labours when he says a good thing, v. 77;
'literature in it, very little,' v. 307;
'music to hear him speak,' v. 246;
old man in it, nothing of the, iii. 336;
originality, iv. 421, n. 1;
point and imagery, teemed with, iii. 260;
rule to talk his best, i. 204;
'runts, would learn to talk of,' iii. 337;
seldom started a subject, iii. 307, n. 2; iv. 304, n. 4;
stunned people, v. 288;
too strong for the great, iv. 117;
witnesses, without, iii. 81, n. 1;
conviviality in the Hebrides, v. 261;
convulsions in his breast, iii. 397, n. 1;
convulsive starts: see Peculiarities;
cookery, judge of, i. 469; iii. 285;
projected book on it, iii. 285;
copper coins bearing his head, iv. 421, n. 2;
cottage in Boswell's park, would like a, iv. 226;
country life, knowledge of, iii. 450;
mental imprisonment, iv. 338;
pleasure in it, v. 439, n. 2;
courage, anecdotes of his, ii. 298-9;
Court of Justice, in a, ii. 96, 97, n. 1, 98;
_Cowley_, projected edition of, iii. 29;
credulity, iii. 331; iv. 426; v. 17;
critic upon characters and manners, iii. 48;
croaker, no, iv. 381, n. 1;
Cromwell, projected _Life_ of, iv. 235;
curiosity, his, i. 89; iii. 450, 453-8;
about the middle ages, iv. 133;
dance, at a Highland, v. 166;
dancing, iv. 79, 80, n. 2;
dating letters, i. 122, n. 2;
day, mode of spending his, i. 398; ii. 118;
death, dread of, ii. 106; iii. 153, 295; iv. 253, n. 4, 259, 278, 280,
289, 299-300, 366, 394-5. 399-400; v. 380;
no dread of what might occasion, ii. 298;
dying with a grace,' iv. 300, n. 1;
horror of the last, i. 331, n. 7; iii. 153, n. 2;
keeping away the thoughts of, ii. 93; iii. 157;
news of deaths fills him with melancholy, iv. 154;
resigned at the end, iv. 414, n. 2, 416-9;
death, his, Dec. 13, 1784, iv. 417-9;
agitated the public mind, i. 26, n. 2;
produced a chasm, iv. 420;
a kind of era, iv. 421, n. 1;
described by Boswell, iv. 399-419;
David Boswell, iv. 417;
Dr. Burney, iv. 410, n. 1;
Miss Burney, iv. 377, n. 1, 438-9;
Hoole, iv. 399, n. 1, 406, 410, n. 2;
Langton, iv. 407, 418, n. 1;
Nichols, iv. 407-10;
Reynolds, iv. 414, n. 2;
Windham's servant, iv. 418;
spirit of the grammarian, iv. 401;
characteristical manner shows itself, iv. 411;
lines on a spendthrift, iv. 413;
three requests of Reynolds, ib.;
refuses opiates and sustenance, iv. 415;
operates on himself, iv. 399, 415. n. 1, 418, n. 1;
debate, chose the wrong side in a, i. 441;
debts in 1751, i. 238, n. 2, 350, n. 3;
in 1759 and 1760, i. 350, n. 3;
under arrest, i. 303, n. 1;
dedications, skill in, ii. 1; 224-5;
never used them himself, i. 257, n. 2; ii. i, n. 2;
to him, iv. 421, n. 2;
defending a man, mode of, ii. 87;
deference, required, iii. 24, n. 2;
delicacy about his letter to Chesterfield, i. 260, n. 3;
about Beauclerk, iv. 180;
towards a dependent, ii. 155;
depression of mind, i. 297, 358, n. 5;
deserted, very much, iv. 140;
'_deterre_,' i. 129;
dexterity in retort, iv. 185;
Diaries, _Annales_, i. 74, 89, n. 3;
_Diary_, burnt, i. 25, 35, n. 1, 251; iv. 405;
