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Garrick, George, i. 294.
Garrick, Mrs., i. 303.

Gas lights introduced into London,
ii. 281.

Gay, John, Mrs. Piozzi's remarks
on, ii. 151.

George III., caricature on, ii. 92.
anecdote of, ii. 101.

Gibbon, Edmund, remarks on his
style, ii. 279.

Gifford, W., origin of his "Baviad

and Mæviad,” i. 271.

his lines on Mrs. Piozzi, i. 327.
his attack on Mrs. Piozzi's
"British Synonymy," i. 337.
Gisborne's "Natural Theology," ii.

394.

Glasse, Rev. G. H., notice of, ii. 346,
note.

his motto, ii. 398.

Globe Theatre, in Southwark, ii.

33.

Glover, Miss, the actress, ii. 242.
Gluttony, female, Mrs. Piozzi's re-
marks on, ii. 83.
Goldsmith, Oliver, i. 336.

his imprudence, i. 340.

lines on his portrait at Streat-
ham, ii. 175.

Gordon Riots, the, i. 128.
Grafton, Duke of, and Nancy Par-
sons, i. 59.

Gray's "Odes," i. 295.
Gray,

ii. 161.
Gray, Dr., his character and writ-
ings, ii. 248.

Mrs. Piozzi's letters to, ii.
248.

his lines on the sun-dial, ii.
346.

Gunning, the Misses, ii. 81.
Gwydir, Lord, his death, ii. 453.
Halifax, Lord, ii. 13.

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Head, Mr., ii. 81.

Hell-fire Club, incident at the, ii.
111, note.

"Herald, The Morning," verses in
the, quoted, i. 58.

Hinchliffe, Dr., bishop of Peter-
borough, and Sophy Streat-
field, i. 114.

as a reader of verse, i. 125.
Hogarth, William, his portrait of
Mrs. Thrale, in the "Lady's
Last Stake," i. 44; ii. 28,
309.

his impromptu addressed to
Mr. Tighe, ii. 308.

Holland, Sir Henry, Bart., i. 373.
Horsdale, James, ii. 156.
Huggins, W. (the translator of
Ariosto), and Baretti, i. 98.

Ireland forgeries, the, ii. 228, 230,

239.

Jackson, Humphrey, his connection
with Mr. Thrale, ii. 25.

Jackson, ii. 54.

Jebb, Sir R., i. 135.

anecdote of, ii. 187.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his literary
eminence, i. S.

his letter to Mrs. Thrale re-

specting "Thraliana,” quoted,
i. 6.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his introduc-
tion into the family of Mr.
Thrale, i. 7, 11.

his account of the rise of Mr.
Thrale's father, i. 7.
his contempt for Woodhouse,
the poetical shoemaker, 12,

note.

visited in Johnson's Court by
Mr. and Mrs. Thrale, i. 14.
disliked by Mrs. Thrale's mo-
ther, i. 14.

his habits, i. 14.

his extremities of poverty and
want, i. 15.

his eating and drinking, i.

16.

his favourite dishes, described
by Peter Pindar, i. 17.
his affectation of great nicety
of palate, i. 17.

his fondness for late hours, i.
18.

his fits of depression, i. 20.
his sterling virtues, i. 20.
his household, as described by
Lord Macaulay, i. 21.

his lines on the death of
Levet, i. 22.

society in which he moved, i.

25.

his reverence for bishops, i.

25.

his "Lives of the Poets," i.

27.

his behaviour in the society of
women, i. 29.

his fondness for female society,
i. 31.

and for conversing with pros-
titutes, i. 32, note.

his admiration for Miss Booth-
by, i. 32.

and for Molly Aston, i. 33.
his wife, i. 33.

his remarks on love, i. 34.
his gallantry, i. 35, 66.
probable causes of his long
domestication at Streatham,
i. 36.

his complimentary verses on
Mrs. Thrale, i. 36.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his Latin ode
to Mrs. Thrale translated by
Mr. Milnes, i. 37.
his verses on Mrs. Thrak's
thirty-fifth birthday, i. 58.
- his gloomy apprehensices of
death, i. 42.

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his dislike at being painted
with his defects, i. 43.
his conversations at Streatham
Park, i. 45, 47.

his interview with Lord March-
mont, i. 46.

his epigram on Mary Aston, i

50.

