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revolutions 379
rheumatism 454
Rhodoclia, a female character in The Rambler 125
rhyme 663
ridicule 728, 771
Riots, Gordon, see Gordon Riots risen in the world 520
rising early 613; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: rising
Robin Hood Society 814–15
rod, use of the 30, 480
Roman Catholics/Catholicism 245, 251, 277, 313, 314, 323, 341, 444, 527, 743, 754–6, 923–4, 945
romances 31, 519, 771
Rome and the Romans, ancient 168, 342, 351, 537, 634, 703, 871; see also Index of Places: Tiber
Rome, modern 70, 527, 528
rope dancing 472
Round Robin, the 563
Rowley’s poetry, see Index of Persons, Others: Chatterton, Thomas
Royal Academy 296 and n. b, 479, 674, 874–5, 884, 887, 959
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh 646
Royal Family 262, 379, 385
Royal Marriage Act or Bill 341
Royal Society 388; see also Index of Persons, Others: Birch, Dr Thomas; Index of Works and Literary Characters: Philosophical Transactions
ruffles 809
‘runts’, cows 705
rustic happiness and virtue 861
sacrament 314, 830, 924; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I
sagacity 948
sailors 186, 498, 667, 900
St Vitus’s dance 84
saints 314, 397, 816, 924
Salamanca, University of 239
salvation 683, 917, 929
‘sartum tectum ‘485 and n. 532
Satisfaction of Christ 832
savages 231, 266–7, 299–300, 348, 381, 393, 519, 543, 620, 656, 879, 934
savings, see economy
Saxons 838
scepticism, see infidels
schoolmasters 29, 57–8, 337, 338, 344, 357–9, 548, 637, 639
schools 237, 351, 358, 360, 464, 480, 525, 665, 936
‘schools, the’ 805
‘score, in’ 437 n. c
scorpions 290–91
Scotland and the Scots (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 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
Scotsman, a violent 614
Scotticisms 307; see also Index of Persons, Others: Blair, Hugh; Guthrie, William; Hume, David; Robertson, Dr William
‘scoundrel’ 502, 519
screen 94 n. b
Scripture phrases 373
Scriptures, the, see Christianity; in Erse, see Erse
scrofula, see king’s evil
scruples 369, 489, 490
‘scrupulosity’ 765
sea-life, see sailors; ship
seasons 401, 846; see also weather and seasons
second sight 266, 340, 433
seduction, imaginary case of 528
selections from authors 20–21, 126
self-importance 615
‘semel insanivimus (omnes)’ 865 and n. 1101
‘Senectus’ 709
sensation 184
sermons 352, 657–8, 760, 821; see also preaching; Index of Persons, Johnson IV
servants 309, 375
‘settle, to’ 389
Seven Provinces 250
severity, government by 359
sexes 517, 679, 708
‘Sh’ apprens t’etre fif 512
shaving 611
sheet 881
shepherd 786 n. b
ship 186, 498, 667; see also sailors
shirt 61
shoe buckles 699
shop 940
shorthand 79, 379, 668, 857; see also Index of Persons, Others: Angell, John
shrubbery 834
sick man 864, 891, 933, 936, 965
‘side’ 343
‘siege’ 664
sight of great buildings 467, 472
signs 392
silence 497
silk 112, 611
silver buckles 699
simile 557
singularity 300
‘sink upon, to’ 339
sinners, the chief of 926
slander 552
Slaughter’s Coffee-house 770
slaves and slavery 632–3, 638, 778; see also Index of Persons, Others: Knight, Joseph; Somerset, James
Slavonic language 343
sleep 614, 766
smoking 171
snakes, concerning 674
social attention 251
society 232, 266, 342, 394, 461, 682
Society for the Encouragement of Learning 88 n. c
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Scotland) 276–9, 410–11, 414
Society of Artists 194
Society of Arts and Sciences 333–4, 768, 817
Society of Procurators or Solicitors 16, 834–6
soldiers 303, 312, 376, 394, 523–4, 666–7, 719
solicitors, see attorneys; Society of Procurators or Solicitors
solitude 533, 747
sophistry, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
sorrow 595–6
sound