The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III: 1777-1781 [Course Book ed.] 9781400862139

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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
EDITORIAL PROCEDURES
CHRONOLOGY
CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS
LETTERS, 1777
LETTERS, 1778
LETTERS, 1779
LETTERS, 1780
LETTERS, 1781
INDEX

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The J^etters of SAMUEL JOHNSON

SAMUELJOHNSON

by John Opie, 1 7 8 3 - 1 7 8 4 (Houghton Library, Harvard University)

The Jitters of

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L I S T OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S

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EDITORIAL PROCEDURES

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CHRONOLOGY

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CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS

LETTERS, 1 7 7 7 - 1 7 8 1

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Samuel Johnson,

BY JOHN OPIE,

1783-1784

(Houghton Library, Harvard University) frontispiece following page 196 TO R I C H A R D F A R M E R , 2 2 J U L Y

1777

(The Pierpont Morgan Library) TO H E S T E R T H R A L E , 2 7 O C T O B E R

1777

(Hyde Collection) TO H E S T E R MARIA T H R A L E , 8 A P R I L

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(The Earl of Shelburne) TO S I R J O S H U A R E Y N O L D S , 4 A P R I L

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(The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University)

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EDITORIAL PROCEDURES

POLICIES of annotation and transcription have been modeled on the style sheet for the Yale Research Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell. The most detailed version in print appears in the front matter to The Correspondence of James Bos­ well with David Garrick, Edmund Burke, and Edmond Malone, ed. P. S. Baker et al. (ig86). The statement that follows adheres closely to this version. THE TEXTS

Choice and Arrangement of Letters

The letters are presented in chronological order. Letters writ­ ten for others, as well as public dissertations in the guise of letters, have been excluded. Undated letters that cannot be assigned with confidence to a specific year appear in Appendix i, where they are ordered alphabetically by correspondent. Appendix π gathers together the evidence for letters whose texts have not been recovered. Translations of Johnson's let­ ters in Latin appear i n Appendix HI. The copy-text has been the MSS of letters sent, whenever such MSS were available. In the absence of originals, we have used MS copies. When no MSS at all have been recovered, we have used printed texts as copy. Transcription

In accordance with the policy of the Yale Research Series, "manuscript documents in this edition have been printed to correspond to the originals as closely as is feasible in the medium of type. A certain amount of compromise and appar­ ent inconsistency seems unavoidable, but change has been kept within the limits of stated conventions." The following editorial conventions are imposed silently: Addresses. Elements appearing on separate lines in the ms are

EDITORIAL PROCEDURES

run together and punctuated according to modern practice. On franked covers, handwriting is that of the franker unless otherwise specified. Datelines. Places and dates are joined at the head of the letter regardless of their position in the MS. Punctuation has been normalized. Salutations. Abbreviations are expanded. Commas and colons after salutations are retained; in the absence of punctuation, a colon is supplied. Complimentary closes. Abbreviations are expanded. Punctua­ tion has been normalized. Elements appearing on separate lines in the MS are run together. Complimentary closes para­ graphed separately in the MS are printed as continuations of the last line of text. Endorsements. Handwriting is that of the recipient unless otherwise specified. Punctuation. At the ends of completed sentences periods may replace commas or dashes and are always supplied when omitted. A sentence following a period always begins with a capital letter. Changes. Substantive additions and deletions in Johnson's hand are recorded in the notes. Lacunae. Words and letters missing through a tear or ob­ scured by a blot are supplied within angle brackets. Inad­ vertent omissions are supplied within square brackets. Nonauthorial deletions are not reported unless the reading is in doubt. Abbreviations, contractions, and symbols. The following abbrevia­ tions, contractions, and symbols, and their variant forms, are expanded: abt (about), acct (account), agst (against), Bp (Bishop), cd (could), compts (compliments), Dr (Dear), Ld (Lord), Lop (Lordship), Ly (Lady), Lyship (Ladyship), reed (received), sd (should), Sr (Sir), wc (which), wd (would), yr (your), & (and), &c (etc.). All retained abbreviations and contractions are followed by a period. Periods following or­ dinals have been removed. Superior letters. Superior letters are lowered.

EDITORIAL PROCEDURES

Brackets. Parentheses replace square brackets in the text, brackets being reserved for editorial use. Spelling. The original spelling has been retained, except for obvious inadvertencies, which are corrected in the text and recorded in the notes. Capitalization and paragraphing. Original capitalization and paragraphing have been retained.

ANNOTATION

Headnotes. Postmarks, although partly illegible on some let­ ters, are left unbracketed when not in doubt. Marks on the wrappers other than addresses, postmarks, endorsements, and stamped and written franks have been ignored. Footnotes. When an abbreviated source is given, the full cita­ tion may be found in the list of cue titles and abbreviations on pp. xxvii-xxix. All other reference titles in the footnotes are sufficiently complete to enable ready identification; for each letter, these citations are presented in full the first time they occur and are shortened in all subsequent occurrences in the notes to that letter. Except where a work has been directly quoted, no source is given when the information is available in the Dictionary of National Biography, an encyclo­ pedia, or other general reference work. Reference to all letters is made by correspondent and date. Post and Ante references supplement but do not re­ place the index, which should be consulted whenever the identity of names or places is in doubt.

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CHRONOLOGY 1709

Is born at Lichfield, 18 Sept.

1717-25

Attends Lichfield Grammar School.

1728

Enters Pembroke College, Oxford, in October.

1729

Leaves Oxford in December.

1731

Death of his father Michael.

1732

Usher at Market Bosworth School.

1733

Resides in Birmingham; translates Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia.

1735

Marries Elizabeth Porter; opens school at Edial.

1737

Leaves for London in March; begins work for Edward Cave.

1738

London.

1744

An Account of the Life of Richard Savage; Harleian Miscellany.

1746

Signs contract for the Dictionary.

1749

Irene produced; The Vanity of Human Wishes.

1750

Begins Rambler.

1752

Death of Elizabeth Johnson; final Rambler.

1755

Oxford M.A.; publication of the Dictionary.

1758

Begins Idler.

1759

Death of his mother Sarah; publication of Rasselas.

1760

Final Idler.

1762

Is granted annual pension.

1763

Meets James Boswell.

1764

Founding of The Club.

1765

Meets Henry and Hester Thrale; Dublin Works of William Shakespeare.

1770

The False A larm.

1771

Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands.

1773

Hebridean tour.

1774

The Patriot; tour of Wales.

1 775

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland; Taxation No Tyranny; Oxford D . C . L . ; trip to Paris. xiii

LL.D.;

The Dramatic

CHRONOLOGY 1 777

Trial of Dr. Dodd; begins work on Lives of the Poets.

1779

First installment of Lives.

1781

Death of Henry Thrale; second installment of Lives.

1783

Founding of Essex Head Club.

1784

Final break with Hester Thrale; dies 13 Dec.

CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS

Adam Cat.

R. B . ADAM, The R. B. Adam Library Relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and His Era, 4 vols., 1929—30.

Alum. Cant. 1

J O H N and J . A . VENN, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part 1 (to !75 1 ), 4 vols., 1922-27.

Alum. Cant.11

J. A . VENN, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part 11 (1752-1900), 6 vols., 1940—54.

Alum. Oxon. 1

JOSEPH FOSTER, Alumni Oxonienses ... 1500—1714, 4 vols., 1891-92.

Alum.Oxon. i l

JOSEPH FOSTER, Alumni Oxonienses ... 1715-1886, 4 vols., 1887-88.

Baker

The Correspondence of James Boswell with David Garrick, Ed­ mund Burke, and Edmond Malone, ed. P. S. Baker et al., 1986.

Bibliography

W. P. COURTNEY and DAVID NICHOL S M I T H , A Bibli­ ography of Samuel Johnson, 1915, 1925.

Bibliography Supplement R . W . CHAPMAN and Α . Τ . H AZEN, Johnsonian Bibliog­ raphy: A Supplement to Courtney, 1 9 3 9 · Bloom

E . A . BLOOM, Samuel Johnson in Grub Street, 1957.

Burke's Correspondence The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, ed. T . W . Copeland et al., 1958—70. Chapman

The Letters of Samuel Johnson, with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him, ed. R . W. Chapman, 3 vols., 1952.

Clifford, 1952

J. L . CLIFFORD, Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2d ed., 1952.

Clifford, 1955

J. L . CLIFFORD, Young Samuel Johnson, 1955.

Clifford, 1 9 7 9

J. L . CLIFFORD, Dictionary Johnson, 1 9 7 9 ·

Croker

JAMES BOSWELL, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., ed. J . \V. Croker, rev. John Wright, 10 vols., 1868.

SJ's Dictionary

SAMUEL JOHNSON, Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., 1773.

DNB

Dictionary of National Biography.

CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS

EarlierYears

F. A . P O T T L E , James Boswell: The Earlier Years, 1740iy6g, 1966.

Fifer

The Correspondence of James Boswell with Certain Members of The Club, ed. C. N. Fifer, 1976.

Fleeman

S A M U E L J O H N S O N , A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, ed. J. D. Fleeman, 1985.

GM

The Gentleman's Magazine, 1731—1907.

Greene, 1975

D O N A L D G R E E N E , Samuel Johnson's Library, 1975.

Hawkins

S I R J O H N H A W K I N S , The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2d ed., 1787.

Hazen

Α. Τ. H A Z E N , Samuel Johnson's Prefaces and Dedications,

Hebrides

Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1773, ed. from the original MS by F. A. Potde and C. H. Bennett, 1961.

Hendy

J. G. H E N D Y , The History of the Early Postmarks of the British Isles, 1905.

Hill

Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., ed. G. B. Hill, 1892.

Hyde, 1972

M A R Y H Y D E , The Impossible Friendship: Boswell and Mrs. Thrale, 1972.

Hyde, 1977

M A R Y H Y D E , The Thrales of Streatham Park, 1977.

JB

James Boswell.

Johns. Glean.

A. L. R E A D E , Johnsonian Gleanings, 11 vols., 1909—52.

Johns. Misc.

Johnsonian Miscellanies, ed. G. B. Hill, 2 vols., 1897.

JN

Johnsonian Newsletter.

!937-

LaterYears

F R A N K B R A D Y , James Boswell: The Later Years, /7691795, 1984.

Life

Boswell's Life of Johnson, Together with Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales, ed. G. B. Hill, rev. L. F. Powell, 6 vols., 193450; vols, ν and vi, 2d ed., 1964.

Lit. Artec.

J O H N N I C H O L S , Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Cen­ tury, 9 vols., 1812—15.

Lit. Car.

F . A . P O T T L E , The Literary Career of James Boswell, Esq., !929-

Lives of the Poets Johnson's Lives of the English Poets, ed. G. B. Hill, 1905.

CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS

Land. Stage

The London Stage, Part HI (1729-47), ed. A. H. Scouten, 1961; Part iv (1747-76), ed. G. W. Stone, Jr., 1962; Part ν (1776-1800), ed. C. B. Hogan, 1968.

Namier and Brooke S I R L E W I S NAMIER and J O H N BROOKE, The House of

Commons, 1754—1790, 3 vols., 1964. OED

Oxford English Dictionary.

Piozzi, Letters

H E S T E R L Y N C H P I O Z Z I , Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vols., 1788.

Piozzi

Annotated presentation copy, given to Sir James Fellowes, of H. L. Piozzi's Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 1788 (Birthplace Museum, Lichfield).

Plomer

H . R . P L O M E R et al., Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers, 1668—1725; 1726-1775, 2 vols., 1922, 1932.

Poems

The Poems of Samuel Johnson, ed. David Nichol Smith and E. L. McAdam, rev. J. D. Fleeman, 1974.

Reades

A. L . R E A D E , The Reades of Blackwood Hill and Dr. Johnson's Ancestry, 1906.

RES

Review of English Studies.

SJ

Samuel Johnson.

SleddandKolb J. H. S L E D D and G. J. K O L B , Dr. Johnson's Dictionary,

*955Thraliana

Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale, ed. Κ. C. Balderston, 1942.

TLS

Times Literary Supplement.

Waingrow

The Correspondence and Other Papers of James Boswell Relat­ ing to the Making of the "Life of Johnson," ed. Marshall Waingrow, 1969.

Walpole's Correspondence, Yale ed. The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, ed. W. S. Lewis et al., 1937-83. Wheatley and Cunningham H . B . W H E A T L E Y and P E T E R C U N N I N G H A M , London Past and Present, 3 vols., 1891.

Works, Yale ed.

