in the mind, torpid by one's own fault, 333 Opera girls, French, "in keeping," 436 Orange, butter made from orange peels, 444 Oranges, squeezed, and Johnson, 216 Orchard, a good one desirable, 159 Original sin and the Atonement, Johnson's exposition Otaheite and the bread tree, 192 Oughton, Sir A., praise of, 567 Commander of Forces in Scotland, his discussion "Outlaw" (Sir Geo. Steevens), "he leads the life of Oxford, Johnson at, and his course there, 10 Johnson's life at, recounted to Boswell, 168 "jaunt to," by Johnson and Boswell (1784), 468 Parr, Dr, evening with: "a fair man," Passion Week, dining with a Bishop in, 412 Paterson, Johnson's interest for, 284 - Johnson's application for, to Reynolds, 451 Paul's, St, monument in, by Bacon, with inscrip- Peace preserved by cowardice on both sides, 353 Peers of Scotland, representative, unconstitutional in the, opposed to the opinion of the twelve Pekin," 10,000 Londoners would drive all," 623 Pennant censured and praised, 338 praised by Boswell, 338 "the dog is a Whig," Johnson, 339 Pension, a, to Johnson, account of, 91 application to increase Johnson's, to enable Goldsmith to Johnson, "you who shelter your Johnson expected to write for his, 213 dence," 562 Perversion of religion, all, a substitute for violated Peter the great, no practical use in his serving in the Petition to Parliament, Johnson on, 147 Philips, epitaph on, amended by Johnson, 33 Philips, Lady, and her six young ladies, account of, Philips, Miss, recommended to Windham, 451 how cheerfulness was always breaking in," 347 effect of changing his religion on a, 255 Piling arms at Burgoyne's surrender insisted on, Pillory not always a disgrace, 350 Pious, a wicked fellow the most, when he takes to Pistols, Johnson's, 548 Pit, to, two people against each other, uncivil, 313 Play at Lichfield, marriage more necessary to a man Player, position of, and of Garrick, 188 Players, no respect for, 312 Plutarch, "The Rambler" on, 3 Plymouth, Johnson's visit to, with Sir Joshua, 92 should mediocre be tolerated? 222 Politeness to an inferior, Johnson's, 165 Political principles, Johnson's, 155 Politics and Pulteney, 633 honesty in, discussed, 270 modern, and principles of Government, 226 sooner have my bones broken, than talk of," Poor woman lying in street, Johnson taking her home, Poor, the employment of, a mistake? 388 on the, in London, 374 Pope, Cowley preferred to, by Johnson, 635 described by Ramsay, 355 foolish to give all his friendship to lords, 359 Pope, in his "Essay on Man," borrowing from Arch- Pope's letter on Johnson's "Convulsions," 32 "Essay on Man," originally written by Boling- letter to Dublin College, 28 Porter, Lucy, Johnson's stepdaughter, 139, 254 Mr, death of, Lucy Porter's brother, 456 Postage, heavy, and Johnson, 264 "Potted stories," living on (Murphy or Steevens), Powerscourt, Lord, his wager, and the French Practising, not, what one teaches does not affect a Praise from Johnson "would make one a fool for exaggeration of, and Burke, 411 Praise, Mrs Thrale "blasting by," 410 Prayer, Abernethy and Ogden on, 552 Johnson's, before receiving the Sacrament on his family, at Mr M'Aulay's, 566 some arguments against, as against God's Prayers, Johnson pressed to make a book of; his Preaching, a woman's, "like a dog walking on his -Johnson on, 156 Provisions, the carrying to a friend's house is Publishing, advice as to, 351 Puns, Johnson's aversion to, and "pun sauce," 477 "" QUANTUM cedat virtutibus aurum," application of reproof to Boswell on, 336 Quos Deus vult perdere," where found, 439 'Quotidean expenses," Johnson, 635 "RADARATOO, RADARATE," etc., song quoted by Radcliffe's travelling fellowship have done little good, "Rambler, The," first number of, 46 ordered to be translated into Russian by the Ramblers, "too wordy," according to Johnson, 389 Rank, estimation of, among the French, 26 men of, as authors, 419 and n Rasay, the Laird of, Johnson's letter to, on a mistake Flora, The Belle, 583 and n Boswell's topographical and antiquarian account arrival at, the Laird of, and dance at, 579 - Johnson's apology to, 229 Rascal, a, every man would prefer to be called, "Rasselas" published, 82 and Voltaire's "Candide," "considered very Respect him you could not, love him you could Respectful treatment of an infidel in controversy dis- Resurrection of bodies