Lawrence, Dr., Johnson's friend
and physician, ii. 275; John-
son commends his son Chauncey
to the notice of Warren Hastings,
iv. 31,91,92 n.; Johnson's Latin
letter to, 92; Mrs. Piozzi's ac-
count of conversation between
them, 92 n.; Johnson's letters
to his daughter, 93n.; Johnson's
letter of condolence to, on the
death of his wife, iii. 405, 406.
Lawyers and players compared, ii.

224; conversation concerning,
ii. 155.

Lay-patronage, discussed, ii. 226.
Learning, Society for the Encou-

ragement of, i. 110; will it
make people less industrious? ii.
181; in Scotland, 330; there is
the same difference between the
learned and the unlearned, as
between the living and the dead,
iii. 435.

Lectures, Johnson on, ii. 25; the
mode of education by, iv. 48.
Lee, Mr. Arthur, an American
patriot, iii. 110.

Jack, his popularity in the
House, iii. 243 n.
Leeds, the Duke of, song on his
marriage, iii. 436.

Legitimation by marriage con-
sidered, iii. 41.

Leibnitz on language, Johnson
talks of, ii. 153.
Leisure, all intellectual improve-
ment arises from leisure: all
leisure arises from working for
one another, ii. 207.

Lessons, Johnson's at school, i.
386.

Letter, Johnson's celebrated to
Lord Chesterfield, i. 202-4; a
copy of it dictated to Boswell,
iv. 78; Boswell's to the people
of Scotland, 188.
Lettere Familiari, by Martinelli,
said by Isaac D'Israeli to be
rather amusing, ii. 208.
Letters, "We shall receive no let-
ters in the grave," said Johnson
when opening one in his last ill-
ness, iv. 318; Lord Chesterfield's
to his Son, i. 206; Johnson ob-
jects to his being published with-
out his leave, ii. 70 n. ; but gives
permission to do so, after his
death, 72; Johnson says he puts
as little into his as he can, to
avoid their being published, iv.
56.

Letter-writing, talked of, iv. 56.
Lever, Sir Ashton, his museum, iv.

245 n.

Levett, Mr., an early friend of
Johnson at Lichfield, i. 46, 117.

Robert, Johnson's humble
friend, i. 185, 186 n.; marries
wretchedly, 294; becomes mise-
rable and that insures the pro-
tection of Johnson, i. 331; shows
Boswell Johnson's library, 346,
ii. 23; at Johnson's breakfast
table, iii. 239 n.; Johnson's
letter announcing his death, iv.
87; Johnson's beautiful verses
in his memory, 87.

David, his verses to Pope in
the notes to the Dunciad, quoted,
iv. 225.

Lewis, Mr. F., the "man who lived
in London, and hung loose upon
society," i. 171.
Lexicographers, Hawkins's account
of those before Johnson, i. 138;
Johnson's definition of, 233.
Lexiphanes, published to ridicule
Johnson's style, ii. 59.
Libel, the law of, iii. 69.
Liberal opinions, Johnson's, on
religious differences, i. 321.
Liberality, Johnson's always re-
markable, iii. 241, 242; iv.
130; Sir Joshua Reynolds's
shown by a note from Johnson,

182.

Liberty, "the notion of, amuses
people, and helps to keep off the
tædium vitæ," i. 313; private,
alone is valuable, Johnson insists,
ii. 72; Wilkes's saying, "Does
he talk of liberty!" iii. 242; of
conscience and liberty of teach-
ing distinct, iv. 151.
Library, of the Earl of Oxford, sold

to Osborne the bookseller, i. 111;
Johnson's, 346; sold at Chris-
tie's, iv. 311; the Royal, in Buck.
ingham House, ii. 50, 51; the
King's in Paris, visited, ii. 359;
Mr. Beauclerk's, sold, iv. 58;
the, at Streatham, Johnson
makes a parting use of, iv.

106.

Lichfield, Johnson born there, i.
8; Johnson's pathetic account
of the changes he found there,
295; Johnson tires of, after
staying there some time, ii. 66;
Boswell visits, iii. 399; trade
there very small, 46; visited,
iv. 85; Johnson leaves, in ill
health, 90; Johnson anxious
to visit every year, 47, 140;
verses on, by Miss Seward,
243;
Johnson visits for the last
time, 262, 271; the respect
and veneration of the corporation
of Lichfield for Johnson, and the
Lichfield traditions of Johnson,
282 n.

Lies.

"Consecrated lies, and in-
excusable lies," i. 280;
A man

had rather have a hundred lies
told about him than one truth
he does not wish to be told," ii.
209;
"He lies, and he knows he
lies," iv. 13; Johnson uses the
word of mistakes or errors when

unintentional, 13.

