Curran, his imitation of Mr. Grat- tan's manners described by Byron, ii. 299.
Cust, Francis Cockayne, his story about Savage, i. 125.
Dacier, Madame, her prose trans-
lation of Homer, iii. 333. Dæmonology, by King James, iii. 374.
Daline, Olof, his history of Sweden commended, ii. 153. Dalrymple, Sir David. See Lord Hailes.
Sir John, his Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, ii. 199; an honest man, but his writings mere bounce, 200. Dalzel, Professor, on Johnson's knowledge of Greek, iv. 293. Dance, report that Johnson was learning to, iv. 39, 40.
Mr., the architect, ii. 156. Dante, the "divini poetae," quoted by Boswell, iii. 246.
Darteneuf, Charles, an epicure, iii. 32 n.
Davies, Mr. Thomas, his book- seller's shop at No. 8, Russell Street, i. 309; introduces Bos- well to Johnson, 311; encou- rages Boswell to follow up the introduction, 313; his pretty wife, ii. 6; his sympathies with Baretti, 96, 97; publishes some writings of Johnson without authority, 251; entertains John- son, Boswell, &c., at dinner, 311; his retiring from the stage, iii. 242; his benefit, 262 n.; his entertaining memoirs of Garrick, 418; dressed as the Thane of Ross, 431; Johnson's letter to, in his illness, and his cordial regard for, iv. 162; John- son's affectionate letter to, from Ashbourne, 276.
Dashwood, Sir Henry, marries the beautiful Miss Graham, iii. 395.
Dawkins, Henry, mentioned as an
instance of the enjoyment of wealth, iv. 76.
Dean, Richard, his work, main- taining the Future Life of Brute Creatures, ii. 66.
Death, Johnson on violent, i. 262; conversation on, ii. 107, 108; not death, but life that is impor- tant, 108; Johnson's annoyance at the discussion of the subject, 108; his fear of, explained, 278; the gate of life, iii. 301; the fear of, discussed, Johnson's horror of, 183, 302, iv. 202, 220, 302; who can run the race with? 270; Johnson's, 320; his wife's,
i. 178-86. Debates, Johnson's parliamentary, i. 79, 80, 109, 110; editor's note on the history of, 409-13; Mr. Nichols gives an account of Johnson's conversation about, shortly before his death, iv. 313. Debt, Johnson arrested for, i. 238;
a calamity, not merely an incon- venience, iv. 100.
De Claris Oratoribus, Johnson would have made an admirable work on, iv. 232. Dedication to the Earl of Orrery for Mrs. Lenox, i. 196; to the Queen for Mr. Hoole's Tasso, 304; to the Marquis of Abreu for Mr. Baretti's Dictionary, 279; to the King for Dr. Kennedy's Astronomical Chronology, 290; to the Earl of Middlesex for Mrs. Lenox's Female Quixote, 291; to the Earl of Shaftesbury for Mr. Bennet's edition of Ascham's English works (said to have been in reality edited by Johnson), 381; to Edward Duke of York for some Music for the German Flute, ii. 21; to the King for Gwyn's London and Westminster Improved, 41; to the King for Mr. Adams' Treatise on the Globes, 59; for Angel's Short- Hand, 212; for Mr. Derby, iii. 147
Dedications, Johnson's skill in, ii. 21; to Johnson, list of, iv. 323. Deeds, registration of, note on the, iv. 34.
Definitions, some of Johnson's, in Dictionary, erroneous, i. 231; some humorous, 231; some ob- noxious, 232; were abridged for smaller edition, but never can- celled, 233.
Defoe, Daniel, his invention of a ghost story, ii. 160 n. ; his Ro- binson Crusoe, iii. 277; Johnson gives Mrs. Montagu a catalogue of his works of imagination, 277; did he write Carleton's Memoirs? iv. 375. Deformities of Johnson, published in Edinburgh, iv. 97, 98. Degree, Johnson's difficulty in ob- taining, i. 93-5; made M. A. Oxford, 213; LL.D. Dublin, ii. 10; D.C.L. Oxford, 303, 306. De Groot, the nephew of Grotius, iii. 157.
