m by the English courtiers before the death of
Elizabeth, 398.
His twofold character, 398.
His favorable reception of Bacon, 399.
His anxiety for the union of England and Scotland, 402.
His employment of Bacon in perverting the laws, 403.
His favors and attachment to Buckingham, 410, 411.
Absoluteness of his government, 417.
Summons Parliament, 422.
His political blunders, 422, 423.
His message to the Commons on the misconduct of Bacon, 425.

James II., death of, i. 151.
Acknowledgment by Louis XIV. of his son as his successor, 152.
The favorite of the High Church party, 328.
His misgovernment, 329.
His claims as a supporter of toleration, 329-332.
His conduct toward Lord Rochester, 332.
His union with Louis XIV., 333.
His confidential advisers, 334.
_See_ York, Duke of.

Jardine, Mr., on the use of torture in England, ii. 408, note.

Jeffreys, Judge, cruelty of, ii. 329.

Jenyns, Soame, his Origin of Evil reviewed by Johnson, ii. 195.

Jesuit Order, its theory and practice regarding heretics, ii. 334.
Its spirit and methods, iii. 20.
Fall of, 41.

Jews, civil disabilities of, protested against, i. 641-655.
Christianity of the government no barrier to removing their
disabilities, 642.
Political exclusion a form, not a fact, 644.
Their aloofness merely a result of persecution, 646.
Justice demands their fair treatment, 655.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his view of history, i. 243.
Croker's Boswell's Johnson reviewed, 691-742.
Disdain of a French lady's library, 693.
Observations on Gibbon, 697.
Sells the Vicar of Wakefield, 698.
Dates of his university degrees, 699.
Epigram of, censured, 701.
Greatness of Boswell's life of, 711.
Our intimate knowledge of, 716.
His arrival in London, 717.
Small hope of patronage, 720.
Early poverty and misery, 721.
Last of the Grub Street hacks, 724.
Kindness of, 725.
Disregard of small grievances, 726.
Mixture of credulity and skepticism, 727.
Sentiments on religion, 728.
On politics, 730.
Judgments on books, 731.
How formed, 732.
His opinion of certain works, 733.
Observation of men and manners, 734.
Remarks on society narrow, 735.
Contempt of foreigners, 736.
Of travel and history, 738.
Mannerisms, 739.
His singular destiny, 742.
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