Rome, a bitter republican's opinion of, 307.
Rösch, on effects of occupation on the mind, 378.
Rousseau, a saying of, 103; and Voltaire, 198; cause of his cynicism, 245; a painstaking writer, 248; fancied himself the object of all men's hatred, 259; his preaching and his practice, 268.
Rulhière, story of a Russian friend of, 77; and Madame Geoffrin, 170; guilty of only one wickedness, 375.
Russell, Lord John, his definition of a proverb, 159.
Rutherford, Samuel, and Archbishop Usher, 357.
Saadi, the traveler and the bag of pearls, 122; description of a drink, 184; verse of the elephant-driver, 372; reply of the piece of scented clay, 373; Abraham and the old man who worshiped the fire only, 387.
Sainte-Beuve, fastidiousness as a writer, 126.
Saint Simon, story of two sisters, 34; of the dying duchess, 75.
Savage, corrects a lady's judgment of Thomson, 188; tribute of Johnson to, 236; with Johnson all night in London streets, 243.
Scaliger, his opinion of Montaigne, 147; a peculiarity of, 244; difficulty in communicating his knowledge, 258.
Scaramouche, snuff of a thousand flowers, 300.
Scargill, of the English, Scotch and Irish, 302.
Schiller, Indian Death Song, 147; Joan of Arc, Don Carlos, and Tell, 174; the scent of rotten apples a necessity to, 244; a curious fact relating to, 251.
Scott, story of a placid minister near Dundee, 50; how estimated by his neighbors, 144; failure of Waverley predicted, 148; Campbell and Hohenlinden, 150; Burns and the mouse, 150; meeting of Richard and Saladin, 180; how he discovered his talents, 191; the authorship of Old Mortality, 201; never saw Melrose Abbey by moonlight, 251; remarkable industry of, 266; a sad bit of self-portraiture, 317; a strange fact relating to the Bride of Lammermoor, 318.
Scott, General, a sculptor's story of, 173.
Seeing, limits to, 12; action of seeing outward, 12.
Selwyn, his reply on being charged with a want of feeling, 53; of vices becoming necessities, 65.
Seneca, an usurer with seven millions, 245; a maxim of, 349.
Sharp, on the difficulty of doing good, 22.
Sheridan, sarcasm upon Cumberland, 8; fastidiousness as a writer, 127; how he elaborated his wit, 129; a curious fact of, 267.
Sherlock, consolation for the shortness of life, 332.