after our Saviour's death, "Retiring" from society "civil suicide,” 450 from active life not proper, 550 Retort, vigorous, to the Scot on Buchanan, "only Reviewing payment, six guineas to Dr Shebbeare, Robertson, "History of Scotland," price paid for, 355, talk censured, 357 a shallow historian, 176 Robertson's style formed on Johnson, 309 contract with Gardiner, the bookseller, 220 Rome, Church of, Johnson defending some of its Rorie More of Dunvegan, 593, 594 Rose, Dr, of Chiswick, his excellent retort to Johnson, 435 n Sarcocele, a, Johnson suffering from, and Mr Cruik- Sarpi, Fra, version of his "Council of Trent" pro- Savage, account of, 38 and Johnson's Life of, 36 Life ridiculed, 186 superiority of, Johnson on, 143 Savage's play, "Sir T. Overbury," 291 compliment "fitted Warburton to a T," 469 Savages, one set of, like another," Johnson apropos Sayings, Johnson on recording, 217 Schemes and plans, literary, list of Johnson's, 497 n Schooling makes people less industrious, 174 Schools in Scotland, superior, 170 public, 161 Sconser, Johnson and Boswell at, 608 Scorpion, the, in circle of fire, 138 Scotch, the, jests on, Johnson's and Wilkes', 279 and Irish understand each other's Gaelic, 166 Johnson had no real prejudice against, 156 success of, in London, reason for, 440 physicians (Drs Cullen, Munro, Hope, and Johnson railing at, "we taught you everything gardeners, Johnson on, 144 accent, the, 166 Scotchman never daunted by a refusal, instance of Dossie, 390 more water in," owing to "your vile bogs," Johnson's prejudice against, shown early, 539 "Scots made necessarily, the English by choice, ha! a, judgment of Johnson, 308 known to each other though born in very distant Scott of Amwell, his Elegies, 222 Sir W., dinner, 335 Scotticisms, Hume's collection of, Johnson, "I wonder "Scoundrel," Johnson's use of the word, 9 Secker, Archbishop, Johnson prejudiced against, 395 Boswell's own opinions on : case of, 648 "Seducing man, a very," Johnson, 403 n Semel insanivimus omnes, where found, 439 Seneca exiled to Corsica, not farther from his home Sermon, Mr Tait's, at Inverness, on inferior people Sermons written for Taylor by Johnson, 312 forty, Johnson had written, 552 Servant accused of stealing coins: Sir G. Kneller's Servants, women and men, problem as to, 183 bad, described, 476 Johnson's kindness to his, 442 Service of Prayer and no sermon preferable, 170 Session, Court of, at Edinburgh, "not the Areopagus," 652 Settle, E., the last "City Poet," 279 Settlement, Boswell's family, 240 Settling in London, on, 310 Sevigne, Mde. de., complaining of existence being Seward, Miss, 253 and the duck story, 5 n Johnson's compliment to, on her "Lich- field" Rev. Mr, and Miss Seward at the Bishop's Sexual intercourse, 357 Shakspeare, Johnson publishes his, 123 Johnson's "Proposals," 40 confidence in " one reading" of, 272 Sharpe, Gregory, "ranting on liberty," 158 Shaving, different fashions of, 306 Shaw, Rev. Mr, supports Johnson's view of "Ossian," Cuthbert, verses on Johnson, 133 and his Erse Grammar, 288 "She Stoops to Conquer," Johnson's praise of, 187 Siam, Embassy of Louis XIV. to, 356 Sibbald, Sir R., MS. life of, account of his conversion Sick, being, at a friend's house, 439 Sick man, one who satisfies a, has done his part well, Siddons, Mrs, her visit to Johnson described by Silence of Johnson: "you never speak till you are Simpson, J., Johnson's early Lichfield friend, 84, Singularities:walking, talking to himself, counting ་་ "Sinners, I am chief of," the expression condemned, "Sixteen-string Jack," 268 Sixtus V., when dying, signed warrants, 603 Slaines Castle superior situation to Mount Edge- Lord Errol's seat at, 560 work compared with Goldsmith's, 571 Soldiers, Johnson and the, at Fort Augustus: "my Song, Kingsburgh's "Green Sleeves," etc., 609 discussion on, with Principal Murison, 551 Southwell, Lord, "the most qualitied man," 437 Speakers in Parliament hoping for places, 450 of oneself improper save to state a fact, 352 of a man in his own presence offensive, 7 Spence, a weak conceited man; not a good but a Spottiswoode "of that ilk," 353 n Stewart, Francis, letter of Johnson to, in pocket-book, 379 Stewart's, Mrs, pocket-book, Johnson's eagerness about, 462 "Stews, licensed," the principle censured, 262 peace, 557 Stopford, Col., breakfasts with Johnson, 228 |