HARINGTON'S Nugae Antiqua, xxxv. HAZLITT, William, lxi. History of the Marchioness de Pompadour, xxix. HOLCROFT, Thomas, lxx. HUME, David, xlv.

'IT has not wit enough to keep it sweet,' lxiv.

JOHNSON, Michael, xl. JOHNSON, Mr., a bookseller, xxix. JOHNSON, Mrs., xliii. JOHNSON, Samuel, advantages of having a profession or business, lviii; advice about studying, xxxii; anonymous publications, xxix; application for the mastership of Solihull School, xliv; citation of living authors in the Dictionary, lviii; critics of three classes, xlv; difference with Baretti, lvii; discussion on baptism with Mr. Lloyd, liii; knowledge of Italian, xliv; Letters to William Strahan: Apology about some work that was passing through the press, xxv; apprenticing a lad to Mr. Strahan, and a presentation to the Blue Coat School, xxxv; Bathurst's projected Geographical Dictionary, xxi; cancel in the Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, xxxiii; 'copy' and a book by Professor Watson, xxxvii; George Strahan's election to a scholarship, xxx; Miss Williams, taxes due, and a journey, xxvii; printing the Dictionary, xxv-xxviii; Rasselas, xxviii; Suppressions in Taxation no Tyranny, xxxvi; letter to Dr. Taylor, xxxviii; portraits, lxiv; public interest in him, xlviii; romantic virtue, xlviii; transformation of an actor, lxi; trips to the country, lviii; unpublished sermons, lxvi; use of the word big, lxix. JONES, Sir William, xxxi.

KENRICK, Dr. William xlviii.

LANGLEY, Rev. W., xxxv. LETTSOM Dr., lvi LICHFIELD, Cathedral, xxxiv; City, and County, xl; described by C. P. Moritz, liv. LLOYD, Olivia, xlii. LLOYD, Sampson, xlii, liii. LOCKE, John, 1. LONDON PAVEMENT, lxvii. LORT, Dr., lxviii.

MASON, Rev. William, xxxix. MAUD, Rev. Mr., lv. MILLAR, Andrew, xxv, xxviii. MITCHELL, Andrew, xlvi. MORITZ, C. P., Travels in England in 1782, liv, lv. MORRISON'S, Mr. Alfred, Collection of Autographs, xxxviii, li.

NEWTON, Bishop Thomas, xxxiv.

OXFORD The proposed Riding School, l; in 1782, lv; University College, xxx.

Palmerin of England, xli. PARR, Dr., lix. PERCY, Bishop, xlviii, lvii. PIOZZI'S, Mrs., 'Collection of Johnson's Letters,' xlviii. PLANTA, Joseph, 1. PORTEOUS, Captain, xxvii. PORTER, Henry, xliii. PRETENDER, Young, lxviii. PRIESTLEY, Dr. Joseph, lvi.

Rambler, reported Russian version, lxiii. REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, lx. ROBERTSON, Dr. William, xxxvii. ROUSSEAU, J. J., xlvi. ROUTH, Dr., lix. RUDD, Mrs., lii.

SCOTCH Nationality, xlix. SHAKESPEARE'S Popularity, lxviii. SHAW, Rev. Mr., xxxvii. SHEPHERD, Mr. R. H., xlv. SIMPSON, Rev. W. Sparrow, xxxiv. SMART, Christopher, lii. Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris, lix. ST. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY, lxv. STEWART, Francis, xxvi. STRAHAN, George, xxx. STRAHAN, William, xxi, xxvi, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxvi, xxxviii. SYNOD OF COOKS, xlvii.

TAYLOR, Dr. John, xxxviii. TAYLOR, John, of Birmingham, xlii. THRALE, Henry, xxxviii. TILLOTSON, Archbishop, lxvi.

'UNITARIAN,' l.

VACHELL, William, lvi. VOLTAIRE, xlvi, lxviii.

Walfords Antiquarian, xlv.

WATSON, Rev. Professor, xxxvii. WHITEHEAD, William, xxxix. WILKES, John, xlv. WILLIAMS, Miss, xxvii.

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ABBREVIATING NAMES, Johnson's habit of, ii. 258, n. 1. ABEL DRUGGER, iii. 35. ABERCROMBIE, James, ii. 206, 241, n. 3. ABERDEEN, second Earl of, v. 130. ABERNETHY, Dr., iv. 272, n. 4. ABERNETHY, Rev. John, v. 68. ABINGDON, fourth Earl of, iii. 435, n. 4. ABINGTON, Mrs., her jelly, ii. 349; Johnson at her benefit, ii. 321, 324, 330; She Stoops to Conquer, ii. 208, n. 5. ABJURATION, oath of, ii. 321, n. 4. ABNEY, Sir Thomas, i. 493, n. 3. ABREU, Marquis of, i. 353. ABRIDGMENTS, defended by Johnson, i. 140, n. 5; iv. 381, n. 1; like a cow's calf, v. 72. ABROAD, advice to people going, iv. 332. ABRUPTNESS, i. 403. ABSOLUTE PRINCES, ii. 370. ABSTEMIOUS, Johnson, not temperate, i. 468. ABSURDITIES, delineating, iv. 17. ABUD,----, v. 253, n. 3. ABUSE, coarse and refined, iv. 297. Abyssinia, A Voyage to, i. 86. Academia delta Crusca, i. 298, 443. Academy, Mr. Doble's notes on the authorship of The Whole Duty of Man, ii. 239, n. 4. Accommodate, v. 310, n. 3. Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude, i. 274, n. 2, 301, 303, n. 1; ii. 125, n. 4. Account of the late Revolution in Sweden, iii. 284. Account of Scotland in 1702, iii. 242. ACCOUNT-KEEPING, iv. 177. ACCURACY, requires immediate record, ii. 217, n. 4; and vigilance, iv. 361; needful in delineating absurdities, iv. 17; Johnson's sayings not accurately reported, ii. 333. See BOSWELL, authenticity. ACHAM, v. 454, n. 2. ACHILLES, shield of, iv. 33. Acid, ii. 362. Acis and Galatea, iii. 242, n. 2. ACQUAINTANCE, should be varied, iv. 176; making new, iv. 374. ACTING, iv. 243-4; v. 38. ACTION IN SPEAKING, ridiculed, i. 334; useful only in addressing brutes, ii. 211. ACTORS. See PLAYERS. Ad Lauram parituram Epigramma, i.

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