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.
  St. George’s Fields in 1768, iii. 46, n. 5. 
RISEN IN THE WORLD, jealousy of men who have, iii. 2. 
RISING early, its difficulty, iii. 168. 
RITTER, Joseph, Boswell’s Bohemian servant,
  accompanies Boswell to the Hebrides, v. 53, 74, 76, 83,163, 286,
318, 363, 371;
  mentioned, ii. 103, 411; iii. 216. 
RIVERS, Earl, Savage’s reputed father, i. 166, n. 4, 170, 172. 
RIVINGTON, Mr., the bookseller, i. 135, n. 1. 
RIZZIO, David, v. 43. 
ROADS,
  described by Arthur Young, iii. 135, n. 1;
  toll gates, v. 56, n. 2. 
  See under SCOTLAND, roads. 
ROBERT BRUCE, ii. 386-7. 
ROBERT II, v. 373. 
ROBERTS, J., the bookseller, i. 165, 175. n. 3. 
ROBERTS, Mr., Register of Bangor, v. 447, 452. 
ROBERTS, Miss, old Mr. Langton’s niece, i. 336; 430. 
ROBERTSON, Mr., of Cullen, v. 110, 111. 
ROBERTSON, Mr., a publisher, of Edinburgh, iv. 129. 
ROBERTSON, Professor James, v. 42. 
ROBERTSON, Dr. William, Beattie, compared with, ii. 195, n. 1;
  Boswell appears against him in Court, ii. 381, n. 1;
    letters to, v. 15, 32;
  Charles V,
    criticised by Wesley, ii. 236, n. 4;
    price offered for it, ii. 63, n. 2;
  Clive’s character, expatiates on, iii. 334;
  companionable and fond of wine, iii. 335;
  conversation, iii. 339, n. 1;
  Elibank, Lord, his early patron, v. 386;
  Gibbon, complimented by, ii. 236, n. 3;
  Histories, his, romances, ii. 237;
    pictures, but not likenesses, iii. 404;
  History of America, iii. 270;
  History of Greece, projects a, ii. 237, n. 4;
  History of Scotland, Johnson ‘won’t talk of it,’ ii. 53;
    published in 1759, iv. 78, n. 2;
    sale, iii. 334;
    L6000 made by the publishers, ib.;
    editions, ib., n. 2;
    mentioned, ii. 270;
  Johnson, awe of, ii. 63; iii. 332; v. 371;
    criticises his History and style, ii. 236-7; v. 57, n. 3;
    estimation of him, ii. 30, n. 1; v. 397;
    introduced to, iii. 331;
    asks him to translate the Iliad, iii. 333;
    dines with him in Boswell’s house, v. 32-4;
    breakfasts, v. 38-9;
    shows him St. Giles, v. 41;
      the College, v. 42;
      Holyrood, v. 43;
    dines with him, v. 44;
    welcomes him on his return, v. 392;
    ‘love’ for him, ii. 53;
    proposed tour to the Hebrides, writes about, ii. 232;
    refusal to hear Scotch preachers, iii. 336; v. 121;
    style, recognises, i. 308;
      imitates it, iii. 173; iv. 388;
    worship, complains of, iii. 331;
  liberality of sentiment, v. 393;
  packs his gold in wool, ii. 237;
  paraphrased other people’s thoughts, v. 397, n. 3;
  party in the church, his, v. 213;
  preferment, his church, iii. 334, n. 2;
  Principal of Edinburgh College, v. 41, n. 2;
  romantic humour, his, iii. 335;
  Southey calls him a rogue, ii. 238, n.
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