deigned to look at his sermons, if he had been "at large," 209 n. Stewart, Mr. Francis, one of John- son's amanuenses, iii. 405-8.
Mrs., Johnson offers her a guinea for a letter in her posses- sion, iv. 189, 192. Stick, Johnson provides himself with an enormous one, in con- sequence of Macpherson's threats, ii. 277.
Still, Bishop, Sir John Harring- ton's fine character of, applied by Boswell to Johnson, iv. 323. Stillingfleet, Mr. Benjamin, ac- count of, iv. 61. Stinton, Dr., Chaplain to Arch- bishop Secker, iii. 288. Stockdale, Rev. Percival, his pane- gyric on Johnson, ii. 113. Stone seats at Johnson's garden door, on which Johnson and Bos- well sit and talk after church on Good Friday, iv. 140. Stourbridge, the school at, i. 22. Stories, untrue, circulated regard- ing Johnson, iv. 113.
Story, "the value of every story depends on its being true," iii. 22; Foote's and Reynolds' com- pared, 22 n.
Strahan, William, the printer, endeavours to get Johnson into the House of Commons, ii. 124, 296, 297; says, "small certain- ties are the bane of men of talents," 297; at school, i. 399-404; and Cadell purchase Blair's Sermons, iii. 132; a diffe- rence between him and Johnson, 359; a good judge of what is not an epigram, 271; his death, iv. 55; Johnson's letter to Mrs. Strahan, 55.
Rev. George, Johnson's letters to, at school, i. 399-404; at Ox- ford, advising him as to his read- ing, ii. 376; Johnson leaves him some books, iv. 309; attends Johnson carefully in his last ill- ness, iv. 319; justified in the
matter of the publication of Prayers and Meditations, iv. 378; Johnson visits at Islington, iv.
Stratford-upon-Avon, visited, iii.
Streatham, Johnson has an apart ment in Mr. Thrale's house at, ii. 16; Johnson takes leave of, iv. 107.
Stuart, the family of, discussed, ii. 207.
Mr. Andrew, his letters to Lord Mansfield, ii. 216.
Rev. Mr. James, of Killin, translator of the Bible into Gaelic, ii. 45-7.
Rev. William, vicar of Luton, introduced to Johnson, iv. 136. Studies, notes of Johnson's, ii. 244. Style, Johnson's, i. 164-6; John-
son's opinion on the style of various writers, i. 166; several writers compared by Boswell, i. 170; Addison's, 170, 171; imi- tators of Johnson's, iv. 294-9; must be defined, before deter- mining what is good and bad, ii. 183; different writers may be distinguished by their, iii. 288; Johnson's, in the Lives of the Poets, iv. 5; "I admire him, but I cannot bear his style," War- burton and Johnson say of each other, 12; Burke's witty sayings on imitations of Johnson's, 21. St. Clement Danes, Church of, Johnson, having his seat there, attends with Boswell, ii. 202, 324, 325, iv. 140, 145. St. Denis, visited, ii. 362. St. Eustatia, visited, ii. 361. St. Germain, the library of, ii. 361. St. Gluvias, Cornwall, Boswell's
friend Temple, vicar of, i. 347 n. St. John's Gate, regarded with
reverence by Johnson, i. 76. St. Paul's, it is proposed to erect monuments to eminent persons in, ii. 223; Milton's should be the first, 224.
St. Roque's Church, ii. 352. Succession, the rules of, purely legal, iii. 7.
Sugar-cane, The, Grainger's pcem,
Suicide, in scorpions, maintained, but denied by Johnson, ii. 67; discussed, ii. 216; Johnson ac- cused of recommending, iv. 98. Summer house, the, at Streatham, the scene of Johnson's most solemn resolutions, iv. 85. Supper-party invited by Boswell
to meet Johnson at the Crown and Anchor, ii. 73. Sutherland, the Duke of, the pre- sent owner of Lucy Porter's portrait of Johnson, iv. 405. Swearing, the strange custom dis- cussed, ii. 163.
Sweden, Daline's history of, ii.
