83. 101 n. 121, 122 n. 296 n. ; iii. 84. Nash, Beau, viii. 290.
140 n. ; v. 233. 322. ; vi. 147, 148, National debt, iii. 142. ; ix. 27.
149, 150, 151. 160. ; vii. 55. ; viii. National faith, vii. 369.
250. His anecdotes of Johnson, x. Native place, love of, renewed in old
66.

age, viii. 131.
Murray, Lord George, chief of the Natural affection, iii. 106.
Pretender's staff, v. 323 n.

Natural equality of inankind, ii. 316 n.
Murray, William, Attorney-General, Natural goodness, iv. 222. 226.

ii. 49 n. See Mansfield, Lord. Natural right, vi. 38.
Murray, Patrick, fifth Lord Elibank, Nature, ix. 120.
iij. 161 n.

Necessity, doctrine of, viii. 331.
Murray, Mr., Solicitor-General of Needle-work, ix. 99.

Scotland, afterwards Lord Hender. Negro, Johnson's argument in favour
land, vi. 124.

of one claiming his liberty, vii. 21. 35
Murray, John, bookseller (father of Nelson, Robert, his “ Festivals and

the proprietor and publisher of this Fasts,' vi. 90.
work), vii. 138. Prosecution of, by 'Network,' Johnson's definition of,
Mason the poet, vii. 138 n. His ii. 47.
· Letter to W. Mason, A. M.' vii. Newdigate, Sir Roger, iii. 51 n.
138 n.

Newhaven, William Mayne, Lord, vii.
Murray, John, jun., his account of

291 n.
the various portraits of Dr. John- Newspapers, iii. 204. ; vii. 376.
son, x, 311.

Newspaper abuse, ix. 66.
• Muses' Welcome to King James,' New Testament, v. 116.; vii. 143.
iv. 53.

Newton, Sir Isaac, ii. 241. ; v. 13. ;
Musgrave, Sir Richard, x. 264 n.

viii. 118. 213.
Musgrave, Dr. Samuel, vii. 169 n. Newton, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of
Music, iii. 194. 307 n. ; vii. 17. 72.; Bristol, Johnson's character of, viii.
ix. 140. 169. 211. 257. 274. The only

286 n.
sensual pleasure without vice, vii. Nice' people, ix. 99.
369. In heaven, i. 166. ; iii. 194. Nichols, Dr. Frank, v. 299 n. ; vi. 305.
Johnson's wish to learn the scale Nichols, John, viii. 4, 5 n. 34 n. 374.
of, six months before his death, 388. His Anecdotes of Bowyer,'
jii. 307 n. His insensibility to the viii. 146. His Anecdotes of John-
charms of, ii. 131 n. ; v. 47. ; vi. 29.

son, x. 62.
Musk, vii. 229.

Nicknames, ix. 35.
Myddleton, Mr., of Gwaynynog, v. Nicol, George, bookseller, viii. 247.
212, 212 n.; vi. 298 n.

Johnson's letter to, viii. 369.
Mylne, Robert, architect, ii. 116. Nightcaps, iv. 300. ; v. 37.
Mysteriousness in trifles, ix. 97. 'Nil Admirari,' ix. 118.
Mystery, vii. 53. 178. ; ix. 131. "No, sir,' in what sense used by John-
Mythology, vii. 351. 364 n.

6

Nores, Jason de, his comments on Officers, military, v. 151.; vi. 124. ; ix.
Horace, vi. 74 n.

55.
North, Dudley, viii. 48 n. 56 n. Ogden, Dr. Samuel, v. 6. ; viii. 103 n.
North, Frederick, Lord, iii. 153. 171. ; On prayer, iv. 30. 66. His Sermons,
v. 163. 270. 316. ; vii. 46.

iv. 19. 88. ; v. 61. 91. ; vii. 79.
North Pole, Johnson's conjectures re- Ogilvie, Dr. John, ii. 202. His“ Day
specting, vi. 128.

of Judgment,' ii. 206 n.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, iii. 92. ; vi. Oglethorpe, General, i. 140 n. ; iii.
110 n.

