Chapter 12

to members of the Ivy Lane Club, iv. 436; 'huffed his wife' about, i. 239, n. 2; on the way to Oxford, iv. 284; one in Devonshire, i. 379, n. 2; at the Pine Apple, i. 103; talked about them more than he thought, i. 469, n. 2; thought on them with earnestness, i. 467, n. 2; v. 342, n. 2: see under DINNERS, and JOHNSON, eating; discrimination, fond of, ii. 306; iii. 282; disorderly habits, i. 482, n. 2; iv. 110; dissenters and snails, ii. 268, n, 2; distilling, iv. 9; distressed by poverty, i. 73, 77, 121, 123, n. 2, 133, 137, 163, 238, n. 2, 303, 350, 488; Doctor of Laws of Dublin, i. 488; Oxford, ii. 318, n. 1, 331-3; did not use the title, i. 488, n. 3; ii. 332, n. 1; iv. 79, n. 3, 268; v. 37, n. 2; dogs, separated two: see JOHNSON, fear; _Domine_, title of, i. 488, n. 3; 'an auld dominie,' v. 382, n. 2; dramatic power, i. 506: see JOHNSON, tragedy-writer; draughts, played at, i. 317; ii. 444; dress, described by Beauclerk, ii. 406; Boswell, i. 396; v. 18; Colman, iii. 54, n. 2; Cumberland, iii. 325, n. 3; Foote, ii. 403; Langton, i. 247; Miss Reynolds, i. 246, n. 2, 328, n. 1; improved, iii. 325; on his tour in Scotland, v. 19; Boswell suggests for him velvet and embroidery, ii. 475; Court mourning, at a, iv. 325; dramatic author, as a, i. 200; v. 364; when visiting Goldsmith, i. 366, n. 1; in Paris, ii. 403, n. 5; dropsy, sudden relief from, iv. 271-2; operated on himself for it: see above, under death; Easter meetings with Boswell, iv. 148, n. 2; Easter-day, his placidity on it, iii. 25; resolutions on it, i. 483, 487; ii. 189, n. 3; iii. 99; East-Indian affairs, had never considered, ii. 294; eating, dislikes being asked twice to eat anything, v. 264; love of good eating, i. 467; iii. 69; at Monboddo's table, v. 81; mode, i. 267, 468, 470, n. 2; v. 206; unaffected by kinds of food, iii. 305; voracious, iv. 72, 330; v. 20; enemies, wonders why he has, iv. 168; envy, candid avowal of, iii 271, n. 2; possible envy of Burke, iii. 310, n. 4; epitaphs, his, iv. 424, ib., n. 2, 443-5; on his wife, i. 241, n. 2; iv. 351-2; on his parents and brothers, iv. 393; Essex Head Club, founds the, iv. 253-5, 275, 436-8; etymologist, a bad, i. 186, n. 5; evidence, a sifter of, i. 406; v. 388; evil spirit, the, affects Johnson politically, v. 36, n. 3; exaggeration, hatred of: see EXAGGERATION; excellence described by Mrs. Piozzi, ii. 263, n. 6; executor, Porter's, i. 95, n. 3; Thrale's, iv. 86; exhibited, refused to be, ii. 120; expedition, eager for an, iii. 131, 134; experiments, minute, iii. 398, n. 3; eyes: see Sight; fable, sketch of a, ii. 232; 'Faith in some proportion to fear,' iv. 299, n. 3; fancy, fecundity of, iii. 317; Fasting, ii. 214, n. 1, 352, 435, 476; iii. 24, 300; iv. 203, 397; fasted two days, i. 469; iii. 306; v. 284; fear, a stranger to, ii. 298, n. 4; separated two dogs, ii. 299; v. 329; never afraid of any man, iv. 327, n. 4; afraid to walk on the roof of the Observatory, ii. 389; feared at College, iii. 303; at Brighton, iv. 159, n. 3; by Langton, iv. 295: see above, JOHNSON, awe; Fearing in _Pilgrim's Progress_, like, ii. 298, n. 4; iv. 417, n. 2; female charms, sensible to, i. 92; female dress, critical of, i. 41; feudal notions, iii. 177; fictions, projected work on, iv. 236; fields, wishes to see the, iii. 435, n. 3, 441-2; flattery, somewhat susceptible of, iv. 427; v. 17, 440, n. 2; _foenum habet in cornu_, ii. 