‘prodigious’ 687
profession 78, 92, 212, 265, 303, 327, 362, 374, 385, 446, 524, 678, n. a, 690, 772, 806, 937
professional man 649, 687
profusion 628
pronunciation 205, 345–6; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
property 395, 444, 508
propitiation, doctrine of the 16, 832
proposals: for numerous proposals by S.J., see under Index of Persons, Johnson IV
prose, English, see style
prosperity 745
Prospero, character in The Rambler 121
prostitutes, see women of the town
prostitution 528
Protestantism 314
proverbs and proverbial sayings: ‘all is not gold that glitters’ 969; amica fures temporis 878 and n. 1120; ‘as obstinate as a pig’ 771; ‘as sleepy as a dormouse’ 995; ‘beware of a reconciled enemy’ 578; bis dat qui cito dat 417 and n. 418; ‘to cast pearls before swine’ 367; Delenda est Carthago 749; deus vult perdere, prius dementat 865 and n. 1100; (a man whose) ‘geese were all swans’ 625; honores mutant mores 173 and n. 139, 835; in bello non licet bis errare 635; in vino veritas 360; ‘a jest breaks no bones’ 835; ‘nothing venture, nothing have’ 625; nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia 864 and n. 1096; ‘old dog in a new doublet’ 701; omne ignotum pro magnifico est 698 and n. 843, 875 and n. 1114; ‘one man may lead a horse to the water, but twenty cannot make him drink’ 226; pour encourager les autres 169; ‘to read like a Turk’ 994; semel insanivimus omnes 865 and n. 1101; simile non est idem 409 and n. 408; ‘set a thief to catch a thief 707; Spartam quam nactus es orna 975 and n. 1247; ‘tell truth and shame the devil’ 378; Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes 578 and n. 674
Providence 488, 489, 914 n. a
Psalms 521 n. a; see also Index of Works and Literary Characters: Bible
public, the, see world
public affairs 744, 884
public amusements, entertainment, see amusements
public dinner 968
public institutions 545
public life 863
public ovens 374
public schools, see schools
public speaking 333, 372, 443
public worship 221 n. a
publication, by subscription 78 n. a
publications, spurious 496
publishers, see authors; booksellers
pulpit 16, 548–51, 568
pulsation 536
punch (the liquor) 179
punctuation 535–6
punishment 631, 929
puns 373, 388, 938; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: puns; Others: Burke, Edmund
Purgatorians 347
Purgatory 314, 347; see also middle state
Pyramids, the 714
Pythagorean discipline 665
quack doctors 733
Quakers 244, 509, 684, 880; see also Index of Persons, Others: Brocklesby, Richard; Cumming, Tom; Knowles, Mrs; Lloyd, Sampson
‘qualifying’ a wrong 552 and n. a
‘qualitied’ 861
quality, women of 715
Queen’s Arms Club 811
Queensberry, family of 611
‘quern (quosj Deus (Juppiterj vult perdere, prius dementaf 865 and n. 1100
questioning 517, 547, 667
quotation 819, 865
Raleigh, the 339
Ranger, character in Hoadly’s Suspicious Husband 288
rank 234, 236, 546, 715
Ranz des Vaches 630 ‘rascal’ 247, 519, 545, 768, 874
rat 506–7
reading 38, 44, 227, 235, 380, 454, 540, 627, 695, 703, 704, 731, 733, 769, 779, 877, 883, 934; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson I
rebellion 379
Rebellion of 1745–6 85, 101, 326, 610; see also Index of Persons, Others: Charles Edward
rebels 379
‘recollecting’ 833–4
recruiting 738
refinement 614
Reformation, the 277, 395, 549, 596
refreshments 813 ‘regale’ 690
regicides 459
registration of deeds 16, 805
reindeer 350 and n. a
relations 354; see also friends
religion 267, 309, 325, 328, 513, 524, 543, 684, 706, 768, 784, 882, 886, 923, 925
