References are grouped as follows:
| I | Names |
| II | Authors of comments (brief or extensive) on Johnson, quoted in the Introduction and Text; where a writer’s identity is unknown or uncertain, the title or source of his entry is given. |
| III | References to Johnson’s writings. |
| IV | Some major aspects of discussion in the criticism of Johnson. |
Addison, Joseph, 23, 31, 70, 97, 129, 288, 295, 307, 328, 351, 352;
Life of, 298 (see also IV, Comparison with Addison)
Ainsworth, Robert, 107, 128, 137, 138
Alves, Robert, 1
Anderson, Robert, 14
Aristotle, 7, 57, 58–9, 108, 176, 177, 263, 407;
Bossu on, 171–2
Bate, W.Jackson, 37
Beattie, James, 301
Blackmore, Sir Richard, Life of, 2, 269, 425
Boileau (Despréaux), Nicolas, 61, 103
Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Vis-count, 60, 193
Brooke, Henry, 59
Brown, Peter, 27
Browne, Sir Thomas, 70, 129, 130, 134, 365, 393, 422
Burke, Edmund, 10, 16, 87, 176, 200, 347, 356, 383, 413–14, 429, 438
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 19, 29, 212, 213, 240, 359, 360
Bute, Lady Mary, 3
Chapin, Chester, 36
Chapman, R.W., 36
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 31, 350
Collins, William, 30, 299–300;
Cooke, William, 14
Cowley, Abraham, 32, 50, 70, 351;
quoted on Lives, 273–7
Curll, Edmund, 275
Davie, Donald, 36
Davis, Bertram, H., 33
Dennis, John, 275
Dodsley, Robert, 4, 10, 11, 12, 43, 95, 98, 386
Dryden, John, 18, 31, 47, 70, 71, 129, 160–1, 197, 252, 272, 291, 299, 304, 351, 408;
Edwards, Thomas, 163, 165, 180, 187
European Magazine, 115;
quoted, 21
Fleischauer, Warren, 37
Gibbon, Edward, 31, 343, 347, 355
Godwin, William, 78
Graves, Richard, 30
Greene, Donald J., 36, 37, 449
Hagstrum, Jean H., 37
Hamilton, Joseph, 128
Hammond, James, Life of, 265, 298–9
Hanmer, Sir Thomas, 163, 169, 180
Hanway, Jonas, 9
Hawkesworth, John, 153, 309, 369
Haywood, Eliza, 83
Heath, Benjamin, 163
Hill, G.Birkbeck, 35–6
Hooker, Richard, 106, 110, 113, 392
Jack, Ian, 36
Jones, Stephen, 128
Junius, Francis, 117, 137, 139
Juvenal, 20, 43, 49, 78, 367, 414
Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 321
Kearsley, Thomas, 14
Krutch, Joseph W., 36
Lansdowne, George Granville, Lord, 306
Leavis, Frank R., 36
Leman, Sir Tanfield, 4
Lyttleton, George, Baron Life of, 307, 408
McAdam, E. L., 36
Macpherson, James, 7, 235, 242, 244, 246–7, 401, 425
Maxwell, John, 4
Middlesex Journal, 6
Milton, John, 7, 30, 79, 87, 89, 92, 97, 113, 129, 414, 429, 440;
on Life of, 257–63, 273–4, 277, 278–83, 296, 311–12, 313–16, 327, 354, 377–8, 408, 418, 425
Noble, Francis, 146
Nollekens, Joseph, 11
Otway, Thomas, 173
Parkhurst, John, 138
Perry, William, 128
‘Peter Pindar’, see Wolcot
Philips, Ambrose, 45
Philips, John, 296–7
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 309–10
Political Register, 6
Pope, Alexander, 2–3, 10, 16, 23, 26, 30, 70, 92, 97, 129, 193, 272, 288, 309, 353;
as editor of Shakespeare, 155, 156, 160, 163, 179–80, 201;
compared as poet with Johnson, 21, 44, 46, 47, 50, 414–15;
Dunciad quoted, 18;
on pastoral verse, 308
Powell, L.F., 36
Prior, Matthew, 30;
on Life of, 263–4, 274–6, 304, 354
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 36
Robertson, William, 12, 31, 323, 347
