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Abdy, Lady and Miss, 359.
Abington, Mrs., 59.

Aldborough, Lady, anecdote of, 20, 234.
Alfieri and the Duchess of Albany, 226.
Alexander I. of Russia, anecdote of, 312.
Alphabet, infant, Mrs. Thrale's, 31.
"Alphabet, the Political, or the Young
Member's A, B, C," quoted, 32.
Amelia, Princess, daughter of George
II., 227.

Andrews, Miles Peter, 229.

his death, 313.

"Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson," 39, note,
333.

Anne, Queen, couplet on, 226.
Anglesea, isle of, 409.

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.
"Atlas" man-of-war, the, 242.

Atmospheric stones, 311.

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Bassi's verses, 266

translation of, 266.

Bath, riots in, 458.

Bayntun, Admiral Sir H., 474, note.
Beadon, Dr., 468.

Bearcroft, Mr., anecdotes of, 137.
Beauclerc, Lady Diana, 103.
Beauclerc, Topham, 238, 276.
Bells, names of, 373.

Autobiographical Memoirs of Mrs. Pi- Beloe, his "Sexagenarian," 399.

ozzi, 161 et seq.

Bâch y Graig, Dr. Johnson's description
of, 49, 173.

"Bæviad and Mæviad," origin of the,

90.

Bagot, Mrs., 298.
Baillie, Joanna, 436.
Balbus, story of, 355.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 410, 412.
Barclay, Mr., the Quaker, purchases
Mr. Thrale's brewery, 64, 108, 202.
Baretti, Signor Giuseppe, his verses,
quoted, 18.

accompanies Dr. Johnson and the
Thrales on a tour to France, 53.
history of, 54.

his trial for murder, 55.

his introduction to the Thrales, 56.
Dr. Warton's opinion of him, 56.
account of him by Dr. Campbell,

57.

his dislike of Boswell, 58.

Bentley, Dr Richard, his verses on
Learning, 223.
Bertola's verses, 276.

his fables, 277.
Betty, the actor, 317.

Blue-Stocking Clubs, origin of the, 14.
Bodryddan, visited by Johnson, 50.
Bodville, Mrs. Thrale's birthplace, 51.
Boethius, Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale's
translations from, 31, 222.
Bolingbroke, Lord, anecdote of Johnson
and, 102.

Bolingbroke, Lady, 276.
Bolton, Duke of, Lord Harry Powlett,
anecdote of, 252.

Bonaparte, intelligence of his meditated
escape from Elba, 231.
military tactics, 243.

his expedition to Egypt, 296.
pasquinade on,

316.

the Apocalyptic beast, 319.
Boothby, Miss Hill, Johnson's admira-
tion for, 16.

Boswell, James, his character as a bi- | Byron, Lord, his estimate of life at thirty-

ographer, 2.

his "Letters to Temple," and
Boswelliana," 2.

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his account of Johnson's introduc-
tion into Mr. Thrale's family
quoted, 6.

his jealousy of Mrs. Thrale, 6.
his first visit to Streatham Park, 25.
arranges an interview between
Johnson and Lord Marchmont,
26.

his conversations at Streatham, 27.
his version of Johnson's epigram
on Mary Aston, 28.

his proposed poetical epistle to
Johnson, 30.

his dislike of Baretti, 58.
Walpole's remarks on his "Anec-
dotes of Dr. Johnson, 90.
reasons for his depreciating Mrs.
Piozzi, 90.

Peter Pindar's satire on, quoted, 99.
Boulogne, Mrs. Piozzi's account of, 122.
Bouverie, Mrs., 233.
Bowdler, Rev. Dr., 61.

Bowles, Mr., shooting his nephew, 421.
Bowles, Rev. W., and his fountain, 50,
note.

Boyce, Johnson's description of, 221.

his verses to Cave, 221.

Bramah and his air-balloon, 327.
Brighton, Dr. Johnson at, 65.

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Catherine, Empress of Russia, verses
on, 226.

Catholic question, 417, 429.

Bristow, Caroline (afterwards Mrs. Lyt- Cator, Mr., 196, 197, 201.

telton), 52.

British Museum, 422.

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Dr. Johnson's remark on, 104.
Cave, Boyce's verses to, 221.

Cervantes, 329.

Chalmers' "Modern Astronomy," 356.

Chamberlayne, Mr., his verses,
Pleiades," 225.

Chambers, Sir Robert, 211.

"The

lines on his portrait, 255.
Chantilly, Mrs. Piozzi's account of, 122.
Chappelow, Mr., 384, 385.

Charles Edward, the young Pretender,
at Florence, 226.

Charlotte, the Princess, her marriage,
349.

her death, 401.
Charlotte, Queen, 112.
Chester, walls of, 49.

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer, Earl of, 120.
Christmas, old customs at, 311.
Churchill, the poet, quoted, 237.
Cicisbeism in Italy, 126.
Clinton, Lord John, 61.

Club, the Literary, formation of the, 13.
Club, Hell-fire, incident at the, 238, note.
Clubs, the Blue-Stocking, origin of the,

14.

Clwyd, the river, 49.