religious orders, see monasteries remedies 400
‘remembering’, distinguished from ‘recollecting’ 833
‘renegade’, ‘renegado’ 161
rents 619, 772; see also landlords
repentance in dying 880
reports, law, see law
Republic of Letters 398
republics 342
‘Republics’, see Index of Works and Literary Characters: Respublicce Elzeviriance
reputation 497
resentment 539, 968
Resolution, the 339
resolutions 319, 454
respect 501
rest 660
Restoration, the 459
restraint, need of 293, 522
Resurrection of the Body 815, 816
retirement 325, 443, 618 n. b, 885
‘Retreat of the Ten Thousand’ 780 and n. 977
Revelation 277, 347, 524; see also Index of Works and Literary Characters: Bible
reverence 521, 818
reviews and reviewers 535, 541, 795, 881
Revolution of 1688 444, 447, 521, 856, 859 and n. b
Revolution Society 785 and n. 986
revolutions 379
rheumatism 454
Rhodoclia, a female character in The Rambler 125
rhyme 663
ridicule 728, 771
Riots, Gordon, see Gordon Riots risen in the world 520
rising early 613; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I: rising
Robin Hood Society 814–15
rod, use of the 30, 480
Roman Catholics/Catholicism 245, 251, 277, 313, 314, 323, 341, 444, 527, 743, 754–6, 923–4, 945
romances 31, 519, 771
Rome and the Romans, ancient 168, 342, 351, 537, 634, 703, 871; see also Index of Places: Tiber
Rome, modern 70, 527, 528
rope dancing 472
Round Robin, the 563
Rowley’s poetry, see Index of Persons, Others: Chatterton, Thomas
Royal Academy 296 and n. b, 479, 674, 874–5, 884, 887, 959
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh 646
Royal Family 262, 379, 385
Royal Marriage Act or Bill 341
Royal Society 388; see also Index of Persons, Others: Birch, Dr Thomas; Index of Works and Literary Characters: Philosophical Transactions
ruffles 809
‘runts’, cows 705
rustic happiness and virtue 861
sacrament 314, 830, 924; see also Index of Persons, Johnson I
sagacity 948
sailors 186, 498, 667, 900
St Vitus’s dance 84
saints 314, 397, 816, 924
Salamanca, University of 239
salvation 683, 917, 929
‘sartum tectum ‘485 and n. 532
Satisfaction of Christ 832
savages 231, 266–7, 299–300, 348, 381, 393, 519, 543, 620, 656, 879, 934
savings, see economy
Saxons 838
scepticism, see infidels
schoolmasters 29, 57–8, 337, 338, 344, 357–9, 548, 637, 639
schools 237, 351, 358, 360, 464, 480, 525, 665, 936
‘schools, the’ 805
‘score, in’ 437 n. c
scorpions 290–91
Scotland and the Scots (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 75, 106, 205, 206, 208, 217, 225, 242, 271, 276, 290, 300, 301, 307, 324, 330, 338, 345–6, 347, 351, 352, 360, 363, 368, 375, 377, 385, 389, 403, 410, 414, 418, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 430, 436, 452, 456, 478, 483, 486, 494, 495, 507, 508, 519, 544, 557, 560, 561, 574, 578, 590, 619, 649, 655, 658, 665, 724, 732, 743, 744, 747, 768, 776 n. a, 819, 833 n. a, 8
34, 835–6, 843, 858, 866, 884 n. a, 899, 900, 906–8, 909, 922
Scotsman, a violent 614
Scotticisms 307; see also Index of Persons, Others: Blair, Hugh; Guthrie, William; Hume, David; Robertson, Dr William
‘scoundrel’ 502, 519
screen 94 n. b
Scripture phrases 373
Scriptures, the, see Christianity; in Erse, see Erse
scrofula, see king’s evil
scruples 369, 489, 490
‘scrupulosity’ 765
sea-life, see sailors; ship
seasons 401, 846; see also weather and seasons
second sight 266, 340, 433
seduction, imaginary case of 528
selections from authors 20–21, 126
self-importance 615
‘semel insanivimus (omnes)’ 865 and n. 1101
‘Senectus’ 709
