BEARCROFT,—­, a barrister, iii. 389, n. 4. 
BEATON, Cardinal, v. 63. 
BEATON, Rev. Mr., v. 227. 
BEATTIE, Dr. James,
  complains of Boswell, v. 96, n. 2;
    correspondence with him, ii. 148, n. 2; v. 15-16;
  Burns, praised by, v. 273, n. 4;
  ‘caressed by the great,’ ii. 264;
  conversation, iii. 339, n. 1; iv. 323, n. 2;
  English, describes a Scotchman’s study of, i. 439, n. 2;
  English and Scotch universities compared, v. 85, n. 2;
  Essay on Truth, editions and translations, ii. 201, n. 3;
    a thing of the past, v. 273, n. 4;
    Goldsmith’s opinion of it, ii. 201, n. 3; v. 273, n. 4;
    Johnson’s opinion of it, ii. 201, 203; v. 29;
  Forbes, Life by, v. 25, n. 1;
  Gray, visited by, v. 16;
  hackney coaches, No. 1 and No. 1000, sees, iv. 330;
  Hermit, iv. 186;
  Hume, controversy with:  See above, Essay on Truth;
  Johnson’s Dictionary, cited in, iv. 4, n. 3;
    gentler manner, speaks of, iv. 101, n. 1;
    letter from, iii. 434;
    praise of Hannah More, iii. 293, n. 5;
    regard for him, ii. 148, 149;
    his love of—­, iii. 435, n. 1;
    use of wine, i. 103, n. 3;
    visits, ii. 141, n. 3, 142, 145, 203; v. 16;
  Monboddo’s hatred of Johnson, iv. 273, n. 1;
  Ode on Lord Hay, v. 105;
  original principles, his, i. 471;
  Oxford degree of D.C.L., ii. 267, n. 1; v. 90, n. 1, 273, n. 4;
  pension, ii. 264, n. 2; v. 90, n. 1, 360;
  Professor at Aberdeen, ii. 141, 145; v. 15;
  Reynolds’s allegorical picture of him, v. 90, n. 1, 273, n. 4;
  Robertson, compared with, ii. 195, n. 1;
  Thrale’s bequest to Johnson, on, iv. 86, n. 1;
  Warburton and Strahan, anecdote of, v. 92, n. 3;
  Wilkes, meets, iv. 101;
  wine, indulges in, iv. 330, n. 4;
  mentioned, ii. 53, n. 1, 205, 259, 265-6; iii. 82, 123; iv. 332. 
BEATTIE, Mrs., ii. 145, 148. 
BEAUCLERK, Hon. Topham,
  account of him by Boswell and Johnson, i. 248 250;
    Burke, ii. 246, n. 1;
    Johnson, iii. 420, 424;
    Langton, ib.;
  absent-minded, i. 249, n. 1;
  Adelphi, ‘box’ at the, ii. 378, n. 1;
  Addison’s Remarks on Italy, ii. 346;
  adultery, his, with Lady Bolingbroke whom he afterwards married,
ii. 246; iii. 349; v. 303;
  Baretti and Johnson’s projected Italian tour, iii. 19;
  Baretti’s trial, ii. 97, n. 1, 98;
  ‘Beau,’ name of, ii. 258;
  ‘bear, like a word in a catch,’ ii. 347;
  Boswell an unnatural Scotchman, calls, iii. 388;
    zealous for his election to the Literary Club, ii. 235; v. 76;
  Charles II, descended from, i. 248; iii. 390, n. 1;
  chemistry, love of, i. 250;
  children, his, iii. 420;
  conversation, i. 248; iii. 390, 425; iv. 433; v. 76;
    little affected by his travels, iii. 352, 449, 458;
  Cumberland’s Odes, iii. 43, n. 3;