The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, J. H. Middendorf, gen. ed., 1958-.

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ThecQetters of SAMUEL JOHNSON

Hester cThrale SATURDAY 1 1 JANUARY 1 7 7 7 MS: Hyde Collection. Jan.ii,1777

Tempora mutantur.1 I am to dine to day (Saturday) with Sir Joshua and Dr. Warton, on Sunday with Dr. Laurence, on Mon­ day I am engaged to Miss Way,2 on Tuesday to Mrs. Gardiner; on Wednesday I dine with Mr. Langton and the Bishop of Chester;3 on Thursday with Mr. Paradise and Mr. Bryant.4 Thus, dearest Lady, am I hindred from being with You and Miss Owen.5 Mrs. Montague talks of You, and says she will come see you: but I hope, I shall come before her. 1. Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis: "Times change and we with them." Though it had attained proverbial status by the late sixteenth century, this saying has been attributed to Lothair I of Germany (T. B. Harbottle, Dictionary of flota­ tions (Classical), 2d ed., 1958, p. ig7; Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, rev. F. P. Wilson, 1970, p. 825). 2. Elizabeth Anne Cooke (1746-1825), eldest daughter of William Cooke (1711-97), D.D., Provost of King's College, Cambridge, married (1767) Benjamin Way (1740-1808), of Denham Place, Buckinghamshire, M.P. for Bridport (176568) (A.M.W. Stirling, The Ways of Yesterday, 1930, p. 310; Namier and Brooke 111.614; Lit. Anec. 1x.63ο; Letters of Edward Gibbon, ed. J. E. Norton, 1956, 111.454). Post To Elizabeth Way, 4 May 1782. 3. Ante To Hester Thrale, 1 Apr. 1775. 4. Jacob Bryant (1715-1804), classical scholar, antiquarian and secretary to the fourth Duke of Marlborough. In 1774 Bryant had shown SJ the library at Blen­ heim "with great civility" (Life v.458). 5. Margaret Owen (1743-1816), Hester Thrale's distant cousin, "a woman of family and fortune" from Montgomeryshire, Wales, whom SJ persisted in finding "empty-headed" (Life 111.48, 478; Hyde, 1977, p. 157)· She was keeping Mrs. Thrale company during an especially difficult pregnancy.

Hester lThrale W E D N E S D A Y 15 J A N U A R Y 1 7 7 7

MS: Hyde Collection.

Wednesday, Jan. 15, one in the morning, 1777

Omnium rerum vicissitudo.1 The Night after last Thursday was so bad, that I took ipecacuanha the next day.2 The next night was no better. On Saturday I dined with Sir Joshua. The night was such as I was forced to rise and pass some hours in a chair, with great labour of respiration. I found it now time to do something and went to Dr. Laurence, and told him I would do what he should order without reading the prescrip­ tion. He sent for a Chirurgeon and took about twelve ounces of blood, and in the after noon I got sleep in a chair. At night when I came to lie down, after trial of an hour or two I found sleep impracticable, and therefore did what the Doctor permitted in a case of distress, I rose and opening the orifice let out about ten ounces more. Frank3 and I were but awkward, but with Mr. Levet's help we stopped the stream, and I lay down again, though to little purpose, the difficulty of breathing allowed no rest. I slept again in the day time in an erect posture. The Doctor has ordered me a second bleed­ ing, which, I hope, will set my Breath at liberty. Last night I could lie but a little at a time. Yet I do not make it a matter of much form. I was to day at Mrs. Gardiner's. When I have bled to morrow I will not give up Langton, nor Paradise.4 But I beg that you will fetch me away on Fryday. I do not know but clearer air may do me 1. Omnium rerum, hern, vwissitudost: "It's a world of ups and downs" (Terence, Eunuchus 11.276, trans. John Sargeaunt, Loeb ed.). 2. ipecacoanha: "a slender root, brought from the Spanish West Indies. . . . The mildest and safest emetic that has yet been discovered" (William Lewis, Materia Medica, 3d ed., 1784, pp. 354-55). Following Mark Akenside, SJ also considered it "a remedy for all constrictions of the breath" (Post To Hester Thrale, 23 Aug. 1777 and n. 2). 3. Ante To Thomas Birch, 8 Nov. 1755, n. 3. 4. Ante To Hester Thrale, 11 Jan. 1777.

To H E S T E R T H R A L Ε , 1 5 January 1 7 7 7 good; but whether the air be clear or dark, let me come to You. I am, Madam, Your most humble servant, SAM. JOHNSON

To sleep, or not to sleep.—

Hester cThrale THURSDAY 16 JANUARY

ITTJ1

PRINTED SOURCE: Piozzi, Letters 1.209.

Madam,

Thursday

Master is very kind in being very angry; but he may spare his anger this time.21 have done exactly as Dr. Lawrence ordered, and am much better at the expence of about thirty-six ounces of blood.3 Nothing in the world! For a good cause I have sixand-thirty more. I long though to come to Streatham, and you shall give me no solid flesh for a week; and I am to take physick. And hey boys, up go we.4 I was in bed all last night, only a little sitting up. The box goes to Calcutta.5 I am, Dearest, dearest Madam, Your, etc. Let me come to you to-morrow. 1. Dated in relation to the preceding letter (15 Jan.) and Hester Thrale's reply

(MS: Rylands Library 540.86), to which this letter responds. 2. In her reply to SJ's letter of 15 Jan., Hester Thrale had told him that her husband was "very angry already" at the news that SJ had been bleeding himself (MS: Rylands Library). 3. Ante To Hester Thrale, 15 Jan. 1777. 4. "And, hey! then up goe wee" is the refrain of Anarchus's song in Eclogue 11 of Francis Quarles's The Shepheards Oracles (Complete Works, ed. A. B. Grosart, 1881, "1-235-36)5. This unidentified "box" may have been intended for Warren Hastings (whose headquarters as Governor-General of India were in Calcutta) or Robert Chambers, since 1774 a judge of the Supreme Court in Bengal. Ante To Warren Hastings, 30 Mar. 1774.

Thomas Barnard1 FRIDAY 1 7 JANUARY ! 7 7 7 ms : The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.

Friday Jan. 17th

Mr. Johnson, not being to dine at the Club this day, as he in­ tended,2 waits on the Dean of Derry to take leave, and wish him a prosperous voyage. Charade! My first, shuts out Theives from your house or your Room, My second, expresses a Syrian perfume; My whole, is a Man in whose converse is shar'd, The strength of a Bar, and sweetness of Nard. 1. Thomas Barnard (1726-1806), D.D., Dean of Derry (1769-80), Bishop of Killaloe (1780-94), Bishop of Limerick (1794-1806) (Fifer, pp. xxviii-xxxii). Bar­ nard was elected to The Club in 1775. According to SJ, "no man ever paid more attention to another than he has done to me" (Life iv.115). For Goldsmith's poetical tribute, see "Retaliation," 11. 23-28. 2. In ill health, SJ was about to leave for several days in the "clearer air" of Streatham Park. Ante To Hester Thrale, 15 Jan. 1777; 16 Jan. 1777.

cJohn

"Taylor

THURSDAY 23JANUARY 1777

MS: Hyde Collection. A D D R E S S : To the Revd. Dr. Taylor in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. P O S T M A R K : 2 3 ΊΑ. E N D O R S E M E N T S : 1777, 23jany. 1777.

Dear Sir:

Bolt court, Jan. 23, 1777

I am desired by Mrs. Williams to return thanks for the excel­ lent Turkey and Hare, with the Turkey she made one feast and with the Hare she intends to make another. You told me in your last nothing of your health, I hope it is as you wish. I was lately seized with a difficulty of breathing,

To J O H N T A Y L O R , 2 3 January 1 7 7 7 which forced me out of bed, to pass part of the night in a chair.1 Dr. Laurence has taken away, as is reckoned, about thirty six ounces of blood, and by purging and lower diet, I begin to breathe better than I have done for many months past. I suppose you continue your purpose of residing in Feb­ ruary.2 Mrs. Thrale expects a little one in about three weeks.3 I shall be glad to see you come up well and cheerful, and hope we may pass a good part of the time pleasantly together. I am, sir, your most affectionate, SAM. JOHNSON 1. Cf. Ante To Hester Thrale, 15 Jan. 1777. 2. Since 1746, Taylor had been a prebendary of Westminster (Thomas Taylor, Life of John Taylor, 1910, p. 18). 3. Cecilia Margaretta (1777-1857), the Thrales' eleventh child and ninth daughter, was born 8 Feb. (Hyde, 1977, p. xii).

THURSDAY 1 3 FEBRUARY 1777

M S : Hyde Collection. A D D R E S S : To Benet Langton, Esq.

Sir:

Thursday, Febr. 13, 1777

I suppose you do not doubt of my having written for Mr. Parr.1 If you dine with the Bishop of Chester to morrow, it will be kind to take up me.2 If you come down Holbourn, and 1. Samuel Parr (1747-1825), LL.D. (1781), clergyman, schoolmaster, and classi­ cist, began his teaching career at Harrow (1767-71), which he left to start his own school. "At the end of 1776 he applied successfully for the mastership of the Col­ chester grammar school. He obtained, through Bennet Langton, a recommenda­ tion from Dr. Johnson" (DNB xv.358). SJ, who "was much pleased with the conver­ sation" of Parr, several times engaged him in friendly controversy (Life iv.15 and n. 5). "This great scholar, and warm admirer of Johnson" composed the epitaph for SJ's monument in St. Paul's (Life iv.423 n. 3). 2. Ante To Hester Thrale, 1 Apr. 1775; 11 Jan. 1777.

To

ΒΕΝΝΕΤ LANGTON, 13

February

1777

through Chancery Lane, you lose but little ground.3 If I re­ ceive no answer, I shall expect you till three to morrow. My Compliments etc. I am, sir, your most etc. SAM. JOHNSON 3. SJ's house in Bolt Court was just off Fleet Street, a short distance from its junction with Chancery Lane.

cJames

cBoswell

TUESDAY L8 FEBRUARY 1777 PR I N T E D S O U R C E : J B ' S Life, 1 7 9 1 , 1 1 . 1 0 6 .

Dear Sir,

Feb. 18, 1777

It is so long since I heard any thing from you, that I am not easy about it; write something to me next post.1 When you sent your last letter every thing seemed to be mending, I hope nothing has lately grown worse.2 I suppose young Alexander continues to thrive, and Veronica is now very pretty company. I do not suppose the lady is yet reconciled to me, yet let her know that I love her very well, and value her very much. Dr. Blair is printing some sermons.3 If they are all like the first, which I have read, they are sermones aurei, ac auro magis aurei.4 It is excellently written both as to doctrine and lan­ guage. Mr. Watson's book seems to be much esteemed.5 1. JB had mailed "a long letter" to SJ on 17 Feb. (Boswell in Extremes, ed. C. M. Weis and F. A. Pottle, 1970, p. 87; Life 111.101-2). 2. The letter to which SJ refers was dated 16 Nov. 1776 (Life 111.94), when JB's relations with his father were improving. 3. Ante To William Strahan, 24 Dec. 1776 and n. 1. 4. sermones aurei, ac auro magis aurei: "golden sermons—and even more golden than gold." Auro auratior and its variants, which had become tags or catchphrases by the mid-sixteenth century, derive from a Sapphic fragment, Χρύσω Χρυσοτέρα: "more golden than gold" (Lyra Graeca 1.225, trans. J. M. Edmonds, Loeb ed.). The phrase may have come to SJ's attention through Dryden's Original and Progress of Satire: Dryden includes it in a paraphrase of Isaac Casaubon (Critical Essays, ed. George Watson, 1962, 11.120). 5. Ante To William Strahan, 14 Oct. 1776 and n. 2.

