why I do not keep a coach, and you are surprised. Now, Sir, if you did know you would not be surprised." I said, tenderly," I hope, my dear Sir, you will let me know before I leave town." Pozz. "Yes, Sir, you shall know now. You shall not go to Mr. Wilkins, and to Mr. Jenkins, and to Mr. Stubbs, and say, why does not. Pozz keep a coach? I will tell you myself- Sir, I can't afford it."

We talked of drinking. I asked him whether, in the course of his long and valuable life, he had not known some men who drank more than they could bear? Pozz." Yes, Sir; and then, Sir, nobody could bear them. A man who is drunk, Sir, is a very foolish fellow." Bozz. "But, Sir, as the poet says, he is devoid of all care."" Pozz. "Yes, Sir, he cares for nobody; he has none of the cares of life: he cannot be a merchant, Sir, for he cannot write his name; he cannot be a politician, Sir, for he cannot talk; he cannot be an artist, Sir, for he cannot see; and yet, Sir, there is science in drinking." Bozz, "I suppose you mean that a man ought to know what he drinks." Pozz. "No, Sir, to know what one drinks is nothing; but the science consists of three parts. Now, Sir, were I to drink wine, I should wish to know them all; I should wish to know when I had too little, when I had enough, and when I had too much. There is our friend ******* (mentioning a gentleman of our acquaintance); he knows when he has too little, and when he has too much, but he knows not when he has enough. Now, Sir, that is the science of drinking, to know when one has enough."

We talked this day on a variety of topics, but I find very few memorandums in my journal. On small beer, he said it was flatulent liquor. He disapproved of those who deny the utility of absolute power, and seemed to be offended with a friend of ours who would always have his eggs poached. Sign-posts, he observed, had degenerated within his memory; and he particularly found fault with the moral of the "Beggar's Opera." I endeavoured to defend a work which had afforded me so much pleasure, but could not master that strength of mind with which he argued; and it was with great satisfaction that he communicated to me afterwards a method of curing corns by applying a piece of oiled silk. In the early history of the world he preferred Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology: but as they gave employment to useful artisans, he did not dislike the large buckles then coming into use.

Next day we dined at the Mitre. I mentioned spirits. Pozz." Sir, there is as much evidence for the existence of spirits as against it." You may not believe it, but you

1 This alludes to the jealousy about copyright, which Mr. Boswell carried so far that he actually printed separately, and entered at Stationers' Hall, Johnson's Letter to Lord

cannot deny it. I told him that my great grandmother once saw a spirit. He asked me to relate it, which I did very minutely, while he listened with profound attention. When I mentioned that the spirit once appeared in the shape of a shoulder of mutton, and another time in that of a tea-pot, he interrupted me:-Pozz. "There, Sir, is the point; the evidence is good, but the scheme is defective in consistency. We cannot deny that the spirit appeared in these shapes; but then we cannot reconcile them. What has a tea-pot to do with a shoulder of mutton? Neither is it a terrific object. There is nothing contemporaneous. Sir, these are objects which are not seen at the same time nor in the same place." Bozz. “I think, Sir, that old women in general are used to see ghosts." Pozz." Yes. Str, and their conversation is full of the subject: I would have an old woman to record such conversations; their loquacity tends to minuteness."

We talked of a person who had a very bad character. Pozz. "Sir, he is a scoundrel." Bozz. "I hate a scoundrel.” Pozz. "There you are wrong: don't hate scoundrels. Scoundrels, Sir, are useful. There are many things we callnot do without scoundrels. I would not choose to keep company with scoundrels, but something may be got from them." Bozz. "Are not scoundrels generally fools?" Paz. "No, Sir, they are not. A scoundrel must be a clever fel low; he must know many things of which a fool is ignorant. Any man may be a fool. I think a good book might be made out of scoundrels. I would have a Biographia Flagitius, the Lives of Eminent Scoundrels, from the earliest accounts to the present day." I mentioned hanging: I thought it a very awkward situation. Pozz. No, Sir, hanging is at awkward situation; it is proper, Sir, that a man whose acti tend towards flagitious obliquity should appear perpendicular at last." I told him that I had lately been in companY WIÊN some gentlemen, every one of whom could recollect some friend or other who had been hanged. Pozz. "Yes, Sir, that is the easiest way. We know those who have henta hanged; we can recollect that: but we cannot number these who deserve it; it would not be decorous, Sir, in a med company. No, Sir, that is one of the few things which e are compelled to think."

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Chesterfield and the Account of Johnson's Conversation with George III. at Buckingham House, to prevent his rivals making use of them.- CROKER.

