the greatest man in England
next to, ii. 308.

Manucci, Count, at Edinburgh, iii.
126.

Manuscripts, of Sir Thomas More,

Johnson desires copies of, i. 228,
229; many, were said by Bos-
well to have been deposited in
the British Museum, but none
found there, ii. 279; Johnson dis-
liked being asked to read, ii. 186.
Maps, extraordinarily voluminous

ones of the kingdom of Sardinia,
ii. 392.

Marchmont, the Earl of, Boswell
visits him to obtain the particu-
lars of Pope's life for Johnson,
iii. 342; Johnson's ill temper on
the occasion, 343,382; accused by
Johnson of neglect of Pope's
papers, iv. 14; immortalized by
Pope's line, 15.

Margon, Abbé de, his memoirs of

the Duke of Berwick, iii. 294.
Market Bosworth, school of, where
Johnson was usher, i. 49.
Marklew, alias Bellison, Johnson's
nurse, i. 383.

Marlay, Dr. Richard, Bishop of
Waterford, iv. 34.
Marmalade, orange, Mrs. Boswell
sends Johnson some of her own
making, iii. 139, 153, 162.
Marmor Norfolciense, its malicious
republication, i. 101, 102.
Marriage, discussed, ii. 161; every
man a worse man, in proportion
as he is unfit for, iii. 41, 44;
Johnson's, i. 60, 61; Johnson's
life of Waller quoted on, ii. 69;
qualifications necessary to happi-
ness in, ii. 83; second, 84; John-
son on, ii. 111; late, 126; dis-
cussed, iii. 53, 54, 59.
Marriage Bill, Royal, Johnson dis-

approves, ii. 149.
Marshall's Minutes of Agricul-
ture, iii. 316.

Marsili, Dr., of Padua, has an in-
troduction from Johnson when
visiting Oxford, i. 253.

Martial, Elphinston's translation
of, iii. 271.

Martinelli, Vincenzio, ii. 207; his
History of England in Italian,
207 n., 208.

Mary Queen of Scots, Mr. Tytler's
vindication of, quotation from
Johnson's review of, i. 279.
Mason, Rev. William, his Memoirs
of Gray adopted as Boswell's
model, i. 4; his Memoirs of
W. Whitehead criticized, 5; his
prosecution of Murray the book-
seller, iii. 301.

Masquerade, at which Boswell ap-
peared in the character of a
dumb conjuror, ii. 195.
Master of Arts, degree conferred
on Johnson, i. 216-20.
Masters, Mary, poetess, i. 185.
Mattaire, "a puzzle-headed man,”
his account of the Stephani, iii.
427; his Senilia, and Book of
the Dialects, 428.
Matrimonial Thought, A, song by
Boswell, ii. 111.

Mat,, Matthew, Dr., "the little
black dog," i. 222.

Maupertuis, his explanation of the
apparent suicide of Scorpions, ii.

67.
Maxwell, Dr. William, his Collec-
tanea concerning Johuson, ii.
116, 130.

Mayne, William, Lord Newhaven,
iii. 395.

Mayo, Dr., called the Literary
Anvil, ii. 236 n.

Mead, Dr. Richard, "lived more
in the broad sunshine of life than
almost any man,” iii. 352 n.
Mechanics, Johnson speaks on,
and excites general admiration,

ii. 137.

practicable for a poem as a pano-
rama," 84 n.

Meeke, Mr., Fellow of Trinity, i.

210-2.

Melancholy, Johnson obliged to fly
from, i. 355; should be diverted,
not combated, iii. 27; Boswell's
fits of, iii. 124.
Melancthon, from his tomb Bos-
well writes to Johnson, iii. 154,
155.

Melmoth, William, the author of
Fitzosborne's Letters, iii. 408;
quoted on a particular Provi-
dence, iv. 198.

Member of Parliament, Johnson

denounces the idea that an M.P.
must follow his party, right or
wrong, ii. 210; Johnson's no-
tion of the duty of, iv. 35.
Memis, Dr., his action in the Court

of Session, ii. 271; his cause de-
cided against him, iii. 135.
Memory, Johnson's extraordinary,
ii. 130, 132 n.

Menagerie in Paris visited, ii. 357.
Menagiana, has one good pun, ii.

225.

Merchant, the English, charac-
terized, ii. 15 n.

Merriment of parsons, mighty of-
fensive, iv. 37.