fragments preserved, i. 27, 35. n. 1, 74; iv. 405, n. 2;
v. 53, 427, n. 1;
Boswell, seen by, i. 251, n. 3; iv. 405;
left in his house, v. 53;
'Dictionary Johnson,' i. 385;
_Dictionary_, cites himself in his, iv. 4, n. 3:
see also under _Dictionary_;
_Dies irae_, reciting the, iii. 358, n. 3;
diffidence, i. 153;
Dignity, 'a blunt dignity about him,' i. 461, n. 4;
of character, i. 131, 264, n. 1; ii. 118; v. 103;
of literature, iii. 310;
dinners, 'dinner to ask a man to,' i. 470;
house, at his own, ii. 215, 360, 375, 427, n. 1; iii. 241;
iv. 92, 210;
to members of the Ivy Lane Club, iv. 436;
'huffed his wife' about, i. 239, n. 2;
on the way to Oxford, iv. 284;
one in Devonshire, i. 379, n. 2;
at the Pine Apple, i. 103;
talked about them more than he thought, i. 469, n. 2;
thought on them with earnestness, i. 467, n. 2; v. 342, n. 2:
see under DINNERS, and JOHNSON, eating;
discrimination, fond of, ii. 306; iii. 282;
disorderly habits, i. 482, n. 2; iv. 110;
dissenters and snails, ii. 268, n, 2;
distilling, iv. 9;
distressed by poverty, i. 73, 77, 121, 123, n. 2, 133, 137, 163,
238, n. 2, 303, 350, 488;
Doctor of Laws of Dublin, i. 488;
Oxford, ii. 318, n. 1, 331-3;
did not use the title, i. 488, n. 3; ii. 332, n. 1; iv. 79, n. 3,
268; v. 37, n. 2;
dogs, separated two: see JOHNSON, fear;
_Domine_, title of, i. 488, n. 3;
'an auld dominie,' v. 382, n. 2;
dramatic power, i. 506: see JOHNSON, tragedy-writer;
draughts, played at, i. 317; ii. 444;
dress, described by Beauclerk, ii. 406;
Boswell, i. 396; v. 18;
Colman, iii. 54, n. 2;
Cumberland, iii. 325, n. 3;
Foote, ii. 403;
Langton, i. 247;
Miss Reynolds, i. 246, n. 2, 328, n. 1;
improved, iii. 325;
on his tour in Scotland, v. 19;
Boswell suggests for him velvet and embroidery, ii. 475;
Court mourning, at a, iv. 325;
dramatic author, as a, i. 200; v. 364;
when visiting Goldsmith, i. 366, n. 1;
in Paris, ii. 403, n. 5;
dropsy, sudden relief from, iv. 271-2;
operated on himself for it: see above, under death;
Easter meetings with Boswell, iv. 148, n. 2;
Easter-day, his placidity on it, iii. 25;
resolutions on it, i. 483, 487; ii. 189, n. 3; iii. 99;
East-Indian affairs, had never considered, ii. 294;
eating, dislikes being asked twice to eat anything, v. 264;
love of good eating, i. 467; iii. 69;
at Monboddo's table, v. 81;
mode, i. 267, 468, 470, n. 2; v. 206;
unaffected by kinds of food, iii. 305;
voracious, iv. 72, 330; v. 20;
enemies, wonders why he has, iv. 168;
envy, candid avowal of, iii 271, n. 2;
possible envy of Burke, iii. 310, n. 4;
epitaphs, his, iv. 424, ib., n. 2, 443-5;
on his wife, i. 241, n. 2; iv. 351-2;
on his parents and brothers, iv. 393;
Essex Head Club, founds the, iv. 253-5, 275, 436-8;
etymologist, a bad, i. 186, n. 5;
evidence, a sifter of, i. 406; v. 388;
evil spirit, the, affects Johnson politically, v. 36, n. 3;
exaggeration, hatred of: see EXAGGERATION;
excellence described by Mrs. Piozzi, ii. 263, n. 6;
executor, Porter's, i. 95, n. 3;
Thrale's, iv. 86;
exhibited, refused to be, ii. 120;