Barclay, Robert, one of Mr. Thrale's successors, 692. Anec- i
dotes of Johnson, 837.

Baretti, Signor Giuseppe, 85, 91. 99. 112. 122. 125, 18, 19,
174. 192. 195. 206. 214. 247. 302. 427. 457. 464. 484, 300 510.
512. 525. 552. 664. 780.

Johnson's letters to, 122. 135. 128. His trial for murder,
207. 771. His Travels," 214. The first who received
copy money in Italy, 548. His strictures on Mrs. Piozzi's,
510. his Frustra Literaria," 552.

Captain, 1.

Dr. Richard, 56. 58. 75 77. 79. 81, 82, 3. 129. 163, 2
251. 663, 664. a "good hater," 78.

"Batrachomyomachia," first edition of, 425.

"Baudii Epistolæ," quoted, 420.

Baxter, Richard, quoted, 262, 292. 219. 733.

"Reasons of the Christian Religion," commended, 78
William, his "Anacreon," 396. 712. 740. 730.

Bayes," character of, 235, 236.

Bayle, 93. His Dictionary, 145, 363. 416.

"Bear," the epithet applied to Johnson, 195. 446. 831.
Bears, 446.

Beatniffe, Richard, Esq., Johnson's letter to, 701.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, 283.

Beattie, Dr. James, 65. 224, 225, 226. 223. 244, 245, 254, 25.
268. 272. 293. 296, 358, 390, 519. 555, 687.773.

his letter to Boswell, 228, Johnson's letter tn, 51.
his Essay on Truth," 245. his "Hermit,"
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq., 25. 80, 121. 125. 126. 12. 147. G
166, 167. 183. 255. 260, 288. 298, 370, 379. 428. 431, ESI OR
445. 450, 451. 496. 500. 529. 590, 615, 616. 630, 642, 646 53
662. 679. 688. 718. Altercation with Johnson, €2. Ha
death, 642. His character, 642, 643. 646. His letter to

Lord Charlemont, 643.

Lady Diana, 260 428. 643, 686.

Lord Sydney, 804. Lady Sydney, 366.

Beaufort, Duchess of,646.

Beaumaris Castle, 421.

Beaumont, Sir George, G01.

Beaumont and Fletcher, 18. 442.

"Beauties of Johnson," 67. 706, 707.

Beauty, 234. 696.

Beckenham, 767.

Berwick, Duke of, his " Memoirs," 592,

Bethune, Rev. Mr., 334. 341.

Betterton, Mr., the actor, 556.

Bettesworth, Rev. Edmund, 158.

Beverage, Johnson's favourite, 508.

Bevil, Rev. Mr., his defence of Hammond, 675,

Bewley, Mr., his veneration for Johnson, 698.
Bexley, Lord, concerning Dr. Vausittart, 117.

Bible, early translations of, 197. Johnson's plan of reading
the, 17. should be read with a commentary, 513.

-, Johnson's death-bed recommendation to read, 842.
Bibliotheca Harleiana," Johnson's account of, 46.
*Bibliotheca Literaria," 420.

Bibliothèque," Johnson's scheme for opening a, 93.
Bickerstaff, Mr. Isaac, 142. 203.

Bicknell, Mr., 106.

Bidder, William, the calculating boy, 480.

Bigamy, 337.

**Big man," a jocular Irish phrase, applied to J. 176. 409.
Bindley, James, Esq., 48, 52. 605. 718. 730.

Binning, Charles, Lord, 241.608.

Biographer, duties of a, 546. Of Johnson's, 235
Biographia Britannica," 552. 671.

Biography, 235. 289. 346. 483. 516. 546, 588. 671.

literary, recommended to J. by George III., 186.
Birch, Rev. Dr. Thomas, 39. 45. 48. 57. 121. 351. J's. Greek
epigram to, 40. Letters from Johnson. to, 48. 72. 94. 101.
His letter to Johnson, 94. Letter to Lord Royston, 121.
Birds, migration of, 260, 261.
Birkenhead, Sir John, 282.
Birmingham, 486, 565.

Rev. Dr. Hugh, 55. 122. 134. 276, 285. 289. 390. 402,
403. 412, 413. 429, 509, 510, 525, 530,

his sermons, 525, 528. 550. 566, 611 686. Lectures, 552.
Imitation of J's. style, 552. Letter concerning a conversa-
tion with J. 403. Letter on Pope's "Essay on Man," 635.
Rev. Robert, and his poem of "The Grave," 509.

Blake, Admiral, Johnson's Life of, 43.

Blakeway, 43. 128. 169. 467.

