Hell paved with good intentions, ii. 360.
INTEREST, how far we are governed by it, ii. 234.
INTEREST OF MONEY, iii. 340.
INTOXICATION, said to be good for the health, v. 260;
see DRUNKENNESS, SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, WINE;
and JOHNSON, intoxicated, and wine; and BOSWELL, wine.
_Introduction to the Game of Draughts_, i. 317.
_Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain_, i. 307.
_Introduction to the World displayed_, iv. 251.
INTUITION, iv. 335.
INVASION, fears of an, iii. 326, 360, n. 3.
INVITATION, going into the society of friends without one, ii. 362.
INVOCATION OF SAINTS. See SAINTS.
INWARD LIGHT, ii. 126.
IRELAND and IRISH,
accent, ii. 160;
ancient state, i. 321; iii. 112;
baronets, traditional, v. 322, n. 1;
Belanager, iii. 111, n. 4;
British government, barbarous, ii. 121;
Burke's saying about the Roman Catholics, ii. 255, n. 3;
Catholics persecuted by Protestants, ii. 255;
penal code against them, ii. 121, n. 1;
their students abroad, iii. 447 (see below under WESLEY);
clergy, ii. 132;
condemned to ignorance, ii. 27, n. 1;
corn-laws, ii. 130;
corrupt government, iv. 200, n. 4;
cottagers, ii. 130, n. 2;
'drained' by England, v. 44;
Drogheda, ii. 156;
drunkenness of the gentry, v. 250, n. 1;
Dublin, Derrick's poem to it, i. 456;
Capital, only a worse, iii. 410;
_Evening Post_, iv. 381, n. 1;
freedom of the guild given to Chief Justice Pratt, ii. 353, n. 2;
'not so bad as Iceland,' iv. 358, n. 2;
physicians, iii. 288, n. 4;
Rolt's fraud, i. 359;
Theatre, _Douglas_ acted, ii. 320, n. 2;
riot in it, i. 386;
Miss Philips the singer, iv. 227;
University, Burke and Goldsmith at Trinity College, i. 411;
Flood's bequest for the study of Irish, i. 321, n. 5;
M.A. degree in vain sought for Johnson, i. 133;
LL.D. degree conferred, i. 488;
duelling, ii. 226, n. 5;
export duties, ii. 131, n. 1;
fair people, a, ii. 307;
Falkland, ii. 116;
family pride, v. 263;
Ferns, iv. 73;
French, contrasted with, ii. 402, n. 1;
Grattan's speeches, iv. 317;
_History_, Johnson exhorts Maxwell to write its, ii. 121;
hospitality to strangers, iv. 18;
independence in 1782, iv. 139, n. 4;
_influence_, governed by, ii. 205;
Insolvent Debtors' Relief Bill of 1766, iii. 377, n. 2;
Irish chairmen in London, ii. 101;
Johnson averse to visit it, iii. 410;
kindness for the Irish, iii. 410;
pity for them, ii. 121;
prejudice against them, i. 130;
lady's verses on Ireland, iii. 319;
landlords and tenants, v. 250, n. 1;
language, i. 321, n. 5, 322; ii. 156, 347; iii. 112, 235;
literature, i. 321;
Londonderry, iv. 334; v. 319;
Lucan, v. 108, n. 8;
Lucas, Dr., i. 311;
mask of incorruption never worn, iv. 200, n. 4;
minority prevails over majority, ii. 255, 478;
mix with the English better than the Scotch do, ii. 242; iv. 169, n. 1;
nationality, free from extreme, ii. 242;
orchards never planted by Irishmen, iv. 206, n. 1;
parliament, duration of, i. 311, n. 2;
long debates in 1771, i. 394, n. 1;
peers created in 1776, iii. 407, n. 4;
players, succeed as, ii. 242;
Pope's lines on Swift, ii. 132, n. 2;
premium-scheme, i. 318;
professors at Oxford and Paris Irish, i. 321, n. 6;
Protestant rebels in 1779, iii. 408, n. 4;
rebellion ready to break out in 1779, iii. 408, n. 4;
scholars incorrect in _quantity_, ii. 132;
school of the west, iii. 112;
Swift, their great benefactor, ii. 132;
Thurot's descent, iv. l01, n. 4;
_Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy_, iv. 385;
union wished for by artful politicians, iii. 410;
Johnson's warning against it, ib.;
volunteers, not allowed to raise, iii. 360, n. 3;
Wesley against toleration, v. 35, n. 3;
William III and the Irish parliament, ii. 255.