79; Foote describes him in Paris, ii. 403; foreigners, prejudice against, i. 129; iv. 15; described by Baretti and Reynolds, ib. n. 3, 169, n. 1; Boswell, v. 20: forgiving disposition, ii. 270; iv. 349, n. 2; shown to one who exceeded in wine, ii. 436; iv. 110; v. 259, n. 1; fortitude, iv. 240, 3 4; fox-hunting, i. 446, n. 1; v. 253; France, tour to, ii. 384-404; diary, ii. 389-401; would not publish it, iii. 301; French, knowledge of, i. 115; ii. 81-2, 208, n. 2, 385, 404; writes a French letter, ii. 404; fretful, iv. 170, 173, 283; friends, list of, in 1752, i. 241; friend, a most active, iv. 344; _frisk_, his, i. 250; frolic, his bitterness mistaken for, i. 73; iv. 304; fruit, love of, iv. 353; v. 455, n. 3; funeral, iv. 419, 439; Garagantua, iii. 255; garret in Gough Square, i. 328; Garrick's success, moved by, i. 167, 216, n. 2; ii. 69; gay and good-humoured, iii. 440, n. 1; iv. 101, n. 1; 'infinitely agreeable,' iv. 305, n. 1; bland and gay, v. 398; gay circles of life, pleased at mixing in the, ii. 321, 349; _Gelaleddin_, describes himself in, iv. 195, n. 1; general censure, dislikes, iv. 313; _genius_, always in extremes, i. 468, n. 4; iii. 307, n. 2; _Gentleman's Magazine_: see _Gentleman's Magazine_; gentleness, iv. 101, n. 1, 183, n. 2; want of it, v. 288; gentlewoman in liquor, helps a, ii. 434; gesticulating, averse to, iv. 322; gestures, see JOHNSON, peculiarities; ghost, like a, i. 6, n. 2; iii. 307; v. 73; ghosts: see GHOSTS; 'Giant in his den,' i. 396; gloomy cast of thought, i. 180; God, love predominated over by fear of, iii. 339; 'saw God in clouds,' iii. 98; Goldsmith, contests with, ii. 231; envy, i. 414, n. 4; _Haunch of Venison_, mentioned in, iii. 225, n. 2; proposal to review a work by, v. 274: see GOLDSMITH; Good Friday, would not look at a proof on, iii. 313: see JOHNSON, fasting; good-humour, iv. 245, n. 2; v. 132, 139; 'good-humoured fellow,' ii. 362; iii. 78; goodnatured, but not good-humoured, ii. 362; good in others seen by him, i. 161, n. 2; good things of this life, loved the, iii. 310, n. 4; good sayings, forgets his, iv. 179; Gordon Riots, iii. 428-30; gout due to abstinence, i. 103, n. 3: see JOHNSON, health; gown, Master of Arts, i. 347; graces, valued the, iii. 54; grandfather, could hardly tell who was his, ii. 261; gratitude, i. 487; grave, request about it, iv. 393, n. 3; in Westminster Abbey, iv. 419; close to Macpherson's, ii. 298, n. 2; great, never courted the, iii. 189; iv. 116; not courted by them, iv. 117, 326; 'greatest man in England next to Lord Mansfield,' ii. 336; v. 96; Greek, knowledge of, i. 57, 70; iii. 90; iv. 8, n. 3, 384-5; v. 458, n. 5; _Greek Testament_, his large folio, ii. 189; Green Room, in the, i. 201; iv. 7; grief, bearing, iii. 136, n. 2, 137, n. 1; Grosvenor Square, apartment in, iv. 72, n. 1; gun, rashness in firing a, ii. 299; habitations, list of his, i. 111; iii. 405-6; Hampton Court, applies for a residence in, iii. 34, n. 4; happier in his later years, i. 299; iv. 1, n. 1; happiness not found in this world, iv. 162, n. 2: see HAPPINESS; hasty, iii. 80-1; health, consults Scotch physicians, iv. 261-4; seldom a single day of ease, iv. 147; 1729, hypochondria, i. 63; 1755, sickness, i. 305; 1765-6, severe attack of hypochondria, i. 483, 487, 520-2; which left a weakness in his knee, v. 318, 446; 1767, hypochondria, relieved by abstinence, ii. 44, n. 2; 1768, hypochondria, ii. 