expedition, eager for an, iii. 131, 134;
experiments, minute, iii. 398, n. 3;
eyes: see Sight;
fable, sketch of a, ii. 232;
'Faith in some proportion to fear,' iv. 299, n. 3;
fancy, fecundity of, iii. 317;
Fasting, ii. 214, n. 1, 352, 435, 476; iii. 24, 300; iv. 203, 397;
fasted two days, i. 469; iii. 306; v. 284;
fear, a stranger to, ii. 298, n. 4;
separated two dogs, ii. 299; v. 329;
never afraid of any man, iv. 327, n. 4;
afraid to walk on the roof of the Observatory, ii. 389;
feared at College, iii. 303;
at Brighton, iv. 159, n. 3;
by Langton, iv. 295: see above, JOHNSON, awe;
Fearing in _Pilgrim's Progress_, like, ii. 298, n. 4; iv. 417, n. 2;
female charms, sensible to, i. 92;
female dress, critical of, i. 41;
feudal notions, iii. 177;
fictions, projected work on, iv. 236;
fields, wishes to see the, iii. 435, n. 3, 441-2;
flattery, somewhat susceptible of, iv. 427; v. 17, 440, n. 2;
_foenum habet in cornu_, ii. 79;
Foote describes him in Paris, ii. 403;
foreigners, prejudice against, i. 129; iv. 15;
described by Baretti and Reynolds, ib. n. 3, 169, n. 1;
Boswell, v. 20:
forgiving disposition, ii. 270; iv. 349, n. 2;
shown to one who exceeded in wine, ii. 436; iv. 110; v. 259, n. 1;
fortitude, iv. 240, 3 4;
fox-hunting, i. 446, n. 1; v. 253;
France, tour to, ii. 384-404;
diary, ii. 389-401;
would not publish it, iii. 301;
French, knowledge of, i. 115; ii. 81-2, 208, n. 2, 385, 404;
writes a French letter, ii. 404;
fretful, iv. 170, 173, 283;
friends, list of, in 1752, i. 241;
friend, a most active, iv. 344;
_frisk_, his, i. 250;
frolic, his bitterness mistaken for, i. 73; iv. 304;
fruit, love of, iv. 353; v. 455, n. 3;
funeral, iv. 419, 439;
Garagantua, iii. 255;
garret in Gough Square, i. 328;
Garrick's success, moved by, i. 167, 216, n. 2; ii. 69;
gay and good-humoured, iii. 440, n. 1; iv. 101, n. 1;
'infinitely agreeable,' iv. 305, n. 1;
bland and gay, v. 398;
gay circles of life, pleased at mixing in the, ii. 321, 349;
_Gelaleddin_, describes himself in, iv. 195, n. 1;
general censure, dislikes, iv. 313;
_genius_, always in extremes, i. 468, n. 4; iii. 307, n. 2;
_Gentleman's Magazine_: see _Gentleman's Magazine_;
gentleness, iv. 101, n. 1, 183, n. 2;
want of it, v. 288;
gentlewoman in liquor, helps a, ii. 434;
gesticulating, averse to, iv. 322;
gestures, see JOHNSON, peculiarities;
ghost, like a, i. 6, n. 2; iii. 307; v. 73;
ghosts: see GHOSTS;
'Giant in his den,' i. 396;
gloomy cast of thought, i. 180;
God, love predominated over by fear of, iii. 339;
'saw God in clouds,' iii. 98;
Goldsmith, contests with, ii. 231;
envy, i. 414, n. 4;
_Haunch of Venison_, mentioned in, iii. 225, n. 2;
proposal to review a work by, v. 274:
see GOLDSMITH;
Good Friday, would not look at a proof on, iii. 313:
see JOHNSON, fasting;
good-humour, iv. 245, n. 2; v. 132, 139;
'good-humoured fellow,' ii. 362; iii. 78;
goodnatured, but not good-humoured, ii. 362;
good in others seen by him, i. 161, n. 2;
good things of this life, loved the, iii. 310, n. 4;
