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The Life of Samuel Johnson

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by James Boswell


  Wirgman’s 698

  wit 531, 940

  witches 355, 729, 741, 771

  wits 307, 872

  wolf 447, 507

  women 244, 300, 455, 487–8, 518, 520, 545, 654, 678, 679, 703, 715, 780, 836, 923, 925

  women of the town 240, 528, 805–6, 941, 986

  woodcocks 291, 393

  ‘Word-book’ 160

  words 121–2, 123, 247–8; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson IV

  work, see labour

  workhouse, parish 624

  world 120–21, 860

  worship, public, see public worship

  worship of images 527, 625

  writers, see authors

  writing 446, 529, 610, 884

  yawning 526

  York, House of 607

  young people 31, 235, 306 n. a

  youth 114–15, 198, 847

  Index of Places

  Aberdeen 337, 340, 402, 403, 418, 654, 720, 758, 883

  Abyssinia 51, 52, 53

  Adbaston, Staffordshire 76

  Adelphi, Durham Yard 816, 818

  Aleppo 723, 774

  Alkerton, Oxfordshire 109

  Alnwick Castle, Northumberland 335, 670

  America, American Colonies and Americans 196, 277, 370, 371, 381, 430, 431, 481, 555, 632, 634, 643, 680, 759, 773, 809, 820, 842, 920, 939, 962

  Anglesey 413

  Appleby, Leicestershire 77

  Apsley, Bedfordshire 94

  Argyllshire 403

  Ashbourne, Derbyshire 104, 512, 518, 519, 590, 592, 593–635, 851, 962

  Asia 363

  Auchinleck, Ayrshire 8, 243, 298, 405, 483, 619, 620, 637, 757, 852, 855, 895, 909

  Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 557

  Ayrshire 805

  Babylon 136

  Ballinacrazy 660

  Baltic, the 416, 594

  Bangor, North Wales 413

  Barbados 946

  Barbary 470

  Barnet, Hertfordshire 521

  Barton, Yorkshire 132

  Bath, Somersetshire 209, 239, 332, 443, 522, 541, 751, 752, 759, 842, 856, 923

  Batheaston, Somersetshire 443

  Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire 879

  Beckenham, Kent 937

  Bedford 837

  Belanagare, Roscommon 580

  Bengal 649

  Berwick 403

  Birmingham 25, 41, 50–51, 53–6, 507, 510, 512, 839, 972, 1001

  Birnam-wood 557

  Bishop, or Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 294, 320

  Blackfriars Bridge 187

  Blair, Ayrshire 542

  Blenheim Park, Woodstock 504

  Bologna 363

  Bosworth, see Market Bosworth

  Bradley, Derbyshire 49, 195

  Brecon, South Wales 597

  Brentford, Middlesex 867

  Brewood, Staffordshire 993

  Brighthelmstone (Brighton) 297, 569, 596, 636, 759, 763, 852, 854

  Bristol 95, 543, 544, 727

  Brolas (misprinted Brolos), Mull 589

  Bromley, Kent 132, 399, 957, 985

  Brundusium 659

  Buxton, Derbyshire 604

  Caen-wood, near Hampstead, Middlesex 755

  Cairo 688

  Calais 378, 466

  Cambrai 477

  Cambridge 72, 256, 282

  Canada 226

  Carlisle 577, 584, 721, 748

  Carthusian Convent, see monasteries

  Chantilly 477

  Chapel-House, Oxfordshire 504

  Chatsworth, Derbyshire, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire 635, 961, 968

  Cheshire 191

  Chester 61, 745–7

  Chichester, Sussex 854

  China 52, 291, 668, 707, 797

  City of London, see London

  Clitheroe, Lancashire 854

  Col, see Coll Colchester, Essex 246

  Colisæum 315

  Coll, Isle of, Hebrides 408, 657

  Compiègne 477

  Constantinople 777

  Corsica 262, 273, 293, 298, 302, 303

  Corte, Corsica 262

  Covent Garden 136

  Coventry, Warwickshire 191, 990

  Cowdray, Sussex 854

  Coxheath Camp, Kent 721, 726

  Dalblair, Ayrshire 634

  Dancala 52

  Denbigh, North Wales 412

  Derby 56, 519, 609, 610, 611

  Derbyshire 518

  Devonport, Devonshire 201

  Devonshire 201, 941

  Docking, Norfolk 289

  Dover, Kent 305

  Dresden 145

  Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland 343

  Dublin 77–8, 192, 205, 218, 240, 256–7, 615, 744, 887

  Dumbarton 403

  Dundee 833

  Dunfermline, Fife 548

  Dunkirk 699

  Dunsinane 557

  Dunvegan, Skye, the seat of Macleod of Macleod 669, 408

  Durham, the city 502

  East Indies, see India

  Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire 31, 255, 760

  Eddystone, the 201

  Edensor, Derbyshire 635

  Edial, near Lichfield 57, 336

  Edinburgh: I. General 225, 369, 406, 517, 835; II. Places, Streets, Buildings 279, 375, 403, 583, 606, 718, 790, 850, 819; III. Johnson’s Visits 403

