Boswell the most unscottified of,
ii. 226.
Scotch, Johnson admires every-
thing Scotch, "but Scotch oat-
cakes and Scotch prejudices," ii.
343; Johnson's attacks on the,
iv. 113; the cause of his anti-
pathy to the, 114.
Scotland, Johnson's prejudice
against, ii. 66, 284; only a worse
England, iii. 262; Church of,
two parties in, ii. 147; MS.
account of parishes in, with full
statistics by Dr. Webster, ii.
255; Johnson asserts that
Scotchmen love, better than
truth, ii. 289; Johnson's extra-
vagant raillery against, iv. 55,
56; a very vile country, to be
sure," iv. 127.

Scott, John, of Amwell, his elegies,
ii. 321; answered Johnson's po-
litical pamphlets, ii. 310.

George Lewis, a friend of
Thomson, iii. 151.

Dr. William, afterwards
Sir William, travels with John-
son in a post-chaise, i. 366;
reports to Boswell a saying of
Johnson, ii. 107; Johnson dines
with, iii. 273; one of Johnson's
executors, iv. 309.
Scoundrel, Johnson declares that
Mrs. Thrale by her spoiling will
make him one, iii. 57.
Scrimshaw, Charles, a relation
whom Johnson inquires for be-
fore his death, iv. 307.
Scripture phrases, Johnson disliked
the use of, ii. 201.

Scrofula, Johnson afflicted with,
i. 16; Johnson "touched" for,

tinction of seasons is produced
only by imagination operating
on luxury," i. 259.

Secker, Archbishop, quoted on
conversation, i. 8.

Second sight, ii. 27; discussed, ii.
148; Johnson is willing to be-
lieve in, Boswell does believe,
ii. 294.

Senilia, by Maittaire, iii. 428.
Sentimentality and pathos com-
pared, iv. 10.

Seraglio, Johnson's, iii. 363.
Serious Call, Law's, Jolinson
thinks very fine, ii. 122.
Sermons, Johnson wrote about
forty for different persons, i.
250; many for Dr. Taylor, iii.
206 n., 207; those of several
writers compared, 262.
Servants, why do women have
lower wages than men? ii. 204;
Johnson's kindness to, iv. 134.
Settle, Elkanah, the last city poet,
iii. 115.

"Severity may be the way to govern,
I know not whether it be the
way to mend," ii. 180.
Sevres, the manufactory of china
at, visited, ii. 360.
Seward, Miss, her letters quoted,
i. 15, 54; her verses on Lich-
field please Johnson, iv. 243;
he compliments her on her de-
scription of the Arctic Ocean,

243.

Rev. Mr., entertains Johnson
and B swell at Lichfield, iii.
49; his observations on vol-
canoes, 50.

William, account of, iii.
155 n.; Johnson gives him an
introduction to Boswell, iii. 156.
Shakespeare, Johnson's edition of,
published, ii. 18; admirable Pre-
face to, 18; attacked by Ken-
rick, 19; occupied all Johnson's
time in 1764, 1765; Johnson's
proposals for a new edition of, i.
129; Jubilee in honour of, ii.
78, 79; jestingly compared with

Congreve, ii. 91; mistaken by
Voltaire, 92; many of his plays
the worse for being acted, 95;
collection of translations acces-
sible to him made by Steevens,
ii. 114; Johnson requests Gar-
rick to look over his edition of,
ii. 376; two of Johnson's notes
on, discussed, iii. 98; modern
characters from, iii. 268; John-
son quotes in his illness, iv. 306.
Sharp, Dr. John, on Johnson's
visit to Cambridge, ii. 9.

Mr. William, applied to by
Johnson for particulars of Dr.
Watts' Life, iii. 159.

Sharpe, Dr. Gregory, account of
him and his ranting prayer, ii.

128 n.

Shaw, Cuthbert, publishes his poem
The Race, ii. 47; his portrait of
Johnson in verse, 48.

Samuel, his Letters on Italy,
iii. 98.

Rev. William, his Erse Gram-
mar, iii. 140, iii. 233; travels
to obtain materials for a Gaelic
Dictionary, iv. 180; denies the
authenticity of Ossian's Poems,
180, 181; account of, and his
Memoirs of Johnson, i. viii-ix.
Shawe, Col. Meyrick, ii. 154.
Shebbeare, Dr., in the pillory, iii.

318; his admirable Letters on
the English Nation, under the
name of Battista Angeloni, a
Jesuit, iv. 64.

