338, n. 2;
  ‘bulls enough in Ireland,’ iii. 232;
  Cecilia, reads, iv. 223, n. 5;
  Chatham and the Woollen Act, jokes about, ii. 453, n. 2;
  Cicero or Demosthenes, not like, v. 214;
  composition, promptitude of, iii. 85;
  conversation, his, its ‘affluence,’ ii. 181;
    corresponds with his fame, iv. 19;
    ebullition of his mind, 167;
    never hum-drum, v. 33;
    ready on all subjects, iv. 20, 275-6;
    talk, partly from ostentation, iii. 247;
    not good at listening, v. 34;
  Corycius Senex, iv. 173;
  Croft’s imitation of Johnson’s style, iv. 59;
  definition of a free government, iii. 187;
  domestic habits, iii. 378;
  Dutch sonnet, mentions a, iii. 235;
  Dyer, Samuel, draws the character of, iv. 11, n. 1;
  Economical Reform Bill, v. 32, n. 3;
  eloquence, v. 213;
  emigration, on, iii. 231-3;
  exaggerated praise, would suffer from, iv. 82;
  extraordinary man, an, ii. 450; iv. 26, 275; v. 34;
  first man everywhere, iv. 27, n. 1; v. 269;
  Fitzherbert’s character, describes, iii. 148, n. 1;
  Fox introduced into the Club, ii. 274, n. 4;
  Garrick, dines with, ii. 155, n. 2;
    epitaph on, ii. 234, n. 6;
  Glasgow professorship, seeks a, v. 369, n. 2;
  Goldsmith’s college days, recollections of, iii. 168;
    and the Fantoccini, story of, i. 414;
    Haunch of Venison, mentioned in, iii. 225, n. 2;
    and Retaliation, i. 472; iii. 233, n. 1;
  Grenville’s character, ii. 135, n. 2;
  Hamilton, engagement with, i. 519;
    estimate of him, iv. 27, n. 1;
  Hawkins, attacked by, i. 480, n. 1
  histories, his opinion of, ii. 366, n. 1;
  House of Commons, enters the, ii. 450;
    first speeches, ii. 16;
    described as the second man in it, iv. 27, n. 1;
    as the first, v. 269;
    describes it as a mixed body, iii. 234;
  Hume’s partiality for Charles II, ii. 341, n. 2;
  Hussey, Rev. Dr., praises, iv. 411, n. 2;
  immorality, possible charge of, iv. 280, n. 1;
  ‘imprudent publication,’ i. 463;
  influence of the Crown, on the, iii. 205, n. 4;
  Ireland—­penal code against the Catholics, ii. 121, n. 1;
    people condemned to ignorance, ii. 27, n. 1;
    Roman Catholics the nation there, ii. 255, n. 3;
  Irish language, iii. 235;
  Johnson charges him with want of honesty, ii. 348; iii. 45;
    describes him as ‘Le grand Burke,’ iv. 20, n. 1;
    as ‘a great man by nature,’ ii. 16: 
    See above, conversation, and extraordinary man;
    has a low opinion of his jocularity, iv. 276:  See below, Wit;
    predicts his greatness, ii. 450;
    buys a print of him, i. 363, n. 3;
    explains the excellence of his eloquence, v. 213;
    visits him at Beaconsfield, ii. 285, n. 3; v. 460;
    in Parliament defends—­, iv. 318;
    eulogises him, iv. 407, n.