The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume IV: 1782-1784 9781400887231

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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EDITORIAL PROCEDURES
CHRONOLOGY
CUE TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS
The Letters of SAMUEL JOHNSON
Letters 1
Letters 2
Letters 3
Index

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The J^etters of SAMUEL JOHNSON

SAMUEL JOHNSON

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INDEX

PRINCETON UNtVFP 325; ment., 33, 238773, 306, 309; and Essex Head Club, 278; and J. Scott's biography, 404771; and SJ's last days, 441771 Hoole, Rev. Samuel, 238 and 773, 240772,

Hamilton, John, Archbishop of St. Andrews ( 1 5 4 6 - 7 1 ) , 3 4 3 - 4 4 and M5 Hamilton, W. G. (William Gerard) ("Single-Speech" Hamilton), 243, 422-23; offers financial assistance to SJ, 241 and 714, 243, 266, 422711; SJ gives account of his health to, 422-23 Handel, George Frederick: and C. Burney's An Account of the . . . Commemoration of Handel, 357711, 384771, 385 and 7114, 431714 Harborough, 3d Earl of (Bennet Sherard), i o 8 « 2

Hastings, Warren: sent revised set of Lives of the Poets, 123 and n 1, 124; ment., 129713, 403 and 713 Hawkesworth, John: and Ivy Lane Club, 247711; death ment., 259 and «6, 317 Hawkins, Sir John, Kt., 246-47, 256, 351, 436; and his History of Music, 18 and m ; ment., 9 2 m , 1267716, 336; and Ivy Lane Club, 246-47, 256; biographical project of, 308 and n6; and his son's manuscript, 310—11 and

395

Hoole, Susannah Smith (Mrs. John): dines with SJ, 317, 319; ment., 3 6 3 64. 395

Hope, John, m.d., 286776 Horace: quoted, 47777, 347772, 370772, 387776

771

Hawkins, John Sidney (son of John), 310—11 and n i Hawkins, Laetitia Matilda, 92 and n 1 Heberden, William, m.d., 282, 418—20; ment., 42, 267, 352, 353, 355, 356; SJ wishes to see, 149, 152, 164; and SJ's remarkable recovery, 155, 157, 275, 2 7 6 - 7 7 , 2 9 1 - 9 2 , 293, 295, 296, 300; and SJ's illness, 158, 159, 164; SJ praises, 168; and SJ's testicular sarcocele, 197716, 207, 208, 226; recommends opiates for SJ, 265, 269; and H. Fielding, 285774; SJ gives account of his health to, 4 1 8 - 2 0 ; SJ disobeys, 436

Horneck, Hannah (Mrs. Kane): ment., 4»

Howard, Frederick see Carlisle, 5th Earl of Howard, John, 322 and 77778,9 Hudson, Miss (embroiderer and seamstress), 145-46 and 775, 147, 172 Humphry, Ozias, 309, 313, 328; and apprenticeship for SJ's godson, 309, 3»3> 3 2 8

Hunter, William, m.d.: ment., 32774; discusses politics with SJ, 59; death of, 119 and 772, 136771; and Royal Academy, 1 3 5 - 3 6 and 771

453

INDEX

K

Hussey, William, 289715 Hyett, Benjamin, 5 5 m

I Impey, Sir Elijah, Kt., 58 and 715 Inge, Henrietta Wrottesley (Mrs. Theodore William), 185 and 775 Inge, Theodore William, 185715 Inge, William, 185716

Kearsley, George, 41; and The Beauties of Johnson, 28775, 40714, 41 Keegan, Allen, 279722, 415WI Kemble, John Philip, 228728, 232-33 and 726 Kilmorey, 10th Viscount (John Needham), 239 and 72725,7,8 Kindersley, Jemima, 217 and W]

L

J Jackson, Richard, 237-38 James, Robert, m.d.: SJ on medicines of, 372 Jebb, Sir Richard, 1st Bt., 50—51; ment., 13, 19, 20, 42771, 43; medical advice, 47 and 77774,6, 48 Jeffs, William, 238722 Jennings Clerke, Sir Philip, 161, 163776 Jodrell, Richard Paul, 122—23; a n c ' Essex Head Club, 257772; SJ dines with, 325 Johnson, Elizabeth Jervis Porter (Tetty) (Mrs. Samuel): lettering and placement of gravestone of, 348-49 and 77711,3; inscription on gravestone of, 444