sensation 184
sermons 352, 657–8, 760, 821; see also preaching; Index of Persons, Johnson IV
servants 309, 375
‘settle, to’ 389
Seven Provinces 250
severity, government by 359
sexes 517, 679, 708
‘Sh’ apprens t’etre fif 512
shaving 611
sheet 881
shepherd 786 n. b
ship 186, 498, 667; see also sailors
shirt 61
shoe buckles 699
shop 940
shorthand 79, 379, 668, 857; see also Index of Persons, Others: Angell, John
shrubbery 834
sick man 864, 891, 933, 936, 965
‘side’ 343
‘siege’ 664
sight of great buildings 467, 472
signs 392
silence 497
silk 112, 611
silver buckles 699
simile 557
singularity 300
‘sink upon, to’ 339
sinners, the chief of 926
slander 552
Slaughter’s Coffee-house 770
slaves and slavery 632–3, 638, 778; see also Index of Persons, Others: Knight, Joseph; Somerset, James
Slavonic language 343
sleep 614, 766
smoking 171
snakes, concerning 674
social attention 251
society 232, 266, 342, 394, 461, 682
Society for the Encouragement of Learning 88 n. c
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Scotland) 276–9, 410–11, 414
Society of Artists 194
Society of Arts and Sciences 333–4, 768, 817
Society of Procurators or Solicitors 16, 834–6
soldiers 303, 312, 376, 394, 523–4, 666–7, 719
solicitors, see attorneys; Society of Procurators or Solicitors
solitude 533, 747
sophistry, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
sorrow 595–6
sound 361
South Sea, the 393, 523, 934–5
South Sea Scheme 830
Spanish Literature 31, 686, 771
Spanish nobleman 303 ‘Spartam quam nactus es orna’ 975
speaking 333, 372, 443, 649–50, 698, 780, 863
Sphinx, the 705
spirit, evidence for, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
spirits, see ghosts
spirits, evil 924
Spiritual Court 59
spirituous liquors 498, 681–2, 729
splendour 739, 949
squills 960
Stag, the 186
stage, see players
stage-coaches, see coaches
State, the 267, 768–9, 882–3
‘state’ used for ‘statement’ 736
Stationers’ Company 446
statuary, art of 499, 649
‘Stavo bene, per star meglio sto qui’ 447
Stoick, the 524, 1044 n. 583
story 497
straw 462, 648 ‘stream’ of mind 504
Stuart, the House of 25, 69, 101, 189, 228, 377, 606–7, 671, 724, 856, 922
studied behaviour 247
study 44, 218, 227, 235, 240–41, 242, 249, 743, 767, 935–6
style 125, 232, 361, 617, 655, 657–8, 663, 675
Style, Old and New 137
subordination 217, 233, 236, 257, 267, 376–7, 390–91, 400, 438, 532, 546, 665, 715, 730
Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, see Thirty-nine Articles
succession, male 400, 483–90, 515, 570–71
‘Sufflamina’ 148
suicide 381–2, 394, 848–9, 885, 886
Sunday 43, 136, 164, 299, 462, 692–3
‘superficies’ 784
superfoetation of the Press 703
superiority 546, 856
supernatural appearances 340–41
supper 688–9
surnames 869
suspicion 595
‘sutile’, of pictures 677 n. a, 684 n. a
swallows 291, 393
swearing 317, 348, 539, 625
Swede, the learned 150
sweetmeats 623–4, 814
swimming, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I
Swiss, the 89, 630
sympathy 308, 515, 516
synod of cooks 247
synonyms 784, 877
tailor, the metaphysical, see ‘metaphysical’
tales 517
talk, or talking 547, 648, 657, 866, 867
tallow-chandler 443
taste, in the arts 361, 938, 950
taverns 504–5, 805–6
taxes 452
tea 14, 37, 86, 158, 169, 176, 186, 208, 223, 244, 256, 297, 301, 303, 310, 322, 340, 347, 349, 373, 374, 376, 389, 441, 450, 452, 462, 478, 502, 506, 510, 511, 513, 514, 522, 542, 557–8, 574, 604, 606, 646, 647, 652, 666, 685, 692, 693, 725, 728, 776, 813, 829, 833, 859, 875, 885, 926, 928, 940, 986
teaching 50, 57