Life, Johnson's mode of, described
by Maxwell, ii. 117; "a pro-
gress from want to want," iii.
96; "admits not of delays:
every hour takes away part of
the things that please us, per-
haps part of our disposition to
be pleased," iii. 164; savage and
civilized, compared, iii. 260;
country and town, compared,
iii. 266, 267; is it happy or
miserable? iv. 221; Rev. Ralph
Churton's note on, iv. 221 n.,
371; Dryden's fine lines on, 222;
on making the best of, both
in "business and honest diver-
sions," iv. 289; must be al
ways in progression," 303 n.
Lloyd, Olivia, a young Quakeress
loved by Johnson, i. 56.

66

Mr., Johnson's Quaker friend
at Birmingham, iii. 40.
Lillibulero, the famous song, ii.
317 n.

Lingua rustica, Paternoster in, ii.
*88.

Lintot, the bookseller, Johnson
turns his warehouse into a
library, i. 346.
Liquor, Johnson's scale of, iv. 39.
List of Johnson's places of resi-
dence, iii. 394.

Literary, schemes proposed by
Johnson, i. 394, iv. 380; pro-
perty, discussion on, ii. 241;
property, the case decided by
the Lords, ii. 253; curiosities,
D'Israeli's referred to, iv. 10;
men, can their lives be enter
taining, iv. 53.

Club, Boswell elected a mem-
ber of, ii. 221; brilliant society

at, 224; Johnson dines for the
last time with the, iv. 240.
Literary Club, Goldsmith's pro-
posal for new members to, 125;
his reason for, and Johnson's
anger, 125.
Literati, Scotch, collected by Bos-
well to meet Johnson, ii. 73.
Literature, Johnson's ardour for,
never failed, i. 41, 355, iv. 290;
Johnson appointed Professor in
Antient, ii. 77; Johnson's deter-
mination to maintain the dignity
of, iii. 314; English and French,
compared, 267; paying respect
to, iv. 67.

in New South Wales, by G.
Barton, 402.
Little things, "by studying these
we attain the great art of having
as little misery and as much
happiness as possible," i. 345.
"Live pleasant," says Edmund
Burke, to an anxious friend, i.

272.

Lives of the Poets, advertised, iii.

142; four vols. published in
1779, the rest in 1780, 385;
Johnson at one time loses plea-
sure in the scheme for, 169; in-
accurate in minute details, 356.
Living, Johnson is offered a living

in Lincolnshire, i. 251.
Lobo, Father Jerome, notice of, i.

51; translation of his Voyage to
Abyssinia, Johnson's first lite-
rary work, 51; extracts from,
52, 53.

Lock, Mr., of Norbury Park, his

fine character and learning,

iv. 8.

Locke, his works quoted, on the
value of money, iv. 58.
Lockman, L'Illustre, story of, iii.

430 n.

Lodgings, Johnson's first, in Lon-
don, i. 67, 68; in Woodstock
Street, near Hanover Square,
75. (See also list of residences.)
Lofft, Mr. Capel, "this little David
of popular spirit," iv. 203.

Lombe, Mr. John, his silk mill at
Derby, iii. 192.

London, a poem by Johnson, i. 80-
93; reached a second edition in
the course of a week, 88; sold
for ten guineas, i. 142.

if there is not there much
happiness, there is at least such
a diversity of good and evil that
slight vexations do not fix upon
the heart, i. 295; the magnitude
of, 335; and Westminster im-
proved, by Gwyn, the architect,
ii. 41; happiness of life in, 83;
Johnson's love for, 120, iv. 268 n.,
285; its vast growth, 123;
Johnson's delight in approach-
ing, iii. 60; Boswell's desire to
live in, 202; by Pennant, quoted,
on Bolt Court, iii. 284; life in,
superior to any other, iii. 371;
Johnson impressed with the ex-
tent and variety of, iv. 138;
"The town is my element, there
are my friends, there are my
books," 268.

Chronicle, the newspaper
Johnson took, and which Bos-
well read to him, i. 249, ii. 104.
"Long expected one and twenty,"

Johnson's verses on the coming
of age of Sir John Lade, iv.
316.

Longitude, attempt to ascertain, at
sea, a pamphlet written by
Johnson for G. Williams, i. 237.
Longley, Mr., the Recorder of
Rochester, iii. 432.

Looking-glasses, Johnson goes to
see, ma de, ii. 358.

