Authors, Scottish -- 18th century -- Biography; Biographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Hypochondriack, the [in 'London Magazine'], 124, 137-44, 145-6, 147,
148, 224
I
Inner Temple, 137, 167
Ireland, 22
Ireland, Mr., 193-4
J
James, King, 8
Jockey Club, 26
Johnson, Lionel, 189
Johnson, Samuel:
better known to us than other literary men, 1-2;
interest in, 3-4;
argument with Lord Auchinleck, 7;
retort to Mr. Dunn, 9;
Temple contrasted with, 13;
condemnation of Dempster, 19;
commends Boswell's accent, 21;
opinion of Derrick, 25;
great writer, 36;
becomes friends with Boswell, 40-50;
conversation, 45-7;
liked admiration, 45;
strength of personality, 49;
Frederick the Great and Voltaire, 54;
compared with Paoli, 56-8;
approves Boswell's adventures in Corsica, 58;
opinion of Boswell's account of Corsica, &c., 59;
opinion of Gibbon and condemnation of 'infidelity,' 68 _seq._;
talks of going to Sweden, 71;
dines with Boswell, 74;
writes on behalf of Mr. Dodd, 79;
legal help to Boswell, 83-4;
on Scotchmen, 85-7, on Mrs. Boswell, 100-1;
Mrs. Boswell's opinion of, 102;
the Johnsonian circle, 106 _seq._;
meeting with Wilkes arranged, 110-12;
friendship with Boswell, 112-34;
lack of sympathy and blunt advice, 114;
irritated by Boswell, 115;
quarrels, 116-24;
no venom in his wounds, 120;
very angry, 121;
in the Hebrides, 125 _seq._;
at Streatham, 128;
at Lochbuy, 129;
use of images, 144;
influence on Boswell, 150-61;
conventional prejudices, 153 _seq._;
talks for victory, 121, 153-4;
truth, honesty, 155, 201;
dislikes affectation, 157-8;
a moralist, 159-60;
Lord Auchinleck's opinion of, 165;
on Lord Auchinleck as Boswell's father, 166;
knows nothing of Scotch law, 171;
view of Boswell's attendance at executions, 173;
discourages Boswell's political ambitions, 175;
Boswell's imitation of, 191-2;
'just frown,' 155, 201;
_mot_ about Boswell's boasting, 204;
fear of death, 206;
Gargantua, 207;
records of the tour in the Hebrides, 209-14;
little taste for rural beauties, 210;
interest in human nature, 211;
remarks on his host's avarice, 212-13;
introduced to Temple, 215;
moral support, 222;
melancholy, 225;
faults of the great moralist, 233-4;
love of truth applied to biography, 235-7;
Hawkins' Life, and Mrs. Thrale's Memoirs, 237-8;
Boswell's conception of, 238-40;
description of, 242;
physical characteristics, 244;
his cat, 244-5;
Latin quotations, 245;
presents a Highland lass with 'Cocker's Arithmetic,' 245;
letter to Lord Chesterfield, 248;
his pension, 248-9;
gay Sam, 254, 295;
a great talker, 256;
not expansive, 257;
baited by Boswell, 259;
the subject of Boswell's experiments, 260 _seq._;
questioned by Boswell, 261 _seq._;
helps Boswell in his biographical work, 272;
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