The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [702]
South Sea, the 393, 523, 934–5
South Sea Scheme 830
Spanish Literature 31, 686, 771
Spanish nobleman 303 ‘Spartam quam nactus es orna’ 975
speaking 333, 372, 443, 649–50, 698, 780, 863
Sphinx, the 705
spirit, evidence for, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
spirits, see ghosts
spirits, evil 924
Spiritual Court 59
spirituous liquors 498, 681–2, 729
splendour 739, 949
squills 960
Stag, the 186
stage, see players
stage-coaches, see coaches
State, the 267, 768–9, 882–3
‘state’ used for ‘statement’ 736
Stationers’ Company 446
statuary, art of 499, 649
‘Stavo bene, per star meglio sto qui’ 447
Stoick, the 524, 1044 n. 583
story 497
straw 462, 648 ‘stream’ of mind 504
Stuart, the House of 25, 69, 101, 189, 228, 377, 606–7, 671, 724, 856, 922
studied behaviour 247
study 44, 218, 227, 235, 240–41, 242, 249, 743, 767, 935–6
style 125, 232, 361, 617, 655, 657–8, 663, 675
Style, Old and New 137
subordination 217, 233, 236, 257, 267, 376–7, 390–91, 400, 438, 532, 546, 665, 715, 730
Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, see Thirty-nine Articles
succession, male 400, 483–90, 515, 570–71
‘Sufflamina’ 148
suicide 381–2, 394, 848–9, 885, 886
Sunday 43, 136, 164, 299, 462, 692–3
‘superficies’ 784
superfoetation of the Press 703
superiority 546, 856
supernatural appearances 340–41
supper 688–9
surnames 869
suspicion 595
‘sutile’, of pictures 677 n. a, 684 n. a
swallows 291, 393
swearing 317, 348, 539, 625
Swede, the learned 150
sweetmeats 623–4, 814
swimming, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
Swiss, the 89, 630
sympathy 308, 515, 516
synod of cooks 247
synonyms 784, 877
tailor, the metaphysical, see ‘metaphysical’
tales 517
talk, or talking 547, 648, 657, 866, 867
tallow-chandler 443
taste, in the arts 361, 938, 950
taverns 504–5, 805–6
taxes 452
tea 14, 37, 86, 158, 169, 176, 186, 208, 223, 244, 256, 297, 301, 303, 310, 322, 340, 347, 349, 373, 374, 376, 389, 441, 450, 452, 462, 478, 502, 506, 510, 511, 513, 514, 522, 542, 557–8, 574, 604, 606, 646, 647, 652, 666, 685, 692, 693, 725, 728, 776, 813, 829, 833, 859, 875, 885, 926, 928, 940, 986
teaching 50, 57
Temple of Fame 453
temptation 234, 652
‘tenuity’ 625–6
tenures, ancient 368, 747
testimony 919
theatres 208, 690, 825
theft 353, 682
thieves 669
‘thing, not the’ 812
thinking, liberty of 394, 395
Thirty-nine Articles 313, 341
thoughts 361, 500, 521–2
throne 748 n. b
time 776
tips 61, 245; see also vails
toasts 778
tobacco, see smoking
toleration 394–7, 728, 768–9, 882–3
topographical works 611 n. a
Tories 16, 75, 161, 318, 617 n. a, 699, 818, 828, 925
torpedo 92
torture 246, 472
touch, sense of 28, 361
Towser, a dog 400
toy-shop 698
trade 257–8, 259, 309–10, 353, 376, 495
‘Trade, the’, the booksellers of London 231, 446, 678
tradesmen 323, 324, 618 n. b
tradeswomen 715
tragedy 307, 538–9
translations 537, 663
‘transpire’ 709
transport, rational 706
travellers 441, 651, 685–6, 716
travelling 228, 641, 668, 714
travels, books of 447, 463, 685–6, 867, 940
treason, constructive 812
treasury 83, 172, 187 n. b, 332, 580 n. b, 817
tree 886
trees 349–50
Trent, Council of, see Index of Persons, Others: Sarpi, Father Paul
tricks 737
trifles 24, 65, 158, 171, 654, 704, 713, 716, 937
‘trim’, meaning of 670
Trinity, doctrine of the 396–7
‘truism’ 331
truth 4, 181, 230–31, 238–9, 378, 394, 497, 524–5, 527, 601, 647, 648, 696, 727, 741, 766, 769, 932, 933, 986
‘tumid’ 784
Tunbridge, or Tonbridge School, Kent 123 n. a, 945, 983
Turkey and the Turks 362, 489, 859, 873
tyranny 16, 75, 351, 359, 430, 432, 442, 665, 825
understanding 545, 728, 938
uneasiness 914–15
‘un-idea’d’ 137
Unitarians 833 n. a
‘unius lacertce’ 661–2
universities 38, 45, 228, 289–90, 341, 459, 525, 597, 665
‘unscottified’ 389
upstarts, getting into Parliament 341–2, 444
urn 1000 n. c
usher 50
usury, law against 532
utility 348, 857
vacancies 659
vacuum 234
vails 301; see also tips
valetudinarians 510, 519, 604
Venus, of Apelles 820
‘veracious’ 784
veracity, see truth
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