Goldsmith's praise of it, v. 79, n. 3;
Johnson's excellence in it, i. 256; iv. 34, n. 5;
fondness for it, i. 425; iii. 206, n. 1; iv. 34; v. 79;
literary, ii. 40; v. 240;
method of writing it, i. 32;
men should be drawn as they are, i. 31; iv. 53, 395; v. 238;
'common cant' against it, iii. 275, n. 2;
minute particulars to be given, i. 33;
and peculiarities, iii. 154;
rarely well executed, ii. 446;
vices, how far to be mentioned, iii. 155;
writing trifles with dignity, iv. 34, n. 5.
BIRCH, Rev. Thomas, D.D.,
account of him by H. Walpole, i. 29, n. 2;
by I. D'Israeli, i. 159, n. 4;
anecdotes, full of, v. 255;
conversation and writings, i. 159;
correspondence with Mrs. Carter, i. 138;
Cave, i. 139, 150-3;
Johnson, i. 160, 226, 285;
Earl of Orrery, i. 185;
_History of the Royal Society_, i. 309; ii. 40, n. 2;
Johnson's epigram to him, i. 140;
Raleigh's smaller pieces, edits, i. 226;
_Rambler_, anecdote of the, i. 203, n. 6;
Society for the Encouragement of Learning, member of the, i. 153, n. 2.
BIRDS, migration of, ii. 248;
nidification, 249.
BIRKENHEAD, Sir John, v. 57, n. 2.
BIRMINGHAM,--_Birmingham Journal, i. 85, n. 3;
_Birmingham Daily Post_, i. 85, n. 3;
'boobies of Birmingham,' ii. 464;
book-shops, i. 36, 85, n. 3;
buttons, v. 458;
Castle Inn, i. 92, n. 1;
cost of living in 1750, i. 103, n. 2;
_Directory_ for 1770, v. 458, n. 1;
Edinburgh, likeness to, v. 23, n. 2;
Hector's house, ii. 456, n. 2;
in 1741, i. 86, n. 2;
Johnson's head on copper coins, iv. 421, n. 2;
reads _The History of Birmingham_, iv. 218, n. 1;
resides there, i. 85-7, 90-6;
visits it in 1761-2, i. 370, n. 5;
in 1774, v. 458;
in 1776 with Boswell, ii. 456;
in 1781, iv. 135;
in 1784, iv. 375;
jealousy of the manufacturers, ii. 459, n. 1;
Old Square, ii. 456, n. 2;
rapid growth of population, iii. 450;
riots of 1791, i. 86, n. 3; iv. 238, n. 1;
Soho, ii. 459;
St. Martin's Church, i. 90, n. 3;
Stork Hotel, ii. 456, n. 2;
Swan Tavern, i. 85, n. 3.
BIRNAM-WOOD, iii. 73.
BIRTH, respect for. See under BOSWELL and JOHNSON.
_Bis dat qui cito dat_, ii. 290, n. 4.
BISCAY, language of, i. 322.
BISHOP, contradicting one, iv. 274;
House of Lords, in the, ii. 171;
how made, ii. 352; v. 80;
Johnson dines with two Bishops in Passion Week, iv. 88-9;
learning, their, iv. 13;
dulness, ib. n.