Tritz, Professor, his edition of !
the ancient Frisck laws, i
378.

Tur's Offices. Fust's edition the
meet curious, that of Grævius
the most useful, ii. 391.
Tunbridge Wells, visited by John-
son, i. 141.

Turkish Spy, B swell asks John-
son if this is a genuine book?

iv. 137.

Turk's Head. The. Coffee House,
in Gerrard Street, Soho, where,
The Club met one evening in
every week, i. 354, ii. 2.
Turner, his genius first recognized
by Mauritius Lowe, iv. 393.
Twaimiey, the great, Johnson
compares Busweil to, iv. 132.
Twining, Mr., his translation of
Aristotle's poeties, ill. 86.
Tyers. Tom, his joke on Johnson's
tea-drinking, "Te veniente die, te
decedente, L244; Boswell meets,
IL 109; acerunt of, 311, 312;
his biographical sketch, 312.
Tyrawley, Lord, Lord Chester-
field's witty saying about, ii.

201.

Tytler, Mr., his vindication of
Mary Queen of Scots, i. 279;
his commendation of Johnson's
Journey, ii. 283.

Understanding. "Sir, I have found
you an argument, but I am not
obliged to find you an under-
standing," iv. 231.

Unhappiness, the only relief from,
forgetting one's self for a little
while, iii. 96.

Union, Johnson warns the Irish
against the, iii. 394; few books
printed in Scotland before the,

ii. 204.

Universal History, list of authors
of the, iv. 291.

Universal Passion, The, Young's,
Johnson's high opinion of, iv.

22.

Universal Visitor, The, a miscel-

lany to which Johnson some-
times contributed, ii. 315.
Universe, one of Johnson's masters
published a spelling-book dedi-
cated to the, i. 18.
Universities. English, impoverished
of learning by the penury of their
provisions, iii. 67.

Urban, Sylvanus, the name under
which Mr. Edward Cave edited
the Gentleman's Magazine, i. 75;
Johnson's Latin verses to, 77.
Usher, the great luminary of the
Irish Church, ii. 150.

Utrecht, Boswell finds dull after
London, i. 375.

Uttoxeter, Johnson's expiatory
penance at, iv. 283.

Vacuity, Johnson's excuse for

being late," Madam, I do not
like to come down to vacuity,"
ii. 370.
Vallancy, Colonel, visits Johnson,
iv. 198; dines at Mr. Dilly's, iv.

203.
Vanity, Goldsmith's virtues and
vices both sprung from, iii. 8+;
Boswell's rebuked, iv. 132.
Vanity of Human Wishes, John-
son's poem in imitation of the
tenth sat. Juvenal, published, i.
141; price paid for, 142, 143;
Byron on, 143 n.; Johnson's
emotion on reading, 143 n.;
fine conclusion of, 144; Scott's
testimony to the pathos of, iv.

10 n.

Vansittart, Dr. Robert, i. 275.
Vauxhall Gardens, founded by

Mr. Jonathan Tyers, iii. 312 n.
Veal, Mrs., the appearance of, a
fiction of Daniel Defoe's, ii. 160.
Vendome, Place de, ii. 352.
Veracity, Johnson s notorious, iii.
23; he commends "a dogged
veracity," iii. 371.

Veritas, in vino, discussed, ii. 181.
Veronica, Boswell's daughter, iii.
163.

Versailles, visited, ii. 357.

Verses, Johnson questions the
pleasure of writing, iv. 153.

Johnson's, To a Young
Lady, i. 26; to a Young Author,
27; to a Lady on receiving a
Sprig of Myrtle, 56; to Lady
Firebrace on Robert Levett, iv.
87; to Mrs. Thrale on her
thirty-fifth birthday, iii. 1.

66

by Lewis to Pope, iv. 224.
A Young Miss's" on Ire-
land, iii. 321.

Vertot, René Aubert, Sieur de,
author of Revolutions Romaines,
ii. 222 n.

Vesey, Mr., elected a member of

the Club, iii. 147.

Vestris, Johnson asked if it were
true Vestris was teaching him
to dance, iv. 39.

Vicar of Wakefield, expunged
passages in the, iii. 370; John-
son tells of his selling it for
Goldsmith, 322.

Vicious intromission, argument
ii. 187, 191.

on,

Village, The, by Crabbe, submitted
to Johnson for revision, iv. 119;
Johnson's letter to Crabbe on re-
turning the MS., 119 n.
Vindication, Goldsmith's, for beat-
ing the bookseller, ii. 199.
Vine, Johnson prunes and waters
one, iii. 387; and experiments
with the leaves of, 388.
Virgil, translation of, i. 23; com-
pared with Homer, by Johnson
and Burke, iii. 216 n.; com-
pared with Theocritus, 427;
Baskerville's, presented by John-
son to the library of Trinity
College, Oxford, ii. 77; a fa-
vourite quotation from, ii. 127.
Virtue and vice, never accustom
your mind to mingle, ii. 231;
discussed, iii. 348.
Vision of Theodore, i. 141.
Visits, list of, to be paid by John-
son, i. 186.