  Egg, Isle of, Inner Hebrides 428

  Eglintoune Castle, Ayrshire 240

  Egypt 649, 714

  Ellon, Aberdeenshire 442

  Elsfield, Oxfordshire 147, 158

  England and the English 106, 232, 326, 375, 459, 504, 561, 750, 861, 869, 900, 920

  Essex 120

  Falkland, Ireland 320

  Falkland Islands, see Index of Works and Literary Characters: Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland’s Islands

  Ferney, Switzerland 230

  Florence 528, 649, 729

  Fontainbleau 466, 472

  Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire 403, 425, 656, 723

  France and the French 7, 15, 106, 162, 163 n. b, 189, 239, 247–8, 326, 350–51, 466–79, 467, 478, 504–5, 524, 661, 699, 709, 714, 732–3, 770, 773, 859, 893

  Friesland 250

  Germany 239, 343, 651

  Giant’s Causeway, Antrim, Ireland 744

  Gibraltar 470

  Glasgow 226, 237, 245, 403, 425, 585, 867, 984

  Goa 47

  Greece 362, 703

  Green Room, of Drury Lane 112

  Greenwich, Kent 62, 240, 242, 243, 742

  Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire 554

  Guadaloupe, West Indies 196

  Gunthwaite, East Riding, Yorkshire 350

  Gwaynynog, Denbighshire, family

  seat of the Myddeltons 1000

  Hamilton, Lanarkshire 403

  Hampstead, Middlesex 108, 131, 755, 890

  Harwich, Essex 244, 245–7

  Heale, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, the seat of W. Bowles 891–4

  Hebrides, see Highlands and islands

  Helvoetsluys, Holland 247

  Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire 507

  Hertfordshire 723

  High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 870

  Highlands and islands 138, 201, 217, 311, 326, 343, 404–5, 424, 429, 452, 630, 590, 701, 808

  Hockley in the Hole, Clerkenwell 594

  Holland 171, 246–7, 248–50, 610, 649, 919

  Holy Land 619

  Holyrood, or Holyroodhouse, Palace of, Edinburgh 790 n. a

  Hummums, the 712

  Hungary 772

  Iceland 133, 962

  Icolmkill (representing the Gaelic I Chaluim Chille) 403

  Iffley, near Oxford 927

  Ilam, see Islam

  Inchkeith, an islet in the Firth of Forth 403, 421

  India, or East Indies 362, 445, 452, 529, 530, 594, 739, 801, 802, 881

  Indies, the 686

  Inveraray, Argyll 403, 557

  Inverness 403

  Iona 403, 409

  Irela
nd and the Irish 75, 168, 171, 173, 311, 323, 329, 330, 343, 346, 389, 393, 397, 427, 580, 595, 634, 651, 696, 744, 772, 980

  Isis, the Thames at Oxford 927

  Islam, or Ilam, Staffordshire 28, 104, 624

  Isle of Man 561

  Italy 239, 266, 290, 447, 533, 610, 661, 946

  Jamaica 131, 133, 632, 748, 946

  Jerusalem 408–9

  Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street 263, 382, 493, 742

  Justice Hall 309

  ‘Justitia’ 668

  Kedleston, Derbyshire 609–10

  Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 815

  King’s Lynn, see Lynne (Regis)

  Knighton, Staffordshire 76

  Lanark 295, 583, 718

  Langton, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire 157, 175, 251, 269, 335, 402, 720

  Lauffeldt, Belgium 659

  Leeds, Yorkshire, West Riding 739

  Leek, Staffordshire 25, 595

  Leeward Islands 507

  Leicester 521

  Leyden 895

  Lichfield, Staffordshire, S.J.’s native city 24, 28, 31, 32, 36, 48, 53, 59, 198, 290, 335, 384, 423, 511, 512, 513, 514, 517, 560, 565, 637, 691, 745, 746, 817, 946, 967, 969, 971, 984, 989, 1001

  Lincoln 717

  Lincolnshire 30, 172, 717, 718, 877

  Lisbon 530, 906

  Lismore, or Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, see Index of Persons, Others: Gordon, Sir Alexander