Swift, Dean, Johnson's abuse of, ii. 75; an instrument of much good to his country, 130; John- son attacks him, but praises the Tale of a Tub, i. 359, ii. 294,295; puts his name to only two things, 295; Johnson's Life of, his pre- judice against, iv. 23; various readings in the Life of, 24; Delany's observation on, praised, iii. 263.
Swinfen, Dr, i. 30 n., 49; said he never saw any child reared with so much difficulty as Johnson, i. 383; Johnson's godfather, i. 9, 16, 30, 35, 46, 49, iii. 241. Swinton, Mr., his list of authors
of the Universal History, iv. 291. Sydenham, the Life of, by John- son, i. 111.
Sydney, Sir Philip, his sonnet quoted by Johnson, iii. 164, 165. Sympathetic feeling, Johnson does
not believe in the effect of, ii. 96, 97. Synonymes, are there any perfect, in any language? iv. 144.
Table, Johnson's, on which he
wrote the Dictionary, iv. 390; preserved in Pembroke College, Oxford, 393.
Tacitus, rather made notes for an historical work, than wrote a history, ii. 182.
Tailor, Hoole's uncle, the meta- physical, iv. 128; Goldsmith's, ii. 89.
Tale of a Tub, much superior to Swift's other writings, ii. 294. Talk. Johnson loves to fold his legs, and have his talk out, iii. 247; and conversation distin- guished, iv. 127.
Talking to himself, one of John-
son's singularities, ii. 6. Tasker, Mr., his Ode to Warlike
Genius of Britain, iii. 368. Tasso, stanzas from his Jerusalem, repeated by Gen. Paoli, iii. 331.
Taste, difference of, is really dif ference of skill, ii. 183; theatri- cal, Johnson's was by no means refined, iii. 47.
Tavern- chair, the throne of human felicity, iii. 36.
Taxation no Tyranny, political pamphlet by Johnson, revised and corrected for the govern- ment, ii. 282-91; quoted, iii.
Taylor, Demosthenes, iii. 320; the most silent man, 321.
Chevalier, a celebrated ocu- list, iii. 380.
Dr., by Johnson's advice enters at Christ Church, Ox. ford, i. 44; Johnson's school- fellow and friend, i. 122, i. 48; summoned by Johnson on the death of his wife, 181; letter to, 182; sends his coach and four to take Johnson and Boswell from Lichfield to Ashbourne, iii. 55; Boswell's description of him and his household, 55; Johnson's description of, ii. 171; his fine cattle, 180; dissimilarity of cha- racter of Johnson and Taylor,
206; at Ashbourne, 169; his manner of life monotonous to Johnson, 184; Johnson's dispute with, 184, 185; his hospitality, 227; Johnson writes to, when a paralytic stroke deprives him of speech, iv. 160; Boswell writes down all he can tell about John- son, 286; Johnson's letter to, in his last illness, 196. Taylor, Jeremy, remarks on his prayer, iv. 216.
"Te teneam moriens deficiente manu," says Johnson to Bennet Langton, iv. 313.
Tea, Johnson's father considered very expensive and discouraged, i. 385; Johnson a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, 244; Hanway's essay on, 245; "Te veniente die, te decedente," 244; Mrs. Williams's tea-parties, ii.
Tea-pot, Johnson's, held over two quarts, i. 244. Telemachus, a Mask, by Rev. G. Graham, reviewed and com- mended by Johnson, i. 326. Temperate, Johnson could be ab- stemious but not temperate, i. 372, iv. 33. Temperature, Johnson denies the influence of, on the human frame, i. 339. Temple, Sir William, thinks an inalienable estate should be con- nected with a peerage, iii. 11 n.; the first writer who gave ca- dence to English prose, 270; Johnson said he had formed his style on Temple's, 270 n.; makes his companions drink his bumpers for him, 330; his saying, well when you are not ill, and pleased when you are not angry,” iv. 289.
Rev. W. J., a friend of Bos- well's whose correspondence was found in a singular manner, i. 347 n.; account of, 347; his character of Gray, 347; pre-
sented to Johnson, ii. 27; his condemnation of Johnson's po- litical pamphlets, 293. Tenderness, the want of, a proof of stupidity, ii. 122.
