INDEX

INDEX

  1. Academy in England, Johnson on proposed, 163–6.
  2. Actors and acting, 22, 93–4.
  3. Addison, 29, 33, 44–5, 137, 139, 149.
  4. Akenside, 155.
  5. All’s Well that Ends Well, 89.
  6. Anecdote, Johnson on, 38.
  7. Antiquary, qualifications of, 112–13.
  8. Athenae Oxonienses, 106, 113.
  9. Aubrey, John, 106–13, 116. 118.
  10. Authorship, Johnson on, 79, 137–42.
  11. Authorship, mediaeval, 99.
  12. Autobiography in Lives of the Poets, 134–7.
  13. Bad characters, Johnson’s liking for, 168.
  14. Bale, J., 100.
  15. Baretti, Joseph, 50.
  16. Bashfulness, Johnson on, 16.
  17. Beggars, Johnson and, 171.
  18. Beggar’s Opera, Gay’s, 144.
  19. Bentley, Richard, 142.
  20. Beyle, Henri (De Stendthal), 90.
  21. Biography, Early, 98; Evangelical, 106; Servile, 118, 143.
  22. Birmingham, History of, 72.
  23. Blackerby, Richard, 106.
  24. Blank verse, Johnson on, 153–6.
  25. Blount, Sir Thos. Pope, 105.
  26. Boccaccio, 156.
  27. Boileau, 159.
  28. Bolton, Edmund, 164.
  29. Books, the use of, 28, 31.
  30. Books quoted by Johnson, 94.
  31. Boots, Johnson’s, 94–5.
  32. Boswell, 9–12, 14, 18, 27, 35, 36–7, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46–9, 51, 52–6, 60–3, 68, 72–4, 78, 80, 81, 88, 93, 94, 95–7, 128, 129, 131, 141, 174, 175.
  33. Boyse, Samuel, 121–6.
  34. Bunbury, Sir Charles, 59.
  35. Burke, 55, 63.
  36. Burney, Charles, 86.
  37. Burney, Frances, 44, 46–7, 68, 72, 168–71.
  38. Bustle, Johnson on, 69.
  39. Bute, Lord, 61.
  40. Cambridge University, 7, 152.
  41. Camden, Wm., 102.
  42. Campbell, Dr. Thomas, 60.
  43. Carew, quoted, 18.
  44. Carlyle, 66, 140.
  45. Cartwright, Edmund, 121 n.
  46. Cat, Johnson’s, 94.
  47. Cat, physiology of the, 58.
  48. Chandler, Mrs. Mary, 126.
  49. Chatham, Lord, 10.
  50. Chaucer, 126, 128; quoted, 99.
  51. Chesterfield, Lord, 76.
  52. Children, Johnson and, 66, 71, 171.
  53. Churchill on Johnson, 77.
  54. Cibber, Theophilus, 119–26.
  55. Clarke, Sam., 106.
  56. Classical doctrine of poetry, 147.
  57. Coleridge, 154.
  58. Commonplace, 13, 37.
  59. Congreve, 27, 87–8, 118.
  60. Conversation, Johnson’s, 45, 48, 51–2, 71, 96–7.
  61. Cook, Wm., Life of Johnson, 41; memory of Goldsmith, 65.
  62. Cooper, Mrs. Eliz., 118–19.
  63. Corneille, 88.
  64. Cowley, 105, 126, 128, 133, 137, 152, 153.
  65. Cowper, William, 145–7.
  66. Coxeter, Thos., 119.
  67. Criticism, breadth of Johnson’s, 157.
  68. Cumberland, Richard, 53, 61.
  69. Curll, Edmund, 117, 118.
  70. Cymbeline, 94.
  71. Dante, 176.
  72. Death, Johnson on, 48–9, 71.
  73. Denham, 157.
  74. Devotional poetry, Johnson on, 159–61; Dr. Watts on, 161–3.
  75. Dictionary, Johnson’s, 12, 31, 33, 34, 75–6, 82, 126.
  76. Dictionary of National Biography, 8.
  77. Dies Irae, 162.
  78. Dilly, Edward, 128.
  79. Donne, 103, 104, 176.
  80. Drayton, 102.
  81. Dryden, 8, 126, 131, 136–7, 138, 140–1, 149–50, 157, 164, 166–8.
  82. Eating, Johnson’s manner of, 52–53.
  83. Education, Johnson on, 69.
  84. Egotism, Johnson’s freedom from, 59–60.
  85. Emendation of Shakespeare, Johnson’s views on, 90–2.
  86. English character, 32, 35, 163.
  87. Essay on Man, Pope’s, 148.
  88. Essex Head Club, 41, 44.
  89. Exit Pistol, Johnson’s note on, 86.
  90. Farmer, Dr., 80.
  91. Faults of Shakespeare, 86–9.
  92. Fitzherbert, 58.
  93. Flint, Elizabeth, 169–71.
  94. Foote, 41, 92–3.
  95. Fox, Charles James, 20.
  96. Freedom, poetic, 157.
  97. Fuller, Thos., 100, 102, 105, 107.
  98. Garrick, David, 22, 80, 88, 93.
  99. Gay, 144, 148.
  100. Gesticulation, Johnson on, 21–2.
  101. Ghost, The, Churchill’s, 77.
  102. Ghosts, Johnson on, 70.
  103. Gibbon, 138.
  104. Goldsmith, 61–6, 72, 73.
  105. ‘Good kissing carrion,’ 91.