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 191, 192
St. James’s Chronicle, 6, 162–3
Savage, Richard, Life of, 10, 33, 68, 73, 264, 269, 295–6, 341
Scott, Joseph N., 11
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 319, 321
Shakespeare, William, 97, 110, 121, 131, 134–5 (see also III, Shakespeare)
Sheffield, John, 167
Shenstone, William, 30;
on Life of, 306–8
Sherbo, Arthur, 37
Sidney, Sir Philip, 168, 261, 302
Skinner, Stephen, 117, 122, 137, 139
Spenser, Edmund, 110, 121, 298–9
Stephen, Leslie, 35
quoted, 63–4
Swift, Jonathan, 17, 70, 73, 84, 95, 97, 129, 305, 373, 421, 425
Tate, Allen, 37
Tate, Nahum, 45
Temple, Sir William, 392
Theobald, Lewis, 155, 160, 163, 180, 373
Voitle, Robert, 37
Vossius, Gerardus, 137, 138, 139
Vulliamy, C.E., 35
Waller, Edmund, on Life of, 256–7, 376–7
Wallis, John, 128
Warburton, William, 102, 155, 156, 163, 180, 181, 186–7, 188, 192–3, 373
Warton, Thomas, 102
Westminster Magazine, 7
Whitehall, 6
Wimsatt, W.K., 36
Wolcot, John (‘Peter Pindar’), 78
Young, Arthur, 7
Adelung, Johann Christoph, 5, 24–5, 115;
on Dictionary, 118–24
Aikin, John, 21;
on poems, 49–51
Austen, Jane, 8
Bancroft, Edward, 27–8
on Rasselas, 149–54
on Kenrick’s Review, 189–93
Bentham, Jeremy, 8
Blackburne, Francis, 30;
on Life of Milton, 278–83
Blake, William, 32;
on Johnson, 363–4
Boswell, James:
Life of Johnson quoted, 383–412 passim;
character of Life, 33–4, 368–70;
influence of Life, 8, 32, 34–5, 355–6, 417–18, 420–1;
Macaulay on Life, 423–31 passim;
on Johnson’s conversation, 384, 411–12;
on his character, 409–12;
on Dictionary, 394–6;
on Irene, 386–7;
on Journey, 400–5;
on Lives of Poets, 407–8;
on poems, 384–5;
on political writings, 399–400, 405–7;
on Shakespeare, 398–9;
Towers on Boswell, 376
Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton, 17
on Johnson’s style, 326–42
Byron, George, Lord, 34
Callender, James, 1;
Campbell, Archibald, 1, 5, 16–17, 22, 25, 31, 33, 231, 248;
on Johnson’s style, 317–23
on Johnson, 432–48
Cartwright, Edmund, on Lives, 7, 29, 253–70
on Rambler, 345–6
Chalmers, Alexander, 22, 32, 347;
on Rambler, 81–5
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stan-hope, fourth Earl of, 4, 9, 16, 90, 103–4;
on Dictionary, 95–102
Churchill, Charles, 1, 5, 19, 26, 231, 233, 425;
on Johnson, 357–9
Cobbett, William, on Journey, 1–2
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 8, 27, 32;
on Johnson’s style, 355–6;
on Shakespeare, 197–9
on Dictionary, 162–3;
on Irene, 22
Courtenay, John, 18, 31, 346, 393;
on Johnson, 364–71
Critical Review, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15–16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 164, 209;
Criticism on Mahomet and Irene, A (anon.), 21–2;
quoted, 52–7
quoted, 416–19
De Quincey, Thomas, 8;
on Life of Milton, 313–16
Dilly, Edward, on Lives, 250–1
Drake, Nathan, 31–2;
on Johnson’s style, 344–8
Essay on Tragedy, An (Hippisley?), 3, 21–2;
quoted, 57–62
quoted, 321–3
on Life of Gray, 285–92
Garrick, David, 16, 22, 24, 50, 52, 56, 164, 173, 210, 385–6;
on Johnson’s Dictionary, 4
Gleig, George, 22;
on Rambler, 72–3
Goldsmith, Oliver, 15, 22, 84, 164, 347, 369, 399;
on Johnson, 3, 20, 78, 88, 430
