no meanness in it, iv. 429, n. 3;
  princes, attacks, i. l49, n. 3;
  principles and practice:  See PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE;
  prize-fighting, regrets extinction of, v. 229;
  profession, regrets that he had not a, iii. 309, n. 1;
  professor in the imaginary college, v. 109;
  promptitude of mind:  See JOHNSON, mind;
  pronunciation—­excellent, v. 85;
    provincial accent, ii. 159, 464;
  property, iv. 284, 402, n. 2;
  public affairs, refuses to talk of, iv. 173;
  public singer, on preparing himself for a, ii. 369;
  public speaking, ii. 139;
  punctuality, not used to, i. 211;
  Punic war, would not hear of the, iii. 206, n. 1;
  punish, quick to, ii. 363;
  puns, despises, ii. 241; iv. 316;
  puns himself, iii. 325; iv. 73, 81;
  questioning, disliked, ii. 472, n. 1; iii. 57, 268; iv. 439
    (See, however, iii. 24, n. 2);
  quiet hours, seen in his, iii. 81, n. 1;
  quoting his writings against him, iv. 274;
  races with Baretti, ii. 386;
  Ranelagh, feelings on entering, iii. 199;
  rank, respect for:  See Birth; rationality, obstinate, iv. 289;
  read to, impatient to be, iv. 20;
  reading,
    amount of his, i. 70; ii. 36;
      before college, i. 56, 445;
      at college, i. 70; ii. 36;
      read rapidly, i. 71; iv. 334, n. 3;
      ravenously, iii. 284;
      like a Turk, iv. 409;
      did not read books through, i. 71; ii. 226;
      reads more than he did, ii. 35, n. 3; iv. 218, n. 2;
    slight books, v. 313;
    when travelling, Pomponius Mela de situ Orbis, i. 465;
      Il Palmerino d’Inghilterra, iii. 2;
      Euripides, iv. 311;
      Tully’s Epistles, v. 428;
      Martial, v. 429;
  recitation, described by Boswell, ii. 212; iii. 29; v. 115;
    Murphy, ii. 92, n. 4; v. 115, n. 5;
    Mrs. Piozzi, ii. 212, n. 3; v. 115, n. 5;
    Reynolds, v. 115; a great reciter, v. 43;
  ‘recommending’ the dead:  See under DEAD;
  reconciliation,
    ready to seek a, ii. 100, n. 1; 109, 256; ib., n. 1; iii. 271;
  rectory, offer of a, i. 320, 476; ii. 120;
  refinement, high estimation of, iii. 54;
  relations on the father’s side, i. 35, n. 1; iv. 401;
  religion, ‘conversion,’ his, iv. 272, n. 1;
    early indifference to it, i. 67;
    totally regardless of it, iv. 215;
    early training, i. 38, 67;
    ‘ignorant of it,’ ii. 476;
    a lax talker against it, i. 68;
    predominant object of his thoughts, i. 69; ii. 124;
    brought back by sickness, iv. 215;
    ‘never denied Christ,’ iv. 414, n. 2;
  remorse, i. 164; 398, n. 5;
  repetitions in his writings, i. 334, n. 2;
  reproved by a lady, v. 39;
  reputation, did not trouble himself to defend his, ii. 433;
  residences:  See Habitations;
  resistance to bad government lawful, ii. 61, 170;