  106. Grainger, Dr., 77.
  107. Gray, 30, 139–40.
  108. Great, the, and Johnson, 59.
  109. Greville, Sir Fulke, 101.
  110. Griffiths, Ralph, 119, 120–5 n.
  111. Gunpowder, Johnson on, 48.
  112. Hamlet, 80, 85, 91, 117.
  113. Hammond, James, 122 n., 151.
  114. Hanmer, Sir Thomas, 75.
  115. Hawkesworth, Life of Swift, 29.
  116. Hawkins, Sir John, 43, 53, 54, 63–5, 68, 78, 168.
  117. Hearne, Thos., 45, 114.
  118. Hector, Edmund, 79.
  119. Henry V., 86.
  120. Henry VIII., 90.
  121. Herbert, George, 103, 104.
  122. Hervey, Hon. Henry, 135–6.
  123. Heywood, Thomas, projected Lives of the Poets, 101–2.
  124. Hill, Dr. Birkbeck, 5, 59, 80.
  125. Hobbes, 107.
  126. Hooker, Richard, 103, 104.
  127. Hoole, John, 49.
  128. Horneck, The Misses, 62.
  129. Humour, Johnson’s, 68–70.
  130. Hunting, Johnson on, 67.
  131. Idler, The, 33, 40, 93.
  132. Indolence, Johnson on, 15.
  133. Inspiration, Johnson’s view of poetic, 158.
  134. Irene, Johnson’s, 140.
  135. Irish bulls, 65.
  136. Jacob, Giles, 117–18.
  137. Jenyns, Soame, 23–6.
  138. Jonson, Ben, 84, 109, 123.
  139. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Boswell’s, 48, 53.
  140. Journey to the Western Islands, Johnson’s, 33, 61; quoted, 18.
  141. Kearsley, 41.
  142. Keats, 157.
  143. Kettell, Dr. Ralph, 110–11.
  144. Lamb, Charles, 66, 93.
  145. Langbaine, Gerard, 105, 118.
  146. Language of Shakespeare, Johnson and Coleridge on, 83–4.
  147. Leland, J., 100.
  148. Levett, Dr. Robert, Johnson’s elegy on, 152–3.
  149. Lichfield, 32, 39.
  150. Lives of Johnson, 40–4.
  151. Lives of the Poets, Johnson’s, 18, 26–31, 33. 119, 121 n., 126–7, 128–76.
  152. London, Johnson’s early life in, 30–1, 34, 135.
  153. Love, Johnson on, 67–8.
  154. Lycidas, 28–9, 151–3.
  155. Lyttelton, Lord, 140–1.
  156. Macaulay, 52, 53, 81, 164, 174.
  157. Macbeth, 75, 86, 90, 93.
  158. Malone, Edmund, 71–2, 82, 129, 143.
  159. Merton College, 114–15.
  160. Midsummer Night’s Dream, 22, 90.
  161. Milbourne, Rev. Mr., 157.
  162. Milton, 28–9, 105, 134–5, 140, 143–4, 154, 155, 158.
  163. Minor Poems of Milton, 143.
  164. Montagu, Mrs., 141, 169.
  165. Monthly Review, 120–5 n.
  166. More, Hannah, 44, 72.
  167. More, Sir Thomas, 94.
  168. Mourning Bride, Congreve’s, 87–8.
  169. Murphy, Arthur, Essay on Johnson, 43–4, 68.
  170. Mythology, Johnson on, 148–50.
  171. Nature, Return to, 156.
  172. Night Thoughts, Young’s, 155.
  173. Nut-brown Maid, The, 145–7.
  174. Oldys, Wm., 118–19.
  175. Oxford University, 113, 116.
  176. Pack-thread, 57.
  177. Paradise Lost, 143, 158.
  178. Pastoral poetry, 28, 150–3.
  179. Pepys, Samuel, 108.
  180. Pepys, William Weller, 141.
  181. Percy, Bishop, 44, 53, 60, 70.
  182. Petty, Sir William, 108.
  183. Phillips, Edward, 105, 143–4.
  184. Pinkethman, Mrs., 170.
  185. Pits, J., 100.
  186. Poetic temperament, Johnson’s apology for the, 172.
  187. Poetry, Johnson’s estimate of, 156–7.
  188. Politeness, Johnson’s claim to, 54–60.
  189. Pope, 23, 27, 75, 78, 91, 92, 118, 136, 138–9, 148, 149, 150, 156, 158.
  190. Poverty, Johnson on, 15, 51.
  191. Prayers, Milton’s omission of, 134–5.
  192. Prior, Matthew, 133, 145–7, 147–8.
  193. Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare, 76.
