old members meet in 1783,
iv. 253, 435-6;
Johnson’s definition of a club, iv. 254, n. 5;
Literary Club, account of it, i. 477-81; v. 109;
attendance expected, ii. 273;
attendances in 1766, ii. 17, 201;
Althorpe, Lord, iii. 424;
Banks, Sir Joseph, iii. 365;
Beauclerk, described by, ii. 192, n. 2;
loss by his death, iii. 424;
black-ball, exclusion by a single, iii. 116;
books, some of the members talk from, v. 378,_ n._4;
Boswell’s election: See BOSWELL, Literary Club;
Boswell’s account of meetings at which he was present,
his introduction, ii. 240;
Johnson’s apology to Goldsmith, ii. 255;
talk of second-sight and Swift, ii. 318;
Mrs. Abington’s benefit, ii. 330;
Travels, Ossian, the Black Bear, and patriotism, ii. 345;
speakers distinguished by initials, iii. 230;
Johnson’s last dinner, iv. 326;
Boswell’s reports of meetings generally brief, ii. 242, n. 1,
345, n. 5;
Burke’s company lost to it, ii. 16;
Bunbury elected, ii. 274;
Camden Lord, black-balled, iii. 311, n. 2;
day and hour of meeting, i. 478, 479; ii. 20, n. 1, 330, n. 1;
iii. 128, 365, 368;
described in 1774 by Beauclerk, ii. 274, n. 3;
Dodd sought admittance, iii. 280;
Dunning, John, elected, iii. 128;
first meeting of the winter, iii. 210;
Fordyce elected, ii. 274;
foundation, and list of members, i. 477-9, 481, n 3;
Fox elected, ii. 274;
talked little, iii. 267;
Garrick elected, i. 480;
his vanity, iii. 311, n. 3;
Gibbon elected, i. 481, n. 3;
describes it, ii. 348, n. 1;
poisons it to Boswell, ii. 443, n. 1;
Goldsmith recites some absurd verses, ii. 240; iv. 13;
he wishes for more members, iv. 183;
his epitaph to be shown to the Club, iii. 81;
hanged or kicked, members deserving to be, iii. 281;
hogshead of claret nearly out, iii. 238;
imaginary college at St. Andrews, v. 108-9;
increase of members proposed, iii. 106;
Johnson’s attendance in his latter years, iii. 106, n. 4;
attends after his attack of palsy, iv. 232-3;
his last dinner, iv. 326,
(for attendances with Boswell, See just above, under BOSWELL);
dislikes several members, iii. 106;
his friends of the Club, iv. 85;
his funeral, iv. 419;
subscriptions for his monument, iv. 423, ns. 1 and 3;
incompliance with a Call, iv. 84;
mentions the Club in a letter, ii. 136;
reads his epitaph on Lady Elibank, iv. 10;
talks of Mrs. Lennox’s play, iv. 10;
Jones, Sir W., described by, v. 109, n. 5;
motto, its, i. 478, n. 3;
name, i. 477; v. 109, n. 5;
number of members, i. 478, n. 2, 479; iii. 106;
Johnson’s definition of a club, iv. 254, n. 5;
Literary Club, account of it, i. 477-81; v. 109;
attendance expected, ii. 273;
attendances in 1766, ii. 17, 201;
Althorpe, Lord, iii. 424;
Banks, Sir Joseph, iii. 365;
Beauclerk, described by, ii. 192, n. 2;
loss by his death, iii. 424;
black-ball, exclusion by a single, iii. 116;
books, some of the members talk from, v. 378,_ n._4;
Boswell’s election: See BOSWELL, Literary Club;
Boswell’s account of meetings at which he was present,
his introduction, ii. 240;
Johnson’s apology to Goldsmith, ii. 255;
talk of second-sight and Swift, ii. 318;
Mrs. Abington’s benefit, ii. 330;
Travels, Ossian, the Black Bear, and patriotism, ii. 345;
speakers distinguished by initials, iii. 230;
Johnson’s last dinner, iv. 326;
Boswell’s reports of meetings generally brief, ii. 242, n. 1,
345, n. 5;
Burke’s company lost to it, ii. 16;
Bunbury elected, ii. 274;
Camden Lord, black-balled, iii. 311, n. 2;
day and hour of meeting, i. 478, 479; ii. 20, n. 1, 330, n. 1;
iii. 128, 365, 368;
described in 1774 by Beauclerk, ii. 274, n. 3;
Dodd sought admittance, iii. 280;
Dunning, John, elected, iii. 128;
first meeting of the winter, iii. 210;
Fordyce elected, ii. 274;
foundation, and list of members, i. 477-9, 481, n 3;
Fox elected, ii. 274;
talked little, iii. 267;
Garrick elected, i. 480;
his vanity, iii. 311, n. 3;
Gibbon elected, i. 481, n. 3;
describes it, ii. 348, n. 1;
poisons it to Boswell, ii. 443, n. 1;
Goldsmith recites some absurd verses, ii. 240; iv. 13;
he wishes for more members, iv. 183;
his epitaph to be shown to the Club, iii. 81;
hanged or kicked, members deserving to be, iii. 281;
hogshead of claret nearly out, iii. 238;
imaginary college at St. Andrews, v. 108-9;
increase of members proposed, iii. 106;
Johnson’s attendance in his latter years, iii. 106, n. 4;
attends after his attack of palsy, iv. 232-3;
his last dinner, iv. 326,
(for attendances with Boswell, See just above, under BOSWELL);
dislikes several members, iii. 106;
his friends of the Club, iv. 85;
his funeral, iv. 419;
subscriptions for his monument, iv. 423, ns. 1 and 3;
incompliance with a Call, iv. 84;
mentions the Club in a letter, ii. 136;
reads his epitaph on Lady Elibank, iv. 10;
talks of Mrs. Lennox’s play, iv. 10;
Jones, Sir W., described by, v. 109, n. 5;
motto, its, i. 478, n. 3;
name, i. 477; v. 109, n. 5;
number of members, i. 478, n. 2, 479; iii. 106;