The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [711]
System of Ancient Geography, by Macbean, Alexander (q.v.) 15, 369, 532
Tale of a Tub, by Swift, Jonathan (q.v.) 238, 385, 433, 1029 n. 198
Tatler, The 112
Tatler Revived, The (1750) 112
Taxation no Tyranny (1775) by S.J. ix, xxii, lxviii, 16, 430, 432, 442, 632, 643, 677, 1020 n. 15
Tears of Old May-day, by Edward Lovibond 60
Telemachus, a Mask (1763), by Graham, Revd George (q.v.) 15, 218, 464, 575, 1029 n. 182
Tempest, The 514 (IV.i.153), 765 (I.ii.358–60), 776 (IV.I.Io-II)
Thales 74
Theodore the Hermit, Vision of, see Vision of Theodore the Hermit 12, 103
Theodosius, by Nathaniel Lee 516, 1044 n. 576
Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland’s Islands, by S.J. ix, 15, 331–2, 1034 n. 307
Three Warnings, The, by Thrale, Mrs (q.v.) 276
Timon of Athens 777
‘To Miss –, on her giving the Authour a gold and silk network Purse’ 101, 276
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 776, 1060 n. 970
Turkish Spy, The 875, 1065 n. 1110
Two Gentlemen of Verona 316 (III.i.101)
Ulysses 8, 12
Union, The 69
Universal Chronicle, or Weekly gazette (1758–60) 14, 177, 184
Universal History 16, 936, 979
Universal Visiter and Monthly Memorialist (1756-8), ed. Smart and Rolt 13, 102, 165, 446
Vanity of Human Wishes, The, by S.J. viii, 10, 108–9, l83, 264, 268, 315, 381, 587, 630, 643, 717, 1051 n. 730
‘Verses to a Lady, on receiving from her a Sprig of Myrtle’, by S.J. 54, 973
‘Verses to Mr. Richardson, on his Sir Charles Grandison’, by Miss Williams 276
Village, The, by Crabbe, George (q.v.) 861
Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage, see Compleat Vindication… 10, 82
Virtue, an Ethick Epistle 631
Vision of Theodore the Hermit, by S.J. 21, 108
Way to Keep Him, The, by Arthur Murphy 292, 1010
Whole Duty of Man, The (1658) 42, 387, 936, 1021 n. 31
Wildair, Sir Harry 513, 1044 n. 572
Winter’s Walk, The, by S.J. 102
Word to the Wise, by Kelly, Hugh (q.v.) 581–2, 584
World, The, a periodical edited by Edward Moore (1753–6) 113, 140–42, 222
World, The, Fashionable Advertiser, newspaper (1787–90) 526
World Displayed, The (1759–61) 14, 185, 901
Wronghead, Sir Francis, character in Vanbrugh and Cibber’s Provoked Husband 188, 1032 n. 248
Yvery, A Genealogical History of the House of (1742), by the Earl of Egmont and others 873
Zobeide, tragedy by Joseph Cradock 538
Zozima, name of a character in The Rambler 125
Index of Persons
JOHNSON
Principal Events of His Life
1709 Birth 24
1712 Taken to London and ‘touched’ by Queen Anne 28
1717 Enters Lichfield Grammar School 29
1725 Visits his uncle, Cornelius Ford, at Pedmore 31 Enters Stourbridge Grammar School 31
1726 Returns home 32
1728 Enters Pembroke College 38 Translates Pope’s Messiah 39
1729 Leaves Oxford (12 Dec) and returns home 47
1731 Death of his father 47
1732 Usher at Market Bosworth 50 At Sir Wolstan Dixie’s 50
1733 At Birmingham 50, 51
1734 Returns to Lichfield 53 Publishes proposals for printing the Latin poems of Politian 53 Returns to Birmingham 53 Offers to write for the Gentleman’s Magazine 53
1735 Publishes Lobo’s Abyssinia 52 Marries Mrs Porter 56 Opens a school at Edial 57
1737 Goes to London with Garrick 59 Offers to translate Sarpi’s History of the Council of Trent 62 Returns to Lichfield and finishes Irene 63 Removes to London with his wife 65
1738 Becomes a writer for the Gentleman’s Magazine 66 Publishes London: A Poem 69 Publishes proposal to translate Sarpi’s History 78 Contributes ‘Life of Father Paul’ to the Gentleman’s Magazine 81
1739 Seeks headmastership of Appleby School and the degree of MA 76–7 Contributes ‘The Life of Boerhaave’ and other pieces to the Gentleman’s Magazine 82
Publishes A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage 82 Publishes Marmor Norfolciense 82
Parts from Savage 93
Translates Crousaz’s Commentary on Mr. Pope’s Principles of Morality; R.W. Chapman and A. T. Hazen, Suppl. To Courtney 834
1740 Contributes lives of Blake, Drake and Barretier to the Gentleman’s Magazine 85
Begins to write the Debates 86 Writes prologue