Macaulay, Rev. John, Minister of In-
verary, v. 286.
Mr. T. Babington, v. 92,
185, 286.
Macbean, brothers, amanuenses to J.,
i. 99.
Mr., author of " Dictionary
of Geography," iii. 16, 297.
Macbeth, v. 94; observations on tra-
gedy, i. 94; the "Blasted Heath,"
v. 81.
Maccaronic verses, origin of, iii. 191.
Macclesfield, Countess of, i. 89-93.
Macdonald, Sir James, a young Chief
of distinguished merit, i. 259;
Epitaph on, by Lord Lyttelton, v.
115; his last letter to his mother,
v. 116; bond to Kingsburgh, 204.
Sir Alexander, afterwards
Lord Macdonald, ii. 104, 114;
visited by J. at Armidale, v. 112;
his parsimony and want of spirit,
v. 113, 115, 124, 221.
Lady Margaret, her great
popularity in Skye, iii. 257; v.
116, 207; assists Prince Charles
Edward in his escape, v. 146.
Flora, v. 142-146, 157.
Allan (husband of Flora),
Alexander, old Kings-
burgh, v. 143, 146-7, 204, 206-7.
Mackenzie, Sir George, his works, v.
167.
-, Henry, his "Man of Feel-
ing," i. 207; his "Life of Black-
lock," v. 28; his "Man of the
World," v. 219.
Roderick, a chivalrous
young Jacobite, v. 207.
Mackinnon, Laird of, assists in escape
of Charles Edward, v. 155.
-, family of, at Corricha-
tachin, hospitably entertain J., v.
119; account of, 123; entertain J.
a second time, 204; Boswell's ex-
cess of drinking at, 205.
Maclaine, John, Laird of Lochbuy,
entertains J., v. 270; his curious
mistake about J., 271; his son kill-
ed in a duel, 272.
Maclaurin, Colin, the Mathematician,
his epitaph, v. 31.
-, John, Lord Dreghorn, ii.
233; v. 31, 217.
Maclean, Donald, young Laird of
Coll, v. 198, 201; plans an ex-
pedition for J. and acts as leader,
203; their danger at sea, 222; en-
tertains J. at island of Coll, 231 ́;
they sail for Mull, 245; his charac-
ter and merits, 259; his death, 262.
Sir Allan, and his daugh-
ters, visited at Inchkenneth by J.,
v. 256; accompanies him to Iona,
262; reverence for his feudal power
as chief, 267.
Capt. Lachlan, Coll, en-
tertains J., v. 225.
Rev. Hector, Coll, disputes
J.'s celebrated letter to, 194; leaves
the originals of his translation in
Beckit the bookseller's, v. 65;
letter to by Sir A. Macdonald, v.
113. (See Ossian.)
Macpherson, Dr. John, Skye, his
"Dissertations," v. 122, 162.
Rev. Martin (his son),
v. 122.
Macquarrie, Laird of, visited at Ulva
by J., v. 253; account of, 255.
Macqueen, Rev. Donald, minister of
Kilmuir in Skye, v. 114, 124, 141;
his antiquarian zeal, 172-4; his
dispute with J. concerning "Os-
sian," 190-3; J.'s regard for, his
death and funeral, 203-4.
Lachlan, innkeeper at
Anoch, Glenmoriston, and his
daughter, account of, v. 101-3.
Macraes, the clan of that name, v.
107; J. distributes money among,
108.
Macsweyn, Mr., island of Coll, his
descent, v. 229; his wife had never
crossed to the mainland, 242.
Madden, Dr. Samuel, engages J. to
revise his poem, i. 180.
Madness, various kinds of, i. 228;
iii. 118; iv. 28.
Maittaire, Michael, and his works,
Mallet, David, his edition of Boling-
broke's works, i. 148; anecdote of,
v. 134.
Malthe, Chevalier de, anecdote of, v.
73.
Man, J's. gloomy estimate of, ii. 225;
definitions of, v. 16; not naturally
good, 66; difference between well-
bred and ill-bred, iv. 216; compa-
rative merits of Shakspeare and
Milton's portraits of, iv. 58.
"Whole Duty of," author of
work so called unknown, ii. 154.
Mandeville, Bernard, fallacy of his
doctrine that private vices are pub-
lic benefits, iii. 196.
Manners of high rank, iv. 123; change
of v. 38; value of history of, 54;
those of the great families of Wales,
218.
Mansfield, Lord, ii. 105, 122, 126;
v. 66, 313; his house burned in
the riots of 1780, iii. 286.
