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verses 268, 459, 696
vexations 224
‘vexing thoughts’ 521 n. a
vice 709, 713; see also Index of Persons, Others: Mandeville, Bernard
vicious intromission 15, 363–7, 370, 574
‘Vidit et erubuit lympba pudica Deum’ 687–8
virtue 206 n. b, 378, 709, 713, 714, 773, 886
vital statistics 312
vivacity 511
volcanoes 514
voting 444
vows 272, 716
vulgar, the 267, 768–9, 883
Wages 375, 435, 862
Wales and the Welsh (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 173, 340, 413–14, 465, 594–5, 671
wall 65, 876
wants, fewness of 519
war 331, 380, 666–7, 716, 873
warrants, general 299
waste 666, 694–5
water 614, 689
wealth 495
weather and seasons 178, 237–8, 401, 453, 688, 959, 963
well-bred man 940
Welsh, see Wales and the Welsh Westminster, Assembly of Divines 411
Westminster, Dean and Chapter of 999
Westminster Abbey 17, 29, 131, 219 n. a, 276, 369 n. a, 387, 411, 518, 562, 564, 644, 660, 740, 919, 999, 1001
Westminster School 525, 688 n. a, 934
Whiggism 228, 321, 377, 784, 799
‘Whiggism’ 228 n. b
Whigs 48, 75, 148, 161, 228, 373, 431, 502, 699, 708 n. a, 818, 885, 925
whisky 615, 808, 820
‘Who rules o’er freemen’ 937
‘whoremonger’ 352
widow 301
wife 291, 300, 450, 458, 742, 750, 780, 940
wigs 661, 680, 699
will, free, see free will
will-making 400, 989
Wilson, James, v. Janet Smith and Robert Armour 364 n. a
‘windward’ 160
wine 56, 61, 125, 147, 162, 192, 213, 227, 253, 265, 286 n. b, 296, 306, 310, 328, 349, 356, 360, 377, 395, 454, 498, 505 n. a, 512, 539, 540, 544, 547, 593, 614, 652, 655 n. a, 656, 658–9, 688, 699–701, 704, 729, 743, 804, 813, 814, 889, 988
Wirgman’s 698
wit 531, 940
witches 355, 729, 741, 771
wits 307, 872
wolf 447, 507
women 244, 300, 455, 487–8, 518, 520, 545, 654, 678, 679, 703, 715, 780, 836, 923, 925
women of the town 240, 528, 805–6, 941, 986
woodcocks 291, 393
‘Word-book’ 160
words 121–2, 123, 247–8; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson IV
work, see labour
workhouse, parish 624
world 120–21, 860
worship, public, see public worship
worship of images 527, 625
writers, see authors
writing 446, 529, 610, 884
yawning 526
York, House of 607
young people 31, 235, 306 n. a
youth 114–15, 198, 847
Index of Places
Aberdeen 337, 340, 402, 403, 418, 654, 720, 758, 883
Abyssinia 51, 52, 53
Adbaston, Staffordshire 76
Adelphi, Durham Yard 816, 818
Aleppo 723, 774
Alkerton, Oxfordshire 109
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland 335, 670
America, American Colonies and Americans 196, 277, 370, 371, 381, 430, 431, 481, 555, 632, 634, 643, 680, 759, 773, 809, 820, 842, 920, 939, 962
Anglesey 413
Appleby, Leicestershire 77
Apsley, Bedfordshire 94
Argyllshire 403
Ashbourne, Derbyshire 104, 512, 518, 519, 590, 592, 593–635, 851, 962
Asia 363
Auchinleck, Ayrshire 8, 243, 298, 405, 483, 619, 620, 637, 757, 852, 855, 895, 909
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 557
Ayrshire 805
Babylon 136
Ballinacrazy 660
Baltic, the 416, 594
Bangor, North Wales 413
Barbados 946
Barbary 470
Barnet, Hertfordshire 521
Barton, Yorkshire 132
Bath, Somersetshire 209, 239, 332, 443, 522, 541, 751, 752, 759, 842, 856, 923
Batheaston, Somersetshire 443
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire 879
Beckenham, Kent 937
Bedford 837
Belanagare, Roscommon 580
Bengal 649
Berwick 403
Birmingham 25, 41, 50–51, 53–6, 507, 510, 512, 839, 972, 1001
Birnam-wood 557
Bishop, or Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 294, 320
Blackfriars Bridge 187
Blair, Ayrshire 542
Blenheim Park, Woodstock 504
Bologna 363
Bosworth, see Market Bosworth
Bradley, Derbyshire 49, 195
Brecon, South Wales 597
Brentford, Middlesex 867
Brewood, Staffordshire 993
Brighthelmstone (Brighton) 297, 569, 596, 636, 759, 763, 852, 854
Bristol 95, 543, 544, 727
Brolas (misprinted Brolos), Mull 589
Bromley, Kent 132, 399, 957, 985
Brundusium 659
Buxton, Derbyshire 604
Caen-wood, near Hampstead, Middlesex 755
Cairo 688
Calais 378, 466
Cambrai 477
Cambridge 72, 256, 282
Canada 226
Carlisle 577, 584, 721, 748
Carthusian Convent, see monasteries
Chantilly 477
Chapel-House,