wealth of Nations,' vi. 56. His interview with Johnson, v. 114 n.; vii. 187 n. Difference be- tween Johnson and, vii. 372. Gar. rick's opinion of, vii. 372.
Smithson, Sir Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, iii. 147. Smoking, iv. 56 n.
Smollett, Dr. Tobias, ii. 113.; v. 112. Smollett's Commissary, v. 110. Society, ii. 224. 227. 233. 312 n.; vii. 136, 187.; ix. 136. 242. Socrates, vii. 102.; viii. 54. 'Solamen miseris socios,' &c., author of, undiscovered, viii. 172 n. Solander, Dr., iii. 168. 172.; v. 64. Soldiers, vi. 125.; vii. 101.
Solitude, iii. 33.; ix. 42. 115.; x. 87. 93. 266.
Somerville, James, thirteenth Lord, viii. 19.
Sorrow, iv. 61.; ix. 119.; x. 255, 256. Souls, middle state of, after death, i. 286. Sounds, iii. 227.
John South, Dr., his Sermons,' iii. 110. vii. 79.
Simpson, Thos., engineer, ii. 116 n. Sin, original, iv. 89.; viii. 103. Sinclair, Sir John, viii. 119 n. Sins, iii. 205.
'Sixteen-string Jack,' vi. 157 n. Skaiting, ix. 49.
Skie, Isle of, iv. 71. 161. Johnson's
Southwell, Robert, his stanzas' upon the Image of Death,' v. 205. Southwell, Thomas, second Lord, vii. 345.; viii. 163.
Southwell, Lady Margaret, vii. 345. Spain, no country less known thats ii. 133. 186. 212.
Spanish plays, vii, 363.
Stonehenge, x. 270.
Stories, and story-telling, vi. 61, 62.; ix. 62. 138.; x. 142.
Stowell, Lord, ii. 22 n. 111 n. 250.; iii. 112. 156. 158.; iv. 6. 11. 15. 37.; v. 172. 215 n.; vii. 97. 103. 158. 320.; viii. 67.
Spencer, John George, second Earl, Strahan, Rev. Mr., i. 278.; ii. 286.;
vii. 122. 321, 321 n. Spendthrifts, ix. 54.
Spirits, appearance of departed, ii. 106. 180. 313.; iii. 175. 194. 213. 220, 220n.; vii. 59. 103. 141. 210. 215. 270.; viii. 69. 71. ; ix. 5. 69.
iii. 23. 154, 155.; iv. 92.; viii. 268. Strahan, William, iii. 155.; vii. 228.; viii. 78.
Strahan, Mrs., Johnson's letters to, viii. 78.
Stratagem, vii. 114.
Streatfield, Mrs., x. 106.
• Spiritual Quixote,' key to the cha- Strichen, Lord, iv. 110, 110 n.
Staunton, Dr., afterwards Sir George, Johnson's letter to, ii. 134, 134 n. Steele, Sir Richard, vi. 79.; viii. 22. Steele, Mr. Joshua, his 'Prosodia Ra. tionalis,' v. 265.
Steevens, George, Esq., iii. 116, 116 n. 124, 125. 239.; v. 180. 323.; vi. 227.; vii. 10. 122.; viii. 272. 406. Anec- dotes by, ix. 192.
Sterne, Lawrence, iii. 209. 262.; vii. 379.; viii. 86. His Tristram Shandy,' vi. 79. His 'Sermons,' ix. 246.
Stews, licensed, vi. 134.
Strickland, Mrs., vi. 15. 251.
Stuart family, ii. 119. 215; iii. 258. ; vi. 295.
Stuart, Hon, and Rev. William, Arch- bishop of Armagh, viii. 188. Stuart, Hon, Colonel James, vii. 280. 305,
Stuart, Andrew, iii. 272.; vi. 113. Stuart, Rev. James, translator of the Scriptures into Erse, iii. 13. Study, ii. 187. 213. 245. 249. 253.; vii.
126. 290. 357. 368.; ix. 218.; x. 59. Style, ii. 255, 255 n. 266. ; iii. 227. 307.; vii. 91. 120. 317.; viii. 7. 29. ; x 309. Subordination, ii. 227. 233. 316. Subscription to the Thirty-nine Ar- ticles, iii, 110. 177, 177 n.; iv. 61.; vii. 97.257.
Succession, vi. 36. 41.
Suicide, iii. 270.; iv. 50.; viii. 135. 219. Sunday, iii. 72. 252.; iv. 66.; v. 324.; ix. 221.
Superiors, deference to, iv. 106, 106 n. Superstitions, iii. 175.; v. 37.
Stewart, Dugald, on the Lives of Suppers, vii. 154.
Suspicion, vi. 270.; ix. 148.
Stewart, Francis, i.216.; vii. 307. 312.; Swallows, iii. 46.
Stillingfleet, Benjamin, viii. 85.
Swearing in conversation, iii. 197. Swene's stone, iv, 120.
Swift, Dr. Jonathan, his Tale of a Tub,' ii. 239,239 n. Johnson's opinion of, ii. 160, 160 n.; 339.; iii. 57, 57 n.; iv. 36.; v. 256. His Gulliver's Travels,' v. 256. Johnson's Life of, viii. 33. Character of his Journal,' ibid. His verses on his own death,
quoted by Johnson on his death-bed, ix. 316.