Marchmont, Earl of, one of Pope's
executors, iii. 232; J.'s visit to, 262;
his insinuation against, iv. 41.
Markham, Archdeacon, quoted and
eulogised, v. 18.
Marlborough, the great Duke of,
epigram on, ii, 288.
Sarah, Duchess of, es-
say on her conduct by J., i. 78; v.
135.
Marriage, remarks on ii. 54, 67, 73,
109, 213, 294; the church mar-
riage service, ii. 75; the royal
marriage bill, ii. 103.
Martin's "Description of the Western
Isles," i. 259; v. 1.
Martinelli, Signor, his History of
England, ii. 143.
Mary Queen of Scots, i. 202; v. 22;
inscription for print of, ii. 191.
Marylebone Gardens, J's. visit to,
iv. 219.
Massingham, Philosopher of, (Mr.
Bewley,) his veneration for J., iv.
99.
Massillon and Bourdaloue, v. 247.
Matthew, Gospel of St., on bodies of
Saints, iv. 71.
Mead, Dr. dedication of "James's
Med. Dict." to by J., i. 83.
Mediterranean, the, its historical in-
terest, iii. 21.
Melancholy, how to be diverted, i.
257; iii. 4; ii. 283. (See John-
son.)
Melmoth, William, Mrs. Thrale's
opinion of, iii. 282.
Memory, should not fail at seventy,
iii. 128.
Mercheta mulierum, v. 254.
Metaphysical Tailor, the, iv. 132.
Metcalf, Philip, attentions to J., iv.
Methodists, secret of their success,
i. 264; v. 311.
Mickle, translator of "Lusiad,” iii.
22; his account of Johnson, iv.
171; visited by J., iv. 209.
Militia, Johnson drawn for, iv. 216;
Scotch militia bill, iii. 1.
Millar, Andrew, one of the publishers
of J.'s Dictionary, i. 97; saying
of, 162.
Miller, Lady, her collection of verses,
ii. 217.
Milton, the poet, ii. 154; iv. 21, 207;
his political principles, i. 124; iv.
36; his genius, i. 124; Lauder's
forgery, i. 126-8; J.'s alleged dis-
like of i. 127; life of, iv. 35-7.
Mimicry powers required for, ii.
102; Foote's, 103.
Mind, strength of, iii. 225; features
of, iv22 5
Miracles, Hume's doctrine refuted,
i. 256; iii. 126.
Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street, a fa-
vourite resort of J.'s, i. 231; ii. 12;
iii. 230.
Monarchy, British, iii. 28; v. 158.
Monckton, Miss (Countess of Cork),
iv. 81.
Montagu, Mrs., her Essay on Shaks-
peare, ii. 60; v. 194; notices of,
iii. 28, 163, 282; iv. 188.
Montaigne, opinion of, censured,
i. 78.
Montrose, town of, v. 48.
, Marquis of, letters from,to
Laird of Coll, v 237.
Morality, laws to enforce, iii. 11.
More, Miss Hannah, iii. 173, 197;
iv. 71; 188.
Morgann, Mr. M., relates anecdotes
of J., iv. 134.
Morris, Miss, receives J.'s dying
blessing, iv. 282.
Mortgage on J.'s pension proposed,
iv. 234.
Mounsey, Dr., ii. 47.
Muck, Isle of, v. 177-8.
Mudge, Rev. Zachariah, excellence
of his preaching, i. 216; J.'s cha-
racter of, iv. 60; his sermons,
iv. 73.
Murchison, Mr., factor for Macleod,
his kindness to J., v. 110.
Murder, prescription of in Scot's law,
Murison, Principal of St. Andrew's
College, v. 42.
Murphy, Arthur, his poetical epistle
to J.,i. 203; origin of J.'s acquain-
tance with, i. 204; his opinion of
Gray, iii. 19.
Musgrave, Dr. S., iii. 213.
Music, employs the mind without
thinking, v. 250; J.'s insensibility
to, iii. 134; part of our future
felicity, ii. 108.
Myddleton, Colonel, Denbigh, erects
urn to J., iv. 284.
Myrtle, J.'s verses on sprig of, i. 39.
NAIRN, town of, v. 83.
Nairne, Mr. (Lord Dunsinnan), iii.
24; v. 19, 33.
Colonel, St. Andrew's, v. 46.
Names, iii. 47.
Necessity, eternal, refuted, v. 29.
Negro cause in Court of Session, iii.
142.
Newgate, fire at, iii. 290; fifteen men
executed at, iv. 222.
Newhaven, Lord, iii. 273.
Newspapers, v. 291; paragraphs in,
iv. 188.
Newton, Bishop of Bristol, iv. 195.