Voltaire, his generosity to Admiral
Byng, i. 245 n.: his Candide,

published before Rasselas, 270;
quoted, 272; Boswell repeats to
him Johnson's remarks on the
King of Prussia, 346; he
attacks Johnson in revenge for
his remarks, ii. 19, 20 n.; his
description of the difference be-
tween Pope and Dryden. 23;
mistakes the meaning of Shake-
speare, 92, 93 n.; on Dubos'
Reflexions Critiques, 94; charac-
terized by Johnson, 368; his
dispute with St. Hyacinthe de
Themiseul, 406.

Vows, Boswell defends the utility
of, ii. 40; Johnson's horror of,
iii. 354.

Voyage to Abyssinia, by Lobo,
translated by Johnson, i. 51-53.
Vyse, Rev. Dr., i. 266, iii. 157,

158.

Wakefield, Vicar of, Goldsmith's,
sold for him by Johnson, i. 329,
330; price given for it, 329;
Johnson tells of his selling it, iii.
322; expunged passages in the,
370.

Wales, Johnson visits, with the

Thrales, ii. 261, 262, 264; very
much like England, 264; notes
of the Tour published by Dr.
Duppa, 265.

Prince of, his happy position,

iv. 124.
Walford, Mr. Edward, claims to
possess a replica of the Thrale
portrait of Johnson, iv. 409.
Wall, Boswell wishes to have a
good garden, but Johnson dis-
suades him, iv. 142.

Dr., a physician at Oxford,
iv. 216.
Waller, his verses on Amoret
quoted, ii. 328; Johnson's Life
of, iv. 5; the excellence of the
style of, 5; various readings in,
5; his Divine Poesie quoted
on the Communion of Saints, iv.

213.

"Walk," Johnson's, a long paved
alley, shaded by trees, i. 368.

Johnson's manner of walk-
ing, described by Kearsley, iv.

32.

Walker, Mr. Joseph Cooper, i.
251; sends Boswell copies of
O'Connor's letters, iii. 146; gives
an account of Mr. O'Connor,
146.

the actor, ii. 334.

John, a master of elocution,
discusses with Johnson the art
of reading, iv. 143.

Walks, Johnson and Warton take
long, round Oxford, i. 211.
Walmsley, Gilbert, an early friend

of Johnson's at Lichfield, and
described by him, i. 46-7;
his efforts to get Johnson ap-
pointed master of a school, 58;
his advice to Johnson about
Irene, 65; recommends John-
son to Mr. Colson, 67, 147.

Mrs., sister of Molly Aston,
iii. 48.
Walnut-tree, Johnson writes to
Mrs. Aston describing one, ii.

378.

Walpole, Sir Robert, Boswell de-
scribes his character, i. 91;
a minister given by the King to
the people, ii. 187.

Horace, on the "new Par-
nassus," ii. 308, 309 n.; John-
son's opinion of, iv. 231.
Walsh, his poem the Retirement,

quoted by Johnson, ii. 131.
Walton, Isaac, his Lives, one of
Johnson's favourite books, ii.
330, 331 n.; a reprint of, pro-
posed by Dr. Horne, ii. 260;
new edition of proposed, iii. 31;
republished by Rev. Mr. Zouch,
iii. 141 n.

Wanderer, The, by Savage, praised
by Johnson, iv. 211.
Wapping, Johnson recommends

Windham and Boswell to ex-
plore, iv. 138; the visit recorded
by Windham, 138 n.

Warburton, Dr., letter from, i. 3;
praised Johnson at a time when
praise was of value to him,
130; his commendation of John-
son's independence, 204; "the
worst of Warburton is that he
has a rage for saying some-
thing when there is nothing to
be said," 257; Johnson praises
his learning to George III.,
ii. 53; his controversy with
Lowth, 53; made a bishop by
Pope, 53 n.; Johnson's tribute
to, iv. 11, 13; Dr. Parr's eu-
logy of, 11 n.; met Johnson but
once, 12; his genius and ferti-
lity, 12; his Divine Legation
praised, 12; his too strong ex-
pressions, 13.

Ward, Dr. Joshua, a celebrated
quack, iii. 380.

Warkworth, The Hermit of, Dr.
Percy's ballad, ii. 134 n.
Warley Camp, Johnson's visit to,
iii. 357.

Warnings, The Three, a poem by
Mrs. Thrale, ii. 43.
Warrants, General, the legality of,
considered, ii. 81.

Warren, Mr., the first bookseller
in Birmingham, i. 50.
Warton, Dr. Joseph, his Essay on
Pope, i. 356; the second volume
published twenty-six years after
the first, i. 356, iii. 246; John-
son's letters to, i. 193-5; letter
to, on his opinion of Lear, ii.

115.

