4.
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 Man_. ii. 45.
Visits Oxford, iii. 452.
1769 Appointed Professor in Ancient Literature to the Royal Academy,
ii. 67.
Visits Oxford, Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 67; iii. 452.
Visits Brighton, ii. 68.
Appears as a witness at Baretti's trial, ii. 96.
1770 _The False Alarm_, ii. 111.
Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, iii. 452.
1771 _Falkland's Islands_, ii. 134.
Revises the _Dictionary_, ii. 143, n. 3.
Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 141.
1772 Revises the _Dictionary_, ii. 143, n. 3.
Visits Lichfield and Ashbourne, iii. 452.
1773 Publishes the fourth edition of the _Dictionary_, ii. 203.
Attempts to learn the Low Dutch language, ii. 263.
Tour of Scotland, ii. 266; v. 1.
Visits Oxford, ii. 268.
Begins his _Journey to the Western Islands_, ii. 268.
1774 Death of Goldsmith, ii. 279, n. 2.
Tour to North Wales, ii. 285; v. 427.
Visits Burke at Beaconsfield, ii. 285, n. 3; v. 460.
_The Patriot_, ii. 286.
Finishes his _Journey to the Western Islands_, ii. 288.
1775 Publishes his _Journey to the Western Islands_, ii. 300.
_Taxation no Tyranny_, ii. 312.
Becomes an LL.D. of Oxford, ii. 331.
Visits Oxford, Lichfield and Ashbourne, ii. 381; iii. 452.
Tour to France, ii. 384.
1776 Visits Oxford, Lichfield, and Ashbourne with Boswell, ii. 438.
Projected tour to Italy abandoned, iii. 6.
Visits Bath, iii. 44.
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