To J A M E S B O S W E L L , 1 8 February 1 7 7 7

Poor Beauclerk still continues very ill.6 Langton lives on as he is used to do. His children are very pretty,7 and, I think, his lady loses her Scotch.8 Paoli I never see. I have been so distressed by difficulty of breathing, that I lost, as was computed, six-and-thirty ounces of blood in a few days.9 I am better, but not well. I wish you would be vigilant and get me Graham's "Telemachus" that was printed at Glasgow, a very little book,10 and Johnstoni Poemata, another little book, printed at Middleburg.11 Mrs. Williams sends her compliments, and promises that when you come hither, she will accommodate you as well as ever she can in the old room. She wishes to know whether you sent her book to Sir Alexander Gordon.12 My dear Boswell, do not neglect to write to me, for your kindness is one of the pleasures of my life, which I should be very sorry to lose. I am, Sir, Your humble servant, SAM. JOHNSON 6. Ante To JB, 21 Jan. 1775. Beauclerk, in chronic ill health, had spent part of the autumn and winter at Bath. By early July, however, Horace Walpole was able to report, "He looks so much less ill than he did, that one need never despair of any recovery after his and Lazarus's" (Walpole's Correspondence, Yale ed. xxxn.341, 365)· 7. By Feb. 1777 Bennet Langton and his wife had produced four children: George (b. 1772), Mary (b. 1773), Diana (b. 1774), and Jane (b. 1776) (Fifer, p. Iviii n. 29). 8. Ante To Bennet Langton, 24 Oct. 1770, n. 2. 9. Ante To Hester Thrale, 15 Jan. 1777; 16 Jan. 1777. 10. Ante To JB, 27 May 1775, n. 8. 11. Poemata Omnia (1642) by Arthur Johnston (1587-1641), Rector of King's College, Aberdeen, "who holds among the Latin poets of Scotland the next place to the elegant Buchanan" (Works, Yale ed. ix.15). SJ and JB had searched in vain for "Johnston's Poems" during their visit to Aberdeen in 1773 (Life v.95). 12. It is likely that the book in question is Anna Williams's Miscellanies (Ante To Elizabeth Montagu, 9 June 1759, n. 3).

Qeorge Steevens TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 1777

PRINTED SOURCE: JB'S L i f e , 1 7 9 1 , 1 1 . 1 0 2 .

Dear Sir,

February 25, 1777

You will be glad to hear that from Mrs. Goldsmith, whom we lamented as drowned, I have received a letter full of gratitude to us all, with promise to make the enquiries which we recom­ mended to her.1 I would have had the honour of conveying this intelligence to Miss Caulfield,2 but that her letter is not at hand, and I know not the direction. You will tell the good news. I am, Sir, Your most, etc. SAM JOHNSON 1. After Oliver Goldsmith's death in 1774, his friends began to gather together materials for a biography, the writing of which was entrusted to Thomas Percy. Sometime during the second half of 1776, however, the task was transferred to SJ (K. C. Balderston, History and Sources of Percy's Memoir of Goldsmith, 1926, pp. 1821). SJ then began to solicit additional information from members of the Goldsmith family. According to K. C. Balderston, the "Mrs. Goldsmith" to whom he refers was "in all probability" the widow of Oliver's eldest brother Henry (d. 1768) (Memoir, p. 21). 2. Possibly a relation of James Caulfeild (1728-99), first Earl of Charlemont, Irish statesman and member of The Club (1773).

Slizabeth 113, 301; essays o f ment.,

Beattie, James (the elder), 3 0 1 - 2 , 347

260 and **3

and N1; ment., 35 Beattie, James (the younger),

302n3,

Blackstone, Sir William, Kt., 112*11 Blair, H u g h : sermons of ment., 8, 19,

347n1

99

Beattie, Mary D u n (Mrs. James, the elder): ment., 302

213

B i n g h a m , Sir Charles, Bt. see Lucan, 1st

375 and n6 Barclay, David, 345 and n 1 , 348n1

Bathurst,

Amelia

B e van

d a u g h t e r born, 375 and n6, 376

Bosville, Godfrey, 46 and n j

382

INDEX Boswell,

Alexander

see

Auchinleck,

19, 33 and 712, 4 2 - 4 3 , 46, 157; ment.,

Boswell, A l e x a n d e r (Sandy) (son o f JB):

ment., 357213, 47 and 712, 103 and

12, 57, 181, 215, 216, 232, 304; health

A l e x a n d e r Boswell, L o r d

rare 1 - 3 , 118, 142 and re2; pregnant,

ment., 8, 12, 357113, 36, 99, 103, 215,

142 and 77721,2; sent set of Lives of the

3°4

Poets, 157 and ra3, 177 and 722, 304

Boswell, David (son of JB): death of, 12

and n8, 325

and ng, 20

Boswell, T h o m a s David (brother of JB),

Boswell, Elizabeth (daughter of JB):

280 and rag, 318

ment., 304 Boswell, Euphemia (daughter o f JB):

Boswell,

ment., 12, 357213, 99, 103, 215, 232,

3°4 Boswell, James, 1 1 - 1 2 , 1 9 - 2 0 , 31, 3 3 36, 3 9 - 4 2 , 4 7 - 4 8 , 5 6 - 5 8 ,

63-64,

Veronica

(daughter of JB):

ment., 8, 12, 20, 357213, 36, 47, 9g, 103, 157, 215, 232, 304 Bowen, Mr. (bookseller), i 8 8 - 8 g and RA5>

!95> ! 9 8

118-

Bowles, Rev. William (the elder), 245714

20, 1 4 1 - 4 3 , 1 5 6 - 5 7 , 161, 178, 1 8 1 -

Bowles, William (the younger), 245 and

74, g 8 - 1 0 0 ,

101-4,

11

3_14,

82, 1 1 9 - 2 o 1 , 2 1 4 - 1 6 , 2 3 0 - 3 2 , 3 0 3 -

ra4

4, 3 1 7 - 1 8 , 3 2 8 - 2 9 ; and Lives of the

Boyle, Charles see Orrery, 4th Earl of

Poets, 20 and n10; ment., 4 2 - 4 3 , 45,

Boyle, J o h n see Orrery, 5th Earl of

62, 70 and nn 1,4, 7 1 , 74, 76n3, 79 and

Braxfield,

nn17,21, 207, 220, 255 and 713; SJ's

Robert

Macqueen,

love for, 63, 103, 318; visits SJ in

Broadhurst, Walter, 166 and 712

A s h b o u r n e , 65 and 722, 6 6 - 6 7 , 68, 73,

Bromfield,

76-77;

SJ-Percy

debate,

113-14;

Lord,

255712 Robert,

M.D.:

and

Mr.

Thrale's stroke, 168 and 712

wishes to come to L o n d o n , 125 and

Brooke, Francis, 53 and ra8

714; SJ hopes to send some Lives to

B r o o m e , William: and Lives of the Poets,

read, 143 and n7; SJ's letter of intro-

233715, 257, 278 and n i ; and Pope's

duction to J. Wesley, 162; SJ's concern

translation o f the Odyssey, 25g and n 1

over not hearing f r o m , 177 and n 1 ,

Browne, Mrs. (of Bath), 236 and 726

178, 181; on H e n r y Thrale's health

Bryant, Jacob, 3 and 714

and appearance, 185; visits SJ in Lon-

Buchanan, G e o r g e , 306726

don, 186 and n4; visits Chester, 191

Buller, Francis, 2497110

and

Buller, Susanna Yarde (Mrs. Francis),

n11; visits Lichfield, 191 and n 1 1 ,

and n2; financial problems, 2 4 9 - 5 0 and raio Bunbury, Catherine Horneck 230 and n2; SJ on melancholy of, 232; H e n r y William), 277 and ra8 SJ unable to meet for interview with, 199-200

(Mrs.

3 1 7 - 1 8 ; melancholy at thoughts of

Bunbury, H e n r y William, 277728

predestination, 328 and n1; in Lon-

B u r k e , E d m u n d , 1 6 1 ; ment., 14 and 711, 258; SJ asks help o f for J. Rann, 161

don, 335nn2,3 Boswell, James (the younger), birth of,

to buy engraving of, 192 and 712; on

14a and n 1

Croft's memoir of E. Y o u n g , 322715

Boswell, J o h n (uncle of JB), 35n13 Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie (Mrs. James), 4 2 - 4 3 ;

and 712; SJ directs Frances Reynolds

SJ on

relationship

B u r k e , Jane Mary N u g e n t (Mrs. Edmund), 14 and rei

with, 8, 11, i g , 4 2 - 4 3 , 7g, gg, 318;

B u r k e , Richard, 14 and 711, 361 and «2

and orange marmalade, 11 and re 1,

Burke, William, 14 and n 1

383

INDEX d u r i n g G o r d o n riots, 273 and 71718,9,

Burnett, James see M o n b o d d o , L o r d Burney, Charles, 135, 1 7 1 , 242, 293;

279 a n d 713; receives advance copy of

ment., 14 and 714, 85, 140, 143, 205,

Prefaces, 289111; and proofs for Pope's "Life," 323 and 712

244, 310; stays at Streatham Park, 77 and 777; elopement of stepdaughter,

Burney, James (son o f Charles Burney),

85722, 9 1 ; robbed, 127; writes music

3 1 7 and 715, 373 and 712, 378 and 7?772,3

history, 1 3 5 - 3 6 and n3, 1 3 6 - 3 7 , 140, 196 and nn15,16, 205; and Baretti's musical

scheme,

144;

and

Burney, Richard (son of Charles Bur-

Henry

Thrale's stroke, 1 7 1 ; on his daugh-

ney): trip to Winchester, 260722 Burney,

ter's Latin lessons, 173n6; gives music

Sarah

(daughter o f

Charles

Burney), 83 and 773, 91

lessons, 238, 244; and Mrs. O r d , 242

Burney, Susanna Elizabeth (daughter

and n2; trip to Winchester, 260n2; SJ

of Charles Burney), 3 1 0 and 77722,4;

requests

research

assistance

from,

293; and proofs for Pope's "Life,"

ment., 86 and 723, 91 Burton,

323722

Catherine

Kennedy

(Mrs.

John), 371 and 725

Burney, Charlotte A n n (Sophy) (daugh-

Burton, John, 371 and 725

ter of Charles Burney), 310 and n2;

B u r t o n , Robert, 201

ment., 86 and n3, 91

Butler, Samuel: and Lives of the Poets,

Burney, Elizabeth Allen (Mrs. Charles,

122 and 722

2d wife): a n d daughter's elopement,

Butter, Mrs. (wife of Dr. William), 70714

85-86

robbed,

Butter, William, M.D.: and J. Taylor,

127; health ment., 135, 288 and n 1;

155. 3 4 4 - 4 5 Byron, A u g u s t a (later Mrs. Christopher

and

nn2,3,

91-92;

ment., 310 Burney, Esther (daughter of Charles Burney), 59 and n2; ment., 86 and n3,

Parker), 144 and 716 Byron, Charlotte Henrietta Dallas (Mrs. George), 241728

91 Burney, Esther Sleepe (Mrs. Charles,

B y r o n , Captain G e o r g e Anson, 241718 Byron, Vice A d m i r a l John, 133725, 208

1st wife), 310nn2,4

and 72I, 241728, 372724

B u r n e y family: SJ o n his love of, 373 Burney, Frances, 353; first meets SJ, 14n4: relationship with

Byron, Sophia T r e v a n n i o n (Mrs. John),

stepmother

ment., 86 and n3, 91; becomes pro-

133 and 72725,6, 144, 204, 208 and n i , 2 1 1 - 1 2 , 216, 241 and M8, 251714, 372

tegee o f SJ and Hester T h r a l e with publication o f Evelina, mother of,

130n4; god-

133n4; ment.,

133-34,

135, 205 and n1, 2 1 1 , 219 and n4,

c

228n1, 22g, 236 and n3, 238, 244, 249 and n10, 252, 257, 270, 273, 276, 281,

Cadell, T h o m a s , 1 0 4 - 5 , 1 58» !59> 3 2 4 -

282n6, 310, 364 and 776; Latin lessons,

25; ment., 23221, 137 and 721, 325; and

173n6,

SJ's Prefaces, 159 and 224

195

and

n6;

travels

with

Thrales to Brighton, 186n3; ment. as

Caldwell, Sir James, 4th Bt., 266 and 725

"youngling," 188 and n3, 199, 202;

Calvert, Felix, 53 and 777

and R. C u m b e r l a n d ,

C a m b d e n , Hannah, 48723

209; and J. Delap,

196 and 7712, 196 and

7113;

Evelina discussed, 213 and 776; fears

384

Campbell, Flora Macleod (Mrs. James) see Macleod, Flora

INDEX Campbell, James Mure, 35n15

Chaplin, Charles, 59 and n4., 86

Campbell, J o h n ( 1 7 2 3 - 1 8 0 6 ) see Argyll,

C h a p o n e , Hester Mulso (Mrs. John), 240 and n2

5th D u k e of Campbell, Mr. (of Auchnaba), 41 and

Charlemont, 1st Earl o f (James Caul-

n10 Campbell,

Thomas

(clergyman

Charlotte

Canterbury, Archbishop of ( 1 7 6 8 - 8 3 ) see Cornwallis, Frederick Carless, A n n Hector (Mrs. Walter), 362; ment., 48

