vi. 244. Exerts his humane and
zealous interference in behalf of

Dr. Dodd, vi. 275.

1778. His visit to Bennet Langton,

at Warley Camp, vii. 224. His
home made uncomfortable by the
perpetual jarrings of those whom
he sheltered under his roof, vii.
230.

1779. Publishes the first four vo-
lumes of his Prefaces, biogra-
phical and critical, to the most
eminent of the English Poets,' vii.
237.

1780. Employed in the completion
of the Lives of the Poets,' vii.
308.

1781. Completes his 'Lives of the
Poets,' viii. 1. Loses his friend
Mr. Thrale, viii. 59. Is appointed
one of his executors, viii. 60.
Loses his friend Mr. Strahan, viii.
78. Plans a life of greater dili-
gence, viii. 118. Visits Oxford,
Birmingham, and Lichfield, viii.

118.

1782. Loses his old friend Robert
Levett, viii. 121. Declining state
of his health, viii. 126. Visits
Oxford, viii. 137. Takes a part-
ing adieu of Streatham; his
prayer on leaving Mr. Thrale's
family, viii. 144. Reads a book of
the Æneid every night for twelve
nights, viii. 213.

His

1783. Attacked with a stroke of
the palsy, viii. 221. Visits Lich-
field and Oxford, viii. 227 n.
In-
stitutes the Essex Head Club,
viii. 249. Seized with a spasmodic
asthma, viii. 251.
1784. Visits Oxford, viii. 283.
friends project a tour to Italy for
the benefit of his health, viii. 328.
339. 350. Visits Lichfield, Birm-
ingham, and Oxford for the last
time, viii. 356. His extraordi-
nary expiatory visit to Uttoxeter,
viii. 378.; x. 103.

His last Illness and Death, viii.
393. 418.; ix. 125. 152. 177, 178.
296. 311. 327. His will, viii. 402.
His funeral in Westminster Ab-
bey, 419. 424. His monument in
St. Paul's, viii. 423. His epitaph
by Dr. Parr, viii. 424. Chrono-
logical catalogue of his prose
works, x. 300. List of various
portraits of him, x. 311. List of
various designs intended to be
executed by him, x. 294. His
general character, by Boswell,
viii. 425.

Johnson, Charles, author of 'Adven.
tures of a Guinea,' iv. 307, 307 n.
Johnson, Samuel, author of Hurlo
Thrumbo,' v. 23 n.

Johnson the equestrian, ii. 172, 173 n.
'Johnsoniana,' the collection

called, vi. 60, 60 n.; vii. 179.
Johnston, Arthur, his poems, ii. 248.;
iv. 96, 96 n.

Johnston, Sir James, x. 102.
Jones, Sir William, ii. 140 n. ; vii. 261.
Jones, Philip, vi. 75.
Jones, Miss, ii. 78 n.
Jonson, Ben, v. 155.

Jorden, Rev. Mr., i. 58, 59, 60. 80 n.
Jortin, Dr. John, his 'Sermons,' vii.
79.; viii. 46.; ix. 142. His laconic
epitaph, viii. 46 n.

Joseph Andrews, ix. 322.
Journal of life, its utility, ii. 218.; iii.
254.; v. 303.; vii. 42.; viii. 166.
Judges, v. 148. 285.

Judgment, v. 298.

Junius, iii. 152.; vii. 248.; viii. 307.
Justamond, John Obadiah, vi. 238 n.
Juvenal, v. 106. ; vii. 89, 89 n. Holy.
day's notes on, viii. 317.

K.

Kaimes, Henry Home, Lord, i. 165.;
iii. 43. 93. 234.; iv. 304.; v. 112. ; ix.
144. His Elements of Criticism,'
ii. 166.; vii. 78. His 'Sketches of
Man,' vii. 78. 198. 215.

Kearney, Rev. Dr. Michael, i. 194 n. ;

vii. 103. 286 n.; viii. 46.
Kearsley, George, bookseller, i.
250 n.; viii. 44.

Kedleston, v. 196.; vi. 300.

