327, n. 4;
compared with Scotch landlords, i. 409;
munificence in spending, iv. 4;
'a new species of gentleman,' i. 491, n. 3.
_Mercheta Mulierum_, v. 320.
MERCIER, L.S., ii. 366, n. 2.
MERIT, weighed against money, i. 440-3;
men of merit, iv. 172.
MERRIMENT, scheme of it hopeless, i. 331, n. 5.
_.Messiah_, Johnson's Latin version of Pope's, i. 61.
METAPHORS, their excellence, iii. 174;
inaccuracy, iv. 386, n. 1.
_Metaphysical_ defined, ii. 259, n. 3.
METAPHYSICAL POETS, iv. 38.
METAPHYSICAL TAILOR, a, iii. 443; iv. 187.
METAPHYSICS, Burke's inaptitude for them, i. 472, n. 2;
Johnson fond of them, i. 70;
withheld from studying them, v. 109, n. 3.
METASTASIO, iii. 162, n. 4.
METCALFE, Philip, described by Miss Burney, iv. 159, n. 2;
Johnson's charity, anecdote of, iv. 132;
with him at Brighton, ii. 133, n. 1; iv. 159-60;
Reynolds's executor, iv. 159, n. 2;
Round-Robin, signs the, iii. 83, n. 3.
METHOD, life to be thrown into a, iii. 94.
METHODISTS, bitterness, their, v. 392;
cannot explain their excellence, v. 392;
Cock Lane Ghost, adopt the, i. 407, n. 1;
convicts, effects on, iv. 329;
Dodd's _Address_, offended by, iii. 121;
Johnson consulted by two young women, ii. 120;
_Humphry Clinker_, mentioned in, ii. 123, n. 2;
_Hypocrite, The_, ii. 321;
inward light, ii. 126;
Moravians, quarrel with the, iii. 122, n. 1;
origin of the name, i.
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