Messiah, Pope's, translated into
Latin by Johnson, i. 33, 210.
Metaphysical Poets, dissertation
on the, in the Life of Cowley,

iv. 4.

Metcalfe, Mr. Philip, his kind at-
tentions to Johnson, ii. 131, iv.
107.

Methodists, the name first given to
some Oxford students, i. 363 n.;
expulsion of six Oxford students
for being, ii. 180; Johnson's
happy illustration of the pro-
priety of this proceeding, ii. 180.
Mickle, Dr. William Julius, meets
Johnson, iii 85; translator of
the Lusiad, ii. 176; writes to
Boswell to tell of his long and
happy acquaintance with John-

son, iv. 179; and gives an inte-
resting account of a dispute with
him, 179; Johnson dines with,

226.

Militia, Johnson drawn to serve
in the, iv. 234; Scotch, Lord
Mountstuart's bill for, iii. 20.
Millar, Mr. Andrew, bookseller,
i. 225.

Miller, Lady, her "new Parnas-
sus near Bath, ii. 308, 309 n.
Milton, Johnson's high opinion of, ii.
224, iv. 223; his description of
Adam, iv. 33; Johnson's abhor-
rence of his political sentiments,
i. 172, iv. 7; but admiration of
the author of Paradise Lost, 176,
iv. 6; his granddaughter, John-
son's letter about, 172; benefit
for, produced but little, 173 n.; a
"Phidias, that could cut a Co-
lossus out of a rock, but could not
cut heads out of cherry-stones,"
iv. 52, 223; Johnson's Life of,
quoted, iii. 394, iv. 6.

Mimic, a good one must have great
powers, ii. 151.

Mind's eye, the, a discussion on

this phrase in which Johnson
was annoyed by "a young gen-
tleman," iv. 246.

Minutes of Agriculture, by Mar-
shall, iii. 316.

Miracles, Johnson on, i. 353.
Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces,
by the author of the Rambler,
published during Johnson's ab-
sence in Scotland, ii. 251.
Miscellanies, French, referred to,
iv. 2.

by Elizabeth Harrison, re-
viewed by Johnson, i. 243;
quoted, 244.

Mrs. Williams's, some pieces
of Johnson, published in, i. 106;
ii. 41; subscription for, 42.
Misery, Boswell's hypocrisy of, iv.

32.

Mitre, the, a tavern much fre-
quented by Johnson, i. 317, ii.
25; Boswell gives a supper at,

i. 336; his guests, 337; John-
son and Boswell dine at, alone, to
keep up the old custom, iii. 341.
Modernizing, Johnson objects to
the, of an author's language, iv.

231.

Monboddo, Lord, account of, ii.
144 n. ; maintains the superiority
of savage life, 145; "does not
know when he is talking non-
sense," ii. 82; his air bath, iii.
195; his criticisms on Johnson's
Journey, 199, 200; his strange
and useless speculations, ii.
242; his notion about the Egyp-
tians being woolly-haired, iv. 75;
unfriendly with Johnson, iv. 199.
Monckton, Miss, story of, and
Johnson, "Dearest, you are a
dunce," iv. 61; Boswell's verses
to, 62.

Money, Johnson says, "No man
but a blockhead, ever wrote ex-
cept for money," iii. 72; and
trade discussed by Johnson, ii.
99; Johnson said, "There are
few ways in which a man can
be more innocently employed
than in getting money," 298.
Montagu, Mrs., sits to Miss Rey-
nolds for her picture, iii. 259;
her vanity, 92; drops John-
son on account of his Life of
Lord Lyttelton, iv. 34; her
stream of conversation, 201; her
essay on Shakespeare, ii. 92;
her admirable repartee on hear-
ing Voltaire's invective against
Shakespeare read, 93 n. ; a bril-
liant party at her house, ii. 128.
Montesquieu, his Lettres Persanes,
No. 69 cited on Free Will, iii.
299.

Montgomerie, Miss

Margaret,

Boswell marries, ii. 137; John-
son describes, 138.
Montgomery, Mr. Hugh, election
of, iv. 34.

Montrose, the Duke of, attacked

by highwaymen, iii. 256, 374.
Monument of Goldsmith in West-

Morality, the, of an action, depends
on its motive, i. 316.
More, Hannah, her account of
Garrick and Johnson together,
iii. 272; her flattery of Johnson,
300; records her impressions of
the pleasant evening after Mrs.
Garrick's dinner party, iv. 52;
her delightful evening party de-
scribed, iii. 25; her presumption
in gross flattery of Johnson,
and his rude reply, told by Mrs.
Piozzi, and "an eminent critic "
thereon, iv. 251.