Rev. Mr. Thomas, letter to,
on the way to study ancient
authors, i, 209; notes of, on
Johnson's visit to Oxford in
1754 210-12; elected Professor
of Poetry at Oxford, 253;
letter to, introducing Baretti,
263; letters to, 216-8, 220-2,
227, 228; asking notes for the
Shakespeare, ii. 114;

"has
powder without ball, Huggins
has ball without powder," iii.
431; Johnson's parody of his

style, 187, 188; talks of bio-
graphy with Johnson, 32.
Watch, the inscription on John-
son's, ii. 69, 70 n.

Waterfall, the, at Ashbourne, iii.
214.

Waters, Essay on, by Dr. Lucas,

reviewed by Johnson, i. 243.
Watkinson, Dr., a friend of Dr.
Campbell's, to whom his letters
on Ireland were addressed, ii.398.
Watson, Dr., Bishop of Llandaff,
his Chemical Essays, iv. 69.

Robert, his History of Philip
II., iii. 138.

Watts, Dr., Johnson endeavours to
obtain particulars of his life, iii.
159.

Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith's,
published, iii. 19.

Wealth and poverty discussed, i.
350, iii. 19, 20; the right enjoy-
ment of, iv.117.
Weather, Johnson will not allow
that any one in health can be
affected by the, i. 358; John-
son's contempt for those who
talk of the, iv. 270.
Webster, Dr. Alexander, promises
Johnson information about the
Highlands, ii. 250; disappoints
Johnson somewhat, 255.
Wedderburne, Mr. Alexander
(Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Lough-
borough), his efforts to get rid
of his Scotch accent, i. 307;
afterwards Chief Justice, ii.
323; his practice in law, iii. 20;
the high position he attained,

Wentworth, Mr., Johnson's school-

master, i. 22, 23.

Wesley, Mr. John, Boswell intro-

duced to, by Johnson, iii. 384,
385; his conversation, iii. 247.
Western Islands of Scotland, Mar-
tin's account of, delights John-
son when a boy, i. 357; John-
son tells Boswell he will go to
see them with him, 357.
Westminster, Boswell sends one of
his boys to school at, iii. 66.
Westminster Abbey, Johnson
buried in, iv. 322.

Wetherell, Dr., Master of Univer-
sity College, Oxford, ii. 325, iii.
28, iv. 226.
Whales. Goldsmith said, if John-
son were to make little fishes
talk, they would talk like whales,

ii. 218.
Wheeler, Dr. Benjamin, Johnson
gives Dr. Burney a letter of in-
troduction to him, iii. 362.
Whiggism, a negation of all prin-
ciple, i. 343.

Whigs, "all made the same way,"
Johnson's story against Boswell,
i. 343 n.

Whig and Tory defined by John-

son, iv. 68; enmity between, iv.
214; a bottomless Whig, iv. 156.
White, Rev. Henry, sacrist of Lich-
field Cathedral, Johnson be-
comes intimate with, and relates
to him the account of his penance
at Uttoxeter, iv. 283.

Dr., of Pennsylvania, sends
Johnson a copy of the Ameri-
can edition of Rasselas, ii. 197,

198 n.

Mrs., Johnson's servant, her
legacy of £100 from Johnson,
iv. 308.

Whitefoord, Mr. Caleb, his cross-
readings of the newspapers, iv.
237.
Whitfield, George, his oratory, ii.
86; Johnson on his qualities
and reputation, iii. 397.
Whitehead, Mr. William, i. 137 r.

man," Johnson's name in the
Hebrides, ii. 248.

Sastres, Mr., his attendance on
Johnson in his last illness, iv.
396-403; Johnson leaves, £5 to
buy books, iv. 309.
Satires by Dr. Young, published,

iv. 71.
Saunderson, Nicholas, the blind
professor of mathematics, ii.

183.

Savage life, superior happiness of,
considered, ii. 82; in New Zea-
land, discussed, iii. 93.

Richard, identification with
the character of Thales in Lon-
don, denied, i. 87; Life of, by
Johnson begun, 113; published,
117-20, 198 n.; account of Sa-
vage, 118, 119; Johnson's Life
of, described by Boswell, 121;
his extraordinary story, 123-9;
strange character, 127.
Saxon and Gothic Dictionary, by
Edward Lye, ii. 32.
Sayings, it is notorious that Bos-
well collects Johnson's, iv. 43;
repeated by everybody, but no-
body knows where to find, iv.
124; Johnson's, vigorous even
on his death-bed, iv. 316.
Scheme, Johnson's, for the classes
of a grammar school, i. 64.
Schemes, literary, of Johnson, iv.
291, 380.

Schomberg, Dr., a Jew physician,
iii. 48.

School, Johnson's account of his
progress at, i. 22, 386-9.

master, authority of, ii. 154;
a Scotch, tried for chastising
his scholars, ii. 142.
Scissors, Johnson's horror at see-
ing a beautiful and accomplished
girl take a pair in her left hand,
iii. 97 n.
Scotchmen, Johnson's rude joke at
their expense, i. 339; a vio-
lent Scotchman,” iii.
197;
"much may be made of him if
he be caught young," ii. 186;