De Imitatione Christi, its popu- larity, iii. 244.
Deist, David Hume objects to being so called, i. 208.
Delany, Johnson praises his Obser- vations on Swift, iii. 263. Delays, life admits not of; when pleasure can he had 'tis fit to catch it, iii. 164. Deluge, the, Mauritius Lowe's pic- ture of, iv. 140. Demonax. Johnson called the De- monax of the present age, by Dr. Franklin, iii. 451; but Bos- well does not think the appella- tion a good one, 452. Dempster, Mr. George, i. 324; his saying about the immense advan- tage of Johnson's society, 345; his conversation with Johnson on literary rights, &c., 349; his sophistry vanquished by John- son, 352; his commendation of Johnson's Journey, ii. 281.
Miss, undertakes to teach Johnson knotting, iii. 257.
Denial, the usual form ‹f, Johnson will not allow his servants to use, i. 346.
Dennis. John, his critical works, iii. 87.
Derby, Rev. John, editor of Dr. Pearce's works, iii. 147.
manufactory of china at, iii.
Derrick, Samuel, Boswell's "first tutor in the ways of London," i. 86, 361; Johnson's story of his presence of mind, 362; has a character he need not run away from, 313.
Description excites curiosity, see- ing satisfies it, iv. 137. Deserted Village, Goldsmith's poem, Johnson's share in, ii. 25. Desmoulins, Mrs., finds an asylum in Johnson's house, i. 49, 181; Johnson's liberality to, iii. 241.
Mr. John, Johnson leaves him a legacy of £200, iv. 309. Devaynes, Mr., the cheerful apothe- cary, iv. 199.
Devil, a printer's, iv. 53. Devonshire, the Duke of, Johnson describes, iii. 210.
the Duke and Duchess of, re- ceive Johnson very kindly, and press him to stay, iv. 266. Devotion, Johnson on, iv. 158. Dialogues, Lord Lyttelton's, a nugatory performance," ii. 124; Sir Joshua Reynolds, John- son and Garrick, iii. 315 n. Diamond, Mr., an early friend of Johnson's, with whom he and Mrs. Williams dined on Sundays, i. 184.
Diary, the keeping of a, recom- mended, i. 344; ii. 204; iii. 245; iv. 120.
Dibdin, Mr. Charles, sets Boswell's verses to music, ii. 111. Dick, Sir Alexander, his letter to Johnson about planting trees, iii. 161; Johnson asks, through Boswell, for his opinion on his illness, iv. 187.
Dictionary, Johnson's, announced, i. 134; plan for, addressed to Lord Chesterfield, 135-8; Johnson discusses, with Dr. Adams, 138; six amanuenses employed, 139; Bishop Percy's account of Johnson's manner of working on it, 139, 140 n.; prayer on beginning second vol. of, 196; "begins to see land, in this vast sea of words," 216; concluded to the satisfaction of all concerned, 225; published, 229; price of, bound, 229 n.; Preface of, 229, 234; payment for, 238; epitome of, 239; re- viewed in the Bibliothèque des Savans, 254; revision of, ii. 140; fourth edition of, 152; Sheri- dan's prologue containing com- pliment on, iii. 149; the scheme of, first mentioned to Johnson by Dodsley, iii. 393; Wilkes' jeu d'esprit on it, i. 235; Gar- rick's epigram on, i. 235; John- son's saying that he had been longer over it than he need have been, i. 352; Johnson called "Dictionary Johnson," i. 305.
honours consequent on the completion of the degree of M.A., Oxford, i. 219; the Aca- demia della Crusca send John- son their Vocabulario, and the French Academy their Dic- tionnaire, i. 234; Degree of LL.D., Dublin, ii. 11; Degree D.C.L., Oxford, ii. 303.
Finnick, Johnson has a copy of, i. 214.
military, proposed to Cave by Johnson, i. 99.
of Ancient Geography by Johnson's amanuensis, Macbean, ii. 194.
Dido, Johnson's saying about, iv.
Difficile est proprie communia di- cere, note on, iii. 474-6. Dignitaries of the Church, John- son's respect for, iv. 135.
Dijon, prize essay, Rousseau's, i.