Johnson, John, Vicar of Cranbrook, 178 and 775 Johnson, Maurice, 84772 Johnson, Michael (father of SJ): ment., 104773 Johnson, Thomas (cousin of SJ), 440 and ?77ii,2 Johnston, Arthur, 299 Jones, Benjamin (prisoner), 363 and 771 Jones, John (prisoner), 363 and n 1 Jones, Sir William, Kt., 126 Jortin, Rev. John, 84 and 726 Juvenal: quoted, 155 and 776, 355W1, 401771

Langley, Rev. William, 5 6 - 5 7 , 141; and Collier-Flint inheritance controversy, 16 and n i , 56—57, 75, 101 and 722, 105—6 and 724, 141 Langton, Algernon (son of Bennet, the younger), 24726 Langton, Bennet (the elder): ment., 128 Langton, Bennet (the younger), 22—24, 200, 208, 224-25, 302-3, 309-10, 314. 349-5°. 382-84. 44I; ment., 43, 118—19, 3 ! 3 a n d nl'< financial problems, 126 and 7714, 128-29 and 7731, 383—84; SJ dines with, 138; pays SJ a sick call, 156; SJ to travel to Rochester with, 165 and 775, 168, 171, 172; SJ thanks for hospitality shown in Rochester, 200; and SJ's Latin poems, 3187211, 441721; SJ has money on deposit with, 383 and 776; recipient of SJ's Polyglot Bible, 395213; summoned to SJ's bedside, 441721 Langton, Diana (daughter of Bennet, the younger): ment., 174 and 724 Langton, Diana T u r n o r (Mrs. Bennet, the elder): ment., 314 and 726, 350 Langton, Elizabeth (daughter of Bennet, the younger): ment., 174 and 724 Langton, Elizabeth (sister of Bennet, the younger): SJ sends Lives of the Poets to, 303 and n 11; ment., 314 and 726

454

INDEX Langton, George (son of Bennet, the younger): ment., 24, 314 Langton, Isabella (daughter of Bennet, the younger): birth of, 31 and ns Langton, Jane (jenny) (daughter of Bennet, the younger), 324-2S; ment., 24,174 and n4, 3 14 Langton, Mary (Mrs. Bennet, the younger) see Rothes, Mary, Dowager Countess of Langton, Mary (daughter of Bennet, the younger): ment., 174 and n4, 303 and n9, 3 1 4 Langton, Peregrine (son of Bennet, the younger), 24n6 Lawrence, Elizabeth (daughter of Dr. Thomas), 42, So, S7, 61,70-71, 11112 Lawrence, John (son of Dr. Thomas): visits SJ, 61 and n2; death of, 147 and ns Lawrence, Thomas, M.D., 4-S, 6-7, 89,16-18, 19-20, 24-2S,34,39, 12 324; ment., 6, 61n2, 128, 160,219; and bloodletting, 19n3; suffers stroke, 39 and n3; health ment., 42, So, 126; one of last medical directives, 47; S1's concern for, So, S7, 61, 71, 111-12, 12324; health worsens, 6S; death of, 147 and ns; death ment., IS2, 214; use of Latin, IS4 and n I Lawrence, William Chauncy (son of Dr. Thomas), 128, 21S Legge, William see Dartmouth, 2d Earl of Lescaro, Doge of Genoa, 321 Levet, Robert: death of, 6; effect of death on SJ, 8, 9, IS, 23, 126, 13 0 , 160, 167, 186, 22S, 26S; question of heirs, 10-12 and nnl-6, 22 Lewis, Catherine Villiers (Mrs. John, 1st wife), 172 and nl Lewis, Charlotte Cottere! (Mrs. John, 2d wife), 307; ment., 14S and n4, 17 2 , 29 8 and n 1, 302n3, 321; and estate of deceased husband, 160n3, 166

Lewis, John: death menL, 160n3; estate of, 166 and n4; menL, 172 and nl Linley, Elizabeth Ann see Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann Linley Linley, Thomas, 33nnS,6 Lloyd, Sampson, 26 and n4 London, Bishop of see Lowth, Robert Longden, Mrs. Robert: ment., 421 and nl Lowe, Mauritius, 1, 81, IS4; allowance restored, 81 nn 1,2; submitted painting is rejected for Royal Academy's exhibition, 121 and n2, 121-22, 13S; S1's evaluation of, 213 Lowth, Robert, Bishop of London, 77nI, 82 and ns Lucan, 1st Baron (later 1st Earl of Lucan) (Sir Charles Bingham, 7th BL): ment., 266ns Ludwell, Philip, 42sn3 Lunardi, Vincenzo, 204nl, 407n2, 408 and n3 Lysons, Samuel, 336 and n I