Chester, Bishop of see M a r k h a m , William Chesterfield, 4th Earl o f (Philip D o r m e r

Prince

of

(Luigi Gonzaga), 16 and n4 go and 773, 216n2; Henry

Thrale's

Cholmondeley, G e o r g e James (later 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley) (son o f Mary Cholmondeley), 87 and n 1

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 231n8 of

of

C h e y n e , G e o r g e , 304711

Casaubon, Isaac, 8n4

executor

(wife

hope): and D o d d case, 25713

Carter, Elizabeth: ment., 55, 266

Cator, John,

Queen

Chesterfield, 5th Earl o f (Philip Stan-

Carmichael, Poll, 139, 140

Solferino,

Sophia,

G e o r g e III), 15711

Stanhope), 230 and 771

Carlisle, Dean of see Percy, T h o m a s

and

feild), 10712

and

antiquarian), 23 and n 1

Castiglione

C h a p o n e , John, 240712

as

will,

330776, 331 and n5, 334, 341 and n2;

Cholmondeley, Mary W o f f i n g t o n (Mrs. Robert), 2 2 - 2 3 , 87711; recommends artist T h o m a s Hickey, 282 and Til, 283; SJ dines with, 290

and brewery negotiations, 339, 341

Cholmondeley, Rev. Robert, 2 an 1

and n2, 345 and n 1, 3 5 2 - 5 3

Cholmondeley, Robert Francis (son of

Caulfeild, James see Charlemont,

1st

Earl of

Mary Cholmondeley): death of, 22 and 774

Caulfield, Miss, 10 and nz

Cicero, 308715

Cavendish, L o r d Frederick, 25 and n3,

Clarendon, 1st Earl of (Edward Hyde),

359

Cavendish, L o r d G e o r g e , 25 and n3,

359

Clarke, John, of Sandford, Somerset,

Cavendish, Lord John, 25 and 773, 359

14772

Cavendish, William ( ? 1 6 9 8 - 1 7 5 5 ) see William

see

Cobb, Mary H a m m o n d (Mrs. T h o m a s ) :

see Cran-

Collier, A r t h u r : epitaph for, 126 and

(1748-1811)

ment., 149, 160, 166, 365

Devonshire, 5th Duke of Cecil, James

(1748-1823)

Clerke, Sir Philip Jennings see Jennings Clerke, Sir Philip

Devonshire, 3d D u k e of Cavendish,

110 and »4 Clark, Richard, 1 1 2 - 1 3 , 1 2 0 - 2 1

?i2; ment., 127714

bourne, Viscount Chambers, Frances Wilton, Lady (wife

Collier,

Mary

Dunn

see Flint,

Mary

D u n n Collier

of Sir Robert), 203 Chambers, Sir Robert, Kt., 5n5, 203;

Collins, William, 227 and 77711,2; and Lives of the Poets, 233715, 254, 301

ment., 112n1 Chambers, Sir William, 2507714

Congreve, Charles: SJ on death of, 345

Chamier, Anthony, 27n2, 34; and anti-

Congreve, Richard, 357743

cipated Franco-Spanish invasion, 180;

C o n g r e v e , William, 110712; a n d Lives of the Poets, 233775, 254, 262

SJ visits, 182n7

385

INDEX Cook, Captain James, 50 and n5; and James Burney, 3 1 7 n 5

C u m b e r l a n d , Duchess of (Anne): ment., 283772

C o o k e , Elizabeth A n n e see Way, Eliza-

Cumberland,

D u k e of (Henry

Fred-

erick): ment., 283712

beth A n n e C o o k e

Cumberland,

C o o k e , William (biographer), 93n11

Richard,

195,

201-2,

204; and F. Burney, 196 and ni2, 209;

C o o k e , William (Provost), 3 Cornwallis, Frederick, Archbishop

of

alleged financial loss of, 205 and 112, 210

Canterbury, 39 and nn2,6, 321 C o r r e g g i o (Antonio Allegri da Correggio), 89n1 Cotterell, Charlotte see Lewis, Charlotte Cotterell Cotterell, Frances (Calamity), 245 and n6

Cummins, Mr., 366 and ni Cummins, Mrs. (schoolmistress) see Cumyns, Elizabeth T h o r n t o n Cumyns,

Elizabeth

Thornton,

280,

366711, 367 Cust, Richard, 359711

Cotton, Philadelphia, 807123 Cotton, Sir Robert, 5th Bt.: as colonel

D

in army, 128n8, 129; and T h r a l e estate, 251n6 Cotton, Sidney Arabella, 73 and

ng,

236, 238; ment., 80, 83, 229; F. Burney on, 228 and n4 Cowley, A b r a h a m : and Lives of the Poets, 122 and n2; quoted,

308n3 Cranbourne,

Dalrymple, Sir David see Hailes, L o r d Dartmouth, 2d Earl of (William Legge), 30 and 713

Coulson, Rev. John, 46 8 1 n 1 3 , 83n2,

Dalling, Sir J o h n , 1st Bt., 291719

D'Avenant,

Hester

Salusbury

Cotton

(Mrs. Corbet), 134 and ?U2 Davies, T h o m a s , 62 and n 1, 94, 104 and 77772,3; theatre benefit for, 1 1 0 and n2,

Viscount

(James

Cecil)

(later 7th Earl of Salisbury), 258715

1 1 1 ; success as author, 302 and 715 De Groot, Isaac, 3 6 - 3 7 and 773, 39, 44

C r a n b o u r n e , Viscountess (Mary Amelia

Delap, John, 196 and 7213, 206 Denham, Sir John, Kt.: and Lives of the

Hill), 258 and n5 Craven, 6th B a r o n (William Craven),

Poets, 83722, 122 and 712 Dennis, John, 225 and 71713—5

241n10, 291 and n9 Craven, Baroness (Elizabeth Berkeley) (wife of 6th B a r o n Craven) (later Margravine of Anspach), 241 and n 10,

Derby, Rev. J o h n , 131 and »8 Desmoulins,

Elizabeth

190; ment.,

120,

Swynfen,

131726, 134,

78, 139,

252, 376; and C. L e n n o x , 138; re-

258; SJ to dine with, 253 Crichley, Jeremiah see Crutchley, Jere-

lationship with Mr. Levet, 140, 189, 209-10;

miah

SJ on

daughter

of,

190;

Crisp, Samuel, 310 and n3

health ment., 290 and 72226-8, 296,

C r o f t , Herbert: and "Life" of Y o u n g ,

300; SJ promotes for Charterhouse position, 321 and 725

322 and nn2,4,5 Crutchley, Jeremiah: legal negotiations

Desmoulins,

John

(Jack)

(son

of

for brewery sale, 216n2, 334, 345 and

Elizabeth Desmoulins): and employ-

771, 3 5 2 - 5 3 ; as executor of

ment at D r u r y Lane, 131 and re6, 139,

Thrale's will, 220716; and

Henry

Queeney

T h r a l e , 372 and 717

140, 144 Devonshire,

386

Duchess

of

(Georgiana

INDEX S p e n c e r ) (wife o f 5 t h D u k e ) , 2 4 n 1 , 26 a n d 774, 130 a n d n2 Devonshire,

3d 5th

Cavendish),

Duke

of

(William

Duke

of

(William

24 a n d

n1,

25-26

and

and

n11

D i c k e n s , M r s . , 204 a n d

1 ith

Earl

of

(Archibald

M o n t g o m e r i e ) , 12773, 102 a n d 77713,4 Eliot, E d w a r d (later 1st B a r o n

Eliot),

E l p h i n s t o n , C l e m e n t i n a (Mrs. J a m e s ) : d e a t h o f , 1 2 1 a n d rai

n1

E l p h i n s t o n , J a m e s , 1 2 1 - 2 2 ; SJ's c o n d o -

Dilly, C h a r l e s , 1 7 7 , 3 2 4 - 2 5 , 3 5 5

lences o n d e a t h o f w i f e , 1 2 1 — 22

D o c k s e y , M e r r i a l (later M r s . J o h n Pat-

E r a s m u s , 82 a n d rai8 E s t a i n g , C o m t e d' ( J e a n - B a p t i s t e C h a r -

ton), 2 1 5 a n d 713 D o d d , Rev. W i l l i a m , 30, 3 2 - 3 3 ; f o r g e r y 25

Gilbert)

198 a n d 774

D i c k , Sir A l e x a n d e r , 3 d Bt., M.D., 4 1

of,

(Emma

Edwards, Edward, 1 3 5 - 3 6 Eglinton,

77773,4, 130712, 3 5 9

case

Baroness

(wife o f 3 d B a r o n ) , 2 1 3 a n d 775

C a v e n d i s h ) , 25n3 Devonshire,

Edgcumbe,

and

n3,

27-28nn1-3,

29711, 30, 3 1 - 3 2 a n d nn1,2, 49, 58, 128, 283n2; d e a t h s e n t e n c e ,

l e s - H e n r i d ' E s t a i n g ) , 2 1 3 a n d ?i2 Evans, J a m e s , 244; m e n t . , 2 5 3 , 288 E v a n s , M r . ( a p o t h e c a r y ) , 49713

33-34

a n d n3

F

Dodsley, James: and C. L e n n o x , 138n1 D o l b e n , Sir W i l l i a m , 3 d B t . , 2 5 4 n 9 D r y d e n , J o h n , 8n4; q u o t e d , 7 9 n 1 5 , 82 a n d n15, 90n2, 205n6, 2 1 8 a n d

n10,

2 7 6 n 7 ; a n d c o n t r o v e r s y with E. Settle, 1 2 0 - 2 1 a n d n1; a n d Lives of the Poets, 1

Fairfax, Edward, 1 1 6 - 1 7 and m F a r m e r , R i c h a r d , 4 3 , 2 5 7 ; a n d Lives of the Poets, 2 5 7 F e n t o n , Elijah: a n d Lives

of the

Poets,

233775, 2 4 7 - 4 8 a n d 71771,2, 254; a n d

1 2 0 - 2 1 , 122, 124 a n d n n 1 - 4 , 4 3 n 7 , L o r d Hailes's d e s c r i p t i o n o f , 182 a n d

P o p e ' s translation o f t h e Odyssey, 2 5 9

n6

a n d rai

D u k e , R i c h a r d : a n d Lives of the

Poets,

D u n b a r , J a m e s , 282 a n d 715, 304, 328773 D u n c o m b e , J o h n , 224772 Dunning,

John

Fielding,

Sir J o h n ,

Kt.: and

Gordon

Riots, 268 a n d 714

1 4 6 a n d rai

see

Ashburton,

Fitzmaurice, John, Viscount

Kirkwall:

b i r t h o f , 147 a n d 773 1st

Baron

F i t z m a u r i c e , M a r y see S h e l b u r n e , D o w ager Countess of Fitzmaurice, T h o m a s , 1 4 6 - 4 7 , 251 and

D y e r , J o h n : a n d Lives of the Poets, 224772 D y e r , S a m u e l : SJ d i r e c t s F r a n c e s R e y n o l d s to b u y e n g r a v i n g o f , 192 a n d 112 Dyott, C a t h e r i n e (Mrs. R i c h a r d ) , 60 a n d ra3

ra6 Fitzroy, L a d y C a r o l i n e see H a r r i n g t o n , Countess of Flint, M a r y D u n n C o l l i e r (Mrs.

Tho-

mas), 5 9 a n d rag

D y o t t , R i c h a r d , 60 a n d 773

Flint, T h o m a s , 5 9 a n d ng

E

F o o t e , S a m u e l , 9 2 — 9 3 a n d rara6,8 — 1 1 F o w k e , J o s e p h , 203

E d g c u m b e , 3 d B a r o n (later 1st E a r l o f Mt. E d g c u m b e ) ( G e o r g e E d g c u m b e ) , 213775

387

F o x , C h a r l e s J a m e s , 12718

INDEX

G

G o r d o n , 4th D u k e of (Alexander Gor-

Gage, Viscountess (Elizabeth Gideon),

G o r d o n , L o r d G e o r g e , 267 and rai, 270

don), 274 and 7211 and 723, 272222, 2747211

15n1

Graham, Rev. G e o r g e , 9

Galen, 299 and n5,

Granville, George: and Lives of the Poets,

Gardiner, A n n : ment., 3, 272

233725,

Garrick, David: SJ on death of, 93n8, 150n1,

152-53;

assists

Mauritius

Lowe, 1 1 5 and n5; ment., 124n3, 215 and n3; death of,

150n1;

296;

and

preface

233^5. 257 Greene, Richard,

162,

163-64,

of, 51 and 728

Garrick, Eva Maria Veigel (Mrs. David), 150; and Nollekens's bust of SJ, 108;

Gregory, James, M.D., 31722

SJ's condolences to, 150; and H a n n a h

Greville,

Frances

Macartney

More, 335 and nn 1,3

Richard Fulke), 133 and 724

Garrick, G e o r g e , 365n5

Greville, Richard Fulke, 133224

and

(Mrs.