Dilly, Messrs., the booksellers, en-
tertain Johnson and others at dinner, when Goldsmith was im- pertinent and Johnson stern, ii. 231-237; their hospitable table, iii. 108; their famous dinner when Johnson met Wilkes, 108- 17; dinners with, 292, 355; iv.
Edward, his letter to Boswell giving an account of the plan for the Lives of the Poets, as first proposed, iii. 144, 145; John- son's letter to, inquiring if he knows anything of Boswell, 385; his death, 386.
Squire, Johnson goes to visit, 4, 69. Dinner, "Ought six people to be kept waiting for one?" and Johnson's reply, ii. 89; at Bos- well's lodging, 88-94; Boswell goes without his, in order to keep Johnson company, 172; at Johnson's rooms on Easter Day, 1773, 203.
Dinners, at Boswell's lodgings, with Reynolds, Garrick, Gold- smith, &c., when Goldsmith dis- played his bloom-coloured coat, ii. 88; at Sir Alexander Mac- donald's with Mr. Erskine (after- wards Lord Erskine), 168; at Gen. Oglethorpe's with Gold- smith, when duelling and ghosts were discussed, 173; at John- son's lodgings on Easter day, 203; at Gen. Oglethorpe's with Goldsmith, when Goldsmith sang in the evening Tony Lumpkin's song, 206; at Gen. Paoli's, 207; at Mr. Thrale's, when one of the company attacked Garrick for being vain, and Johnson de- fended him, 214; at Mr. Beau- clerk's, when Boswell is elected a member of the Literary Club, 221; at Mr. Dilly's, when Gold- smith was "impertinent," 231;
at Gen. Paoli's, when Johnson exploded with laughter about the "testator," 242; at Mr. Dilly's with the Irish Dr. Camp- bell, 310; at Tom Davies's with Hickey the painter, 311; at a tavern with a numerous com- pany, when Johnson said pa- triotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, 315; at Mr. Thrale's with Dr. Campbell, 318; at Gen. Oglethorpe's with Dr. Campbell, 319; at Mr. Cam- bridge's villa near Twickenham, 329; at Mr. Dilly's on the me- morable occasion when John- son met Wilkes, iii. 109; in London "with several eminent men" (a meeting of the Club), 247; at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, when there was much talk about Horace, 264; with Dr. Percy, when an altercation took place between Johnson and Percy, 280; at Mr. Dilly's with Miss Seward and Mrs. Knowles, 292; at Sir Joshua Reynolds's with Dr. Musgrave, Mrs. Cholmon. dely, &c., 320; at Gen. Paoli's, 325; at Allan Ramsay's with Robertson and Reynolds, 331; at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, when Johnson hurt Boswell's feelings, and rudely attacked him, 337; at Mr. Langton's, when John- son apologized, 337; at John- son's with Mr. Allen the printer, on Easter day, 373; at the Club when there was a violent altercation between Johnson and Beauclerk, 376; at Beauclerk's, when Beauclerk was 66 very en- tertaining," 378; at Mr. Stra- han's, 389; at Mr. Ramsay's with Lord Newhaven and the beautiful Miss Graham, 395; at Sir Joshua Reynolds's, "a most agreeable day," iv. 38; with Johnson on Easter day-“ a great day," and the silver salvers are produced, 49; at Mrs. Gar-
rick's, for the first time after Garrick's death, 51; at Mr. Dilly's with Wilkes and Dr. Beattie, 55; at Dr. Brocklesby's with the " ever cheerful" apothe- cary, 199; at the Essex Head Club, "in fine spirits," 200; at Dr. Adam's at Oxford, 214; at Dr. Nowell's at Iffley, 218; at Gen. Paoli's, looking very ill, 243; at Sir Joshua Rey- nolds's, when Carleton's Me- moirs were mentioned, 245; at Sir Joshua Reynolds's for the last time, making the plans for going to Italy, 248, 249. Diploma, the, of Johnson's M.A. degree, i. 219, 220; of Doctor of Laws, presented to Johnson, ii. 11; of D.C.L. Oxford, presented to Johnson, ii. 303-5. Dirleton's Doubts, better than most people's certainties, iii.