455

M Macbean, Alexander: death of, 336-37 McGhie, William, 2S9n6 Mackinnon family of Coirechatachan, 73n6, 89 and nnI,4, 21SnI2 Macleod, John (II th of Raasay), 73 and ns Maddox, John, 76 and ns Mallet, David: quoted, 188n8 Malone, Edmond, 13-14; menL, 443 n2 Manilius: quoted, 308 and n2 Manners, Lord Robert: tribute to by G. Crabbe, 117n3 Mara, John, 48-49 and nl, S6 Markland, Jeremiah, 84 and n7 Mary Queen of Scots, 343-44 and ns Mason, William, I IS and n I Massingberd, William Burrell: menL, 146n 7

INDEX Maxwell, Anne Massingberd (Mrs. Wil­ liam), 146 and ηη

66, 81, 84; ment., 114; and Essex Head Club, 257712; SJ hopes for visit

Maxwell, Rev. William, 146 and ηη

from, 281, 282; invited for dinner,

Metcalfe, Philip, 75, 438; ment., 86 and

282; and J. S. Hawkins's proposal for publication of Ignoramus, 310-11; SJ

ni, 232, 316 Milton, John: quoted, 17871711,2, 191724 Monckton, Mary (later Countess of Cork and Orrery): ment., 33

hopes to hear from, 403; entrusted with Swinton's letter of "literary Intel­ ligence," 445

Monro, Alexander, M.D., 286/16

Nicholson, Jane, 337712, 339711

Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson (Mrs. Ed­ ward), 203; ment., 137 and ηη, 138;

Nicol, George, 332-33, 373-74, 39596; and J. Cook's Voyages, 332-33712

informed of A. Williams's death, 203,

Norris, Randall, 95

217 Montagu, Lady Frances (Lady Frances Burgoyne), 35 and «3 Montagu, George see Halifax, 1st Earl of Montagu, John see

Hinchingbrooke,

Viscount

North, Frederick, Viscount North: res­ ignation of, 27724, 29714; and free trade to Ireland, 65715; and the politi­ cal

situation, 68t?2,

248713; ment.,

407772 Nundocomar see Bahadur, Raja Nandakuma

Montgolfier brothers, 204m More, Hannah,

296-97; ment., 33, O

412; SJ dines with, 51-52 and «2, 54, 55; SJ's criticism of Le Bas Bleu, 297 and ni, 317 Moret, Chevalier de, 279712 Moser, George Michael, 142 and «2

Ogilvie, Rev. John, 115 and n\

Mudge, John, M.D., 196-97, 206, 223-

Ossian, 14

Opie, John: and portrait of SJ,

151713,

193 and ni

24; and SJ's testicular sarcocele, 196-

Ottonelli, Giulio, 426712

97 and w6, 206, 207, 208, 216, 220,

Ovid: quoted, 191-92777, 265712, 400771;

223-24, 226, 233 Mudge, William (SJ's godson), 197 and

banishment of, 402773 Owen, Henry, M.D., 304 and 773, 346775

n8 Murphy, Arthur: visits SJ, 163; and P

Essex Head Club, 257722 Musgrave, Sir Richard, 1st Bt., 137,

Palmerston, 2d Viscount (Henry Tem­

146, 273 and «5

ple): and The Club, 164 and 774 Paoli, Pasquale: ment., 134, 136 N

Paradise, John, 424-25; SJ dines with, 31, 325; ment., 122, 139, 156, 185,

Needham, John see Kilmorey, 10th Vis­ count Nicholls, Frank, M.D., 335 and NI Nichols, John, 65-66, 78-79, 81, 8384, 104, 281, 282, 310-11, 423-24, 445; and Lives of the Poets revision, 65-

186; and Essex Head Club, 257772; SJ gives account of his health to, 424-25 Paradise, Lucy (daughter of John), 425 and 773 Paradise, Lucy Ludwell (Mrs. John), 425 and 713

INDEX Paradise, Philippa (daughter of John), 4 2 5 and n3 Paterson, Charles (SJ's godson): SJ seeks apprenticeship for, 142 and m , 309 and «2, 313; apprenticeship to O. Humphry, 328 Patrick, Charles, 1 0 - 1 2 Patten, Thomas, 102 Payne, John: and Ivy Lane Club, 2 4 7 7 1 1 ; and Elizabeth Johnson's gravestone, 3 5 0 , 4 3 5 ; health ment., 3 8 0 , 3 8 9 - 9 0 , 410-11,416,