Nichols, Dr., physician to the King,
ii. 228; iii. 110.
Mr. J., the printer, iv. 23.
His remembrances of J.'s last days,
iv. 276; "Anecdotes," iv. 116.
Letter from J. to, iv. 248.
Nicol, Mr. G., letter from J. to, iv. 246.
Night Thoughts," Young's, J.'s
opinion of, iv. 48.
Nonjurors, ii. 208; iv. 196.
North, Lord, ii. 98.
Northumberland House, fire in, iii.
281.
November 5, strict observance of at.
Pembroke College, i. 19.
Nowell, Dr. Principal of St. Mary's.
Hall, iv. 201; his sermon before
House of Commons, iv. 202.
OATH of abjuration discussed, ii. 142,.
208; judicial, v. 310,
Oats, J.'s definition of, i. 167; Lord
Elibank's happy retort, v. 321.
Obedience, religious, iii. 198.
Occupation, necessity of, iii. 121.
Odyssey, the, its domestic character,
iv. 152.
Ofellus, character in J.'s "Art of
Living," i. 49.
Ogden, Dr. Samuel, on prayer, v. 12,
Ogilvie, Dr. J., his poems criticised,
i. 244.
Oglethorp, General, i. 63; ii, 225!
iii. 33; dinners at his house, ii.
117, 143; iii. 190; anecdote of, ii...
118; visits J., iv. 121.
Old age, observations on, iii. 172, ¦
226; iv. 128, 189; old men should
not put themselves to nurse, ii.
305.
Oldys, William, his curiosity and di-
ligence, i. 93.
Oliver, Dame, J.'s first instructress,
i. 7.
Omai, of the South-Sea Islands, iii. 6.
Opium, use of, iv. 121.
Orange peel, J's collection of dried,
Oratory, J. against action in, ii. 137;
not a test of a man's powers, 219;
J."could not get on," ii. 92; v.
62.
Ord, Lord Chief Baron, Edinburgh,
v. 13.
Original sin, J.'s opinion concerning,
iv. 91.
Orme's "History of Hindostan," va-
lue of, iii. 191.
Orrery, Earls of, v. 188, 190, 192.
Osborne, Francis, his works criti-
cised, ii. 125.
Thomas, bookseller, J. beats,
i. 79.
Ossian's Peems, controversy concern-
ing their authenticity and merits,
ii. 190, 200, 223; iv. 104, 173; v.
26, 65; Mr. Macqueen's opinion
of, v. 127, 190.
Othello, moral of, iii. 24.
Otway, Thomas, his pathetic powers,
iv. 22.
Oughton, Sir Adolphus, account of,
v. 26.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, play by Sa-
vage, iii. 75.
Ouran-outang, v. 28.
Oxford, J. entered at Pembroke Col-
lege, i. 18; his high opinion of, ii.
40; expulsion of students from, ii.
122.
PAINTING inferior to Poetry, iv. 217.
Paley on Civil Government, v. 158.
Palmer, Rev. Mr., account of, iv. 92.
Pamphlets, J.'s political, ii. 205;
definition of term, iii. 214.
Pantheon, ii. 111.
Panting, Dr., Master of Pembroke
College, 125.
Paoli, General, ii. 53; iii. 103; J.'s
introduction to, ii. 56; dinners at
his house, ii. 109, 143; iii. 219;
iv. 223.
Paradise, John, Esq., letter from J.
to, iv. 245.
Parcel, story of, iii. 14.
Parish clerks, their duties and their
salaries, iv. 93.
Parisian society, iii. 171.
Parker, Mr., bookseller at Oxford, iv.
209.
Parliament, ii. 228; iii. 138; v. 36;
abuse in, iv. 203; inattention t
duties of, iv. 59; place-hunters in,
iii. 158; privileges of, iii. 273;
speaking in, iii. 157; attempt to
bring J. into, ii. 90.
Parnell, passage in Hermit, iii. 263;
"Life of," iv. 44.
Parr, Rev. Dr., iv. 18.
Pascal, Pensées de, iii. 256.
Passion week, iv. 67.
Paterson versus Alexander, case of,
ii. 239.
Patriot, J.'s pamphlet, ii. 185.
Patriotism," the last refuge of a
scoundrel," ii. 224.
Paul's, St., Monument to J. in, iv.
286.
Payne, Mr. William, Introduction to
game of Draughts, i. 179.
Pearce, Dr., Bishop of Rochester,
sends J. paper of etymologies for
Dictionary, i. 166; "Commentary,”
Pennant, Thomas, J. defends, iii, 182,
183, 184; v. 119, 175.