Discipline, book of, in the Church of Scotland, ii. 167.
religious, proper for convicts, iv. 242. Discourses to the Royal Academy by Sir Joshua Reynolds, iii. 365; much admired by Johnson, iv. 235.
Diseases, acute, the inevitable strokes of heaven, iv. 99; chronic, commonly the effect of miscon- duct and intemperance, 99. D'Israeli in Literary Curiosities gives a memorandum of John- son's of hints for his Life of Pope, 4, 10 n.
Dissertation on the Prophecies, iv.
Distinction, literary, generally ac- cording to merit, iv. 116. Diversions, "Go steadily forward with lawful business or honest diversions," iv 289.
Diversions of Purley, by Horne Tooke, iii. 352.
Divine Legation, Warburton's most entertaining, iv. 12.
Divorce, discussion on, iii. 346. Dixie, Sir Wolstan, patron of the school at Market Bosworth, i. 49, 50.
"Dockers," Johnson, at Plymouth, against the, i. 301.
Doctor, Johnson did not assume the title, ii. 305.
Documents lost which were to have
been preserved at Auchinleck, and in the British Museum, i. 204.
Dodd, Dr., Johnson's assistance to, iii. 153, 154, 172, 173; account of, 171 n., 172; his letter to Johnson, 175; his thoughts in prison, 280; his description of Johnson, 289; Johnson's motto for his picture, iv. 144. Doddington, George Bubb, a cha- racter in the Rambler, i. 163; story of him and Dr. Young, iv.
Dodsley, Mr. Robert, i. 86, 134, 135, his Preceptor, 141, 142, 146, 149; his tragedy of Cleone, 264; author of the Muse in Livery, iii. 32; his dispute with Goldsmith about poetry, iii. 85; first mentioned to Johnson the scheme of an English dictionary, iii. 393; his Public Virtue, a poem, "fine blank," 441; his Cleone complimented, 441.
- Mr. James, bookseller, iii. 32 n. 'Dogged veracity," one of the Dukes of Devonshire commended for his, 371.
Doggedly. "A man may write at any time if he sets himself to it doggedly," i. 150.
Domestic satisfaction, no money better spent than what is laid out for, ii. 321.
Dominicetti, an Italian quack, ii. 101 n.
Donaldson, Mr. Alexander, his shop for cheap books, i. 348; defies the common law rights of literary property, 348; John- son's indignation at, 348.
Donne, Dr., Walton's Life of, the best of his lives, ii. 330; his vision left out of some editions of Walton's Life of him, iii. 31. Dosa, George and Luke, ii. 25. Dossie, Mr., author of a treatise on agriculture, iii. 434 n.
Doubts on the abolition of the slave trade, by John Ranby, iii. 225. Douglas. See Duglas.
Dr., Bishop of Salisbury, de- scribes to Boswell the effect pro- duced by the publication of London, i. 88; account of, 100 n., 342; visits Johnson, iv. 202.
Dr. James, his collection of editions of Horace, iv. 203; ac- count of, 203 n. Douglas cause, the, Boswell de- fends, Johnson's opinion on, ii. 64; Boswell's annoyance that Johnson would not study, 217 n.; Andrew Stuart's letter to Lord Mansfield on, iii. 56.
Mr. Home's, quoted, iii. 118. Drake, Sir Francis, Johnson writes the Life of, i. 106.
Dramatic Poetry, Mr. Belsham's Essay on, quoted, i. 309. Dress, Johnson's, described, at the performance of Irene, i. 148; when Boswell first saw him, 314; in France, 365. "Drift, what is your, Sir?" says Johnson, when Langton pre- sented him the list of texts en- forcing charity, iv. 205. Drinking, its influence discussed, iii. 87; habits of, 374; effects of, 380; Johnson tells of the man who was habitually and equably drunk, 380. Drelincourt on Death, ii. 160. Drummond of Hawthornden, his Polemomiddinia, iii. 292. Drummond, Mr. William, book- seller and friend of Johnson's, ii. 43; Johnson's letters to, 43-7, iii. 292.
Dr., iii. 375; his death at Naples, 125 n.
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