45; severe illness at Oxford, ii. 46, n. 3; 1770, rheumatism and spasms, ii. 115, n. 2; 1771, better, ii. 142, n. 2; 1773, fever, ii. 263; mention of a dreadful illness, ii. 281; better in Scotland, v. 45, n. 3, 405, n. 1; 1774, illness, ii. 272; 1776, gout, iii. 82, 89; 1777, hypochondria, iii. 98; illness, iii. 210; 1779, better, iii. 397; 1780, better, iii. 435, 442; iv. 1, n. 1; 1781, better, iv. 101, n. 1; 1782, illness, iv. 141, 142, 144, 149; 1783, illness, iv. 163; palsy, iv. 227, 401, n. 2; threatened with an operation, iv. 239; gout, 241; 1783-4, asthma and dropsy, iv. 255, 256, n. 1, 259; sudden relief, 261, 271-2; confined 129 days, iv. 270, n. 1; projected wintering in Italy, iv. 326; his letters about his last illness, iv. 353-69; _Aegri Ephemeris_, iv. 381: see JOHNSON, melancholy; _heard_, pronunciation of, iii. 197; hearth-broom, his, iv. 134; Hebrides, first talk of visiting the, i. 450; ii. 291; v. 286; proposed tour, ii. 51, 201, 232, 264; v. 13-4; leaves London, ii. 265; v. 21; returns, ii. 268; account of the tour, ii. 266-7; v. 1-425; described in a letter to Taylor, v. 405, n. 1; acquisition of ideas, iv. 199; and of images, v. 405; hardships and dangers, v. 127, 283, n. 1, 313, n. 1, 392; uncommon spirit shown, v. 368; pleasantest journey he ever made, iii. 93; v. 405; pleasure in talking it over, iii. 131, 196; a 'frolic,' iv. 136; no wish to go again, iv. 199; received like princes, v. 317; 'roving among the Hebrides at sixty,' v. 278; box of curiosities from them, ii. 269-70: see _Journey to the Hebrides_, and SCOTLAND; Hercules, compared by Boswell to, ii. 260; Hervey, story of his ingratitude to, iii. 195, 209-11; _high_, his use of, iii. 118, n. 3; Highlander, shows the spirit of a, v. 324; hilarity, i. 73, 191, n. 5, 255, n. 1; ii. 261-2, 378; history, little regard for: see HISTORY; holds up his head as high as he can, iv. 256; home uncomfortable by jarrings, iii. 368: see JOHNSON, household; honest man, v. 264, 309; house at Lichfield: see LICHFIELD; for his habitations, see JOHNSON, habitations; household, account of it, i. 232, n. 1; iii. 461-2; iv. 169, n. 3; 'much malignity' in it, iii. 417, 461; losses by death, iv. 140; melancholy, iv. 142; more peace, iv. 233, n. 1; solitude, i. 232, n. 1; iv. 235, n. 1, 239, 241, 249, 253, n. 4, 255, 270; housekeeping, left off, i. 326, 350, n. 3; resumed it, ii. 4; hug, gives one a forcible, ii. 231; humility, iii. 380, n. 3; iv. 410, 427; humour, ii. 262, n. 2; iii. 244, n. 2; iv. 428; v. 17, 20; hungry only once in his life, i. 469; hypochondria: see JOHNSON, health; hypocrisy, not suspicious of, i. 418, n. 3; iii. 444; Iceland, projected voyage to, i. 242; iv. 358, n. 2; idleness in boyhood, i. 48; at College, i. 70; 'Desidiae valedixi,' i. 74; in writing the _Plan_, i. 183; '_Idle Apprentice_ i. 250; in Inner Temple lane, i. 350, n. 3; 'idle fellow all my life,' i. 465; idleness in 1760, i. 353; in 1761, i. 358; in 1763, i. 398; in 1764, i. 482; in 1767, ii. 44; in his latter years, i. 372, n. 1; claim upon him for more writings, i. 398; ii. 15, 35, 441; idleness exaggerated by himself, i. 446; ii. 263, 271: see JOHNSON, indolence; ignorance, covered his, v. 124, n. 4; illness: see JOHNSON, health; imitations of him often caricatures, ii. 326, n. 5; 'Imlac,' iii. 6; _Impransus_, i. 137; incredulity as to particular extraordinary facts, ii. 247; iii. 188;