good sayings, forgets his, iv. 179;
Gordon Riots, iii. 428-30;
gout due to abstinence, i. 103, n. 3:
see JOHNSON, health;
gown, Master of Arts, i. 347;
graces, valued the, iii. 54;
grandfather, could hardly tell who was his, ii. 261;
gratitude, i. 487;
grave, request about it, iv. 393, n. 3;
in Westminster Abbey, iv. 419;
close to Macpherson's, ii. 298, n. 2;
great, never courted the, iii. 189; iv. 116;
not courted by them, iv. 117, 326;
'greatest man in England next to Lord Mansfield,' ii. 336; v. 96;
Greek, knowledge of, i. 57, 70; iii. 90; iv. 8, n. 3, 384-5;
v. 458, n. 5;
_Greek Testament_, his large folio, ii. 189;
Green Room, in the, i. 201; iv. 7;
grief, bearing, iii. 136, n. 2, 137, n. 1;
Grosvenor Square, apartment in, iv. 72, n. 1;
gun, rashness in firing a, ii. 299;
habitations, list of his, i. 111; iii. 405-6;
Hampton Court, applies for a residence in, iii. 34, n. 4;
happier in his later years, i. 299; iv. 1, n. 1;
happiness not found in this world, iv. 162, n. 2:
see HAPPINESS;
hasty, iii. 80-1;
health, consults Scotch physicians, iv. 261-4;
seldom a single day of ease, iv. 147;
1729, hypochondria, i. 63;
1755, sickness, i. 305;
1765-6, severe attack of hypochondria, i. 483, 487, 520-2;
which left a weakness in his knee, v. 318, 446;
1767, hypochondria, relieved by abstinence, ii. 44, n. 2;
1768, hypochondria, ii. 45;
severe illness at Oxford, ii. 46, n. 3;
1770, rheumatism and spasms, ii. 115, n. 2;
1771, better, ii. 142, n. 2;
1773, fever, ii. 263;
mention of a dreadful illness, ii. 281;
better in Scotland, v. 45, n. 3, 405, n. 1;
1774, illness, ii. 272;
1776, gout, iii. 82, 89;
1777, hypochondria, iii. 98;
illness, iii. 210;
1779, better, iii. 397;
1780, better, iii. 435, 442; iv. 1, n. 1;
1781, better, iv. 101, n. 1;
1782, illness, iv. 141, 142, 144, 149;
1783, illness, iv. 163;
palsy, iv. 227, 401, n. 2;
threatened with an operation, iv. 239;
gout, 241;
1783-4, asthma and dropsy, iv. 255, 256, n. 1, 259;
sudden relief, 261, 271-2;
confined 129 days, iv. 270, n. 1;
projected wintering in Italy, iv. 326;
his letters about his last illness, iv. 353-69;
_Aegri Ephemeris_, iv. 381: see JOHNSON, melancholy;
_heard_, pronunciation of, iii. 197;
hearth-broom, his, iv. 134;
Hebrides, first talk of visiting the, i. 450; ii. 291; v. 286;
proposed tour, ii. 51, 201, 232, 264; v. 13-4;
leaves London, ii. 265; v. 21;
returns, ii. 268;
account of the tour, ii. 266-7; v. 1-425;
described in a letter to Taylor, v. 405, n. 1;
acquisition of ideas, iv. 199;
and of images, v. 405;
hardships and dangers, v. 127, 283, n. 1, 313, n. 1, 392;
uncommon spirit shown, v. 368;
pleasantest journey he ever made, iii. 93; v. 405;
pleasure in talking it over, iii. 131, 196;
a 'frolic,' iv. 136;
no wish to go again, iv. 199;
received like princes, v. 317;
'roving among the Hebrides at sixty,' v. 278;
box of curiosities from them, ii. 269-70:
see _Journey to the Hebrides_, and SCOTLAND;
Hercules, compared by Boswell to, ii. 260;