Hester Thrale, 343 and 77721,3; effect of marriage on Hester Thrale, 351 and Ml Piozzi, H. L., 19m, 54724, 158724; on the "speaking figure," 3317(3; and S. Lysons, 336711; see also Thrale, Hester Lynch Pitt, William (the younger), 263713, 291772, 29977712,3, 305772; proposed reforms of, 109711 Pope, Alexander: quoted, 12111,153/221, 187716, 192771, 321714, 423745; and Iliad translation, 66 and 712, 84716; SJ revises biography of in Lives of the Poets, 66 and

435

Pearson, Rev. John Batteridge: ment., 15. l 6 7> 253. 294. 357 Pelle, Mrs., 144 and 712; ment., 286, 288, 330 Pepys, Lucas, m.d. (later istBt.): and SJ's illness, 107, 149, 168 and 711 Pepys, William Weller: ment., 156 Percy, Henry (son of Thomas): death ment., 127 Percy, Thomas: SJ gives R. Chambers news of, 127 Perkins, Amelia (Mrs. John), 271, 276, 333; ment., 257, 274, 315, 415, 429 Perkins, John, 8 , 3 6 — 3 7 , 6 3 - 6 4 , 8 5 — 8 6 , 89,

103-4,

2

34>

257,

270,

271,

772, 84716 Porter, Harry (1st husband of Elizabeth Johnson), 444 Porter, Joseph: death of, 236 and n 1, 240,

68,

Phillips, Peregrine, 140 and 712 Piozzi, Gabriel Mario, 3 2 2 7 2 7 , 3 3 1 7 7 2 , 3 3 7 7 1 2 ; love lyric composed by, 1 9 m ; ment., 32; Hester Thrale on parting from, 1 7 5 7 1 6 ; Hester Thrale's love for ment., 241725; and Hester Thrale's nervous breakdown, 2 5 5 m ; Hester Thrale's daughters condemn her marriage to, 3 3 1 M 2 , 337K2; marriage to

236,

15, 2 1 - 2 2 ,

252-53,

122,

290,

159,

167-

293-94,

320,

SJ gives account of his stroke to, 159; death of her brother, 236, 240, 252; ment., 240; SJ to visit, 3 4 1 ; health ment., 3 5 6 - 5 7 , 410 and 7!i, 412, 421; and family gravestones, 443, 444; involved with Elizabeth Johnson's gravestone, 444 Porter, Mary, 229 341, 356-57, 369,401-2,444;

274,

276- 315- 333- 4 i 4 - » 5 . 429; SJ requests coal from, 3 6 — 3 7 , 1 0 3 — 4 ; SJ's advice on travel, 6 3 — 6 4 ; SJ on an unpleasant incident involving, 163*16; SJ apologizes for not receiving, 274; and money due SJ, 315 Petrarch, 147 and n6; ment., 390 Philips, Ambrose, 185 and n6 Phillips, Anna Maria, 1 3 7 7 1 6 , 1 4 0 and np

252

Porter, Lucy,

Porteus, Beilby, Bishop of Chester: SJ dines with, 31 and 713 Portmore, 2d Earl of (Charles Colyear), 313 Pott, Percivall: and SJ's testicular sarcocele, i g 6 and 712, 2 0 1 , 2 0 1 - 2 , 2 0 6 , 217,

218,

220,

223,

224,

225,

226,

229, 233, 235; SJ wishes that he be called in again, 287 Povoleri, Giovanni, 19 and ni Priestley, Joseph, 218773 Prior, Matthew: quoted, 220776 Prowse, Mary (later Mary Prowse Rogers), 46; see also Rogers, Mary Prowse

457

INDEX

R

Richardson, William, 1 1 5 Rider, Richard,

R a m s a y , A l l a n : g o e s to Italy, 1 3 3 a n d n 1; r e c o v e r s mobility in Italy, death of,

189,285;

R o c h e s t e r , B i s h o p o f see T h o m a s , J o h n Rockingham,

3 8 8 m

190,

2 1 2 - 1 3 ,

30—31,

2 4 9 - 5 ° .

116,

186,

3 0 - 3 1 ,

311,

311,

323;

258,

the Principles

323,

paints p o r t r a i t o f SJ, vited to d i n e with SJ,

of Taste,

ment.,

327;

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

151713,

33,

41;

188;

in-

a n d E. H e m e ' s legacy, 288 a n d 724; see R o s e , S a r a h see B u r n e y , S a r a h Rose R o s e , W i l l i a m , 185 a n d 777 Rothes, Countess

231,249—50,258;

62

R e y n o l d s , Sir J o s h u a , Kt., 1 1 6 - 1 7 ,

1 2 1 - 2 2 ,

256-57,

75,

387-88,

7 5 m ,

137,

1 3 5 - 3

329-30, 407,

139,

185,

87, 6

.