_Irene_,
altered for the stage and acted, i. 192, n. 3, 196;
nine nights' run, i. 197, n. 5;
never brought on the stage again, i. 198, n. 1;
begun at Edial, i. l00;
continued at Greenwich, i. 106;
finished at Lichfield, i. 107;
refused by Fleetwood, i. 153;
offered to a bookseller, ib.;
blank verse, iv. 42, n. 7;
Cave, shown to, i. 123;
dedication, no, ii. 1, n. 2;
Demetrius's speech quoted, i. 237;
dramatic power wanting, i. 198, 199, n. 2, 506;
_Epilogue_, i. 197;
Hill, Aaron, present at the benefit, i. 198, n. 4;
Johnson hears it read aloud, iv. 5;
reads it himself, ib., n. 1;
his receipts from the acting and copyright, i. 198;
original sketch of it, i. 108; Pot admires it, iv. 5, n. 1;
_Prologue_, i. 196;
quotable lines, i. 199, n. 2.
IRISH GENTLEMAN, an, on the blackness of negroes, i. 401.
IRISH PAINTER, an, Johnson's _Ofellus_, i. 104.
IRON-WORKS at Holywell, v. 441.
IRVINE, Mr., of Drum, v. 98.
IRVING, Rev. Edward, iv. 9, n. 5.
IRWIN, Captain, ii. 391.
ISIS, THE, iv. 295.
ISLAM,
Boswell and Johnson visit it, i. 183, n. 4; iii. 187;
Johnson and the Thrales, v. 429, 434, 457.
ISLAND, retiring to one, v. 154.
ISLE OF MAN,
Boswell's projected tour, iii. 80;
Burke's motto, ib.;
Sacheverell's _Account_. See under Sacheverell, W.;
mentioned, v. 233.
ITALY,
condemned prisoners, treatment of, iv. 331;
copy-money, iii. 162;
_Guide-Books_, v. 61;
inferiority in not having seen it, iii. 36, 456;
Johnson's wish to visit it: see JOHNSON, Italy;
revival of letters, iii. 254;
silk-throwing, iii. 164, n. 1.
IVY LANE CLUB. See under CLUBS.
J.
_Jack the Giant Killer_, ii. 58, n. 1; iv. 8, n. 3.
JACKSON, Henry, of Lichfield, ii. 463; iii. 131.
JACKSON, Rev. Mr., i. 239, n. 1.
JACKSON, Richard,
all-knowing, iii. 19;
commends Johnson's _Journey_, iii. 137.
JACKSON, Thomas, Michael Johnson's servant, i. 38.
JACOB, Giles, v. 419, n. 2.
JACOBITES, identified with Tories, i. 429, n. 4.
JACOBITISM. See under BOSWELL and JOHNSON.
JAMAICA,
constitutions of, iii. 202;
den of tyrants, ii. 478;
story of a young man going there, iv. 332;
mentioned, i. 239, n. 1, 242, n. 1; iii. 76, n. 2, 416, n. 2.
JAMES I (of England),
_Daemonology_, iii. 382;
Johnson, resemblance to, v. 12;
Nairne, witticism about, v. 117, n. 3;
Raleigh's trial, i. 180, n. 2;
Sanquhar's trial, v. 103, n. 2;
mentioned, ii. 175.
JAMES II,
deposition needful, i. 430; ii. 341;
George III, compared with, iv. 139, n. 4;
king, very good, ii. 341;
Sedley, Catherine, v. 49, n. 5;
mentioned, ii. 437, n. 2; v. 297, n. 1, 357, n. 3.
JAMES I of Scotland, ii. 7.
JAMES IV, patron of Boswell's family, ii. 413; v. 91.
JAMES V, v. 181.
JAMES, King (the Pretender), i. 429.
JAMES, Dr. Robert,
death, i. 81; iii. 4;
_Dissertation on Fevers_, iii. 389, n. 2;
Greek, knowledge of, iv. 33, n. 3;
Johnson describes his character, i. 81, 159;
learnt physic from him, iii. 22;
opinion of his medicines, iv. 355;
dedication to his _Medicinal Dictionary_, i. 159;
assisted him in writing the _Medicinal Dictionary_, iii. 22;
powder, his, its sale, iii. 4;
traduced, iii. 389, n. 2;
suspected of being not sober for twenty years, iii. 389, n. 2;
wrote first line of the epigram _Ad Lauram_, i. 157, n. 5;
mentioned, iii. 318, n. 1.
JANES, ----, a naturalist, v. 149, 163, 408, n. 1.
JANSENISTS, iii. 341, n. 1.
JANUARY 30,
fast of, ii. 152;
old port and solemn talk on it, iii. 371.
_Janus Vitalis_, iii. 251.
JAPAN, five persecutions, v. 392.
JAPIX, Gisbert, _Rymelerie_, i. 476.
JARVIS, ----, a Birmingham person, i. 86, n. 1.
JARVIS, or Jervis,
the maiden name of Johnson's wife, i. 86, n. 1, 241, n. 2.