Testator, Johnson's joke about the, ii. 243; when his peals of laughter resound from Temple Bar to Fleet Ditch, 244. Testimony, common, the weight of, i. 341; compared with argu- ment, i. 205.
"Tête à tête, a, man," iii. 370. Tetrastick, on Goldsmith by John- son, ii. 262.
Thames, the silver, Johnson and Boswell admire, i. 363.
Theatre at Lichfield, Johnson visits the, and receives the homage of his friends, iii. 53. Themiseul, Hyacinthe de, author of the History of Prince Titi, account of, ii. 405, 407. Theocritus, Johnson on, iii. 427. Theodore, The Vision of, an alle- gory by Johnson, i. 141. Thicknesse, Philip, His Journey through France and Spain, "en- tertaining," iii. 252.
Thinking, preaching, and acting, the three gradations exemplified, ii. 236.
Thirty-five, Johnson's verses to Mrs. Thrale with this refrain, iii. 1. Thomas à Kempis, must be a good
book, the world has opened its arms to receive it, iii. 244. Thomas, Mr. Nathaniel, his collec- tion of medals, iii. 129 n. Thomson, sees every thing with a poetical eye, i. 359; Johnson's praise of, ii. 73; had true genius, his fault a cloud of words, iii. 85; Johnson reads a passage from, omitting every other line, 85; his sister gives information about Thomson to Boswell for Johnson, 150; materials for his Life, where to be found, 150; Boswell communicates some facts
about, to Johnson, 356; his sister, 356.
Thomson, Rev. James, arraignod for defamation, Boswell defends, on the ground of liberty of the pulpit, iii. 101, 106. Thornton, Mr. Bonnell, i. 155; publishes a mock Rambler, 164; his burlesque Ode on St. Ce- cilia's Day, 333. Thrale, Mr. and Mrs., in France, described by Johnson, ii. 347.
lose their only son, iii. 50; Johnson's great sorrow, 50, 51; and letter of condolence on, 52, 468; their rather cool reception of Johnson, 61.
Mr., successful in a contested election, ii. 265, 267; a good friend to Johnson for sixteen or seventeen years, iv. 250; con- tests the election for Southwark, iii. 423; Mrs. Piozzi's account of Johnson at his election, iii. 423; his death pathetically re- lated by Johnson, iv. 43; John- son one of his executors, ibid.
Mrs., Boswell meets her at Johnson's house, ii. 83; she in- vites him to Streatham, ibid. ; Johnson's verses to, iii. 1; some- times made Johnson angry, iii. 92; her second marriage, ibid. n.; has something of the inso- lence of wealth, iii. 319; at Bath, writes to Johnson, iii. 408, 409; copies select passages for John- son, iv. 3; her beautiful hand- writing, 3; her saying about Johnson's conversation, Johnson writes to tell her of his having had a paralytic stroke, 161; "has done every- thing wrong since Thrale's bridle was off her neck," 202; informs Johnson of her marriage with Signor Piozzi, 250;
from a letter of Johnson's on the occasion, 250; her change of tone regarding Johnson de- plored, 251-6; instances of her
inaccuracy, 251, 252, 253; cen- sured for relating Johnson's rudeness to Mr. Cholmondeley, 254; for which he had expressed his regret, and apologized, 255; the report spread that Johnson wished to marry, 294. Through. "Sir, do you read books through?" ii. 213.
Thuanus, Johnson contemplated a translation of, iv. 315. Thurlow, Lord, his opinion on the matter of Mr. Thomson, iii. 106, 107; "is a fine fellow; he fairly puts his mind to yours," iv. 122; the only man Johnson would wish to prepare for meeting, iv. 240; Boswell's letter to, app. iv. 361, 362; his reply to Boswell, 247; calls on Sir J. Reynolds, to acquaint him of the failure of the "pious negotiation," 257; Johnson's letter to, 258, 259; his letter to Sir J. Reynolds, proposing to accept a mortgage on Johnson's pension, 259. Tickell, Richard, his poem, The Project, iii. 320; various read- ings in Johnson's Life of, iv. 19. Tillotson, much applauded, but not to be imitated, iii. 262. Titi, Prince, and the Bibl. des Fées, ii. 354; Macaulay's note on, 403; Croker's note on, 404; editor's remarks on both, 404- 10; Histoire de, par Hyacinthe de Themiseul, 405; extracts from, 407, 408; translation of,
Tolcher, Mr., "a brisk young fellow of seventy-four," i. 398. Toleration discussed, ii. 233. Tongue, Government of the, Bos- well quotes, iii. 372.