114—15,

!42.

ment.,

186, 266,

377772;

illness a n d recovery, 87 a n d 771, 9 1 ; gives d i s c o u r s e at R o y a l A c a d e m y o f A r t s , 9 6 a n d 727; a n d G . C r a b b e , 116— 1 7 ; SJ a p p e a l s to o n b e h a l f o f

M.

Lowe,

R.

121773,

C h a m b e r s news of, attacks o n ,

SJ gives

121—22;

135«8;

126-27;

Rothes,

225,

a n d F. A . C r e w e , Club,

ego,

of

24,

118—19,

313771,

314,

126,

350,

138727,

384;

200,

birth o f

Ruggle, George, 3 1 0 m Ryland, John,

136;

51,

380—81,

4 1 6 - 1 7 ,

170—71, 388-90,

177—78, 407—8,

429-30, 4 3 4 - 3 5 ;

c o u n t o f his h e a l t h to, 388—89, 410, 429; 246,

247721,

3 5 0 -

4 1 0 - 1 1 ,

SJ gives ac-

1 7 0 - 7 1 ,

380,

a n d Ivy L a n e C l u b ,

256;

oversees

lettering

a n d p l a c e m e n t o f Elizabeth J o h n s o n ' s g r a v e s t o n e , 348 a n d 773, 350, 430, 435

e x p l a i n s et in

239779;

and

Countess

e i g h t h child, 31 a n d 775

o n financial success

a n d Essex H e a d

239729;

2 5 6 - 5 7

Dowager

Rucellai, G i o v a n n i , 19771

double portrait o f H. Bouverie

Arcadia

Mary,

ment.,

portraits o f the S t r e a t h a m Park circle, 227775;

Elizabeth

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

J. Barry's

o f Royal A c a d e m y ' s e x h i b i t i o n ,

(Jane

Leslie) (wife o f L u c a s Pepys), 138 a n d

3 7 4 -

412—13;

of

777

1 9 5 -

3 4 1 - 4 2 ,

288774

also P r o w s e , M a r y

i n v i t e d to SJ's f o r C h r i s t m a s Day, 2 6 1 -

96,

62713;

R o g e r s , M a r y P r o w s e (Mrs. J. M.), 288;

SJ's a d v i c e o n p u b l i c a t i o n o f h e r Enquiry Concerning

(Charles

29724,

death of, 59 and n 1

R a y n e s , H e n r y , 104713 Frances,

2d M a r q u i s o f

Watson-Wentworth),

Rawlinson, Richard, 79«3 Reynolds,

204771

R o b e r t s o n , T h o m a s , 28/27

death ment.,

374—75^723,5;

104773

Robert brothers,

714;

a n d relations

S

with his sister, 326; involved in n e g o t i ation f o r SJ's a u g m e n t e d p e n s i o n , 342 a n d 773, 3 4 7 ; SJ gives a c c o u n t o f his

Sadler, James,

h e a l t h to, 3 5 4 ; as Painter to the K i n g ,

St. A l b y n , L a n c e l o t , 3 9 - 4 1

375

St. A s a p h , B i s h o p o f see Shipley, Jona-

and

725, 3 8 8

and

ni,

413773;

and

d e n i a l o f SJ's p e n s i o n increase, 398 and

77Mi,2, 4 0 0 ,

413;

o n SJ in public

( u r b a n ) life, 4 2 8 a n d n 1

438771

than St. J o h n , F r e d e r i c k see B o l i n g b r o k e , 2d Viscount

R i c h a r d s o n , S a m u e l : m e n t . , 160

Salter, S a m u e l ,

458

259776

INDEX Salusbury,

John

(father

of

Hester

T h r a l e ) : and inheritance controversy, 88 and 722 Salusbury,

Lady

(Sarah

Burroughs):

heritance, 88k 1, 9 5 and ni; Thraie's

financial

Hester

settlement

425-26,

32,

and

forgets appointment with, 3 and

ni,

99,

SJ to invite to

158/14;

723

Sherard, Bennet see Harborough,

SJ

ment.,

279722, 415721

390-

378-79,

432-33,

and ballooning,

Shephard, Rev. T h o m a s (the younger),

439;

meet C. Lewis, 307; ment. o f lexicographic project of, 3 7 8 and 773, 390,

and rag,

227

3d

Earl Sheridan, Elizabeth A n n Linley (Mrs. Richard Brinsley), 33 and 775 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: and wife's c a r e e r , 33715

Sheward, Mrs.: ment., 160, 166, 2 1 2 and

425-26

Saul, Edward, 2 1 8 and 713

712

Scaliger, Joseph, 391 and 717

Shipley, Jonathan, Bishop o f St. Asaph:

Scott, Anna Maria Bagnall (Mrs. Wil-

ment., 31 and 712,96 and 712 Siddons, Sarah Kemble (Mrs. William),

liam), 1267118

Scott, John: death of, 404 and 111

9 6 a n d 715, 2 2 8 a n d 7 7 8 , 2 3 2 - 3 3 a n d 727

Scott, Mary A n n e (daughter o f liam),

136722;

Shephard, Rev. T h o m a s (the elder), 227

221

406,

406,

29724, 5 9 7 2 1 , 6 2 , 6 2 — 6 3 , 68722, 7 4

with,

318728

Sastres, Francesco,

32;

rice),

Sheldon, John: and the Royal Academy,

dispute with Hester T h r a l e over in-

91,

Lansdowne (William Petty Fitzmau-

Wil-

1267118

Sidney, Philip: anecdote about a painter, 198

Scott, Susanna T h r a l e (Mrs. Thomas),

89723

and 722

Sinclair, John, Bt., 3771, 4 and 723 Skyrmsher, Charles, 4 4 2 - 4 3 and 722 Smith, Rev. H a d d o n ,

Scott, Thomas, 89 and 713 Scott, William,

117-18,

SJ

417-18;

gives R. Chambers news of, 1 2 6 and

238722

Smith, H e n r y : ment. as guardian

of

T h r a l e children, 337 and 773

n 18; SJ gives account o f his health to,

Smith, Richard, 58 and 714

417-18

Southwell, 2d Viscount (Thomas Arthur

Selwyn, Charles, 228 and 729

Southwell), 81722

Seward, A n n a : success o f Louisa,

412

Spencer, G e o r g e John see Althorp, Vis-

and 713 Seward, William: visits SJ before going abroad, 147; becomes Hester Thraie's confidant, 241 and 715; health ment., William:

count Spencer, Lady Georgiana see Devonshire, Duchess of Steevens, George: ment.,

4 1 2 ; ment., 4 2 6 Shakespeare,

Southwell family, 81 mi

quoted,

46112,

on H . Croft's books,

8, 108722,

Stewart, Mrs. (sister o f Francis Stewart),

205716

Sharpe, F. W., 31716

29299

Sharpe, Mary: marriage o f , 31716

Strahan, Andrew, 366 and 72771,2

Sheffield, 1st Baron (later Earl o f Shef-

Strahan, G e o r g e , 6 8 - 6 9 ,

field) (John Baker-Holroyd),

168;

136-37

33713

110-11,

Sheffield, Baroness (Abigail Way Baker-

420;

79-80,

105,

relationship with his

father, 68-6972722-5,

79-80,

95,

105,

1 1 0 - 1 1 ; SJ gives account of his health

Holroyd), 3 3 and 713; ment., 36 Shelburne, 2d Earl o f , 1st Marquis o f

459

to,

420

INDEX Strahan,

Margaret

(daughter

of

George), 420 and n 1 Strahan, Margaret Penelope Elphinston (Mrs. William), 9 - 1 0 ; ment., 83, 174, 3 7 1 - 7 2 , 411, 420 and

Strahan,

Margaret

« i

Robertson

(Mrs.

George), 420 and ni Strahan, Maria Isabella (daughter of George), 420 and ni Strahan, William (the elder),

83,

87-88,

95- 173-74. 371-72, 411. 442, 4 4 5 46;

ment.,

9, 78, 189, 317777, 3 6 6

ni,

395711;

on SJ's cough,

ship with son George,

46;

and

relation-

68-6977772-5,

79, 95, 105, 1 1 0 - 1 1 and 771; resigns from Essex Head Club, 345 and 774; acts as SJ's banker, 433 and 771, 442, 446

Swift, Jonathan: quoted,

1527715,

336

and 7i2 Swinton, John, 445 and n 1

T Tacitus, Cornelius, 1 4 5 7 7 3 Taylor, Rev. John, 16, 18, 5 3 - 5 4 , 5 9 60, 6 1 - 6 3 , 6 4 - 6 5 , 77.

93-94-

148-49, 237.

