ABUSE. 'Warburton, by extending his abuse, rendered it ineffectual,'
v. 93;
'They may be invited on purpose to abuse him,' ii. 362;
'You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one,' i. 409.
ACCELERATION. 'You cannot conceive with what acceleration I advance towards death,' iv. 411.
Accommodé. 'J'ai accommodé un dîner qui faisait trembler toute la France' (recorded by Boswell), v. 310, n. 3.
ACTION. 'Action may augment noise, but it never can enforce argument,' ii. 211.
ADMIRATION. 'Very near to admiration is the wish to admire,' iii. 411, n. 2.
AGAIN. 'See him again' (Beauclerk), iv. 197.
ALIVE. 'Are we alive after all this satire?' iv. 29.
ALMANAC. 'Then, Sir, you would reduce all history to no better than an almanac' (Boswell), ii. 366.
AMAZEMENT. 'His taste is amazement,' ii. 41, n. 1.
AMBASSADOR. 'The ambassador says well,' iii. 411.