Gray, Thomas, 7, 30, 255, 262, 414;
on Johnson, 20;
on Life of, 266–9, 271– 2, 285–92, 293–4, 296–302, 311, 342, 354, 408, 418
Griffiths, Ralph, 28;
on Journey, 234–6
on Lives, 303–6
on Rambler, 86–9;
on Shakespeare, 199–203
Hippisley, John (?), 3;
on Irene, 57–62
Jones, Sir William, 369;
quoted, 30
Keats, John, 21;
on Lives, 30-1
Kenrick,William, 5, 26-7, 398-9;
on Shakespeare, 164-88;
Barclay on, 189-93
quoted, 1
Lennox, Charlotte, on Rambler, 3
Lynd, Robert, 35
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 8, 15, 34, 72, 343, 432;
quoted, 422–31
McIntyre, James, on Journey, 240–1
Mackintosh, Sir James, 20, 30, 31;
on Johnson’s style, 349–54
McNicol, Donald, 7, 10, 29, 405;
on Journey, 242–9
Mason, George, 4, 32, 126, 139;
epitaph on Johnson, 415–16
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, on Rambler, 3
Monthly Review, The, 1, 4, 5, 7, 15–16, 25, 26, 27–8, 29, 32, 141–6, 191;
quoted 164–80, 207–8, 234–6, 253–70
Mudford, William, 8, 21, 23, 26;
on poems, 44–8;
on Rambler, 74–80;
on Rasselas, 148–9
Murphy, Arthur, 15, 22, 32, 80, 83;
on Rambler, 68–72
Newcastle General Magazine, 12;
on Rambler, 11
Piozzi, Hester Lynch (Thrale), 2, 373, 381, 401, 403, 421;
quoted on Johnson, 17
Remarks on a Voyage to the Hebrides (anon.), 29;
on Journey, 237–40
Remembrancer, 3;
on Rambler, 63
Review of The False Alarm (Critical Review), 204–7
Review of The False Alarm (Monthly Review), 207–8
Review of Lives of the Poets (Annual Register), 293–4
Review of Lives of the Poets (Critical Review), 270–72
Review of Rasselas (Annual Register), 147
on Rambler, 345
Ritson, Joseph, on Shakespeare, 27
on Rasselas, 141–6
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von, 8, 27, 199;
on Shakespeare, 195–6
on Johnson, 420–2
general estimate of Johnson, 412–15;
on Lives, 311–12;
on his poetry, 21
Shaw, William, 45;
Smart, Christopher, 23;
on Dictionary, 115–16
Stewart, Dugald, on Lives, 312–13
Stockdale, Percival, 400;
on The False Alarm, 209–11
Strachey, G.Lytton, on Lives, 35
Temple, William J., 10, 32, 406–7;
quoted, 17
Temple Bar, 35
Tooke, John Horne, 4, 24, 126, 130, 136, 139, 140;
on Dictionary, 117–18
Towers, Joseph, 6, 10, 30, 34, 74, 406–7;
on Johnson’s character and writings, 24, 32–3, 371–82;
on Johnson’s political writings, 28, 216–25
Tyranny Unmasked, (anon.) 28, 29;
on Taxation no Tyranny, 225–30
Candide, 151–2, 270, 397–8, 422;
on Shakespeare, 194
on Johnson’s style, 324–6;
on Life of Pope, 284–5
on Dictionary, 4–5, 25, 125–40
Wilkes, John, 1, 5, 6, 26, 117, 204–6, 209, 231, 357, 399;
on Johnson’s political writing and values, 28, 211–16, 360–3
Advertisement to Lives of the English Poets, 13, 252
Dictionary of the English Language, A, 4–5, 10, 11–12, 23–5, 29, 35, 70, 81, 90–140, 162, 214, 352–3, 360–2, 382, 392, 394–6
False Alarm, The, 6, 13, 204–8, 211–16, 217–25, 373, 399–400
Idler, 12, 72, 79–80, 310, 330, 340, 373
Irene, 3, 11, 21–2, 52–62, 199, 310, 386–7, 415, 418
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, A, 6, 13, 28–9, 33, 36, 231–49, 323–4, 343–4, 375–6, 400–5, 428
Lives of the English Poets, 7, 13, 29–31, 33, 35, 73, 82, 250–316, 340, 353–4, 376–8, 407–8, 413, 418 (see also I and II under Cowley, Gray, Milton etc.)
