479; ii. 274, 318; at Johnson's funeral, iv. 419. BUNBURY, H.W., Burns sheds tears over one of his pictures, v. 42, marries Miss Horneck, i. 414, n. 1; ii. 274, n. 5. BUNYAN, John, Johnson praises The Pilgrim's Progress, ii. 238; Franklin buys his works, iv. 257, n. 2. BURBRIDGE, ----, i. 170 n. 5. BURCH, Edward, R.A., iv. 421, n. 2. BURGESS-TICKET, Johnson's, at Aberdeen, v. 90. BURGOYNE, General, disaster to his army, iii. 355. BURGOYNE, ----, iii. 388, n. 3. BURIAL SERVICE, iv. 212. BURKE, D., iv. 358, n. 1. BURKE, Edmund, affection, on the descent of, iii. 390; Akerman, keeper of Newgate, praises, iii. 433; America, increase of population in, ii. 314, n. 3; American taxation, speech on, ii. 294; arguing on either side, on, iii. 24, n. 2; Bacon's Essays, iii. 194, n. 1; balloon, sees a, iv. 358, n. 1; Baretti's trial, gives evidence on, ii. 97, n. 1, 98; the consultation for the defence, iv. 324; Barnard's verses, mentioned in, iv. 433; Beaconsfield, Johnson visits it, ii. 285, n. 3; 'non equidem invideo,' iii. 310; Gibbon mentions it, 128, n. 4; Beauclerk's character, draws, ii. 246, n. 1; Berkeley, projects an answer to, i. 472; Bible, on subscribing the, ii. 151, n. 3; Birmingham buttons, likens the Spanish Declaration to, v. 458, n. 3; Boswell's epithets for him, ii. 222, n. 4; good-nature, describes, iii. 362, n. 2; v. 76; hopes for place from him, iv. 223, 249, n. 1; Life of Johnson, admires, i. 10, n. 1; looks upon him as continually happy, iii. 5, n. 5; meets him for the first time, ii. 240; successful negotiation, admires, iii. 79; visits him, iv. 210; bottomless Whig, a, iv. 223; boy, loves to be a, iv. 79; Bristol, would be upon his good behaviour at, iii. 378; Brocklesby, Dr., gives him L1000, iv. 338, n. 2; 'bulls enough in Ireland,' iii. 232; Cecilia, reads, iv. 223, n. 5; Chatham and the Woollen Act, jokes about, ii. 453, n. 2; Cicero or Demosthenes, not like, v. 214; composition, promptitude of, iii. 85; conversation, his, its 'affluence,' ii. 181; corresponds with his fame, iv. 19; ebullition of his mind, 167; never hum-drum, v. 33; ready on all subjects, iv. 20, 275-6; talk, partly from ostentation, iii. 247; not good at listening, v. 34; Corycius Senex, iv. 173; Croft's imitation of Johnson's style, iv. 59; definition of a free government, iii. 187; domestic habits, iii. 378; Dutch sonnet, mentions a, iii. 235; Dyer, Samuel, draws the character of, iv. 11, n. 1; Economical Reform Bill, v. 32, n. 3; eloquence, v. 213; emigration, on, iii. 231-3; exaggerated praise, would suffer from, iv. 82; extraordinary man, an, ii. 450; iv. 26, 275; v. 34; first man everywhere, iv. 27, n. 1; v. 269; Fitzherbert's character, describes, iii. 148, n. 1; Fox introduced into the Club, ii. 274, n. 4; Garrick, dines with, ii. 155, n. 2; epitaph on, ii. 234, n. 6; Glasgow professorship, seeks a, v. 369, n. 2; Goldsmith's college days, recollections of, iii. 168; and the Fantoccini, story of, i. 414; Haunch of Venison, mentioned in, iii. 225, n. 2; and Retaliation, i. 472; iii. 233, n. 1; Grenville's character, ii. 135, n. 2; Hamilton, engagement with, i. 519; estimate of him, iv. 27, n. 1; Hawkins, attacked by, i. 480, n. 1 histories, his opinion of, ii. 366, n. 1; House of Commons, enters the, ii. 450; first speeches, ii. 16; described as the second man in it, iv. 27, n. 1; as the first, v. 269; describes it as a mixed body, iii. 234; Hume's partiality for Charles II, ii. 341, n. 2; Hussey, Rev. Dr., praises, iv. 411, n. 2; immorality, possible charge of, iv. 280, n. 1; 'imprudent publication,' i. 463; influence of the Crown, on the, iii. 205, n. 4; Ireland--penal code against the Catholics, ii. 121, n. 1; people condemned to ignorance, ii. 27, n. 1; Roman Catholics the nation there, ii. 255, n. 3; Irish language, iii. 235; Johnson charges him with want of honesty, ii. 348; iii. 45; describes him as 'Le grand Burke,' iv. 20, n. 1; as 'a great man by nature,' ii. 16: See above, conversation, and extraordinary man; has a low opinion of his jocularity, iv. 276: See below, Wit; predicts his greatness, ii. 450; buys a print of him, i. 363, n. 3; explains the excellence of his eloquence, v. 213; visits him at Beaconsfield, ii. 285, n. 3; v. 460; in Parliament defends--, iv. 318; eulogises him, iv. 407, n. 3; funeral, at, iv. 419; has the greatest respect for, iv. 318; Journey, commends, iii. 137; last parting with, iv. 407; praises his work, ib., n. 3; iii. 62; likens him to Appius, iv. 374, n, 2; as a member of parliament, considers, ii. 138; joins in raising a monument to, iv. 423, n. 1; 'oil of vitriol,' speaks of, v. 15, n. 1; parody of his speech, iv. 317, n. 3; powers, calls forth all, ii. 450; rings the bell to, iv.

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