Sheep farming, in the Highlands,
substituted for the old black
cattle system, i. 325.
Shefford, Johnson and Boswell at,
iv. 81.

Shelburne, Lord, a man of coarse
manners but of abilities and in-
formation, iv. 118; Goldsmith's
blundering speech to, 118.
Shenstone, quoted on deathbed re-
pentance, iv. 158.
Sheridan, Thomas, i. 283 n.; his
wife, 283 n., 308; her novels,
284 n., ii. 92; lectures at Edin

burgh, i. 305; promises Boswell
to introduce him to Johnson,
i. 306; pensioned, ibid.; teaches
Mr. Alexander Wedderburne
pronunciation, i. 307; his breach
with Johnson, 308; Foote's story,
"Sherry is dull," i. 359; his at-
tack on Johnson, quoted, 92 n.;
gives a medal to Home for his
tragedy of Douglas, ii. 295; ex-
planation of this, 295 n.; invited
in hopes of effecting a reconcilia-
tion with Johnson, iv. 242;
Johnson wishes to renew their
acquaintance, iv. 155; charac-
terized by Johnson, iv. 113; his
story of a victory over Johnson
in conversation denied by John-
son, 113.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his
prologue to Savage's play, com.
plimenting Johnson, iii. 149;
Byron's saying that whatever
he did was the best of its kind,
ii. 149; marries Miss Linley, ii.
334; she gives up her engage-
ments, 335; his popularity in
Ireland, iii. 370; threatens to go
to America, iv. 150.
Sherlock, Bishop, his style elegant,
iii. 262.

She Stoops to Conquer, performed

for the first time, ii. 196 n.;
thought not likely to succeed,
198 n.; dedicated to Johnson,
204.

Shiels, Robert, one of Johnson's
amanuenses, the compiler of
Cibber's Lives of the Poets, i.
139, iii. 80, 85, 470; his character
by Mr. Griffiths, 472, 473.
Ship of Fools, Barclay's, contains
the earliest English Eclogues, i.

215.

Shipley, Dr., Bishop of St. Asaph,
iv. 175; chaplain to the Duke of
Cumberland, iii. 265.
Shop, Johnson advises dealing
with a 66
stately shop," in which
it is not worth their while to
take a petty advantage, iv. 234.

Short hand, Johnson cannot believe
in the taking down of speeches
in parliament, ii. 212; writes a
preface or dedication of a book
on, 212; Boswell's method of,
iii. 279; experiments on, by
Jolinson, 279.

Sibbald, Sir Robert, the Scottish
Antiquary, Life of, iii. 245.
Sibyl, "It has all the contortions
of the, without the inspiration,"
said by Burke of an imitation of
Johnson's style, iv. 21.
Siddons, Mrs., visits Johnson, and
tells him the characters she is to
play in the winter, iv. 172;
Johnson jokes her about the
want of seats; and she promises
to play Queen Catharine, 172;
talks of different actresses and of
Garrick, 173.

Simpleton, a memorable, ii. 185 n.
Simpson, Mr. Charles, town clerk
of Lichfield, iv. 282.

Joseph, Johnson's letter to,
i. 274, 275; his tragedy The
Patriot, iii. 72.

Sinclair, Sir John, a writer on
agriculture and statistics, iv. 86.
Sister, Johnson deplores his want
of a, i. 263; Gibbon on the re-
lation of brother and sister,
263 n.;
Johnson says,
"Good
brothers make good sisters," 264.
Sister, The, a comedy, by Mrs.
Lennox, iii. 433.
"Sixpence, Boswell lend me, not to
be repaid," iv. 131.
Skene, Sir John, a learned anti-
quary and ancestor of Boswell's,
iii. 402.

Sketches of the History of Man,
by Lord Kames, Johnson reads
and criticizes, iii. 339.
Sleep. How much is necessary?

iii. 195.

Smalbroke, Dr., i. 94 n.
Smalridge, his sermons com-
mended, iii. 262.

Smart, Christopher, Johnson's ac-
count of, i. 315; his madness,

315; not included among the
British poets, 315 n.
Smith, Dr. Adam, an upholder of
rhyme as against blank verse, i.
340; elected to the Club, 340 n.;
his Wealth of Nations, iii. 19;
on the wealth of the Universi-
ties, iii. 66; his letter subjoined
to Hume's Life, iii. 152; John-
son's rudeness to, iv. 127.

Edmund, Life of, by John-
son, quoted, iii. 379.

Lord Chief Baron, account
of, iv. 101 n.