Grotius, H u g o , 36723, 39 and 725, 44

Garrick, Merial, 365n5 Peter:

166,

167; ment., 48, 51, 92, 164; m u s e u m

terms of will of, 365n5

Garrick,

to

Gray, T h o m a s : and Lives of the Poets,

epitaph,

150n1; and Walpole's drama, 225n1;

254,

British Enchanters, 246 and n 1

SJ's

visit

to

Guest, Jane Mary

(later Mrs. A.

A.

Miles), 248 and 723

Lichfield, 51, 166, 365 Gastrell, Jane (Mrs. Francis), 97, 101;

G u n n i n g , Elizabeth see Argyll, Duchess of

ment., 11, 13, 56, 148, 149, 152, 153,

G w y n n , John, 4 5 - 4 6 and 722, 1 0 7 - 8

197, 208, 364, 368 Gawler, Mr., 2go Gay, John: Lives of the Poets, ment., 301

H

Gell, Philip, 60n3, 316 and n1 G e o r g e III, K i n g of England, 15n1; and D o d d case, 25n3, 27n1, 30 and n1, 32

Hailes, Sir David Dalrymple, Lord: and

and n4, 33n3, 34; ment., 116n2, 181;

Annals of Scotland, 33 and 711, 104, 157

visits Warley C a m p , 132 and n6; and

and 724; and Knight case, 42 and 7218,

Lives of the Poets, 156 and n5, 348; and G o r d o n Riots, 269n13, 271, 275 Germaine, L o r d George: and P. Stockdale, 286n3, 291

104; c o m p a r e d with T. Percy, 114; description

of

Dryden,

182 and 726;

ment., 325 Hamilton,

W.

G.

(William

Gerard)

("Single-Speech" Hamilton): SJ dines

Gibbon, Edward, 12n8

with, 244

Gibbons, T h o m a s , 38n3

Hammond,

Golden, Robert, 81n7

Henry:

commentary

of

ment., 358

Goldsmith, Henry, 10n1

H a m m o n d , James: and Lives of the Poets,

Goldsmith, Mrs. Henry, 10 and 721 Goldsmith, Oliver: ment., 6721, i g 2 and 722, 230721, 296719; biography of, 10 and 72I; epitaph, 44742 Gonzaga, Luigi see Castiglione and Solferino, Prince of G o r d o n , Sir A l e x a n d e r , 7th Bt. of Lismore, 9

388

233225, 260 and 722 Harcourt, 1st Earl (Simon Harcourt), 72 and J7i Hardinge,

George:

and

Walpole's

drama, 225 and 222, 226 Hardy, Sir Charles, Kt., 180 and 722, 181 Hardy, Rev. Samuel, 3 1 5 - 1 6

INDEX Harrington, Countess of (Caroline Fitz-

14, 276, 277, 288; SJ to give set of

roy), 3 1 - 3 2 ; and D o d d case, 27n1,

Lives of the Poets to, 352

31-32

Hotham, Sir Richard, Kt., 254 and 774,

Harrington, Henry, M.D.: ment., 236

276

Harris, Elizabeth Clarke (Mrs. James),

Howe, Sir William (General Howe): and

14 and n2

American War, 957710

Harris, James, 14 and n2, 245 Hastings, Warren,

Howell, James, 72 and 7712

282-83,

323-24;

Hunter, John, M.D., 1 1 7 and ?7i

ment., 5n5

Hunter, William, 1 1 7 - 1 8

Hawkesworth, J o h n : edition of Swift,

H u n t i n g f o r d , Rev. G e o r g e , 2 5 9 - 6 0 and

17 and 773, 295 and n3; and Cook's

772

voyages, 50 and n6 Hawkesworth,

Hussey, Rev. John, 1 4 7 - 4 8

Mary

Brown

(Mrs.

Hutton, James, 347711, 273 and 777

John), 17, 18

Hyde, Edward see Clarendon, 1st Earl

Head, Mr. see Plunkett, Mr. Heberden,

William,

Thrale's strokes,

of

M.D.:

and

Mr.

169, 172 and 772,

J

179, 184 and 712, 2 2 n 6 Hector, E d m u n d : ment., 48,

141n13;

on SJ's health, 362, 373

Jackson, Harry: death of ment., 48 and

Henderson, Mr., 26 and n2 Hereford,

Dean

of

see

»4> 5 1 * 57 Wetherell,

H e m e , Elizabeth, 297 and nn3,4, 320

Jackson, H u m p h r e y , 305714 Jebb, Sir Richard, 1st Bt., 168772, 248 and 771

Hervey, Catherine Aston (Mrs. Henry):

Jenkinson, Charles, 2g; and D o d d case,

Nathan

health ment., 86; SJ to dine with, 164,

29. 3 °

310

Jennings Clerke, Sir Philip, 1st Bt., 168

Hervey, H e n r y : and J B , 98n1

and 773, 195, 206 and 726, 253; con-

Hickey, T h o m a s , 2 8 2 - 8 3 and 772, 283

tractor's bill of, 2 4 0 - 4 1 and 77774,5;

Hickman, Dorothy, 296n9

and G o r d o n Riots, 2697714

Hickman, Gregory, 296779

Jewel, William, 937710

Hinchliffe, John, Bishop of Peterboro u g h , 258 and n4, 266 and n4

Jodrell, Richard Paul, 229 and 778 Johnson, Nathaniel, brother of SJ, 298

Hoare, Sir Richard, Kt., 86n6

and 777, 320

H o d g s o n , Brian, 371 and n4

Johnson, T h o m a s , cousin o f SJ, 100,

H o m e , H e n r y see Kames, L o r d

165-66

Hoole, John, 283; ment., 115, 192773, 282; translation of Ariosto, 3 2 3 - 2 4

Johnston, A r t h u r , 9 and 7711 Johnston, Margaret Penelope, 285 and

and nn2,4,6

7710

Hopper, A n n Carless, 141 and n13

Johnston,

Horace: Baretti's and Philidor's use of, 144n9; quoted, 48n5, 104n6, 141 and n12, 143n5, 202 and n8, 215772

Rachel

Strahan:

ment.,

2857710 Jones, Mr. (shoemaker), 3 1 6 - 1 7 Jones, William: and politics, 254 and

Horneck, Catherine see Bunbury, Catherine H o r n e c k

ng, 266 Jonson, Ben: ment., 120774

Horneck, H a n n a h (Mrs. Kane): ment.,

Juvenal, 358777

389

INDEX

K

Langton, Diana T u r n o r (Mrs. Bennet, the elder), 74772, 7 6 - 7 7 , 7 8 - 7 9 and 778; visits Knightsbridge, 245717

Kames, H e n r y H o m e , Lord, 31n2 n1

Langton, Elizabeth (daughter o f Ben-

Kelly, H u g h : SJ's prologue for play of,

net Langton, the younger), birth of, 9

Kearsley, G e o r g e , 361 and

and 776

2777776,7, 49 Kelly, Mrs. (wife of H u g h Kelly), 27 and

Langton,

n7

Elizabeth (sister of

Bennet

Langton, the younger), 78 and 779

Kennedy,

Catherine

(?1700-1779)

Langton, G e o r g e , 9777; ment., 47 Langton, Jane (Jenny), 9777, 37 and n 1;

(Mrs. John), 169 and 775 Kennedy, Catherine (daughter of Rev.

ment., 47, 351

J o h n K e n n e d y ) see Burton, Catherine

Langton, Juliet, 74772, 7 6 - 7 7

Kennedy

Langton, Mary, 9777; ment., 47

Kennedy, Rev. J o h n , 169n5, 371

La Rochefoucauld, Frangois de, Due de,

Kippis, A n d r e w , 226n2

91 - 9 2 and 7710

Knight, Joseph, 42 and nn117,18, 104

La T r o b e , Rev. Benjamin, 34 and 7711 Lawrence, Charles, 3 1 0 - 1 3 Lawrence,

Frances

Chauncy

(Mrs.

Thomas), 218 and 7712; death of, 223

L

Lawrence, Soulden, 44 and 771 Lawrence, T h o m a s , M.D., 44, 1 2 5 - 2 6 ,

Lade, A n n T h r a l e (wife of Sir John, 1st

146, 178, 2 2 2 - 2 3 ; SJ dines with, 3,

Bt.) (sister of H e n r y Thrale), 6 2 - 6 3 ,

229, 235, 290; treats SJ, 4, 5, 7, 1 2 7 -

65 and n 1 , 69, 91, 366; ment., 184n2;

28, 131, 140, 221; ment., 36, 52, 131,

on G o r d o n Riots, 272 and 774

189, 310771, 3 1 1 ; SJ suggests Hester

Lade,

of

T h r a l e call on, 184; wife's illness and

H e n r y Thrale), 6 2 - 6 3 n n 3 , 5 , 65, 69,

Sir J o h n ,

2d Bt. (nephew

death, 218 and 7712; SJ's condolences

73, 91, 272774; SJ writes 21st birthday

on wife's death, 2 2 2 - 2 3 ;

p o e m for, 296 and n8

236 and 773; medical suggestions for

an(l

Evelina,

L a n g d o n , Robert see L o n g d o n , Robert

Henry T h r a l e , 261, 301771, 309; on

Langley, Mrs. William: ment., 59

diet, 294

Langley, Rev. William, 59, 69, 155

Ledbrooke, J o h n , 170 and 771

Langton, B e n n e t (the younger), 7 - 8 ,

L e g g e , William see Dartmouth, 2d Earl

3 6 - 3 7 , 1 2 4 - 2 5 , 1 3 1 - 3 2 , 3 5 0 - 5 1 ; SJ

of

plans to dine with, 3, 4, 4 1 n 1 5 , 245; family ment., 9 and n7, 41 and n15, 47, 67nn5,6, 99, 1 1 8 - 1 9 ; at military camp, 36 and 7719, 47, 118, 1 2 4 - 2 5 ,

Leland, T h o m a s , 23 and 774 L e n n o x , A l e x a n d e r : ment., 280777, 353 L e n n o x , Charlotte Ramsay (Mrs. A l e x ander),

142, 182; ment., 67n4, 112, 216; SJ on, 1 1 8 — 1 9 and n3; and Beauclerk's will, 231 and n8; on leave f r o m militia, engaged

in engineering work,

266

and n7; and Prefaces, 278 and 772 Langton, Diana (daughter o f B e n n e t Langton, the younger), 9717, 47, 67 and

138; copyright

controversy

with Dodsley,

138 and 771; and R.

