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severity, government by 359

sexes 517, 679, 708

‘Sh’ apprens t’etre fif 512

shaving 611

sheet 881

shepherd 786 n. b

ship 186, 498, 667; see also sailors

shirt 61

shoe buckles 699

shop 940

shorthand 79, 379, 668, 857; see also Index of Persons, Others: Angell, John

shrubbery 834

sick man 864, 891, 933, 936, 965

‘side’ 343

‘siege’ 664

sight of great buildings 467, 472

signs 392

silence 497

silk 112, 611

silver buckles 699

simile 557

singularity 300

‘sink upon, to’ 339

sinners, the chief of 926

slander 552

Slaughter’s Coffee-house 770

slaves and slavery 632–3, 638, 778; see also Index of Persons, Others: Knight, Joseph; Somerset, James

Slavonic language 343

sleep 614, 766

smoking 171

snakes, concerning 674

social attention 251

society 232, 266, 342, 394, 461, 682

Society for the Encouragement of Learning 88 n. c

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Scotland) 276–9, 410–11, 414

Society of Artists 194

Society of Arts and Sciences 333–4, 768, 817

Society of Procurators or Solicitors 16, 834–6

soldiers 303, 312, 376, 394, 523–4, 666–7, 719

solicitors, see attorneys; Society of Procurators or Solicitors

solitude 533, 747

sophistry, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I

sorrow 595–6

sound 361

South Sea, the 393, 523, 934–5

South Sea Scheme 830

Spanish Literature 31, 686, 771

Spanish nobleman 303 ‘Spartam quam nactus es orna’ 975

speaking 333, 372, 443, 649–50, 698, 780, 863

Sphinx, the 705

spirit, evidence for, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I

spirits, see ghosts

spirits, evil 924

Spiritual Court 59

spirituous liquors 498, 681–2, 729

splendour 739, 949

squills 960

Stag, the 186

stage, see players

stage-coaches, see coaches

State, the 267, 768–9, 882–3

‘state’ used for ‘statement’ 736

Stationers’ Company 446

statuary, art of 499, 649

‘Stavo bene, per star meglio sto qui’ 447

Stoick, the 524, 1044 n. 583

story 497

straw 462, 648 ‘stream’ of mind 504

Stuart, the House of 25, 69, 101, 189, 228, 377, 606–7, 671, 724, 856, 922

studied behaviour 247

study 44, 218, 227, 235, 240–41, 242, 249, 743, 767, 935–6

style 125, 232, 361, 617, 655, 657–8, 663, 675

Style, Old and New 137

subordination 217, 233, 236, 257, 267, 376–7, 390–91, 400, 438, 532, 546, 665, 715, 730

Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, see Thirty-nine Articles

succession, male 400, 483–90, 515, 570–71

‘Sufflamina’ 148

suicide 381–2, 394, 848–9, 885, 886

Sunday 43, 136, 164, 299, 462, 692–3

‘superficies’ 784

superfoetation of the Press 703

superiority 546, 856

supernatural appearances 340–41

supper 688–9

surnames 869

suspicion 595

‘sutile’, of pictures 677 n. a, 684 n. a

swallows 291, 393

swearing 317, 348, 539, 625

Swede, the learned 150

sweetmeats 623–4, 814

swimming, see under Index of Persons, Johnson I

Swiss, the 89, 630

sympathy 308, 515, 516

synod of cooks 247

synonyms 784, 877

tailor, the metaphysical, see ‘metaphysical’

tales 517

talk, or talking 547, 648, 657, 866, 867

tallow-chandler 443

taste, in the arts 361, 938, 950

taverns 504–5, 805–6

taxes 452

tea 14, 37, 86, 158, 169, 176, 186, 208, 223, 244, 256, 297, 301, 303, 310, 322, 340, 347, 349, 373, 374, 376, 389, 441, 450, 452, 462, 478, 502, 506, 510, 511, 513, 514, 522, 542, 557–8, 574, 604, 606, 646, 647, 652, 666, 685, 692, 693, 725, 728, 776, 813, 829, 833, 859, 875, 885, 926, 928, 940, 986

