The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [694]
‘coxcomb’ 328, 656 n. a
‘cross-readings’ 941
Crown, the 321, 351, 450, 451, 521, 607, 748 n. b, 884
cucumbers 769
‘cui bono’ man 825
Culloden, battle of 227, 405
curates 352, 596
curiosity 53, 873
currants 877
dancing 809
Darius’s shade 771
‘dawdle’ 752 n. d, 833
‘dawling’ 752
day-labourers 862
dead, the 118–19, 130, 132, 347, 526, 840
deafness, see Index of Persons, Johnson I: hearing
death 130, 181, 195, 307, 314–15, 422, 605–6, 607, 682–3, 886, 917; see also Index of Persons: Johnson I
debates in Parliament 11, 68–9, 79, 86–8, 91, 101, 333–4, 714, 937–8, 994
debtor 165, 850
debts 185, 560, 590; for S.J.’s warnings to J.B., see Index of Persons, Boswell II: debts
dedications 262, 821 n. a.; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson IV; Boswell IV
definition 656
degeneracy of mankind 376
deist 265, 453
delay, danger of 175
‘dementat ‘ 865
description 873
despondency 825
despotic governments 676
Dettingen, battle of 769
devils 682, 924
devotion 266, 887
dexterity 649
dial 115
Dictionary 160, 307, 346, 628; for dictionary-making, see Index of Works and Literary Characters: Dictionary of the English Language
dinner 61, 189, 304, 308, 547, 884; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: dinners; eating
discipline 29–30
diseases 849
dislike 752
disputes 623
Dissenters 168, 371, 617 n. a.; see also Methodists; Presbyterians; Unitarians
dissimulation 287
distance 516
distinctions 249, 716
distresses of others 308
distrust 595
divorces 712
‘dockers’ 201
doctor, title of 256, 325, 460–61; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: doctor; Others: Memis, Dr John
Doctors’ Commons 78, 243
‘dog’ 28 n. b, 290
dogs 309, 384; for dog of Alcibiades, see Alcibiades
double letters, see post
Douglas Cause, see under Index of Persons, Boswell IV
‘down, to’ 704
Drake, the 339
drama, the English 896–9
draughts, game of 171, 502; see also Index of Persons, Others: Payne, William
dreams 130, 357, 765
dress 28, 112, 303, 519, 864; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
drinking 655, 733 n. a; see also drunkenness; wine
drunkenness 449, 498, 614, 729, 733; see also intoxication
Drury Lane Theatre 66, 88, 103, 110–111, 112, 126–7, 436, 658, 664, 766, 861, 937
duck, epitaph on a 27
ducking-stool 679
duelling and duels 355, 380, 879
duke 217, 233
dull fellow 327, 937
dunces 304
Dutch: the language (usually Low Dutch) 371, 401, 651, 774; the people, see Holland
early rising, see Index of Persons, Johnson I: rising; Boswell II: early rising
earthquake 595
East Indians 707
Easter 401; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
eating, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
ecclesiastical censure 548, 568
economy 329, 666, 685, 720
editions 917
education 29, 30, 58–9, 238, 264–5, 338, 480–81, 498, 537, 614, 717, 814; see also learning; schools eel 729
egotists 615
Egyptians, ancient 833
election addresses, see under Index of Persons, Johnson IV
elections 342, 349, 414, 415, 444, 713, 762; see also Middlesex Election
Eliza, epigram to, see Index of Persons, Others: Carter, Elizabeth
elocution, see Index of Persons, Others: Sheridan, Thomas; Walker, John
Elwallians 348
‘embellishment’ 636
emigration 312–13, 649
‘emit, to’ 784
emphasis, see Commandments
employment 310; see also occupation
emulation 542
enemy 578
England and the English (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 106, 232, 326, 375, 459, 504, 561, 750, 861, 869, 900, 920; see also historian; literature; poor; slaves and slavery; style
entails 483–90, 494
enthusiasm 523, 668
enthusiast 780
‘enucleate, to’ 711
envy 669
Epicurean, the 524
epigram, judge of 663–4
episcopacy, see bishops; hierarchy
epitaphs 480, 516, 564 n. a, 880
equality of mankind 532, 632, 642; see subordination
error 875
Erse 173 n. a, 276–9, 344, 410–11, 414, 421, 428, 447, 464, 577; see also Index of Persons, Others: Shaw, Revd William
Esau’s birthright 139
Esquimaux 392
esquire, title of 24, 440 n. b
Essex Head Club 902–3, 905, 906, 915, 959 n. a, 963
estate 400, 496, 619, 658; see also property