INDEX. Abdy, Lady and Miss, 359. Aldborough, Lady, anecdote of, 20, 234. Andrews, Miles Peter, 229. his death, 313. "Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson," 39, note, Anne, Queen, couplet on, 226. Antichrist, 365. Ashe, Miss, 227. Asheri, Mrs. Piozzi's story of, 258. Aston, Molly, Johnson's admiration for, 17. Johnson's epigram on her, 28. Atmospheric stones, 311. Bassi's verses, 266 translation of, 266. Bath, riots in, 458. Bayntun, Admiral Sir H., 474, note. Bearcroft, Mr., anecdotes of, 137. Autobiographical Memoirs of Mrs. Pi- Beloe, his "Sexagenarian," 399. ozzi, 161 et seq. Bâch y Graig, Dr. Johnson's description "Bæviad and Mæviad," origin of the, 90. Bagot, Mrs., 298. accompanies Dr. Johnson and the his trial for murder, 55. his introduction to the Thrales, 56. 57. his dislike of Boswell, 58. Bentley, Dr Richard, his verses on his fables, 277. Blue-Stocking Clubs, origin of the, 14. Bolingbroke, Lady, 276. Bonaparte, intelligence of his meditated his expedition to Egypt, 296. 316. the Apocalyptic beast, 319. Boswell, James, his character as a bi- | Byron, Lord, his estimate of life at thirty- ographer, 2. his "Letters to Temple," and his account of Johnson's introduc- his jealousy of Mrs. Thrale, 6. his conversations at Streatham, 27. his proposed poetical epistle to his dislike of Baretti, 58. Peter Pindar's satire on, quoted, 99. Bowles, Mr., shooting his nephew, 421. Boyce, Johnson's description of, 221. his verses to Cave, 221. Bramah and his air-balloon, 327. Catherine, Empress of Russia, verses Catholic question, 417, 429. Bristow, Caroline (afterwards Mrs. Lyt- Cator, Mr., 196, 197, 201. telton), 52. British Museum, 422. Dr. Johnson's remark on, 104. Cervantes, 329. Chalmers' "Modern Astronomy," 356. Chamberlayne, Mr., his verses, Chambers, Sir Robert, 211. "The lines on his portrait, 255. Charles Edward, the young Pretender, Charlotte, the Princess, her marriage, her death, 401. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer, Earl of, 120. Club, the Literary, formation of the, 13. 14. Clwyd, the river, 49. Cobbett, William, 327, 372, 467. Congreve, W., his "Way of the World" Conway, Mr. Shipley, 50, note. his letter to Mrs. Piozzi's execu- Conway, 446, 447, 471, 472. "Corinne " quoted, 78, note. Cotton, Mrs., her cascade, 50. Cotton, George (afterwards Dean of Cotton, Sir Lynch, Johnson's visit and Cotton, Sir Robert Salusbury, 166. Cowper, William, quoted, 361. Coxe's "Life of the Duke of Marlbor- Crewe, Mrs., 233, 236, 428. Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, Lord his translation of Johnson's epi- Custom House, fire at the, 308. D'Arblay, Madame, her description of Mrs. Piozzi's account of her, 484. Della Crusca verses, 270. epigrams, 275. Divorces, conversation at Streatham Dixie, Sir Woolston, and Queen Caro- Dobson, Dr., 189. Doddridge's epigram on his own motto Dodington, Bub (Lord Melcombe), his 66 371. Doukin, General, 349, 354. Dr. Johnson's observations on fe- his ugliness, 239. Duppa, R., Esq., edits Johnson's "Jour- Edward, Prince, brother of George III., 232. Eglintoun, Lady, 294. English, John, his epitaph, 304. Exmouth, liberation of slaves, 399. Faber's prophecy for 1866, 404. Ferrier, Miss, the novelist, 426. Fielding, Henry, his disregard of the Sally, sister of the novelist, 178. Fox, Lady Caroline, 211. his "Connections between Sacred death of his mother, 402. Greenlanders, 442. Fox, Charles James, his verses, "The Gunnings, the Miss, 218. Planets," 224. his character, 235. his talents, 238. France, Johnson's tour in, 53. verses on, in 1792, 323. Franklin, Benjamin, Wedderburne's re- Mrs. Piozzi's account of, 239. Gwaynyog, Dr. Johnson at, 51. Hagley, Johnson's visit to, 52. Halsey, Edmund, uncle of the elder Hamilton, Archdeacon, 234. 124. "Herald, The Morning," verses on Mrs. Hogarth, William, his portrait of Mrs. his impromptu addressed to Mr. Holland, Sir Henry, Bart., 156, 342, Holywell, Johnson at, 50. Huggins, W., the translation of Ariosto, Hunt, Mr., 450. |