Blanchetti, Marquis and Marchioness of, 461.
Bland, Mr., 247.

Blaney, Elizabeth, 5. 790.

Blank verse, J. dislikes, 146, 218, 660. Inferior to rhyme, 668.
Blasphemy, literary property in, 279.

Bleeding, Johnson's objection to periodical, 545.

Blenheim, 370, 425, 485.

Boar's Head Club, 348.

Boasting, Boswell's habit of, 721.

Bocage, Madame du, 460. 465. 467. Her "Columbiade," 773.
Boece, Hector, the historian, 750.

Boerhaave, 455. Johnson's Life of, 40.

Boetius, "De Consolatione Philosophiæ," 40. 219.

Boileau, 2 33. 120. 222. 614.

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, first Viscount, 88. 110. 158.

613, 614, 615, 670. Johnson's character of, 8. 110.

-, his share in Pope's "Essay on Man," 635, 636.
Lady, her description of Pope, 605.

Frederick, second Viscount, 260.

Bolt-court, 30. 588.

Bonaventura, the "seraphic doctor," 172.
Bones, uses applied to, 725.

Johnson's horror at the sight of, 319. 378.

Bon-mots, 605.

Bonner, Bishop, 18.

Book collecting, 756.

Booker's " Hop Garden," 486.

Books, 255. 452. 731. 756. 767. ; how to read, 766.; practice of
talking from, 396.

Booksellers, J's. character and vindication of, 94. 100.
Book-trade. 476.

Boothby, Miss Hill, 20. 82. 251. 440. J's. admiration of, 672,
673. Correspondence between her and J., 440. 672, 673.
Boquet, Mr., 78.

Borough-English, 376.

Boroughs and corporations, 455.

Boscawen, Admiral, 608. Hon. Mrs., 608, 646, 685, 686.
Boscovitch, Père, 218. 468.

Bossuet, bishop of Méaux, 372.
Bosville, Godfrey, Esq., 618. 652.

Mrs., 236.

Boswell, James, Esq., the author of this work,

afflicted with hypochondria, 15. 280. 475. 793.
writes the "Hypochondriac," 15. 717.

his nationality, 16. made notes at dinner, 837.
Mr. Courtenay's verses on, 70, 409.
contributed to the taste for biographical details, 84.
introduction to Johnson, 133, 134.

-, story told by Johnson of his early years, 148.
"Account of Corsica," 189. 199.

elected a member of the Literary Club, 257. 259.
Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides, 267.

dress at the jubilee, 198.

propensity to see executions, 206. 648. 720. 772.
his ancestry, 271. 396. 472.

his character drawn by himself, 279.

-, Johnson's character of him, 280. 459, 619.

his account of the escape of the Pretender, 326.

, announces the "Life of J." during his lifetime 373.
Lord Stowell's character of him, 280.

Johnson's character of his "Tour to the Hebrides,” 458.

, attempt to imitate the style of Warburton, 600.
a quarrel with Johnson, 610.

"Letter to the People of Scotland," 747, 748.

-, expectations from Mr. Pitt, 750.

-, controversy with Miss Seward, 773.

, Johnson's letters to him, 162. 173. 179. 193. 199. 212. 224.
226. 245, 246. 266. 268. 270 409. 411, 412, 413, 414. 426, 427,
428, 429. 433, 434. 457, 458, 459. 468. 470, 471, 472, 473, 474,
475. 508, 522, 524. 528, 530, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539. 565.
567. 589. 619, 621, 624. 630. 633, 640, 641, 642. 651. 654. 677.
700. 705, 707, 708, 709. 736. 744. 748, 749, 750. 782. 793.
-, his letters to Johnson, 179. 193. 223, 224. 226. 245, 410.
413, 414, 427, 428, 429. 433. 468, 469. 475. 522, 523. 526. 528,
529, 533, 534, 536, 537, 538, 564. 566, 567. 569, 570. 589. 618.
622. 630, 633. 639, 640. 650. 652.

letter to Garrick, 385.
Garrick's letter to, 386.

letter to Rasay, 407.

-, letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 747.

letter to Lord Thurlow on Johnson's pension 77.

Lord Thurlow's answer, 775.

letter to Wilkes, 732.

letters to Malone about this work, $28.

Mrs., the author's wife, 75. 224. 409, 410 475. 521. 537.

548 624.654. 733.

her letter to Johnson, 710.

Johnson's letters to, 521. 537. 640. 709.

Mrs, the author's mother, 395.

Thomas, the founder of the author's family, 396, 472.

T. David, the author's brother, 244, 555, 650, 652.

, Sir A., the author's eldest son, 212. 240. 270. 468. 555.
David, the author's second son, 525. 529.