215. 217, 218. 220, 221 n.; v. 294.
Nourse, Mr., bookseller, vi. 130.

296 n. ; vi. 173. 179. ; vii, 123, 124. ;
Novelty, paper on, in the Spectator,' viii. 90. 158, 159.
vi. 151.

'07 Pino, ov piros,' he that has
Nowell, Rev. Dr., iii. 178.; viii. 298, friends has no friend,') a phrase fre-
299.

quently quoted by Johns
* Nugæ Antiquæ,' Harington's, viii. vii. 132 n. 261.
170,

O'Kane, Irish harper, v. 41
Nugent, Robert, Lord, iii. 153 n. Old age, vii. 10. 88, 88 n. 198
Number, ix. 27.

viii. 171. 275.; ix. 91. 212
Numbers, science of, vi. 65.

Old Bailey dinners, vii. 19
Numeration, ix. 27.

Old English divines, ix, 13
Nuremberg Chronicle, v. 215.

Old friendships, ix. 121.
Nup your sexetas,' (' for the night Oldfield, Dr., vi. 180.
cometh,') the motto on the dial. Oldham's imitation of Juve
plate of Johnson's watch, iii, 48. Old men, folly of putting t'u

to nurse, vi, 112.
0.

Oldmixon, John, ii. 49.

Oldys, William, i. 176. 202,
Oath of abjuration, v. 259 n. Im- Omai, vi, 123.

policy and inefficacy of such tests, Opera girls, viii. 160.
v. 260.

Opinion, ix. 68.
Oaths, iii. 259. ; v. 141. 260. ; vi. 160. Opinion of the world, ix. 88
* Oats,' Johnson's definition of, ii. 48. ; Opium, viii. 159.
v. 136 n. ; vi. 96. ; vii. 114.

Orange peels, v. 269.
Obedience, vii. 139.

Oratory, iii. 248. ; viii 81. 1
Obscenity, viii. 298.

Ord, Mrs., vii. 315 n. 319. 3.
Observer,' Cumberland's, viii. 36. Orde, Lord Chief Baron, iv
Occupations, hereditary, iv. 124. Orford, Earl of, vii. 10 n.
O'Connor, Charles, his . Dissertations

337 n.
on the History of Ireland,' ii. 76 n.; Organ, v. 276.
vi. 243.

Origin of evil, v. 111.
Ode, ' Ad ornatissimam Puellam,' i. Original sin, viii. 103. ; ix. :

181. To Friendship, i. 182. * Ad Orme, Mr., his character of
Urbanum,' i. 125. Upon the Isle of Journey,' v. 162 n. 28
Skie, iv. 166.

To Mrs. Thrale, iv. eulogy on Johnson, vii. 1
169. In Theatro, iï. 154.

Ormond, James, second D
Odyssey, vii. 324. ; viii. 18. 213.
i

149.
Edipus, ix. 236.

Orrery, John, fifth Earl of,
Ofellus, in the Art of Living in Lon. Orrery, John Boyle, Ear)
don,' who, i. 114.

289. ; ii. 51. ; vii. 81. 16
Offely, Mr., a pupil of Johnson, i. 104. 163.

Martin's ' Account of the Hebrides,'| Melcombe, George Bubb Dodington,
ii. 236. ; iv. 1. ; vii. 73.

Lord, i. 244 n. 253 n.
Martin's ' Antiquitates Divi Andrei,' Melmoth, William, vii. 317 n., 318. ;
iv. 57, 58.

viii. 269 n.
Martinelli, Vincenzio, iii. 259. 262. Melville, Viscount. See Dundas.
Martyrdom, iii. 291, 292.

Member of parliament, duty of, on an
Mary, Queen of Scots, ii. 119.; iv. 32.; election committee, viii. 48 n.

v. 176. 188. 190. 226 n. ; X. 276. Memis, Dr., Physician of Aberdeen,
Mason, Rev. William, iii. 195. ; vi. 150. v. 223, 224. 230. 320.; vi. 221. 228.
His Elfrida,' v. 275. His Carac-

Memory, i. 34.; iv. 65.; vii. 9 n. 285.;
tacus,' v. 276. His prosecution of viii. 107.; ix. 8. 185. 218.
Mr. Murray, the bookseller, vii. 'Menagiana,' iii. 285.; vii. 175. n.
138 n. His share in the 'Heroic 200 n.; viii. 172 n.
Epistle,' viii. 91. 318 n.

