270. Gets to know Murphy, i. 356, n. 2. 1755 Letter to Lord Chesterfield, i. 261. Becomes an M.A. of Oxford, i. 281. Publishes the Dictionary, i. 291. Projects a Biblitheque, i. 284. Gets to know Langton (about this year), i. 247, n. 1. 1756 Publishes an abridgement of the Dictionary, i. 305. Writes for The Universal Visitor, i. 306. Superintends and writes for The Literary Magazine, i. 307. Life of Sir Thomas Browne, i. 308. Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare, i. 318. 1757 Writes for the Literary Magazine, i. 320. Editing Shakespeare, i. 496, n. 3. 1758 Editing Shakespeare, i. 496, n. 3. Begins The Idler, i. 330. Gets to know Dr. Burney, i. 328. 1759 The Idler, i. 330. Death of his mother, i. 339. Rasselas, i. 340. Leaves Gough Square and goes into chambers, i. 350, n. 3; iii. 405, n. 6. Visits Oxford, i. 347. Gets to know Beauclerk, i. 248, n. 4. 1760 Ends The Idler, i. 330. Perhaps editing Shakespeare, i. 353. In Inner Temple Lane, iii. 405, n. 6. 1761 Visits Lichfield in the winter of 1761-2, i. 370. 1762 Pensioned, i. 372. Trip to Devonshire, i. 377. Cock Lane Ghost imposture exposed, i. 406. 1763 Gets to know Boswell, i. 391. Trip to Harwich, i. 464. Visits Oxford, iii. 451. Character of Collins, i. 382. Life of Ascham, i. 464. 1764 Visits Langton in Lincolnshire, i. 476. Literary Club founded, i. 477. Visits Dr. Percy at Easton Maudit, i. 486. 1765 Visits Cambridge, i. 487. Becomes an LL.D. of Dublin, i. 488. Suffers from a severe illness, i. 483, 520. Gets to know the Thrales (either this year or in 1764), i. 490, 520. Engages in politics with W. G. Hamilton, i. 489. Publishes his Shakespeare, i. 496. Takes a house in Johnson's Court, ii. 5; iii. 405, n. 6. 1766 Contributes to Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies, ii. 25. Spends more than three months at Streatham, ii. 25. Visits Oxford, ii. 25. 1767 Interview with the King, ii. 33. Spends near six months in Lichfield, ii. 30. 1768 Prologue to the Good-Natured Man. ii. 45. Visits Oxford, iii. 452. 1769 Appointed Professor in Ancient Literature to the Royal Academy, ii. 67. Visits Oxford, Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 67; iii. 452. Visits Brighton, ii. 68. Appears as a witness at Baretti's trial, ii. 96. 1770 The False Alarm, ii. 111. Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, iii. 452. 1771 Falkland's Islands, ii. 134. Revises the Dictionary, ii. 143, n. 3. Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 141. 1772 Revises the Dictionary, ii. 143, n. 3. Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, iii. 452. 1773 Publishes the fourth edition of the Dictionary, ii. 203. Attempts to learn the Low Dutch language, ii. 263. Tour of Scotland, ii. 266; v. 1. Visits Oxford, ii. 268. Begins his Journey to the Western Islands, ii. 268. 1774 Death of Goldsmith, ii. 279, n. 2. Tour to North Wales, ii. 285; v. 427. Visits Burke at Beaconsfield, ii. 285, n. 3; v. 460. The Patriot, ii. 286. Finishes his Journey to the Western Islands, ii. 288. 1775 Publishes his Journey to the Western Islands, ii. 300. Taxation no Tyranny, ii. 312. Becomes an LL.D. of Oxford, ii. 331. Visits Oxford, Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 381; iii. 452. Tour to France, ii. 384. 1776 Visits Oxford, Lichfield, and Ashbourne with Boswell, ii. 438. Projected tour to Italy abandoned, iii. 6. Visits Bath, iii. 44. First dinner with Wilkes, iii. 64. Visits Brighton, iii. 92. 1777 Engages to write The Lives of the Poets, iii. 109. Exerts himself in behalf of Dr. Dodd, iii. 139. Meets Boswell at Ashbourne, iii. 135. 1778 Writing The Lives of the Poets, iii. 360. Visits Warley Camp, iii. 360. 1779 Publishes the first four volumes of the Lives, iii. 370. Writing the last six volumes, ib. Death of Garrick, iii. 371. Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, iii. 395. 1780 Writing the last six volumes of the Lives, iii. 418. Death of Beauclerk, iii. 420. Visits Brighton, iii. 453. 1781 Publishes the last six volumes of the Lives, iv. 34. Death of Thrale. iv. 84. Second dinner with Wilkes, iv. 101. Visits Southill, iv. 118. Visits Oxford, Birmingham, Lichfield, and Ashbourne, iv. 135. 1782 Death of Levett, iv. 137. Visits Oxford, iv. 151. Takes leave of Streatham, iv. 158. Visits Brighton, iv. 159. 1783 Has a stroke of the palsy, iv. 227. Visits Rochester, iv. 233. Visits Heale, iv. 234. Death of Mrs. Williams, iv. 235. Threatened with a surgical operation, iv.