257; Milton's Tractate on Education, on, iii. 358; quotations for sale, account of, iv. 102, n. 1; mentioned, iii. 396, n. 2; iv. 118, 126. DILLY, Edward, Boswell, letter to, iii. 110; Boswell parts with him, iii. 396; Lives of the Poets, account of the, iii. 110; Johnson, letter from, iii. 126. DILLY, Squire, Boswell and Johnson visit him, iv. 118-32; mentioned, i. 260; ii. 247; iii. 396, n. 2. DINGLEY, Mrs., iv. 177, n. 2. DINNER, cost in London in 1737, i. 103,105; in 1746, i. 103, n. 2; in Edinburgh, in 1742, ib.; a measure of emotion, i. 355; ii. 94; iv. 220; waiting for it, ii. 83; better where there is no solid conversation, iii. 57. See JOHNSON, dinners and eating. DIOCLETIAN, ii. 255, n. 4. DIOGENES LAERTIUS, iii. 386, n. 3; iv. 13. DIOMED, ii. 129. DIONYSIUS'S Periegesis, iv. 444. Diot, Mr. and Mrs., v. 430. Dirleton's Doubts, iii. 205. Disarrange, iii. 319, n. 1. Discourses on Painting by Reynolds. See REYNOLDS, Discourses. DISCOVERIES, Johnson dislikes them, i. 455, n. 3; ii. 479; iii. 204, n. 1; iv. 251, n. 1; Walpole describes the harm done by them, v. 276, n. 2, 328, n. 2. DISEASES, acute and chronical, iv. 150. DISLIKE, mutual, iii. 423. DISPUTES, encouraging, iii. 185. D'ISRAELI, Isaac, Barnes's Homer, iv. 19, n. 2; Birch, Dr., i. 159, n. 4; Campbell's Hermippus Redivivus, ii. 427, n. 4; Chatterton and Lord Mayor Beckford, iii. 201, n. 3; Churchill's abhorrence of blotting, i. 419, n. 5; Davies's taste as a bookseller, iii. 223, n. 1; Dedications, ii. 1, n. 2; Dennis's thunder, iii. 40, n. 2; Du Halde's China, ii. 55, n. 4; Flexney and Stockdale, ii. 113, n. 2; Guthrie's letter, i. 117, n. 2; Hill, Sir John, ii. 39, n. 2; Johnson's hints for the Life of Pope, iv. 46, n. 1; Oldys the author of Busy, curious, thirsty fly, ii. 281, n. 5; his notes on Langbaine, iii. 30, n. 1; Pieresc, ii. 371, n. 2; Steevens's literary impostures, iv. 178, n. 1; Tasker, Rev. Mr., iii. 374, n. 1. DISSENTERS, bill for their relief rejected, ii. 208, n. 4; Country-party, of the, v. 255, n. 5; taught the graces of language, i. 312; tossing snails into their gardens, ii. 268, n. 2. Dissertation on the Epitaphs written by Pope, i. 306. Dissertation on the State of Literature and Authours, i. 306. Dissertations on the History of Ireland, i. 321. Dissertations on the Prophecies, iv. 286. DISSIMULATION, ii. 47. DISTANCE, of time and of place, ii. 471. DISTINCTIONS, all are trifles, iii. 355; love of them, i. 474. Distressed Mother, Budgell's Epilogue, i. 181; really written by Addison, iii. 46; Johnson's Epilogue, i. 55, n. 3. DISTRESSES OF OTHERS, ii. 94-5. DISTRUST, iii. 135. Diversions of Purley, iii. 354, n. 2. DIVES, ii. 162. Divine Legation. See WARBURTON, W. DIVINES, English, iv. 105, n. 3. DIVORCES, iii. 347-8. DIXEY, Sir Wolstan, i, 84. DOBLE, Mr. C. E., on the authorship of the Whole Duty of Man, ii. 239, n. 4; Psalmanazar at Christ Church, iii. 449. Dockers, i. 379. DOCKING, ii. 52. DOCTOR, title of, i. 488, n. 3; ii. 373. See JOHNSON, doctor, and DR. MEMIS. DOCTOR IN DIVINITY, respect shown to a, ii. 124. DOCTORS' COMMONS, i. 134, 462, n. 1. Doctrine of Grace, Warburton's, v. 93. DODD, Rev. Dr. William, account of him, iii. 139; Allen's kindness to him, iii. 141; Boswell's anxiety for his pardon, iii. 119; canted all his life, iii. 270; character, iii. 122, 166; currat lex, iv. 207; dedication to Rev. Mr. Villette, iii. 167, n. 1; execution, iii. 120-1, 148; forgery, guilty of, iii. 140; Johnson, correspondence with, iii. 144-5, 147; describes, iii. 140, n. 2; writes for him Convict's Address, iii. 121, 141-2, 167, 295, n. 1; Last Solemn Declaration, iii. 143; Observations, iii. 120, n. 4, 142; Occasional Papers (conclusion), iii. 148; petitions and letters, iii. 121, 142, 144; and his speech to the Recorder, iii. 126, 141; Last Prayer, iii. 270; life, longing for, iii. 154; Literary Club, tried to join the, iii. 280; Magdalen House, chaplain at, iii. 139, n. 4; mind concentrated, his, iii. 167; Newgate, closely watched in, iii. 166; petitions in his favour, ii. 90, n. 5; iii. 120, 143; saint, not to be made a, iv. 208; Sermons, his, iii. 248; Thoughts in Prison, iii. 270; 'unfortunate,' iii. 120, n. 2; Wesley visits him in prison, iii. 121, n. 3; 'wretched world, not a,' iii. 166; mentioned, iii. 132. DODD, Mrs., iii. 142. DODDRIDGE, Dr., epigram by him, v. 271. DODSLEY, James, i. 182; ii. 447. DODSLEY, Robert, Cleans, acted, i. 324, n. 1, 325-6; compared by Johnson with Otway, iv. 21; 'more blood than brains,' iv. 20; Collection of Poems, ii. 467; iii. 21, n. 1, 38, 149, n. 2, 269, 280; iv. 24; 'Dartineuf's' footman, ii. 447; 'Doddy,' ii. 258, n. 1; Garrick, quarrel with, i. 325; Goldsmith, dispute on poetry with, iii. 38; imprisoned by the House of Lords, i. 125, n. 3; Irene, publishes, i. 198; Johnson's Dictionary, suggests, i.