Merchants, ii. 294 n.; v. 63.; vii. 353.
Masquerades, iii. 240.

Mercheta mulierum, v. 55.
Mass, iii, 111.

Merit, intrinsic, ii. 227. Men of, not
Massillon, v. 43.

neglected, viii. 160.
Massinger, his play of “The Picture,' | Metaphysical tailor, viii. 178.
vii. 289.

Metaphysics, i. 71.
Masters, Mary, 289 n.; viii. 241 no Metcalfe, Philip, vi. 210.; viii. 145.
Matrimonial infidelities, vi. 143. Method, advantages of, vi. 220.
Matrimonial thought, iii. 120.

Methodism, iii. 133.
Maty, Dr. Matthew, ii. 35n.; vi. 238 n. Methodists, ii. 246 n. ; iii. 133. 138.

His ‘Bibliothéque Britannique,' ii. 141.; v. 143.; viii. 332.
35 n.

Meynell, Hugh, his happy expression
Maupertius, iii. 45.

respecting London, i. 84, 85.; vii.
Mawbey, Sir Joseph, iii. 65 n.

251.
Maxwell, Rev. Dr. William, his anec- Mickle, William Julius, 220 n.; v. 90.;

dotes of Johnson, iii. 129, 129 n. viii. 246, 247. 310.
Mayne, William, Baron Newhaven, Microscopes, iii. 24.
vii. 291.

Micyllus, Jacobus, v. 195.
Mayo, Rev. Dr., iii. 289. 291. 294, Middle state, i. 286 n.; v. 100 n.
295, 296 n.

Middle rank in France, want of, vi.
Mead, Dr., vi. 218. 311.

9 n. 21.
Meadowbank, Lord, vii. 35.

Middlesex election, vii. 46. 292.
Meals, stated, vii. 153.

Middleton, Lady Diana, iv. 84 n.
Medals, only valuable as a stamp of Midgeley, Dr. Samuel, viii. 189 n.
merit, v. 257 n.

Migration of birds, iii. 289.
Medicated baths, of, iji. 104.

Military character, respect paid to,
Meditation on a pudding, v. 93.

iii. 83.; vi. 125.
Mediterranean, vi. 154.

Miller, Andrew, bookseller, i. 211.;
Meek, Rev. Dr., ii. 18, 19. 21 n.

ii. 38 n., 39.; vii. 264 n.
Melancholy, i. 65.; iii. 34.; iv. 227.; vi. Miller, Lady, her vase at Batheaston,

70. 120 n. 213. 225. 319, 320.; vii. 301. v. 277 n.
311. 369.; i::. 209. Johnson's remedy Miller, Professor John, v. 114 n.
against, ii. 232.; vi. 70. 120. 320.; vii. Milner, Rev. Joseph, his defence of
234. Johnson projects a history of the methodists, ii. 246 n. Lauder's
his, iii. 34.

forgery against, i. 270.
Melancthon, Boswell's letter to John- Milton, John, i. 267.270.; iii. 283 n ;iv.

son from the tomb of, vi. 251. 255. | 9.; v. 205.; vi. 21.; vii. 222. 253. 287.

366.; viii. 9. 12. 45. 306.; ix. 324. Apo- | Montrose, James, third Duke o
theosis of, not written by Johnson, 256. ; viii. 86.
i. 155. Johnson's prologue for the Monuments, iii, 282. Inaccuracy of
benefit of his grand-daughter, i. 267. inscriptions on, vii. 239.
His 'Tractate on Education,' vii. Moody, Mr., the actor, v. 282. 287.
222. Johnson's Life of, viii. 9. 11. Morality, ix. 212.
His picture of man, viii. 46 #. More, Sir Thomas, v. 195 n.; vi.
Johnson's saying respecting, viii. 168 n. ; vii. 91. 137. 322 n. ; viii. 73.
306.