Pension, J. receives from George III.,
i. 213.
Penuriousness, iv. 125.
Pepys, Sir Lucas, iv. 120.
Percy, Bishop of Dromore, remem-
brances of J., i. 11, 27, 73; ii. 290;
iii. 246; J. visits, i. 282; quarrel
with J., iii. 182-7.
Père Boscovich, ii. 84.
Perkins, Mr., successor to Thrale's
brewery, iv. 62.
letters from J. to, ii. 185;
iv. 111, 177.
Peterborough, Lord, Memoirs of, iv.
224.
Petitions to Government, ii. 61.
Petrarch, J. finds copy of, in his
father's shop, i. 17.
Philips, Life of, iv. 45; his poem of
66 Cyder," v. 53.
Miss, the singer, iv. 155.
-, the musician, epitaphon, i. 76.
Philology, iii. 133.
Philosophers, ancient, iii. 7.
Philosophy, Bolingbroke's, remarks
on, i. 178.
Pillory, benefit of, iii. 211.
Piozzi, Signor, iv. 228; Mrs. (See
Thrale.)
Pitcairne, Dr., Latin Poetry of, v. 37.
Plain terms, advantage of using, iii.
164.
Player's, J.'s prejudice against, i. 88;
ii. 152, 259; iii. 123.
Plays, modern, remarks on, ii. 38.
Pleasure, different estimates of, iii.
164; pleasures of the table, re-
marks on, i. 272.
Plymouth, i. 245.
Pococke, Dr., the orientalist, iv. 26;
Latin verses on, iii. 180.
Poems, temporary, J.'s contempt for,
iii. 213.
Poetry, J.'s early, i. 12-17; ballad,
iii. 105.
Poets' corner, Johnson and Goldsmith
visit, ii. 155.
Lives of the," first 4 vols.
published, iii. 250; reprinted, iv.
111; completed, iv. 31; attacks on,
iv. 50.
to be seldom expected, v. 58.
Politeness of great consequence to
society, v. 55.
Political Economy, ii. 67.
parties, instructions to, v. 18.
Polygamy, v. 171.
Poor, employment of, iv. 11; wages
of, iv. 126.
Pope, ii. 155, 216, 260; iii. 224;
iv. 14; J.'s translation of his
"Messiah," i. 20; his opinion of
J.'s "London," i. 63; his recom-
mendation of J. to Earl Gower,
i. 65; his "Essay on Man," iii. 269,
270; obnoxious stanzas in his
"Universal Prayer," iii. 235; his
conversational powers, iv. 41;
Ruffhead's" Life of," ii. 110; J.'s
"Life of," iii. 232; iv. 38-42. Vol-
taire's comparison between Dryden
and, ii. 11.
Popery, remarks on, ii. 70.
Porteous, Bishop, iii. 188.
Porter, anecdote of J. and the, iv. 57.
Porter, Mr., i. 35; Mrs., i. 35, 40,
41; Lucy, J.'s stepdaughter, i. 5,
130; ii. 295; iii. 276; Letters to,
i. 193, 194; ii. 44, 247, 248; iii.
264; iv. 67, 104, 105, 158, 168,
179, 185.
Mr., the younger, death of,
iv. 168.
Portmore, Lord, note to, from J. iv.
183.
Portrait-painting unsuitable for wo-
men, ii, 232.
-, sitting for, iv. 11; portraits
of J., iv. 285; portraits valuable in
families, iv. 173.
Portree, v. 140.
Prayer, forms of, iv. 201.
Preceptor," Dodsley's, i. 102.
Predestination, iv. 190.
Preferment, church, on what it de-
pends, ii. 227.
Prendergast, officer in Duke of Marl-
borough's army, prophecy of his
own death, ii. 119.
Presbyterian Church not a real one,
ii. 69.
Priestly, Dr., iv. 162.
Primrose, Lady, v. 157.
Prince Charles Edward, narrative of
wanderings, v. 146-160.
Pringle, Sir John, iii. 40.
Prior, Matthew, J.'s attack on, ii. 55;
J. defends his tales, iii. 129; his
translations from Pitcairn, v. 37.
Pritchard, Mrs., the actress, i. 106.
Prize-fighting, v. 181.*
Profession, J's. regret at having
none, iii. 208.
Pronunciation, purity of, ii. 107.
Property, literary remarks on, i. 253;
ii. 166.
Provincialism, J.'s ii. 297.
Prussia, Frederick King of, J.'s
opinion of as an author, i. 251;
Memoirs of, i. 174.
Punning, J.'s dislike to, ii. 155; iv.
215.
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