The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [699]
Parliament man, an MP 721
parodies, see Index of Persons, Johnson IV: style
parsimony 694–5, 7I2, 851
parsons 806; see also clergy/clergymen
party 378–9
Passion-week, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
passions 538
‘pastern’ 161, 201
paternity 665
patriotism 448
patriots 553, 555, 560, 811
patrons 142, 143, 202–3, 340, 389–92, 860
peers 489, 710–11, 883, 899; see also House of Lords; nobility
penitence 533
penny post, see post pension 83, 136, 161, 199–200, 227 and n. a, 256, 318, 332, 338, 433, 777, 825, 827, 939, 944–5, 948–50, 968–69
‘pensioner’ 199
penurious gentleman 539 and n. 603
people, the 586, 595
perfection 950
persecution 394, 397, 769
perseverance 212
Persian Empire 537, 801
Persius 777 and n. 972
Personage, a Great 122 and n. 90
Peruvian bar 196 and n. 164, 926
petitions 306, 313, 586, 598–9, 599 n. a, 601
Phaedrus 626
Phallick obscenity 653
pharaoh 340
pharmacy 677
philosophers 524, 688
philosophical necessity, see Index of Persons, Others: Priestley, Joseph
Philosophical Society 782 n. a
philosophical wise man 519
phlebotomy, see bleeding
Phoenician language, treatise on 871
physic 733; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
physician 457 n. b, 513, 518, 728, 733, 940
physicians 133 n. a, 268, 680, 908, 926; see also Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Index of Persons, Others: Memis, Dr John
pickles 376
piety 517, 923–4
pig 972
piling arms 716 and n. 877
pillory 693
‘pit, to’ 623
pity 231
place-hunters 650
plagiarism 179
plantations (settlements in America) 266
planting trees, see afforestation
players 96–7, 112, 213, 385, 622, 692, 896–7, 897 n. a; see also Index of Persons, Others: Garrick, David
plays 111, 195
pleasantry 568 n. a
pleasing 603, 700
pleasure 656, 676, 681, 700, 732, 938
‘pledging oneself 629
plenum 234
poems 447, 695
poetry 450, 537, 538, 663, 784, 788; see also ballads; rhyme
poets 537, 579, 711, 781
police 640
politeness 609
political improvement, schemes of 312
politics 458; see also Index of Persons, Others: Hamilton, William Gerard
‘polluted’ 989 n. a
polypheme 151
‘Pomposo’ 216
poor, the 250, 312, 322, 329, 470, 625, 739, 764, 772, 875
popery, see Roman Catholics/Catholicism
popular elections, of the clergy 340
population 311–12, 431, 649
port 729, 808
Port of Ilam, family of 624
porter 406, 408
porter, street 60 n. b and n. 49, 803
portraits 455, 765; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
Portuguese 769 n. a
post 72, 87, 530, 575 n. b, 595, 891
post-chaise 505, 521, 610
posterity 485
poverty 233, 609, 848, 849, 851, 853, 855, 957
power 453, 510, 676
practice, see principles praise 140, 289, 646, 654, 780, 809
prayer 347, 354, 926, 927, 973, 994; see also Index of Works and Literary Characters: Common Prayer, Book of; Index of Persons, Others: Cumming, Thomas
prayers, by S.J. as quoted by J.B. 113, 129, 132, 137, 139, 164, 187, 253, 257, 285–6, 567, 572, 970, 987, 998
preaching 241–2, 244, 325, 866; see also sermons
preciseness 812
precocity 480
predestination 313
predominance/‘predomination’ 883
prefaces 81, 160; for prefaces by S.J., see Index of Persons, Johnson IV: prefaces
premium scheme 171
Presbyterianism and Presbyterians 313, 341
prescience, of the Deity 681
prescriptions, medical 677
present time 449, 520, 521
press 68, 293, 526 n. b, 703
Prime Minister 451
Prince of Wales, the happiest of men 865
principle, goodness founded upon it 234
principles 221, 375, 444,454, 675,986
printer’s devil 818
printers 380, 436
printing 351, 474–5, 476, 537
prints 712
prisoners of war 15, 189
private theatricals 36 n. b
prize verses 54 n. b, 80
probationer in the Church of Scotland 351 and n. 332
‘Probus Britannicus’, pseudonym of S.J. 10, 82
‘procerity’ 166
procurators, see Society of Procurators
‘prodigious’ 687
profession 78, 92, 212, 265, 303, 327, 362, 374, 385, 446, 524, 678, n. a, 690, 772, 806, 937
professional man 649, 687
profusion 628
pronunciation 205, 345–6; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
property 395,