77. 272. 306.
Mimicry, ix. 151.

More, Hannah, vii. 137 n. ; viii. 306.;
Mind; vii. 190, 191. ; ix. 71. 186. In. ix. 65. 123. 220. Her anecdotes of

fluence of the weather on, ii. 89. Johnson, ix. 318.
Management of, vi. 70. Cardan's More, Dr. Henry, the Platonist, iii.
mode of composing his, vi. 320 n.

192 n.
Miracles, ii. 230. ; vii. 5.; ix. 189. Morell, Dr. Thomas, v. 91.
Miseries of human life, v. 295.

Moreri's Dictionary, v. 42.
Misers, iv. 116. ; v. 48. ; vii. 174. Morgann, Maurice, his Essay on the
Misery, balance of, viii. 303. ; X. 291. Character of Falstaff,' viii. 182 n.
Misfortunes, vii. 378.

Morris, Corbyn, his “Essay on Wit,'
Missionaries, v. 143.

viii, 83.
Mistresses, ii. 151.

Mosaic account of the creation, ii.
Modesty, vii, 215.

134
Moira, Earl of, iv. 196 n.

Moss, Dr., viii. 46.
Moltzer, Jacobus, v. 195 n.

Motto on the dial-plate of Johnson's
Monarchy, vi. 167.

watch, iii. 48.
Monasteries, ii. 132. 312. ; iv. 58. Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, iii. 56,
Monboddo, James Burnet, Lord, and

56 n.
his writings, iii. 73. 172, 172 n. Mount Edgecumbe, iv. 104.
225 n. 303. ; iv. 39. 73 n. 76. 82 n. Mountstuart, Lord (afterwards first
114. ; v. 66 n. 125. 334. ; vi. 229. 310, Marquis of Bute), iji. 5. ; vi. 58 n.

316, 317. ; vii. 36. 319. ; viii. 105. 270. 114. 218 n.; vii. 297.; viii. 108.
Money, iv. 57. ; vi. 324. ; vii, 97. 199 n.; 200 n. 217 n.
· viii. 133. 137; ix. 90.

Muck, Isle of, iv. 243.
Money-getting, v. 261. ; vii, 256. Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, ii. 147.
Monks, vi. 4.

Johnson's character of, viii. 51.
Monkton, Hon. Mary, Countess of Character of his ‘Sermons,' viii. 75.

Cork and Orrery, vii. 320 n. 324. ; | Mudge, Dr. John, ii. 147. ; viii. 234.
viii. 87.

Mudge, Thomas, watchmaker, ii.
Monnoye, M. de la, vii. 175.
Monro, Dr., viii. 259.

Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Lord,
Montagu, Mrs., ill. 89.91. 145.; iv. 267.; iv. 256. ; vi. 123, 124 n.

vii. 74. 229. 247. 315 n. 317. 319. 324, Mull, Isle of, v. 39. 41. 45. 52. 72. 78.
336. ; vjii. 36. 46. 273.; ix. 65. 254. Muller, Mr., engineer, ii. 116 n.
256. Johnson's letters to, ii 113. Mulso, Miss, afterwards Mrs. Cha.
115 n.

pone, i. 235. 289. ; vii. 315 n. ; viii.
Montaigne, iii. 134 n.

242 See Chapone.
Montesquieu, iv. 220.; vii. 135 n. Murder, proscription of, in Scotland,
Monthly Review, iii. 25.; vi. 150.

.

iv. 14. 87.
Montrose, William Graham, second | Murison, Professor, iv. 60.
Duke of, vii. 70 n.

Murphy, Arthur, i. 220. 290. ; i. 64

147 n.

Orton's ' Life of Doddridge,' iv. 303. Parker, Sackville, bookseller, viii. 310.
Osborne, Francis, his works, iii. 229 n. Parkhurst, Rev. Mr., letter from Dr.
Osborne, Thomas, the bookseller, i. Dodd to, vii. 121.
176. 181. ; vii. 204. ; x. 96.