  Liverpool 748

  Llewenny Hall, Denbighshire 412

  Loch Leven, Argyllshire 413

  Loch Lomond, Dumbartonshire and Stirlingshire 403, 729, 864

  London: I. General 65, 69, 70, 172, 198, 212, 223, 300, 311, 323, 325, 327, 330, 348, 354, 376, 378, 423, 436, 452, 514, 518, 521, 529, 559, 564, 579, 599, 618, 619, 639–40, 646, 657, 661, 665, 679, 715, 716, 720, 727, 728, 739, 754–7, 825, 855, 874, 875, 879, 910, 939, 945, 961, 972; II. Localities, Streets, Buildings, Inns, etc. 60, 61, 65, 66, 74, 75, 78, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 94, 97, 98, 100, 107, 109, 112, 113, 120, 133, 134, 137, 149, 175, 176, 187, 207, 210, 212, 213, 221, 223, 224, 226, 231, 235, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 244, 251, 252, 259, 261, 263, 265, 266, 286, 294, 299, 304, 309, 320, 323, 328, 330, 333, 343, 344, 348, 349, 350, 354, 359, 362, 363, 374, 376, 380, 382, 386, 387, 389, 395, 400, 401, 415, 427, 440, 443, 452, 460, 466, 479, 482, 493, 496, 497, 498, 517, 522, 523, 525, 527, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 539, 557, 568, 579, 608, 612, 620, 632, 640, 642, 665, 670, 671, 686, 687, 689, 692, 698, 708, 713, 728, 734, 742, 751, 754, 755, 756, 757, 770, 776, 777, 783, 799, 803, 804, 811, 813, 814, 816, 820, 824, 839, 840, 845, 853, 855, 856, 863, 866, 867, 873, 874, 875, 876, 878, 879, 895, 897, 898, 902, 904, 912, 913, 919, 934, 935, 939, 942, 945, 950, 970, 985, 989, 993, 997, 1001, 1002; see also Thames, the

  Lorne, district of Argyllshire 704

  Loudoun, Ayrshire 403

  Loughborough, Leicestershire 519

  Luton, Bedfordshire 834

  Lynne (Regis), King’s Lynn, Norfolk 10, 82, 156

  Mamhead, Devonshire 460

  Man, Isle of, see Isle of Man

  Manchester 587, 590

  Mandoa, or Mandu, Dhar State, Central India 353

  Manyfold, Derbyshire river 624

  Margate, Kent 865

  Market Bosworth, Leicestershire 50, 518, 993

  Massingham, Norfolk 838

  Mediterranean, the 537

  Milan 197

  Minorca 353, 656

  Monymusk, Aberdeenshire 574

  Mull, Inner Hebrides 504, 686

  Naples 528

  Netherlands 247, 702

  Neufchatel 374

  New England 962

  New Zealand 543

  Newcastle, Northumberland 402, 403, 684, 736

  Newport, Shropshire 32, 76

  Nimes, France 470

  Norbury Park, Surrey 786

  Norfolk 82

  Northumberland 350, 670

  Norway 225, 312

  Nottingham 972

  Noyon, France 477

  Okerton, misprint for Alkerton 109

  Otaheite, or Tahiti 384, 393, 543, 620–21

  Oxford: I. General 43, 74, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–4, 282, 289, 328, 359, 434, 439–41, 459, 492, 498, 501, 513, 526, 531, 665, 689, 738, 767, 778, 814, 919–21, 923, 926, 934, 974, 983; II. Colleges, buildings, inns, etc., and places 9, 13, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 109, 134–5, 147, 148, 150, 152, 164, 179, 255, 282, 287, 308, 411, 414, 491–3, 498, 500, 501, 502, 504, 656, 686-8, 689, 698, 717, 722, 838, 859, 893, 920, 922, 927, 932, 934, 935, 970, 973, 983, 1001

  Padua 45, 173, 198

  Pallas, Co. Longford, Ireland 563

  Palmyra 833

  Paris and suburbs 469–77, 478, 661, 678, 919, 995

  Partney, Lincolnshire 269

  Petworth, Sussex 854

  Plymouth, Devon 201, 202, 806

  Poland 772

  Port Eliot, Lord Eliot’s estate at St German’s, Cornwall 947

  Portugal 193–4

  Prestick, or Prestwick, Ayrshire 406

  Preston, Lancashire 595

  Prestonfield, see Index of Persons, Others: Dick, Sir Alexander

  Raasay, Inner Hebrides 403, 408, 590

  Ranelagh, Chelsea 322, 350, 630

  Red Sea 594

  Rewley Abbey, Oxford 148

  Rhone, the 916

  Rochefort, expedition to 14, 172

  Rochester, Kent 60, 767, 774, 890

  Russia 291, 311, 462, 707, 751

  St Albans, Hertfordshire 521

  St Andrews, Fife 403

  St Asaph, Flintshire 413

  St Cast, Cotes du Nord, France 181

  St Cross, see Winchester

  St Gluvias, Cornwall 231

  St Kilda, Outer Hebrides 237, 289, 340, 341

  St Quentin, Aisne, France 477

  Salisbury, Wiltshire 891, 893

  Scotland and the Scots 75, 106, 205, 206, 208, 217, 225, 242, 271, 276, 290, 300, 301, 307, 324, 330, 338, 345–6, 347, 351, 352, 360, 363, 368, 375, 377, 385, 389, 403, 410, 414, 418, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 436, 452, 456, 478, 483, 486, 494, 495, 507, 508, 519, 544, 557, 560, 561, 574, 578, 590, 619, 649, 655, 658, 665, 724, 732, 743, 744, 747, 768, 776 n. a, 819, 833 n. a, 834, 835–6, 843, 858, 866, 884 n. a, 899, 900, 906–8, 909, 922