243-44,

105-7,

108-9,

193, 201, 209,

225-26,

247-48,

269-70,

276-77,

334-36,

340-41,

Temple, Sir William, 1st Bt., 360 and 773 Temple, William Johnson, 70 and 713 Terence: quoted, 3 7 2 7 7 4 Thirlby, Rev. Styan, 8 4 7 7 8 Thomas, John, Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, 269 and 774, 270 and 716 Thompson, John: and R. Levet's death, 10771, 1177774-6 Thrale, Cecilia Margaretta: health ment., 120772, 134; and J. Cator, 163 and 774, 275; effect of mother's marriage on, 3 3 9 7 7 1 Thrale, Henrietta Sophia (Harriet): illness of ment., 1 1 9 and ni, 120 and n 1; death of, 134 and ni Thrale, Henry: SJ on death of, 23; and SJ's coal, 36; SJ on attention given to him by, 125; SJ writes epitaph for, 125 and 779; Sophia's illness compared to that of, 250 and 712; SJ warned against "full meals," 427 and ni Thrale, Hester Lynch, 5 - 6 , 7 - 8 , 1 2 - 1 3 ,

6 6 - 6 8 , 7 4 - 7 5 , 7 5 -

101-2,

179,

don of, 3 8 1 ; SJ gives account of his health to, 426; charge of neglecting health angers SJ, 427; SJ recommends temperance, 4 2 7 7 1 2 Temple, Henry see Palmerston, 2d Viscount

54-56,

86,

260,

107,

312,

333,

48, 1 5 0 - 5 3 ,

426-27;

Col-

168-69,

253-54,

300-301, 421,

19, 20, 3 1 - 3 2 ,

33-34, 34-35.

41-42, 42-43. 4

6

-48, 49-50,

88-89,

118-20,

95_99>

134-35,

171-72,

187-88, 191-92, 203-5,

101,

105-7;

219-22,

and silver coffeepot, 18 and 772, 60; SJ advises against an uneasy mind, 6 6 67, 67, 335; SJ concerned over health of, 74, 93, 94; ment., 152, 232 and n2, 246, 369, 371; SJ informs of his testicular sarcocele, 201; SJ recommends milk, 247, 253, 254, 269; SJ cautions on bloodletting, 300, 335; SJ plans to visit, 340-41; ment. of return to Lon-

238-40,

60,

74,

93,

94,

460

136-37,

174-75,

53-54,

56-57,

51-52,

100-101, !45-

154-58,159-64,165-66,

16771,

lier inheritance case,

37-39.

228-30, 245-46,

2

184-86,

°7>

232-33, 248-49,

216-17, 234-35,

250,

55, 2 5 8 - 5 9 , 2 6 4 - 6 7 , 2 7 2 - 7 3 ,

254-

275-76,

283-84,

292-93,

294-95,

297-98,

315-20,

321-22,

325-26,

328-29,

334. 336-37, 33 8 . 343-44; and Povoleri verses, 19 and 771; ill with a rash, 2 6 - 2 7 ; o n R- Chambers, 6 2 - 6 3 and 778; on health of J. Perkins, 6 3 7 1 1 ; dispute with Lady Salusbury over inheri-

INDEX tance, 8 8 n i , 9 5 - 9 6 , 9 8 ; resides in London, 91 and n j ; health of, 241 and M5, 3 2 1 - 2 2 ; SJ advocates baths for her health, 255; suffers nervous breakdown, 255 and mi; and Piozzi affair, 322/17; secret marriage plans of, 3 2 8 M 1 ; impending marriage alienates daughters, 337 and M2; marriage to G. M. Piozzi, 338 and n 1, 351 and mi; SJ urges to live in England rather than Italy, 343 and M3; see also Piozzi, H.L. Thrale, Hester Maria (Queeney; also "Miss"), 9 9 , 1 1 4 , 1 3 8 - 3 9 , 142-43, 180—81,

189,

28,260—61,

194—95,

211 — 12,

227—

and « i i , 2 3 5 , 2 5 9 , 2 9 3 , SJ on gluttony, 1 8 1 — 8 2 ; opposed to mother's marriage, 3 3 1 M 2 , 337 and M2; effect of mother's marriage on, 3 3 9 W 1 Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Lord, 3 9 9 — 400; as Lord Chancellor involved in request for increase in SJ's pension, 3 4 2 and M3, 3 9 8 and nn 1 , 2 , 4 1 3 ; SJ on denial of pension increase but personal gratitude to, 3 9 9 — 4 0 0 Tibullus: quoted, 3 5 3 M 1 0 Tooke, William, 284 and M2 Tuam, Archbishop of see Bourke, Joseph Dean 169,

