Boswell the Biographer

by George Mallory

I

• Inner Temple, [137], [167]
• Ireland, [22]
• Ireland, Mr., [193-4]

J

• James, King, [8]
• Jockey Club, [26]
• Johnson, Lionel, [189]
• Johnson, Samuel:
  • better known to us than other literary men, [1-2];
  • interest in, [3-4];
  • argument with Lord Auchinleck, [7];
  • retort to Mr. Dunn, [9];
  • Temple contrasted with, [13];
  • condemnation of Dempster, [19];
  • commends Boswell's accent, [21];
  • opinion of Derrick, [25];
  • great writer, [36];
  • becomes friends with Boswell, [40-50];
  • conversation, [45-7];
  • liked admiration, [45];
  • strength of personality, [49];
  • Frederick the Great and Voltaire, [54];
  • compared with Paoli, [56-8];
  • approves Boswell's adventures in Corsica, [58];
  • opinion of Boswell's account of Corsica, &c., [59];
  • opinion of Gibbon and condemnation of 'infidelity,' [68] seq.;
  • talks of going to Sweden, [71];
  • dines with Boswell, [74];
  • writes on behalf of Mr. Dodd, [79];
  • legal help to Boswell, [83-4];
  • on Scotchmen, [85-7];
  • on Mrs. Boswell, [100-1];
  • Mrs. Boswell's opinion of, [102];
  • the Johnsonian circle, [106] seq.;
  • meeting with Wilkes arranged, [110-12];
  • friendship with Boswell, [112-34];
  • lack of sympathy and blunt advice, [114];
  • irritated by Boswell, [115];
  • quarrels, [116-24];
  • no venom in his wounds, [120];
  • very angry, [121];
  • in the Hebrides, [125] seq.;
  • at Streatham, [128];
  • at Lochbuy, [129];
  • use of images, [144];
  • influence on Boswell, [150-61];
  • conventional prejudices, [153] seq.;
  • talks for victory, [121], [153-4];
  • truth, honesty, [155];
  • dislikes affectation, [157-8];
  • a moralist, [159-60];
  • Lord Auchinleck's opinion of, [165];
  • on Lord Auchinleck as Boswell's father, [166];
  • knows nothing of Scotch law, [171];
  • view of Boswell's attendance at executions, [173];
  • discourages Boswell's political ambitions, [175];
  • Boswell's imitation of, [191-2];
  • 'just frown,' [155], [201];
  • mot about Boswell's boasting, [204];
  • fear of death, [206];
  • Gargantua, [207];
  • records of the tour in the Hebrides, [209-14];
  • little taste for rural beauties, [210];
  • interest in human nature, [211];
  • remarks on his host's avarice, [212-13];
  • introduced to Temple, [215];
  • moral support, [222];
  • melancholy, [225];
  • faults of the great moralist, [233-4];
  • love of truth applied to biography, [235-7];
  • Hawkins' Life, and Mrs. Thrale's Memoirs, [237-8];
  • Boswell's conception of, [238-40];
  • description of, [242];
  • physical characteristics, [244];
  • his cat, [244-5];
  • Latin quotations, [245];
  • presents a Highland lass with 'Cocker's Arithmetic,' [245];
  • letter to Lord Chesterfield, [248];
  • his pension, [248-9];
  • gay Sam, [254], [295];
  • a great talker, [256];
  • not expansive, [257];
  • baited by Boswell, [259];
  • the subject of Boswell's experiments, [260] seq.;
  • questioned by Boswell, [261] seq.;
  • helps Boswell in his biographical work, [272];
  • the Johnsonian æther, [286-7];
  • the dictator, [288-93];
  • dancing lessons, [288];
  • the element of humour, [289];
  • his humanity and tenderness, [291];
  • Tom Davies put down, [292];
  • his 'awfulness,' [293-8];
  • Miss Burney's account, [294] seq.;
  • his gallantry, [294-5];
  • his rebuke to Hannah More, [295];
  • his kindness, [295];
  • the dogmatist, [296];
  • pompousness and playfulness, [297];
  • his 'formality,' [298];
  • public interest in, [302];
  • his share in Boswell's great work, [315-6];
  • talked about, [317];
  • fertility and readiness of his wit, [323];
    • See also under Boswell.
• Johnson, Boswell's Life of:
  • universality, [2-3];
  • self-expression in, [14];
  • 'Tour in Corsica' compared with, [59-60];
  • tells a story of friendship, [113];
  • attitude towards Johnson involved, [131];
  • not a complete expression of Boswell's views, [137];
  • proves Boswell's ability, [138];
  • an edifying book, [145];
  • humour, [201];
  • Malone the first editor, [210]¹;
  • connection of the 'Tour to the Hebrides' with, [217], [227-8];
  • not the official life, [227],¹;
  • industry of the author, [227-9];
  • Malone revises, [229-30];
  • Boswell's conviction that it will be a masterpiece, [229-33];
  • his conception of, [231-3];
  • nature of moral purpose in, [233-7];
  • Boswell's conception of Johnson's character, [238-41];
  • his qualifications, [242] seq.;
  • his care, [247-5];
  • the proof-sheets, [250-1];
  • interest in Johnson's talk, [256];
  • the author's questions and experiments, [258-66];
  • his note-taking, [266] seq.,
    • see Boswell;
  • compiled from documents not extant, [273];
  • the process of Johnsonising, [278-82];
  • artistic nature of the representation, [283-93];
  • the 'shades' in Johnson's character emphasised, [286];
  • the comedy scenes, [288-92];
  • is Boswell's Johnson in any degree his own invention? [293-9];
  • Boswell's account accepted as the truth, [299];
  • contains occasional autobiography, [300];
  • solidifies Boswell's reputation, [303];
  • Malone prepares the third edition, [307];
  • Malone's opinion of, [308];
  • additions and corrections, [313];
  • its popularity and Boswell's triumph, [314-15];
  • Dr. Johnson's share, [315-16];
  • Boswell necessarily appears in, [321-2];
  • the dedication, [324];
    • see also under Boswell, biography, &c.
• 'Journey to the Western Islands,' [87], [236]

