Part 31

Italy, revolution of the poetry of. Monti's imitation of the style of Dante.

Jacobins of Paris, policy of the. Excesses of the. Materials of which the party was composed. Their cruelties in Paris and in the provinces. Review of the policy of the Jacobins.

Jacobite, Epitaph on a.

Jacobites, revival of their spirits in 1721. Plan for a Jacobite insurrection.

Jenyns, Soame, Dr Johnson's review of his Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil.

Jewish Disabilities, Speech on.

Jews, the sacred books of the, unknown to the Romans.

Johnson, Dr Samuel, his contemptuous derision of the civilisation of the Athenians. His remark on history and historians. Oliver Goldsmith introduced to. Story of the publication of the Vicar of Wakefield. Johnson's birth and early life. His father. Goes to Oxford. His attainments at this time. His struggles with poverty. Becomes an incurable hypochondriac. His literary drudgery. His marriage. His school near Lichfield. Sets out for London. Effect of his privations on his temper and deportment. Engaged on the "Gentleman's Magazine." His political opinions. His Jacobite views. His poem of London. His associates. His life of Richard Savage. His dictionary. His treatment by Lord Chesterfield. His Vanity of Human Wishes compared with the Satire of Juvenal. Relation between him and his pupil David Garrick. Irene brought out. Publication and reception of the Rambler. Death of Mrs Johnson. Publication of the Dictionary. His review of Soame Jenyn's Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil. His Idler. Death of his mother. Circumstances under which Rasselas was published. His hatred of the Whigs. Accepts a pension of three hundred a year. His belief in ghosts. Publication of his edition of Shakespeare's works. Honours conferred upon him. His colloquial talents. His predominance in The Club. His biographer, James Boswell. The inmates of his house near Fleet Street. His visit to the Hebrides. His prejudice against the Scotch. His exposure of Macpherson's forgery of Fingal. His Taxation no Tyranny. His lives of the Poets. His declining years. His death.

Johnson, Michael of Lichfield.

Jones, Sir William, his part in the Literary Club.

Judgment and imagination.

Julian, the Emperor, his partiality for the Greek language.

Jurisprudence, Mr Bentham's reduction of, to a science.

Juryman, the stipend of an Athenian.

Just, Saint, expatiates on the guilt of Vergniaud and Petion. Becomes a member of the Committee of Public Safety. His doom. His execution.

Juvenal compared with Dryden. His satire compared with that of Samuel Johnson.

King, the, in the Athenian democracy.

Kleber, General, refuses to obey the cruel decree of the Convention.

Lacedaemon, causes of the silent but rapid downfall of. The development of merit prevented by the laws of. Her foreign policy and domestic institutions. Her government compared with that of Athens. Her helots.

Langton, Bennet, a member of the Literary Club.

Latin works of Petrarch, the.

Lebon, the Jacobin, his crimes defended by Barere. Placed under arrest.

Levett, Robert, the quack doctor.

Liberty, how regarded by the later ancient writers. How regarded by historians of the Plutarch class. Peculiar and essentially English character of English liberty. Political, views with which it was regarded by the French legislators of the Revolution.

Lies, various kinds of.

Lincoln Cathedral, story of the painted window of.

Literary Magazine, Johnson's contributions to the.

Literature, on the Royal Society of.