ii. 178.
PRAYERS, by Johnson,
against inquisitive and perplexing thoughts, iv. 370, n. 3;
before his last communion, iv. 416-7;
before study, iii. 90;
before the study of law, i. 489;
Chambers, Catherine, for, ii. 43;
death of his wife, on the, i. 235;
_Dictionary_, on beginning vol. ii. of his, i. 255;
Easter Day, 1777, iii. 99;
engaging in Politicks with H----, i. 489;
forgiveness for neglect of duties in married life, i. 240;
January 1, 1753, i. 251;
new scheme of life, i. 350;
'On my return to life,' i. 234, n. 2;
_Rambler_, before the, i. 202;
repentance and pardon, for, iv. 397;
resolutions, on, i. 483;
study of philosophy, on the, i. 302;
Trinity, the, invoked, ii. 255.
_Prayers and Meditations_, Johnson's, i. 235, n. 1; ii. 476;
publication, iv. 376, n. 4.
PREACHERS, women, i. 463.
PREACHING,
above the capacity of the congregation, iv. 185;
plain language needed, i. 459; ii. 123.
_Preceptor, The_, i. 192.
PRECISENESS, iv. 89.
PRECOCITY, ii. 408.
PREDESTINATION, ii. 104.
PREFACES, Johnson's talent for, i. 292.
PREMIER, i. 295, n. 1.
PREMIUM-SCHEME, i. 318.
PRENDERGAST (Prendergrass), an officer, ii. 182, 183, n. 1.
_Presbyterian_, in the sense of _Unitarian_, ii. 408, n. 1.
PRESBYTERIANS AND PRESBYTERIANISM,
compared with Church of Rome, ii. 103;
differ from it chiefly in forms, ii. 150;
doctrine, ii. 104;
form of prayer, no, ii. 104;
frightened by Popery, v. 57.
PRESCIENCE, of the Deity, iii. 290.
PRESCRIPTION OF MURDER. See MURDER.
_Present State of England_, iv. 311.
PRESENT TIME, never happy, ii. 350.
PRESENT TIMES, Johnson never inveighed against them, iii. 3.
PRESS,
awed by parliament as regards report of debates, i. 115; iii. 459-60;
iv. 140, n. 1;
complete freedom obtained, i. 116;
Johnson attacks its liberty, ii. 60;
vindicates it, ib., n. 3;
discusses it with Dr. Parr, iv. 15, n. 5;
Mansfield tries to stifle it, i. 116, n. 1;
law of libel, iii. 16, n. 1;
licentiousness, its, i. 116;
debate on it, iv. 318, n. 3;
prosecutions in 1764, ii. 60, n. 3;
superfoetation, its, iii. 332.
PRESS-GANGS, iii. 460.
PRESTBURY, v. 432, n. 2.
PRESTICK, ii. 271, n. 4.
PRESTON, iii. 135, n. 1.
PRESTON, Sir Charles, iv. 154.
PRETENDER, the Young,
account of his escape, v. 187-205, 264;
dresses in women's clothes, v. 188;
at Kingsburgh, v. 185, 189;
shoes, ib.;
in Rasay, v. 174, n. 1, 190-4;