James, the author's third son, 17. 20. 52. 57. 66. 79. 189.
203. 211. 220, 221. 249, 240, 429, 452. 460, 483. 506, 629, 634.
Elizabeth, the author's step-mother, 518.
Veronica, the author's daughter, 271. 537.
Dr. the author's uncle, 278. 402. 496. 533.
"Bottom," 687.

Bouchier, Governor, 683.

Bouffier, Père, his "First Truths," 160.
Boufflers, Madame de, 216. 467, 468.

Bouheurs, Dominique, 205.

Boulter, Dr. Hugh, his " Monument," a poem, 107. 830.
Boulton, Matthew, Esq., 425. 488.

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Bouquet, Mr., 78.

Bourbon, Duc de, 462.

Bourdaloue, Père, 259. 372.

Bourdonne, Madame de, 259.

Bourke, Archbishop, afterwards Earl of Mayo, 737.

Bouts-rimés, 442.

Bower, Mr., 794.

Bowles, William, Esq., 737.

Bow-wow way, Johnson's, 269. 439.

Bowyer, William, the printer, 789.

Boxing, Johnson's skill in, 342.

Boyd, Hon. Charles, 295. 297.

Boyd's inn, 270.

Boydell, Mr. Alderman, 428.

Boyle, the family of, 345

Hon. Robert, 105.

Boys at school, 153.

Boyse, Samuel, the poet, 721. 804.

"Bozzy," Boswell so called by Johnson, 371. 635. 638. 677.
Bradshaigh, Lady, 63.

Bradshaw, John, the regicide, 738.

Bull-dogs, 558.

Buller of Buchan, 295, 296.
Mrs. 645.

Bunbury, Sir Charles, 436.
Mrs. 140. 649.

Bunyan's" Pilgrim's Progress." 258.

Buonaparte. Napoleon, 264. 344. 349. 461, 493.
Burbridge, Mr., 52.

Burgess-ticket, Johnson's, at Aberdeen, 292.
Burgoyne, General, surrender at Saratoga, 617.
Burial Service, 729.

Burke, Right Hon. Edmund. Anecdotes of, and remarks
upon, 22. 37. 71. 116. 136. 140, 141. 154. 158. 161, 163, 173.
177.207. 220. 229. 232. 240. 253. 259. 263. 265, 268, 273, Z4.
288, 289. 298. 336, 357. 412. 425, 446. 453, 465, 485, 309, 513
520. 521. 529. 540, 550 571. 573. 578, 583. 590, 600, 604. 675.
625, 626. 630. 639. 647. 661, 662. 671. 673. 680, 681. 715. 72L
740. 748. 756, 757. 764. 771.803.

-, Observation on Johnson's ladies, 71. Counsel to "live
pleasant," 116. "Vindication of Civil Society," 18
"Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful," 265. Letter to
the Sheriffs of Bristol," 557. Johnson's exclamatka at
Beaconsfield, 600. Classical pun on Wilkes, 605. Liver
conceit on a line of Horace, 605. Conversation described by
Johnson, 660, 713.755. Playful sally on Dean Mariay, 5%.
Oratory characterised by Wilkes, 688. Uniform respect
for Johnson, 769. Pun on Dr. Brocklesby's name, 776
Pious proemium to his will, 842.

Mrs., 164.

Richard, Edmund's son, 731. 788.
Burlamaqui, 478.

Burlington, Lord, 614.

Burman, Peter, Johnson's Life of, 46.

Burnaby, Mr. Edward, 167.

Burnet, Bishop, his Own Times," 2530, 363. 446.

James, 227. 299. See Monboddo.

Burney, Dr. Charles, 7. 16. 61. 65. 71. 85. 91. 94. 97. 10
135. 143. 146. 150, 164, 165, 192, 238. 266. 287. 439, 444 452
469. 489. 490. 582. 620, 621. 625. 644. 661 6×6, (58, 736 74
Account of Irene," 61. Comparison of Addis ; and
J., 71. "History of Music," 621. His Travels," 72,
Johnson's letters to, 94. 109. 172, 739.785.
Dr. Charles, the younger, 794.
Mrs., 170.

Miss Frances, afterwards Madame D'Arblay, 645, 50
698, 732. 736. 747.755. Imitation of Johnson's style, 75%
Burns (the Poet), 15. 139.

Burrowes, Rev. Dr., 626. His Essay on the style of 19
Burton, his " Anatomy of Melancholy," 12. 217. 452 De
rection against melancholy, 640.

"Burton's Books," list of, 747.