_Jealous Wife, The_, i. 364.
JEALOUSY, little people given to it, iii. 55.
JEFFERIES, Judge, v. 113, n. 1.
JEFFREY, Francis (Lord Jeffrey),
birth, v. 24, n. 4;
helps Boswell to bed, ib.;
_Edinburgh Review_, payment to writers, iv. 214, n. 2;
Scotch accent, loses his, ii. 159, n. 6;
title, his, v. 77, n, 4;
trees in Scotland, ii. 301, n. 1.
JENKINSON, Right Hon. Charles (first Earl of Liverpool),
account of him, iii. 146, n. 1;
Johnson's letter to him, iii. 145-7.
JENNINGS, Mr., iii. 231.
JENYNS, Soame,
benevolence as a motive to action, iii. 48;
character, his, iii. 289, n. 1;
conversion, i. 316, n. 2; iii. 280;
'Epitaph,' i. 316, n. 2;
_Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil_, i. 309, 315;
Johnson's _Review_ of it, i. 315-316; ii. 188, n. 6; iii. 48, n. 3;
Johnson, attacks, i. 316;
_View of the Internal Evidence, &c._, iii. 48, n. 3, 288;
_World_, contributor to the, i. 257, n. 3.
JEPHSON, Robert, i. 262, n. 1.
JERSEY, v. 142, n. 2.
JERSEY, Earl of, i. 31, n. 4.
JERUSALEM, ii. 275-6.
_Jests of Hierocles_, i. 150.
JESUITS,
attacked by Psalmanazar, iii. 444;
persecuted in Japan, v. 392, n. 5.
JEWISH KINGS, v. 340.
JEWITT, Mr. L., ii. 324, n. 1.
JOCULARITY, low, i. 449.
JODDREL (Jodrell), R. P., iv. 254, 272, 437.
JODRELL, Sir R. P., M.D., iv. 437.
JOHN, King, i. 248.
_John Bull_, v. 20, n. 2.
_Johnny Armstrong_,
quoted by Johnson for its abruptness, i. 403;
in Holyrood, v. 43.
JOHNSON, B., the actor, iv. 243, n. 6.
JOHNSON, Andrew (Johnson's uncle),
great at boxing and wrestling, iv. 111, n. 3; v. 229, n. 2.
JOHNSON, Charles, author of _The Adventures of a Guinea_, v. 275, n. 2.
JOHNSON, D., i. 79, n. 2.
JOHNSON, Elizabeth (Dr. Johnson's wife, H. Porter's widow,
maiden name Jarvis or Jervis), i. 86, n. 1;
account of her, i. 95;
her age, i. 95, n. 2;
character, i. 241, n. 4;
death, i. 203, n. 1, 234;
epitaph, i. 241, n. 2;
Ford's ghost, iii. 349;
Garrick's mimicry of her, i. 99;
Hampstead lodgings, i. 192;
indulgencies, i. 238;
Johnson's conversation, admires, i. 95;
lodgings in her last illness, iv. 377, n. 1;
marriage, i. 95; ii. 77;
marriage-settlement, i. 95, n. 3;
personal appearance, i. 95, 99; 238;
_Rambler_, admiration of the, i. 210;
_Tetty_ or _Tetsey_, i. 98; ii. 77;
wedding-ring, i. 237;
mentioned, i. 488, 500; iii. 46.
See JOHNSON, wife.
JOHNSON, Fisher, and his sons (Johnson's cousins), iv. 402, n. 2.
JOHNSON, 'the gigantick,' i. 388, n. 3.
JOHNSON, Hester (_Stella_), iv. 177, n. 2; v. 243.
JOHNSON, the horse-rider, i. 399; iii. 231.
JOHNSON, Michael (Johnson's father),
account of him, i. 34-7;
accompanies his son to Oxford, i. 59;
bankrupt, i. 78-9; iv. 402, n. 2;
book-trade, i. 36;
Chester fair, at, v. 435;
death, i. 80;
disapproved of tea, i. 313, n. 2;
epitaph, i. 79, n. 2; iv. 393;
excise prosecution, i. 36, n. 5;
fire in the parlour on Sunday, v. 60;
'foolish old man,' i. 40;
house, his, iv. 372, n. 2;
Jacobite, a, i. 37;
marriage register, i. 35, n. 1;
melancholy, i. 35;
oath of abjuration, signs the, ii. 322;
observer, no careless, i. 34, n. 5;
sheriff of Lichfield, i. 36, n. 4;
Uttoxeter market, at, iv. 373.
JOHNSON, Mr., in Blackmore's _Lay Monastery_, v. 384, n. 2.
