The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [695]
eternal punishment 631, 929
etiquette 304, 455, 517, 691, 833, 920, 943 Eton College 525, 603, 687–8, 693, 809 n. c; see also Index of Persons, Others: Graham, George
Eumelian Club 985 n. a
everlasting punishment 928–9
‘Every island is a prison’, a song 668
exaggeration 595, 732, 859, 878,
excise 161 n. a
executions 148, 868, 945 n. a, 962–3; see also under Index of Persons, Boswell II
exercise 41, 235, 849 n. a
exhibition, see Royal Academy existence 545, 547
expenditure, see economy experience 239
extraordinary characters 504
fable 383
faction 873
facts 867
fairies 771
faith 831
false cries 546
falsehood 647
fame 237, 453, 621, 665; see also under Index of Persons, Boswell II
families, great 309, 341–2, 489, 493, 494, 515, 619, 658, 694; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: birth and rank; Boswell II: birth
family 354, 872–3
fancies, see Index of Persons, Boswell II: imagination.
fancy 409
farmers 715
fasting 498; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
fat men 881, 937
fate, see free will
father 226, 528, 727
favour 349
fear 303, 357, 382; see also courage
feeling for others, see sympathy
fellow 326, 455
ferns 804
feudal antiquities 368, 747
feudal system 354, 486, 487, 619, 747
fiction 892
fiddlers 361
fiddling 380, 654
fighting-cock 441
figurative expressions 926–7
fine and recovery 494 n. a
fine clothes, see dress
fines 698 fire 741
First Cause 694, 779 n. a
fishmonger 729
flagelot 654
flattery 380–81, 384–5, 456, 697
flea 362–63, 870
Flodden Field, battle of 483
flogging 480; see also rod fondness 851
Fontenoy, battle of 189
food 61, 312; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: eating
fools 4, 578
foppery 328
foreigners 378, 770, 869; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
forgetfulness 833–4
‘form’ 941 n. a
‘former, the latter, the’ 868
forms 820
fornication 240, 352, 517, 527–28, 742–43
forwardness 504
France and the French (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 7, 15, 106, 162, 163 and n. b, 189, 239, 247–48, 326, 350–51, 466–79, 467, 478, 504–5, 524, 661, 699, 709, 714, 732–33, 770, 773, 859, 893
free agent 831
free will 303, 313, 680–81, 803, 945
Freemasonry 774
French cook, a nobleman’s 247
French horn 774
friends 116, 346–7, 593, 603, 640, 680, 692, 732, 847, 864, 878
friendship 163, 346, 356, 553, 612, 652, 680, 732, 737, 827, 845, 918
Frisian 250
frugality 855
fruit, S.J.’s love of, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
funds, the 856
‘funny’ 568 n. a
‘futile’ mistaken for ‘sutile’ 677 n. a
future state 119, 346, 605, 631, 679, 720, 761, 985
gabble 713, 765
Gaelic, see Erse
games 31
gaming 353, 531
gaming-club 531
garden 876–7
gardeners 301
garret, the scholar’s 143
‘Gaudium’ 459
General Assembly, see Church of Scotland
general censure, opinion, warrants, see censure; opinion; warrants generals,
great 385
genius 233, 498, 726
gentility 258, 444, 545; see also under Index of Persons, Boswell II
gentleman, English merchant a new species of 258 n. a
gentlewoman, the born 329
German, a 398
German baron 511
German flute 262
gesticulation 178–9, 372–3, 941–2
ghosts 129, 183, 215–16, 347, 355, 357, 648, 683, 684, 713, 714, 736, 771, 815 n. a, 816; see also Cock-Lane Ghost; Index of Persons, Others: Lyttelton, Thomas; Veal, Mrs
giants 122
gin, see spirituous liquors
gloom 533, 843
glow-worm 291, 383 and n. a
goat 336–7
gobelins 470
God 706, 928
good breeding 303
Good Friday 452, 685, 692, 875
good humour 455, 704
‘good man’ 894
good manners, see etiquette
Gordon Riots 754–6, 759, 761
Gothic buildings 148
gout 102; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
government 312, 322, 344, 350–51, 521, 542, 676, 881; see also ministries
grace 325
graces, the 545
grammar school 58–9; see also schools
Grand Signor 394
Grant, the clan 427–8
gratitude 134
‘great’ 346
‘Great He’ 372
great, the 76, 265–6, 625, 715, 827
Greek 59, 72, 240–41, 743, 773, 774, 979; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I; Boswell II
greenhouses 350, 876–7
grief 118, 516, 533, 595–6, 819, 830, 843;