  Shefford, Bedfordshire 836

  Shrewsbury, Shropshire 362

  Shropshire 38

  Skye, Inner Hebrides 403, 730

  Snowdon, North Wales 413

  Southill, Bedfordshire 141, 169, 579, 737, 828, 830–36

  Spain 75, 195, 239, 354; see also Index of Subjects: Salamanca, University of

  Sparta 353, 682

  Staffa, Inner Hebrides 590, 594

  Staffordshire 323, 511, 684, 699, 876; see also Lichfield

  Stevenage, Hertfordshire 687

  Stourbridge, Worcestershire 31

  Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire 297, 506, 516

  Strathaven, Lanark 718

  Streatham, Middlesex 259, 301, 523, 644, 645, 657, 712, 734, 839, 845, 850, 853, 854

  Swansea, Glamorgan 95

  Sweden 174, 343

  Switzerland 413

  Tartary 343

  Taunton, Somerset 780

  Tempe 686

  Teneriffe 962

  Thames, the 241, 242, 382, 496, 776

  Thebes 355

  Thorpe Hall, East Riding, Yorkshire 717, 761

  Tiber 659

  Trentham, Staffordshire 25

  Trevecca, Brecon 661

  Turin 745

  Turkey and the Turks 362, 489, 859, 873

  Twickenham, Middlesex 323, 455–6

  Tyburn 868

  Ulva, islet off Mull, Inner Hebrides 594

  Utrecht 212, 248, 265

  Uttoxeter, Staffordshire 971

  Valencia 758

  Valleyfield, see Index of Persons, Others: Preston, Sir Charles

  Venice 194, 528

  Versailles 466, 473–4

  Volga 916

  Vranyker, Holland 250

 
Wales and the Welsh 173, 340, 413–14, 465, 594–5, 671

  Warley Common, Essex 718–19, 721, 723

  Warrington, Lancashire 748

  Watford, Hertfordshire 369

  Welwyn, Hertfordshire 829

  West Indies 507; see also Jamaica; Index of Subjects: slaves and slavery

  Western Islands or Isles, see Highlands and islands

  Wheatley, Oxfordshire 934

  Wickham, see High Wycombe

  Wilton, or Wilton House, Wiltshire, seat of the Earl of Pembroke 437, 460, 584

  Wiltshire 893

  Winchester, Hampshire 320, 588

  Winchester College, Winchester 722; see Winchester for S.J.’s other visits

  Windsor, Berkshire 136, 937

  Wittenberg, Saxony 586

  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 348

  Woodstock, see Blenheim Park

  Woolwich 668

  Worcester 618, 650

  Wrabness, Essex 192

  Wrexham, Denbighshire 388

  Wycombe, see High Wycombe

  York 761, 762, 909

  Yorkshire 719

  Zeila, or Zaila, British Somaliland 52

  Index of Works and Literary Characters

  ‘Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea’, written by S.J. for Z. Williams 12, 149, 164

  Account of Corsica i, ix, 287, 297–8, 449, 1032 n. 255

  Account of Scotland in 1702 655, 1052 n. 766

  Account of the Life of Richard Savage, by S.J. 11, 12, 90, 93, 95–7

  Acis and Galatea 654, 1052

  AdLauram parituram Epigramma 91

  Ad Richard Savage, by S.J., see Account of the Life of Richard Savage

  Address of the Painters to Geo. III (1760), by S.J. 14, 188

  ‘Address to the Throne, after the expedition to Rochefort’ (1757), speech on, by S.J. 172

  ‘Adriani morientis ad animam suam’ 751

  Adventurer, The 12, 115–16, 129, 137–9, 150, 172

  Adversaria, by S.J. 114

  Aeneid 45, 274, 275, 529 n. a, 883, 884

  Aesop at Play 626, 1050

  Amadis de Gaula, romance of 476

  Anecdotes of Dr Johnson, by Thrale, Hester Lynch (q.v.) xli n. 11, xliii n. 36, li n. 135, 27–8, 43, 55, 218, 220–21, 253, 259, 363, 401, 479, 648, 705, 951–5

 

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