Swinfen, Dr., i. 63. 317.
Sympathy, vi. 104. ; ix. 209.
Taylor, Chevalier, vii. 264. Tea, ii. 67 n.; iv. 13. vii. 100.; iz. 141. 170.; x. 3.
Teapot, Johnson's, ii. 68. ; x. 105. 'Telemachus,' v. 43. 329.; vi. 232. Temple, Sir William, i. 258. ; vii. 91 m. 184.
Temple, Rev. Mr., Vicar of St. Glu- vias, ii. 221. 314.; v. 254.; viii. 133. Temptation, vii. 67.
Sympathy with others in distress, iii. Terence, vii. 365.
Testimony, viii. 281.
Thatching, iv. 293.
Theobald, Lewis, ii. 84. Theocritus, vii. 350.
Thicknesse, Philip, his' Travels,' vii. 65.
Things, attention to small, viii. 181. Thirty-nine Articles, the, iii. 110. 177, 177 n. ; iv. 61.
Thirlby, Dr. Styan, viii. 147 n.
Thomas, Mr. Nathaniel, vi. 219. Thompson, William, v. 171 n.
Thomson, the poet, ii. 239.; iii. 55.; vi. 156.239.249.268.; vii. 223.; viii. 20 n. Thomson, Rev. James, his case, vi. 182. 334.
'Tale of a Tub,' ii. 239, 239 n.; iv. 36.; Thornton, Bonnel, i. 243. 255 n. Ode
Talisker, iv. 276. 283.; viii. 177.
Talkers, exuberant public, ridiculed, iii. 288.
Talking above the capacity of one's company, viii. 175.
Tallow-chandler, Johnson's story of one, v. 278.
Tasker, Rev. William, vii. 245.
on St. Cecilia's Day,' ii. 197. Thornton, Henry, vii. 348. Thrale, Mrs. See Piozzi.
Thrale, Henry, ii. 292. 295. ; iii, 65; iv. 136.; v. 217.; vi. 104. 120. 135. 204. 238. 264.; vii. 272. 338. 344. 348.; viii. 45. 55. 59. 78. His death, viii. 60. 128. Johnson's epitaph on, x. 175.. Threshing, iv. 293.
Taste, iii. 227.; refinement of, viii. | Thuanus, Johnson's proposed trans-
Taylor, Jeremy, ii. 259 n.; viii. 290. Tillotson, Archbishop, his Sermo
Taylor, Rev. Dr. John, i. 84, 84 n. 193. 213. 227. 283, 284.; iii. 198 n.; vi. 111. 272.; vii. 275. 289. 294. 326.; viii. 7. 10. 27. 266.; x. 60.
Time and space, vii. 372. Titi, History of Prince, vi. 5. Toasts, vii. 376.
Toleration, iii. 291. 296.; vii. 252. 359.
Tom Jones, ix. 322.
To-morrow, ix. 114.
Tooke, John Horne, vii. 164.
"Letter to Mr. Dunning,' vii. 217. His Diversions of Purley,' ibid. Tories, iv. 304.; vii. 179.; viii. 183.; ix. 11.
Tory, Johnson's definition of, ii. 48. Tory and Whig, Johnson's description of, viii. 95. 293.; x. 24. Torture in Holland, ii. 257. Towers, Dr. Joseph, his Letter to Johnson on his Political Publica- tions,' v. 253. His Essay on John- son,' viii. 9.
Town life, vi. 321.; vii. 86. Townley, Charles, vi. 251. Townshend, Right Hon. Charles, iii. 262.; vi. 117 n.
Trade, iii. 101. 210.; v. 63.; vi. 56. Tradesmen, opulence of, v. 63. Tradeswomen, vii. 217.
Tragic acting, iv. 27.
Translation, vi. 154. Transubstantiation, iv. 69. 88. Transpire,' definition of, vii. 203 n. Trapaud, Mr., iv. 141.
'Traveller,' Goldsmith's, ii. 192. 200. 275. 308.; iii. 280.; v. 85.; vii. 85. Travelling, the use of, ix. 115. In quest of health, rules for, viii. 138. Treason, constructive, viii. 63. 'Trees in Scotland, iv. 67 n. 74. Trial by duel, iii. 14.
Trifles, duty of attending to, ii. 72. 218.; vii. 219.
Trimlestown, Lord, vii. 55.
Union, Scotch, iv. 32 n. Union with Ireland, viii. 295. 'Universal History,' list of the au- thors of, v. 389 n.
Universities, English, not sufficiently rich, vi. 128.
'Unius lacertæ,' viii. 89, 89 n.
Upcott, William, i. 151. 314. ii. 173.
286.; iii. 165.; iv. 2.; ix. 257.; x. 122. 209. 316.
Urban, Sylvanus, Latin ode to, i. 125. Useful Knowledge, ix. 78. ; x. 84. Usher, Archbishop, iii. 148.
Usury laws, vi. 144.
Uttoxeter, Johnson's extraordinary visit to, viii. 378.; x. 103.
Vallancy, General, viii. 269.
Valière, Mademoiselle de la, iv. 42. Vane, Anne, i. 226.
Vanity, viii. 411.; ix. 84.
'Vanity of Human Wishes,' i. 221. 226.; ii. 319. ; x. 30. 78. 165.
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