WRITTEN BY SIR ALEXANDER (NOW LORD) MACDONALD; ADDRESSED AND PRESENTED TO DR. JOHNSON, AT ARMIDALE IN THE ISLE OF SKY.
VIATOR O qui nostra per æquora
Visurus agros Skiaticos venis,
En te salutantes tributim
Undique conglomerantur oris.
Donaldiani-quotquot in insulis
Compescit arctis limitibus mare;
Alitque jamdudum, ac alendos
Piscibus indigenas fovebit.
Ciere fluctus siste, Procelliger,
Nec tu laborans perge, precor, ratis,
Ne conjugem plangat marita,
Ne doleat soboles parentem.
Nec te vicissim poeniteat virum
Luxisse; vestro scimus ut æstuant
In corde luctantes dolores,
Cum feriant inopina corpus.
Quidni! peremptum clade tuentibus
Plus semper illo qui moritur pati
Datur, doloris dum profundos
Pervia mens aperit recessus.
Valete luctus; hinc lacrymabiles
Arcete visus: ibimus, ibimus
Superbienti qua theatro
Fingalia memorantur aulæ.
Illustris hospes! mox spatiabere
Qua mens ruinæ ducta meatibus
Gaudebit explorare cœtus,
Buccina qua cecinit triumphos;
Audin ? resurgens spirat anhelitu
Dux usitato, suscitat efficax
Poeta manes, ingruitque
Vi solitâ redivivus horror.
Abæna quassans tela gravi manu
Sic ibat atrox Ossiani pater:
Quiescat urnâ, stet fidelis
Phersonius vigil ad favillam.
The following is an Index to BoSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON, 4 vols.,
and BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES, 1 vol.—
National Illustrated Library. The "Tour to the Hebrides" is
designated as vol. v.
Aberdeen, city of, visited by J. and
Boswell, v. 56; its former con-
dition, 57; its University system
similar to that at Oxford, 57;
freedom of city conferred on Dr.
J., 62.
Abington, Mrs., the actress, ii. 208,
210, 224.
Absenteeism, its effects discussed, iii.
119, 167.
Abstemiousness easier to Dr. J. than
temperance, i. 272; v. 169.
Absurdities, use of delineating, iv. 19.
Abuse, difference between coorse and
refined, iv. 203.
Abyssinia, Lobo's voyage to, i, 35;
iii. 5.
Academy, Royal, Dr. J. made Pro-
fessor of Ancient Literature in, ii.
49; Della Crusea Academy at
Florence send J. their "Vocabu-
lario," i, 168.
Accent, Scotch, may be overcome by
perseverance; instance of Mallet,
Accounts, remarks on keeping, iv. 126.
Acquaintances, desirableness of ex-
tending, i. 168; iv. 125; J.'s
early, i. 134.
Acting, observations on, iv. 167;
V. 90.
Active sports recommended to the
young by Lord Chesterfield, i. 10.
Adams, Rev. Dr., master of Pembroke
College, Oxford - his account of
J.'s arrival at Oxford, i. 18; his
character of J. at college, i. 26;
conversation with J. on his Dic-
tionary, i. 99; his account of the
representation of "Irene," i. 106;
serious talk with J. on his last
visit to Oxford, iv. 255.
Addison, Joseph, his Notanda, i. 111;
his style, i. 123; his literary cha-
racter, i. 246; found himself un-
fit for conversation, ii. 165; in
delicate humour superior to Swift,
26, 246; corrects Budgell's writ-
ings, iii. 28; conduct to Steele,
iv. 42, 69; readings in J.'s life
of, 43.
Adelphi Terrace, residences of Beau-
clerk and Garrick, iv. 74.
Adey, Miss, Lichfield, i. 4; iii. 275.
Admiration and judgment compared,
"Adventurer, The," J.'s contribu-
tions to, i. 113.
"Adventures of a Guinea," v. 218.
"Adversoria, or Hints for Essays,"
J.'s, i. 111.
Adversaries not to be treated with
respect, v. 13.
Adultery, heinousness of, ii. 42; v.
Affectation, J.'s aversion to, iv. 26;
Swift's, 29; in letter-writing, v.
