377, n. 1; iv. 266; 274; to drink water, iii. 169; life shortened by his indulgence, iii. 170, n. 1; lover of it, a, iii. 243, n. 4; v. 156; nerves affected by port, i. 434, iii. 381; vow of sobriety under the venerable yew, ii. 381, n. 1, 436, n. 1; to Paoli and Courtenay, ib.; water-drinking, tries, iii. 170, n. 1, 328; wits, one of a group of, ii. 324; works, list of his projected, v. 91, n. 2 (to this list should be added An account of a projected Tour to the Isle of Man, iii. 80); writings, early, i. 383, n. 3; York, at, in 1784, iv. 265, 267; Zelide, a Dutch lady, in love with, ii. 56, n. 2. BOSWELL, Mrs. (the author's wife), Boswell praises her as 'a true Montgomerie,' ii. 140, n. 1; a valuable wife, iii. 160, n. 1, 416; she describes him as a man led by a bear, ii. 269, n. 1; death, i. 7, n. 2, 236, n. 1; iv. 136, n. 2; health, iii. 130-1, 215, 362; iv. 155; Johnson, feelings towards, ii. 269, n. 1, 272, 275, 379, 380, 383, 387, 411, 412, 418, 420, 422, 424; iii. 86, 93, 95, 104, 105, 210, 372, 436, 442; iv. 149, 155, 226, 264; hospitality to, v. 23-4, 45, 395; invites her to his house, iii. 216, 316; letter to, iv. 157. For letters from--: See JOHNSON, Letters; sends marmalade to, iii. 105, 108, 120, 129; receives a set of The Lives and Poets, iii. 372, 436; Scotch accent, iii. 106; shrewd observation, her, iii. 160, n. 1; travelling, dislikes, iii. 219; mentioned, ii. 265, 416. BOSWELL, James, the author's second son, birth, iii. 366; account of him, ib. n. 1; educated at Westminster School, iii. 12; describes Malone's friendship with the Boswells, v. 1. n. 5; writes his father's dying letter, i. 14, n. 1; supplies notes to the Life, i. 15. BOSWELL, Miss, ii. 378, n. 1. BOSWELL, Robert, burnt Boswell's manuscripts, iii. 301, n. 1. BOSWELL, Thomas (founder of the family), ii. 413; iv. 198; v. 379. BOSWELL, Veronica, Johnson pleased with her, v. 25; origin of her name, ib. n. 2; additional fortune promised her, 26; death, ib. n. 1; her Scotch, iii. 105; mentioned, ii. 379; iii. 86, 93, 372. BOSWELL, Sir W., i. 194, n. 2. Boswelliana, variations in Boswell's anecdotes, i. 454, n. 1; ii. 450, n. 4; story about Voltaire, iii. 301, n, 1. BOSWORTH, i. 84; ii. 473; iv. 407, n. 4. BOTANICAL GARDEN, iv. 128. BOTANIST, Johnson not a, i. 377, n. 2. "BOTTOM OF GOOD SENSE," iv. 99. BOUCHIER, Governor, iv. 88. BOUFFIER. See BUFFIER. BOUFFLERS, Comtesse de, visits Johnson, ii. 118, 405; his letter to her, ib.; account of her, ib. n. 1. BOUFFLERS, Marquise de, ii. 405, n. 1. BOUHOURS, Dominic, ii. 90. Boulter's Monument, i. 318. BOULTON, Matthew, sells power, ii. 459; Johnson visits his works, v. 458. BOUNTY HERRING-BUSSES, v. 161. BOUNTY ON CORN. See CORN. BOUQUET, Joseph, bookseller, i. 243, BOURBON, House of, iv. 139, n. 4. BOURDALOUE, ii. 241, n. 3; v. 311. BOURDONNE, Mme. de, ii. 241, n. 3. Bouts rimes, ii. 336. BOWEN, Emanuel, Complete System of Geography, iii. 445. BOWLES, William, Johnson dines with him, iv. 1, n. 1; visits him, iv. 234-9; his wife a descendant of Cromwell, iv. 235, n. 5. BOWLES, ----, of Slains Castle, v. 106, n. 1. BOWOOD, iv. 192, n. 2. BOWYER, William, iv. 369, 437. Box, a tradesman's, v. 291, n. 4. BOYD, Hon. Charles, v. 97-107; 'out in the '45,' v. 99. BOYDS OF KILMARNOCK, v. 104. BOYDELL, Alderman, ii. 293, n. 2. BOYLE, family of, v. 237. See ORRERY, Earls of. BOYLE, Hon. Hamilton, (sixth Earl of Corke and Orrery), i. 257, n. 3; v. 238. BOYLE, Hon. Robert, Martyrdom of Theodora, i. 312; compares argument and testimony, iv. 281, n. 3. BOYSE, Samuel, account of him, iv. 407, n. 4, 441; compared with Derrick, iv. 192, n. 2. BRADLEY in Derbyshire, i. 82, 366. BRADSHAW, William, iv. 200, n. 2. BRAHMINS, admit no converts, iv. 12, n. 2; the mastiffs of mankind, iv. 88. BRAIDWOOD, Thomas, v. 399. BRAITHWAITE, Mr., iv. 278. BRAMHALL, Archbishop, ii. 104. BRAMSTON, James, i. 73, n. 3. BRANDY, the drink for heroes, iii. 381; iv. 79. BRANTOME, v. 55. 'BRAVE WE,' v. 360. Bravery of the English Common Soldiers, i. 335. BRAZIL, iv. 104, n. 3; language, v. 242, n. 1. BREAD TREE, ii. 248. BREEDING, good, ii. 82; v. 82, 211, 276. BRENTFORD, iv. 186; v. 369. BRETT, Colonel, i. 174, n. 2. BRETT, Mrs., i. 166, n. 4. BRETT, Miss, i. 174, n. 2. BRETT, Rev. Dr. Thomas, the nonjuror, iv. 287. BREWERS, thwart the 'grand scheme of subordination,' i. 490. BREWING in Paris, ii. 396. See THRALE, Henry. BREWOOD, iv. 407, n. 4. BREWSE, Major, v. 123-5. BRIBERY, statutes against, ii. 339. BRIDGENORTH, v. 455. BRIDGEWATER, Duke of, v. 359, n. 2. BRIGHT, John, Speeches, quoted, ii. 480. BRIGHTHELMSTONE (Brighton), books burnt there as Popish, iii. 427, n. 1; Johnson describes it, iii. 92, n. 3; finds it very dull, iii. 93; does not much like it, iii. 442; stays there in 1782, iv. 159-60; other visits, iii. 452-3; Ship Tavern, iii. 423, n. 1; mentioned, iii. 45, n.