Kellie, Thomas, sixth Earl of, vi. 312.
Kelly, Hugh, vi. 245.; viii. 411. ; ix.
132.

Kemble, John Philip, viii. 236.
Kempis, Thomas à, vii. 54, 54 n.
Ken, Bishop, v. 311.
Kennedy, Rev. Dr., ii. 133.
Kennedy, Dr., his tragedy, vii. 68.
Kennicot, Dr. Benjamin, iii. 142,
142 n.

Kenrick, Dr. William, ii. 300, 300 n. ;
iii. 53.; iv. 305, 305 n.; vii. 90.
Kepple, Lady Elizabeth, iii. 99 n.
Kerr, James, iv. 32.

Kettel, Dr. Ralph, ii. 41 n.

Kilmorey, John, tenth Viscount, v.
197.; x. 271.

Kindersley, Mr., x. 269.

Kindness, vi. 327.; viii. 140. ; ix. 119.
King, Rev. Dr., ii. 32 n.; v. 311 n. ;
vii. 171.

King, Archbishop, his Essay on
Evil,' vii. 283 n.

Kings, their situation, ii. 206. 226.;
iii. 23.; viii. 19.
King's-Head Club, ii. 218.

Kippis, Dr. Andrew, iii. 157.; iv.
89 n.; vii. 317, 318 n.

Knapton, Messrs., booksellers, ii. 211.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, vii. 66, 67 n.
Knight, Lady, ii. 275.; iii. 9 n. Anec-
dotes by, x. 48.

Knitting, v. 303. ; vii. 72.

Knowledge, ii. 194. ; iii. 260.; v. 303.;
vi. 79. vii. 188.; ix. 4. 70. 78.
Every-day the best, ix. 4. 70. 78.
Knowles, Mary, quakeress, vi. 198.
200 n.; vii. 126. 129. 138. 142. 144.
Her theological dialogue with John-
son, vii. 144. ; x. 15. 106.
Knox, John, iv. 58.

Knox, Rev. Vicesimus, i. 261.; viii.
333. His character of Johnson, x.153.
Knox, John, on Johnson's 'Journey
to the Hebrides,' v. 237.

L.

Lade, Sir John, viii. 413.; ix. 38.
Verses on his coming of age, viii.
414.
Landlords, iii. 103.; iv. 215.; v. 25.
35.; vii. 80.

Langley, Rev. Mr., v. 195.

Langley, Charles, husband of Alley
Croker,' vii. 84 n.

Langton, Bennet, i. 118. 294, 294 n. ;
viii. 407.; ix. 219.; x. 57. 138. His
Collectanea of Johnson's sayings,
vii. 350.

Langton, Miss Jane, vi. 168. John-
son's letter to, iii. 159. ; viii. 267.
Langton, Peregrine, ii. 341.
Langton, Bishop, i. 295 n.
Language, viii. 213. Origin of, viii.
198. Of an ancient author, not to
be modernised, viii. 318. On writ-
ing verses in a dead, v. 319.
Languages, ii. 245.; iii. 12. 81. 183. ;
vi. 24. 154.; ix. 255. Irish and
Gaelic, iii. 183. Chinese, vii. 198.
Poets, the preservers of, vi. 154.
The pedigree of nations, iv. 242.
Lapidary inscriptions, inaccuracy of,
vii. 239, 239 n.

Latin, ix. 148. 310. Latin epitaphs,
iv. 164, 164 n.

Laud, Archbishop, his diary, iii. 251.
Lauder, William, his forgery against

Milton, i. 269, 269 n.

Law, vi. 57. Profession of, vi. 23,
24 n. Opinions as to the study and
practice of, ii. 289. 312.; iii. 3. 36.
253.; iv. 87.; vi. 23, 24 n. 57.; ix.
44. 136. Cicero's defence of the
study of, iii. 37 n.

Law, Dr. Edmond, Bishop of Carlisle,
vii. 304, 304 n.
Law, William, viii. 287 n. 297.
"Serious Call,' i. 69, 69 n.
137 n.; ix. 153.

