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Garrick, David, Dr. Johnson's opi-
nion of his talents for light
gay poetry, i. 45.

his profession depreciated by
Dr. Johnson, i. 284.
anecdote of, ii. 13.

lines on his portrait, ii. 176.
his lines written at Streatham,
ii. 294.

Garrick, George, i. 294.
Garrick, Mrs., i. $03.

Gas lights introduced into London,
ii. 281.

Gay, John, Mrs. Piozzi's remarks
on, ii. 151.

George III., caricature on, ii. 92.
anecdote of, ii. 101.

Gibbon, Edmund, remarks on his
style, ii. 279.

Gifford, W., origin of his "Baviad

and Mæviad," i. 271.

his lines on Mrs. Piozzi, i.327.
his attack on Mrs. Piozzi's
"British Synonymy," i. 387.
Gisborne's "Natural Theology," il

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Hell-fire Club, incident at the, ii.
111, note.

"Herald, The Morning," verses in
the, quoted, i. 58.
Hinchliffe, Dr., bishop of Peter-
borough, and Sophy Streat-
field, i. 114.

as a reader of verse, i. 125.
Hogarth, William, his portrait of
Mrs. Thrale, in the "Lady's
Last Stake," i. 44; ii. 28,
309.

his impromptu addressed to
Mr. Tighe, ii. 308.
Holland, Sir Henry, Bart., i. 373.
Horsdale, James, ii. 156.
Huggins, W.

(the translator of
Ariosto), and Baretti, i. 98.

Ireland forgeries, the, ii. 228, 230,

239.

Jackson, Humphrey, his connection
with Mr. Thrale, ii. 25.

Jackson, ii. 54. Wi]. I.1211
Jebb, Sir R., i. 135.

anecdote of, ii. 187.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his literary
eminence, i. 3.

his letter to Mrs. Thrale re-

specting "Thraliana," quoted,
i. 6.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his introduc-
tion into the family of Mr.
Thrale, i. 7, 11.

his account of the rise of Mr.
Thrale's father, i. 7.
his contempt for Woodhouse,
the poetical shoemaker, 12,

note.

visited in Johnson's Court by
Mr. and Mrs. Thrale, i. 14.
- disliked by Mrs. Thrale's mo-
ther, i. 14.

his habits, i. 14.

his extremities of poverty and
want, i. 15.

his eating and drinking, i.

16.

his favourite dishes, described
by Peter Pindar, i. 17.
his affectation of great nicety
of palate, i. 17.

his fondness for late hours, i.
18.

his fits of depression, i. 20.
his sterling virtues, i. 20.
his household, as described by
Lord Macaulay, i. 21.

his lines on the death of
Levet, i. 22.

society in which he moved, i.
25.

his reverence for bishops, i.
25.

his 66

27.

Lives of the Poets," i.

his behaviour in the society of
women, i. 29.

his fondness for female society,
i. 31.

and for conversing with pros-
titutes, i. 32, note.

his admiration for Miss Booth-
by, i. 32.

and for Molly Aston, i. 33.
his wife, i. 33.

his remarks on love, i. 34.
his gallantry, i. 35, 66.
probable causes of his long
domestication at Streatham,
i. 36.

his complimentary verses on
Mrs. Thrale, i. 36.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his Latin ode
to Mrs. Thrale translated by
Mr. Milnes, i. 37.
his verses on Mrs. Thrale's
thirty-fifth birthday, i. 38.
his gloomy apprehensions of
death, i. 42.

his dislike at being painted
with his defects, i. 43.
his conversations at Streatham
Park, i. 45, 47.

his interview with Lord March-
mont, i. 46.

his epigram on Mary Aston, i.
50.

his remarks on Demosthenes
and the Athenians, i. 51.
his opinion of, and respect for,
Mrs. Thrale, i. 53, 57.
his translations from Boethius,
i. 55.

and tale of the "Fountains," i.
55.

his introduction to Miss Bur-
ney, i. 62.

his account of the children of
Mr. Langton, i. 64.
his story of Bet Flint, i. 66.
his remarks on his own polite-
ness, i. 68, note.

the moralist and the hatter of

Southwark, i. 71.

Mr. Thrale's intention of bring-
ing Johnson into Parliament,
i. 71.

assistance afforded by Johnson
to Mr. Thrale in his difficul-
ties, i. 72.

portrait of Johnson by Doughty,
i. 74.

his attention to domestic econo-
my, i. 75.

and to propriety in dress, i.

75.

his answer to Sir John Lade,
i. 78.

his fondness for town life, i.
79.

his opinion of hunting, i.