Hervey, story of his ingratitude to, iii. 195, 209-11;
_high_, his use of, iii. 118, n. 3;
Highlander, shows the spirit of a, v. 324;
hilarity, i. 73, 191, n. 5, 255, n. 1; ii. 261-2, 378;
history, little regard for: see HISTORY;
holds up his head as high as he can, iv. 256;
home uncomfortable by jarrings, iii. 368:
see JOHNSON, household;
honest man, v. 264, 309;
house at Lichfield: see LICHFIELD;
for his habitations, see JOHNSON, habitations;
household, account of it, i. 232, n. 1; iii. 461-2; iv. 169, n. 3;
'much malignity' in it, iii. 417, 461;
losses by death, iv. 140;
melancholy, iv. 142;
more peace, iv. 233, n. 1;
solitude, i. 232, n. 1; iv. 235, n. 1, 239, 241, 249, 253, n. 4,
255, 270;
housekeeping, left off, i. 326, 350, n. 3;
resumed it, ii. 4;
hug, gives one a forcible, ii. 231;
humility, iii. 380, n. 3; iv. 410, 427;
humour, ii. 262, n. 2; iii. 244, n. 2; iv. 428; v. 17, 20;
hungry only once in his life, i. 469;
hypochondria: see JOHNSON, health;
hypocrisy, not suspicious of, i. 418, n. 3; iii. 444;
Iceland, projected voyage to, i. 242; iv. 358, n. 2;
idleness in boyhood, i. 48;
at College, i. 70;
'Desidiae valedixi,' i. 74;
in writing the _Plan_, i. 183;
'_Idle Apprentice_ i. 250;
in Inner Temple lane, i. 350, n. 3;
'idle fellow all my life,' i. 465;
idleness in 1760, i. 353;
in 1761, i. 358;
in 1763, i. 398;
in 1764, i. 482;
in 1767, ii. 44;
in his latter years, i. 372, n. 1;
claim upon him for more writings, i. 398; ii. 15, 35, 441;
idleness exaggerated by himself, i. 446; ii. 263, 271:
see JOHNSON, indolence;
ignorance, covered his, v. 124, n. 4;
illness: see JOHNSON, health;
imitations of him often caricatures, ii. 326, n. 5;
'Imlac,' iii. 6;
_Impransus_, i. 137;
incredulity as to particular extraordinary facts, ii. 247; iii. 188;
v. 331;
'_incredulus odi_,' iii. 229;
independence, always asserted his, i. 443;
indolence, his,
described by Hawkins, iii. 98, n. 1;
by Murphy, i. 307, n. 2;
'inclination to do nothing,' i. 463;
justification of it, ii. 15, n. 2;
time of danger, i. 268, n. 4;
influence, loves, v. 136;
inheritance from his father, i. 80;
intoxicated, i. 94, 103, n. 3, 379, n. 2;
used to slink home, iii. 389;
'_invictum animum Catonis_,' iv. 374;
_Irene_: see _Irene_;
_Island Isa_, v. 250;
Islington, for change of air, goes to, iv. 271;
Italian, knowledge of, i. 115, 156;
mentions _Ariosto_, i. 278; v. 368, n. 1;
_Dante_, ii. 238;
purposes vigorous study, iii. 90; iv. 135;
reads Casa and Castiglione, v. 276;
_Il Palmerino d'Inghilterra_, iii. 2;
Petrarch, iv. 374, n. 5;
Tasso, iii. 330;
Italy, projected book on, iii. 19;
projected tour to, ii. 423, 424, 428;
tour given up, iii. 6, 18, 27;
eagerness to go, iii. 19, 28, 36, 456-8; v. 229;
projected wintering there, iv. 326-8, 336, 338, 348-50;
Jacobite tendencies, i. 43, 176; ii. 27, 220; iii. 162; iv. 314;
never ardent in the cause, i. 176, n. 2, 429;
never in a nonjuring meeting-house, iv. 288;
James's _Medicinal Dictionary_, i. 159;
_Jean Bull philosophe_, i. 467;