278—80,330—31,337-38,

3 3 9 - 4 0 , 3 6 7 , 3 9 1 - 9 2 ; ment., 3 5 , 3 8 , 41, 55, 163, 185; health ment., 52; moves to London, 91 and nj; SJ urges study of arithmetic, 1 3 3 , 1 3 8 , 1 4 2 — 4 3 ; letters f r o m and lack o f letters f r o m ment., 1 6 9 , 2 9 8 , 3 1 6 — 1 7 , 3 1 8 and n~j, 325; SJ's advice to on not being idle, 180-81; anecdote of, 194 and W2; opposed to mother's marriage, 3 3 1 M 2 , 337 and w2; and "speakingfigure," 331 and M3; effect o f mother's marriage on, 3 3 9 — 4 0 and n\\ SJ on her mother's marriage, 339; to live with J. Cator, 3 3 9 M I ; SJ's two maxims for, 3 6 7

V Verney, Ralph Verney, 2 d Earl, 1 2 6 M 1 6 Virgil, 3 9 0 — 9 1 and mm6,7; quoted, 13OM5,

a n d m i , 2 4 9 a n d M2,

250;

recovers f r o m illness, 254; health ment., 293, 295, 298, 302; opposed to mother's marriage, 3 3 1 M 2 , 3 3 7 and W2; effect o f mother's marriage on, 339NL Thrale, Susanna Arabella (Suzy), 1 6 9 70,

181-82,

197-98,

240-42,

301-2;

living in L o n d o n , 91 and n7; ment. o f letters to and f r o m , 139, 146,

153,

1 3 9 M 1 1 , 2 3 2 a n d M3

Vyse, Rev. William (the elder): ment., 4 4 2 and m i Vyse, William (the younger), 4 4 2 — 4 3 ; and J. Compton's conversion, 7 7 — 7 8 and mi; SJ suggests J. Compton's book be dedicated to, 82; ment., 320

Thrale, Sophia, 1 7 5 — 7 6 ; living in London, 91 and ny; ment. of letters to and from, 169, 174, 233, 235, 259, 318, 325; SJ on mathematical proficiency of, 1 7 5 — 7 6 , 2 5 4 — 5 5 ; ment., 175; story o f ment., 185, 189; illness of, 2 4 5 - 4 6

174, 233

295, 325;

w Walker, John, 100 and M4 Walmsley, Gilbert, 1 8 5 M 6 Walpole, Horace: on severe weather, 3 6 m ; on R. Cambridge, 1 0 0 M 5 ; on heat o f summer, 1 7 5 M 5 ; on J. Opie, 1 9 3 M 1 ; on balloons, 2 0 4 M 1 Walton, Brian, 3 9 5 M 2 Walton, Izaak, 308 Watson-Wentworth, Charles see Rockingham, 2d Marquis of

46 1

INDEX Way, Abigail see Sheffield, Lady Way, Elizabeth Anne Cooke (Mrs. Benjamin), 35-36, 53, 13 2, 439; ment., 33n3, 21 7; SJ thanks for pocket book, 13 2 Welch, Anne (Nancy) (daughter of Saunders), 160 and n6 Welch, Saunders, 160 and n6 Wesley, Sarah, 233-34 Wetherell, Nathan, Dean of Hereford: SJ to dine with, 52, 54 Wheeler, Benjamin: SJ to dine with, 55; death of me nt., 187,214,305,329 Whitbread, Samuel: SJ dines with, 138 and n8 White, Mrs. (S1's housekeeper), 433 Whiting, Ann, 440n3 Whiting, Sarah, 440n3 Wilkes, John, 139 Wilkes, Mary (daughter of John), 139 and nn2,3 Wilkins, John, 176 and nn3,4; flying chariot scheme, 273n3 Williams, Anna: health ment., 9 and n2, 15, 23, 126, 130-31, 160, 167-68; ment., 82, 85, 173; relationship with E. Desmoulins ment., 137 and n8, 139 and n9; last illness of, 186, 187, 189, 191, 192; death of, 187 and nI, 198, 214; effect of her death on SJ, 195

and nl, 199, 202, 203, 20 4-5, 236, 265,389; death menL, 212, 213, 219 and n5, 225, 230, 312, 404; and E. Montagu, 203, 217 Wilson, Thomas (c. 1704-84) (Rector of St. Margaret's, Westminster): death ment., 326 Wilson, Thomas (the elder), 103 and nI Wilson, Thomas (the younger), 102-3; dedicated book to SJ, 102 Windham, William, 140,375-76,41314, 439; and Essex Head Club, 257n2; visits SJ in Ashbourne, 386 and n2, 387, 408 Wingate, Edmund, 138 and n5 Wood, Anthony, 79 and n3 Woodward, Francis, 249 and n2, 250 Wray, Sir Cecil, Bt., 306n4 Wrottesley, Sir John, 4th Bt., 185 and n5

x

y Young, John, 168-69 and n3