Piozzi, Mrs., value and attraction of her writings, i. 5.
list of the papers contained in the present work, i. 5. her "Thraliana,” i. 6, 7.
her marriage to Mr. Thrale, i.
I her first introduction to Dr. Johnson, i. 11; ii. 25. her conversation, i. 28. Johnson's verses and ode to her, ii. 36-38.
year of her birth, i. 39. her personal appearance, i. 41. her handwriting, i. 42. her portrait by Roche, i. 43. and by Sir Joshua Reynolds and Hogarth, i. 44.
her use of rouge, i. 43, note. her behaviour to Dr. Johnson, i. 48.
her familiarity with the learned and modern languages, i. 42,
Johnson's opinion of her, i.
her translations from Boethius, i. 55; ii. 86.
her "Three Warnings," i. 55. her fugitive pieces, i. 56. popular estimate of her, i. 57. her reception of Miss Burney at Streatham, i. 60.
her trials and bereavements, i. 69.
her attention to business, i. 70.
her tour in Wales, i. 83.
her visit to her birthplace, i.
Dr. Campbell's description of her, i. 101.
Baretti's treatment of her, i. 105.
her remarks on his character, i. 106.
her feelings outraged by her husband, i. 110.
her account of a conversazione at her house, i. 130. her electioneering, i. 127. Mr. Thrale's illness, i. 129, 130.
death of Mr. Thrale, i, 135.
Piozzi, Mrs., sale of the brewery, i. 144, 146; ii. 27.
leaves her home at Streatham,
i. 147, 171. commencement
quaintance with Piozzi, i. 147; ii. 49.
Johnson's feelings towards her, i. 157.
her translation of a sonnet in praise of Piozzi, i. 162. her fears for Johnson's health, i. 167.
her reasons for quitting Strea- tham, i. 169.
her remarks on her connection with Mr. Piozzi, i. 172.
her conflicting feelings, i. 188. her proposed journey to Italy, i. 192.
her wavering resolutions as to Piozzi, i. 194.
her resolution to reside at Bath, i. 196.
unkindness of her daughters, i. 196.
grounds of her separation from Dr. Johnson, i. 201. her parting with Piozzi, i. 205; ii. 53.
and with Dr. Johnson, i. 206. her correspondence with John- son, i. 207, 213, 217.
her domestic trials, i. 213; ii.
determines to recall Piozzi, i. 219.
her journey to London, i. 222. her lines on Piozzi's return, i.
- her second marriage, i. 22€, et seq. storm of obloquy which broke upon her, i. 227, 231. visits Italy, i. 226, 266. her correspondence with John- son on her marriage, i.
her alleged deceit, i. 244. verses on her second marriage, i. 251.
Lord Macaulay's summary of her imputed ill-treatment of Dr. Johnson, i. 262. her letters from Italy, i. 266.
Piozzi, Mrs., "The Florence Miscel-
lany," i. 176; ii. 208.
was Johnson a suitor for her hand? i. 250, 256.
Miss Seward's account, i. 256. Mrs. Piozzi's "Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson," i. 271, 272; ii. 220, 304.
her alleged inaccuracy, i. 279. Peter Pindar's satire on her and on Boswell, i. 287. success of her "Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson," i. 291. Walpole's opinion of it, i. 290. her own copy of it, i. 292. her return to, and reception in, London, i. 298.
her reflections on her return, i. 299.
her return to Streatham, i. 304. her correspondence with Dr. Parr, i. 305.
names of the friends visiting or corresponding with her, i. 306.
marriage of her eldest daugh- ter, i. 357.
her "Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.," i. 307; ii. 218. Baretti's treatment of her, i. 314.
her remarks on Baretti's death, i. 315.
and on his character, i. 317. the comedy of "The Senti- mental Mother," i. 319. her unfounded alarm at Mr. S. Lysons'collection of scraps, i. 320.
her" Observations and Re- flections," i. 321. criticisms on the work, i, 323. her style, i. 325.
Gifford's lines on her, i. 327. quotations from her Travels, i. 327, et seq.
her" Retrospection," i. 343. leaves Streatham for North Wales, i. 345. description of her and her husband, in 1808, i. 354.
Piozzi, Mrs., death of Mr. Piozzi, i. 356; ii. 73.
their portraits, i. 356.
her way of life after his death, i. 357.
her fancy for W. A. Conway, i. 357.
her ball and supper on her eightieth birthday, i. 361. her death, i. 362. her will, i. 364. her character, i. 364. her colloquial excellence, i. 369. her wit, i. 371.
her autobiographical memoirs, ii. 3, 6.
her account of her second marriage, ii. 49, 58.
her residence in Italy, ii. 56, 59, 63.
her biographical anecdotes, ii.
Mr. Thrale's will, and account of the sale of the brewery, ii. 46.
account of Mr. Thrale's death, i. 42.
and of Dr. Collier, ii. 43. her marginal notes in the two volumes of printed letters, ii. 75.
her notes on Wraxall's "Me- moirs of my own Time," ii. 89.
her marginal notes on Bos- well's Life of Johnson," ii. 123.
"Johnson's Lives of the Poets," ii. 132.
her original compositions in prose and verse, ii. 165. her portrait at Streatham, ii. 173. her letters, ii. 217.
