Life of Johnson, Volume 6 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 720 pages of information about Life of Johnson, Volume 6.

Life of Johnson, Volume 6 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 720 pages of information about Life of Johnson, Volume 6.
193, n. 1;
    published by Dodsley, i. 123-4;
      in May, 1738, i. 118;
      the same day as Pope’s ‘1738,’ i. 126;
    second edition, i. 127;
    sold at a shilling a copy, ib., n. 3;
  Attorneys attacked, ii. 126, n. 4;
  Boileau’s and Oldham’s imitations of the same satire, i. 118-20;
  Boswell quotes it at Greenwich, i. 460;
  composed rapidly, i. 125, n. 4;
  extracts from it, i. 130;
  Oxford, effect produced by it at, i. 127;
  Pope’s opinion of it, i. 129, 143;
  quoted, i. 77, n. 1, n. 3;
  rhymes, imperfect, i. 129;
  Thales and Savage, i. 125, n. 4.
London Chronicle,
  Goldsmith’s ‘apology’ published in it, ii. 209;
  Johnson writes the Introduction, i. 317;
    takes it in, i. 318; ii. 103;
  printed by Strahan, iii. 221;
  mentioned, i. 251, 327, 481; ii. 412.
London Evening Debates, iii. 460.
London Magazine,
  Boswell’s Hypochondriacks published in it, iv. 179, n. 5;
  debates in Parliament, i. 502;
  Wesley attacks it, v. 35, n. 3.
London Packet, ii. 209, n. 2. 
LONDONERS, ii. 101; iv. 210. 
LONG, Dudley (afterwards North), iv. 75, 81, 83. 
LONGINUS, i. 3, n. 1. 
LONGITUDE,
  ascertaining the, i. 267, n. 1, 274, n. 2; ii. 67, n. 1;
  parliamentary reward, i. 301;
  Swift and Goldsmith refer to it, i. 301, n. 3. 
LONGLANDS, Mr., a solicitor, ii. 186. 
LONGLEY, Archbishop, iv. 8, n. 3. 
LONGLEY, John, Recorder of Rochester, iv. 8. 
LONGMAN, Messieurs, i. 183, 290, n. 2. 
LONSDALE, first Earl of
  brutality to Boswell, ii. 179, n. 3;
  courted by him, i. 5, n. 2; v. 113, n. 1;
  a cruel tyrant, v. 113, n. 1. 
‘LOPLOLLY,’ i. 378, n. 1. 
LORD, valuing a man for being one, iii. 347. 
LORD, Scotch, celebrated for drinking, iii. 170, 329. 
LORD C., abbreviation for Lord Chamberlain, iii. 34, n. 4. 
LORD ——­, no mind of his own, iv. 29. 
LORD ——­, who carried politeness to an excess, iv. 17. 
LORD’S DAY BILL OF 1781, iv. 92, n. 5. 
LORD’S PRAYER, The, v. 121. 
LORDS, few cheat, iii. 353. 
LORDS, great, and great ladies, iv. 116. 
LORDS, House of.  See DEBATES OF PARLIAMENT. 
LORDS, ignorance in ancient times, iv. 217. 
LORDS, quoting the authority of, iv. 183. 
LORT, Rev. Dr., iv. 0 [Transcriber’s note:  sic], n. 4. 
LOUDOUN, Countess of, iii. 366; v. 371. 
LOUDOUN, Earl of, iii. 118; v. 178, n. 3;
  ‘jumps for joy,’ v. 371;
  character by Boswell, v. 372;
  by Franklin, ib., n. 3. 
LOUGHBOROUGH, Lord (Alexander Wedderburne, afterwards Earl of Rosslyn),
  Bute’s errand-goer, ii. 354;
  career, i. 387;
  cold affectation of consequence, iv. 179, n. 1;
  Dunning, afraid of, iii. 240, n. 3;
  Foote, associates with, i. 504; ii. 374;
  Gibbon, congratulated by, iii. 241, n. 2;
  Johnson’s pension, i. 373-5; 376, 380;
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