His

137,

Laws, vi. 38. 143.

Lawyers, ii. 312. 324.; vi. 57.; viii. 48.
Lay patronage, argument in defence
of, iii. 319.

Laziness, iv. 251. ; ix. 148.
Lea, Rev. Samuel, i. 46.
Learned ladies, ix. 129.

Learning, iv. 55. 79.; v. 131. 310.; viii.

212.

Leasowes, v. 214.

Lectures, on the practice of teaching

by, ii. 310.; viii. 68.

Lee, Alderman, vi. 198, 198 n.
Lee, Arthur, vi. 189. 196.
Lee, John, vii. 52, 52 n.
Leechman, Dr. William, iv. 66, 66 n. ;
v. 115.

Leeds, Francis, fifth Earl of, vii. 361.
Legitimation by subsequent mar-
riage, vi. 88, 88 n.
Leibnitz, iii. 183.; v. 12.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, v.
201.

Leisure, the source of intellectual im-
provement, iii. 258.
Leith, iv. 49.

Leland, Rev. Dr. Thomas, ii. 288.;
vi. 243.; vii. 158.

Lenox, Mrs. Charlotte, i. 307, 308.;
ii. 134; v. 222.; vii. 358.; viii. 272.
Leslie, Charles, viii. 287 n.
Letter-writing, viii. 80.

Letters, sanctity of private, iii. 49.
'None received in the grave,' viii.
415, 415 n.

Levellers, ii. 233.

Lever, Sir Ashton, viii. 337, 337 n.
Levett, Robert, i. 185.; viii. 121. ;
x. 45. 82. 258. 263. Verses to the me-
mory of, viii. 122.

Lewis, David, his lines to Pope, viii.
309.

Lewis, Francis, i. 266, 266 n.
'Lexiphanes,' Campbell's, iii. 31, 31 n.
Libels, v. 23.; vi. 60. 130. From the
pulpit, vi. 181. On the character
of the dead, vi, 130.
Liberty, iii. 53.; vii. 258. Political, iii.
53. Of conscience, iii. 291. Of teach-

ing, viii. 211. Of the press, iii. 58.;
vi. 130. Of the pulpit, vi. 181.
Liberty and necessity, viii. 433.
Libraries, iv. 60 n. ; ix. 172.
Licensed stews, vi. 134.
Lichfield, vi. 97.

Liddell, Sir Henry, iii. 200 n.
Lies, ii. 120. 220.

Life, rules for the conduct of, viii.
140. Dryden's lines on, viii. 304.
Human, viii. 331. Reflections on,
ii. 135.; iii. 3.; vi. 175. 219. 262.;
ix. 34. 53. 71. 97. 175.
'Lillibullero,' ballad of, v. 290, 291 n.
Linen, advantages of wearing, iv.
229.

Lintot, the bookseller, i. 112.
'Literary Club,' founded, ii. 272. 320,

321. 323. 325.; iii. 279. 299.; iv.
111.; v. 255. 288, 288 n.; vi. 235.
248. 263.; vii. 59, 59 n. 122. 375.;
ix. 47. Complete list of its mem-
bers from its foundation to the pre-
sent time, ii. 325.
'Literary Anecdotes,' Nichols's, a
storehouse of facts and dates, viii.
374.

Literary fame, v. 303.

Literary fraud, i. 304.; ii. 72. 125.
Literary Journals, iii. 25.
Literary man, life of, viii, 76.
Literary property, ii. 222.; iii. 302.;
iv. 70.; viii. 100.

Literary reputation, iii. 276.
Literature, good, superfetation of the
press prejudicial to, vii. 188. Small
quantity of, in the world, vii. 151 n.
Dignity of, vii. 159.

Little books, ix. 255.

Liturgy of the Church of England,

ix. 130.

Liverpool, Charles Jenkinson, first

Earl of, vi. 282.

'Lives of the English Poets,' vi. 149.
194. 240. 331.; vii. 168. 236. 253. 267.
308.; viii. 1-36.; ix. 243. 250.
Lleweney, v. 199, 200, 201.; viii. 288 n.
Lloyd, Dr., Bishop of St. Asaph, v.
200 n.

