The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [726]
In the following references J.B. probably, but not certainly, describes himself: ‘a friend’ who asked S.J. what he thought of a tanti man 825; ‘a gentleman’: who introduced his brother to S.J. 773; who provoked S.J. by quoting him against himself 915; who thought Walpole incapable of writing the Heroic Epistle 938; ‘someone’ who wickedly tried to rouse S.J. 305.
II Life, Character, Qualities, Opinions, etc.
account: by S.J. 249, 403 n. a; of himself 204, 215; accuracy 5, 441, 449, 568, 636, 684 n. a, 764, 810, 952, 973, 986; advocate, admitted as an 271; for cases in which he acted as counsel, see counsel; affection of distress 803, 974; Alnwick, visits 335; America, ignorance of 419; Americans, sides with the 420, 430, 634, 643, 693, 809, 905; ancestry 483, 619, 872; an antiquary 747 n. a; anxiety for the safety of his family 521; apprehensions of unhappiness 247; his archives 670 n. a; and the army, see military ambitions; Ashbourne, visits 590, 592, 595–635; Auchinleck, describes 243, 620; authenticity, love of, see accuracy; avidity for delight 747; bar, enters the, see English bar; Bath, visits 541; belief in Christianity or Providence 211, 215, 432; birth, love of high, see gentility; birthday 297 n. c; on bishops 805–6; boastful 870; books, slight knowledge of 454; ‘Bozzy’ 398; Bristol, visits 543; bustle, makes a 725; cards, gambles at 727; Carlisle, suggests meeting S.J. at 577, 584–5, 587, 590; cats, antipathy to 872; cowardly caution 636–7; celebrated men, acquaintance with 267, 552; changefulness, wretched 627; character, see account; ‘intellectual chemistry’ 552; Chester, visits 746–8; his children 402, 411, 467, 721; blessed by a non-juring bishop 725; guardians to 739; loved by S.J. 759; church, fondness for going to, see piety; a citizen of the world 426; classical learning, see quotations; the Club: elected 387; member of 252; proposed by S.J. 385; S.J.’s Charge 387; for his reports of conversations at and meetings of, see Index of Subjects: Club, the; ‘clubable’ 903 n. a; thinks a convict unjustly condemned 414 n. a; and Corsica, see Index of Places: Corsica; counsel: in ecclesiastical censure case 547–8; before the House of Commons 645, 805; before the House of Lords 337, 642; Sir Allan Maclean’s case 573; prosecution of a schoolmaster 637; Society of Solicitors’ case 834; Vicious Intromission 364, 370; his ‘wise and noble curiosity’ 263, 293; Dalblair, buys the farm of 634; daughters, on the treatment of 489 n. a; his death 9; at times not afraid of 605; debts 408; paid by his father 569; S.J.’s warnings against incurring any 847–8, 849–50, 851, 855; delay inherent in him 573; describes visible objects with difficulty 624; Devonshire, visits 460; dignity, on preserving 297 n. c; dinner, goes without 354; dissatisfaction, given to 645; Douglas Cause, interest in the, see IV; Dresden, visits 144 n. a; drinking: a lover of wine 614, 655 n. a; nerves affected by port 230; S.J. advises moderation and abstinence 614, 910, 915; to excess: – at Miss Monckton’s 823; – at the Duke of Montrose’s 823; tries abstinence 498 n. 546, 701; vows of sobriety 498 0n. 546; ‘drudges in an obscure corner’, and the Dunciad 304; early rising, difficulty of 613; Easter worship in St Paul’s, see piety; English bar: discouraging prospects 620 n. a; discusses with S.J. the way to success at the bar 620, 935; enthusiasm: of mind 586 n. a; to go with Capt. Cook 523; to go to the ‘wall of China’ 668; feudal 620; Essex Head Club, member of 903 n. a; Eumelian Club, member of 985 n. a; exact likeness, draws an 255; executions, love of seeing 945; fame, ardour for literary 8, 297 n. c, 621, 790 n. a; fancy, his sprightly, see imagination; farm, purchases a, see Dalblair; father, see III; Others: Auchinleck,