S,
described by Arthur Young, iii. 135, n. 1;
toll gates, v. 56, n. 2.
See under SCOTLAND, roads.
ROBERT BRUCE, ii. 386-7.
ROBERT II, v. 373.
ROBERTS, J., the bookseller, i. 165, 175. n. 3.
ROBERTS, Mr., Register of Bangor, v. 447, 452.
ROBERTS, Miss, old Mr. Langton's niece, i. 336; 430.
ROBERTSON, Mr., of Cullen, v. 110, 111.
ROBERTSON, Mr., a publisher, of Edinburgh, iv. 129.
ROBERTSON, Professor James, v. 42.
ROBERTSON, Dr. William, Beattie, compared with, ii. 195, n. 1;
Boswell appears against him in Court, ii. 381, n. 1;
letters to, v. 15, 32;
_Charles V_,
criticised by Wesley, ii. 236, n. 4;
price offered for it, ii. 63, n. 2;
Clive's character, expatiates on, iii. 334;
companionable and fond of wine, iii. 335;
conversation, iii. 339, n. 1;
Elibank, Lord, his early patron, v. 386;
Gibbon, complimented by, ii. 236, n. 3;
_Histories_, his, romances, ii. 237;
pictures, but not likenesses, iii. 404;
_History of America_, iii. 270;
_History of Greece_, projects a, ii. 237, n. 4;
_History of Scotland_, Johnson 'won't talk of it,' ii. 53;
published in 1759, iv. 78, n. 2;
sale, iii. 334;
L6000 made by the publishers, ib.;
editions, ib., n. 2;
mentioned, ii. 270;
Johnson, awe of, ii. 63; iii. 332; v. 371;
criticises his _History_ and style, ii. 236-7; v. 57, n. 3;
estimation of him, ii. 30, n. 1; v. 397;
introduced to, iii. 331;
asks him to translate the _Iliad_, iii. 333;
dines with him in Boswell's house, v. 32-4;
breakfasts, v. 38-9;
shows him St. Giles, v. 41;
the College, v. 42;
Holyrood, v. 43;
dines with him, v. 44;
welcomes him on his return, v. 392;
'love' for him, ii. 53;
proposed tour to the Hebrides, writes about, ii. 232;
refusal to hear Scotch preachers, iii. 336; v. 121;
style, recognises, i. 308;
imitates it, iii. 173; iv. 388;
worship, complains of, iii. 331;
liberality of sentiment, v. 393;
packs his gold in wool, ii. 237;
paraphrased other people's thoughts, v. 397, n. 3;
party in the church, his, v. 213;
preferment, his church, iii. 334, n. 2;
Principal of Edinburgh College, v. 41, n. 2;
romantic humour, his, iii. 335;
Southey calls him a rogue, ii. 238, n. 1;
style, i. 439, n. 2; ii. 236-7;
corrected by Strahan, v. 92, n. 3;
_verbiage_, ii. 236;
Voltaire's _Louis XIV_, v. 393;
Whist, learns, v. 404, n. 1;
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