Letter to Chesterfield, 16, 103–4
Patriot, The, 6, 13, 217–25, 373
Plan of a Dictionary, 4, 90–4, 96
Poems, 2, 3, 10, 20–1, 36, 42–51, 78, 197, 218, 220, 224, 303, 309, 312, 362, 384–5, 414–15, 418
Preface to a Dictionary, 24, 105–14, 127, 394
Preface to Shakespeare, 27, 157–61, 163, 166–79, 194, 195–9, 200–3
Rambler, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 22–3, 24, 33, 47, 63–89, 127, 148, 154, 162, 225, 310, 318–23, 329–31, 335, 338, 340, 345–8, 352, 365, 378–9, 387–91, 418
Rasselas, 5, 12, 25–6, 89, 127, 141–54, 318–20, 372–3, 381, 397–8, 415, 417, 419, 422
Review of Jonas Hanway, Essay on Tea, 9
Shakespeare, 5, 10, 12, 26–7, 30, 155–203, 358, 373, 398–9
Taxation no Tyranny, 6, 9, 13, 27, 33, 225–30, 374, 405–7
Thoughts on Falkland’s Islands, 6, 13, 27, 217–25, 373
Biographer and critic, 29–31, 35, 36, 67, 69, 79, 163, 195–203, 253–316, 353–4, 376–8, 383–4, 407–9, 418–19, 423–5
Comparison with Addison as essayist, 3–4, 17, 22–3, 63, 68–9, 71–2, 73, 74–5, 78, 79, 82, 84, 86–7, 344, 348, 393–4, 413
Conversation, 348, 350, 356, 368, 380, 384, 411–12, 420, 429, 438, 440
Editions, sales, and income, 10–15, 251, 345–6, 384–5, 386, 397, 407
Humour, 70–1, 78, 83–4, 188, 266, 308, 348, 391
Imagery, 21, 22, 78, 303–4, 337–8, 344, 386, 391, 411
Influence, 31, 36, 81, 346–7, 350, 369–70
Latin influence on diction and style, 72, 326–33, 336–7, 352, 365, 392, 413, 430
Learning, 49, 308, 349, 370, 395, 411, 418, 437
Moralist and teacher, 23, 28, 49, 67, 68, 73, 74–9, 91, 142–3, 147, 149, 151–2, 154, 220, 224–5, 234–5, 247, 256, 325, 366–7, 372, 385, 387, 389–91, 397–8, 422, 438–9, 446
Political views, 6, 28, 61, 204–30, 256, 265, 271, 273, 280, 282, 296, 362, 373–5, 377, 396, 405–7, 410, 413, 442, 446
Style, 5, 25–6, 27, 31–2, 60–1, 63, 70–3, 81–5, 87–8, 141–2, 147, 152–4, 166, 175, 202–3, 212, 219–20, 232, 271, 309, 317–56, 378–9, 391–4, 408, 413–14, 417, 422, 429–31