- his remarks on Demosthenes
and the Athenians, i. 51.
his opinion of, and respect fir,
Mrs. Thrale, i. 53, 57.
his translations from Boethius,
i. 55.

and tale of the "Fountains, i
55.

his introduction to Miss Bur-
ney, i. 62.

his account of the children of
Mr. Langton, i. 64.
his story of Bet Flint, i. 66.
his remarks on his own polite-
ness, i. 68, note.

the moralist and the hatter of
Southwark, i. 71.

Mr. Thrale's intention of bring-
ing Johnson into Parliament,
i. 71.

assistance afforded by Johnson
to Mr. Thrale in his difficul-
ties, i. 72.

portrait of Johnson by Doughty,
i. 74.

his attention to domestic econo-
my, i. 75.

and to propriety in dress, i.

75.

his answer to Sir John Lade,
i. 78.

his fondness for town life, i
79.

his opinion of hunting, i

79.

his delight in carriage travel-
ling, i. 80.

drawback on his gratifications,
i. 81.

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INDEX.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his diary of a
tour in Wales, i. 82.

his description of Bâch y Graig,
i. 83.

his fondness for fruit, i. 87.

his visit to Lord Sandys, i.

87.

his dislike to the Lytteltons, i.
88.

his rudeness to Sir Lynch Cot-
ton, i. 88.

his tour in France, i. 90.
instance of his occasional im-
practicability, i. 90.

his friendship for, and opinion
of, Baretti, i. 92.

his evidence on the trial of
Baretti, i. 95.

Dr. Campbell's description of
him, i. 99, 100.

his rapid writing, i. 102.
story of his want of firmness,
i. 122.

his advice to Mrs. Thrale on
the death of her husband, i.
136, 137.

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her marriage with Mr. Piozzi,
i. 213, 217, 236.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his feelings
on Mrs. Thrale's second mar-
riage, i. 249.

was he a suitor for the hand of
Mrs. Thrale? i. 250, 257.
Miss Seward's account of his
loves, i. 256.

his romance and worldliness,
i. 259.

his last days, i. 261.

I his death, i. 264.

his strict attention to truth, i.
276.

his rudeness, i. 281, 293.
his retort to Pottinger, i. 283.
his habitual disregard for the
rules of good breeding, i.

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Knight, Cornelia, ii. 225.
— her “Autobiography" quoted,
i. $35.

Lade, Lady, ii. 23.

- Johnson's remarks on, i. 78.
her conversation with Johnson
about her son, i. 78.

Lade, Sir John, account of, i. 78.
Johnson's answer to, i. 78.
Dr. Johnson's verses addressed
to, i. 340.

caricature of, ii. 871.

Lamoignon, President, his lines, ii.

410.

Langton, Bennet, Esq., Johnson's
remark on, i. 48.

and on his children, i. 64.
story of, ii. 370.

Lee, the poet, his reading of verse,
i. 125.

Lee, Dr., master of Baliol, i. 159.
Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of,
ii. 250

Leighton, Sir Baldwin, ii. 425.
Lennox, Lady Sarah, ii. 114.
Leopold, King of the Belgians, ii.

3:23.

"Letters to and from the late Samuel
Johnson, LL.D.," publica-
tion of, i. 307; ii. 218.
opinions on them, i, 309.
Levet, Mr. Robert, in Dr. Johnson's
house, i. 21.

Johnson's lines on the death of,
i. 22.

Literary Club, formation of the, i.25.
Liverpool, Lord, charms of his con-
versation, ii. 106.

Llewenny Hall, ii. 7, 283, 372.
Lloyd, Col. Thomas, i. 89.
London, verses for and against, ii.
$44.

Lort, Rev. Dr., i. 47, 305; ii. 128.
Loughborough, Lord, his remark

on Benjamin Franklin, ii. 113.
Love, Dr. Johnson's remarks on, i.
34.

Luttrell, Simon, the "King of
Hell," ii, 23.

Lutwyche, Mr., ii, 311.
Lysons, Rev. Daniel, ii. 442.
Lysons, Rev. Samuel, of Hemp-
stead Court, his collection of
books and MSS, ii. 217.

Lysons, Rev. Samuel, letters from
Mrs. Piozzi to, ii. 218.
his collection of scraps, i

442.

his death, ii. 441.

Lysons family, notice of the, il 911
Lyttelton, George Lord, cause of
Dr. Johnson's dislike for, i
88, 143.

verses on his portrait, ii. 172
the Lyttelton Ghost Story,

94.

— remarks on Johnson's Life d
ii. 16.

Lyttelton, Lady, ii. 100.