Tonson, Jacob, his edition of Ro-
chester's Poems, iii. 215. Tooke, Horne, his copy of the Dic- tionary, with notes by him, now in Lord Overstone's library, 229; account of, iii. 317 n.; his Diversions of Purley, iii. 351.
Toplady, Rev., A. M., vicar of
Broad Hembury, ii. 232 n. Torture practised in Holland, i.
Tory, Boswell tells Johnson he is a zealous Tory, iv. 68; and Whig defined by Johnson, 68; feeling, Johnson's high, about family, ii. 311.
Tour to the Hebrides, decided on, ii. 245; carried out, 247. Tower, the, a room at Streatham, where Johnson slept, ii. 305. Towers, Dr. Joseph, his Letter to Johnson, against his political publications, ii. 292; extract from his Essay on Johnson's Life, iv. 6.
Town and country life compared, iii. 266.
Townley, Charles, his splendid col- lection of statues and pictures, iii. 152. Townshend, Right Hon. Charles, his talents celebrated by Horace Walpole, and immortalized by Burke, ii. 209, 210 n.
Charles, the early friend of Akenside, iii. 59. Townson, Rev. Dr., his Discourse
on Evangelical History, ii. 241; rector of Malpas, iv. 375. Trade, profits of, first calculated by Johnson for his father, i. 384.
does not bring so much money into a nation as is supposed, ii. 99; Johnson's Journey com- mended for its excellent sense on the subject of trade, iii.
Translation, Boswell on style in, i. 52; of Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia, i. 51; of Father Paul Sarpi's History, 95; of Crousaz's Examen of Pope's Essay on Man, 98; of Abbé Guyon's Dis- sertation on the Amazons, 108; of Fontenelle's Panegyric on Dr. Morin, ibid.; of the Scriptures into the Gaelic language, pro- posed, ii. 43; Johnson's letters
in favour of the latter, 43-47; Johnson once wrote six sheets of, in a day, iv. 77; Johnson on, iii. 84; in poetry, impossible to be perfect, iii. 269, 270. Trapp, Dr., considerations on the case of his sermons, iv. 383. Travelling and travellers, dis- cussed, ii. 215.
Johnson's love of, iii. 37; Johnson's enthusiasm about, iii. 279; Boswell the best travelling companion in the world, 301. Travels, Books of, "good in propor-
tion to what a man previously has in his mind," iii. 306. Traveller, Goldsmith's, reviewed by Johnson, ii. 5; "not so fine a poem since Pope's time," 24; Langton says there is not a bad line in it, iii. 266; Charles Fox called it one of the finest poems in the language, 266; Goldsmith's reputation after the publication of, iii. 322.
Travellers, their liability to mis- take, iii. 253.
Trecothick, Mr. Alderman, iii. 115, 222.
"Tremendous companion," John- son called a, iii. 171. Trevelyan, Mr., quoted on Bos- well's Corsica, ii. 60; on Bos- well's admirable and rare talent, 61 n.
Trianon, visited, ii. 357. Trimlestown, Lord, iii. 244, 245. Trinity, Johnson's belief in the doctrine of, ii. 238.
Trinity College, Dublin, presents Johnson with the degree of doc- tor of laws, ii. 11. Truth, to be ascertained only by persecution on the one hand, and enduring it on the other, ii. 234; "That truth which bears the semblance of a lie," Dante's lines on, quoted, iii. 247; phy- sical and moral defined, 430; may it ever be violated? iv. 223.
« AnteriorContinuar » |