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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.

11.

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,

49.

Johnson's opinion of her, i.

53.

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.

86.

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

of her ac-

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.

52.

determines to recall Piozzi, i.
219.

her journey to London, i. 222.
her lines on Piozzi's return, i.

224.

- 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.

236.

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

337.

"British Synonymy," i.

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.

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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.

68.

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.

and on

"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.

254.

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,

116.

"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.

148.

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.

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Savage, Richard, his extravagance,

i. 339.

Mrs. Piozzi's remarks on him,

ii. 153.

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,

440.

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.

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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.

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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

Doubts," ii. 423.

"Historic

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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