Cobbett, William, 327, 372, 467.
Coligny, Henrietta de, verses on, 225.

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Congreve, W., his "Way of the World"
quoted, 29.

Conway, Mr. Shipley, 50, note.
Conway, W. A., and Mrs Piozzi, 143,
436, 441, 446, 452, 456, 471, 472.
notice of him, 143.

his letter to Mrs. Piozzi's execu-
tors, 150.

Conway, 446, 447, 471, 472.

"Corinne " quoted, 78, note.
Corsini, Prince, 81.
Corsini, Cardinal, 81.

Cotton, Mrs., her cascade, 50.

Cotton, George (afterwards Dean of
Chester, 418.

Cotton, Sir Lynch, Johnson's visit and
rudeness to, 52.

Cotton, Sir Robert Salusbury, 166.
Cowper, Countess, 226.

Cowper, William, quoted, 361.

Coxe's "Life of the Duke of Marlbor-
ough," 420.

Crewe, Mrs., 233, 236, 428.

Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, Lord
Macaulay's remarks on his edi-
tions of Boswell's Johnson
quoted, 21.

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his translation of Johnson's epi-
gram on Mary Croker, 28.
his account of the correspondence
between Dr. Johnson and Mrs.
Piozzi on her marriage, 73.
Cumberland, Duke and Duchess of, 80.
Curran, J. P., Byron's description of
him, 155.

Custom House, fire at the, 308.
Cuzzona, the actress, story of, 133.

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D'Arblay, Madame, her description of
the Streatham portraits, 251.
her" Camilla," 298.
her "Wanderer," 308.

Mrs. Piozzi's account of her, 484.
Davenant, Mrs., 61, 220.
Davis, Eliza, story of, 387.
Davison's verses on Dido, 276.
Death, Dr. Johnson's letter upon, 111.
Delamira of the "Tatler," 234.
Delap, Dr., 65, 103.

Della Crusca verses, 270.
Demosthenes, Johnson's remark on, 29.
Dent, "Dog," and his bill on dogs, 303.
Desmoulins, Mrs., 11.
Dido, verses on, 276.

epigrams, 275.

Divorces, conversation at Streatham
on, 27.

Dixie, Sir Woolston, and Queen Caro-
line, 233.

Dobson, Dr., 189.

Doddridge's epigram on his own motto
quoted, 237.

Dodington, Bub (Lord Melcombe), his
Diary,'

66

371.

Doukin, General, 349, 354.
Dress, female, 408.

Dr. Johnson's observations on fe-
male dress and demeanor, 44, 45.
Dunning, Lord Ashburton, his personal
vanity, 105.

his ugliness, 239.

Duppa, R., Esq., edits Johnson's "Jour-
ney into Wales," 49, 369.
"Duty and Pleasure," 250.

Edward, Prince, brother of George III.,

232.

Eglintoun, Lady, 294.
Elton, Mr., 453.

English, John, his epitaph, 304.
Enigma, an, 446.
Epaminondas, 243.
Esher in Surrey, 295.
Etruscan pottery, 352.

Exmouth, liberation of slaves, 399.
Exmouth, Lord, Christian slaves liber-
ated by, in Rome, 314.

Faber's prophecy for 1866, 404.
"Fable for April, 1815, a," 319.
Fables of Bertola, 277.
Falmouth, Lord, 241.
"Fancy, Imagination," 181.
Farinelli, the singer, 416.
Farmer, Dr., 439.

Ferrier, Miss, the novelist, 426.
Fidele, Casa, Mrs. Piozzi's account of
the, 193.

Fielding, Henry, his disregard of the
value of money, 141.

Sally, sister of the novelist, 178.

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Fox, Lady Caroline, 211.

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his "Connections between Sacred
Writ and Classic Literature,"
367.

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.
"Frankenstein," 404, 441.

Franklin, Benjamin, Wedderburne's re-
mark on, 239.

Mrs. Piozzi's account of, 239.
Mr. Dale's lines on, 240.
French, Mrs. Piozzi's sketch of the,

Gwaynyog, Dr. Johnson at, 51.

Hagley, Johnson's visit to, 52.
Hales, Dr., and his prophecy, 410, 412.
Halifax, Lord, 168, 172.

Halsey, Edmund, uncle of the elder
Thrale, Mrs. Thrale's note respecting
his rise, 5.

Hamilton, Archdeacon, 234.
Hamilton, Lady Archibald, 234.
Hamilton, Single-speech, supposed au-
thor of "Letters of Junius," 235.
Hampton Court Palace, 354.
Gainsborough, the painter, anecdote of, Harrington, Dr., 342, 344, 350.

124.

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"Herald, The Morning," verses on Mrs.
Thrale in the, quoted, 33.

Hogarth, William, his portrait of Mrs.
Thrale, in the "Lady's Last
Stake," 24, 177, 337.

his impromptu addressed to Mr.
Tighe, 336.

Holland, Sir Henry, Bart., 156, 342,
343.

Holywell, Johnson at, 50.
Hone, Mr., 404.
Hook, Matilda, 409.
Hope, 377.

Huggins, W., the translation of Ariosto,
and Baretti, 56.

Hunt, Mr., 450.

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