Rev. Mr., vicar of Southill,
iv. 76.
Smithson, Sir Hugh, afterwards
Earl of Northumberland, ii.
129.

Smollett, Tobias, for many years
editor of the Critical Review, iii.
81.

Snakes, concerning, in the Natural
history of Iceland, iii. 288.
Sociality, Johnson's, iv. 208.
Society, civilized and savage, com-
pared, i. 349, 350; Johnson en-
joys, as much as the youngest
man, at intervals even during
his illness, iv. 199, 200.
Solander, Dr., ii. 145 n.

Soldiers and sailors, their lives
compared, iii. 277.

Solicitude, Johnson's, at not hear-
ing from Boswell, iii. 385.
Solitude, Grainger's Ode on, iii.

219.

Somerville, Lord, says he had dined
with Pope, and found him “
gay
and entertaining,” iv. 14; his
encouragement of Boswell as a
young man, and Boswell's tri-
bute to his memory, 14 n.
Songs, Beswell sings his own, in
society, ii. 111 n.

Sorbonne library visited, ii. 360.
Sorrow, different effects of, iv. 44;
"Excessive sorrow is exceed.
ing dry," Mr. Wilkes's senti-
mental anecdote, iv. 256 n.
South, his sermons on Prayer re

commended by Johnson, ii. 106,
262.

Southill, Johnson's visit to Squire
Dilly there, iv. 72.
Southwark, Johnson has an apart-
ment in Mr. Thrale's house at,
ii. 16.

Southwell, Lord (second), his good
breeding and fine manners, iv.
'118, 385; his son, "that right
dishonourable and ignoble peer,"

385.

Lady, Johnson's letters to,
about Mauritius Lowe, iv. 385,
386.

Spain, Twiss's Travels in, as
good as Addison's, if you ex-
cept the learning," ii. 315; John-
son advises Boswell to travel in,
i. 360.

Spark, the electric, from the human
body, Anna Williams claims to
have been the first to observe
and notify, ii. 43.
Speaking, public, Johnson's power
of, ii. 136, 137.

Johnson's mode of, very im-
pressive, ii. 300.
Spectator, The, an edition with
notes proposed, ii. 201; praised
by Johnson, ii. 336; the part
not written by Addison full of
bad papers, iii. 81; No. 626, On
Novelty, by Grove, one of the
finest pieces in the English lan-
guage, 81.
Speculum Humane Salvationis,
noticed by Johnson in Paris, ii.

359.

Speech, a good one has its effect,
though not one vote be gained,
iii. 250.

Spence, Rev. Joseph, his account
of Blacklock, i. 370; his anec-
dotes, iv. 25.

Spencer, John George, second
Earl, iii. 410.

Spenser, it is proposed to Johnson
to write a life of, iv. 315.
Spleen, The, a poem by Matthew
Green, iii. 393.

Spottiswoode, of that ilk, his con-
versation with Johnson, iii. 327.
Andrew and William, iv. 408.
Spurs, Johnson's, lost from the
boat in Sky, iv, 315.

Staffa, the island of, sold, iii. 166.
Stage coach travelling, inconve-
niences of, i. 385.

Stanhope, Mr., Lord Chesterfield's
son, iv. 244.

Stanton, Mr., manager of the Lich-
field theatre, iii. 46.

Stanyan, Temple, author of an
Account of Switzerland and
Greece, iii. 353.

Statue of Johnson at Lichfield, i.
14; of Johnson by Bacon, the
first monument placed in St.
Paul's, iv. 411.

Staunton, Dr., Johnson's letter to,
i. 291.

Steele, Joshua, his Prosodia Ratio-
nalis, ii. 300 n.

Sir Richard, his Christian
Hero, iii. 34; Johnson's saying
that he "practised the lighter
vices," 34.
Steevens, George, the possessor of
the dial plate of Johnson's watch
in Boswell's time, ii. 70; makes
a collection of the translations
Shakespeare might have seen,
114; republishes Johnson's
Shakespeare, with valuable ad-
ditions, 194; Johnson proposes
him for the Literary Club, 254,
255; his generous uid to a rela-
tive of Goldsmith, iii. 134; ac-
cused of underhand practices, iii.
290; supplies Johnson with anec-
dotes and quotations, iv. 3; con-
tributed greatly to the Apoph-
thegms, iv. 238; gives Boswell
some particulars, 238, 239.
Stenography, Johnson writes a
dedication for a book on, ii.
212.

Stephanorum Historia, by Mait-
taire, iii. 427.

Sterne, his popularity, ii. 209;
Johnson says he would not have

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

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.