;
Johnson speaks Latin to a Frenchman at dinner, ii. 404;
in 1780 sits over against an Archbishop, iv. 198, n. 2;
in 1784 has a race upon the stairs, iv. 355;
is kept waiting by the Prince of Wales, iv. 270, n. 2;
Exhibition of 1780, ii. 400, n. 3; iv. 198, n. 2;
Johnson's monument, subscription to, iv. 423, n. 2;
intercession for Lowe's picture, iv. 201-3;
minister, not dependent on a, iii. 464;
Moser, the keeper, iv. 227, n. 4;
origin, its, i. 363, n. 2;
professors and secretaries, ii. 67; iv. 220;
Reynolds's influence in it, iv. 219, n. 4;
his intention to resign the presidency, iv. 366, n. 2;
travelling students, iv. 202, n. 1.
ROYAL FAMILY, Johnson's dedications, ii. 2, 225;
unpopular, ii. 234.
ROYAL MARRIAGE BILL, ii. 152.
_Royal Recollections_, i. 116, n. 1.
ROYAL SOCIETY, Dryden's lines, ii. 241;
Johnson improves the method of the _Philosophical Transactions_,
ii. 40, n. 2;
Presidents--Earl of Macclesfield, i. 267, n. 1;
Sir John Pringle, iii. 65, n. 1;
mentioned, iv. 92, n. 5.
RUDD, Mrs., account of her, ii. 450, n. 1;
Boswell's acquaintance with her, iii. 79;
approved by Johnson, iii. 79, 80, 330.
RUDDIMAN, Thomas, Boswell projects his _Life_, ii. 216;
Johnson's regard for him, i. 211;
Laurence Kirk, projected monument at, v. 75;
Librarian of Advocates' Library, ii. 216;
'Ruddiman is dead,' ii. 21;
mentioned, iii. 372.
RUFFHEAD, Owen, _Life of Pope_, ii. 166; iv. 50, n. 1.
RUFFLES, laced, iv. 80.
RUINS, artificial, v. 456.
RUNDEL, Bishop, ii. 283, n. 2; iv. 29, n. 1.
_Runick Inscription_, i. 156, n. 3.
_Runts_, iii. 337.
RUSKIN, Mr. John, anecdote of Northcote, i. 377, n. 1;
_Bibliotheca Pastorum_, iii. 94, n. 2;
New Town of Edinburgh, v. 68, n. 1.
RUSSELL, Alexander, _Natural History of Aleppo_, i. 309; iv. 171.
RUSSELL, Lady, ii. 210, n. 3.
RUSSELL, Lord William, ii. 210.
RUSSIA, alchymist, a Russian, ii. 377;
Beauclerk's library offered to the ambassador, iii. 420;
Bell's _Travels_, ii. 55;
Lapouchin's, Mme., punishment, iii. 340;
population increasing, ii. 101;
rising in power, ii. 127, n. 4;
mentioned, ii. 131, n. 2:
See CATHERINE II.
RUSTIC HAPPINESS AND VIRTUE, iv. 175; v. 293.
RUTLAND, Duchess of, iv. 224, n. 1.
RUTLAND, Roger, Earl of, i. 431.
RUTTY, Dr., account of him, iii. 170, n. 4;
extracts from his _Diary_, iii. 170-2.
RYLAND, Mr.,
Johnson's friend in 1752, i. 242;
letters to