Cumberland,

201

and

775,

202;

d a u g h t e r ill, 280 and 777; SJ seeks help for, 3 5 3 - 5 4 L e n n o x , Harriot Holies, 280 and 777 Lever, Sir Ashton, Kt., 163 and 774 Levet, Robert: ment., 4, 68, 72, 120,

776

127, 139, 140, 189, 203, 2 0 9 - 1 0 , 300; 390

INDEX

M

register searched for information on, 68, 72, 75 and n5; quarrels with A n n a Williams, 127, 139, 140, quarrels with Elizabeth Desmoulins, 140, 189, 2 0 9 10; medical advice of, 290

Macartney, 1st B a r o n (George Macartney), 213 and n n 2 - 4 Macartney, Baroness (Jane Stuart) (wife

Levy, Mr., 251

of 1st Baron), 213n3

Lewes, T h o m a s , 113n3

Macartney, Frances see Greville, Frances

Lewis, Charlotte Cotterell (Mrs. John), 245 and n6

Macartney Macaulay, Aulay, 112 and n5

Lewis, Erasmus, 248 and n3

Macaulay, Rev. Kenneth, 1 1 1 — 12 and

Lewis, William, M.D., 68 and N3, 140n3, 189

n3 Macaulay, Mrs. (wife of Rev. Kenneth),

Leycester, G e o r g e , 231 and

n7

Lintot, B e r n a r d , 247n1

112 and n3 Macbean,

Littleton, Sir Edward, 4th Bt., 2 6 2 - 6 3 and ng

Alexander,

12,

140;

and

index to Lives of the Poets, 145 and n 1; at Charterhouse, 333 and n 1

Lockhart, Mr., 1 1 7

Maclean, Sir Allan, 6th Bt., 35 and *«6,

Lombe, Sir T h o m a s , Kt., 70n4

40 and «5

L o n d o n , Bishop of see Lowth, Robert

Macleod, Flora (of Raasay), 35 and HI5

L o n g d o n (Langdon), Robert, 81

Macquarrie,

Longinus, Dionysius Cassius, 237n10 Lothair I (of Germany), 3n1 Lowe,

Mauritius,

114-15;

Robert,

Bishop

of

Lucan)

1st B a r o n

and

Maintenon, M a d a m e de, 277 and ng Malone, E d m o n d , 182*16, 351*11

London,

2 8 6 - 8 7 , 291 and n9 Lucan,

40-41

Macqueen, Robert see Braxfield, L o r d illness,

1 1 7 n 5 ; and L o r d Southwell, 3 1 3 - 1 4 Lowth,

Lauchlan,

rare6,7,io

Mansfield, 1st Earl of (William Murray): and D o d d case, 25*13, 2 7 m ; re-

(later

(Sir Charles

1st Earl

Bingham,

of 7th

lationship to Sir T . Mills, 211*14; and G o r d o n Riots, 267 and n i , 268 and r q

Bt.), 84 and n2 ment., 1 1 5 , 116n4,

M a r k h a m , Robert, 136 and n 1

187, 195n3, 209; trip to Italy, 204 and

Markham, William, Bishop o f Chester

n2; SJ dines with, 213, 251, 253

( 1 7 7 1 ) ; Archbishop o f Y o r k (1777), 7,

Lucan, Baroness (Margaret Smith Bingham), 1 1 6 and

ment., 187, 195

and n3, 198, 2og, 213, 240, 245, 254; trip to Italy, 204 and n2; and Q u e e n e y T h r a l e , 262

37 Marlborough,

4th

Duke

of

(George

Spencer): ment., 3*14

Lucan, 2d Earl of (Richard Bingham), 204 and n2 Lucas, Henry, 21 and

136 and n 1, 2 6 7 m ; SJ to dine with, 3; and SJ's request for Isaac De Groot,

Marsili, Giovanni, 168 Martial, 92*13

n3

Mathias, James, 233, 336

Lyttelton, 1st B a r o n (George Lyttelton): and Lives of the Poets, 233n5, 291—92, 292 and n2, 294, 295, 300 and n4, 301 Lyttelton, William H e n r y see Westcote, 1st B a r o n

Maurice, Rev. T h o m a s , 170 and «2 Meeke, Elizabeth Allen (Mrs. Samuel), 85—86*22 Meeke, Samuel, 85*12 Mei, C. M., 378 and «5 Melmoth, William, 249 and n«4,6 Michell, J o h n Henry, 307*21

391

INDEX Milbourne, L u k e , 124 and n2

Nesbitt, A r n o l d : SJ on death of, 371

Miles, Mrs. A . A . see Guest, Jane Mary

Nesbitt, Susanna T h r a l e (Mrs. Arnold),

Miller, A n n a Riggs, Lady (wife o f Sir

85, 94 and 723, 168721 Newcastle, 2d D u k e of (Henry Fiennes

John), 236n7 Miller, Sir J o h n , 1st Bt., 236n7

Clinton): and Spence's

Mills, Sir T h o m a s , Kt., 2 1 1 and n 1

229727

Milton, J o h n : quoted,

119n6,

139775,

manuscript,

Newdigate, Sir Roger, 5th Bt., 254 and 729

217n3, 368 and n2; and Lives of the Poets, 122, 152 and n5; attacks on SJ's

Newton, A n d r e w , 51 and 725

preface to, 199 and n 10

Nezzy see Nesbitt, Susanna T h r a l e Nichols, J o h n , 1 0 9 - 1 0 , 1 1 6 - 1 7 ,

Moisey, A b e l see Moysey, A b e l M o n b o d d o , James Burnett, L o r d , 31n2, Mary

(later

Countess

of

p r o o f s for Lives of the Poets, 3 i g and 723

Monro, Sir A l e x a n d e r , Bt., 2857710 Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson (Mrs. Edward), 1 1 0 - 1 1 ; ment., 3, 27n5, 55, 192773, 237, 238, 240, 251 and 774, 253, 258, 295; and print of, 1 2 6 - 2 7 and n3, 157; and Evelina, 1 3 0 - 3 1 and n4;and Hester T h r a l e , 228, 249 and George

Lyttelton,

350, 379; and index to Lives of the Poets, 145; ment., 237; correction to

C o r k and Orrery), 251 and 778, 258

774; and

27, 2 4 6 - 4 8 , 260, 2 7 7 - 7 8 , 295, 300, 3 1 8 - 1 9 , 3 2 2 - 2 3 , 324, 338, 343, 347,

42 and N18, 250 Monckton,

122-

23, 124, 1 4 5 - 4 6 , 152- 2 2 4 - 2 5 - 2 2 6 -

Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin), 88n3

292n2;

health of, 302 and n4

Nollekens, Joseph: and portrait bust of SJ, g8, 1 0 8 - 9

an

d

Nollekens, Mary Welch (Mrs. Joseph): ment., 54, 106 Norris, Randall, 340 and 721 North, Frederick, Viscount North, 30, 156723, 197724 Northumberland,

Montgomerie, Archibald see Eglinton,

n3

1st D u k e of ( H u g h

Smithson): and T . Percy, 113721, 1 1 4

11th Earl of Moore, Edward, 249 and n7

o

Moore, William, 2 7 0 - 7 1 and n4 More, Hannah, 335

O ' C o n o r , Charles, 2 3 - 2 4

Moysey, Abel, M.D., 228—29 and 775,

Oldys, William, 767211 O r d , A n n e Dillingham, 242 and 722;

235, 261n2, 266 Mulso,

Hester

see C h a p o n e ,

Hester

ment., 243, 244, 245, S49, 277, 282 Orkney, Countess o f (Mary), 147 and

Mulso Murphy, A r t h u r , 140, 209n3; and Samuel Foote, 93 and nn9,10; and Len-

725

Orrery, 4th Earl of (Charles

Boyle),

247772, 248

nox-Dodsley dispute, 138 and MI Murray, William see Mansfield, 1st Earl

Orrery,

5th

Earl

of

(John

Boyle),

247722, 248

of Myddelton, J o h n , 6 8 - 6 9 and n7, 279

Orvilliers, C o m t e d' (Louis Guillouet), 180722

and n4

Ovid, 6g72i2, 85 and 7210, 143721,280776

N

O w e n , John, 326721 Owen, Margaret, 3 and 725, 14 and 774,

Nairne, William, 31n2

85, 88, 2 8 4 - 8 5 , 294, 3 2 6 - 2 7 ; health

Nelson, Robert, 158 and 723, 159 and 722

of, 281 and 774; SJ's advice to, 3 2 6 - 2 7

392

INDEX

P

and the m a n a g e m e n t o f and negotiations for brewery acquisition, 216712,

Palmer,

Mary

(niece

of

Sir

Joshua

Reynolds) (later Marchioness o f T h o mond), 151n2

305. 331, 334

AND

339,

341,

345 -

46 and n1, 348 and n1, 3 5 2 - 5 3 and n1,360; a n d H e n r y Thrale's election

Palmer, Mary Reynolds (Mrs. John) (sister o f Sir Joshua Reynolds), 151n2

campaign, 244, 2 5 0 - 5 1 ; and G o r d o n Riots, 269n14, 276; health ment., 371

Palmer, T h e o p h i l a (niece of Sir Joshua Reynolds) (later Mrs. Robert Gwatkin), 151n2

and ?72, 374 Perkins, J o h n (the younger), 194721, 360 and n1

Paoli, Pasquale: ment., 9, 115n4, 1 1 5 , 142, 189, 335 and n2

Perrault, Charles, 61n6 Persius, 358n7

Paradise, John: SJ dines with, 3, 4, 16n4; ment., 282

Philidor, François, 144n9 Philips, Ambrose: and Lives of the Poets,

Parker, A u g u s t a B y r o n (Mrs.

Chris-

Parker, Sackville, 362 and n6

233n5, 257, 278 Philips, J o h n : and Lives of the Poets, 152nn2,3

Parr, Samuel, 7 and n1

Pierson, J o h n Batteridge see Pearson,

topher) see Byron, A u g u s t a

Patten, T h o m a s , 3 5 6 - 5 8

Rev. J o h n Batteridge

Patton, James, 215n3 Pearce, Zachary, Bishop of Rochester, 131n8

Piles, R o g e r de, 89721 Piozzi, Gabriel Mario, 375 and 22724,5, 378 and 725

Pearson, Elizabeth (Mrs. John), 191n9 Pearson, Rev. J o h n Batteridge, 153 and 772, 191 and n9; ment., 233, 328 Pennant, T h o m a s , 41 and n13, 1 1 3 - 1 4 and n1 Pepys, Lucas, M.D. (later 1st Bt.), 168n2, 188 and n1, 285, 306n8; and Spence manuscript, 229n7 Pepys, William Weller, 341n2; ment.,

Pitches, Sir A b r a h a m , Kt., 26715 Pitches, Lady (wife o f Sir Abraham), 26725 Pitches, Sophia, 26 and 725 Pitt, Christopher: and Lives of the Poets, 233»5> 2 5 4 Plato, 157 Plunkett, Mr. (called Mr. H e a d by SJ), 209 and 713

213, 235, 258, 282 Percy, A n n e Gutteridge (Mrs. Thomas), 71 and n8

Plutarch, 284714 Polhill, Nathaniel, 254 and 724 Poole, Sir Ferdinando, 4th Bt., 8 4 - 8 5

Percy, Henry, 215 and n6 Percy, T h o m a s : and Goldsmith's biog-

and 775

raphy, 10n1; and debate with SJ over

Poole, Harriott, 8 4 - 8 5 and 726

T . Pennant, 1 1 3 - 1 4 and n1; as Dean

Poole, Lady (wife of Sir Ferdinando),

o f Carlisle,

132 and

n4,

215

and

8 4 - 8 5 and 725

nn4,5; and fire at N o r t h u m b e r l a n d Pope, A l e x a n d e r , 89772, 91773; quoted, House, 231 and n9

166724, 188724, 258722, 363723, 374724;

Perkins, Amelia B e v a n (Mrs. John, 2d wife), 194n1, 334n1, 348n1

and Lives of the Poets, 225 and 77724,5, 233725, 237729, 284723, 295 and 72721,2,

Perkins, Henry, 194 and 721

3 1 9 and 721, 324 and 722, 328723; and

Perkins, J o h n (the elder), 15, 348, 3 5 2 -

Lintot's Miscellany, 247 and 771; and

53. 356- 360; ment., 176, 294, 338;

393

translation

of

the

Odyssey, 259721;

INDEX R a n n , Rev. J o s e p h , 100 and n1, 161 a n d

Pope, A l e x a n d e r (cont.)