Lloyd, Mr., quaker, of Birmingham,

vi. 87. 89.

Lloyd, Humphry, the antiquary, v.

201.

Lloyd, Olivia, quakeress, i. 97.

Lord Chancellors, mode of choosing,
iii. 186.

Loudoun, John, fourth Earl of,v.118 n.
Loudoun, Lady Margaret Dalrymple,
Countess of, vii. 231.

vi. 122.

Local attachment, iii. 108.
Locality, viii. 227.

Lochbuy, the Laird of, v. 81, 82 n.
Lochbuy, Lady, v. 82.

Loch Lomond, v. 109.; vii. 256.
Lock, William, of Norbury Park, viii.
11.

Locke, John, iv. 93; vii. 355. His
verses to Dr. Sydenham, iv. 94. His
plan of education, vii. 222.

Lodgings, list of Johnson's various, in
London, i. 217.; vii. 288.

Lofft, Capel, viii. 276.

159.; v. 299 n.; vi. 116, 117.; viii.
168 n.

Louis XIV., iii. 26.; vii. 192.
Lovat, Simon, twelfth Lord, i. 208. ;
iv. 246 n.; v. 149.

Love, ii. 151.; iii. 157.; v. 306.; vi.
92.; vii. 19.; viii. 55. ; ix. 76.
Love and Madness, viii. 177. A play,
viii. 55.

Loveday, Dr. John, iii. 302 n.
Lovibond, Edward, i. 111.
Low company, viii. 316.

Low Life, v. 38.

Lowe, Mr., i. 41. 43.

vi. 306.

London, i. 110. 114.; v. 278. 301 n.;
vi. 138. 322. ; vii. 77. 87. 149. 227.
282.; viii. 152. 380. The great field
of genius and exertion, i. 110. Art
of Living' in, i. 114. Johnson's
poem of, i. 129. 132. 140. 142. 144.
222. Johnson's love of, ii. 76. 202.;
iii. 134. 148. 75.; vi. 323.; vii. 87.
249.;
viii. 363 n. The fountain of
intelligence, v. 183. No place where
economy can be so well practised as
in, vii. 249. State of the poor in,
vii. 282. Too large, v. 301. Mode
of choosing its mayors, vii. 220.
Pennant's Account' of, vii. 113.
Shopkeeper, iv. 80. 82 n., 83. No
place cures a man's vanity so well
as, iii. 134.

London Chronicle,' ii. 72. 275.; iii.
108. 246.; vii. 48.; viii. 52.
Londoners, iii. 105.; v. 35.
Long, Dudley. See North, viii. 48. 56.
Longitude, ii. 54.
Longlands, Mr., iii. 223.
Longley, John, vii. 356 n.
Lonsdale, first Earl of, iv. 116.
Looking glasses, vi. 13.
Lopez de Vega, ix. 24.

346 n.; viii. 192.

Lowth, Dr. Robert, Bishop of Lon-

don, iii. 23.; iv. 80. 130.; vi. 181.
Lowther, Sir James, the miser, iv. 116.
Lowthers, family of the, iv. 117.
Lucas, Dr. Charles, ii. 65 n.
Lucian, vi. 126 n.; vii. 380.
Lumisden, Andrew, vi. 20.
Lunardi, aëronaut, viii. 361, 362.
'Lusiad,' viii. 246.
Luton Hoe, viii. 96.

Luxury, iii. 202. 256. ; iv. 56. ; v. 102. 3
vi. 178.; vii. 54. 123. 135.
Lydiat, Thomas, i. 225 n.
Lye, Edward, his Saxon Dictionary,
ii. 321.

Lyttelton, George, Lord, ii. 3. 14. ;
iii. 23. 140. 260 n. 280.; iv. 164.; v.
9 n. 213.; vi. 77. 150. ; vii. 334. ; viii.
27.;
ix. 135. 254.; x.114. His 'Life of
Henry II.,' iii. 23. 260 n.; vi. 150 n.
Johnson's Life of, viii. 27.
His
'Dialogues of the Dead,' vi. 77-5
viii. 28.