Piozzi, Mr., i.133.
account of the commencement of his acquaintance with Mrs. Thrale, i. 147, 161; ii. 49. his singing, i. 133, 151. Mrs. Thrale's conflicting feel- ings, i. 188.
her parting with him, i. 205. her recall of him, i. 219. his marriage with Mrs. Thrale, i. 226.
Piozzi, Mr., Miss Williams Wynne's
note about him, i. 252. his personal appearance, i.
his prudent economy, i. 351. his character, i. 351.
his fondness for music, i. 353. his death, i. 356.
account of him, ii. 50.
66 Piozziana," i. 41, note. Pitt, William (First Earl of Chat- ham), anecdote of, i. 30; ii. 105,
"Planets," the, ii. 90.
Plumbe, Alderman, ii. 156.
Plunkett, Mrs., ii. 81.
Politeness, i. 68.
Mrs. Thrale's, i. 60.
Dr. Johnson's, i. 68, note. Pope, Alexander, Johnson's Life of, i. 46; ii. 153.
conversation at Streatham on his "Universal Prayer," i.
47. anecdote of, i. 329. Mrs. Piozzi's remarks on him, ii. 153, 158.
his "Dying Christian to his Soul," ii. 287, note.
his letter to Martha Blount, ii. 365.
Porter, Lucy, i. 256.
Porter, Miss, her "Pastor's Fire- side," ii. 364.
Pottinger, Johnson's retort to, i. 283. Praise, lines on the love of, ii. 303. Prior, Matthew, Dr. Johnson's opin- ion of, i. 45.
Mrs. Piozzi's remarks on, ii.
Queensberry, Duke of, i. 59. Queeny (Miss Thrale). See Thrale, Miss.
Quin, the actor, ii. 13.
Ralph, one of the heroes of the Dunciad, ii. 155. Reading, i. 125. Regent's Park, ii. 376. "Retrospection," &c., of Mrs. Piozzi, i. 343.
Savage, Richard, his extravagance,
Mrs. Piozzi's remarks on him,
Sayers, his print of "Johnson's Ghost," i. 320.
his novels, ii. 412, 429. Schwellenberg, Mrs., i. 309, 311. Seward, Mr., at Streatham Park, i. 61; ii. 75. Seward, Miss, i. 306.
her account of Mr. and Mrs. Piozzi quoted, i. 255.
and of Dr. Johnson's affection for Mrs. Thrale, i. 256. her letters respecting Mrs. Piozzi, i. 307.
her opinion of Dr. Johnson's letters to Mrs. Thrale, i. 313.
her remarks on Baretti's con- duct, i. 315.
her criticism on Mrs. Piozzi's travels, i. 324.
Shakspeare anecdote, a, ii. 33, Shelburne, Lord, ii. 101.
takes Streatham Park, i. 171. Sheridan, Thomas, ii. 116. Siddons, Mrs., i. 352; ii. 242, 403,
death of her daughter, ii. 249. Sight, second, instance of, ii. 139. Simson, Joe, story of, ii. 84. Smart, Christopher, i. 15. "Society, Ode to," ii. 201. Southcote, Joanna, ii. 157. Spelling and pronunciation, laws of, unfixed in the last century, i. 325.
Spencer, Hon. W., his verses, ii. 321. Squib, the auctioneer, ii. 332. Staël, Madame de, her similarity to Mrs. Piozzi, i. 365, 367. Stanley, Lady, ii. 301.
Steevens, George, Esq., his veracity, i. 56.
Stevens, Zenobia, story of, ii. 284. Stillingfleet, Mr., and the Blue Stocking Clubs, i. 27. Story, a Frightful, ii. 124. Streatfield, Miss Sophia, and Mr. Thrale, i. 110; ii. 34, 44. Mrs. Piozzi's account of her, i. 110.
lines on her portrait, ii. 174. "Thraliana," Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale respecting, quoted, i. 6.
its present possessor, i. 7; ii. 5. Thurlow, Lord, anecdote of, i. 259; ii. 106.
"Time, Death, and H. L. P.," ii. 214.
Towers, Dr., i. 297.
his life of Johnson, i. 297. Townshend, Charles, anecdote of, ii. 31.
"Tristram Shandy," plagiarisms in, ii. 88.
Tulip mania, ii. 440.
his remarks on Boswell and
Mrs. Piozzi, i. 286. his opinion of Mrs. Piozzi's "Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson," i. 290.
his opinion of Dr. Johnson after reading his Letters to Mrs. Thrale, i. 309.
his criticism on Mrs. Piozzi's Travels, i. 323, 326.
"Warnings, The Three," ii. 165. "Watch, Lines on a," ii. 213. Wedderburne, first Lord Lough- borough, i. 296; ii. 113. Weston, Sophia, i. 362. Whately, Dr., his
Williams, Mrs., i. 21. 23. Williams, Mrs. Anna, her "Miscel- lanies," i. 55.
Miss Helen, and Mrs. Piozzi, i. 307; ii. 378. Wolsey, Cardinal, ii. 233.
Woodhouse, the poetical shoemaker, i. 12, 13.
Johnson's contempt for him, i. 12, note.
Wraxall, Sir N. W., his remarks on Mrs. Thrale's colloquial powers quoted, i. 29.
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