"Lot, make the most and best of
your," iv. 289.
Loughborough,

Lord, Johnson
says, defective in conversation,
iv. 122.

Lovage, a root good for rheuma-
tism, ii. 328.

Lovat, Lord, verses on his execu-
tion, i. 133.

Love, Mr., of Drury Lane Theatre,
ii. 157.

Love and friendship compared, ii.

327.

and Madness, a book cen-
sured by Johnson as mingled
fact and fiction, iv. 128.
Loveday, Dr. John, contributes
some letters to Boswell's work,
ii. 241.

Lovers, The Conscious, quoted, ii.

15.

Lovibond, Edward, i. 66.
Lowe, Mauritius, Johnson calls

on, with good news, iii. 325; at
Mrs. Williams's tea-table, 373;
his distress, iv. 138; Johnson's
efforts to assist, 139, 140 n.;
Idines with Johnson on Easter
Day, 146, 147; his children re-
ceive a legacy from Johnson,
309; Johnson's relations with,
iv. 385-93.

Loyola, St. Ignatius, his supersti-

tious self-mortification, i. 44.
Lucan, Lord and Lady, their kind-
ness to Johnson, iv. 240.
Lucas, Dr., account of, i. 243 n. ;
Johnson reviews his Essay on
Waters, 243.

- sculptor of the statue of John-
son erected at Lichfield in 1838,
283 n.

Lucian, translation of, by Dr.
Franklin, inscribed to Johnson,
iii. 451.

Lumisden, Mr. Andrew, a friend
of Boswell's, ii. 364.
Lusiad, the, translated by Mr.
Mickle, iv. 179.

Luton Hoe, Lord Bute's place,
visited, iv. 77.
Lutterell, Colonel, declared M.P.
for Middlesex, though Mr.
Wilkes had the greater number
of votes, ii. 112.
Luxembourg, the palace and gar-
dens of, ii. 361.

Luxury, Johnson thinks, does
good, iii. 99; General Ogle-
thorpe exclaims against, John-
son defends, 290.

Lydiat, a learned man mentioned

Mrs. Catherine, i. 185; John-
son's joke with, about her re-
publican principles, i. 355;
"Better that she should redden
her own cheeks than blacken
other people's characters," iii. 91;
Johnson endeavours to serve her
son at Oxford, ii. 343; Boswell
desires to see a contest between
Johnson and, iii. 209.

Rev. Kenneth, his account of
St. Kilda, ii. 65.
Macbean, Johnson's amanuensis,
i. 139; author of the Dictionary
of Ancient Geography, iii. 76;
Johnson gets him admitted into
the Charterhouse, iii. 425.
Macbeth, description of Night in,
ii. 94 n.

Maccaronic verses, the etymology
of, iii. 291, 292 n.
Macclesfield, Earl and Countess of,
and Savage, i. 126-128.

Sir Alexander, introduced to
Johnson, ii. 155.

Sir James, called by Boswell

the Marcellus of Scotland, i.

357 n.

Macdonald, Lady Margaret, John-
son tells of her popularity, iii.

375.

Macdonalds, the, claim precedence

over the other clens, i. 250.
Mackenzie, Henry, author of The
Man of Feeling, i. 285, 286 n.
Mackintosh, Sir James, his report

of what Burke had said to him
of Johnson, iv. 232.
Maclaurin, Colin, the famous
mathematician, Goldsmith pub-
lished an absurd story about his
violent yawning, iii. 69.

John, Lord Dreghorn, son of
the above, ii. 330.
Maclean, Sir Allan, his lawsuit
with the Duke of Argyle, ii.
343; iii. 136, 159, 160.

Mr. Alexander, introduced
to Johnson, ii. 368.

of Col, drowned, ii. 267.
Macleod of Rasay, Johnson pub-
lishes an apology for a mistake
made about him in the Journey,
ii. 280.

Mac Nicol, Rev. Donald, author

of Remarks on Johnson's Jour-
ney, ii. 285 n.

Macpherson and the Ossian con-
troversy, ii. 274-6; Johnson's
letter to, 277, 280.

Macquarry, The, sells his estates
with Staffa, to a Campbell, iii.
160; particulars of this sale,
166, 167.
Macqueen, Rev. Donald, a minister
in Sky, very learned, ii. 344.
MacSwinney, Owen, Johnson ap-
plies to for information about
Dryden, iii. 113.

Madden, Dr., usually called "Pre-
mium Madden," i. 249; John-
son corrects his poem, 250.
Madmen, Johnson's observations
on, iii. 202.

Madness, different forms of, i. 315;

and melancholy, iii. 201.
Magazine, the Literary, i. 240-51.