SECKER, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury,
  ‘decent,’ i. 508; ii. 283, n. 2; iv. 29, n. 1;
  described by H. Walpole, iv. 29, n. 1;
  Johnson requested to seek his patronage, i. 368;
  Life, iv. 29;
  Reports of Debates, i. 507;
  sermon quoted, i. 33;
  toast of church and king, iv. 29. 
SECOND SIGHT, in Wales, ii. 150. 
  See under SCOTLAND, HEBRIDES, second sight. 
SECTARY, a religious, ii. 472. 
SEDUCTION, imaginary case of, iii. 18. 
SEED, Rev. Jeremiah, iii. 248.
Seeking after, iii. 314. 
SEGUED, Emperor of Abyssinia, i. 87, 340, n. 3. 
SELDEN, John,
  knowledge varied, ii. 158;
  Table-talk, v. 311, 414;
  mentioned, iv. 23, n. 3; v. 225, n. 3. 
SELECTIONS FROM AUTHORS, Johnson disapproves of them, iii. 29. 
SELF-IMPORTANCE, iii. 171. 
SELWIN, Mr., iii. 166, n. 3. 
SELWYN, George, Beauclerk at Venice, i. 381, n. 1.
Semel insanivimus omnes, iv. 182. 
SENATE OF LILLIPUT.  See under DEBATES. 
SENECA, iii. 296, n. 1; v. 296.
Senectus, iii. 344. 
SENEGAL, v. 98, n. 1.
Senilia, iv. 2. 
SENSATIONS, ‘la theorie des sensations agreables,’ i. 344.
Sentimental Journey.  See STERNE. 
SENTIMENTALISTS, iii. 149, n. 2. 
SERFS IN SCOTLAND.  See SCOTLAND, serfs.
Serious Call.  See LAW, William. 
SERJEANTSON, Rev. James, iv. 393, n. 3. 
SERMONS,
  attended to better than prayers, ii. 173;
  considerable branch of literature, iv. 105;
  Johnson’s advice about their composition, iii. 437; v. 68;
  his opinion of the best, iii. 247
    (See under JOHNSON, sermons);
  passions, addressed to the, iii. 248;
  style, improvement in, iii. 248. 
SERVANTS, male and female, ii. 217. 
SERVITORS.  See OXFORD. 
SESSIONAL REPORTS.  See OLD BAILEY. 
SETTLE, Elkanah,
  City-Poet, iii. 76;
  Dryden’s rival, ib.;
  mentioned, i. 55. 
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES, ii. 432.
Seven Champions of Christendom, iv. 8, n. 3. 
SEVEN PROVINCES, i. 475. 
SEVERITY, government by, ii. 186. 
SEVIGNE, Mme. de,
  existence, the task of, iii. 53;
  misprints of her name, iii. 53, n. 2;
  Pelisson, her friend, i. 90, n. 1;
  style copied by Gray and Walpole, iii. 31, n. 1;
  truthfulness on a death-bed, v. 397, n. 1. 
SEWARD, Miss Anna,
  Acis and Galatea, quotation from, iii. 242, n. 2;
  Boswell introduced to her, ii. 467;
    calls on her, iii. 412;
    controversy with her, i. 92, n. 2; ii. 467, n. 4; iv. 331, n. 2;
  dines at Mr. Dilly’s, iii. 284-300;
  fanciful reflection, i. 40, n. 3;
  ghosts, iii. 297;
  Hayley, correspondence with, iv. 331, n. 2;
  Johnson and the learned pig, iv. 373;
    praises her poetry, iv. 331;
  Ode on the death of Captain Cook, iv. 331;
  mentioned, iv. 307, 372, n. 4. 
SEWARD, Rev. Mr., of Lichfield,