43. CHAMBERS, Ephraim, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, i. 138, 219; new edition, ii. 203, n. 3; epitaph, i. 219, n. 1, 498, n. 2; Johnson takes his style as a model, i. 218. CHAMBERS, Sir Robert, dissenters and snails, ii. 268, n. 2; Johnson's companion to Newcastle, ii. 264; v. 16, 20; learnt law from him, iii. 22; letter to him, i. 274; prescribes remedies to, ii. 260; recommends him to Warren Hastings, iv. 68-9; visits him, ii. 25, 46; judge in India, appointed, ii. 264; threatened with revocation, ib., n. i; Langton's will, makes, ii. 261; Lincoln College, Oxford, member of, i. 274; Literary Club, member of the, i. 478, n. 2, 479; married, ii. 274; Principal of New Inn Hall, ii. 46, 268, n. 2; portrait in University College, ii. 25, n. 2; at Streatham, iv. 158, n. 1; professor in the imaginary college, v. 109; proud or negligent, ii. 272; Warton, Dr., recommends him to W. G. Hamilton, i. 519; mentioned, i. 274, 336, 357, 370; ii. 265; iv. 344; v. 66. CHAMBERS, Dr. Robert, Traditions of Edinburgh--Boyd's Inn, v. 21, n. 2; Edinburgh, a new face in the streets, v. 39, n. 3; noble families in the old town, v. 43, n. 4; Hailes, Lord, i. 432, n. 3; Hardyknute, ii. 91, n. 2; James's Court, v. 22, n. 2; Kames, Lord, ii. 200, n. 1; Macdonald's, Flora, virulence, v. 185, n. 4; Monboddo, Lord, ii. 74, n. 1. CHAMBERS, Sir William, Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, iv. 60, n. 7; v. 186; ridiculed in The Heroic Epistle, ib.; Johnson writes an introduction to his Chinese Architecture, iv. 188; Somerset House, architect of, iv. 187, n. 4; Treatise on Civil Architecture, iv. 187, n. 4. CHAMIER, Andrew, account of him, i. 478; Goldsmith, his estimate of, iii. 252-3; Johnson consults him in Dodd's case, iii. 121; gets his interest for Mr. Welch, iii. 217; visits him, iii. 398, n. 1; professor in the imaginary college, v. 109; signs the Round-Robin, iii. 83. CHAMPION, Sir G., iii. 459. Champion, The, i. 169. CHANCELLORS, Lord High, how chosen, ii. 157. CHANCES, iv. 330. Chances, The, ii. 233, n. 4. CHANDLER, Dr., ii. 445, n. 1. CHANGE, silver, iv. 191. CHANTILLY, ii. 400. CHAPEL-HOUSE, ii. 451. CHAPLAINS, ii. 96. CHAPONE, Mrs., account of her, iv. 246, n. 6; Correspondence, her, i. 203, n. 4; Johnson, letter from, iv. 247; his meeting with the Abbe Raynal, iv. 434; his views on natural depravity, v. 211, n. 3; Rambler, contributes to the, i. 203; Williams, Mrs., account of, i. 232, n. 1. CHARACTER, a most complete one, ii. 402; argument, its weight in an, ii. 443; v. 29, n. 5; delineation in the Anabasis, iv. 31; expectation of uniformity, iii. 282, n. 2; Johnson saw a great variety, iii. 20; his sketches of them, ib.; men not bound to reveal their children's character, iii. 18; not to be tried by one particular, iii. 238; must not be lessened, v. 247; nature and manners, ii. 48; as to this world not hurt by vice, iii. 342, 349. CHARADE, a, iv. 195. CHARITABLE ESTABLISHMENT IN WALES, a, iii. 255. CHARITY. See ALMSGIVING. CHARLEMONT, first Earl of, Beauclerk's character, draws, i. 249, n. 1; letters to him, ii. 192; Hume's French, i. 439, n. 2; Hume and Mrs. Mallet, ii. 8, n. 4; Literary Club, member of the, i. 479; Johnson and Vestris, iv. 79; professor in the imaginary college, v. 108; story of the Pyramids, iii. 352, 449, 458; mentioned, ii. 235, 274, n. 3; iv. 78. CHARLES I, anniversary of his death, ii. 152, n. 1; kept by Boswell with old port and solemn talk, iii. 371; birth-place, v. 399; concessions to parliament, v. 340; corn, price of, in his reign, iii. 232, n. 1; Johnson and Lord Auchinleck dispute about him, v. 382, n. 2; 'murder,' his, unpopular, ii. 370; political principles in his time, ii. 369; saying about lawyers, ii. 214; mentioned, i. 194, n. 2, 466; ii. 170, n. 2; v. 204, 346, 406. CHARLES II, atheist and bigot, iv. 194, n. 1; betrayed and sold the nation, ii. 342, n. 2; corn, price of, in his reign, iii. 232, n. 1; descendants, his, Beauclerk, i. 248, n. 2; Commissioner Cardonnel, iii. 390, n. 1; Charles Fox, iv. 292, n. 2; Duke of York and Catharine Sedley, v. 49; France, took money from, ii. 342; Heale, at, iv. 234, n. 1; Hume's partiality for him, ii. 341, n. 2; Johnson's partiality for him, i. 248; ii. 341; iv. 292, n. 2; 'lenity,' his, iv. 41; Lewis XIV, might have been as absolute as, ii. 370; manners, ii. 41; political principles in his time, ii. 369; social, i. 442; story-telling, excelled in, iii. 390, n. 1; mentioned, ii. 437, n 2; v. 357, n. 3. CHARLES III (the Young Pretender), ii. 253. CHARLES EDWARD, Prince. See PRETENDER. CHARLES V, Emperor, plays at his own funeral, iii. 247. CHARLES X, of France, ii. 401, n. 4. CHARLES XII, of Sweden, compared with Socrates, iii. 265; dressed plainly, ii. 475; Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes, i. 195. Charles of Sweden, i.

Life of Johnson Vol_06 Page 55

James Boswell

Scottish Authors

Free Books in the public domain from the Classic Literature Library ©

James Boswell
Classic Literature Library
Classic Authors

All Pages of This Book