79.

his delight in carriage travel-
ling, i. 80.

drawback on his gratifications,

i. 81.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his diary of a
tour in Wales, i. 82.

his description of Bâch y Graig,
i. 83.

his fondness for fruit, i. 87.

his visit to Lord Sandys, i.

87.

his dislike to the Lytteltons, i.

88.

his rudeness to Sir Lynch Cot-
ton, i. 88.

his tour in France, i. 90.
instance of his occasional im-
practicability, i. 90.

his friendship for, and opinion
of, Baretti, i. 92.

his evidence on the trial of
Baretti, i. 95.

Dr. Campbell's description of
him, i. 99, 100.

his rapid writing, i. 102.
story of his want of firmness,
i. 122.

his advice to Mrs. Thrale on
the death of her husband, i.
136, 137.

appointed one of the executors,
i. 138.

his regard for Mr. Thrale, i.
155.

his feelings towards Mrs.
Thrale, i. 157.

his farewell to Streatham, i.
177.

his last year at Streatham, i.

179.

his visit to Brighton with the
Thrales, i. 186.

his rudeness to Mr. Pepys, i.
186.

at Mrs. Thrale's, in Argyle
Street, i. 197.

his ailments, and objections
to him as an inmate, i.
199.

his separation from Mrs.
Thrale, i. 201.

his parting with Mrs. Thrale,
i. 206.

his correspondence with her, i.
207.

his illness, i. 210.

scene in Bolt Court, i. 214.
his correspondence with her on

her marriage with Mr. Piozzi,
i. 213, 217, 236.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his feelings
on Mrs. Thrale's second mar-
riage, i. 249.

was he a suitor for the hand of
Mrs. Thrale? i. 250, 257.
Miss Seward's account of his
loves, i. 256.

his romance and worldliness,
i. 259.

his last days, i. 261.
his death, i. 264.

his strict attention to truth, i,
276.

his rudeness, i. 281, 293.
his retort to Pottinger, i. 283.
his habitual disregard for the
rules of good breeding, i.
284.

controversy kindled by the
publication of the "Tour to
the Hebrides," and "Anec-
dotes of Dr. Johnson," i. 285.
"Letters from and to the late
Samuel Johnson, LL.D.,” i.
307.

his letter on Death, i. S10.
Sayer's print of "Johnson's
Ghost," i. 320.

his verses on a young heir
coming of age, i. 340.
his apology to Dr. Burney, ii.

78.

his unconscious plagiarism, ii.

87.

Mrs. Piozzi's marginal notes
on "Boswell's Life of John-
son," ii. 123.

and on his "Lives of the
Poets," ii. 132.

lines on his portrait, ii. 179.
his 66
Prayers and Medita-
tions," ii. 222.

Kean, Edmund, ii. 354, 356.
Keep, Mr., ii. 75.

Keith, Admiral Lord, his marriage

with Miss Thrale, i. 357.
Keith, Lady. See Thrale, Miss.
Kemble, Charles, ii. 334.

Kemble, John, ii. 359.

King, Hon. Mrs., ii. 19, 21.
Knife, verses written with a, i, 140.

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"Letters to and from the late Samuel
Johnson, LL. D.," publica-
tion of, i. 307; ii. 218.
opinions on them, i. 309.
Levet, Mr. Robert, in Dr. Johnson's
house, i. 21.

Johnson's lines on the death of,
i. 22.

Literary Club, formation of the, i. 25.
Liverpool, Lord, charms of his con-
versation, ii. 106.

Llewenny Hall, ii. 7, 283, 372.
Lloyd, Col. Thomas, i. 89.
London, verses for and against, ii.

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his remarks on Croker's Bos.
well's "Johnson," i. 39.
and on Madame D'Arblay's
"Memoirs " and "Diary,"
i. 184.

his summary of Mrs. Piozzi's
imputed ill-treatment of Dr.
Johnson, i. 262.

his account of Mrs. Piozzi's
second marriage, and of Dr.
Johnson's banishment from Streat-
ham, i. 262.

Malherbe, anecdote of, ii. 157.
Mallet, Mr. and Mrs., ii. 160.
Maltzan, Count, ii. 100.

Mann, Sir Horace, at Florence, i.
334.

Manners of 1782, i. 59.
Mant, his verses, ii. 449.
Manucci, Count, ii. 68.
March, Lord, i. 59.

Marchmont, Lord, Johnson's inter-
view with, i. 46.

Marie Antoinette, Queen, note on
her first confinement, ii. 89.
Marlborough, Duke of, at Bath, ii.

452.

Marriage, Dr. Johnson's remarks on,
i. 78.

Marriage, Selden's remarks on, ii. 80.
McEvoy, Miss, ii. 389,

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 song,
ii. 295.

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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.

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