teaching 50, 57

Temple of Fame 453

temptation 234, 652

‘tenuity’ 625–6

tenures, ancient 368, 747

testimony 919

theatres 208, 690, 825

theft 353, 682

thieves 669

‘thing, not the’ 812

thinking, liberty of 394, 395

Thirty-nine Articles 313, 341

thoughts 361, 500, 521–2

throne 748 n. b

time 776

tips 61, 245; see also vails

toasts 778

tobacco, see smoking

toleration 394–7, 728, 768–9, 882–3

topographical works 611 n. a

Tories 16, 75, 161, 318, 617 n. a, 699, 818, 828, 925

torpedo 92

torture 246, 472

touch, sense of 28, 361

Towser, a dog 400

toy-shop 698

trade 257–8, 259, 309–10, 353, 376, 495

‘Trade, the’, the booksellers of London 231, 446, 678

tradesmen 323, 324, 618 n. b

tradeswomen 715

tragedy 307, 538–9

translations 537, 663

‘transpire’ 709

transport, rational 706

travellers 441, 651, 685–6, 716

travelling 228, 641, 668, 714

travels, books of 447, 463, 685–6, 867, 940

treason, constructive 812

treasury 83, 172, 187 n. b, 332, 580 n. b, 817

tree 886

trees 349–50

Trent, Council of, see Index of Persons, Others: Sarpi, Father Paul

tricks 737

trifles 24, 65, 158, 171, 654, 704, 713, 716, 937

‘trim’, meaning of 670

Trinity, doctrine of the 396–7

‘truism’ 331

truth 4, 181, 230–31, 238–9, 378, 394, 497, 524–5, 527, 601, 647, 648, 696, 727, 741, 766, 769, 932, 933, 986

‘tumid’ 784

Tunbridge, or Tonbridge School, Kent 123 n. a, 945, 983

Turkey and the Turks 362, 489, 859, 873

tyranny 16, 75, 351, 359, 430, 432, 442, 665, 825

understanding 545, 728, 938

uneasiness 914–15

‘un-idea’d’ 137

Unitarians 833 n. a

‘unius lacertce’ 661–2

universities 38, 45, 228, 289–90, 341, 459, 525, 597, 665

‘unscottified’ 389

upstarts, getting into Parliament 341–2, 444

urn 1000 n. c

usher 50

usury, law against 532

utility 348, 857

vacancies 659

vacuum 234

vails 301; see also tips

valetudinarians 510, 519, 604

Venus, of Apelles 820

‘veracious’ 784

veracity, see truth

‘verbiage’ 385–6, 663

verses 268, 459, 696

vexations 224

‘vexing thoughts’ 521 n. a

vice 709, 713; see also Index of Persons, Others: Mandeville, Bernard

vicious intromission 15, 363–7, 370, 574

‘Vidit et erubuit lympba pudica Deum’ 687–8

virtue 206 n. b, 378, 709, 713, 714, 773, 886

vital statistics 312

vivacity 511

volcanoes 514

voting 444

vows 272, 716

vulgar, the 267, 768–9, 883

Wages 375, 435, 862

Wales and the Welsh (for particular localities, consult the Index of Places) 173, 340, 413–14, 465, 594–5, 671

wall 65, 876

wants, fewness of 519

war 331, 380, 666–7, 716, 873

warrants, general 299

waste 666, 694–5

water 614, 689

wealth 495

weather and seasons 178, 237–8, 401, 453, 688, 959, 963

well-bred man 940

Welsh, see Wales and the Welsh Westminster, Assembly of Divines 411

Westminster, Dean and Chapter of 999

Westminster Abbey 17, 29, 131, 219 n. a, 276, 369 n. a, 387, 411, 518, 562, 564, 644, 660, 740, 919, 999, 1001

Westminster School 525, 688 n. a, 934

Whiggism 228, 321, 377, 784, 799

‘Whiggism’ 228 n. b

Whigs 48, 75, 148, 161, 228, 373, 431, 502, 699, 708 n. a, 818, 885, 925

whisky 615, 808, 820

‘Who rules o’er freemen’ 937

‘whoremonger’ 352

widow 301

wife 291, 300, 450, 458, 742, 750, 780, 940

wigs 661, 680, 699

will, free, see free will

will-making 400, 989

Wilson, James, v. Janet Smith and Robert Armour 364 n. a

‘windward’ 160

wine 56, 61, 125, 147, 162, 192, 213, 227, 253, 265, 286 n. b, 296, 306, 310, 328, 349, 356, 360, 377, 395, 454, 498, 505 n. a, 512, 539, 540, 544, 547, 593, 614, 652, 655 n. a, 656, 658–9, 688, 699–701, 704, 729, 743, 804, 813, 814, 889, 988

Wirgman’s 698

wit 531, 940

witches 355, 729, 741, 771

wits 307, 872

wolf 447, 507

women 244, 300, 455, 487–8, 518, 520, 545, 654, 678, 679, 703, 715, 780, 836, 923, 925

women of the town 240, 528, 805–6, 941, 986

woodcocks 291, 393

‘Word-book’ 160

words 121–2, 123, 247–8; see also under Index of Persons, Johnson IV

work, see labour

workhouse, parish 624

world 120–21, 860

worship, public, see public worship

worship of images 527, 625

writers, see authors

writing 446, 529, 610, 884

yawning 526

York, House of 607

young people 31, 235, 306 n. a

youth 114–15, 198, 847