K

• Kames, Lord, [18]
• Keats, [1]
• Killaloe, Bishop of, [289]
• King George III., [177], [182], [196], [255], [295]
• King of Prussia, [191]

L

• Langton, [106], [119], [248], [266], [281-2], [293]
• Leask, W. K., James Boswell, [313]¹¹
• Letters between the Honourable Andrew Erskine and James Boswell, Esq., [30], [31], [32], [33]
• Letters, Boswell's political, [136-7], [176-7], [195]
• Letters to Temple, see under Boswell
• Lettsom, Dr., [202]
• Lisburne, [178]
• Literary Club, [68], [106-7], [133]
• Literature, see under Boswell
• 'Lives of the Poets,' [109]
• Lochbuy, [129], [131], [260]
• ——, Lady, [129]
• Lockhart, [1]
• London, [17], [20], [25], [34], [36], [97], [103], [105], [106], [124], [165], [167], [168], [177], [182], [189], [218-19], [229], [306], [307], [318]
• 'London Magazine,' [8], [46]³, [65], [102], [103], [124], [137], [138], [148]^2-3, [157]
• Lonsdale, Lord, [175-6], [179]
• Loughborough, Lord, [248-9]
• Love, Mr., [20], [21], [22]
• Lowe, Mr., [252-3], [255]

M

• Macaulay, Lord, [2], [4], [5], [61]
• ——, Mrs., [61], [262]
• Macdonald, Sir Alexander (afterwards Lord), [212-14], [216]
• Mallet's 'Elvira,' [33]
• ——, critical strictures on, [33]
• Malone, Edmund, [47], [48], [107], [171], [210], [215], [220], [225], [229-30], [300]¹, [305-8], [313], [320]
• Mamhead, [10], [215]
• Marlborough, Duke of, [315]
• Mason, [11], [231-2]
• Maxwell, Jeany, [96]
• Mayo, Dr., [191]
• McLeod, Colonel, [72]
• Meadows, Captain, [74]
• Melancthon, [188]
• Michael Angelo, [145]
• Milton, [2], [145]
• Mitchell, Sir Andrew, [50], [178]
• Molière, [2]
• Monboddo, Lord, [261]
• Monckton, Miss, [201-2], [204]
• Montaigne, [299]
• Montgomerie, Miss, [100], [197]
• Montrose, Lord, [201]
• More, Hannah, [109], [237], [284], [289], [295]
• ——, Memoirs of, [109], ³
• Mounsey, Dr., [291-2]
• Mountstuart, Lord, [178]
• Mull, [205]
• Murphy, [68], [248-9], [302]