184; zeal for it, ii. 28; large, love of the, v. 442, n. 4; late hours, love of, ii. 407; iii. 1, n. 2, 205; Latin, knowledge of, i. 45, 61, 62; testified to by De Quincey, i. 272, n. 3; by Dr. Parr, iv. 385, n. 3; colloquial, ii. 125, 404, 406; misquotes Horace, iv. 356, n. 2; modern Latin poetry, loves, i. 90, n. 2; verse, translates Greek epigrams into Latin, iv. 384; laugh, his, described, ii. 262, n. 2; hearty, ii. 378; like a rhinoceros, ib.; over small matters, ii. 261; v. 249; resounds from Temple Bar to Fleet Ditch, ii. 262; 'laughter, shakes, out of you,' ii. 231; law, knowledge of, iii. 22; lawyer, seeks to become a, i. 134; would have excelled, ib.; had not money, v. 35; laxity of talk, i. 476; ii. 735 iv. 211, n. 4; v. 352; laziness, trying to cure his, v. 231; lectured by Mrs. Thrale, iv. 65, n. 1; lemonade, his, v. 22, 72; letterwriting an effort, i. 473; letters may be published after his death, ii. 60; iii. 276; puts as little as possible into them, iv. 102; returns not answers, ii. 2, n. 3, 279; iii. 209; studied endings, v. 238, n. 6; publication by Mrs. Piozzi: See under Mrs. Thrale, Johnson, letters;--to Allen, Edmund, iv. 228; Argyle, Duke of, v. 363; Astle, Thomas, iv. 133; Bagshaw, Rev. T., ii. 258; iv. 351; Banks, Joseph, ii. 144; Barber, Francis, ii. 62, 115, 116; iv. 239, n. 2; Baretti, i. 361, 369, 380; Barry, James, iv. 202; B--d, Mr., ii. 207; Beattie, Dr., iii. 434; Birch, Dr., i. 160, 226; Boothby, Miss, i. 83, n. 2, 305, n. 2; iv. 57, n. 3; Boswell, James, i. 473; ii. 3, 20, 58, 70, 110, 140, 145, 201, 204, 264-6, 268, 271-3, 274, 276-7, 278, 279, 284, 287, 288, 290,292, 294, 296, 307, 309, 379, 381-4, 387, 411, 412, 415-424; iii. 44, 86, 88, 93, 94, 104, 105, 108, 120, 124, 127, 130-2, 135, 210, 214, 215, 277, 362, 368, 372, 391, 395, 396, 413, 416, 420, 435, 441; iv. 71, 136, 145, n. 2, 148, 151, 153, 154-6, 163, 231, 241, 248, 259, 261, 262, 264-5, 348, 351, 378-9, 380: for Boswell's letters to Johnson, See BOSWELL; Boswell, Mrs., iii. 85, 129; iv. 156; Boufflers, Mme, de, ii. 405; Brocklesby, Dr., iv. 234, 353-9; Burney, Dr., i. 286, 323, 327, 500; iv. 239, 360-1, 377; Bute, Earl of, i. 376, 380; Cave, Edward, i. 91, 107, 120-3, 136-8, I55-7; Chamberlain, the Lord, iii. 34, n. 4; Chambers, R., i. 274; Chapone, Mrs., iv. 247; Chesterfield, Earl of, i. 261; fictitious one, a, i. 238, n. 3; Clark, Alderman, iv. 258; clergyman at Bath, iv. 150; clergyman, young, iii. 436; Cruikshank,----, iv. 365; Davies, Thomas, iv. 231, 365; Dilly, Charles, iii. 394; iv. 257; Dilly, Edward, iii. 126 (really written to W. Sharp, ib., n. 1); Dodd, Dr., iii. 145, 147; Drummond, William, ii. 27-31; Edwards, Dr., iii. 367; Elibank, Lord, v. 182; Elphinstone, James, i. 210-2, 236, n. 3; iii. 364, n. 2; Farmer, Dr., to, ii. 114; iii. 427; General Advertiser, i. 227; Gentl. Mag. about Savage, i. 164; Goldsmith, ii. 235, n. 2; Green, the Lichfield apothecary, iv. 393; Grenville, George, i. 376, n. 2; about Gwynn the architect, v. 454, n. 2; Hamilton, W. G., iv. 245, 363; Hawkins, Sir John, iv. 435; Hastings, Warren, iv. 66, 68-70; Hector, Edmund, i. 64, n. 1; 87, n. 1, 189, n. 2, 340, n. 1, 370, n. 5; ii. 460, n. 3; iv. 145, n. 2, 146-7, 378; Heely, ----, iv. 371; Hickman, ----, i. 78, n. 2; Hoole, John, ii. 289; iv. 359-60; Humphry, Ozias, iv. 268-9; Hussey, Rev. John, iii. 369; Jenkinson, Charles (first Earl of Liverpool), iii. 145; Johnson, Mrs., his mother, i. 512, 513,514; Kearsley, ----, i. 214, n. 1; Lady, a, asking for a recommendation, i. 368; Langton, Bennet, i. 288, 324, 337, 338, 357; ii. 16, 17, 45, 135, 142, 146, 280, 361, 379; iii. 124, 365; iv. 132, 145, 240, 276-8, 352, 361; Langton, Miss Jane, iv. 271; Lawrence, Dr., ii. 296; iii. 419; iv. 137; Latin letter, iv. 143; Lawrence, Miss, iv. 144, n. 3; Leland, Dr., i. 489, 518; ii. 2, n. 1; Levett, ----, of Lichfield, i. 160; Levett, Robert, ii. 282, 385; iii. 92; Macleod, Laird of, v. 266, n. 2; Macpherson, James, ii. 298; Malone, E., iv. 141; Montague, Mrs., i. 232, n. 1; iii. 223, n. 1; iv. 239, n. 4; Mudge, Dr., iv. 240; Nichols, John, iv. 36, n. 4, 58, 160, 161, 163, n. 1, 369; Nicol, George, iv. 365; O'Connor, Charles, i. 321; iii. 111; Paradise, John, iv. 364; Parr, Dr., iv. 15, n. 5; Perkins, ----, ii. 286; iv. 118, 153, 257, 363; Porter, Miss, i. 212, n. 1, 346, n. 1, 513-6; ii. 387-8; iii. 393; iv. 89, 142-3, 145, n. 2, 203, 232, 256, 261, 394; Portmore, Lord, iv. 268, n. 1; Rasay, Laird of, v. 412; Reynolds, Sir Joshua, i. 486; ii. 141, 144; iii. 81, 82, 90; iv. 133, 161, 201, 219, 227, 253, 283, 348-9; 366-8; Richardson, Samuel, i.