287, n. 2; Pope and Dryden, distinguishes, ii. 5; Pope, visits, i. 499, n. 1; Pretender, reflections on the, v. 199-200; read less than formerly, iv. 288; Reynolds's allegorical picture, v. 273, n. 4; Rousseau, compared with, ii. 12; Shakespeare, attacks, i. 498; ii. 88, n. 3; made him known to the French, ii. 88, n. 2; Stuart, House of, v. 200; torture in France, i. 467, n. 1; trial, has not yet stood his, v. 311; Universal History, v. 311; Vir est acerrimi ingenii et paucarum literarum, ii. 406; Wesley calls him coxcomb and cynic, v. 378, n. 1; witchcraft, v. 46, n. 1; wonders, caught greedily at, i. 498, n. 4; iii. 229, n. 3. Vossius, Isaac, i. 186, n. 2. Voting, privilege of, ii. 340. Vows, Cowley's lines on them, iii. 357, n. 1; Johnson's warning against them, ii. 21; a snare for sin, iii. 357; if unnecessary a folly and a crime, iii. 357, n. 1. Vox Viva, v. 324. Voyage to Lisbon, i. 269, n. 1. Voyages to the South Sea. See SOUTH SEA. Vranyken, University of, i. 475. Vulgar, The, children of the State, ii. 14; iv. 216. Vyse, Rev. Dr., Boswell, letter to, iii. 125; Johnson's letter to him, iii. 125; mentioned, iv. 372, n. 2.
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Wade, General, calls the M'Farlane Mr. M'Farlane, v. 156, n. 3; his Hut, v. 134. Wager, Charles, ii. 164, n. 5. Wages, raising those of day-labourers wrong, iv. 176; v. 263; women-servants' less than men-servants', ii. 217. Wake, Archbishop, ii. 342, n. 1. Waldegrave, Lady, ii. 224, n. 1. Wales, Abergeley, v. 446; Angle-sea, ii. 284; v. 447; Bach y Graig (Bachycraigh), iii. 134, n. 1, 454; v. 436, 438; Bangor, ii. 284; v. 447, 448, 452; Beaumaris, v. 447-8; Bible in Welsh, v. 450, 454; Bodryddan, v. 442, n. 3; Bodville, v. 449-51; Boswell proposes a tour, iii. 134, 454; Brecon, iii. 139; Bryn o dol, v. 449; Caernarvon, v. 448, 451; castles, compared with Scotch, ii. 285; v. 374, n. 1; vast size, v. 437, 442, 448-9, 452; charitable establishment, iii. 255; Chirk Castle, v. 453; churches at Bodville neglected, v. 450; Clwyd, River, v. 438; Conway, v. 446, 452; Danes, settlement of, v. 130; Denbigh, ii. 282; v. 437-8, 453; Dymerchion, v. 438, 440; Elwy, River, v. 438; great families kept a kind of court, v. 276; Gwaynynog, iv. 421, n. 2; v. 440, n. 1, 443, 452-3; hiring of harvest-men, v. 453; Holywell, v. 440-2; inhospitality, v. 452; inns, v. 446-7; Johnson's tour to Wales, ii. 279, 281, 282, 284; v. 427: see Journey into North Wales; Kefnamwyellh, v. 452; literature, indifference to, v. 443; Llanerk, v. 450; Llangwinodyl, v. 449, 451; Llannerch, v. 439; Llanrhaiadr, v. 453; Lleweney Hall, Johnson visits it, ii. 282; v. 435-46; description of it, v. 436; pales and gates brought from it, v. 433; Llyn Badarn, v. 451; Llyn Beris, v. 451; Maesmynnan, v. 445; manuscripts, ii. 383; Methodists, v. 451; Mold, v. 435; mutinous in 1779, iii. 408, n. 4; offers nothing for speculation, ii. 284; Oswestry, v. 454; parson's awe of Johnson, v. 450, n. 2; Penmaen Mawr, ii. 284; v. 447, 452; Penmaen Rhos, v. 446, 452; Pwlheli, v. 451; rivers, v. 442, n. 4; Ruabon, v. 450, n, 2; Ruthin Castle, v. 442; second sight, ii. 150; Tydweilliog, v. 449, 451; Ustrad, River, v. 442, n. 4; Welsh language, how far related to Irish, i. 322; scheme for preserving it, v. 443; used in the Church services, v. 438, 440, 441, 446, 449, 450; Welshmen, generally have the spirit of gentlemen, iii. 275; Wrexham, ii. 240, w. 4; v. 453. WALES, Prince of. See PRINCE OF WALES. WALKER, John, 'celebrated master of elocution,' iv. 206; dedication to Johnson, iv. 421, n. 2. WALKER, Joseph Cooper, i. 321; iii. 111, n. 4. WALKER, Thomas, the actor, ii. 368. WALKING, habit of, i. 64, n. 4. WALL, Dr., iv. 292. WALL, cost of a garden wall, iv. 205. WALL, taking the, i. 110; v. 230. WALLACE, ----, a Scotch author of the first distinction, ii. 53, n. 1. WALLER, Edmund, Amoret and Sacharissa, ii. 360; Divine Poesie, the communion of saints, iv. 290, n. 1; Dryden, studied by, iv. 38, n. 1; Epistle to a Lady, v. 221, n. 1; grandson, a plain country gentleman, v. 86; great-grandson, at Aberdeen, v. 85; Life by Johnson, iv. 36, n. 4, 38, n. 2, 39; Loving at first sight, iv. 36; Reflections on the Lord's Prayer, iv. 290, n. 4; water-drinker, iii. 327, n. 2; women, praises of, ii. 57. WALMSLEY, Gilbert, character by Johnson, i. 81; iii. 439; Colson, letter to, i. 102; debtor to Mrs. Johnson, i. 79, n. 2; Garrick, letter to, i. 176, n. 2; scholarship, ii. 377, n. 2; Greek, knowledge of, iv. 33, n. 3; house, ii. 467; Johnson and Garrick, recommends, i. 102; Johnson threatens to put Irene into the Spiritual Court, i. 101; Whig, a, i. 81, 430; iii. 439, n. 3; v. 386. WALMSLEY, Mrs., i. 82-3. WALPOLE, Horatio (afterwards first Baron Walpole), iii. 71, n. 4. WALPOLE, Horace (afterwards fourth Earl of Orford), Adams the architects, ii.