NN1,2,

p r o o f s f o r Lives of the Poets, 323 and Port

165

R a p h a e l , 89n1

nn 1,2 family

of

Islam,

R e e d , Isaac, 3 1 9 a n d n3

Staffordshire,

R e n n y see Reynolds, Frances

73N4

Reynolds, Frances (Renny), 1 5 1 ,

Porter, J o s e p h , 233, 336 Porter, Lucy, 9 7 - 9 8 , 1 0 8 - 9 ,

177,

1 9 1 - 9 2 , 194, 2 7 8 - 7 9 , 352, 3 5 5 - 5 6 ;

149-50,

health ment., 102; ment., 108, 198,

1 5 3 - 5 4 , 160, 1 6 2 - 6 3 , 1 8 0 - 8 1 , 190— 335-36,

302; relations with h e r b r o t h e r Sir

349, 360; ment., 45n2, 50, 9 1 , 93, 176,

J o s h u a , 151 a n d 721; SJ dines with,

200, 243, 285, 362, 372; health ment.,

2 0 2 - 3 , 209; portrait o f SJ, 278 and

9 1 , 220, 2 3 3 - 3 4 , 3 2 7 - 2 8 ,

48, 58, 60, 87, 167, 365, 367, 368; o n

n1; a n d a d v a n c e copy o f Prefaces, 278

p r o l o g u e f o r H . Kelly's play, 49; a n d

a n d n2, 294; goes to R i c h m o n d , 308;

Nollekens's bust o f SJ, 54 a n d n2, 98,

failed s c h e m e to sell paintings to Hes-

108-9;

SJ visits, 5 5 - 5 6 ,

367, 368;

166,

ter T h r a l e , 352 a n d n2; SJ to give set

365,

requests investigation

o f Lives of the Poets to, 352; SJ's criti-

of

cism o f h e r "Enquiry," 3 5 5 - 5 6 a n d n1

family o f J. Patton, 2 1 5 a n d n3, 220 and

Reynolds,

N1

Prior,

Matthew:

quoted,

Sir J o s h u a , Kt.,

123,

329,

3 5 1 ; SJ dines with, 3, 4, 198, 290;

Porteus, Beilby, 3 7 0 - 7 1 a n d n4 195n7;

ment., 14, 67725, 89n1, 1 1 5 , 1 1 6 and

and

Lives of the Poets, 224n1, 224 a n d n2,

n2,132, 1 5 1 n 2 , 1 6 1 n 2 , 202, 244, 250,

228, 254; a n d ballad o f " N u t - b r o w n

302, 308 and n4; and SJ's portraits,

Maid," 293 a n d 721

127 and nn3,5,6, 134; relations with

Proby, Rev. Baptist, 55 a n d n2

his sister Frances, 1 5 1 n 1 ; SJ desires

Proby, M a r y Russell (Mrs. Baptist), 55

e n g r a v i n g s after portraits by, 192 and

a n d n3

722

Prowse, Elizabeth (Mrs. T h o m a s ) , 2 9 7 -

Reynolds, M a r y see Palmer, M a r y Rey-

98 a n d nn1,2,4,5, 320, 344

nolds

Prowse, Mary, 2 9 7 - 9 8 , 320, 3 4 3 - 4 4

Richardson, J a m e s , 170723

Prowse, T h o m a s , 297 a n d nn1,2

Richardson, Robert, 359711

Prujean, S o p h i a A s t o n (Mrs. William),

Richardson, S a m u e l : SJ alludes to, 79,

148n1

138 and 722; a n d H . M. C h a p o n e , 240

Prujean, William, 148 a n d n1

and ?22 Ritter, J o s e p h , 104 and 727

Q

Rivington, C . , 174722 Robertson, M a r g a r e t see Strahan, Margaret Robertson

Q u a r l e s , Francis, 5n4, 1 2 1 n 4

Robson, B a t e m a n , 3 1 7 , 339

Q u e e n e y see T h r a l e , Hester Maria

R o c h e f o u c a u l d , Francois d e la see L a R o c h e f o u c a u l d , D u e de

R

Rochester,

Bishop

of

see

Pearce,

Zachary Ramsay, A l l a n , 1 1 6 and

n2,

117—18,

R o e b u c k , Elizabeth: d e a t h o f , 48 a n d 723

1 6 1 n 2 ; SJ dines with, 1 6 1 n n 1 , 2 188,

R o g e r s , Rev. J. M., 297721

189

Rothes,

394

Mary, D o w a g e r

Countess

of

INDEX (Mrs. B e n n e t L a n g t o n , the y o u n g e r ) :

S h a r p , W. (possibly W i l l i a m S h a r p ) , 38 a n d n1

m e n t . , 9, 37, 67nn5,6, 7 1 a n d n7, 125,

142.

Shaw, Mr. (apothecary o r

351

o b s c e n e e p i g r a m o f , 2 2 6 - 2 7 a n d n2;

physician):

ment., 300

Rowe, Nicholas: q u o t e d , 6 7 n 1 0 ; SJ o n

Shaw, Rev. William, 12 a n d nn3,5, 102, 321772, 322

a n d Lives of the Poets, 228, 233n5, 238,

S h e f f i e l d , J o h n : a n d Lives of the Poets,

254, 328n3 Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 59 R u f f h e a d , O w e n , 295 a n d

233n5, 254 S h e l b u r n e , D o w a g e r C o u n t e s s o f (Mary

n1

Fitzmaurice), 147 a n d 774

R u s h w o r t h , Mr., 305

Shelley,

Russell, Rev. J o h n , 5 5 n 3 Ryland, John,

16-18;

and

Hawkes-

w o r t h project, 1 6 - 1 8

Elizabeth,

Lady

(wife o f

Sir

J o h n ) , 807722 Shelley, H e n r y , 80n23

R y m e r , T h o m a s , 124 a n d n3

Shelley,

Sir J o h n ,

5th

Bt.,

80

and

nn22,23, 133 a n d N2, 306 a n d N8, 308 Shenstone,

s

William:

a n d Lives

of the

Poets, 233775 S h e r i d a n , R i c h a r d Brinsley: a n d b e n e f i t

St.

Asaph,

Bishop

of

see

Shipley,

Jonathan S a p p h o , 8n4 Savile, Sir G e o r g e , 8th Bt.: a n d G o r d o n Riots, 2 6 7 n 1 , 268 a n d n5 Scarsdale,

p e r f o r m a n c e f o r T . Davies, 110772 Shipley, J o n a t h a n , B i s h o p o f St. A s a p h ,

1st B a r o n (Nathaniel

Cur-

zon), 70714

245773, 250 a n d 7713, 258 a n d 773 Sidney, Sir Philip, Kt., 57 a n d 772 S i m p s o n , Francis, 171774 Smelt, L e o n a r d , 250 a n d 7712 Smith, A d a m , 12778

Scott, William, 254 a n d n9, 266, 268 Scrase, C h a r l e s , 1 4 0 - 4 1 , 1 9 5 - 9 6 a n d 7711, 206 a n d n6, 2 1 7 , 339 a n d 773; m a k e s loans to T h r a l e s , 67n9, 134779,

Smith, E d m u n d : a n d Lives of the Poets, 150771, 152 a n d 77773,4 Smith, H e n r y , 216772, 3 1 6 a n d n 1; as

241 a n d n6; h e a l t h o f , 9 4 - 9 5 a n d n6,

executor

2 1 9 , 281 a n d n3; ment.,

330776, 341

188,

274, 285, 294; a n d H e n r y

219,

Thrale's

will, 201 a n d n1, 339, 3 4 1 ; SJ o n m i n d

Henry

Thrale's

will,

Smith, J. R.: e n g r a v i n g by ment., 127773 Smith, L a d y ( C a t h e r i n e V y s e

Smith),

166

of, 211

Smithson, Sir H u g h see N o r t h u m b e r -

Seneca, 1 7 5 n 3 , 354771

land, 1st D u k e o f

Settle, E l k a n a h , 1 2 0 - 2 1 a n d nn1,3,5 S e w a r d , A n n a , 3 6 6 - 6 7 , 370n3 S e w a r d , William, 14n4, 31 a n d

Southwell, 2d B a r o n ( T h o m a s nn1,2,

3 5 - 3 6 , 68 a n d 716, 168, 229 a n d 777, 310

South-

well), 114771; ment., 3 1 3 a n d 774 Southwell, 3 d B a r o n a n d 1st V i s c o u n t ( T h o m a s G e o r g e Southwell), 3 1 3 a n d

S h a k e s p e a r e , William: q u o t e d , 7777775,9, 78n3,

of

92n7,

125n3,

140 a n d

7710,

212n9, 308772, 368773; a n d Lives of the Poets, 2 3 7 n 1 0

771

Southwell, Frances: m e n t . , 251 a n d 717, 253 Southwell, Lucia (Lucy) (Mrs.

Sharp, John, Archdeacon of Northumb e r l a n d , 38n1

South-

well): ment., 251 a n d 777, 253 Southwell, M a r g a r e t H a m i l t o n (wife o f

395

INDEX Southwell, Margaret Hamilton (cont.)

Stuart, Lady Jane see Macartney, Bar-

3d Baron): SJ's condolences on death of husband, 3 1 3 — 1 4

oness Sulpitius Severus, 299 and n4

Spence, Joseph, 229 and n7, 259 and n 1

Swan, John, M.D., 227 and

Spencer, G e o r g e ( 1 7 3 9 - 1 8 1 7 ) see Marl-

Swift, Jonathan: and Hawkesworth, 17

b o r o u g h , 4th D u k e of

n1

and n3; and Lives of the Poets, 233n5,

Spencer, Lady Georgiana see Devonshire, Duchess of

295 and n3; quoted, 246n9, 299 and n3; ment., 248n3; and prophecy of

Stanhope, Philip see Chesterfield, 5th Earl of

Merlin, 293 and

n1

Swinburne, Henry, 213 and n7

Stanhope, Philip D o r m e r see Chester-

Sydenham, T h o m a s , 227 and n1

field, 4th Earl of Steele, Richard, 226 and n2

T

Steevens, G e o r g e , 10; to receive set o f Lives of the Poets, 343

Tacitus, Cornelius, 79n12

Stepney, G e o r g e , 146 and n3

Tasso, Torquato, 117722

Stewart, Francis, 232n12 Stewart, Mrs. (sister of Francis Stewart), 232 and n12 Stockdale, Percival, 2 8 6 - 8 7 and n n 2 - 4 , 291 and ng

Taylor, Rev. J o h n , 2 0 - 2 1 , 2 4 - 2 5 , 1 5 4 55, 1 6 3 - 6 4 , 1 7 9 - 8 0 , 1 8 2 - 8 3 ,

192-

93, 2 2 0 - 2 1 , 2 4 2 - 4 3 , 2 6 4 - 6 5 , 3 4 4 45* 3 5 9 - 6 ° ;

ment->

l 6 > 2 5>

45 ra2 > 53'

55- 59 n 9> 67724, 68, 74, 166, 176, 243,

Stoneham, James, 271 and

n7

264, 378; and JB's stay with, 3 9 - 4 0 ,

Strahan, G e o r g e : marriage,

144 and

56; SJ to visit and stay with, 4 6 - 4 7 ;

n10;

SJ dines with, 158

SJ stays with, 56, 5 7 - 5 8 ;

Strahan, Margaret Penelope Elphinston

ments

to

house

and

improve-

grounds

at

(Mrs. William): illness of, 230n9; at

Ashbourne,

Bath, 255; SJ's condolences on death

terest in animal husbandry, 59, 69, 79,

of son, 3 4 2 - 4 3 Strahan,

58-59,

79, 822217; in-

81 and 7210, 83, 86, 377; musical in-

Margaret

Robertson

(Mrs.

terests, 59; SJ and J B use chaise of,

Strahan, William (the elder), 123, 137,

on health and diet of, 1 5 4 - 5 5 , 167,

George), 144 and n10, 158

68, 70724; Hester T h r a l e on, 797221; SJ

314, 325; ment., 23n1, 3 4 n 1 1 , 202,

172, 1 7 9 - 8 0 , 2 4 2 - 4 3 , 2 6 4 - 6 5 , 296,

257, 342n1; quarrel between SJ and,

3 4 4 - 4 5 . 37o, 373. 374'. SJ tries to find

123; SJ dines with, 187, 204; and

curate for parish of,

wife's illness,

selection of new Bishop o f Gloucester,

230n9;

and

Gordon

170-71;

and

Riots, 267 and n3, 269, 303; grand-

183; bloodletting, 242, 243, 261; law-

d a u g h t e r ment., 285 and n10; and

suit of, 258, 2 6 1 - 6 2 , 265, 296; and St.