  194. Prose style, Johnson’s, 16–18, 147, 175–6.
  195. Prose and verse, 153–4.
  196. Prose and youth, 131–2.
  197. Prynne, Wm., 107.
  198. Public opinion, 34–5, 137–40, 166.
  199. Publishers, rise of, 116–17.
  200. Pun, Johnson’s, 70.
  201. Puppets and Goldsmith, 63.
  202. Raleigh, Sir Walter, 94, 101.
  203. Raleigh, Walter, the younger, 108.
  204. Rambler, The, 12–17, 21, 33, 56, 175.
  205. Rasselas, 33, 67, 79, 129.
  206. Reading, Johnson’s manner of, 23.
  207. Reputation, Johnson on, 142.
  208. Revenge, Johnson on, 16.
  209. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 44, 46, 52, 55, 60–1, 72, 73, 81.
  210. Richard II., 96.
  211. Richardson, Samuel, 13.
  212. Rogers, Samuel, 65.
  213. Roman History, Johnson on, 20.
  214. Romantic School, The, 21, 28, 84–5, 138.
  215. Ronsard, 176.
  216. Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of, 164.
  217. Rossetti, D. G., quoted, 116, 147.
  218. Rousseau, 21, 34.
  219. Rowe, N., 75, 127, 150.
  220. Rudd, Mrs., 170.
  221. Samson Agonistes, 135.
  222. Sanderson, Dr. Robert, 103, 104.
  223. Satire, example of Johnson’s, 24–6.
  224. Savage, Life of, 18–20, 30, 72–3, 123, 138, 166, 171–3.
  225. Savile, Sir Henry, 107, 108, 153.
  226. Sayings, Johnson’s, quoted, 10, 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55–6, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 67, 69, 70, 71, 77, 79, 81, 82, 88, 92, 129, 133, 135–6, 140, 142.
  227. Scotland and the Scotch, 9, 10, 35, 60–1, 121–3.
  228. Scudery, 94.
  229. Seasons, The, Thomson’s, 155.
  230. Second-sight, Johnson on, 18.
  231. Selden, 109.
  232. Settle, Elkanah, 140–1.
  233. Seward, Miss Anna, 70.
  234. Shakespeare, 11, 31, 32, 67, 75–97, 98, 101, 102, 144, 163.
  235. Shaw, Rev. Wm., Life of Johnson, 41.
  236. Sheffield, John, D. of Buckinghamshire, 134.
  237. Shenstone, 151.
  238. Shiels, Robert, 120–3, 120 n.
  239. Ship and jail, Johnson on, 21.
  240. Sidney, Sir Philip, Life of, 101.
  241. Smith, Adam, 78.
  242. Smith, Edmund, 137.
  243. Somervile, Wm., 154.
  244. Spectator, Addison’s, 15, 33, 132–3.
  245. Spenser, 101.
  246. Sprat, Bp., 105.
  247. Stanley, Dame Venetia, 106.
  248. Steele, 172–3.
  249. Steevens, George, 80.
  250. Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 8.
  251. Stephen, Sir Leslie, 7–9.
  252. Suckling, 107.
  253. Surprises of Johnson’s talk, 21.
  254. Swift, 29–30, 44, 164.
  255. Taine on Johnson, 12–13.
  256. Tanner, Bp., 100.
  257. Tavern, Johnson’s delight in, 55–6.
  258. Tediousness, Johnson on, 133.
  259. Tempest, The, 90.
  260. Theobald, 75, 82, 92.
  261. Thomson, James, 155.
  262. Thrale, Mrs., 20, 27, 41–2, 43, 47, 49–51, 54, 56–8, 66–8, 69, 72, 73, 130, 131, 162, 170.
  263. Tombstones, described by Aubrey, 109–10.
  264. Tonson, Jacob, 117.
  265. Towers, Joseph, Life of Johnson, 42–3.
  266. Truth, Johnson’s regard for, 38, 52, 70, 82.
  267. Tyers, Life of Johnson, 40–1, 48.
  268. Unities, The dramatic, 90 n., 163.
  269. Vanity of Human Wishes, The, 67.
  270. Verbosity, Johnson’s, 147–8.
  271. Violence, Johnson’s, 54.
  272. Virgil, Dryden’s translation of, 157.
  273. Vivisection, Johnson on, 94.
  274. Waller, Edmund, 132, 148–9, 159.
  275. Walpole, Horace, 141.
  276. Walsh, Wm., 136.
  277. Walton, Izaak, 102–4.
  278. Warburton, 75, 76, 91, 92–3.
  279. Warton, Thomas, 77, 80.
  280. Watts, Dr. Isaac, 21–3, 161–3.
  281. Welsh character, 35.
  282. Wesley, John, 70.
  283. Whims, Johnson’s, 36–7.
  284. Widows, 134.
  285. Winstanley, Wm., 105.
  286. Wood, Anthony à, 106, 113–16, 118.
  287. Wordsworth, 147, 156.
  288. Worthies of England, Fuller’s, 102.
  289. Wotton, Sir Henry, 103.
  290. Writing, Johnson’s method of, 130.
  291. Young, Edward, 155.
  292. Young, Sir John, 109–10.