Death of his wife, i. 234. 
        Miss Williams begins to reside with him, i. 232. 
        Gets to know Reynolds, i. 245, n. 1.
  1753 Writing the Dictionary. 
        Writes for The Adventurer, i. 252.
  1754 Writing the Dictionary.
        Life of Cave, i. 256. 
        Visits Oxford, i. 270. 
        Gets to know Murphy, i. 356, n. 2.
  1755 Letter to Lord Chesterfield, i. 261. 
        Becomes an M.A. of Oxford, i. 281. 
        Publishes the Dictionary, i. 291. 
        Projects a Biblitheque, i. 284. 
        Gets to know Langton (about this year), i. 247, n. 1.
  1756 Publishes an abridgement of the Dictionary, i. 305. 
        Writes for The Universal Visitor, i. 306. 
        Superintends and writes for The Literary Magazine, i. 307.
        Life of Sir Thomas Browne, i. 308.
        Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare, i. 318.
  1757 Writes for the Literary Magazine, i. 320. 
        Editing Shakespeare, i. 496, n. 3.
  1758 Editing Shakespeare, i. 496, n. 3. 
        Begins The Idler, i. 330. 
        Gets to know Dr. Burney, i. 328.
  1759 The Idler, i. 330. 
        Death of his mother, i. 339.
        Rasselas, i. 340. 
        Leaves Gough Square and goes into chambers, i. 350, n. 3;
iii. 405, n. 6. 
        Visits Oxford, i. 347. 
        Gets to know Beauclerk, i. 248, n. 4.
  1760 Ends The Idler, i. 330. 
        Perhaps editing Shakespeare, i. 353. 
        In Inner Temple Lane, iii. 405, n. 6.
  1761 Visits Lichfield in the winter of 1761-2, i. 370.
  1762 Pensioned, i. 372. 
        Trip to Devonshire, i. 377. 
        Cock Lane Ghost imposture exposed, i. 406.
  1763 Gets to know Boswell, i. 391. 
        Trip to Harwich, i. 464. 
        Visits Oxford, iii. 451.
        Character of Collins, i. 382.
        Life of Ascham, i. 464.
  1764 Visits Langton in Lincolnshire, i. 476. 
        Literary Club founded, i. 477. 
         Visits Dr. Percy at Easton Maudit, i. 486.
  1765 Visits Cambridge, i. 487. 
         Becomes an LL.D. of Dublin, i. 488. 
         Suffers from a severe illness, i. 483, 520. 
         Gets to know the Thrales (either this year or in 1764),
i. 490, 520. 
        Engages in politics with W. G. Hamilton, i. 489. 
        Publishes his Shakespeare, i. 496. 
        Takes a house in Johnson’s Court, ii. 5; iii. 405, n. 6.
  1766 Contributes to Mrs. Williams’s Miscellanies, ii. 25. 
        Spends more than three months at Streatham, ii. 25. 
        Visits Oxford, ii. 25.
  1767 Interview with the King, ii. 33. 
        Spends near six months in Lichfield, ii. 30.
  1768 Prologue to the Good-Natured