189; in dying men, v. 314.
Affection, natural, iii. 261; iv. 147.
Agriculture, Marshall's Minutes of,
iii. 210; iv. 45.
Aikin, Miss (Mrs. Barbauld), her
early education, ii. 262; best imi-
tator of J.'s style, iii. 116.
Akenside's "Pleasures of Imagina- | Anthologia, J. translates epigrams
tion," ii. 108; a superior poet to
Gray and Mason, iii. 19.
Akerman, Mr., keeper of Newgate,
brave conduct of, during the riots
of 1780, iii. 289.
Alberti, Leandro, his "Description of
Italy," ii. 223.
Alchymy, J.'s partial belief in, ii.
240.
Alcibiades' dog, antique marble, iii.
Alfred, J. contemplates writing life
of, i. 94; his will, iv. 99.
Allan of Muidart, Captain of Clan-
ronald, v. 229; song in praise of,
V. 229.
Allen, Mr., the printer, iii. 181; iv.
69; his death, 238.
Alnwick Castle, Pennant's descrip-
tion of, iii. 182.
"Ambassador says well," phrase of,
iii. 275.
"Amelia," Fielding's novel of, Dr.
J. read through without stopping,
iii. 26.
America, payment of army in, iv.
77; J. writes on the subject of, ii.
190; the American war, iv. 63;
(see Johnson).
Amusements, a man's character found
out by, iv. 215; those of J.'s leisure
hours, iii. 267.
Ana, the French, v. 247.
"Anacreon," Baxter's translation of,
v. 300.
Anaitis, supposed temple of, in Skye,
v. 172, 174.
Anatomy of Melancholy, J.'s admi-
ration of, ii. 81, 283.
Ancient times inferior to modern, iv.
151.
Anderson, Professor, Glasgow, v. 296.
Anderson, Mr., Glasgow, relates
anecdotes of J., v. 295.
Andrews, St., town of, v. 36; cathe-
dral, 40; castle, 41.
Anne, Queen, touches J. for the
king's evil; and his remembrance
of her, i. 7.
Anecdotes, J.'s regard for, v. 20.
Annihilation, remarks on, iii. 198.
Anonymous publications, right to
deny, iii. 254.
Anoch in Glenmoriston, v. 101.
Antiquarian researches, iii. 224; iv.
Apelles's Venus, iv. 78.
Arabs, their fidelity and long fasting,
v. 90.
Arbuthnot, Dr., a universal genius,
i. 246; superior to Swift in coarse
humour, v. 26.
Arbuthnot, Mr. Robert, Edinburgh,
Arches, semi-circular and elliptical,
i. 200.
Architecture, J.'s disapproval of
ornamental, ii. 282.
Argument and testimony defined, iv.
Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, a nar-
row man, v. 275.
John, fifth Duke of, J. visits
at Inverary, v. 281; letter from
the Duke, and J.'s answer, 289.
Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess
of, dislikes Boswell, but is very
attentive to J., v. 285.
Aristotle, his doctrine on the purpose
of tragedy, iii. 23; saying of, iv.
Armidale, Isle of Skye, v. 112, 218.
Armorial bearings, antiquity of, ii.
117.
Arms, piling of, why insisted upon,
iii. 240; collection at Inverary
Castle, v. 282.
Army, officers of the, well received in
society, iii. 7; ignorance of, v. 316.
Articles, subscription to the thirty-
nine, ii. 69, 101; v. 86.
Ashbourne, J.'s visits to, ii. 93, 305;
iii. 88, 91; iv. 100.
Astle, Rev., Mr., J.'s advice to, on
his studies, iv. 212.
Thomas, Esq., letter to, on will
of King Alfred, iv, 99.
Aston, Sir Thomas, and family, i. 32.
Mrs. Elizabeth, ii. 298, 302:
iii. 88.
Molly, i. 32; iii. 230, 276:
iv. 46.
Atheism, v. 29.
Atonement, doctrine of, iv. 91; v. 60
Attachment, family, not much occa
sion for, in this commercial country
ii. 116.