Temple of Fame 453
temptation 234, 652
‘tenuity’ 625–6
tenures, ancient 368, 747
testimony 919
theatres 208, 690, 825
theft 353, 682
thieves 669
‘thing, not the’ 812
thinking, liberty of 394, 395
Thirty-nine Articles 313, 341
thoughts 361, 500, 521–2
throne 748 n. b
time 776
tips 61, 245; see also vails
toasts 778
tobacco, see smoking
toleration 394–7, 728, 768–9, 882–3
topographical works 611 n. a
Tories 16, 75, 161, 318, 617 n. a, 699, 818, 828, 925
torpedo 92
torture 246, 472
touch, sense of 28, 361
Towser, a dog 400
toy-shop 698
trade 257–8, 259, 309–10, 353, 376, 495
‘Trade, the’, the booksellers of London 231, 446, 678
tradesmen 323, 324, 618 n. b
tradeswomen 715
tragedy 307, 538–9
translations 537, 663
‘transpire’ 709
transport, rational 706
travellers 441, 651, 685–6, 716
travelling 228, 641, 668, 714
travels, books of 447, 463, 685–6, 867, 940
treason, constructive 812
treasury 83, 172, 187 n. b, 332, 580 n. b, 817
tree 886
trees 349–50
Trent, Council of, see Index of Persons, Others: Sarpi, Father Paul
tricks 737
trifles 24, 65, 158, 171, 654, 704, 713, 716, 937
‘trim’, meaning of 670
Trinity, doctrine of the 396–7
‘truism’ 331
truth 4, 181, 230–31, 238–9, 378, 394, 497, 524–5, 527, 601, 647, 648, 696, 727, 741, 766, 769, 932, 933, 986
‘tumid’ 784
Tunbridge, or Tonbridge School, Kent 123 n. a, 945, 983
Turkey and the Turks 3
62, 489, 859, 873
tyranny 16, 75, 351, 359, 430, 432, 442, 665, 825
understanding 545, 728, 938
uneasiness 914–15
‘un-idea’d’ 137
Unitarians 833 n. a
‘unius lacertce’ 661–2
universities 38, 45, 228, 289–90, 341, 459, 525, 597, 665
‘unscottified’ 389
upstarts, getting into Parliament 341–2, 444
urn 1000 n. c
usher 50
usury, law against 532
utility 348, 857
vacancies 659
vacuum 234
vails 301; see also tips
valetudinarians 510, 519, 604
Venus, of Apelles 820
‘veracious’ 784
veracity, see truth
‘verbiage’ 385–6, 663
verses 268, 459, 696
vexations 224
‘vexing thoughts’ 521 n. a
vice 709, 713; see also Index of Persons, Others: Mandeville, Bernard
vicious intromission 15, 363–7, 370, 574
‘Vidit et erubuit lympba pudica Deum’ 687–8
virtue 206 n. b, 378, 709, 713, 714, 773, 886
vital statistics 312
vivacity 511
volcanoes 514
voting 444
vows 272, 716
vulgar, the 267, 768–9, 883
Wages 375, 435, 862
Wales and the Welsh (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 173, 340, 413–14, 465, 594–5, 671
wall 65, 876
wants, fewness of 519
war 331, 380, 666–7, 716, 873
warrants, general 299
waste 666, 694–5
water 614, 689
wealth 495
weather and seasons 178, 237–8, 401, 453, 688, 959, 963
well-bred man 940
Welsh, see Wales and the Welsh Westminster, Assembly of Divines 411
Westminster, Dean and Chapter of 999
Westminster Abbey 17, 29, 131, 219 n. a, 276, 369 n. a, 387, 411, 518, 562, 564, 644, 660, 740, 919, 999, 1001
Westminster School 525, 688 n. a, 934
Whiggism 228, 321, 377, 784, 799
‘Whiggism’ 228 n. b
Whigs 48, 75, 148, 161, 228, 373, 431, 502, 699, 708 n. a, 818, 885, 925
whisky 615, 808, 820
‘Who rules o’er freemen’ 937
‘whoremonger’ 352
widow 301
wife 291, 300, 450, 458, 742, 750, 780, 940
wigs 661, 680, 699
will, free, see free will
will-making 400, 989
Wilson, James, v. Janet Smith and Robert Armour 364 n. a
‘windward’ 160
wine 56, 61, 125, 147, 162, 192, 213, 227, 253, 265, 286 n. b, 296, 306, 310, 328, 349, 356, 360, 377, 395, 454, 498, 505 n. a, 512, 539, 540, 544, 547, 593, 614, 652, 655 n. a, 656, 658–9, 688, 699–701, 704, 729, 743, 804, 813, 814, 889, 988
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