Macaulay, Lord, his opinion of
Boswell as a biographer, i. 4.
and of the value of the Picozzi
papers, i. 5.

his description of the inmates
of Johnson's house quoted, i
21.

his remarks on Croker's Bes
well's "Johnson," i. $9.
and on Madame D'Arblay's
"Memoirs" and "Diary,"
i. 184.

his summary of Mrs. Piozzi's
imputed ill-treatment of Dr.
Johnson, i. 262.

his account of Mrs. Piozzi's
second marriage, and of Dr.
Johnson's banishment from Streat-
ham, i. 262.

Malherbe, anecdote of, ii. 157.
Mallet, Mr. and Mrs., . 160
Maltzan, Count, ii. 100.

Mann, Sir Horace, at Florence, i.
334.

Manners of 1782, i. 59.
Mant, his verses, ii. 449.
Manucci, Count, ii, 68.
March, Lord, i. 59.

Marchmont, Lord, Johnson's inter-
view with, i. 46.

Marie Antoinette, Queen, note on
her first confinement, ii. 89.
Marlborough, Duke of, at Bath, ii.

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Mendicanti, the, of Venice, i. 333.
Merry, Mr., ii. 93, 197.
Milnes, Richard Monckton, Esq.,
M. P., his translation of John-
son's Latin Ode to Mrs. Thrale,
i. 37.
Milton, John, Mrs. Piozzi's remarks
on, ii, 134.

Monkton, Miss, (afterwards Countess
of Cork) and Dr. Johnson, i. 29.
Montagu, Mrs., one of the founders
of the Blue Stocking Club,
i. 28, 143.

her "Essay on Shakspeare," i.
271, 286.

Johnson's story of, i. 296.

Mrs. Piozzi's remarks on her
conduct, i. 143, 303.
Montcalm, his dying words, ii. 118.
Moore, Thomas, his "Journal
quoted, i. 344, 353, 361; ii. 39,

note.

More, Hannah, i. 160.

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with Dr. Johnson at Oxford,
i. 160.

her" Village Politics," ii. 254.
her ill-treatment, ii. 258.
her opinion of Dr. Johnson's
Letters to Mrs. Thrale, i. 313.
Mostyn, Mrs, i. 236.

Mulgrave, Lord, and Burke, ii. 116.
Murphy, Mr., introduces Johnson
into the family of Mr. Thrale,
i. 11.

- lines on his portrait, ii. 174.
his song, "Attend all ye fair,"
ii. 295.

434.

his portrait by Reynolds, ii.

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Omai, the Sandwich Islander, i. 317.
O'Neill, Miss, i. 357; ii. 402, 404.
compared with Mrs. Siddons,
ii. 403.

Otway's hag, ii. 127.

Paap, Simon, the dwarf, ii. 382.
Pacchierotti, the singer, i, 165.
Parini, the Abbate, his impromptu

on Mongolfier's balloon, ii. 297.
Paris, English in, in 1816, ii. 336.
Parker, Dr., his complimentary
verses to Mrs. Thrale, ii. 87.
Parr, Dr., his correspondence with
Mrs. Piozzi, i. 305.
Parry, Dr. C., ii. 418.

Parry, Sir E., ii. 418, 440, 460.
Parsons, Mr., his verses to Venus,
ii. 60.

and to Mrs. Piozzi, ii. 61.
Parsons, Nancy, and the Duke of
Grafton, i. 59.

Pasquin and Cardinal Zanetti, ii.
. 117.

Pearce, Zachary, anecdote of, i. 210.
Pelham, Mr., ii. 121.

Garrick's lines on, ii. 121.
Pennington, Mrs., i. 363; ii. 463,
464, note.

her letter to Miss Willoughby,
quoted, i. 362.

Penrice, Sir Henry, ii. 16.
Penzance, Mrs. Piozzi at, ii. 462.
Pepys, Mr., i. 186.

- Johnson's rudeness to, i. 186.
Pepys, Sir Lucas, i. 188, note, 273.
Pepys, Sir William, i. 128, 304.

his remarks on Mrs. Thrale's
second marriage, i. 252.
his impromptu, ii. 312.
Perkins, Mr., i. 135, 165, 188, note,
303.

Mrs. Thrale's letters to, re-
ferred to, i. 70.

and the print of Dr. Johnson,
i. 75.
Persians, the, in London, in 1818,
ii. 415.

Pindar, Peter, his enumeration of
Dr. Johnson's favourite
dishes, quoted, i. 15.

his satire on Boswell and Mrs.
Piozzi, quoted, i. 287.

Piozzi, Mrs., her moral character, i. 4.

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