Lyttelton, Thomas, Lord, his vision,
viii. 302 n.

Lyttelton, Mr., uncle of Lord Lyttel-
ton, iii. 162.; vi. 176 n.
Lyttelton, Miss, vi. 176 n.

Macaulay, v. 328.

Macaulay, Catharine, i. 289 n.; ii.
233. 284. ; iii. 258. ; v. 277 n.; vi.
166 n. 198.; vii. 1. ; ix. 130. 144.
Macbean, Alexander, i. 152. 216.; iii.
238.; vii. 347.; viii. 68.

Macbeth, i. 203.; iii. 93. ; iv. 119.
'Maccaroni,' iv. 204.

Maccaronic verses, vii. 125.
Macclesfield, George, Earl of, ii. 14 n.
Macclesfield, Countess of, reputed
mother of Savage, i. 195. 201 n.
Macconochie, Mr., afterwards Lord
Meadowbank, vii. 35 n.
Maccruslick, iv. 180 n. 197.
Macdonald, Sir James, ii. 235.; iii.

187 n. ; iv. 161. 164. 191. 285.; v. 15.;
viii. 57.

Macdonald, Sir Alexander, iii. 186.;
iv. 159, 160 n. 163. 173.; v. 48.; vi.
126.

Macdonald, Lady Margaret, vii. 257.
Macdonald, Flora, iv. 203 n., 204, 205,
206. 208 n. 288. 329.

Macdonald, Major-general, iv. 295.
Macdonalds, the, v. 174 n.
Macfarlane, Mr., antiquary, iv. 167.
Mackenzie, Sir George, iv. 224.
Mackenzie, Henry, ii. 127. His ' Man
of the World ;' 'Man of Feeling,'
iv. 309.

Mackinnon, Mrs., iv. 294.
Mackinnon's Cave, v. 69, 70 n.
Mackintosh, Sir James, v. 182 n.
292 n.; vi. 203 n.; viii. 318. 320.
His character of Johnson, x. 168.
Macklin, Charles, actor, ii. 158.; vi.
117.

57. 59, 60. 62 n. 69, 70. 75. 80. 84 n.
329.; vi. 229. 260.

Maclean, Rev. Hector, v. 12.
Maclean, Dr. Alexander, his descrip-
tion of Johnson, v. 41. 80.
Maclean, Captain Lauchlan, v. 10.
Maclean, Miss, v. 51. 60.
Maclean of Torloisk, v. 242 n.
Macleod, General John, Laird of
Rasay, iv. 162. 193 n. 215 n. John-
son's letter to, iv. 298. His Me-
moirs' of his own life, iv, 320.
Macleod, Lady, some account of, iv.
217, 218 n. 220.

Macleod, Miss, of Rasay, iv. 195.;
v. 11.

Macleod, Sir Roderick, iv. 218. 223.
Macleod, Rev. Neil, v. 78, 79, 80.
Macleod, Malcolm, iii. 551.; iv. 174.
197.

Macleod, Alexander or 'Sandie, of
Muiravenside, iv. 179, 180 n. 195.
197. 210.

Macleod, Dr., iv. 179.

Macleod, Colonel, of Talisker, iv. 179.
Macleod, Professor, his brother, iv. 95.
Macleod, Mr., of Ulinish, iv. 194. 223.
258.

Macleod, Colin, iv. 193.

Macleod's dining tables, iv. 258.

Macleod's maidens, iv. 258.

Maclure, Captain, v. 54.
Macneil, of Barra, iv. 247.
M'Nicol, Rev. Donald, i. 5 n.; v.
242 n.

Macpherson, James, ii. 168.; iv. 95.
262.; v. 138. 224. 227. 229, 230.
233. 235. 243. 245. See Ossian.
Macpherson, Mr., in Slate, v. 47.

Maclaurin, Colin, mathematician, ii.