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.
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. "Attend all ye fair,"
his portrait by Reynolds, ii. 434.
Naldi, the singer, i. 227.
Naples, Mrs. Piozzi's notes on, i. 335.
Nelson, Lord, ii. 249.
Nesbitt, Mrs., ii. 23.
Nicholson, Miss, i. 267, 268. Nicholson, Peg, ii. 100. Norton, Sir Fletcher, ii. 100.
― verses on, ii. 101.
Nova Scotia, colonisation of, ii. 13.
Offley Place, ii. 17, 19.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
Sardinia, conduct of the French in, ii. 276.
Savage, Richard, his poverty and want, i. 15.
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, 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.
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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