Parliament, iii. 73. 131. ; iv. 52. ; v.
Ossian, ii. 168. ; iii. 141. ; iv. 37. 178. 300. ; vii. 26. 46. 89. 124. 292. ; viii.

262, 263, 264, 265. 327. ; v. 138, 139. 48. 82. 215. ; ix. 118.
227. 234, 235, 236. 243, 244. 247. 290. ; Parliamentary debates, i. 127. 167 —
viii. 125. 173. ; ix. 94.

172. ; iv. 52.; X. 64.
Ostervald's ' Sacred History,'iii. 28. Parnell, Dr., v. 199. ; vi. 294.; vii. 46.
Otaheite, vi. 170.

268 n.; viii. 16. 24.
• Othello,' vi. 159.

Parr, Dr. Samuel, ii. 124 n. ; vii. 363,
Otway, Thomas, vii. 368, 368 n.

363 n.

His epitaph on Johnson, viii.
Oughton, Sir Adolphus, iv. 36, 37. 424. Anecdotes by, x. 22.
130.

Parson, the life of a, vii. 152.
Ouran-outang, iv, 39. 273.

Party, necessity of sticking to, iv. 25.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, iii. 76. ; vi. Passion week, viii. 64.
247.

• Pastern,' ii. 47. 148.
Overall, Bishop, v. 100.

Paten, Rev. Dr. Thomas, viii. 148, 149 na
Oxford University, advantages of, iii. Pater Noster, iv. 126.
42. ; ix. 9. ; X. 26.

Paterson, Samuel, author of 'Coriat,
Oxford, Earl of, his library, i. 176. Junior,' iii. 209 n.; vi. 216. ; viii.

265 n.
P.

Paterson, Samuel, his son, viii. 265 n.

'Patriot,' v. 217. ; vi. 147.
Pagan mythology, vii. 363.

Patriotism, v. 292.
Painters, vii. 120.

Patriots, self-styled, viii. 63.

j

ix. 147.
Painting, ii. 131 n. ; vi. 68. ; ix. 39. 139. Patronage, iv. 55. ; viii. 160.
169. 211.

Patronage, lay, iii. 286. 319.
Palaces, vi. 8.

Payne, William, his work on
Paley, Dr., iv. 211, 212.

• Draughts,' ii. 71.
Palmer, Rev. John, on Philosophical | Pearce, Dr. Zachary, Bishop of Ro-
Necessity, vii. 135.

chester, ii. 46. ; vi. 76. 244, 244 n.,
Palmer, Rev. Thomas Fysche, viii. 245.
104, 105 n.

Pearson, Rev. Mr., vi. 109 n.; vii.
• Palmerino d'Inghilterra,' vi. 115. 241. ; viii. 226.
Palmerston, Henry Temple, second Pearson, Mrs., of Lichfield, i. ix.
Viscount, viii. 225.

Pecuniary embarrassment, evil of,
Panegyric,
295.

viii. 140.
Panting, Dr. Matthew, i. 74.

Peel, Right Hon. Robert, vi. 88 n.
Paoli, General, iii. 71. 81. 196. 259. 264, Peers, House of, iv. 104. ; vii, 206.

265. 304. ; vi. 153. 294. ; vii. 177. 180. Judicial powers of, vii. 206. Influ.

185. 235. ; viii. 79. ; x. 226. 229-237. ence of, in the House of Commons,
Paradise, John, i. 63 n. ; vii. 261. ; iv. 52.
viii. 250. 369.

Peiresc, his death lamented in forty
Parental authority, vii. 249. ; ix. 7. languages, v. 319.
Parentheses, viii. 180.

Pelham, Henry, ii. 15.
Paris, vi. 1. ; vii. 87.

Pellet, Dr., vii. 210.
Parish clerk, viii. 105.

Pembroke, Lord, his description of
Parker, Rev. Mr., ii. 68. Anecdotes Johnson's conversation, iv. 8.
by, ix. 249.

Penance, voluntary, ix. 35.