SJ's financial arrangements, 325

Margaret's parish, 259729, 265; and

Strahan, William (the younger): death of, 342 a n d n1 Streatfeild, A n n e

deanery o f Lincoln, 359 and n 1, 374, 377

126

T e m p l e , Sir William, 1st Bt., 2 1 8 - 1 9

Streatfeild, Sophia, 116n6, 126 and n2,

T e r e n c e (Publius Terentius A f e r ) , 4721,

and

(Mrs. Henry),

n2

and 7214

127 and n4, 1 3 1 , 134 and n7, 166 Stuart, Colonel James,

206724 T h e o b a l d , Lewis, 166724

191n11

27

INDEX T h o m a s , R. (bookseller), 1 8 8 - 8 9 and

ment., 1 7 5 - 7 6 ,

179, 182, 183, 184

and n2, 190; recovery and improve-

n5. 195 T h o m s o n , James: and Lives of the Poets,

m e n t of, 179, 205, 219, 220, 2 3 1 - 3 2 , 233,

20 and n10, 227; quoted, 240n3 T h o m s o n , Mrs. Robert T h o m s o n (sister

2 39>

265-66,

288, 302;

and

bloodletting, 185, 187, 242, 3 0 4 - 5 ; ment., 1 9 2 - 9 3 , 206, 257, 296, 299

of James T h o m s o n ) , 20n10 T h r a l e , A n n a Maria, 20n8

and n1, 309; activity and exercise rec-

T h r a l e , Cecilia Margaretta, 20n8, 88

o m m e n d e d , 195, 206, 209, 218, 305;

and 776, 1 3 4 n 1 1 ; birth of, 7 and n3,

suffers 2d stroke, 221 and n6; diet,

162 and n2

229 and n6, 239n9,

241, 246, 248,

T h r a l e , Frances, 20n8

266, 2 8 3 - 8 4 , 288, 294; Dr. Lawrence

T h r a l e , Frances A n n a , 20778

and SJ discuss, 235, 3 0 1 n 1 ; abstinence

Thrale,

Henrietta

Sophia

(Harriet),

suggested, 248, 2 6 3 - 6 4 ; SJ's medical

1 3 4 n 1 1 ; birth of, 80n1, 162 and n2;

advice to, 3 0 4 - 7 ;

on absent friends, 375 and n5, 378

326-27

T h r a l e , Henry, 16, 45, 1 7 3 - 7 5 ,

apoplexy

ment.,

263-

T h r a l e , H e n r y Salusbury (Harry) (the

64; ment., 5n2, 31n2, 42, 46n6, 52,

younger), 20778; death of, 162 and n2,

54, 58, 62n3, 75n9, 8 1 - 8 2 and n14, 82, 87771, 88, 91, 93, 95779, 119, 139, 156,

188, 209773, 273778, 276,

299n2 T h r a l e , Hester L y n c h (Mrs. Henry), 3 -

281,

5, 2 5 - 2 7 , 4 5 - 4 7 . 4 8 - 5 4 , 5 5 - 5 6 , 6 0 -

285, 372777; false report of death of,

63. 6 5 - 7 4 . 7 4 - 9 6 . 1 1 5 - 1 6 , 1 2 6 - 2 8 ,

15 and nn1,2, 16 and n2, 19 and n1;

129-31.

1

33_34,

143-44.

155-56,

and

fi-

157-58,

165-70,

171-73.

175-77'

nances, 5 2 - 5 3 and n5, 67 and 778, 69,

184-89,

194-96,

91, 216 and 772, 2 1 7 ; and improve-

204-6,

ments at Streatham Park and other

235-41' 243-46, 248-55,

257-59,

expansion plans, 52n4, 67779, 7 5 - 7 6

261-63, 265-77, 279-82,

283-86,

brewery

management

and

198-99,

208-12,

216-20,

201-3, 228-30,

and 7710, 82; visited Lichfield, 55771;

289-91, 294-95,

presents

301, 3 0 4 - 8 , 3 1 6 - 1 7 , 3 2 9 - 3 3 , 3 3 3 -

Thraliana,

61n5;

financial

296-97.

299-300,

problems, 67779, 241 and n6; SJ bor-

34. 3 3 6 - 3 8 . 3 3 8 - 4 1 . 3 4 5 - 4 6 ,

rows money f r o m , 7 1 , 7 2 - 7 3 , 75; J B

47, 3 6 1 - 6 8 , 3 7 0 - 7 5 , 3 7 7 - 7 9 ; ment.,

writes to, 1 5 6 - 5 7 and n 1 ; goes to Brighton,

182n7; will being

drawn

up, 201 and 77771,2; political career and election campaign, 244 and

n\,

251772, 262, 2 8 0 - 8 1 ; election results, 254 and n4, 3 1 4 and n1, 318; death of, 329 and 772; SJ on death of, 330 and n2, 331, 332, 334, 335, 337, 349; death and funeral ment., 343n1, 344 and n1;

3775, 15722, l 6 , 22721, 31722, 42, 45, 58, gg, 109, 157, 288, 328, 352, 360771; death o f children ment., 20 and 728; wishes to meet D u k e and Duchess of Devonshire, 24, 25—26; visited Lichfield, 55771; ancestral home, 66724; SJ joins

at

Brighton

and

returns

to

Streatham, 96773; eye injury, 102; and Nollekens's bust of SJ, 108; and husband's stroke, 1 7 5 - 7 6 ;

— HEALTH OF: suffers f r o m depression,

346-

miscarriage,

182 and 774, 183; and political cam-

126n1, 128, 133, 1 3 9 - 4 0 and n1, 141,

paign of H e n r y T h r a l e , 2 5 0 - 5 1 and

143; suffers stroke, 168 and 771, 169,

77722,5, 2 5 2 - 5 4 , 256, 258726; and SJ's

1 7 1 - 7 3 ; SJ's congratulations on re-

"Life of Pope," 3 i g m ;

covery f r o m stroke, 1 7 3 - 7 5 ; stroke

husband's death, 329721; and H e n r y

397

reaction to

INDEX Trissino, Giangiorgio, 378771

T h r a l e , Hester L y n c h (cont.) Thrale's will, 339, 340 and 775, 340—

T u r n e r , Charles, 267771

4 1 , 3 4 5 - 4 6 ; brewery sale, 348 and

T u r t o n , Catherine, 51

n1. 349- 351 3 5 2 - 5 3 ; SJ's concern over health o f , 362 and

T u r t o n , John, M.D., 2 9 6 - 9 7 and 779, 300

n5; financial

T y s o n , Mr., 2 6 9 - 7 0 and 7716

concerns, 363 and n1 T h r a l e , Hester Maria ( Q u e e n e y ; also "Miss"), 58—60, 2 1 2 - 1 4 , 222, 2 3 4 35, 256, 2 8 7 - 8 9 , 3 0 9 - 1 0 ,

V

341-42,

3 6 9 - 7 0 , 3 7 6 - 7 7 ; ment., 14 and 774, 20778, 26 and n3, 27 and nS, 45, 49,

Vesey, A g m o n d e s h a m , 27715, 2og, 213

50, 55, 62, 82, 85, 94, 1 3 4 n 1 1 , 141,

Vesey, Elizabeth (Mrs. A g m o n d e s h a m ) ,

144, 205, 229, 238, 244, 254, 257,

27 and 775, 187, 209, 266; ment., 157,

262, 270, 273, 276, 281, 285, 306,

22g, 235, 251778, 276

328, 329n1, 332, 337, 364, 3 7 1 , 375;

Villette, Rev. John, 34 and 779, 357712

letters f r o m and lack o f letters f r o m

Virgil:

ment., 5 1 , 53, 143, 202, 167, 205 and n 1 , 219, 236, 297, 299, 3 6 4 - 6 5 and n2, 365, 367; growth of, 65;

quoted,

15772,

19773,

61777,

7777776,10, 301772; ment., 124772 V i r y (Viri), C o m t e de (Francois Marie

13th

Joseph Viry), 91

birthday, 68 and n1, 98 and n5; danc-

Voltaire, 200 and 776

ing and dancing lessons ment., 82, 84

Vossius, Isaac, 61776

and n3, 209, 218; Latin lessons, 173

V y s e , Mary, 166

and n6, 195, 294; ment. as "young-

Vyse, Rev. William (the elder): ment.,

ling," 188 and n3, 199, 202; and estate of Crowmarsh, 201n2; SJ requests his

38771, 321 and 774 Vyse, William (the younger):

38-39,

watch be sent by, 222; sore eyes, 248

44, 166, 321, 333; ment., 124774; SJ

and 772; music lessons, 248 and n3; SJ

solicits h e l p on behalf of Elizabeth

on her father's death, 342; SJ on cap-

Desmoulins, 321

tiousness of, 3 6 9 - 7 0 ; and Jeremiah Crutchley, 372 and n7

w

T h r a l e , Lucy Elizabeth, 20778 T h r a l e , Penelope, 20778 T h r a l e , Ralph, 20n8

W a d e , Mr.: ment., 218

T h r a l e , Sophia, 20n8, 1 3 4 n 1 1 , 2 4 4 - 4 5 and 772, 2 8 1 n 1 ; and Brighton,

165

and 774; writes verses, 295 and nS

244-45

and

n2

281n1

143,

6 6 - 6 7 ; god-

father of, 53n8; and Brighton,

165

and 774; writes verses, 295 and n8 Thurlow,

Edward

Thurlow,

109-1077771-4, 1 1 6 - 1 7 and ?72, 122 and 772

T h r a l e , Susanna Arabella (Suzy), 20778, 80 and n3, 119, 1 3 4 n 1 1 , 141,

Waller, E d m u n d : and Lives of the Poets,

Walmsley, Gilbert, 86774, 240 Walmsley, Magdalen Aston (Mrs. Gilbert), 86 and 774, 9 1 , 240 Walpole,

Horace:

on

health

of

T.

Beauclerk, 9776; on gout, 193775; on

Lord,

political situation in 1779, 197774; on A m e r i c a n W a r debt, 207774; on H.

333"1

Swinburne's Travels, 2137(7; and Mys-

Towers, Joseph, 767711 Townley, Charles, 192113 T r a p a u d , A l e x a n d e r , 142716

terious, Mother, 2 2 5 - 2 6 a n d 71111,2; a n d G o r d o n Riots, 2697712, 272772

398

INDEX Walsh, William, 276 and 774

Wilkes, Father Joseph (Benedictine of

Warburton, William: replaced as Bishop of Gloucester, 183 and n2; and SJ's

Paris), 75 Williams, A n n a , 9 and 7712; ment., 6,

"Life of Pope," 259n1, 295n2

131,

189,

202,

204, 295; date

of

Warton, Joseph, 259—60; ment., 3, 37

death, 367120; health ment., 4 1 - 4 2 ,

Warton, T h o m a s , 255; ment., 135; SJ

58, 60, 68, 78, 95, 99, 102, 119, 189,

mistakenly opens JB's letter to, 255

203, 296—97, 300; relationship with

and n3

Robert

Levet

and

Elizabeth

Des-

Watson, Robert: ment., 8, 165 and n3

moulins, 127, 134, 139, 140, 191, 209;

Watts, Isaac, 38 and n n 2 - 4 , 367 and n6

at Kingston, 288; and G o r d o n Riots, 288712, 290, 303

Way, Benjamin, 3n2 Way, Elizabeth A n n e C o o k e (Mrs. Ben-

Williams, J o h n (pirate), 271 and 777 Wilson, T h o m a s (c. 1 7 0 4 - 8 4 ) (rector

jamin), 3 and n2 W e d d e r b u r n , A l e x a n d e r , 269n13;

of St. Margaret's, Westminster), 258,

on

259779, 265

Evelina, 130 and n5 Welch,

Anne

Saunders

(Nancy)

Welch),

(daughter

106—8

ment., 54 and

of

and

Wilson,

Rev.

Thomas

(1747-1813)

(schoolmaster): and Archaeological Dic-

n2;

tionary, 3 5 7 - 5 8 and 77711,5

n3

Welch, Saunders, 1 0 6 - 8 ; ment., 54 and n3

Woffington, Margaret, 22771

Wesley, Rev. Charles (the elder), 95778

Wood, Ralph, 164

Wesley, Charles (the younger), 59 and n3,95 Wesley, Rev. John, 162; visits W. D o d d , 34nn8,11; SJ introduces J B to, 162

Wood, A l e x a n d e r , 103 and 77772,3 Woodward, Francis, 236, 238 Worthington, William: death of, 131 Wraxall, Nathaniel William: ment., 235 Wright, T h o m a s , 170773

Wesley, Samuel, 59 and 773, 95 Wesley, Sarah, 95 and n8 West, Gilbert: and Lives of the Poets, 233N5, 2 9 2 - 9 3 Westcote,

AND

1st B a r o n

Lyttelton),

50,

X

N5 (William

291-93;

Henry

and

SJ's

X e n o p h o n , 136 and 775

"Life" of his brother G e o r g e Lyttelton, 2 9 1 - 9 3 , 294 Wetherell, Nathan, Dean of H e r e f o r d ,

Y

1 7 0 - 7 1 ; ment., 46, 282 and 777 Wheeler, Benjamin, 1 3 6 - 3 7 ; duties as

Yorke, James, 183772

clergyman, 312

Young,

Whitbread, Samuel, 53777 Whittell, T h o m a s , 120774

Edward:

quoted,

81776;

and

Lives of the Poets, 233715, 295, 296,

Wilkes, J o h n : and G o r d o n Riots, 2 7 0 71 and 774, 272 and TU, 273

32277771,2,4,5 Y o u n g , Frederick, 322 and m

399