Atterbury, Bishop, his expression on
the use of a diary, iii. 154; style
of his sermons commended, 155.
Attitudinising, J.'s aversion to, in
company, iv. 218.
Attorney, J.'s contempt for. ii. 85.
Auchinleck, estate and house of, i.
267; ii. 173; v. 302; deed of
entail, ii. 264, 271; v. 302.
Lord, Boswell's father,
character of, v. 299; entertains J.
at Auchinleck, 300;
comes into
collision with J., 304; styles J.
the Ursa Major, 305.
Authors, J.'s kindness to small, iii.
250; attacks upon authors service-
able to them, iii. 253; v. 217;
Virgil's description of the entrance
into hell applicable to authors and
printing offices, v. 247.
Avarice, iii. 44, 216.
BACON, Lord, his works, and Mallet's
life of, iii. 130; precepts on con-
versation, iv. 161; History of
Henry VII., v. 173.
Badenoch, Wolf, of burns Elgin Ca-
thedral, v. 79.
Bad management, its miserable effects,
iii. 213.
Bagpipe, J. fond of, v. 250.
Bagshaw, Rev. Mr. Bromley, letter
to, on Dictionary, ii. 166; on Mrs.
Johnson's death, iv. 235.
Ballow, Mr., J.'s law instructor, iii.
Baltic, J.'s proposed voyage up the,
Banff, town of, v. 76.
Banks, Sir Joseph, J. writes motto
for his goat, ii. 96; admiration of
J.'s sentence on Iona, v. 266.
Barber, Francis, J.'s servant, i. 129,
130, 131, 199; ii. 98; placed at
school by J., ii. 45; letters from
J. to, ii. 45, 77, 78; J.'s liberality
to, iv. 272.
Barclay, W., Oxford student, defends
J.'s Shakspeare, i. 290; v. 217.
Barclay and Perkins's brewhouse
(successors to Thrale), v. 95.
Baretti, Signor, ii. 43, 287; iii. 4,
61; letters from J. to, i. 207, 212,
218; trial of, for murder, ii. 64;
J.'s liberality to. iv. 272.
Barnard, Mr., librarian to George
III., ii. 30.
Dr., Bishop of Killaloe, J.'s
regard for, iv. 85.
Barnes, Joshua, J.'s estimate of his
Greek scholarship, iv. 21.
Barrington, Hon. Daines, his Essay
on the Migration of Birds, ii. 160.
Barry, Dr., his Treatise on Physic,
iii. 20.
-, James, the artist, letter to
from J., iv. 140; grasp of mind
in his pictures, 154.
Bartolozzi, the engraver, the father
of Madame Vestris, iii. 72.
Bateman, Mr., of Christchurch Col-
lege, excellence of his lectures, i.
Bath, J.'s visit to, iii. 26; letter from
a clergyman of, with J.'s answer,
iv. 109.
Bathurst, Lord, his testimony as to
"Pope's Essay on Man," iii. 270.
Dr. Richard, a valued
friend of J.'s, i. 97, 102, 129, 133,
138, 140; iv. 27.
Baxter, Richard, his works com-
mended, iv. 155, 162.
Bayle's Dictionary, a very useful
work, i. 246; discussion on his
works with Highland minister, v.
227.
Bear, epithet applied to J., with
Goldsmith's happy remark upon,
ii. 48, 223.
Beaton, Cardinal, his murder, v. 42.
Beattie, Dr. James, introduced to J.,
ii. 94; admired by J. and Mrs.
Thrale, i. 99; letter to, iii. 291;
his poem of the Hermit, iv. 132;
letter from Boswell to, v. 3; his
Essay on Truth, 13; his Ode on
Birth of Lord Hay, 72; his pen-
sion, 287.
Beauclerk, Topham, Esq., his cha-
racter, i. 136; J.'s night ramble
with, i. 137; dinner at his house,
ii. 152; dispute with J., iii. 258;
death of, 281, 283; J.'s affection
for, iv. 15; sale of his library, 77.
Lady Sydney (mother to
Topham) had no notion of a joke.
v. 236.
Beaumont and Fletcher, anecdote of,
ii. 217.
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