_Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language_, i. 182.
1748 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Life of Roscommon_, i. 192.
_The Vision of Theodore the Hermit_, i. 192.
1749 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Vanity of Human Wishes_, i. 192.
_Irene_ acted, i. 196.
Forms the Ivy Lane Club, i. 190, n. 5.
Living in Gough Square, iii. 405, n. 6.
1750 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Begins the _Rambler_, i. 201.
_Prologue for the benefit of Milton's Grand-daughter, i. 227.
1751 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_The Rambler_.
Lauder's fraud exposed, i. 228.
_Life of Cheynel_, i. 228.
1752 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Ends _The Rambler_, i. 203.
Death of his wife, i. 234.
Miss Williams begins to reside with him, i. 232.
Gets to know Reynolds, i. 245, n. 1.
1753 Writing the _Dictionary_.
Writes for _The Adventurer_, i. 252.
1754 Writing the _Dictionary_.
_Life of Cave_, i. 256.
Visits Oxford, i. 270.
Gets to know Murphy, i. 356, n. 2.
1755 Letter to Lord Chesterfield, i. 261.
Becomes an M.A. of Oxford, i. 281.
Publishes the _Dictionary_, i. 291.
Projects a Biblitheque, i. 284.
Gets to know Langton (about this year), i. 247, n. 1.
1756 Publishes an abridgement of the _Dictionary_, i. 305.
Writes for _The Universal Visitor_, i. 306.
Superintends and writes for _The Literary Magazine_, i. 307.
_Life of Sir Thomas Browne_, i. 308.
_Proposals for an edition of Shakespeare_, i. 318.
1757 Writes for the _Literary Magazine_, i. 320.
Editing _Shakespeare_, i. 496, n. 3.
1758 Editing _Shakespeare_, i. 496, n. 3.
Begins _The Idler_, i. 330.
Gets to know Dr. Burney, i. 328.
1759 _The Idler_, i. 330.
Death of his mother, i. 339.
_Rasselas_, i. 340.
Leaves Gough Square and goes into chambers, i. 350, n. 3;
iii. 405, n. 6.
Visits Oxford, i. 347.
Gets to know Beauclerk, i. 248, n. 4.
1760 Ends _The Idler_, i. 330.
Perhaps editing _Shakespeare_, i. 353.
In Inner Temple Lane, iii. 405, n. 6.
1761 Visits Lichfield in the winter of 1761-2, i. 370.
1762 Pensioned, i. 372.
Trip to Devonshire, i. 377.
Cock Lane Ghost imposture exposed, i. 406.
1763 Gets to know Boswell, i. 391.
Trip to Harwich, i. 46