Dr. Henry, his philosophy,
ii. 159.
Morgan, Maurice, entertains John-
son at Wycombe, iv. 131; his
essay on Falstaff, 131 n.; his
anecdote of Johnson's candour,
132.

Morris, Miss, begs for Johnson's
blessing in his dying moments,
iv. 320; "God bless you, my
dear," his last words, 321.
Moss, Dr Charles, iv. 34 n.
Moth fluttering round a candle

compared to Boswell, i. 373.
Mother, Johnson's sorrow at the
death of his, i. 265-9.
Motives, Johnson says, are un-
known even when the facts of
history are true, ii. 86.
Mounsey, Dr. Messenger, a coarse
talker, ii. 74; his will, 74 n.
Mountstuart, Lord, his bill for a

Scotch militia, iii. 20.
Mourning Bride, the, foolish con-
clusion of, i. 309; Congreve's
fine passage in, ii. 90, 91; John-
son jestingly compares Con-

a bad night, and then the nap
takes me," ii. 369.

Nares, Rev. Mr., his imitation of
Johnson's style, iv. 297.
Narrowness, Boswell troubled with
a fit of, iv. 130.

Natural philosophy, Johnson's ex-
traordinary and ridiculous ideas
on, ii. 68.

right, Jolinson on, iii. 5.
Neander, lent by Mr. Steevens to
Johnson, who wishes it were not
so fine a copy, ii. 255.
"Negotiation, this pious," to enable
Johnson to travel in Italy for
his health, iv. 241; Lord Thur-
low's letters on the, 247; Bos-
well informs Johnson of the
plan, 247; and leaves it to Rey-
nolds to carry out, 250; John-
son writes to Sir Joshua on the
subject, 257; failure of the
scheme, 257; Lord Thurlow's
letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds,

259.

Negro, the, cause of, tried in Scot-
land, iii. 232; and decided for
the negro, 233.

Nelson's Festivals and Fasts, its
great sale, iii. 42.

Neni, Count, a Flemish noblemaır,
iii. 83.

Newbery, the bookseller, in ac-
count with Johnson, i. 176.
Newhaven, Lord, argument be-
tween Johnson and, iii. 396.
Newspapers, knowledge diffused
by, ii. 166; cross readings in,
by Caleb Whitefoord, iv. 237.
New Testament, the most difficult
book in the world, for which the
study of a lifetime is required,

iii. 304.

Newton, Sir Isaac, Johnson says,
set out an infidel, and came to
be a firm believer, i. 360; his
letters to Locke, 360 n.

Dr., on Johnson's Lives of the
Poets, iv. 209; his Dissertations
on the Prophecies, iv. 210.
New year, congratulations and

good wishes for the, iii. 233,

234.

Nichols, Frank, M.D., turned out
to make room for a Scotchman,
ii. 323; his discourse De Anima
Medica, iii. 192.
Nichols, John, printer of the Lives
of the Poets, author of Literary
Anecdotes, &c., iv. 3; account
of, by Markland, 279; John-
son's literary memoranda sent
to, 3 n.; communicates to Bos-
well some anecdotes of Johnson,
63; is present during the visit
of Henderson to Johnson, 174;
his anecdotes much prized by
Johnson, 108; gives Boswell
the particulars of a conversation
with Johnson shortly before his
death, 313; Johnson's letter to,
about the authors of the Uni-
versal History, 291.

Nicol, Mr. George, bookseller,
Johnson writes to, from Ash-
bourne, iv. 275.

Night, description of, in Macbeth,

ii. 94 n.

Thoughts, Young's, its pathos
and excellence, iv. 23.
Nights, sleepless, Johnson trans-
lates Greek epigrams during his,

iv. 292.

Nil admirari, discussed, ii. 327.
"No, Sir," Johnson's expression,
iv. 232.

"Nodosities, it has all the, of the
oak, without its strength," said
Burke, of an imitation of John-
son's style, iv. 21.
Nollekens, his cast of John-
son's head, iii. 461, 462; John-
son's letter to Lucy Porter about,
iv. 324.

Nonjurors, Johnson said he never
knew one who could reason, ii.
297; Johnson on the, iv. 211.
Nonsense. "Grand nonsense is
insupportable," i. 319.
Nores, Jason de, his commentary
on Horace's Art of Poetry, iii.