JOHNSON, Nathanael (Johnson's younger brother),
complains of his brother, i. 90, n. 3;
death, i. 35, 90, n. 3;
epitaph, ib.; iv. 393;
letter from him, i. 90, n. 3;
succeeds his father, i. 90.
JOHNSON, Samuel, Rev., i. 135.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL, CHIEF EVENTS OF His LIFE.
(For his publications see also i. 16-24; for a complete list of his
travels and visits, iii. 450-3; and for his residences, iii. 405, n. 6.)
1709 Birth, i. 34.
1712 'Touched by Queen Anne, i. 43.
1716 (about) Enters Lichfield School, i. 43.
1725 Enters Stourbridge School, i. 49.
1726 Returns home, i. 50.
1728 Enters Pembroke College, i. 58.
Translates Pope's _Messiah_, i. 61.
1729 Returns home, i. 78, n. 2.
1731 Death of his father, i. 80.
1732 Usher at Market Bosworth, i. 84.
1733 At Birmingham, i. 85, 86, n. 1.
1734 Returns to Lichfield, i. 89.
Publishes proposals for printing _Politian_, i. 90.
Returns to Birmingham, i. 90.
Offers to write for the _Gent. Mag_. i. 91.
1735 Publishes _Lobo's Abyssinia_, i. 87.
Marries Mrs. Porter and opens a school at Edial, i. 95, n. 2, 96.
1737 Visits London with Garrick, i. 101.
Returns to Lichfield and finishes _Irene_, i. 107.
Removes to London, i. 110.
1738 Becomes a writer in the _Gent. Mag_. i. 113.
_London_, i. 118.
Begins to translate Father Paul Sarpi's _History_, i. 135.
_Life of Father Paul Sarpi_, i. 139.
1739 Seeks the Mastership of Appleby School and the degree of
Master of Arts, i. 132-3.
_Life of Boorhaave_, i. 140.
_Marmor Norfolciense_, i. 141.
1740 _Lives of Blake, Drake, and Barretier_, i. 147.
Begins to write the _Debates_, i. 150.
1741 _Debates_, i. 150.
1742 _Debates_, i. 150.
_Lives of Barman and Sydenham_, i. 153.
_Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana_, i. 153.
1743 Finishes the Debates, i. 150.
1744 Life of Savage, i. 161.
1745 _Miscellaneous Observations on Macbeth_, i. 175.
Sketching outlines of his Dictionary, i. 176, 182, n. 3.
1746 Gets to know Levett, i. 243.
1747 _Prologue on the opening of Drury Lane Theatre_, i. 181.
_Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language_, i. 182.
1748 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Life of Roscommon_, i. 192.
_The Vision of Theodore the Hermit_, i. 192.
1749 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Vanity of Human Wishes_, i. 192.
_Irene_ acted, i. 196.
Forms the Ivy Lane Club, i. 190, n. 5.
Living in Gough Square, iii. 405, n. 6.
1750 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Begins the _Rambler_, i. 201.
_Prologue for the benefit of Milton's Grand-daughter, i. 227.
1751 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_The Rambler_.
Lauder's fraud exposed, i. 228.
_Life of Cheynel_, i. 228.
1752 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Ends _The Rambler_, i. 203.
Death of his wife, i. 234.
Miss Williams begins to reside with him, i. 232.
Gets to know Reynolds, i. 245, n. 1.
1753 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Writes for _The Adventurer_, i. 252.
1754 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Life of Cave_, i. 256.
Visits Oxford, i. 270.
Gets to know Murphy, i. 356, n. 2.
1755 Letter to Lord Chesterfield, i. 261.
Becomes an M.A. of Oxford, i. 281.
Publishes the _Dictionary_, i. 291.
Projects a Biblitheque, i. 284.
Gets to know Langton (about this year), i. 247, n. 1.
1756 Publishes an abridgement of the _Dictionary_, i. 305.
Writes for _The Universal Visitor_, i. 306.
Superintends and writes for _The Literary Magazine_, i. 307.
_Life of Sir Thomas Browne_, i. 308.
_Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare_, i. 318.
1757 Writes for the _Literary Magazine_, i. 320.
Editing _Shakespeare_, i. 496, n. 3.
1758 Editing _Shakespeare_, i. 496, n. 3.
Begins _The Idler_, i. 330.
Gets to know Dr. Burney, i. 328.
1759 _The Idler_, i. 330.
Death of his mother, i. 339.
_Rasselas_, i. 340.
Leaves Gough Square and goes into chambers, i. 350, n. 3;
iii. 405, n. 6.
Visits Oxford, i. 347.
Gets to know Beauclerk, i. 248, n. 4.
1760 Ends _The Idler_, i. 330.
Perhaps editing _Shakespeare_, i. 353.
In Inner Temple Lane, iii. 405, n. 6.
1761 Visits Lichfield in the winter of 1761-2, i. 370.
